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2018 Maximize Conference in Carlsbad, California on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Photo by David Ahntholz, Tracy + David Stills and Motion, www.tracydavid.com
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I am not going to say anything, but all I will say is Savage Opress goes to visit Darth Maul (who apparently survived!?!?) to be trained.
I don't know how he survived maybe someone found him and game him new legs :D but I dunno lol
Watch CW S3 Episode 14 "Witches of the Mist" : www.mastertoons.com/Witches-of-the-Mist.php don't worry there are no viruses on that site 09webcam and I spent hours looking for this episode in the middle of the night :P
Watch trailer for the next three episodes (including Ahsoka turning to the dark side) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4NOdIqokE
I overall don't know what to think of this, it doesn't say that Dark Maul died anymore on Wookiepedia...
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Pair of buildings designed by the architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). As they rise, the towers re-orient towards the west to maximize the light afforded each apartment unit as well as views of the Hudson River. The twisting geometry at the corners of the towers also reduces the overall bulk of the buildings and creates additional separation between the towers. However, the towers have been described as "two drunken figures on the verge of keeling over."
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The HST was my first “serious” Lego train MOC; I had built various generic locomotives as well as TLG sets. I started with the nose since it was the most challenging shape to capture. I liberally used 1x1 “cheese” slopes, SNOT, and half-brick offsets in order to render the HST’s distinctive tapered shape. At this time I had decided to make the HST a “7-wide” design. Different Lego train MOC builders whose work I admire a great deal, work in 6, 7, and 8 wide “scales”. Seven wide represents a good compromise between prototype scale and undersized. It represents a bigger challenge from a build point of view due to the scarcity of odd numbered plates and bricks. However, the extra stud in the middle makes a big difference in terms of fitting extra detail. I then turned my attention to the diagonal blue stripe on the side which cleverly disguises the body-height vents and provides a transition from the BR blue from bottom to top. Cheese slopes were used in both upright and inverted configurations to maximize the stripe extent.
This course was special and the way it was served was special. This is Hudson Valley Foie Gras with three different types of wild mushrooms in a reduced port. The plate was designed by local artist Paolo Soleri and the course was served covered by a Paolo Soleri bronze bell "cloche" that chimed beautifully when the server lifted it off the plate.
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We celebrated my birthday with a special night at Christopher's. Christopher has long been recognized as one of the best chefs. It is celebratory, elegant, and therefore expensive. Even to get in, you have to belong to the Wrigley Club. I have eaten at Michelin starred restaurants. Christopher's is every bit as good. If Michelin gets around to rating Arizona restaurants, I have no doubt Christopher's will be recognized.
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"Juxtaposed against its historic setting, Christopher’s is a modern glass-and-steel gem showcasing an ever-changing tasting menu by James Beard Award-winning Chef Christopher Gross. Nestled beneath a towering Eucalyptus grove, enjoy Phoenix’s premier dining experience, with glass walls that cantilever open, a retractable roof to reveal the starry desert skies, and an open kitchen built around a flickering wood-fired grill. Featuring an intimate dining room accented with local art, a lively chef’s counter, and open-air patio, Chef Christopher and his culinary team not only cook, but also serve. The fresh and ever-changing menus deliver a truly unique, unforgettable hospitality experience.
"Based in Phoenix, AZ, Christopher Gross is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef who has been recognized among the best in the United States, including Best French Restaurant, Best 10 Restaurant Wine Lists, Best 10 Restaurants with a View, and Best Romantic Restaurants. Recently, he was honored by DiRona (Distinguished Restaurants of North America) and the Ment'or Culinary Council.
"Famed for his modern twists on classic French fare, Chef Christopher’s newest creation, Christopher’s at Wrigley Mansion earned a 2022 James Beard Outstanding Chef nomination, and has been recognized as Phoenix’s most innovative, enticing dining experience for its exclusively tasting-menu experience where the chefs also serve each dish. Named to the Scottsdale Culinary Hall of Fame in 2016, Chef Christopher has also been honored by Food & Wine magazine’s “America’s 10 Best New Chefs”, was the first chef in Arizona to be honored with the Robert Mondavi Culinary Award of Excellence and also created the now-nationwide "Flavors" fundraiser for the American Liver Association."
#Microsoft Windows 10 Event
To maximize the use of the new operating system “Windows 10” Microsoft has unveiled devices under the #event named Microsoft Windows 10 devices event”
In this Event it has revealed its first ever #laptop and two new brand #smartphones with #Windows10 operating system.
Microsoft’s first laptop, the surface book, built with a detachable screen, sixth generation #Intel processor, 13.5 inch and 12 hours battery back up
Along with its surface book it has show cased 2 new #lumia handsets with windows 10 operating system namely lumia 950 and 950 xl whereas 950 screen size is 5.2 inch Hd screen and 20 mega pixel camera and 950 Xl has 5.7 –inch screen
The main high light of both smart phones can be connected by a small portable display dock accessory into a personal computer. A keyboard or a mouse can be connected, Expanding the capacity of the smart phone to operate like a personal computer
Isn’t that interesting…?? To know more about Microsoft Windows 10 device event check this video www.microsoft.com/october2015event/en-us/live-event
Spaceflight (or space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space. Spaceflight can occur with spacecraft with or without humans on board. Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was the first human to conduct a spaceflight. Examples of human spaceflight include the U.S. Apollo Moon landing and Space Shuttle programs and the Russian Soyuz program, as well as the ongoing International Space Station. Examples of unmanned spaceflight include space probes that leave Earth orbit, as well as satellites in orbit around Earth, such as communications satellites. These operate either by telerobotic control or are fully autonomous.
Spaceflight is used in space exploration, and also in commercial activities like space tourism and satellite telecommunications. Additional non-commercial uses of spaceflight include space observatories, reconnaissance satellites and other Earth observation satellites.
A spaceflight typically begins with a rocket launch, which provides the initial thrust to overcome the force of gravity and propels the spacecraft from the surface of the Earth. Once in space, the motion of a spacecraft – both when unpropelled and when under propulsion – is covered by the area of study called astrodynamics. Some spacecraft remain in space indefinitely, some disintegrate during atmospheric reentry, and others reach a planetary or lunar surface for landing or impact.
History
Main articles: History of spaceflight and Timeline of spaceflight
Tsiolkovsky, early space theorist
The first theoretical proposal of space travel using rockets was published by Scottish astronomer and mathematician William Leitch, in an 1861 essay "A Journey Through Space".[1] More well-known (though not widely outside Russia) is Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's work, "Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами" (The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices), published in 1903.
Spaceflight became an engineering possibility with the work of Robert H. Goddard's publication in 1919 of his paper A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes. His application of the de Laval nozzle to liquid fuel rockets improved efficiency enough for interplanetary travel to become possible. He also proved in the laboratory that rockets would work in the vacuum of space;[specify] nonetheless, his work was not taken seriously by the public. His attempt to secure an Army contract for a rocket-propelled weapon in the first World War was defeated by the November 11, 1918 armistice with Germany. Working with private financial support, he was the first to launch a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. Goddard's paper was highly influential on Hermann Oberth, who in turn influenced Wernher von Braun. Von Braun became the first to produce modern rockets as guided weapons, employed by Adolf Hitler. Von Braun's V-2 was the first rocket to reach space, at an altitude of 189 kilometers (102 nautical miles) on a June 1944 test flight.[2]
Tsiolkovsky's rocketry work was not fully appreciated in his lifetime, but he influenced Sergey Korolev, who became the Soviet Union's chief rocket designer under Joseph Stalin, to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles to carry nuclear weapons as a counter measure to United States bomber planes. Derivatives of Korolev's R-7 Semyorka missiles were used to launch the world's first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957, and later the first human to orbit the Earth, Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1, on April 12, 1961.[3]
At the end of World War II, von Braun and most of his rocket team surrendered to the United States, and were expatriated to work on American missiles at what became the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. This work on missiles such as Juno I and Atlas enabled launch of the first US satellite Explorer 1 on February 1, 1958, and the first American in orbit, John Glenn in Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. As director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, Von Braun oversaw development of a larger class of rocket called Saturn, which allowed the US to send the first two humans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, to the Moon and back on Apollo 11 in July 1969. Over the same period, the Soviet Union secretly tried but failed to develop the N1 rocket to give them the capability to land one person on the Moon.
Phases
Launch
Main article: Rocket launch
See also: List of space launch system designs
Rockets are the only means currently capable of reaching orbit or beyond. Other non-rocket spacelaunch technologies have yet to be built, or remain short of orbital speeds. A rocket launch for a spaceflight usually starts from a spaceport (cosmodrome), which may be equipped with launch complexes and launch pads for vertical rocket launches, and runways for takeoff and landing of carrier airplanes and winged spacecraft. Spaceports are situated well away from human habitation for noise and safety reasons. ICBMs have various special launching facilities.
A launch is often restricted to certain launch windows. These windows depend upon the position of celestial bodies and orbits relative to the launch site. The biggest influence is often the rotation of the Earth itself. Once launched, orbits are normally located within relatively constant flat planes at a fixed angle to the axis of the Earth, and the Earth rotates within this orbit.
A launch pad is a fixed structure designed to dispatch airborne vehicles. It generally consists of a launch tower and flame trench. It is surrounded by equipment used to erect, fuel, and maintain launch vehicles. Before launch, the rocket can weigh many hundreds of tonnes. The Space Shuttle Columbia, on STS-1, weighed 2,030 tonnes (4,480,000 lb) at take off.
Reaching space
The most commonly used definition of outer space is everything beyond the Kármán line, which is 100 kilometers (62 mi) above the Earth's surface. The United States sometimes defines outer space as everything beyond 50 miles (80 km) in altitude.
Rockets are the only currently practical means of reaching space. Conventional airplane engines cannot reach space due to the lack of oxygen. Rocket engines expel propellant to provide forward thrust that generates enough delta-v (change in velocity) to reach orbit.
For manned launch systems launch escape systems are frequently fitted to allow astronauts to escape in the case of emergency.
Alternatives
Main article: Non-rocket spacelaunch
Many ways to reach space other than rockets have been proposed. Ideas such as the space elevator, and momentum exchange tethers like rotovators or skyhooks require new materials much stronger than any currently known. Electromagnetic launchers such as launch loops might be feasible with current technology. Other ideas include rocket assisted aircraft/spaceplanes such as Reaction Engines Skylon (currently in early stage development), scramjet powered spaceplanes, and RBCC powered spaceplanes. Gun launch has been proposed for cargo.
Leaving orbit
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Main articles: Escape velocity and Parking orbit
Launched in 1959, Luna 1 was the first known man-made object to achieve escape velocity from the Earth.[4] (replica pictured)
Achieving a closed orbit is not essential to lunar and interplanetary voyages. Early Russian space vehicles successfully achieved very high altitudes without going into orbit. NASA considered launching Apollo missions directly into lunar trajectories but adopted the strategy of first entering a temporary parking orbit and then performing a separate burn several orbits later onto a lunar trajectory. This costs additional propellant because the parking orbit perigee must be high enough to prevent reentry while direct injection can have an arbitrarily low perigee because it will never be reached.
However, the parking orbit approach greatly simplified Apollo mission planning in several important ways. It substantially widened the allowable launch windows, increasing the chance of a successful launch despite minor technical problems during the countdown. The parking orbit was a stable "mission plateau" that gave the crew and controllers several hours to thoroughly check out the spacecraft after the stresses of launch before committing it to a long lunar flight; the crew could quickly return to Earth, if necessary, or an alternate Earth-orbital mission could be conducted. The parking orbit also enabled translunar trajectories that avoided the densest parts of the Van Allen radiation belts.
Apollo missions minimized the performance penalty of the parking orbit by keeping its altitude as low as possible. For example, Apollo 15 used an unusually low parking orbit (even for Apollo) of 92.5 nmi by 91.5 nmi (171 km by 169 km) where there was significant atmospheric drag. But it was partially overcome by continuous venting of hydrogen from the third stage of the Saturn V, and was in any event tolerable for the short stay.
Robotic missions do not require an abort capability or radiation minimization, and because modern launchers routinely meet "instantaneous" launch windows, space probes to the Moon and other planets generally use direct injection to maximize performance. Although some might coast briefly during the launch sequence, they do not complete one or more full parking orbits before the burn that injects them onto an Earth escape trajectory.
Note that the escape velocity from a celestial body decreases with altitude above that body. However, it is more fuel-efficient for a craft to burn its fuel as close to the ground as possible; see Oberth effect and reference.[5] This is another way to explain the performance penalty associated with establishing the safe perigee of a parking orbit.
Plans for future crewed interplanetary spaceflight missions often include final vehicle assembly in Earth orbit, such as NASA's Project Orion and Russia's Kliper/Parom tandem.
Astrodynamics
Main article: Orbital mechanics
Astrodynamics is the study of spacecraft trajectories, particularly as they relate to gravitational and propulsion effects. Astrodynamics allows for a spacecraft to arrive at its destination at the correct time without excessive propellant use. An orbital maneuvering system may be needed to maintain or change orbits.
Non-rocket orbital propulsion methods include solar sails, magnetic sails, plasma-bubble magnetic systems, and using gravitational slingshot effects.
Ionized gas trail from Shuttle reentry
Recovery of Discoverer 14 return capsule by a C-119 airplane
Transfer energy
The term "transfer energy" means the total amount of energy imparted by a rocket stage to its payload. This can be the energy imparted by a first stage of a launch vehicle to an upper stage plus payload, or by an upper stage or spacecraft kick motor to a spacecraft.[6][7]
Reentry
Main article: Atmospheric reentry
Vehicles in orbit have large amounts of kinetic energy. This energy must be discarded if the vehicle is to land safely without vaporizing in the atmosphere. Typically this process requires special methods to protect against aerodynamic heating. The theory behind reentry was developed by Harry Julian Allen. Based on this theory, reentry vehicles present blunt shapes to the atmosphere for reentry. Blunt shapes mean that less than 1% of the kinetic energy ends up as heat that reaches the vehicle, and the remainder heats up the atmosphere.
Landing
The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules all splashed down in the sea. These capsules were designed to land at relatively low speeds with the help of a parachute. Russian capsules for Soyuz make use of a big parachute and braking rockets to touch down on land. The Space Shuttle glided to a touchdown like a plane.
Recovery
After a successful landing the spacecraft, its occupants and cargo can be recovered. In some cases, recovery has occurred before landing: while a spacecraft is still descending on its parachute, it can be snagged by a specially designed aircraft. This mid-air retrieval technique was used to recover the film canisters from the Corona spy satellites.
Types
Uncrewed
See also: Uncrewed spacecraft and robotic spacecraft
Sojourner takes its Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer measurement of Yogi Rock on Mars
The MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury (artist's interpretation)
Uncrewed spaceflight (or unmanned) is all spaceflight activity without a necessary human presence in space. This includes all space probes, satellites and robotic spacecraft and missions. Uncrewed spaceflight is the opposite of manned spaceflight, which is usually called human spaceflight. Subcategories of uncrewed spaceflight are "robotic spacecraft" (objects) and "robotic space missions" (activities). A robotic spacecraft is an uncrewed spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is often called a space probe.
Uncrewed space missions use remote-controlled spacecraft. The first uncrewed space mission was Sputnik I, launched October 4, 1957 to orbit the Earth. Space missions where other animals but no humans are on-board are considered uncrewed missions.
Benefits
Many space missions are more suited to telerobotic rather than crewed operation, due to lower cost and lower risk factors. In addition, some planetary destinations such as Venus or the vicinity of Jupiter are too hostile for human survival, given current technology. Outer planets such as Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are too distant to reach with current crewed spaceflight technology, so telerobotic probes are the only way to explore them. Telerobotics also allows exploration of regions that are vulnerable to contamination by Earth micro-organisms since spacecraft can be sterilized. Humans can not be sterilized in the same way as a spaceship, as they coexist with numerous micro-organisms, and these micro-organisms are also hard to contain within a spaceship or spacesuit.
Telepresence
Telerobotics becomes telepresence when the time delay is short enough to permit control of the spacecraft in close to real time by humans. Even the two seconds light speed delay for the Moon is too far away for telepresence exploration from Earth. The L1 and L2 positions permit 400-millisecond round trip delays, which is just close enough for telepresence operation. Telepresence has also been suggested as a way to repair satellites in Earth orbit from Earth. The Exploration Telerobotics Symposium in 2012 explored this and other topics.[8]
Human
Main article: Human spaceflight
ISS crew member stores samples
The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, on which cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the USSR made one orbit around the Earth. In official Soviet documents, there is no mention of the fact that Gagarin parachuted the final seven miles.[9] Currently, the only spacecraft regularly used for human spaceflight are the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft. The U.S. Space Shuttle fleet operated from April 1981 until July 2011. SpaceShipOne has conducted two human suborbital spaceflights.
Sub-orbital
Main article: Sub-orbital spaceflight
The International Space Station in Earth orbit after a visit from the crew of STS-119
On a sub-orbital spaceflight the spacecraft reaches space and then returns to the atmosphere after following a (primarily) ballistic trajectory. This is usually because of insufficient specific orbital energy, in which case a suborbital flight will last only a few minutes, but it is also possible for an object with enough energy for an orbit to have a trajectory that intersects the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes after many hours. Pioneer 1 was NASA's first space probe intended to reach the Moon. A partial failure caused it to instead follow a suborbital trajectory to an altitude of 113,854 kilometers (70,746 mi) before reentering the Earth's atmosphere 43 hours after launch.
The most generally recognized boundary of space is the Kármán line 100 km above sea level. (NASA alternatively defines an astronaut as someone who has flown more than 50 miles (80 km) above sea level.) It is not generally recognized by the public that the increase in potential energy required to pass the Kármán line is only about 3% of the orbital energy (potential plus kinetic energy) required by the lowest possible Earth orbit (a circular orbit just above the Kármán line.) In other words, it is far easier to reach space than to stay there. On May 17, 2004, Civilian Space eXploration Team launched the GoFast Rocket on a suborbital flight, the first amateur spaceflight. On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne was used for the first privately funded human spaceflight.
Point-to-point
Point-to-point is a category of sub-orbital spaceflight in which a spacecraft provides rapid transport between two terrestrial locations. Consider a conventional airline route between London and Sydney, a flight that normally lasts over twenty hours. With point-to-point suborbital travel the same route could be traversed in less than one hour.[10] While no company offers this type of transportation today, SpaceX has revealed plans to do so as early as the 2020s using its BFR vehicle.[11] Suborbital spaceflight over an intercontinental distance requires a vehicle velocity that is only a little lower than the velocity required to reach low Earth orbit.[12] If rockets are used, the size of the rocket relative to the payload is similar to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Any intercontinental spaceflight has to surmount problems of heating during atmosphere re-entry that are nearly as large as those faced by orbital spaceflight.
Orbital
Main article: Orbital spaceflight
Apollo 6 heads into orbit
A minimal orbital spaceflight requires much higher velocities than a minimal sub-orbital flight, and so it is technologically much more challenging to achieve. To achieve orbital spaceflight, the tangential velocity around the Earth is as important as altitude. In order to perform a stable and lasting flight in space, the spacecraft must reach the minimal orbital speed required for a closed orbit.
Interplanetary
Main article: Interplanetary spaceflight
Interplanetary travel is travel between planets within a single planetary system. In practice, the use of the term is confined to travel between the planets of our Solar System.
Interstellar
Main article: Interstellar travel
Five spacecraft are currently leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and New Horizons. The one farthest from the Sun is Voyager 1, which is more than 100 AU distant and is moving at 3.6 AU per year.[13] In comparison, Proxima Centauri, the closest star other than the Sun, is 267,000 AU distant. It will take Voyager 1 over 74,000 years to reach this distance. Vehicle designs using other techniques, such as nuclear pulse propulsion are likely to be able to reach the nearest star significantly faster. Another possibility that could allow for human interstellar spaceflight is to make use of time dilation, as this would make it possible for passengers in a fast-moving vehicle to travel further into the future while aging very little, in that their great speed slows down the rate of passage of on-board time. However, attaining such high speeds would still require the use of some new, advanced method of propulsion.
Intergalactic
Main article: Intergalactic travel
Intergalactic travel involves spaceflight between galaxies, and is considered much more technologically demanding than even interstellar travel and, by current engineering terms, is considered science fiction.
Spacecraft
Main article: Spacecraft
An Apollo Lunar Module on the lunar surface
Spacecraft are vehicles capable of controlling their trajectory through space.
The first 'true spacecraft' is sometimes said to be Apollo Lunar Module,[14] since this was the only manned vehicle to have been designed for, and operated only in space; and is notable for its non aerodynamic shape.
Propulsion
Main article: Spacecraft propulsion
Spacecraft today predominantly use rockets for propulsion, but other propulsion techniques such as ion drives are becoming more common, particularly for unmanned vehicles, and this can significantly reduce the vehicle's mass and increase its delta-v.
Launch systems
Main article: Launch vehicle
Launch systems are used to carry a payload from Earth's surface into outer space.
Expendable
Main article: Expendable launch system
Most current spaceflight uses multi-stage expendable launch systems to reach space.
Reusable
Main article: Reusable launch system
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The first reusable spacecraft, the X-15, was air-launched on a suborbital trajectory on July 19, 1963. The first partially reusable orbital spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, was launched by the USA on the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, on April 12, 1981. During the Shuttle era, six orbiters were built, all of which have flown in the atmosphere and five of which have flown in space. The Enterprise was used only for approach and landing tests, launching from the back of a Boeing 747 and gliding to deadstick landings at Edwards AFB, California. The first Space Shuttle to fly into space was the Columbia, followed by the Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. The Endeavour was built to replace the Challenger, which was lost in January 1986. The Columbia broke up during reentry in February 2003.
The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition on mission STS-1
Columbia landing, concluding the STS-1 mission
Columbia launches again on STS-2
The first automatic partially reusable spacecraft was the Buran (Snowstorm), launched by the USSR on November 15, 1988, although it made only one flight. This spaceplane was designed for a crew and strongly resembled the US Space Shuttle, although its drop-off boosters used liquid propellants and its main engines were located at the base of what would be the external tank in the American Shuttle. Lack of funding, complicated by the dissolution of the USSR, prevented any further flights of Buran.
Per the Vision for Space Exploration, the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011 due mainly to its old age and high cost of the program reaching over a billion dollars per flight. The Shuttle's human transport role is to be replaced by the partially reusable Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) no later than 2021. The Shuttle's heavy cargo transport role is to be replaced by expendable rockets such as the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) or a Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle.
Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne was a reusable suborbital spaceplane that carried pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie on consecutive flights in 2004 to win the Ansari X Prize. The Spaceship Company has built its successor SpaceShipTwo. A fleet of SpaceShipTwos operated by Virgin Galactic planned to begin reusable private spaceflight carrying paying passengers (space tourists) in 2008, but this was delayed due to an accident in the propulsion development.[15]
Challenges
Main article: Effect of spaceflight on the human body
Space disasters
Main article: Space accidents and incidents
All launch vehicles contain a huge amount of energy that is needed for some part of it to reach orbit. There is therefore some risk that this energy can be released prematurely and suddenly, with significant effects. When a Delta II rocket exploded 13 seconds after launch on January 17, 1997, there were reports of store windows 10 miles (16 km) away being broken by the blast.[16]
Space is a fairly predictable environment, but there are still risks of accidental depressurization and the potential failure of equipment, some of which may be very newly developed.
In 2004 the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety was established in the Netherlands to further international cooperation and scientific advancement in space systems safety.[17]
Weightlessness
Main article: Weightlessness
Astronauts on the ISS in weightless conditions. Michael Foale can be seen exercising in the foreground.
In a microgravity environment such as that provided by a spacecraft in orbit around the Earth, humans experience a sense of "weightlessness." Short-term exposure to microgravity causes space adaptation syndrome, a self-limiting nausea caused by derangement of the vestibular system. Long-term exposure causes multiple health issues. The most significant is bone loss, some of which is permanent, but microgravity also leads to significant deconditioning of muscular and cardiovascular tissues.
Radiation
Once above the atmosphere, radiation due to the Van Allen belts, solar radiation and cosmic radiation issues occur and increase. Further away from the Earth, solar flares can give a fatal radiation dose in minutes, and the health threat from cosmic radiation significantly increases the chances of cancer over a decade exposure or more.[18]
Life support
Main article: Life support system
In human spaceflight, the life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in outer space. NASA often uses the phrase Environmental Control and Life Support System or the acronym ECLSS when describing these systems for its human spaceflight missions.[19] The life support system may supply: air, water and food. It must also maintain the correct body temperature, an acceptable pressure on the body and deal with the body's waste products. Shielding against harmful external influences such as radiation and micro-meteorites may also be necessary. Components of the life support system are life-critical, and are designed and constructed using safety engineering techniques.
Space weather
Main article: Space weather
Aurora australis and Discovery, May 1991.
Space weather is the concept of changing environmental conditions in outer space. It is distinct from the concept of weather within a planetary atmosphere, and deals with phenomena involving ambient plasma, magnetic fields, radiation and other matter in space (generally close to Earth but also in interplanetary, and occasionally interstellar medium). "Space weather describes the conditions in space that affect Earth and its technological systems. Our space weather is a consequence of the behavior of the Sun, the nature of Earth's magnetic field, and our location in the Solar System."[20]
Space weather exerts a profound influence in several areas related to space exploration and development. Changing geomagnetic conditions can induce changes in atmospheric density causing the rapid degradation of spacecraft altitude in Low Earth orbit. Geomagnetic storms due to increased solar activity can potentially blind sensors aboard spacecraft, or interfere with on-board electronics. An understanding of space environmental conditions is also important in designing shielding and life support systems for manned spacecraft.
Environmental considerations
Rockets as a class are not inherently grossly polluting. However, some rockets use toxic propellants, and most vehicles use propellants that are not carbon neutral. Many solid rockets have chlorine in the form of perchlorate or other chemicals, and this can cause temporary local holes in the ozone layer. Re-entering spacecraft generate nitrates which also can temporarily impact the ozone layer. Most rockets are made of metals that can have an environmental impact during their construction.
In addition to the atmospheric effects there are effects on the near-Earth space environment. There is the possibility that orbit could become inaccessible for generations due to exponentially increasing space debris caused by spalling of satellites and vehicles (Kessler syndrome). Many launched vehicles today are therefore designed to be re-entered after use.
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The Toyota Crown (Japanese: トヨタクラウン Toyota Kuraun) is a line of mid-size and full-size luxury sedans by Toyota primarily aimed at the Japanese market and sold in other select Asian markets.
Introduced in 1955, it has served as the mainstream sedan from Toyota in the Japanese market throughout its existence and holds the distinction of being the longest running passenger-car nameplate affixed to any Toyota model, along with being the first Toyota vehicle to be exported to the United States in 1958. Its traditional competitors in Japan and Asia have been the Nissan Cedric/Gloria/Fuga and the Honda Legend, along with the defunct Mazda Luce, Isuzu Bellel, and Mitsubishi Debonair.
Available at Toyota Store dealers in Japan, the Crown has been popular for government usage, whether as a police car or for transporting government officials. It has also been popular with Japanese companies as company cars along with use as a taxicab. While a base Crown was available for many years aimed at the taxicab market, the increasing opulence and price of the Crown line led to the creation of the Toyota Comfort in 1995 as a more affordable alternative.
In North America, the first through fourth generations were offered from 1958 through 1973.[2] It was replaced with the Toyota Corona Mark II, which was later renamed the Toyota Cressida, after which the Cressida was replaced by the Toyota Avalon as Toyota's large sedan in North America. The Crown has also been partially succeeded in export markets by its closely related sibling, the Lexus GS, which since its debut in 1991 as the Toyota Aristo has always shared the Crown's platform and powertrain options. Later models of the GS and Crown have taken on a very strong aesthetic kinship through shared design cues.
The Crown's history and reputation has given it prominence in the Toyota lineup, as it is one of the few current Toyota models to carry its own unique insignia for the model line with the current Crown having a stylized crown emblem on the grille and steering wheel along with inspiring the names of its smaller progenitors. The Corona, introduced as a smaller companion to the Crown means "crown" in Latin and was initially exported as the "Tiara", while the Corolla took its name from the regal chaplet. The Camry's name is derived from the Japanese phrase kanmuri (冠, かんむり) meaning "little crown" and the Toyota Scepter took its name from the sceptre, an accessory to a crown.
As of 2013, the Toyota Crown is sold in Japan and China
The 170-series features shorter front overhang therefore maximizes interior and trunk space. There are two different 170-series 4-door Saloon; the Royal, and Athlete. The Majesta is a separate vehicle which is larger and longer than the Crown. The 4-door Hardtop was discontinued. The 170-series Estate was the first new Crown Wagon after the 130-series. Engine is either 2.0, 2.5, or 3.0. The Athlete V has 2.5-liter 1JZ-GTE turbo. The Royal was also offered with a 3.0-liter 2JZ-FSE mild hybrid.
An innovation was the electronically controlled (Toyota Electronic Modulated Suspension) air suspension combining nonlinear H-infinity control of damping force and roll-orientation control
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The stroy of Queen Shiny - book 2 Full stroy The the evil queen of lust.
Chapter 1 - Prologue
Chapter 2 - The lustful latex lesbians
Chapter 3 - Lost in lust
Chapter 4 - The last ture queen
Chapter 5 - Belle-glosse
Chapter 6 - Shiny's selfishness
Chapter 7 - Queen Slutty
Chapter 8 - Reclaiming the throne
Chapter 9 - The corruption of Pink lust
Chapter 10 - Ex grifriend
Chapter 11 - The last war of Dommalex
Chapter 1 - Prologue
Queen Shiny was born to Queen Glassy and King Tushar in the Sky-tower of Magicalu, Shiny was destined for the throne from a young age. Her early life was spent alongside her younger sister, Princess Satiny, and their magical land-fish, Floppy. Shiny's childhood was steeped in royalty, but her focus diverged from the welfare of her people by the age of 13, caring more about her appearance and desire for compliments, particularly when adorned in latex outfits and makeup. This contrasted sharply with her mother, Queen Glassy, who was beloved for her dedication to her subjects. At 14, Shiny was introduced to the Staff of Dominance, an ancient artifact crafted 10,000 years prior by the six guardians of Dommalex to maintain the world's balance. Despite her mother's explicit warnings against using the staff and the "book of the 4 winds," Shiny verbally agreed to these prohibitions. During this period, she met Hardice, a respected ship-man, but showed little interest in him, preferring the attention she received for her beauty. Her wedding introduced her to Glossy, a wealthy girl with a shared passion for latex fashion, leading to a close romantic relationship that overshadowed her marriage to Hardice. Shiny was crowned queen at the age of 14. Her reign over Magicalu was short-lived and tumultuous, ending due to a series of events primarily involving the blizzard dragon White-sheen. During White-sheen's destructive rampage, Shiny, then pregnant, was perceived as an ineffective ruler. Instead of confronting the dragon, she and Glossy entered a forbidden magical spell room and opened the "magic book of the 4 winds". As the dragon approached, Shiny fled to a crystal-cave where she gave birth to her daughter, Crystal, while Glossy attempted to close the forbidden book. The dragon was eventually subdued by White-sky, Hardice, and King Tushar. Shiny was subsequently uncrowned for abandoning her people, using forbidden magic, and alleged infidelity to Prince Hardice the 5th. Public sentiment also deemed her too young and immature for her role, and rumors of a plot to install Glossy as a co-ruler further eroded her legitimacy. In shame, Shiny left the kingdom, expressing a preference for "shiny sexy latex" over her queendom, leaving Princess Crystal in Hardice's care.
After her uncrowning, Shiny and Glossy relocated multiple times, living in Toweron for a year, then moved to Wallfort, specifically Poilshvil town. Shiny had also spent three years in Gemrock starting at age 18, and moved to Reeflaxio by age 21. By age 23, they arrived in the Kingdom of Hexonu, having extensively learned magic spells and gained considerable knowledge about Dommalex. In Hexonu's Enchantment City, they encountered Mistress Aurora, a powerful latex sorceress who recognized Shiny as the lost Queen of Magicalu. Shiny achieved a high rank and was granted a royal hall, though not formally a queen of Hexonu, while Glossy was regarded as a "latex princess". They resided in a "latex home" and dedicated many years to learning magic. By the age of 30, Shiny, still focused on her appearance, learned that her 15-year-old daughter, Princess Crystal, was gaining recognition for her beauty. To maintain her youthful appearance and enhance her attractiveness, Shiny, with Glossy's help, cast a "prettiness" spell, making her appear around 18 years old with an hourglass figure, big bust, wider hips, and prettier hair and face. She also cast a spell to make her latex outfits perpetually shiny. This transformation made her the "hottest in all of Hexonu," drawing immense attention. Mistress Aurora confronted Shiny about taking forbidden books, but Shiny dismissed her, asserting her queenly status and beauty as justification.
Shiny, alongside Queen Glossy, is depicted as having a youthful appearance, perceived to be around 24–26 years old due to her "prettiness" spell, despite her actual age of 63. She possessed comprehensive knowledge of all magic books in Dommalex and was familiar with all practitioners of witchcraft. Shiny harbored a long-standing dislike for Princess Shimmerah of Gonzzul, later Queen Shimmerah, due to perceived evil plans observed through her "Seeing crystal ball of Rubyano." This animosity intensified after Shimmerah acquired Mistress Virella's staff. Shiny and Glossy fled Hexonu after Shimmerah initiated a campaign of conquest. They took a "Bag of Quantity" filled with crucial magical items, including magic books, powerful stones, rings, the "Seeing crystal ball of Rubyano," and "lots of shiny latex clothing," to prevent Shimmerah from misusing them. They then opened a portal to Antarubberi, a jungle world with green water and sky, where they built a "rubberized home" and lived freely. Shiny and Glossy planned their return to Dommalex, intentionally leaving their magical items on Antarubberi and employing a forgetting spell. Upon her return, Shiny found Magicalu drastically changed: the Sky-tower was gold, and Latex Empress Shimmerah, 29, had conquered all 12 kingdoms and queendoms, renaming the land Shimmerathia. Shiny discovered the Staff of Dominance had been taken, suspecting Shimmerah. In a confrontation with Shimmerah in the Golden Sky-tower, Shiny, appearing 25 despite being 75 due to aging spells, wore a royal-blue latex catsuit. She tricked Shimmerah into attempting to conquer the Temple of Time, knowing that the Unyielding Knights guarding it, despite a spell of unlust, would still be susceptible to Shimmerah's beauty. This led to the intervention of Aeon, the god of time, who cast Shimmerah into another realm. Shiny then retrieved the Staff of Dominance and returned it to its rightful place in the Sky-tower, becoming the recrowned Queen of Magicalu and a hero.
After Shimmerah's downfall, Shiny and Glossy visited Wealthold City in Gonzzul, which had become a dark, ruined place under Shimmerah's influence. They found kings and queens imprisoned in latex bondage, experiencing perpetual arousal without orgasm. Despite their initial intent to free them, Shiny and Glossy were drawn to images of Shimmerah and the BDSM environment, ultimately leaving the captives in their state. They returned to rule their own land, seeking a better path to restore their people.
Chapter 2 - The lustful latex lesbians
After a year of ruling her land, Mistress Luna came before Queen Shiny and Queen Glossy, also known as the Latex Lesbian Queens of Magical. Luna was not initially welcome, as she had worshipped Shimmerah during her rule. However, Luna informed them that she was not Shimmerah's slave but a spy sent by the Magical Mistresses of Hexonu to find Shimmerah's weakness. Luna stated that when Queen Shiny had returned to her throne, Luna sent Shimmerah to take it. However, Shimmerah told Shiny that she knew Shiny was wise and would trap her in her greed. Shiny sent Luna to the Temple of Time, where Aeon took her. Luna stated that if not for her, Shimmerah would control everything. Shiny and Glossy then allowed Luna into their royal hall. Luna bowed low and presented gifts: new, shiny black latex clothing made from rubber trees in the vast jungles of Latxrubbero, and a bottle of pink mist. Shiny asked if the pink mist was "pink lust," and Luna affirmed it. Glossy inquired about its origin and why she had received such a gift, as "pink lust" was mentioned in folklore. When a demoness of lust appeared, a "pink lust" fog manifested as a mist or flowed as a liquid. Exposure to "pink lust" induced perpetual lustfulness until it dissipated, which took a considerable amount of time. Shiny and Glossy recalled the "pink lust" in the jails of Wealthold City, within the Capital of Gonzzul, beneath Shimmerah's palace. Luna stated she wanted to help invigorate their sex life, adding that if they did not want it, they should keep it in the bottle. Luna then teleported away.
Later that night, Shiny and Glossy retrieved their most powerful sex toys. Dressed in their latex outfits, they entered their latex bed and opened a bottle of pink lust. They experienced intense sexual pleasure, orgasming repeatedly throughout the night. They desired more, using one sex toy after another. Even when the sun rose and their maids entered, they continued, unconcerned about who was in the room. While the maids cleaned, they licked each other's vulvas, performed 69, and used strap-on dildos to engage in sexual activity. They were playing with their cats while trying to walk out of the bedroom, giggling in greedy lust as the maids cleaned up the mess. This never-ending lustfulness of pure kinkiness went on for five days and five nights non-stop. Afterward, they slept as they were very worn out.
Even though they knew pink lust was evil and that lust demons used it, they wanted more of it but did not want their people to know. Shiny and Glossy tried to act as if it never happened. However, their addiction to sexual pleasure was too great, and their high fetish for latex, when combined, was such a turn-on that they knew they would become as lustful as the lost queen Silverleaf of Latexrubbero.
Chapter 3 - Lost in lust
Shimmerah was long gone. The other kings and queens, except Shellyana in the Lost Lands, were imprisoned in Shimmerah's dark tower, now inhabited by Mistress Luna. Over the years, Shiny became increasingly promiscuous, desiring constant sexual activity. She openly masturbated with sex toys on her throne, asserting her right as queen to do as she pleased. She continued even when others were present. She compelled Glossy to wear vibrating latex dildos as strap-ons and engaged in sexual activity with her throughout the day. Glossy, being more prudent, suggested they rest, but Shiny, as queen, demanded more. Shiny and Glossy engaged in days of non-stop sexual activity. Shiny instructed her maids to insert and remove sex toys when Glossy was exhausted. She cast magic spells on herself to enhance her sexual stamina. While Glossy slept, Shiny engaged in sexual activity with her latex-clad maids. Over the years, she was often observed orgasming with a "slutty" expression and eyes rolling back.
Shimmerah was long gone. The other kings and queens, except Shellyana in the Lost Lands, were imprisoned in Shimmerah's dark tower, now inhabited by Mistress Luna. Over the years, Shiny became increasingly promiscuous, desiring constant sexual activity. She openly masturbated with sex toys on her throne, asserting her right as queen to do as she pleased. She continued even when others were present. She compelled Glossy to wear vibrating latex dildos as strap-ons and engaged in sexual activity with her throughout the day. Glossy, being more prudent, suggested they rest, but Shiny, as queen, demanded more. Shiny and Glossy engaged in days of non-stop sexual activity. Shiny instructed her maids to insert and remove sex toys when Glossy was exhausted. She cast magic spells on herself to enhance her sexual stamina. While Glossy slept, Shiny engaged in sexual activity with her latex-clad maids. Over the years, she was often observed orgasming with a "slutty" expression and eyes rolling back.
For many years, Shiny indulged in the "pink lust" provided by Mistress Luna, who paid her generously in gold. Shiny knew that Mistress Luna extracted the "pink lust" from old rulers. She could have negotiated their freedom, but she prioritized her desires over their liberty. She instructed Luna to keep them captive indefinitely and to ensure her perpetual arousal. One hundred years later, Mistress Luna found Shiny in a pool filled with various sex toys. Luna presented a small bottle containing a liquid she called "pink liquid lust." She explained that a small cup of it would provide the power of a week's worth of pink lust and intensify the feeling of sex tenfold. Shiny, very excited, gave Luna more gold and magic crystals. That day, Shiny was carried out on her palanquin. She announced to the bowing crowd what was in the bottle, then drank it. She had her maids engage in sexual acts with her for all to see, enjoying being watched and experiencing intense orgasms. She shouted to her people in high sexual pleasure, saying, "I'm sluttier than Queen Silverleaf ever was, and I want to be known for my sluttiness and naughtiness."
Chapter 4 - The last ture queen
Shiny ruled for 170 years after Shimmerah's fall. Queen Shiny became increasingly addicted to "pink lust," which she constantly indulged. Glossy spent much of her time acquiring sex toys for Shiny, who always desired more and kinkier ones. Shiny lost her crown when her people no longer viewed her as a queen but as a selfish, promiscuous girl who cared only for sex and kinky pleasures, neglecting her people.
Glossy, now 246, like Shiny, still appeared to be 25 due to her magic. She was also a very kinky girl, always covered in latex and stuffed with sex toys. However, seeing how evil Shiny had become, Glossy removed all the pink lust and hunted down Mistress Luna to ensure Shiny could not gain any more power. Shiny told Glossy no, stating she needed sex all the time and hadn't gone a day without it for over 150 years. Shiny stuffed her pussy and ass with sex toys and packed her magic bag full of all her toys. She knew she would be forever horny; she was a nymphomaniac. Shiny departed her queendom, as the land of Magicalu lacked a ruler, the royal line having ended with her. The populace endeavored to retain Shiny as queen for as long as possible. Despite her mischievous nature, Shiny remained a beautiful and alluring woman in her latex attire. The sole remaining ruler resided in the barren Hell-realm: a demonic latex succubus named Belle-Glosse. Belle-Glosse was renowned for her captivating allure, inspiring lust in all who beheld her. However, she would claim one's soul and engage in coitus until one faded, whereupon a demon would appear to worship her. Belle-Glosse's numerous sexual encounters resulted in a vast demon army, all present for her insatiable, lustful amusement. Everyone was warned to avoid her. Shiny, driven by an uncontrollable sexual appetite, desperately sought more encounters. She would have visited the Cave of Greed, but it ceased to exist after Aeon, the God of Time, removed Shimmerah 170 years prior.
Chapter 5 - Belle-glosse
Over the past 150 years, the lands of Toweron and Wallfort fell into darkness due to the evil and power of Belle-Glosse, a demonic latex queen of unending greed. The land was barren, filled with demons, and the sky a black smog. The Unyielding Knights, who once guarded the Temple of Time of Latxrubbero, now stood on the rim of the hell-lands ruled by Belle-Glosse. Lust had no power over these knights due to a powerful spell they cast upon themselves to remain impervious to the allure of any woman. Almost 4,000 years ago, they pledged service to Queen Shinenee, whose greed ruled the crystal lands. Over the last 40 years, the Unyielding Knights constructed a long wall to prevent entry into the hell-land.
Shiny made her way south towards Hell-Land, knowing Belle-Glosse was engaged in extreme sexual activity. Shiny believed that as Belle-Glosse was a lust demon, she might possess a significant amount of "pink lust" or something superior. She walked in black latex, with dildos in her vagina and anus, which shifted with every step. On the way, she discovered a small village in the south of Magicalu called Ice-Melt Town, named long ago by her abandoned daughter, Crystal. A group of men, recognizing her as the queen, offered her food and a bed for the night. However, Shiny stated that the only food she desired was semen from their penises. She instructed them to engage in sexual acts with her. The men, aware of her promiscuous nature, complied. When the men were exhausted, she demanded more. Having heard of her unchaste reputation, they acceded to her request, bringing additional men. She was then taken to the town hall for a group sexual encounter. She disregarded the marital status of the men, informing their wives that if their husbands did not satisfy her sexually to her desired extent, she would ensure their lifelong incarceration. Consequently, they all engaged in sexual activity with her throughout the night, continuing into the following day and night. She thoroughly enjoyed the experience. She instructed the women to use vibrators and wands to stimulate her clitoris and nipples while the men engaged in intercourse.
After three weeks of non-stop sex, the inhabitants of Ice-melt Town were exhausted, many ill, and some suffering from back pain. Shiny, therefore, sought more sex. She arrived at the wall of the Hell-lands and found an unguarded section. She entered the Hell-lands on foot. The following day, she encountered a group of demons who led her to the Dark Tower of Belle-Glosse. Inside, the tower was constructed of shiny black latex and served as a lair of black latex tentacles and sex toys. Belle-Glosse was present, a demon girl made of shiny black latex with horns, a tail, wings, and glowing red eyes. She stated that men arrived, not a girl or the last queen. Shiny expressed a desire for pink lust, and her sexual urges were uncontrollable. Belle-Glosse was now perceived more favorably by Shiny, as Belle-Glosse possessed two latex phalluses, which were self-lubricating and ejaculating. Tentacles were penetrating her vagina and anus. Her nipples were lactating. Belle-Glosse inquired, "What would you do for perpetual sex?" Shiny replied, "Anything." Belle-Glosse informed her that she could cast a sex spell upon her. This spell would transform anyone with whom she engaged in sexual activity into a demon witch, who would then become her eternal slave. The more sex she had, the more pink lust she could create, but with all that sex, she would become a succubus of lust. Shiny told her that she wanted that more than anything. She did not care if the world fell into darkness, as long as all the sex in the world could be hers, however and whenever she wanted. So, Belle-Glosse cast the spell over her.
Chapter 6 - Shiny's selfishness
Shiny returned to Ice-melt Town, now aware that if they engaged in sexual activity with her again, they would transform into mindless demons. As she walked, her thoughts were consumed not by the lives of others, but by the anticipation of sexual pleasure, hoping demons could provide a more intense and prolonged experience than humans. She stimulated herself manually, with a vibrating dildo inserted vaginally and anal beads rectally. She fantasized about the diverse sexual encounters she could have, having observed Belle-Glosse's numerous experiences and desiring similar ones for herself. Upon arriving back in Ice-melt Town, she entered a home and observed a man with his wife. She used her magic powers, pushing him to the floor. Then, sliding her hands over her latex-clad body, she said, "Time for some fun." She then had sex with him. His wife watched as Shiny looked back at her, grinning, while she orgasmed.
She summoned all the men, and they promptly arrived. Some claimed they had been powerless since the recent events. She asserted her authority as queen, stating she would have her desires met. Consequently, they complied with her demands. By the following day, all the men in the town had transformed into demons. The demons then engaged in intercourse with Shiny five times consecutively before departing for Belle-Glosse's hell lands. Shiny subsequently enslaved the women of Ice-melt town, compelling them to construct a shiny black latex palanquin and throne for her. She then journeyed to the next town, where she engaged in sexual acts with everyone until they, too, became demons. She instructed the women to create latex sex toys and construct a larger latex palanquin, which was a latex room with an inflatable rubber interior. More individuals were required to carry her new palanquin as she used her sex toys inside. From town to town, and village to village, she engaged in sexual acts with groups of men. Upon reaching her desired destinations, she had the local girls, dressed as latex maids, wear latex dildos and engage in sexual acts with her. The maids were aware of her plan to fulfill her sexual desires but were powerless to stop her, as Shiny was a powerful sorceress whose beauty was irresistible to men.
She was returning to the Sky Tower of her palace, but the city's populace had dethroned her. She did not want Magicalu, the largest city, to impede her avarice. Consequently, she commanded her slaves to transport her south, beyond Magicalu, to the Hell Lands, to reunite with Belleglosse. The sole entrance and exit through the wall encircling the Hell Lands had been sealed. Shiny was greatly distressed and compelled her maid to sexually gratify her for 16 hours without respite, solely to distract herself from the ordeal. The Unyielding Knights sought to prevent any entry or demonic egress. A man who lived on the hill saw the shiny palanquin and assumed a queen was inside. He told the maids that only demons could enter and that many demons had been seen walking towards the hell lands from Magicalu over the past six months. He also mentioned that the Unyielding Knights had not completed the wall, leaving an opening 30 miles to the east. Shiny had them take her 30 miles east. Once in the hell-lands, the maids felt fearful, but Shiny told them to be quiet and give her more sexual pleasure.
At Belle-Glosse's dark, towering, shiny black palace, maids carried Shiny in her palanquin. The maids were accustomed to hearing cries and moans of sexual pleasure from Shiny, but they did not see Belle-Glosse. Instead, they observed lines of demons and a pink fog ahead, accompanied by long sighs of sexual moans. Shiny recognized it as pink lust and exited her palanquin, walking into it. Belle-Glosse was present, clad in a full red latex outfit, engaged in kinky sex and latex activities. Shiny declared, "I have given you all these demons," as she inserted black latex tentacle dildos into her vagina and anus. Belle-Glosse had numerous latex tentacles in her vagina and anus. Belle-Glosse, grinning, clad in shiny black latex, bound her, saying, "You're my slutty slave." Shiny happily replied, "Yes, I'm the sluttiest. This is why I bring you all these maids to farm all the pink lust you wish." She continued, "You can drown me in pink lust, making me the sluttiest, shiny, latex nymphomaniac that could be. I wish for never-ending sexual gratification without a second of rest."
Shiny continued to experience extreme sex with the latex tentacles, orgasming repeatedly as the pink lust kept her incredibly aroused. She sucked on them greedily, giggling as her eyes rolled back with lust. Belle-Glosse left her with the latex tentacles for a full week, joining her at times. Belle-Glosse wanted her to fully experience the power of pink lust sex, which was many times better than any gangbang sex Shiny had ever had. On the seventh day, Shiny, overwhelmed by an extremely high libido and eyes glowing pink from lust's power, became increasingly greedy. Belle-Glosse then took all the tentacles from Shiny. Shiny, in a state of lust, attempted to rejoin Belle-Glosse, who was still enjoying herself among them. Belle-Glosse declared herself a demon of lust. Shiny expressed her desire for all sex. Belle-Glosse affirmed her own desire for all sex, but also for complete dominance and control over the world. Shiny bowed to her, stating, "I am a slutty girl, so greedy for sex. I will help you enslave the world." "I prioritize my sexual gratification over the well-being of the people of Dommalex. The suffering of the world is inconsequential to me, provided I can pursue further sexual experiences. Let us embrace our desires without restraint." Belle-Glosse presented Shiny with a bottle of pink lust, asserting it would amplify her libido tenfold. Shiny opened it, and Belle-Glosse advised against consuming it entirely at once. Nevertheless, Shiny imbibed the entire contents. Belle-Glosse permitted Shiny to take nine additional bottles and fifty of her maids, while Belle-Glosse kept 974 maids for her lust farm. Shiny, a latex demon of lust, departed, knowing that upon her return, more pink lust would be prepared for her enjoyment.
Chapter 7 - Queen Slutty
When growing up, Shiny was told as queen to look after the Staff of Dominance and never use it. She knew it possessed evil powers but also that no staff was more powerful. When Shimmerah took it, she gained power over all mages, and many tried to stop her but could not. When Shiny retrieved it, she locked it away within the Sky-Tower of Magicalu. After a while, Shiny became preoccupied with other matters and forgot about the staff. Now she was within her latex palanquin, heading for the next town to use her powers.
She now deemed herself a demoness of sex with powerful magic. She believed that with the Staff of Dominance, she could achieve the highest forms of sexual gratification, compelling anyone she desired to have sex with her in any way she wished. At that moment, latex maids with latex strap-on dildos were gangbanging her. She moaned, "I want the Staff of Dominance, so much power, to have so much sex." Her maids worried, knowing of the staff's evil. They told Shiny the evil from the staff could doom the world, but Shiny giggled, saying, "So what? Imagine the sexual pleasure I could have." Shiny moaned at her maids, "Make me climax. Dig deeper and faster." The maids complied, and Shiny moaned in lust. The maids informed Shiny that the land of Magicalu had been uninhabited for many days. Shiny giggled, stating that she had engaged in sexual acts with them all, and they were now demons and slaves to Belle-Glosse. The maids inquired about their next course of action, and Shiny instructed them to go to the land of Kawaiin. They transported her there. She spent a few weeks in each town, engaging in sexual acts with everyone. She engaged in sexual acts with all the men, as her beauty was irresistible. The women engaged in sexual acts with her, utilizing sex toys. The town was overrun by demons traveling to the hell lands. After a year, Shiny had sexual encounters with over 40,000 men. She engaged in continuous sexual activity throughout the day. She cast a sleepless spell on herself, eliminating the need for rest, allowing her to have sex all night. Her latex maid polished her latex body and outfits while she experienced orgasms and consumed the last of her pink lust bottle.
Upon Shiny's return to the hell lands, a vast army of demon knights surrounded the Towers of Belle-Glosse. Shiny arrived in her palanquin, carried by 2,877 latex-clad maids. Her orgasms were audible from within the closed palanquin, her sexual moans heard by all. Inside Belle-Glosse's Tower, everything had changed; it was filled with latex dildo-cock tentacles. A tunnel of lust, a pink fog of lust, filled the rubbery room. Within stood Belle-Glosse, a beautiful demon girl made of shiny black latex with glowing pinkish-red eyes, revealing her deep, lustful evil. Shiny then exited her palanquin.
Belle-Glosse grinned greedily as latex dildo-cock tentacles emerged from behind Shiny. Shiny complimented her, saying she looked beautiful, like a goddess of latex sluttiness. Belle-Glosse replied, "Thanks to you, I now possess the power and army to soon conquer the world. I command sex, Body Manipulation, Age Manipulation, and Matter Creation. These powers allow me to indulge in the kinkiest forms of sex. I am composed of the smoothest, most slippery latex, both internally and externally. I possess multiple vaginas, and with my own latex phalluses emerging from my posterior vagina, I can self-penetrate." Sexual pleasure is boundless and unending. Shiny begged Belle-Glosse to grant her this pleasure, but Belle-Glosse, in an act of cruelty, made her watch for an hour while she pleasured herself. Subsequently, Shiny was drawn into the experience and engaged in sex far more intense than any she had experienced with toys, filling all her orifices. Shiny's mind went black while pink-lust mist came from her breath. Belle-Glosse inhaled it, forming more erogenous zones. Shiny sank into the latex tentacles, feeling them slide over her latex body. Shiny loved it and wished it would never end. Shiny observed numerous latex-clad maids, all transformed into latex demons of lust and enslaved by Belle-Glosse. This was a dark, kinky factory of lust where Belle-Glosse cultivated her hedonistic, nymphomaniacal, evil desires. Belle-Glosse absorbed the pink lust, converting it into a liquid that she drank and poured over herself. Belle-Glosse approached Shiny, stating, "You believed you were slutty... Observe how greedily evil and selfish I have become. Everything is for me, all for my own sexual pleasure."
After 12 weeks without rest, Belle-Glosse removed the latex tentacles from Shiny. Shiny, crying, begged for more. Belle-Glosse, however, stated that Shiny was her slave, and all rules and plans were hers alone. She instructed Shiny, "Go and have sex with more kingdoms." Shiny, now a complete latex demon girl with glowing red eyes, a demon tail, and wings of shiny black latex, possessed a perfect and very sexy body for all to see. Belle-Glosse added that this time, 10,000 demon knights would accompany her, carrying abundant pink lust. Belle-Glosse instructed her to sit on a throne and have everyone engage in sexual activity with her as a shiny latex queen. "You said you wished to rule, and only you," Shiny said to Belle-Glosse. Belle-Glosse replied, "I will rule as I rule you. When this world is under my control, you will be rewarded with all the sexual activity you could ever dream of, and it will be forever, with no end." Hearing this, Shiny said, "Yes, my Queen of Lust, or should I say Goddess of Lust." Shiny knew of Belle-Glosse's insatiable desire for sexual activity, but she desperately wanted what Belle-Glosse had promised. The 2,877 latex-clad maids Shiny brought were added to Belle-Glosse's pink-lust farm, but Shiny intended to acquire more.
Chapter 8 - Reclaimingthe throne
When Queen Shiny was taken from the Tower of Belle-Glosse in her black latex palanquin, filled with many kinky latex sex toys, she played with them all. Her latex-clad maids gave her all she wished while an army of demon knights was sent by Belle-Glosse to ensure none stopped Shiny from her evil plans to rule the world. Shiny was a slave to both Belle-Glosse and her lust for latex and sex. She was once a powerful latex queen of the Queendom of Magicalu and a powerful sorceress of the Kingdom of Hexonu, along with her girlfriend, Queen Glossy. She knew her nymphomania would lead to her uncrowning. Belle-Glosse's evil lust and demonic powers had darkened the lands. She knew Belle-Glosse, like herself, enjoyed nymphomanic activities and was always sexually aroused. Shiny was now bound to Belle-Glosse's will and knew that Belle-Glosse was only using her to gain power. While Shiny was aroused, experiencing triple penetration with a vibrating dildo, she developed a growing desire not to be Belle-Glosse's slave. She wanted to be in full control, having power over Belle-Glosse instead. She was a powerful sorceress with over 200 years of experience in the magical arts. She knew the demons accompanying her worshipped Belle-Glosse. If she revealed her thoughts, one might inform Belle-Glosse, who could then seize her "pink lust" and condemn her to a life devoid of sexual pleasure.
A year later, at 249, she asked her followers to take her to Magicalu and her sky-tower, where her throne was. When she arrived at the sky-tower, people saw her coming and waged war against the demon knights. Shiny emerged from her palanquin, saying, "Stop fighting." The people, who once admired Queen Shiny in her hot latex outfits, stunning makeup, and hair, now saw a perfectly stunning latex demoness, shiny as black glass. Her hair was now jet-black, not bluish-white, as her people remembered. She still had her sexy hourglass figure, big breasts, and round bottom. Clad in shiny black latex, her form adorned with vibrating sex toys, she presented a visage of lust and arousal. Her latex demon tail swayed gently, her black demon horns, and glowing red eyes fixed on the leader. The leader, not a king, inquired, "Who are you? Remove your army from our land. Are you the succubus Fetishiah or Raven, the dark wood-elf?" Shiny giggled, responding, "It is I, your queen, Shiny. Am I not radiant now?" Shiny climaxed with an ahegao and a lustful moan. "My lust is boundless, yet as queen, I still desire to aid my people as I once did." "Let me go home, and I will help restore order." She climaxed again, loving it. "I've always been a slut, but still…" She climaxed again with a long ahegao. "Yes, I'm a bad queen, so what? The lands are dark from many evil queens, but of all of them, I'm the only one who wants the darkness gone." The ruler of the Sky-Tower then said, "Fine, go into your tower. But if you're trapped in your lust, then let me look after the people." Shiny said yes with an ahegao, telling the demon knights to wait outside.
Her latex-clad maids helped her into her tower. Deeper inside, away from the knights, one of her maids asked about her plans. Shiny, sighing, replied in a low voice, "I plan to lift my curse from Belle-Glosse and remove the demons from my queendom. If the people see I've helped them, they'll let me do as I wish. I want to rule; I am the queen, it is my queendom. I want all the pink lust for myself. Just think of all that pleasure!"
Chapter 9 - The corruption of Pink lust
Back in her golden sky town, now queen for the third time in Magicalu, she went to the room where the Staff of Dominance was held. She was with her maids, who knew it should never be used due to its immense and potentially catastrophic powers. It possesses abilities like reality warping, planetary portal creation, and complete elemental control, and a malevolent power which could steer the user towards destructive actions. All knew the tale. Shiny walked to it, saying, "Such power." One of her latex-clad maids spoke up, saying, "My, I don't think that's a good idea." With vibrating magical dildos sliding in and out, Shiny, climaxing and giggling, said, "When I was a kid, my mommy said to always look after it and never use it, to stop evil from taking it. But I'm the queen who's filled with pure sluttiness and naughtiness." She took the staff. A whirlwind of power whirled around Shiny, blowing her maids back to the far ends of the room. The town shook as if an earthquake was happening. Lightning flashed and thunder cracked. Many forms of energy were pulled into the staff. Shiny had possessed many magical abilities for over 200 years. "All will be as I wish," Shiny giggled. "From now on, I will enjoy myself. I stopped Shimmerah from ruling the world, but now I will rule the world."
She demonstrated her power to her worried people, who knew her plans were unstoppable. She removed the curse Belle-Glosse had placed upon her and banished all demons worshipping Belle-Glosse from her tower. She compelled the people of Magicalu to engage in sexual acts with her in the streets, on her throne, and wherever else she desired. She forced them to work in a factory she created with her power, manufacturing sex toys for her. She then led her maids into a rubberized room within her tower and used her demons to engage them in sexual acts, testing various sex toys to maximize their libido. She understood that "pink lust" formed in females driven mad by endless sexual pleasure. For many weeks, the maids experienced continuous sexual pleasure until "pink lust" began to form. Then, Shiny used black pipes to extract the "pink lust." The pipes led to a "pink lust" factory where it was converted into liquid "pink lust." She knew that liquid "pink lust" was extremely powerful, given intense sexual arousal and extreme sexual pleasure with increased consumption. She had seen the power that large amounts of "pink lust" could unleash, as with Belle-Glosse, who could grow two phalluses and use latex tentacle sex toys to pleasure herself. Her desire for sexual gratification was intense. She would willingly plunge the world into darkness if it meant she could have all the sexual pleasure she wanted.
Fifty-one years later, Queen Shiny, now known as Queen Slutty, was 300 years of age but still appeared eighteen. She had enslaved all of Magicalu and conquered other lands. Fifty years later, Queen Crystal, Shiny's daughter, arrived. Shiny had abandoned her daughter 286 years prior for "latex and sex." Crystal knew her mother was a wicked, selfish nymphomaniac who only loved herself. Crystal had been trapped in a time loop on Gem Island with odd, dream-like, unknown beings who then teleported her to Gloss Island. There, she was assisted by two latex-clad women named Vivienney and Raven, the latter of whom was a Succubus. She did not know she had been transported into the far future. The land of the twelve kingdoms and queendoms was now barren. She could find no one to talk to, so she went to the Sky-Tower where she grew up. The Sky-Tower was now shiny black, and the city around it was in ruins. Above the tower was a great storm of pink lightning. The snow was gone, and the soil was black. As Crystal walked into the tower in her silver and black latex outfit, she heard sexual moans of lust in every room. She looked, seeing thousands of females, all driven mad by endless sexual pleasure, with pipes sucking pink lust from the room.
Crystal found the queen's lair, which was made of shiny black latex and filled with pink fog. She used her power to mask herself and entered. Sex toys were everywhere, with latex tentacles emerging from the inflatable rubber walls and floor. She found a demoness, clad in shiny black latex, reveling in lustful greed with bumpy latex cock tentacles screwed into her anus and vagina. A black rubber pipe was inserted into her mouth. Crystal asked, "Who are you within my royal hall?" The demoness opened her mouth, releasing the pipe, and a large amount of pink lust flowed from it and her mouth with a long, lustful sexual moan. "I am your mother, Queen Shiny, or should I say Queen Slutty?" Shiny moaned in a lustful giggle, climaxing repeatedly, her cum pooling with each climax. Crystal was horrified by what she had become. Shiny said, "Like what I have done to my queendom?"
She giggled evilly. "All are my slaves, all to serve their slutty Shiny Queen. Not everyone yet, but they will. I will enslave more kingdoms and queendoms, as I want more. All the northern lands are mine, over 30,000 females all feeding me pink lust." "When will it stop?" said Crystal. "When the entire world is mine and under my control. I will keep having endless sex forever." "When will it be enough? When will you be satisfied?" said Crystal, cumming hard while her nipples were spraying, not caring that Crystal was watching. Shiny then told her, "My dear, I'm very satisfied." "But as I am insatiable, this intense, kinky sex will never be enough. If I possess such power, why should I not indulge myself further and acquire more?" Crystal, attempting to highlight the depravity, interjected, "What about the people of the world, and what about me, your own daughter?" Shiny giggled while orgasming, stating, "I care for no one. My only concern is myself and my desires, and I desire all this kinky sex. I do not love you, my dear." "I only love extreme kinky sex, double and triple penetrations, paizuris, pink lust, magical sex, and acquiring more erogenous zones so I can engage in and receive more sexual acts." Crystal tried to leave, but Shiny restrained her. She transformed Crystal's outfit into shiny black latex and immersed her in pink lust, saying, "As my daughter, you have only two options: be added to my pink lust factory and feed me more pleasure, or be my slave and help me gain more control." Crystal said, "You can't, I'm your..." Shiny then added her to her pink lust factory, saying, "It's not torture, sweetie, it's paradise." All of Crystal's erogenous zones were stimulated. She observed countless other girls, their eyes rolling back in pleasure, but Crystal understood this experience would be unending for her.
Chapter 10 - Ex grifriend
One hundred and fifty-five years later, Queen Slutty, then 455 years old, was deeply entrenched in her power. The world feared her, likening her to the devil of Dommalex. Her insatiable libido and avarice were boundless, manifesting in endless sexual encounters. The Sky-Tower was now known as the Tower of Lust. Slutty could transform anything she desired into whatever she wished. Her latex lair was a pool of liquid pink, showering over her from 65,000 latex-clad maids within her pink lust factory. Her entire body was an erogenous zone. She wore a black latex catsuit and hood, sliding on her latex floor where the latex rubber met her latex skin, feeling like the inner walls of her vagina. Her anus and vagina were a series of vaginal lips, one after another, while latex dildo tentacles fucked her. Her clitoris, a three-foot-long penis, had been slowly growing over the years with each climax. Sometimes, she would perform *paizuri* on her own penis while giving herself a blowjob, as her mouth felt like a vagina. She loved licking the urethral opening. Sometimes, a sucking latex tentacle would suck on it for her. Her nipples, now also vaginas, were being used. She could communicate telepathically with all her demons, latex maids, and factory girls for pink lust. She was the sexy latex succubus queen, enticing people in their dreams to come to her tower so she could add them to her factory. Queen Silverleaf of the kingdom of Latxrubbero was widely deemed the most promiscuous ruler to have ever lived, known as the Queen of Lust. Queen Slutty was much kinkier, and her greed for more had subjected half the world to her rule. Queen Crystal tried communicating with her telepathically, as many perceived Queen Slutty as an omniscient goddess. Queen Slutty renamed Crystal as Princess Nympho, which delighted Crystal. Nympho had transformed into a nymphomaniac lust demoness, constantly engaging in extreme triple penetrations with various sex toys. She had been climaxing 120-200 times per hour nonstop for 100 years and craved more. She desired more vaginas and for Slutty to express her love and permit her to swim in the pool of pink lust. Slutty stated, "To achieve that, you must become as promiscuous as I am, or even more so." They both knew neither could reach that level, for as soon as they did, Queen Slutty would be far more advanced.
Ninety years later, when Queen Slutty was 545, the sorceress Queen Glossy arrived. Glossy, her former girlfriend and of the same age, had left her dust to the greedy lust but came to try and end it once and for all. Glossy walked into the Tower of Lust, hearing endless sexual moans from the pink lust factories. Glossy was covered in black and gold latex and cast many powerful spells to block the pink lust. When she got to the latex lair of Queen Slutty, Slutty was beyond slutty. The hall was shiny black, and a vast pool of pink lust, many meters deep, contained thousands of latex sex toy tentacles moving in the pink lust lake. The shiny black walls also moved with latex tentacles. Glossy hovered over the glowing pink lake, flashing with power. The piles of tentacles moved, and Queen Slutty was within them, climaxing. Her back was a large orifice from which numerous long, tentacle-like phalluses emerged, penetrating her vaginal, anal, and mammary orifices, as well as her oral cavity. Her arms and legs, which were latex phalluses, were being suctioned by larger latex tentacles. Her hair consisted of 100 latex tentacle-phalluses, all climaxing. Her auditory orifices were climaxing, and her eyes glowed pink with lust. A pink, lustrous mist emanated from her skin. Her demonic tail and horns were also climaxing latex phalluses.
"Glossy, what have you become? What is all this? Where is the beautiful Queen Shiny I loved?" A evil, lustful giggle filled the room. "I'm not Queen Shiny anymore; I'm Queen Slutty. I'm more like a goddess now than a queen. I'm all erogenous zones, and I've become one with pink lust. I've let my evil and greed consume me." Gloss cast a pure mind spell to help Queen Slutty think and see her vision better. Then she said, "All the northern lands are barren, but the land below you has changed. You have more than half the world as your slaves." Glossy cast a pleasure-seer spell to gauge the extent of her pleasure. Glossy found she could feel as much as if she were having sex with 50,000 vaginas and penises simultaneously, each feeling better than a normal one. Glossy then said, "You can still want more than this?" Slutty giggled profusely and said, "This is nothing compared to how much I want. I'm going to keep getting sluttier and sluttier forever. And when I have all this world and all its lust, then I will take more worlds." Glossy wanted to stop her before it was too late, but as Slutty was her ex-girlfriend and love, she did not want to kill her but find a way to save her. She left feeling very upset while Slutty giggled and moaned in lust and greed, saying to Glossy, "You can't stop me; I've become too powerful."
Chapter 11 - The last war of Dommalex
When Shiny was 550, a great war was at hand outside her tower of lust. She had her tentacle-phalluses, all climaxing into her well; she enjoyed herself. She was now all erogenous zones; all the pores in her skin were vaginas, and it was hot within her latex lair, and she was climaxing like mad, still greedily lusting for more and more. Triple penetration was nothing to her, and she had over 1,000 vaginas, all being gangbanged like crazy. She was still sexy but was a latex shiny demon monster-girl of endless evil lust. Her tower was shaking from the war outside, which had been raging on for many weeks. She was consumed by a lake of liquid pink lust, as she was nothing but greed and sexual lust.
Queen Glossy entered the latex pink lust lair. She had received a vaccine of powerful magic made by Queen Celeste, the powerful sorceress of Hexonu, and Ravan, known as the good succubus of Gloss Island, who was once a Wood-elf from Hexonu over 6,400 years ago. All the remaining mages of the lands were within the battle. Glossy cast 10 pink-lust vaccines at Shiny, but it did not work as her lust and greed had gone too far beyond. Glossy deemed she would need help to change her back, but Celeste sacrificed herself 4 days ago when she summoned Latexshinex, the goddess of power, to cast Belle-glosse into the dark void along with all her demons. Raven used the pink-lust vaccines to save Shiny's pink-lust slaves. Glossy arrived to save Shiny. After Glossy cast numerous spells, placed power crystals within the lair to neutralize new lust, and administered 50 more vaccines, Shiny could speak. Her lust had decreased but was not gone, as she continued to have non-stop sex and climaxed frequently.
"Why have you come?" Shiny asked.
"I've come to save you from her lust," Glossy replied.
"I don't want to be saved; in fact, I still want more. How dare you drop my libido? I have the power to suck in lust from everyone. It's all mine, and I want even more of it. Cast me into a sea of sex and let me enjoy it forever." Glossy said, "So be it." Glossy then took apart half the Tower of Lust, and the earth beside it opened. A void was made, saying to it, "Let there be a new void, and let it be the Void of Endless Lust." Pink lust started pouring out of her latex lair and into the void. The black, shiny latex of her lair also flowed into it as it became a pit of latex and pink lust. She then cast Shiny into the latex-pink void and sealed it shut. She then spoke her spell, "Only the six gods and goddesses have the power to open this void. Let Queen Shiny have all the sex and kinky fun she desires until the end of time. Let her have all the latex, sex toys, and anything she wants within her void. As she is in lust, let lust from people and the world forever flow into her void." The void was then closed and contained within the world.
After she found that the factory girls' lust was taken by the vaccines and never returned, Glossy said Shiny had removed all the lust and evil from the world. The dark sky cleared, and the land's shadows flowed into the ground. She was then seen as both the world's evil and the hero who brought light to the realms. After this and the fall of Belle-Glosse, all the races of Dommalex rebuilt many towns and cities. The barren lands were renamed the Land of Freedom, and Queen Crystal, now cured, took the throne.
More about Shiny
Name: Shiny
Her parents: Queen Glassy and King Tushar
Birthplace: Sky-tower of Magicalu
Her daughter: Queen Crystal
Sister: Satiny
Lesbian relationship with: Belle-Glosse
Ex grilfriend: Glossy
Ex-husband: King Hardice
Crowned queen at: age 14
Her queendom: Magicalu
Continent: The 12 kingdoms and queendoms
Planet: Dommalex
Galaxy: Lusttarexia
Universe: 17Z9
Multiverse 0018
Height : 5,8
Age in image: 247
Hair colour: Blueish white but becomes black when a demoness
Eye colour: Silver, but become red with evil lust later on, in to glowing pink from pink-lust
Favourite colours: gold and blue
Sexually: bisexual lesbian
Libido: Extremely high and always getting higher, shes always horny and lustful.
Personality: self-absorbed, extremely-Selfish, greedy, narcissistic, self-centered, bitchy, very slutty, kinky, extremely-nymphomaniac, evil, wicked, extremely-hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, sexy seductive, very naughty, cheating
Addicted to: Latex and extreme kinky sex, sex toys and gangbangs = double penetration and triple penetration, paizuri's, pink-lust, magical sex, whating more erogenous zones
How she see's herself, pretty, perfect, attractive alluring, seductress, sexy hot, slutty, kinky, naughty
Favourite fashion: Sexy shiny latex clothing,
Favourite clothing, sexy latex outfits, short-skirts, skin-tight catsuits, corsets, and thigh high boots, dress and lots many latex layers
Tonye Cole, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sahara Group, Nigeria at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 19, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Christian Clavadetscher
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Before that appointment, Alec worked on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team and served as Convener for Obama for America's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Policy Committee.
In 2000, Alec Ross and three colleagues co-founded One Economy, a global non-profit that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information about education, jobs, health care and other vital issues to low-income people. During his eight years at One Economy, it grew from a team of four people working in a basement to the world's largest digital divide organization, with programs on four continents.
Power to every citizen
To me “digital revolution” can be defined as the massive shift in power that has taken place from hierarchies to citizens and networks of citizens as a result of powerful digital technologies.
What this means in practical terms is that everyday citizens have power today that they did not have as recently as five years ago. Anybody with a smart phone now has the kind of global reach that was once reserved for governments and large media companies. This shifting power has disrupted commerce, communication and governance.
I see this “digital revolution” as being overwhelmingly positive. Some of the disruption it has caused (and will cause in the future) is negative, but this has been far outweighed by the ability of people to connect and engage with the world and with the marketplace in ways that were previously unimaginable. I think about my own experience as a school teacher in an impoverished community. When I was a teacher, the only educational resource my students had beyond my own knowledge were a set of tattered, 30-year old textbooks. Today, that same classroom is equipped with an internet connection that can deliver world-class educational resources directly to the students that most need them. While there is no replacement for a good teacher, our students should not have to suffer with out-of-date and substandard educational resources. With the digital revolution, that no longer needs to be the case.
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Emily Banks
Associate managing editor for Mashable
Emily Banks is responsible for organizing and overseeing Mashable‘s growing editorial operations, including assigning, editing and publishing stories, as well as sharing them to Mashable's social accounts. She is also responsible for coordinating with partners on video and syndicated content. She joined Mashable‘s New York team in October 2010. Mashable is well known as the largest independent news source dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology.
Some of Emily’s recent engagements include "Social Media 101" for New York Women in Communications, "The New Face of Social Good: How to Make Your Own Social Media Magic!" and "Challenging Conventional Wisdom of Social Media".
Abstract: Social media and the newsroom: the Revolution of the Newsroom
Without question, social media has changed the pace of news; how and where it breaks and who breaks it. How does this change our trust in media organisations, journalists as individuals and news-makers? As we remove the layer of authority provided by news organisations, by placing the news directly in the hands of journalists on social media, how do -- or should -- our readers approach the news? This talk will discuss tools for verifying news through social media, cases of misinformation caused by the rapid nature of breaking news on social and the ethical questions involved in reporting in this new age.
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Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East and the Indus Valley for thousands of years. They are believed to have originated around Iraq, and have been cultivated since ancient times from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt, possibly as early as 4000 BCE. The Ancient Egyptians used the fruits to make date wine, and ate them at harvest. There is archaeological evidence of date cultivation in eastern Arabia in 6000 BCE.
There is also archeological evidence of date cultivation in Mehrgarh around 7000 BCE, a Neolithic civilization in India now western Pakistan. Evidence of cultivation is continually found throughout later civilizations in the Indus Valley, including the Harappan period 2600 to 1900 BCE.
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Starring Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, and Christopher Lee. Directed by Robert Day.
synopsis
Hammer Films co-produced this lavishly mounted adventure, the fourth adaptation of the novel by H. Rider Haggard. In Jerusalem, Leo Vincey (John Richardson) meets with a slave girl, Ustane (Rosenda Monteros), who has been charged with bringing him to an immortal queen, Ayesha (Ursula Andress). Ayesha, who desires Leo because of his resemblance to her long-dead lover, offers riches if he will travel to her lost city in the mountains, where a magical flame will also give him eternal life. Accompanied by his adventurous friend Major Horace Holly (Peter Cushing), Leo sets out for the fabled city across the desert, but along the way Ustane causes trouble when she decides she wants Leo for her own. She (1965) was followed by a sequel, The Vengeance of She (1968), although the follow-up did not star Andress.
Hammer Films, best known as the House of Horror, enjoyed a long history reaching as far back as the 1930s when it began as a production unit of the distribution company Exclusive Films. Exclusive had been started by William Hinds and Enrique Carreras, and Hammer remained a family-run firm throughout its heyday as a producer of small-budget but stylish horror movies. James Carreras, son of Enrique, presided over Hammer's famous repertory group of horror directors, writers, actors, editors, production designers, and composers, bringing his son Michael into the fold as a producer in the 1960s alongside William Hinds's son, Tony.
Though a small company with a modest studio at Bray, Hammer proved to be successful enough by the 1960s to attract the interests of Hollywood, and studios such as 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and MGM made deals with the House of Horror to coproduce films and distribute them in the U.S. Taking advantage of these deals, Hammer sought to maximize profits and diversify their output by increasing budgets and branching out into other genres. She, released in 1965, proved a successful foray into a new direction for Hammer, though Michael Carreras soon grew leery of the increased budgets that accompanied his studio's change in course.
She, H. Rider Haggard's story of a lost world in the jungles of Africa, was destined for cinema almost from the beginning. Haggard published his novel in 1887, and by 1908, a one-reeler of the story had been directed by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas Edison's company. In 1917, a longer interpretation was released by Fox Film starring forgotten actress Valeska Suratt, promoted in publicity materials as the Vampire Woman. Eight years later, an English version surfaced with Betty Blythe as the title character. Prior to Hammer's production, the most well-known interpretation of She was produced by Merian C. Cooper for RKO in 1935. Cooper changed the setting to the frozen north and cast Helen Gahagan as She in her only film role. The material was ripe for an update when Hammer took on the project in 1963.
Originally, Universal partnered with Hammer to produce She, and the project was assigned to Tony Hinds. He hired John Temple Smith to write the first draft of the script, which mirrored the original novel, but the content proved too dark and violent for Universal. Hinds had the script rewritten by Berkeley Mather, but Universal still did not warm up to the material. The project passed to Michael Carreras, who asked David T. Chantler to write another version and steer it toward an adventure tale. MGM stepped in to co-finance and coproduce, tripling the budget of the average Hammer film and making She its most expensive production to date. But MGM knew how to exploit the film, which starred Ursula Andress--famous for her turn as the bikini-clad Bond Girl walking out of the ocean in Dr. No. The posters for She featured Andress's impressive physique, and publicity took advantage of her jet-set lifestyle. She became a commercial hit on two continents.
The film opens in Palestine just after World War I. Three adventure-loving war buddies, Leo Vincey, Holly, and Holly's valet, Job, are enjoying themselves in a bar when a sultry local named Ustane approaches them. Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing plays Holly with his typical charisma and charm, while Bernard Cribbins complements him as his right-hand man Job--a fitting name for a character who is defined by his devotion to his employer. John Richardson costars as leading man Leo Vincey, though he lacks the magnetism of Cushing. Unknown to the men, Ustane secretly serves She, called Ayesha, and the young maiden recognizes Vincey as the reincarnation of her queen's long-dead lover, Kallikrates. Ayesha had murdered Kallikrates 2,000 years earlier for being unfaithful to her, but she pines for him regardless.
Based on Ustane's story, the trio is lured by the idea of a quest for a lost civilization and set out on a journey across the desert. They soon discover they are lost, though they are not without the creature comforts of the upper-crust adventurer. Job the valet, who never forgets his place, serves Holly and Leo their whiskey despite the dire circumstances. The trio reunites with Ustane in her desert village, where her father rules a lost tribe who guard the entrance to Kuma, Ayesha's kingdom. The three adventurers enter Kuma, which had been the scheming queen's long-term plan all along. Ustane has fallen in love with Leo, but Leo has become entranced by Ayesha, known variously as She Who Waits and She Who Must Be Obeyed. Ayesha wants Leo to step into her eternal flame so the two can be united for all eternity, but her priest, Billali, played by Hammer legend Christopher Lee, is jealous of the newcomer. A beautiful but selfish despot, Ayesha does not care about her subjects, including Ustane. She foolishly executes several of her subjects, causing an uprising and complicating the situation for the adventurers.
She was the first film from Hammer to be built around a female star. Tall and statuesque, Ursula Andress was a perfect choice to play Ayesha, though in retrospect she claims to have disliked the role. Andress has been criticized by reviewers for her icy demeanor and aloof detachment, but these characteristics proved beneficial for playing the steely-eyed Ayesha. Costumed in a selection of warm-colored, Grecian-styled gowns and gold jewelry, she glows onscreen, partly due to the flattering, high-key lighting of cinematographer Harry Waxman. Born in Switzerland to German parents, the exotic-looking beauty spoke with an accent, which Hammer's producers found too distracting. Andress's entire role was then re-voiced and dubbed over by an actress named Monica Van Der Syl, who mimicked a slight Swiss accent so audiences did not suspect the truth. John Richardson's lines were also dubbed in post-production by the actor himself, perhaps to give his line readings an added emphasis, since he tended to be overshadowed by Cushing and Lee.
The large budget for She is apparent on screen in the effective location shooting. Instead of the original jungle setting of the novel, writer David T. Chantler opted for a Middle Eastern background. The production shot for two weeks in Israel's Negev desert and then returned to England to shoot the interiors. Hammer's modest Bray Studio proved too small for the scale of the lavish Kuma sets, so the production set up at Elstree Studios. The authentic desert scenes gave She an epic quality not associated with Hammer's stylish but intimate horror films.
She did propel Hammer in a new direction, launching its so-called Hammer Glamour films of the 1960s, which starred or spotlighted female characters. A sequel, The Vengeance of She, was released in 1968, starring Olinka Berova in the starring role. It was yet another Hammer adventure tale with a sexy female lead that quickly outshone Andress and She at the box office. Released in 1966, One Million Years B.C. starred Raquel Welch in a role that propelled her to stardom and created one of the most memorable movie posters of the 1960s. Hammer would continue to place emphasis on women characters into the 1970s, but, just as Michael Carreras predicted, the big budgets that allowed for the location work in She and One Million Years B.C. quickly evaporated. Due to changes in tax laws and industry financing, American studios pulled out of British coproduction deals in the late 1960s, leaving Hammer with higher budgets and higher financial expectations from unions.
name: Dawn Lagerstedt
school: Washington Elementary 4th and 5th Grade
town:Schiller Park
state: Illinois
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The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain
13900 North Dove Mountain Boulevard
Marana, Arizona
**In the Beginning**
In 1926, Missourian Eugene Cayton arrived in Tucson to improve his health. He acquired what was then known as Ruelas Canyon in the Tortolita Mountains and established the T Bench Bar Ranch. "Cush" Cayton built for his wife, Inez, a stone house atop one of the smaller peaks. The stone house is still there on top of the hill overlooking Dove Mountain Boulevard near the eighth and ninth holes of the Gallery Golf Club. The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain was developed by John MacMillan, majority owner of Palo Verde Partners and opened in 2003.
The Cayton’s ranched the land until 1984. In 1985 David Mehl’s Cottonwood Properties Inc. Acquired the 1,300 acres of desert land and thus began Mehl's vision of Dove Mountain as an upscale golf community. David Mehl and his late brother George founded Tucson-based Cottonwood Properties in 1972. Its purpose was to invest in and develop quality real estate in the Tucson, Arizona area. David Mehl graduated from the University of Arizona in 1972.
In the early 1980’s Cottonwood Properties was the master developer of the 790 acre Westin La Paloma resort community in the foothills of Tucson. The development consisted of the 487 room Westin La Paloma Resort & Hotel and the 27 hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course. Cottonwood owned the hotel until 1988 when it sold the hotel to the Aoki Corp., the Japan-based construction company that owned Westin. Aoki spent $200 million to acquire 3 hotels - the Inter-Continental at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, the Inter-Continental at Buckhead in Atlanta, and an equity interest in the Westin La Paloma.
**Pygmy Owl**
In March 1997 the Pygmy Owl was added to the list of endangered species under federal law. In 1999 the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service dealt a set-back to the development. Environmental protections for the ferruginous pygmy owl forced Cottonwood to scale back plans at Dove Mountain. The numbers of homes were scaled back from 13,000 to 6,500 and the numbers of proposed resorts were reduced to one from 3 or 4. Cottonwood also contributed several million dollars to a conservation fund managed by the federal agency.
In 1999 the Tucson Citizen quoted David Mehl ”By making density reductions, we are developing at a density compatible with the pygmy owl.. In areas where it’s not, then we’re offering to pay to make up for it.”
**The Development**
Cottonwood committed some twenty years of planning into making Dove Mountain a premiere golf resort community.
In the late 1990’s Cottonwood Properties partnered with Scottsdale-based Greenbrier Southwest Corp. and began planning a 500-room Hyatt resort hotel for Dove Mountain. The hotel was designed and the developers received a verbal commitment for the financing on Sept. 10, 2001. The next day, September 11, 2001, the world changed and the idea for the Hyatt Resort was shelved.
The principals of Greenbrier Southwest Corporation, Tim and Casey Bolinger, previously served with Woodbine Southwest Corporation in Phoenix from 1991-1998. They managed the planning, zoning, financing, development and marketing of the 730-acre Kierland master-planned community, including Kierland Commons and the Westin Kierland Resort.
Greenbrier Southwest developed a much smaller project – the Hidden Meadow Ranch in Greer, Arizona. Opened in 2002, the rustic ranch (transformed from a church youth camp) has 12 luxury cabins starting at $500 a night including meals.
In August 2007 a building permit was issued for a Ritz-Carlton resort and spa to be built in Dove Mountain in Marana. The building permit cost $309,643.10 and was applied for by Dove Mountain Hotel Co. LLC. Also, Tucson Water approved a water main extension, a 290,000-gallon reservoir and a booster station that would serve the proposed 250-room hotel.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain and The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain were announced as the largest branded resort/residential community managed by the Ritz Carlton hotel company. The $160 million hotel will be the second Ritz-Carlton in Arizona, joining the The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix.
The Ritz Carlton press release announced that HKS Hill Glazier Architects of Palo Alto, California will design the hotel as a low-rise, four story building embracing the feel of the desert southwest. The main building of adobe block, straw-flecked stucco, clay tile and native stone will include 226 guest rooms and suites. Separate buildings nearby will feature 24 individual casita rooms and suites.
In addition a $60-million Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course with 27-holes was planned for a late 2008 opening. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain now hosts the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship beginning in February 2009 (The PGA Tour has committed to The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain through the 2013 event). When George and David Mehl hired Nicklaus in 1983 to design the Westin La Polama Golf Course, it was Nicklaus’s 26th golf course on his design resume. With Dove Mountain completed Nicklaus has designed over 200 golf courses around the world.
**Grand Opening**
The Ritz Carlton’s pre-opening General Manager – Michael McMahon - aims to have the resort become the first in the Tucson area to achieve AAA's highest rating of five diamonds. Previously McMahon was General Manager The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida.
The hotel’s opening general manager was Allan Federer. In March 2011 Federer moved to the Ritz-Carlton Dubai as General Manager. Replacing Federer is Liam Doyle – who previously was general manager at the Sherbourne Dublin, Ireland and Hotel Manager at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach.
The Ritz-Carlton Grand Opening Press Release reported that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was in attendance at the December 18, 2009 event. Speakers at the event included owner and developer David Mehl of Cottonwood Properties, senior vice president of operations for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Hank Biddle, and The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain resort general manager, Allan Federer.
“This day is a landmark event not only for the town of Marana, but for the State of Arizona,” stated general manager Allan Federer. “Over twenty years ago, David and his brother George Mehl had a vision to build the finest resort in the country. All it took was the right partners and the perfect location. With the help of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. and co-developer Greenbrier Southwest Corporation, it became a reality. Now the world has the opportunity to visit a place like no other, The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain.”
Following the official ribbon-cutting seventy-two white doves were released symbolizing the property as the 72nd within The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. portfolio.
At full operation the hotel has 450 employees. It has 44,000 square feet of meeting space including a 9,000 square foot main ballroom.
The hotel’s opening Chef de Cuisine was Joel Harrington. Harrington previously was chef de cuisine of Fearing's at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Harrington graduated from CIA in Hyde Park, NY and worked with Marcus Samuellson at Aquavit in NYC.
Replacing Harrington is Chef David Serus who previously served as Executive Sous-Chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay and Executive Chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Serus’ role encompass all hotel culinary activities, including those at CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar, Cayton’s Restaurant, Ignite Lobby Lounge, Turquesa Latin Grill, To Go, In-Room Dining, banquets, and catering.
**Two Landmark 200 Year Old Saguaros**
When Wild Burro Canyon was selected for the perfect hotel site, where balcony views of the Tortolita Mountains would be maximized, it was discovered that two majestic Saguaros, each estimated to be close to 200 years old, would have been lost. This was unacceptable to ownership. After three more months of analysis, the final solution was to simply shift the whole facility 25 feet. Today, as hotel guests behold the box canyon views from Ignite or CORE Kitchen and Wine Bar, they enjoy these two landmark cacti, which rise majestically overhead and stand in testament to the preservation of the High Sonoran Desert. “These cacti are sacred and add to our sense of place,” said Allan Federer, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain. “Guests gaze in awe and wonder at the desert’s version of a redwood, adding to the memories they will have of this beautiful property.”
Photos and text compiled by Dick Johnson
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212-832-0098
March, 2012