Treasure Island Hotel and Casino (also known as Treasure Island Las Vegas and "TI") is a pirate-themed hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. It includes 2,885 rooms and a 47,927 sq ft (4,452.6 m2) casino. The resort is owned and operated by businessman Phil Ruffin.

 

Treasure Island was developed by casino owner Steve Wynn through his company, Mirage Resorts. Project designers included Joel Bergman and Jon Jerde. Wynn announced Treasure Island in October 1991, and construction began four months later. The resort opened on October 26, 1993. Treasure Island was among several family-oriented resorts to open in Las Vegas during the 1990s, taking advantage of the growing tourist demographic. Treasure Island's facade was built with a lagoon containing two pirate ships. Free pirate battles were performed daily for spectators over the next two decades. The resort has also hosted Mystère since 1993, making it the longest-running show by Cirque du Soleil.

 

In 2000, MGM Grand Inc. acquired Mirage Resorts and was renamed MGM Mirage. Treasure Island's pirate theme was scaled back during a 2003 project aimed at attracting a more mature audience, in contrast to the family trend of the 1990s. MGM's revamp included new signage abbreviating the resort's name as "TI", while the original pirate show, Battle of Buccaneer Bay, was replaced by Sirens of TI.

 

MGM struggled financially during the Great Recession. In 2009, it sold Treasure Island to Ruffin for $755 million. Ruffin targeted a middle-class clientele, making various changes to appeal to the demographic. He added two signature restaurants: Gilley's Saloon in 2010, and Señor Frog's in 2012. The pirate shows ended the following year, although the ships remain on display.

 

History

 

In 1986, casino owner Steve Wynn purchased property on the Las Vegas Strip extending north to Spring Mountain Road. He opened a resort, The Mirage, on the southern portion of the land in 1989. Wynn had always wanted to build a second casino on the remaining acreage, which was being used as a parking lot for the Mirage.

 

Wynn's company, Mirage Resorts, announced the Treasure Island project on October 30, 1991. Like other new resorts in Las Vegas, Treasure Island was planned as a family-oriented property, taking advantage of the growing tourist demographic. It would also cater to a middle-class clientele, unlike the Mirage. Groundbreaking took place on March 2, 1992, earlier than anticipated. Construction was originally expected to cost $300 million, but the final cost rose to $430 million.

 

Employees and their families stayed at Treasure Island a couple days before the opening to put the resort through a trial run. Treasure Island opened to the public at 10:00 p.m. on October 26, 1993, following a private opening for VIPs, including Nevada governor Bob Miller. The resort's facade featured a free pirate show taking place in a man-made lagoon. Wynn's other Strip resort, the shuttered Dunes, was imploded the following night in a grand ceremony which incorporated the pirate show. One of the ships fired its cannon as the implosion began, simulating the resort's destruction by cannonballs.

 

In 1996, Treasure Island hosted a naturalization ceremony for 93 workers. It was the first Las Vegas resort to hold such an event.[

 

A man robbed the casino twice in 2000, stealing more than $30,000. He was arrested after a failed third attempt, during which he shot a security guard. He was sentenced to 130 years in prison.

 

The Prairie Island Indian Community, owners of a Treasure Island casino resort in Minnesota, filed a $250 million damages lawsuit against Mirage Resorts in May 2000. The suit alleged that Wynn violated trademark law by using the "Treasure Island" name for his own casino resort. The suit also requested that Wynn be barred from using the name, which Wynn said he registered in 1993.

 

Wynn departed Mirage Resorts in 2000, when it was acquired by MGM Grand Inc., later renamed MGM Mirage.

 

Treasure Island's family amenities included the pirate show and an arcade. However, the pirate theme and family appeal would be gradually scaled back in subsequent years. In April 2003, Treasure Island announced a major revamp to transform the resort into a more sophisticated property aimed primarily at adults, although children would still be welcomed. Describing the resort's transformation, Treasure Island president Scott Sibella said, "We've seen a return of Las Vegas to its roots as an adult destination. As the city has evolved, so too has Treasure Island." He said, "We've evolved from a yo-ho-ho feel to a more sophisticated feel. We want to change the exterior to introduce the outside to what we've already done inside." As part of the revamp, Treasure Island began using the abbreviated name "TI". Sibella described the new name as trendy and sexy, and said it was a name that residents and guests already used. He compared the abbreviated name to the former Desert Inn resort, also known as "D.I." MGM Mirage began a marketing campaign for TI in June 2003, including advertisements in various publications.

 

MGM struggled financially during the Great Recession, and businessman Phil Ruffin made an offer to buy Treasure Island. MGM accepted and announced the deal at the end of 2008. The purchase was finalized on March 20, 2009, at a cost of $755 million. At the time, Treasure Island was the only hotel-casino on the Strip to be owned by a single individual, as others are corporate-owned. Because of the sale, Treasure Island was removed from MGM's extensive customer database. Later that year, the resort joined K Hotels, a worldwide collection of approximately 50 hotels. Amid the recession, Ruffin spent $20 million on various changes to target a middle-class clientele. The hotel rooms were left untouched, as MGM had conducted a $92 million renovation of them shortly before selling the resort to Ruffin.

 

A rooftop swamp cooler caught fire in July 2012, sending smoke through hallways of the upper hotel floors, which were evacuated. The fire caused $20,000 in damage, but resulted in only minor injuries for guests.

 

Ruffin is a business partner of Donald Trump's and a supporter of his presidential campaign. Trump has held several campaign rallies at Treasure Island, including one in 2016 during which an audience member attempted to assassinate him.

 

In 2019, Treasure Island's hotel joined Radisson Hotel Group. Under the agreement, the resort kept its name and exterior signage. Room renovations began that year. State casinos were temporarily closed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada, and the closure allowed planned renovations across the resort to accelerate. Among the additions was an expanded sportsbook.

 

Features

 

Treasure Island includes a 47,927 sq ft (4,452.6 m2) casino, and has 2,885 rooms, located in a 36-story tower. As part of the 2003 transformation, the tower was given a darker paint color, using 6,200 gallons of terra cotta/"Salmon Stream" paint, replacing an earlier pink coloring. Treasure Island received a Four Diamond Award every year from 1999 to 2013.

 

Tangerine, a nightclub featuring an orange and white interior, operated from 2004 to 2007. Fashion designer Christian Audigier opened an eponymous nightclub at Treasure Island in 2008, in partnership with Pure Management Group. The decor included rhinestone-encrusted skulls and two large tanks containing jellyfish. Audigier said, "When you're going into a club, you want to see sparkling and glitter and rhinestones". Christian Audigier did not perform as well as Ruffin would have liked, prompting its closure in 2010. Ruffin's other changes included a $3 million makeover of the spa, with renovations overseen by his wife Oleksandra Nikolayenko. At one point, Treasure Island had 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2) of convention space, which received a $4 million renovation in 2012. Four years later, the space was expanded to 30,500 sq ft (2,830 m2).

 

In 2013, the resort announced plans to build a three-story mall, replacing the northern portion of the pirate lagoon area. It was completed two years later, and includes a CVS Pharmacy on the first floor. At the end of 2015, the resort announced that it would lease the upper floors to Victory Hill Exhibitions. In 2016, the company opened the Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N., an interactive self-guided exhibit based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

The Mirage-Treasure Island Tram travels between the two resorts.

 

Theme and design

 

Various themes were considered for the resort, until a friend of Wynn's suggested the name "Treasure Island", resulting in a pirate theme. It is named after the 1880s novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The resort was designed by Joel Bergman, who previously designed the Mirage. Bergman designed the Treasure Island tower with a floorplan that branched out three ways in a Y-shape, with elevators in the center. This was done for convenience to guests, making the walk to their rooms brief. The Y-shape was modeled after the Mirage hotel tower.

 

Wynn's Atlandia Design worked with Jon Jerde and Olio Design to create the pirate village and lagoon area, originally known as Buccaneer Bay, and later as Siren's Cove. During the design phase, the hotel's lobby entrance was moved to the resort's south side, in order to maintain Buccaneer Bay's location on the east side along the Strip. Jerde's assistants traveled across Europe, India and Nepal searching for historic objects such as doors and columns, which were then replicated for Buccaneer Bay. The lagoon is 65 feet deep, and originally contained 2 million gallons of water. It uses wastewater recycled from a water treatment plant located beneath the resort's parking garage. A maintenance team, including divers, works to keep the lagoon clean.

 

According to interior designer Roger Thomas, "We thought it would be great fun to create a pirate village with sinking ships and pyrotechnics. The day after it opened we all looked at each other and said, 'What have we done? This is so not us'". Executives realized that the resort's heavy pirate theme did not appeal to people interested in a weekend getaway. By 1998, efforts had begun to downplay the theme. Mirage conducted focus group testing to determine upcoming renovation plans for Treasure Island. A $60 million remodeling of the hotel rooms took place in 1999.

 

The resort initially included a roadside sign featuring an 8,000-pound pirate skull, made of fiberglass and measuring 27 1/2 feet. The skull sign was removed on July 10, 2003, in a ceremony accompanied by fireworks. Sibella said, "It's a cool sign, but it needs to complement what we're doing inside", referring to the property's revamp. The skull portion was donated to the city's Neon Museum, while much of the remaining sign was scrapped. The sign was replaced by an LED neon "TI" sign with a modern and sophisticated design. The new sign measures 137 feet high and 84 feet wide.

 

Various pirate memorabilia had been removed from the resort over the course of three years, and was auctioned in September 2003.

 

Restaurants

 

Treasure Island opened with several restaurants, including Buccaneer Bay Club, which overlooked the lagoon and its pirate shows. Its menu included steak and seafood. A fine-dining Italian restaurant, Francesco's, was added in 1998. It featured artwork by celebrities such as Tony Bennett and Phyllis Diller.

 

The arcade was replaced in 2001 by a tropical-themed restaurant and bar named Kahunaville, part of efforts to appeal to a more-adult demographic. Kahunaville included a dinner show space for live entertainment. A new buffet, Dishes, was added in 2005. An Asian restaurant known as Social House opened a year later, replacing Buccaneer Bay Club.

 

Ruffin made numerous restaurant changes upon taking ownership. In 2009, he replaced Francesco's with a pizzeria by the same name, stating, "It's quick and it's cheap and that's what people are looking for these days". Ruffin also replaced Social House with his own Asian restaurant, Khotan, featuring jade and ivory antiques from his personal collection. In 2010, he opened Gilley's Saloon, a popular Western-themed restaurant, bar and dance hall. It previously operated at Ruffin's New Frontier hotel-casino, which closed in 2007. The new location replaced Treasure Island's Mist Lounge.

 

In 2012, Ruffin opened a Señor Frog's restaurant and bar to complement Kahunaville and Gilley's. It replaced Christian Audigier and Khotan, the latter relocating elsewhere in the resort. Another new restaurant, Seafood Shack, also opened in 2012. Its interior was created with recycled materials, including reclaimed wood which lines the walls. The restaurant's centerpiece is an anchor pulled from the Atlantic Ocean. The resort also has Phil's Steak House, named after Ruffin. Kahunaville closed in 2016.

 

Live entertainment

 

Treasure Island opened with the free Battle of Buccaneer Bay pirate show, performed in the lagoon along the Strip. The 15-minute show was performed several times a day and featured 22 actors. It depicted the landing and subsequent sacking of a Caribbean village by pirates, serving to attract customers from the Strip and into the resort after each show in the same fashion as the volcano fronting the Mirage resort. Notable special effects included a full-scale, crewed British Royal Navy sailing ship that sailed nearly the full width of the property, a gas-fired "powder magazine" explosion, pyrotechnics, and the sinking of the sailing ship Brittania along with its captain.

 

Battle of Buccaneer Bay held its final performance on July 6, 2003, with a total of 16,334 shows performed over the course of nearly 10 years. It ended as part of the resort's ongoing revamp, which would include a new pirate show. Sibella described the original show as something that would be expected at Disneyland, while calling its successor a "sexy and beautiful, adult Broadway-caliber show."

 

The new Sirens of TI pirate show debuted in October 2003, marking the resort's 10th anniversary. The Buccaneer Bay was renamed Sirens' Cove and the new show utilized many of the technical elements of its predecessor. The live, free show was intended to appeal more to adults by including singing, dancing, audio-visual effects, bare-chested pirates and attractive women in the large outdoor show produced by Kenny Ortega. The original two ships were kept for the new show but repainted and altered, as well as some special effects.

 

Sirens of TI was closed on October 21, 2013. The closure was initially intended to be temporary, but was made permanent the following month, to the dismay of the show's actors. The reason cited by Treasure Island was the construction of the new retail space nearby. The shows had cost $5 million to put on annually. While Ruffin said the shows brought "a tremendous amount of attention" to Treasure Island, they amounted to minimal foot traffic inside the resort. The pirate ships remain on display in the lagoon, and are lit up at night.

 

Treasure Island is home to Cirque du Soleil's Mystère, which introduced the entertainment style of Franco Dragone. It opened on December 25, 1993, and has been voted nine times as the best production show in the city by the Las Vegas Review-Journal reader's poll. It is Cirque's longest-running Las Vegas show, reaching 13,000 performances in 2022. Mystère has been updated several times throughout its run. It takes place in a 1,600-seat theater, designed by Scéno Plus. To maximize use of the Mystère theater, Ruffin signed entertainers to perform there on nights when the show is not running. Such entertainers have included Bill Cosby, LeAnn Rimes, and Sinbad. The resort has also hosted boxing matches.

 

In popular culture

 

An hour-long promotional program, Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins, aired on NBC in January 1994. It stars Corey Carrier as a 12-year-old on vacation with his parents at the resort. There, he meets and teams up with Long John Silver (Anthony Zerbe) to find lost treasure. Mirage Resorts paid NBC $1.7 million to air the program. It was directed and produced by Scott Garen, and written by James V. Hart. The special includes an appearance by Wynn, and incorporates the Dunes' implosion as its climax. The program received low viewership ratings, and was considered an infomercial by critics, who lambasted NBC for not labeling it as such.

 

Treasure Island has been shown or referenced in other media as well:

 

In the 2004 movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, while Steve the Pirate is walking down Fremont Street, someone drives by yelling "Go back to Treasure Island". An alternative ending to the movie was that the Average Joes lost the dodgeball tournament, but got their money back when Steve won it at Treasure Island.

Treasure Island appears in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas under the name "Pirates in Men's Pants", a pun referencing Pirates of Penzance.

The resort was a major production location for the 2005 film Miss Congeniality 2, which included filming of the Sirens of TI show.

In the 2007 film Knocked Up, Ben (Seth Rogen) and Pete (Paul Rudd) see Mystère at Treasure Island during their visit to Las Vegas.

 

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The Venetian Las Vegas is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Apollo Global Management. It was developed by businessman Sheldon Adelson through his company, Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian was built on the former site of the Sands Hotel and Casino, which was closed and demolished in 1996.

 

Construction on the Venetian began in April 1997, and the resort opened on May 4, 1999. Some amenities had yet to be finished, with construction continuing until the end of the year. Subcontractors later filed mechanic's liens against the resort for unpaid work, leading to lengthy litigation. The Venetian also feuded with the Culinary Workers Union regarding Adelson's decision to open the property as a non-union resort.

 

The Venetian was designed by Stubbins Associates and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. The resort is themed after Venice and has replicas of numerous landmarks from the city, including a canal with gondola rides. The Venetian includes a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) casino and opened with 3,036 suites in a 35-story tower. A 12-story tower, the Venezia, was completed in 2003, bringing the room count to 4,049. The Palazzo, a sister property with its own hotel and casino, opened north of the Venetian in 2007.

 

The Venetian was built to accommodate convention-goers in particular, as Adelson felt that this demographic was underserved in Las Vegas. The resort includes its own meeting space, as well as the adjoining Venetian Expo. The property also includes the Grand Canal Shoppes, and was home to the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum from 2001 to 2008. The Venetian has several performance venues, which have hosted entertainment such as the Blue Man Group (2005–2012), Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular (2006–2012), and Human Nature (2013–2020). A sphere-shaped venue and arena, known as Sphere at The Venetian Resort, is scheduled to open in September 2023.

 

By the end of 2020, Las Vegas Sands sought to focus on its Macau properties, which include The Venetian Macao. In February 2022, Apollo Global Management acquired the operations of the Venetian, Palazzo, and Venetian Expo for $2.25 billion, while Vici Properties purchased the land beneath the facilities for $4 billion.

 

History

 

Background and construction

 

The Venetian was built on land previously occupied by the Sands Hotel and Casino, which opened in 1952. Las Vegas Sands, a company founded by businessman Sheldon Adelson, purchased the Sands resort in 1989. Adelson eventually devised plans to replace the aging resort, which he felt was no longer competitive with newer properties. The Sands closed in June 1996, and was demolished five months later to make way for the Venetian.

 

Construction began on April 14, 1997, with a low-key groundbreaking ceremony. Lehrer McGovern Bovis served as the general contractor. Work began without the issuance of final permits, a strategy used by several previous resorts on the Strip. The Venetian's foundation was poured two months after groundbreaking, followed by the construction of three stories. Further work could not begin until the approval of a traffic study. An extranet was used during construction to keep the project on schedule. It contained 4,500 items, including photos, illustrations, legal documents, and budgets. Project team members, based in various locations, could access the items via the extranet, increasing efficiency.

 

A key demographic would be convention-goers, whom Adelson considered underserved in Las Vegas. At the end of 1997, the project acquired $523 million in funding through the sale of bonds. The final cost was $1.5 billion. Financial analysts were skeptical about whether the resort would be finished, while gambling executives questioned Adelson's decision to focus on business travelers and conventions. Up to that time, gambling had been the most significant revenue generator in Las Vegas. The Venetian was expected to employ more than 4,000 people, and it saw more than 100,000 applications.

 

Safety at the construction site was questioned after several incidents, including a worker death in January 1998, which occurred as the result of a fall. At the end of the year, another worker was crushed and killed by an 8,000-pound facade, which fell 32 stories while being lifted by a crane. In February 1999, a trio of workers had to be rescued from the hotel tower's exterior after a cable for their scaffolding became tangled by high winds, stranding the workers 22 stories above ground. In March 1999, a natural gas leak occurred on-site after workers accidentally struck a line, closing one block of the Strip for two hours. The following day, an electrician died after falling more than 30 feet through an open hole, marking the third death since the start of construction. Bovis had previously been fined $9,300 for safety violations which included a lack of fall protection near holes.

 

Opening

 

The opening was initially scheduled for April 21, 1999. Adelson had wanted it to open a week earlier to accommodate convention-goers who were booked at the hotel. However, both opening dates were delayed due to ongoing construction work, as well as building inspections by the county. As a result, 900 convention guests had to be transferred to other hotels.

 

A soft opening was eventually scheduled for May 3, 1999. A private opening ceremony was held that morning and attended by thousands of VIP guests, including actress Sophia Loren and more than 500 journalists from around the world. County inspections delayed the public opening until 12:45 a.m. the following day. It was one of three new resorts to open on the Strip in 1999, along with Mandalay Bay and Paris Las Vegas.

 

Because construction was still ongoing, the resort opened without all of its amenities, including a retail mall and some restaurants. Much of the hotel tower was also unavailable initially, due to the inspection work. Because of this, many guests were sent to other resorts. Hotel inspections continued for several days after the opening, with only the first six floors and 320 rooms approved to operate. Construction continued after the opening, and concluded in December 1999. The resort did not receive a permanent certificate of occupancy until June 2001.

 

Construction litigation

 

Shortly after the opening, numerous subcontractors alleged that they were owed money for work performed on the Venetian. More than $230 million in mechanic's liens were filed, including $145 million from Lehrer McGovern Bovis, which also filed a fraud lawsuit against the resort. The Venetian stated that it was not responsible for covering subcontractor costs, according to its contract with Bovis. The resort also said that, despite Adelson's request, Bovis had failed to acquire mechanics-lien waivers when hiring subcontractors. According to Bovis, the Venetian had made more than 400 design changes during the final eight months of construction, while denying requests for construction extensions.

 

In July 1999, the resort filed a $50 million federal lawsuit against Bovis over the liens, as well as breach of contract. The resort claimed that its reputation had been damaged by the scattered opening of its amenities. Bovis filed its $145 million lien the following month. Both sides subsequently agreed to try resolving the dispute out of court. However, this did not pan out. A civil jury trial eventually began in August 2002, lasting 10 months. It was the longest-running civil jury trial and the largest construction lien case in Nevada history. The trial concluded in June 2003, when jurors found both the Venetian and Bovis in breach of contract. For incomplete and defective construction work, Bovis had to pay $2.3 million in damages to the resort, which was also ordered to pay $44.2 million to Bovis. Las Vegas Sands appealed the decision, and eventually reached an agreement with Bovis in 2005.

 

Subsequent years

 

By 2002, Condé Nast Traveler had named the Venetian as one of North America's top 20 hotels. It had also received Four Diamond and Four Star ratings from American Automobile Association and Mobil Travel Guide respectively. As of 2004, the Venetian was among the most profitable resorts in Las Vegas, second to the Bellagio. A Chinese counterpart, the The Venetian Macao, opened in Macau in 2007. That year, the Las Vegas location also added a sister property, The Palazzo. In 2020, readers of USA Today ranked the Venetian and Palazzo among the 10 best casinos in Las Vegas.

 

In 2004, the Venetian agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle a 12-count Gaming Control Board complaint. One of the complaints alleged the resort had held a drawing for a Mercedes-Benz that was rigged to be won by a high roller who had lost a large amount in the casino. The executives involved were fired.

 

On the morning of October 10, 2012, a man entered a closed gaming area and acquired $1.6 million in casino chips from a locked box that he broke open. He left the resort unnoticed, and the theft was not discovered until the following morning. He was arrested later in the month, with authorities recovering $396,000 in chips.

 

In 2013, Las Vegas Sands reached a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, following a two-year investigation into money laundering at the Venetian. Zhenli Ye Gon, a businessman and high-stakes gambler suspected of drug trafficking, had made numerous large deposits at the casino in 2006 and 2007. Las Vegas Sands acknowledged that it failed to take the matter seriously, and agreed to pay $47.4 million to the Department of Justice.

 

Like other casinos in Nevada, the Venetian closed indefinitely in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the state. The following month, the resort announced plans to incorporate emergency medical personnel and automatic camera-based body temperature scans into its eventual reopening, which occurred on June 4, 2020.

 

By the end of 2020, Las Vegas Sands wanted to focus on its operations in Macau, as Asia was expected to recover from the pandemic's impact at a faster rate. The company was in early discussions to sell the Venetian, the Palazzo, and the adjoining Sands Expo. Adelson died in January 2021, and Las Vegas Sands announced two months later that it would sell the three Las Vegas facilities for $6.25 billion. Through the deal, Vici Properties bought the land under the facilities for $4 billion, and Apollo Global Management acquired the operations for $2.25 billion as part of a triple net lease agreement with Vici.The sale was finalized in February 2022.

 

Union history

 

Background

 

Before the start of construction, Adelson indicated that the Venetian would be a non-union resort,[83] unlike the Sands. This prompted criticism from the Culinary Workers Union, which represents the majority of Strip resort workers.[86] The union wanted Adelson to rehire Sands workers without going through the application process. In March 1997, the union urged Clark County Commissioners to reject the Venetian project, citing traffic concerns if it should be built. Later that year, the union held protests in front of a Venetian preview center, which resulted in a restraining order that limited the level of noise allowed during the protests.

 

Resort executives said the property would offer a wages and benefits package matching or exceeding those offered by the union. Adelson outsourced key elements of the resort to third parties, including restaurant and retail operations. He said it would be up to employees to decide on unionization, stating that the Culinary's actions were an "attempt to intimidate employers like me into signing contracts for workers I haven't hired yet, to stop me from trying to give my future employees a chance to choose whether they want union representation, and stop me from attracting like-minded, brand-name restaurateurs who want to give their employees that same freedom to choose". The union sought assurance that the Venetian would take a neutral stance during eventual union elections. Ultimately, the resort never unionized under Las Vegas Sands' ownership.

 

1999 protests and aftermath

 

A traffic study had determined that the public sidewalk in front of the future Venetian had to be removed, allowing for a widening of Las Vegas Boulevard. In an agreement with the county, the resort built a sidewalk on its own property with the condition that it be accessible by the public. More than 1,000 Culinary members picketed on the sidewalk in front of the resort on March 1, 1999, two months prior to its opening. Resort officials accused them of trespassing and warned of arrests, although the district attorney determined the sidewalks to be public property. Georgia congressman John Lewis spoke at the rally and also attempted to meet with Adelson, who turned down the offer because Lewis wanted to include union representatives. Although the protest had a permit to proceed, the Venetian contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) to intervene, despite the latter stating that it would not do so. The Venetian used loudspeakers to warn union members against protesting in front of the resort, and one Venetian security guard performed a citizen's arrest on a union member.

 

Several days after the protest, the resort filed a federal lawsuit against the union, the county, the district attorney, and the LVMPD. The resort stated that the protest took place on a private walkway separate from the sidewalk, and it sought a court order declaring the former as private property. The union responded: "We've been through this before, and we'll be through it again. We've battled this guy before, and we'll battle him as long as it takes. We're never going away. It's a long way from over". A judge denied the Venetian's request for a restraining order, and thousands of Culinary members protested at the resort's grand opening. However, most tourists were reportedly unaware or uninterested in the union battle, proceeding to visit the property. The Venetian accused the union of trespassing and unlawful picketing, and filed suit to prevent such activity in the future. A district court ruled later in 1999 that the resort's sidewalks constitute a public forum where individuals can exercise their First Amendment rights. The decision was appealed but upheld in 2001.

 

After the district court ruling, the union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in regard to the sidewalk dispute. The agency eventually determined that the resort violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Venetian appealed, but eventually lost the case when it went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear it in 2008. However, a year later, the NLRB did withdraw its finding that the Venetian violated the NLRA when it contacted police.

 

After Apollo's purchase was announced in 2021, the Culinary union questioned the company's prior management of Caesars Entertainment, which included a workforce cut of more than 20,000 over a 10-year period. Upon taking ownership in 2022, Apollo expressed no opposition to unionization. In 2023, a card check neutrality agreement was reached between Apollo and the Culinary union, as well as other unions. Under the deal, employees would determine whether to unionize while Apollo management refrains from taking a position on the matter.

 

Design

 

The Venetian is themed after Venice during the 1400s and 1500s, and it features numerous landmarks from the city. Initially, Adelson did not plan for the resort to have a theme. His second wife, Miriam, eventually suggested theming the resort after Venice, where they had honeymooned in 1991.

 

Two architectural firms worked on the project: Stubbins Associates, and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. Many of the resort's landmarks and statues were created by Treadway Industries. The design project included 250 artists and sculptors. For historical authenticity, the resort hired two Venice historians, while Treadway sent a team there to photograph the city. Venice mayor Massimo Cacciari was critical of the design, calling it a "mega-galactic example of kitsch" and comparing the resort with a "street walker".

 

The exterior entrance along the Las Vegas Strip is replicated after Doge's Palace and includes a recreation of the Rialto Bridge. It also features a 315-foot-high replica of St Mark's Campanile, topped by a statue depicting Gabriel. A revolving restaurant or lounge had been considered for the top of the tower, but it was deemed too small, measuring only 40 square feet. The Grand Canal Shoppes occupy an Indoor plaza, which depicts St. Mark's Square and features a sky-painted ceiling. Another area of the resort features 21 Renaissance-era paintings that were framed and attached to the ceiling.

 

The Venetian includes a replica of Venice's Grand Canal that goes through the resort's interior and exterior. Gondolas travel throughout the canal, and visitors can ride on them for a fee. In 2013, the indoor canals were drained for a month-long renovation, the first since the resort opened. At the time, the gondolas attracted an annual 500,000 riders.

 

Features

 

Casino and hotel

 

The Venetian includes a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) casino. Due to lack of demand, the resort's poker room closed in 2000, with plans to expand the race and sports book. Amid a resurgence in poker popularity, the resort added a new $2.6 million poker room in 2006, featuring 39 tables. At 11,000 sq ft (1,000 m2), it was the third largest poker room on the Strip.[125][126] The resort eventually replaced it with the larger Sands Poker Room, which debuted in 2012. It was the largest on the Strip, measuring 14,000 sq ft (1,300 m2).

 

In 2001, the Venetian announced changes aimed at accommodating high rollers. This would include expansion of the baccarat pit, modifications to 18 suites, and the addition of semi-private gaming and dining areas. In 2005, the Venetian opened the Paiza Club, a high-rise private gaming area catering to Asian high rollers. Las Vegas Sands had opened the Sands Macao in China a year earlier, building up a new customer base in Asia.

 

In 2006, Nevada became the first state to approve mobile gambling, and the Venetian reached a deal with Cantor Gaming to provide such a service at the resort. The mobile gaming devices, developed and operated by Cantor, offered games such as blackjack and video poker. They were usable in public areas of the resort such as restaurants and the pool area. The Venetian introduced the devices in 2008, becoming the first Las Vegas resort to offer them. Cantor took over the Venetian's sports book operations in 2011, and spent $30 million to renovate the facility, which measured 10,000 sq ft (930 m2). A high-limit slot salon opened in 2013, featuring 118 machines and butler service.

 

The Venetian opened with 3,036 suites. The original hotel tower is 35 stories and 480 feet in height. Plans were evaluated in 2000 for a second tower, to be built atop the resort's 10-story parking garage. Construction eventually began in July 2002. The 12-story Venezia tower opened in June 2003 and added 1,013 rooms, for a total of 4,049.

 

The 50-story Palazzo, directly north of the Venetian, includes more than 3,000 rooms. When considered as a single property, the Venetian-Palazzo complex ranked as the world's largest hotel, with approximately 7,100 rooms. The complex has a total of 225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2) in gaming space.

 

In 2010, the Venetian and Palazzo partnered with InterContinental Hotels Group through a 10-year deal. The Venetian rooms were renovated in 2015. Two years later, the Venetian became the first Las Vegas resort to allow hotel bookings through Facebook Messenger.

 

Clubs and lounges

 

A nightclub, C2K, opened in late 1999 and was leased out to a third-party operator. The Venetian closed the club in August 2000, alleging rampant drug use and sexual activities. The closure came a month after a woman died at the club of an ecstasy overdose. It reopened two months later, under new management.

 

In its early years, the Venetian included a club known as the Venus Lounge. In 2005, Vivid Entertainment leased the space and opened it as Vivid, a 7,000 sq ft (650 m2) nightclub. Vivid closed in 2006, and sat vacant until the 2009 opening of Smokin' Hot Aces, a rock and roll bar.

 

Tao, a popular nightclub and restaurant, opened in 2005. It covers 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2), including 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) for the nightclub. A dayclub, known as Tao Beach, opened in 2007.[ The five-acre Tao Beach covers the nightclub's rooftop.

 

In 2012, the Venetian opened The Bourbon Room, a 1980s-themed lounge. It took over the former La Scena lounge and accompanied the resort's new Rock of Ages show, which was performed in a separate venue. The show and lounge closed in early 2016. The Bourbon Room was replaced by the Dorsey, a cocktail bar opened later in 2016. It went on to become one of the most popular bars in Las Vegas. It is scheduled to close in June 2023, to be replaced by Juliet Cocktail Room.

 

Restaurants

 

The Venetian initially featured 15 restaurants, three of which were ready for the resort's soft opening.[ Notable chefs at the resort included Emeril Lagasse, Joachim Splichal, Stephan Pyles, and Wolfgang Puck. In contrast to most Las Vegas resorts, the Venetian opened without a buffet, as Adelson sought an upper-class clientele: "The people who want buffets are not consistent with the luxury and quality that we've put together here".

 

Tao Asian Bistro has consistently ranked as the highest-grossing independent restaurant in the U.S. since its 2005 opening, in part due to alcohol sales in its bar. The restaurant features Asian decor, including a giant Buddha statue. Another restaurant, Royal Star, also served Chinese food until its closure in 2006.

 

Bouchon, a French bistro by chef Thomas Keller, has operated since 2004. It is located in the Venezia tower and was designed by Adam Tihany. Yardbird Southern Table & Bar opened its second location in 2015, at the Venetian. Chef Mario Batali had two restaurants at the Venetian, both of which closed in 2018, after sexual misconduct allegations were made against him. Estiatorio Milos, a Greek seafood restaurant, opened in 2021.

 

Convention space

 

The resort opened with the Venetian Congress Center, offering 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) of meeting space, in addition to the adjoining Sands Expo behind the Venetian, which opened in 1990 as part of the earlier Sands resort. A 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m2) expansion of the Congress Center and Sands Expo brought the resort's total meeting space to 1.9-million sq ft (180,000 m2). The expansion cost $45 million and was finished in 2003.

 

The Venetian helped popularize Las Vegas as a convention city, particularly thanks to its Sands Expo. Las Vegas Sands renamed it as the Venetian Expo in 2021, while in the process of selling the facility. The Venetian Congress Center was also renamed The Venetian Convention Center.

 

Museums

 

Two museums, affiliated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, opened at the Venetian on October 7, 2001. Both were designed by architect Rem Koolhaas.

 

The Guggenheim Las Vegas operated in a 63,700 sq ft (5,920 m2) building until January 2003, hosting only one exhibit up to that point: Guggenheim's The Art of the Motorcycle. The facility and exhibition cost $37 million to develop, and averaged 666 daily visitors; it needed 3,000 to 4,000 to justify operating expenses. The low attendance was partly attributed to decreased tourism brought on by the September 11 attacks. Several new exhibits had been considered as replacements, but none came to fruition due to lack of funding.[206] The Venetian announced in May 2003 that the Guggenheim Las Vegas space would become a new performance theater for the resort.

The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum operated in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. The facility measured 7,660 sq ft (712 m2) and hosted 10 exhibitions before closing in May 2008.

 

Other features

 

Since 1999, the resort has included a Madame Tussaud's wax museum, marking the first U.S. location. The resort also features the Grand Canal Shoppes, an 875,000 sq ft (81,300 m2) shopping mall. In 2000, the Venetian became the first Strip resort to open a child-care center for its employees. The Venetian opened with five pools, and the 2003 Venezia addition included another pool deck and the resort's first wedding chapel. Upon its opening, the resort also included the 63,000 sq ft (5,900 m2) Canyon Ranch SpaClub. The spa was expanded during construction of the Palazzo, bringing it to 134,000 sq ft (12,400 m2). It is among the largest spa and fitness centers in Las Vegas.

 

Entertainment venues

 

Showroom

 

The Venetian's C2K club served as the resort's original performance venue, known as the Showroom during live entertainment. It was managed by H&H; Entertainment, which leased the space from the resort and rented it out to performers. The venue struggled in its early years, and the Venetian had a strained relationship with H&H;, disagreeing with the type of shows being put on.[ Performers – such as impressionist André-Philippe Gagnon, magician Melinda Saxe, and singer Robert Goulet – also had disagreements with H&H;'s management style. In its early years, the Showroom had been host to several shows, though none garnered substantial success until the 2003 openings of Lord of the Dance and V: The Ultimate Variety Show.

 

Opaline Theatre

 

Lord of the Dance and V both closed in 2004, making way for construction of a new theater with 1,760 seats. The Blue Man Group opened in the new space in 2005, and performed there until 2012. The Blue Man Group Theatre subsequently became the Rock of Ages Theatre, hosting the Rock of Ages musical from 2012 to 2016, with more than 1,000 performances during that time. The theater sat vacant for the next year, eventually hosting Steely Dan in 2017, under the new name of Opaline Theatre. A circus-themed show by Base Entertainment, titled Revive, was being developed for the Opaline Theater, but was canceled in 2018, stalling plans to renovate the venue. Base has since used the theater as a rehearsal space for other, off-site shows. The venue remains vacant as of 2022.

 

Venetian Theatre

 

In 2003, the Venetian announced that Guggenheim Las Vegas would be converted into a second performance venue. The new theater has seating for 1,815 people. It debuted with Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular, a shortened, 95-minute version of The Phantom of the Opera. The theater cost $42 million to build, and the show's production cost another $35 million. The show opened in 2006, and ran for six years, ending after nearly 2,700 performances. The former Phantom Theatre has since been renamed the Venetian Theatre.

 

At the end of 2012, country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill took over the theater space for a 10-weekend series of concerts. In 2013, they signed on for another 10-weekend set of shows. Georgia on My Mind, a Ray Charles tribute show, ran during 2014, with Clint Holmes, Nnenna Freelon, and Take 6 as performers. Although scheduled for a six-week run, it closed two weeks early due to poor ticket sales. In 2015, after nearly five years, The Judds reunited for a series of shows at the Venetian. Singer John Fogerty also had a concert residency in the theater during 2016, in a show incorporating smoke and pyrotechnics.

 

The Summit

 

A third performance venue, the Gordie Brown Theatre, was added in October 2006, taking former ballroom space. The 742-seat venue was custom-built to host singer Gordie Brown, with a design by The Rockwell Group. In 2007, Wayne Brady also signed on to perform in the venue, which was renamed the Venetian Showroom.

 

Brown ended his run in 2008. An interactive game show, The Real Deal, ran in the Venetian Showroom later that year. The show involved certain audience members being selected to compete against professional poker players. It was produced by Merv Adelson, who was later accused by the resort of stopping production and thereby breaching contract. In 2009, actor Chazz Palminteri performed his one-man show, A Bronx Tale, in the showroom.

 

In 2013, pop musical group Human Nature began performing in the space, which was renamed the Sands Showroom. Human Nature ended its show in 2020, amid uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

In 2014, the resort debuted an all-female comedy series in the Sands Showroom. Puppets Up! Uncensored, an adult-oriented puppet show, opened in the showroom in July 2016. The short-lived show, created by Brian Henson and directed by Patrick Bristow, closed in September 2016.

 

In 2021, the Sands Showroom was renamed The Summit, and Derek Hough launched a dance show which continued into the following year. Lin-Manuel Miranda and his musical group Freestyle Love Supreme had a residency in the showroom from 2022 to 2023.

 

Sphere at The Venetian Resort

 

A sphere-shaped music and entertainment arena, known as Sphere at The Venetian Resort, is scheduled to open in September 2023. The arena's interior is covered in LED screens which accompany live entertainment. The venue includes seating for 17,500 people.

 

Film and television history

 

Films

 

The Venetian's casino, lobby, and exterior were among the filming locations for the 2001 film Rat Race. The hotel rooms were also portrayed in the film, although these scenes were shot on a sound stage in Canada.

The Venetian hosted the premiere of the 2003 film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

The Venetian was a prominent filming location for the 2005 film Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous.

 

Television

 

In 2000, the cooking program Emeril Live shot several episodes in the Showroom.

By 2003, the resort had made several appearances on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

A 2005 episode of Megastructures, titled "Ultimate Casino", focuses on the resort's design and construction.

The U.S. TV series What Not to Wear shot its series finale at The Venetian and Palazzo in 2013, inviting more than 100 past contributors from the show's 10-year run to participate.

The American game show Wheel of Fortune filmed episodes for its 31st season at the Venetian and Palazzo in 2013.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Das Treasure Island Las Vegas ist ein 4-Sterne-Hotel mit 2885 Zimmern in 36 Stockwerken in Paradise. Das Hotel liegt am Las Vegas Boulevard („Strip“) und ist durch eine Hochbahn mit dem Mirage verbunden. Das Hotel wurde 1993 vom ehemaligen Großunternehmen Mirage Resorts eröffnet. Dieses wurde später von der MGM-Mirage-Gruppe übernommen. Am 15. Dezember 2008 erfolgte der Verkauf an Phil Ruffin, den ehemaligen Besitzer des New Frontier.

 

Das Treasure Island wurde durch gefährlich-romantische Seefahrer-Abenteuer in der Karibik inspiriert. Jeden Abend wurde vor dem Hotel um 17:30, 19:00, 20:30 und 22:00 Uhr die berühmte Wassershow „Sirens of TI“ in Szene gesetzt. Als Hotelgast erhielt man Zugang zum VIP-Bereich, von welchem man die Wassershow hautnah miterleben konnte.

 

Die Show „Sirens of TI“ wurde am 21. Oktober 2013 eingestellt. Die Schließung sollte ursprünglich nur vorübergehend sein, aber im November 2013 fiel die Entscheidung die Show komplett aufzugeben. Der Grund soll der Bau von neuen Einzelhandelsflächen sein.

 

Außerdem findet im Hotel eine permanente Aufführungsserie des Programms Mystère des Cirque du Soleil statt.

 

Im Casino-Bereich befindet sich das Buffet „Dishes“.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Das Venetian Resort Hotel ist ein Luxushotel am Las Vegas Strip, das der italienischen Stadt Venedig nachempfunden wurde.

 

Ausstattung

 

Wie die meisten Hotels am Strip liegt auch das Venetian auf der Gemarkung von Paradise (Nevada). Zu dem 4.049 Suiten umfassenden Hotel gehören achtzehn Restaurants, zahlreiche Geschäfte und Boutiquen, ein Kasino und ein Madame Tussauds-Wachsfigurenkabinett.

 

In dem Hotel sind venezianische Sehenswürdigkeiten wie die Rialtobrücke, der Markusplatz oder der Campanile wiederzuerkennen. Selbst die venezianischen Kanäle wurden im und vor dem Hotel nachgebaut (allerdings nur knietief), einschließlich Gondeln mit singenden Gondolieri.

 

Der Eigentümer Las Vegas Sands eröffnete am 28. August 2007 mit dem The Venetian Macao ein Hotel mit demselben Thema in Macau.

 

Am 30. Dezember 2007 wurde das Schwesterhotel „The Palazzo“ zwischen dem Venetian und dem Wynn eröffnet. Zusammen haben beide Hotels 7.128 Zimmer, es war somit zwischen 2008 und 2015 der größte Hotelkomplex der Welt. Mittlerweile wurde das Venetian vom First World Hotel in Malaysia (7.351 Zimmer) überholt und steht nun an zweiter Stelle der Hotels mit den meisten Zimmern.

 

Die Irish Dance Show Lord of the Dance hat eine Truppe, die nur hier auftritt.

 

Im Februar 2010 wurde im Venetian ein Pokerturnier veranstaltet, welches für ESPN aufbereitet wurde.

 

In dem Nobelhotel wurde die Actionkomödie Miss Undercover 2 – Fabelhaft und bewaffnet mit Schauspielerin Sandra Bullock von 2005 gedreht.

 

Technische Daten

 

Höhe: 145 m

Etagen (oberirdisch): 40

Fertigstellung: 1999

Architekten: The Stubbins Associates, Inc., TSA of Nevada, LLC

 

Restaurants

 

Aquaknox, ein Fischrestaurant

Bouchon, klassisches französisches Bistro

Canaletto, venezianisches Ambiente mit Grillspezialitäten.

Delmonico Steakhouse, Steakhouse mit Südstaaten-Küche

Lutece, Restaurant im New-York-Stil

Pinot Brasserie

Postrio

Royal Star

Tao

Tsunami Asian Grill, Asia-Fusion-Küche

Valentino

Zeffirino Ristorante, traditionelle italienische Küche

Canyon Ranch Cafe

Grand Lux Cafe

Noodle Asia

Taqueria Canonita

The Grill at Valentino

Tintoretto Bakery

 

(Wikipedia)

I was allowed out of the cuffs to read a short statement in court. But as soon as I finished, the cuffs went on again. So I stood there shackled to learn my sentence: 60 more days in jail.

Ben Turner sits in his jail cell in Belle Reve. He almost served his sentence in the prison for meta humans and assasins. Ben Turner, also known as the Bronze Tiger, was part of the League of Assassins. He was brainwashed into joining them and he attacked anyone who he thought had something to do with it. That's the reason he's in Belle Reve, for serving the crime organisation. He's just staring at the ceiling, thinking about what he's going to do when he's free. Hunt down the League of Assasins, and demand answers of what they have taken from him, or is he just going to lead a normal life? Maybe with even a wife and a child. While he's thinking about it his cell door opens. In the opening stand two A.R.G.U.S. agents.

 

Agent1: "Mr Turner. Would you come with us?"

 

BT: "Yeah, sure. I don't know why, because I haven't done anything wrong."

 

Agent2: "We know mr Turner. We just want you to come with us for a moment."

 

BT: "Alright."

 

He lets himself get cuffed and the agents take him to a room.

 

Agent2: "Your clothes are over there. Put them on."

 

BT: "Am I on early release? Already?"

 

Agent1: "You can be. Now if you're dressed you can come with us again."

 

Ben dresses himself in his normal clothes and then he walks with the guards again. They enter another room with several doctors and a bed.

 

Agent1: "If you would just lie on the bed for a moment."

 

Ben lies on the bed.

 

Doctor: "This will sting just for one second."

 

The doctor puts some kind of device in Ben's neck and something klicks.

 

BT: "Auch!"

 

Doctor: "There there. That was it. You can continue agents."

 

Agent1: "Thanks doc. Back on your feet. Just one more room to go."

 

The agents walk with Ben down the hallway and they walk through a door, where 4 other inmates are waiting. Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn and Black Spider. The guards take of the cuffs and they leave the room without saying anything. Ben looks at the rest of the group sitting inside the room.

 

DS: "Hey Benny! You here too?"

 

BT: "Hey Floyd. Yeah, looks like it. Hey George."

 

CB: "Mr Turner. Long time no see."

 

Harley sits on the table and she looks at Ben.

 

HQ: "Ha, so you're the one they call Bronze Tiger."

 

Harley sticks out her hand for a handshake.

 

HQ: "Harley Quinn, nice to meetcha."

 

Ben looks at her hand a bit questionable, but he decides to shake it anyway.

 

BT: "Ben Turner. Likewise."

 

Ben turns to Black Spider.

 

BT: "You're Black Spider, right?"

 

BS: "Yes."

 

BT: "What are you in for?"

 

BS: "I was hired by Black Mask to take Gotham from Penguin, during the time that Batman was gone."

 

HQ: "Same reason why I'm here! But I worked for my puddin'!"

 

DS: "We know Harley. You've told us multiple times."

 

CB: "You could count these two chums as the newbies of the prison."

 

HQ: "Awh shut up, Boomerbutt."

 

Ben and Floyd try not to laugh as Boomerang looks really angry at Harley. When Boomerang wants to say something back, the door of the room opens and three people come walking through it.

I was allowed out of the cuffs to read a short statement in court. But as soon as I finished, the cuffs went on again. So I stood there shackled to learn my sentence: 60 more days in jail.

I took two of my sisters into my room to make page poems......But they didn't quite understand, so we decided to do "funny spages" instead.

 

Left to Right: 8 year old, me, 9 year-old

 

............................................Here's what they say........................................

8 year old: "I say a box on the red waves in a man french and french'

 

Me: "My dinner got to be the receptionist. The paperwork lingered across my table. She refused a ride, but seemed restless. I'd regret making dinner. We talked, she'd had enough conversation. But I quiver when she switched of my music..

 

9 year-old : One day our class had a party. Graciously all of us bumped into his barreled rib cage.

 

Stay Safe, Eat Donuts(╭☞⌐■◞ ■)╭☞

Challenge-Complete the Sentence 4

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Artwork by me.

 

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Lisa Buttmonkey (Jasmine0Alaya)

Chilean Rose: ‘Sentence first — verdict afterwards.’, 2018

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Taken at my installation, Out of the Looking Glass|Into the Madness.

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He has just got a 6 years sentence. He will spend 6 years wearing that ugly uniform, cuffed and treated like an inmate. He will be sleeping on a plastic matress, surronded by criminals like him. Working all day at the prison laundry and maybe having sex with inmates. I wish I was him...

Let this little sentence be continually before the eyes of our minds!

 

Let it check us when we are ready to murmur at earthly trials.

Let it strengthen us when we are tempted to deny our Master on account of persecution.

Let it caution us when we begin to think too much of the things of this world.

Let it quicken us when we are disposed to look back, like Lot's wife.

In all such seasons, let the words of our Lord ring in our ears like a trumpet, and bring us to a right mind! "Only one thing is needed!"

 

If Christ is ours — then we have all and abound!

 

BOB SELF/The Times-Union--11/15/07--Alan Wade talks with one of his attorney Frank Tassone prior to the start of his sentencing hearing in Judge Michael Weatherby's courtroom in the Duval County Courthouse Thursday morning. Wade is the second of four killers facing a possible death sentence for burying a Jacksonville couple alive. (The Florida Times-Union, Bob Self)

Jane Farrell stole 2 boots and was sentenced to do 10 hard days labour.

 

Age (on discharge): 12

Height: 4.2

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: Newcastle

Married or single: Single

 

These photographs are of convicted criminals in Newcastle between 1871 - 1873.

 

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Brett Lahr is escorted from the jail to the courtroom in the Union County Courthouse for a pre-trial motion Tuesday morning, June 23, 2015, in Lewisburg, Pa. Lahr is awaiting a sentencing hearing later Tuesday after pleading no contest to a conspiracy count for his involvement in a rock-throwing incident that badly injured an Ohio teacher on Interstate 80 last year. (Amanda August/The Daily Item via AP)

Victoria

The New Weapon

 

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“Haymar, look out!” Mirranda’s voice cried, from behind him. He spun, and saw the Queen’s soldier bearing down, almost on top of him. With a single slash, the soldier toppled off the blood-slicked battlements, into the dark horde of men fighting below.

“Thanks!” He said, breathlessly, to her. She smiled at him, the relief written on her face.

“I was almost too late. Next time, you need to be more carf-.” She stopped in mid-sentence, her eyes widening in horror. He read what was reflected there, and spun, his shield coming up, just in time to block the stroke of a huge, double-bladed pole-axe, wielded by a massive outlaw. Haymar staggered, under the strength of the blow. The soldier hauled back the massive weapon, preparing to deal another blow. Haymar lunged forward, and jabbed at the other’s face. The outlaw dodged, and swung the pole-axe down.

“AAHH!!” Haymar yelled, in pain, as the axe cut into his arm. His shield was slammed from his grasp, and he was knocked off his feet, the air being expelled from his lungs, as he hit the battlement floor.

“NO!” Mirranda screamed. Nocking an arrow, she drew it back, aiming for the outlaw, and released. The outlaw turned, and deflected it off his axe. He swung the axe, and hit her with the flat of the blade, sending her sprawling. The brute turned back to the still-winded Haymar, and raised the axe above his head, preparing to bring it down, on Haymar. Laying there, Haymar realized this was the end, and he regretted it was to end this way, with so much of his life still ahead of him. I never even got to tell Mirranda how I feel about her, he thought. And now it’s too late. I’ll never—with a gasp, Haymar sat up, in his bed, his heart racing.

Whew, he thought, it was just a dream. A mighty scary dream, though. As his heart rate settled, Haymar looked around the darkened room. There were four sets of bunks in the room, two on each side. Haymar and Ana shared one, Mirranda and Ivan shared a second, Sir Rodney and Lord Barry shared a third, and Elfrida and Laven shared the final one. Haymar had taken the bottom bunk, Ana the top.

Mirranda’s bunk was next to Haymar’s. He looked over at her sleeping form, and thought about his dream.

Did he really feel that way, about her? Yes. He decided, he did. Mirranda had always been a good friend, since childhood. But lately, Haymar had began to care for her, as more that just a close friend. But what if she doesn’t feel the same way? Haymar thought. I’ve no idea how to approach her, and if—, a quiet knock, at the stout, wooden door of the room, interrupted his thoughts.

Haymar froze, wondering who was knocking, at this hour of the night. He slipped out of bed, buckling his sword over his back, and moved over to the door. He unlatched it, and opened the door a crack.

“Who is it?” He whispered. A short, fidgety looking man, with shoulder-length black hair, and a well-groomed mustache, moved into view.

“It is me, Arfondo.” The man said quietly. “I’m the chief engineer, and I’ve invented something you really ought to see.”

“Now?” The other asked, wondering if this was an assassination attempt. If so, it was a pretty poor one, which led Haymar to conclude that the man was legit.

“Yes, now.” The other replied. “And get Lady Ana too. She’ll want to see this.”

“Just a moment.” Haymar said, and, closing the door, went over to his sister, and gently shook her awake.

“Ooh, Haymar?” She said, groggily, as she came awake. “What is it?”

“There’s a man at the door. Says his name is Arfondo, and he’s the chief engineer here. He wants to show us something.” The other replied.

“Now?” Ana asked.

“Yes,” Haymar said. “Apparently it can’t wait. He says it’s very important.”

“It had better be really important, to warrant waking us, in the middle of the night, like this.” She said, and, after getting out of bed, and buckling on her sword, she followed her brother back over to the door. When they opened it, Arfondo was standing right where Haymar had left him, fidgeting nervously.

“Follow me.” He said, and headed down the passage, to the right. Haymar and Ana followed, trying to keep up with Arfondo’s quick, fidgety strides.

As they got closer to wherever they were going, they began to hear the distinctive sounds, of a blacksmith at work. Haymar and Ana exchanged a look. Who would be working at this hour of the night? They both wondered. Their question was quickly answered.

“Here we are.” Arfondo said, as they approached a thick wooden door, set into a frame of brick.

Arfondo pulled a key from beneath his tunic, inserted it into the lock, and turned it. With a click, the door unlocked. He replaced the key in it’s place, and turning the handle, beckoned the inside.

The room behind the door, was much longer that it was wide, and, Haymar immediately noticed, there were about a dozen target dummies, set up at the end of the chamber. Off to the right, was a small blacksmith’s furnace, with an anvil in front of it. There was indeed a blacksmith working there, forging a longsword. Next to them, was a small table, with a man assembling something on it. Across from them, were several larger tables, piled with stuff. In the middle of the room, sat a large, cloth-covered, object.

Arfondo closed the door behind them, and led them over to the cloth-covered object. Grasping a corner of the cloth, he said, “This is what I wanted you to see. It’s going to give us a great advantage over the Queen’s Soldiers. Behold, the Shard Sling.”

He yanked the cloth off, revealing what was beneath. Haymar, and Ana, gasped, in shock.

Beneath the cloth, sat a most unusual contraption. It had a small ballista’s carriage, but instead of the normal bow, it was a long, metal barrel, with spiked wooden limbs, extending from either side. At the very back of the weapon, were two handles, with a trigger in the middle. Just in front of these, was a small hatch, in the middle of the barrel. There were two, narrow, slots, cut into the side of the barrel ending just behind the hatch, into which a thick string disappeared.

“Well,” Arfondo chuckled, “I can see you’re speechless, so I’ll explain what you’re looking at.”

He gestured to the Shard Sling. “This is the result of many long months of experimenting, and lots of trial and error. I wanted to make something that was more powerful than a ballista, but also more mobile. The way it works,” He said, motioning them to look closely, “Is, attached to the middle of the string, is a round disc of steel, perfectly shaped to fit inside the barrel, with no space on either side. To load the weapon,” Arfondo said, motioning to a small lever to the right of the barrel, “You first, haul back this lever, til’ it clicks into place. Then, you open this hatch here.” He said.

“What’s the ammunition?” Ana asked. In answer, Arfondo reached over, to a table nearby, and picked up a handful of small, metal shards.

“These.” He said, holding them out, for the other two to look at. They bent close, examining the shards.

“Looks nasty,” Haymar said. “How’s it do?”

“Watch.” The other replied, and, walking over to the Shard Sling, he loaded the shards into the hatch. Closing it, he stepped aside, and motioned for Haymar to take the handles. He did, wrapping his fingers around the grips.

Arfondo pointed to the dummies at the end of the chamber. “Aim for those dummies, and when you’re ready, pull the triggers.”

Haymar sighted down the barrel, took a deep breath, and pulled the triggers.

WHAM! The string flew forward, releasing the tension on the limbs, and slammed against the stops. The weapon recoiled, almost causing Haymar to lose his balance. The several dozen metal shards shot out of the end of the barrel, and streaked down the length of the chamber, scything into the target dummies, with devastating results. The dummies were shredded.

Haymar and Ana stared, in amazement. The Shard Sling had destroyed over a dozen dummies, at a range of forty yards. Haymar turned to Arfondo.

“How far is the range on this?” He asked.

“It’s effective as far as one hundred and fifty yards.” The other replied. “After that, it becomes increasingly inaccurate. It’s meant as an anti-infantry weapon.”

“A hundred and fifty yards.” Haymar repeated, staring at Ana.

She grinned. “We’re gonna kick the Queen’s butt with this.”

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For those of you who’ve read the Shannara series, yes, I stole the concept of the Shard Sling out of them, combining the railgun, and the rail sling, that were featured in the novels. :D

I wanted a weapon that was more advanced than ballistas and catapults, but not utilizing gunpowder, which isn’t allowed in Lands Of Roawia. Thus, the Shard Sling was born.

Oh, and sorry for the absurdly long story. Hope you all like it.

Maybe one of these days they'll get out....

 

Thanks for looking!

 

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They carry me far away. The glows of light and a loud noise wake me up...

''To reach the other one you'll have to wait''.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAoKcM54Q1Y

 

The Sin And The Sentence

Trivium

I heard the passing bells calling out my name

I knew I'd never see another day

I couldn't swim against the tides of blame

I knew there was no other way

You better practice your lines

You better practice your words

I know that real monsters lie

Between the light and the shade

It doesn't matter what you say or feel

When honest men become deranged, they'll genuflect to a lie

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie)

I saw the dagger eyes staring back at me

I knew I'd never have a chance to bleed

Guilty, but in the sight of fallen men

They bury you before you speak (the sin and the sentence)

You better practice your lies

You better practice your words

I know that real monsters lie

Between the light and the shade

It doesn't matter what you say or feel

When honest men become deranged, they'll genuflect to a lie

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (To a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (They'll genuflect to a lie)

Beware those who speak in tongues

For they may call your name

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

They'll genuflect to a lie

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (To a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (They'll genuflect to a lie)

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire (To a lie)

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat (They'll genuflect to a lie)

Beware those who speak in tongues

For they may call your name

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

You condemn me

'Cause you don't understand me

Fuck!

The sin and the sentence

Penance in the fire

The sin and the sentence

The plagues grip your throat

The sentence ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays. In that poem, the first ROSE is the name of a person. Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings, and A ROSE IS ROSE IS A ROSE is probably her most famous quote, often interpreted as meaning THINGS ARE WHAT THEY ARE, a statement of the law of identity, A IS A. In Stein's view, the sentence expresses the fact that simply using the name of a thing already invokes the imagery and emotions associated with it. As the quote diffused through her own writing, and the culture at large, Stein once remarked NOS LISTEN! I'M NO FOOL. I KNOW THAT IN DAILY LIFE WE DON'T GO AROUND SAYING IS A... IS A...IS A... YES, I'M NO FOOL; BUT THINK THAT LINE THE ROSE IS RED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH POETRY FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. (Four in America).

 

Gertrude Stein's repetitive language can be said to refer to the changing quality of language in time and history. She herself said to an audience at Oxford University that the statement referred to the fact that when the Romantics used the word ROSE it had a direct relationship to an actual rose. For later periods in literature this would no longer be true. The eras following romanticism, notably the modern era, use the word rose to refer to the actual rose, yet they also imply, through the use of the word, the archetypical elements of the romantic era. It also follows the rhetoric law of thricefold repetition to emphasize a point, as can be seen in speeches dating back to the sophists.

  

===Arkham Asylum==

 

There was a blinding yellow light and then, Krill staggered into the room, still reeling from Kuttler's attack. "Cheap shot..." he wheezed, before collapsing onto the floor, a mix of blood and drool dripping out of his mouth.

 

"Oho, there he is! There's my little bundle of comic relief and profanity!" Joker let out an overjoyed giggle as he rushed to greet him.

 

"Joker!" Crane snapped impatiently, "He needs medical attention. Now."

 

"And?" Joker asked disinterestedly. "What do you want me to do about that? Page the Crime Doctor? He blocked me after one too many 'Doctor, Doctor,' jokes, which, in my defense, were absolute killers!"

 

"No... Doctors... Sugar pills... Top cabinet..." Krill gasped, shrugging Crane off. "I'll be... fine... Just give me someone to kill and... And a banana split... Might... Might also need a rabies shot."

 

"The Misfitspose aaaaaaaa threat, Joooooooker," Zoom warned, as he watched Krill wolf down his medication.

 

"Hah! Now there's a sentence that's never been uttered before..." Joker chuckled dismissively. As he attempted to leave the room however, Zoom blocked the doorway.

 

"No. First theErasaaaaaaaaaser discoveredour lair. Now theyhaveincapacitated theeeeee Pooooolka DotMan. Theymustbe eliminated."

 

"Now, where's your holiday spirit gone?" Joker looked down at Zoom's hand, and then back at his face, trying to mask his indignation. "All in good time, Hunter," he stated. "I'm in the giving mood right now, and I've promised Julian he'll have his fun with them first."

 

==Greendale Community College==

 

The Infirmary

 

Day 16

 

Flannegan was lying on a hospital bed, as a nurse doted around him. Sat around him, were Reardon, Rigger, Blake and Chuck, each in varying states of concern.

 

"Get off! I'm fine, really," he protested, as he pushed the nurse's hand away from his black and blue face. "You shoulda seen the other guy!"

 

"You mean the one that escaped?" Blake smirked.

 

"That's not what-" Flannegan spluttered. "Blame the science geek, I had the spotted bastard dead to rights."

 

"Didn't he drop a microwave on you?" Rigger butted in.

 

"It was a filing cabinet!"

 

"Is he going to be alright, miss?" Reardon asked, narrowly dodging a flying fruit cup intended for Joey.

 

"He took quite a beating, but he'll be fine," the nurse replied. "Just don't use that arm against any more Polka Dot Men for a while," she advised Flannegan with a clear hint of sarcasm.

 

"He was real!" he protested once more, as he attempted to get out of the hospital bed. His advances were interrupted by a commotion outside, as the voices of Kuttler and the Dean grew louder and louder.

 

"Noah, please, you can't just leave. Where am I supposed to get another computing studies teacher on such short notice?" Pelton was pleading with him. "You were going to show me how to use Excel!"

 

"Frankly, that's none of my concern," Kuttler retorted. "Hire Answer, hell: hire Cluemaster for all I care- see if you can piece his skull back together, I imagine it's like a particular irritating jigsaw puzzle... Oh, and check your basement, because there is definitely a sex computer down there. I know that frequency."

 

"Sex computer?" Pelton's brow furrowed, as he stopped in his tracks. "Wait up-" he began, but Kuttler had already reached the infirmary, and made sure to lock the door behind him. He then approached the Misfits, and placed a small glass bottle, filled with small yellow pills, onto the table beside Flannegan.

 

"Diaxymine," he stated. "Should cancel out the effects of the Fearless drug on your rotund friend."

 

"Woah woah woah, that's potent stuff. Who's to say it won't just fry his mind?" Rigger asked anxiously.

 

"No one, of course, but there was a guard here that stockpiled the stuff," Kuttler deflected. "From what I was able to piece together, he was some kind of supervillian, went by the name 'Chinese Tiger.'"

 

"We... appreciate the gesture, but if it's all the same to you, I think we'll wait until we're back in Gotham, and cure him then," Chuck spoke, as he slid the glass bottle into his yellow utility belt for safe keeping.

 

"Fine. Use it or don't," Kuttler shrugged, standing back up. "But when your sauce spraying friend tears your throat out, remember I gave you an out," he replied, as he walked back towards the exit. "I'll see you in the courtyard tomorrow. That is, if the offer still stands."

 

"It does- I mean, sure, great!" Chuck stuttered, a little taken aback by Kuttler's sudden change of heart. "But... what about that ankle monitor?" he asked, pointing down at Kuttler's feet. "Shouldn't we-?"

 

"That old thing?" Kuttler looked down, and to The Misfits' surprise, casually unbuckled it and dropped it in the bin. "I reprogrammed that months ago. I just fancied the time off."

 

"Right, of course you did," Chuck tutted. "What exactly changed your mind?"

 

Kuttler glanced over at Blake before answering. "Let's just say I had an enlightening talk with one of your teammates," he smirked, before turning back to face them. "Oh, and of course, thanks to you, Abner Krill knows where I am and he'll want revenge: The first thing he'll do once he's healed, will be to sell off my location to the Society remnants I testified against. And frankly, I'm simply too emotionally drained to draft a countermeasure against Bane or his allies... I could do with the meat shields."

 

"Bane's in Slabside, bud, he's not going anywhere," Blake reassured him.

 

"The same Slabside that Killer Moth broke into a month ago?" Kuttler spoke, as he raised a condemning eyebrow.

 

"Ok, fair point," he swallowed.

 

"Uh-huh. The courtyard. Tomorrow at 12pm. Don't keep me waiting," he ordered them, before leaving the way he came, still swatting away Pelton's advances.

 

"Well, he seemed lovely," Ten said dryly.

 

~-~

 

Gar was slumped against the wall, waiting for Chuck as he exited the infirmary, flicking his lighter on and off obsessively

 

"You shouldn't smoke indoors," Chuck advised him.

 

"I wasn't." Gar confessed. "So. Who won? The game, I mean," he clarified.

 

"Funny you should ask: the Dean called it off. Apparently, some Freddy Krueger lookalike ran onto the campus, and threatened a hundred students with a flamethrower."

 

"Jeez, what're the chances?" Gar wondered aloud.

 

"Oh, I dunno... One in a million," Chuck replied, eyeing him up.

 

Gar paused. "I... might have been projecting my anger onto a bunch of amateur cosplayers.

 

"Not to worry, we've all been there."

 

"Still, Krueger. Nice chance of pace. About a dozen students stopped me earlier and said 'Nice Deadpool, bro. Have a chimichanga on me.' Irritating as hell," he frowned. "He gonna be ok?" he changed trajectory.

 

"Flannegan? He's tough, he'll pull through," Chuck reiterated.

 

"Not who I meant," Gar spoke, as he watched Mayo shuffle past them into the infirmary, a bunch of crumpled flowers in his hand, no doubt a last minute gift, hand-picked from the gardens.

 

"Yeah," Chuck replied. "We'll get him cured once we're back in Gotham. If we ever make it..." he added tiredly.

 

"We will. Drury has a plan, I know it," Gar vouched for him. "But it's weird, right? I mean, you and I both know what Fearless can do to a person; the chaos, the anger, the devastation... it turned you into a reckless thrill-seeker, submerged Two-Face's better half and it barely even worked on Dekker. Kid could've killed us all if he wanted to, or at least try. Yet even with that crap pumping through his veins; nothing holding him back; free to do anything, say anything without consequence, all Mayo really wanted, was to win a damn paintball game. just gain a little bit- a tiny sliver of recognition from his peers."

 

Chuck reflected on this, and pulled the glass bottle of Diaxymine out of his belt to examine it.

 

"What's the stuff Kuttler gave you anyway?" Gar inquired.

 

"Supposed to be Anti-Psychotics," Chuck explained.

 

"'Supposed to be,'" Gar rolled his eyes. "Between you and me, I'm pretty sick of experimental drugs."

 

"Boy, I hear you there..." he chuckled softly. "Listen, Gar-"

 

"What?" he snapped suddenly.

 

"Just... I'm sorry about Jenna."

 

Gar's features softened, as he flicked his lighter shut. "Me too."

 

==Study Room F==

 

Day 17

 

"So, this is what you wear for a living, huh?" Jeff raised an eyebrow at both Blake and Chuck's suits.

 

"I don't know, you fill that costume out nicely," Britta smiled.

 

"I made you boys sandwiches for the journey home," Shirley said, offering Chuck an enormous bag of filled sandwiches. Though unlikely to eat them himself, due to the high fat content, Chuck felt it best not to tell her, and instead thanked Shirley politely.

 

Chuck hugged the girls, shook Jeff's hand and patted Troy and Abed on the back. "Pierce," he nodded. "It has been an experience."

 

"Urgh, I'm always getting shafted," he grumbled. "But not as much as Jeff in gay bars," he chuckled.

 

"Dude, read the room," Blake shook his head disapprovingly.

 

Chuck looked over at the Misfits' table, where Mayo had been silently drawing for a while, and took a deep breath. "Hey, buddy," he approached, examining each of his sketches. "Who's this guy?"

 

"Malcolm Fleming. He's a cucumber," Mayo sniffed.

 

"And this one, that his friend?" Chuck pointed to the second figure.

 

"Stephen Tucker. A gherkin."

 

Chuck smiled, as he reached into his rucksack and handed Mayo a large parcel. "Here. I want you to have this. I know it's not perfect. Dekker, for all his quirks, knows how to make a suit much better than I ever could, but I made I do."

 

"I don't understand. You're not mad?" he asked, puzzled.

 

"It's paintball, Mitch," Chuck winked. "No one got hurt. That's the main thing."

 

"Flannegan might disagree there-" Blake calmly pointed out.

 

"Most people didn't get hurt, Chuck corrected himself, shooting daggers Blake's way. "Thing is, you're one of us. A Misfit, Mitch. It's time we treated you like one."

 

"Thank you," Mitch nodded sincerely, as he pulled the black and red costume from out of the bag. "I love it."

 

"What about it, Jeff? A final rousing speech?" Abed asked.

 

Jeff smirked. "Actually, Abed, I think Chuck should do the honours."

 

"Actually, we really have to go," Chuck began, as he rose to his feet. "Kuttler would kill us if we're late. Literally, probably... Look, they're your people, Jeff. Look after them, love them. Care for them. Because remember, they may all be misfits, but together, you're all so much stronger."

 

"Well, I don't know if I'd class myself as a misfit-" Britta began, her protests drowned out by the Study Group's collective groans.

 

"Then find another name," Chuck encouraged them. "But find it together. Because, uh, because that one's already taken- branding was always Drury's thing."

 

"Ooh, actually have a couple ideas in mind." Annie said, as she pulled out a massive binder. Jeff looked up at Chuck, and smiled gratefully. Chuck nodded back and rested his hand on the door handle. 'Hell Yeah.'

 

"Oh, before I forget- in two or three days, you might be emailed a YouTube link from a Montgomery Sharpe. Don't open it," he added.

 

As Chuck left, Troy turned back to the rest of the group. "Do any of you guys know who that is?"

 

~-~

 

"Drury, you're always gonna do something stupid... That's why I love you. We'll win. We always do, you old softie. Because we don't-?"

 

Because we don't give up. Yeah. Someday. Because of you.."

 

"You're just tired Drury, that's all. Just tired."

 

"To doing something stupid," Drury lamented.

 

"You were flashing back, weren't you?"

 

"I'm sorry?" Drury asked, turning his head away from the trophy cabinet.

 

Abed shrugged. "Just now. It looked like you were having a flashback to something."

 

Walker smiled weakly. "Yeah, yeah. something like that."

 

"I'm Abed," he said, offering him his hand.

 

"Drury," Walker nodded as he shook his hand.

 

"Yo, Abed, could you give us some space please?" Chuck asked.

 

"Cool," he replied, as he disappeared down the hall. "Cool cool cool."

 

"Kuttler's on board," Chuck revealed. "He'll want to be paid obviously, but I think we can probably pull enough money together, right?"

 

"Yeah, Joe texted me," he nodded. "What happened to you anyway?" Drury asked, eying Chuck's shattered visor suspiciously, "I thought it was just a paintball game."

 

"Oh, I died," Chuck said bashfully. "Well, I should've. Mitch used condiments, so it didn't technically count."

 

"Ah. Typical, really," Drury winked. He looked down at his watch.

 

"C'mon, we shouldn't keep the others waiting," he said, glancing at the otherwise empty, paint soaked hallway.

 

"Sure," Drury lay his hand on the trophy cabinet and smiled faintly, gesturing to a framed photo. "Here, take a look at this, please: Gotham University, interschool basketball championships 2001, I actually competed in that- I'm the scrawny kid with the broken leg, see? And, sure, the Mathletes lost, but that's life, ain't it?"

 

"Yeah..." Chuck smiled encouragingly.

 

"And there, in the opposing team's photo... There she is. My Tiger Lily. Funny coincidence, right?" Drury, was pointing to a blond girl in the back. "Didn't even know she existed. Imagine."

 

"I guess," Chuck nodded.

 

"Just like that time in Gaige's office, or that Janus Christmas party... I missed out on several more happy years because... because I didn't know what was right in front of me."

 

Chuck bowed his head. "I never believed in all that star-crossed, meant-to-be kind of love myself. First Maria, then Pam. But you and Miranda? I think that maybe, maybe that was the closest thing to it. And, I dunno, maybe the universe knew that too. You look at these photos and you see it as a missed opportunity, sure. But I see it as a gift. You got to know that the two of you had more time together than even you knew."

 

"Maybe," Drury said softly, his eyes brimming with tears. "Thank you."

 

"Any time," Chuck replied, before changing the subject back to the here and now. "I finally read those files by the way. The ones we stole from Batman. You know what that Zolomon guy can do, right? He's not just fast, he slows down time. And it's not just him, I mean look at the Pirate, or Pike. I mean, we joke, but Carson beat the crap out of us last time. And seeing what Krill of all people did to Flannegan... Even with Kuttler backing us, I just don't know." Chuck nodded solemnly. "Like, you do realise that we can't just drive back into Gotham in a highly conspicuous Bat-Truck? The Bats will be on us before we even reach city limits."

 

"I know," Drury responded. "I know. Contrary to popular belief, I do actually have a plan, Chuck. Maybe not a good one, definitely not a popular one, but I do have one. It's just... You're not gonna like it."

 

"Well, that's a first," Chuck joked.

 

"Hah. Stick to the herbal tea, Chuck," Drury smiled back. "Let someone else handle the sarcasm."

 

~-~

 

"God, that was the longest six months of my life," Flannegan declared, as he stretched his back out, the rest of the Misfits following closely behind him.

 

"We were there three weeks, tops," Rigger pointed out.

 

"I know what I said," Flannegan replied stiffly.

 

As they walked out to the courtyard, Blake and Joey jumped back in fright, Gar and Flannegan drew their weapons, Kuttler ducked behind Walker and Reardon took a deep breath.

Waiting for them outside, flanked by some twenty armed men, was The Great White Shark. Behind him, the Bookworm nodded to Walker affirmatively.

 

"Look, boys. Hitchhikers," White joked. "A little bug told me you lot needed a lift."

 

"Uh, Drury?" Chuck asked, awaiting an explanation.

 

"I mean, I said you wouldn't like it."

 

==Gotham City==

 

Hellhound exited the Stacked Deck through the back alley and smiled, riffling through a stack of newly acquired green bills. All in a day's work... Dekker would take his cut, of course: but there was no need to split it evenly. After all, he was the one doing all the work. A trash can toppled over behind him, and he spun around. "Who's there?" he called out to the dark, reaching for the knife in his pocket.

 

"Your worst nightmares. Your nastiest dreams," a raspy voice hissed.

 

Hellhound stumbled back in fright, tripping over an empty tin of cat food. "Hey, no hard feelings, man," he insisted. "I didn't actually believe in any of that crap: It was just a trick, a con, a dirty grift! I didn't actually do anything: that thing, with the knife and the fat guy? That was all the Misfits, I swear!"

 

"I believe you," the King of Cats agreed, as he bent down, and licked his face. "Good doggy."

 

"Ahem," a second voice called out. "Sorry to intrude upon this, ah, tender moment, but my partners have a proposal for you."

 

"Ah, the clever-clogs," the King recognised Day. "How did you find us?"

 

"I followed the smell," Day said stiffly.

 

"Oho," The King laughed. "Clever!"

 

"You've taken a new form, I see," Day noted. "Which poor unfortunate host is it this time?"

 

"A City Counsellor from Hub City. A frequent adulterer not worth your pity," the King giggled maliciously, the moonlight glinting off of his leather catsuit.

 

"Curious. But what if I told you that we could do better? Restore you to your former glory: So to speak."

 

"I'm listening," the King replied, his green eyes narrowing. "But if you don't mind, first, I'd like to finish my supper," he announced, gesturing to Hellhound's incapacitated body.

 

Julian's skin crawled. He despised being the middle man between the clown and these... creeps. "Do what you have to. Just don't make a mess."

 

"Clever Clogs, please," the King scowled. "I make no such promises."

Sentenced to death.

 

Sony NEX-5N with Minolta Rokkor 100mm f3.5 with extension tube. Bug chose to participate of his own will and foolishness.

mixed media on paper. ca. 30 x 40 cm.

 

www.saatchiart.com/art/Collage-forming-sentences/703169/2...

 

Sätze bilden.

Mischtechnik auf Papier. ca. 30 x 40 cm.

Bryan Mackenzie Redden is serving 44 years to Life for the murder of a mother and her daughter. The two were killed after he had broken into their home to burglarize them while Redden was high. Redden is housed at Elmira Correctional Facility in New York and is eligible for parole in August 2061

...

 

 

 

Lighting/Setup Info

- SB80DX at 24mm zoom and 1/4 power level in a 28-inch Westcott Apollo softbox with 2 sheets of full CTB gel. Positioned camera-left about 6.5-feet high and about 4-feet from subject. (Rim Light)

 

- SB600 at 85mm zoom and 1/32 power level, bare with red gel. Positioned camera-right about 5-feet high and about 4-feet from subject. (Rim Light)

 

- SB600 at 24mm zoom and 1/16 -0.7 power level, bare with shoji paper and 2 sheets of full CTO gel. Positioned on-axis about 2-feet high and about 2-feet in front of subject. (Up-light)

 

- Cybersyncs.

 

title.

In the glass. (Paris 2012 shot)

  

Several pieces from now.

I will return to Paris.

:)

 

It is unpublished.

:)

  

Do you want to hear my voice?

:)

 

I updated Youtube.

It is only in Japanese.

I explained comments on photos etc.

If your time is permitted, please look.

:)

 

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

  

1

About the composition of the picture posted to Flicker. First type.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

 

2

About the composition of the picture posted to Flicker. Second type.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=443

 

3

About when I started Fotolog. Architect 's point of view.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=649

 

Four

Why did not you have a camera so far?

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=708

 

Five

What is the coolest thing? The photo is as it is.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=776

 

6

About the current YouTube bar. I also want to tell, I want to leave.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=964

 

7

About Japanese photographers. Japanese YouTube bar is Pistols.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1059

 

8

The composition of the photograph is sensibility. Meet the designers in Milan. Two questions.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1242

 

9

What is a good composition? What is a bad composition?

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1482

 

Ten

What is the time to point the camera? It is slow if you are looking into the viewfinder or display.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1662

 

11

Family photos. I can not take pictures with others. The inside of the subject.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1745

 

12

About YouTube 's photographer. Camera technology etc. Sensibility is polished by reading books.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2144

 

13

About the Japanese newspaper. A picture of a good newspaper is Reuters. If you continue to look at useless photographs, it will be useless.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2305

 

14

About Japanese photographers. About the exhibition.

Summary. I wrote a novel etc. What I want to tell the most.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2579

  

Paris. France. 2012. shot … 　 　　　　 　　　 　　0.9 / 6

(Today's picture. That's unannounced.)

  

( ( Lumix G3 shot ) )

  

Images.

Zepherin Saint & Miranda Nicole … Butterflies (Tribe Vocal Mix)

youtu.be/nV_3i--_o_Q

  

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Profile.

In November 2014, we caught the attention of the party selected to undertake the publicity for a mobile phone that changed the face of the world with just a single model, and will conclude a confidentiality agreement with them.

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/03/tokyo-big-s...

  

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Interviews and novels.

  

About my book.

  

I published a book in old days.

 

At that time, I was uploading my interview on the net on the net.

 

That Japanese and English.

 

I will make it public for free.

 

Details were explained to the Amazon site.

 

How to write a novel.

How to take pictures.

Distance to the work.

 

They all have a common item.

  

I made a sentence about what I felt, and left it.

 

I hope that my text can be read by many people.

 

Thank you.

  

Mitsushiro.

  

1 Interview in English

「interview_eng.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

2 novels. unforgettable 'English version.(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

「novel_unforgettable_eng.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

3 Interview Japanese version

drive.google.com/file/d/1w5l2hrV5a6lraDiC_Lz2tG_HqatqUCO5...

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

4 novels. unforgettable ' JPN version.

「novel_unforgettable_jpn.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

5 A streamlined trajectory. only Japanese.

「streamlined_trajectory.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

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iBooks. Electronic Publishing. It is free now.

 

0.about the iBooks.

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2017/03/about-digit...

 

1.unforgettable '(ENG.ver.)(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

itunes.apple.com/us/book/unforgettable/id1216576828?ls=1&...

  

2.unforgettable '(JNP.ver.)(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

itunes.apple.com/us/book/unforgettable/id1216584262?ls=1&...

 

3. Streamlined trajectory.(For Japanese only.)

itunes.apple.com/us/book/%E6%B5%81%E7%B7%9A%E5%BD%A2%E3%8... =11

 

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My Novel >> Unforgettable'

 

(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

  

Mitsushiro Nakagawa

All Translated by Yumi Ikeda .

www.fotolog.net/yuming/

  

images.

U2 - No Line On The Horizon Live in Dublin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKwnkYFsiE&feature=related

  

There are two reasons why a person faces the sea.

One, to enjoy a slice of shine in the sea like children bubbling over in the beach.

The other, to brush the dust of memory like an old man who misses old days, staring at the shine

quietly.

Those lead to only one meaning though they do not seem to overlap. It’s a rebirth.

I face myself to change tomorrow, a vague day into something certain.

That is the meaning of a rebirth.

I had a very sweet girlfriend when I was 18.

After she left, I knew the meaning of gentleness for the first time and also a true pain of loss. After

she left, how many times did I depend too much on her, doubt her, envy her and keep on telling lies

until I realized it is love?

I wonder whether a nobody like me could have given something to her who was struggling in the

daily life in those days. Giving something is arrogant conceit. It is nothing but self-satisfaction.

I had been thinking about such a thing.

However, I guess what she saw in me was because I had nothing. That‘s why she tried to see

something in me. Perhaps she found a slight possibility in me, a guy filled with ambiguous, unstable

tomorrow. But I wasted days depending too much on her gentleness.

Now I finally can convey how I felt in those days when we met.

  

1/9

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2/9

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3/9

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www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24588215562/in/dateposted...

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www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24100804163/in/dateposted...

  

Fin.

  

images.

  

U2 - No Line On The Horizon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKwnkYFsiE&feature=related

  

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Title of my book > unforgettable'

Author : Mitsushiro Nakagawa

Out Now.

ISBN978-4-86264-866-2

in Amazon.

www.amazon.co.jp/Unforgettable’-Mitsushiro-Nakagawa/dp/...

 

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The schedule of the next novel.

Still would stand all time. (Unforgettable '2)

(It will not go away forever)

Please give me some more time. That is Japanese.

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An exhibition in 2019.

 

spring.

 

theme.

Silence Is the Way. (Tentative title)

 

place. Tokyo Big Site.

www.bigsight.jp/

 

Sponsoring. Design festa.

designfesta.com/

  

2020.

Date unknown.

  

DIC Kawamura Memorial Art Museum attached gallery.

kawamura-museum.dic.co.jp/

 

place. Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture.

 

theme.

From that day, forever ...

  

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flickr.

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/

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YouTube.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

instagram.

www.instagram.com/mitsushiro_nakagawa/

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

Pinterest.

www.pinterest.jp/mitsushiro/

_________________________________

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_________________________________

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fotolog

www.fotolog.com/stealaway/

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twitter.

twitter.com/mitsushiro

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facebook.

www.facebook.com/mitsushiro.nakagawa

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Do you want to hear my voice?

:)

 

I updated Youtube.

It is only in Japanese.

I explained comments on photos etc.

If your time is permitted, please look.

:)

 

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

 

1

About the composition of the picture posted to Flicker. First type.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

 

2

About the composition of the picture posted to Flicker. Second type.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=443

 

3

About when I started Fotolog. Architect 's point of view.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=649

 

Four

Why did not you have a camera so far?

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=708

 

Five

What is the coolest thing? The photo is as it is.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=776

 

6

About the current YouTube bar. I also want to tell, I want to leave.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=964

 

7

About Japanese photographers. Japanese YouTube bar is Pistols.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1059

 

8

The composition of the photograph is sensibility. Meet the designers in Milan. Two questions.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1242

 

9

What is a good composition? What is a bad composition?

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1482

 

Ten

What is the time to point the camera? It is slow if you are looking into the viewfinder or display.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1662

 

11

Family photos. I can not take pictures with others. The inside of the subject.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1745

 

12

About YouTube 's photographer. Camera technology etc. Sensibility is polished by reading books.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2144

 

13

About the Japanese newspaper. A picture of a good newspaper is Reuters. If you continue to look at useless photographs, it will be useless.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2305

 

14

About Japanese photographers. About the exhibition.

Summary. I wrote a novel etc. What I want to tell the most.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2579

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Japanese is the following.

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/

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タイトル。

In the glass. ( Paris 2012 shot )

  

これから数枚。

僕はパリへ戻します。

:)

 

未発表です。

:)

  

あなたは僕の声を聞きたいですか？

:)

 

僕はYoutubeを更新しました。

日本語だけです。

僕は写真などの解説をしました。

もしも、あなたの時間が許されれば、見てください。

:)

 

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

  

1

フリッカーへ投稿した写真の構図について。１種類目。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

 

2

フリッカーへ投稿した写真の構図について。２種類目。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=443

 

3

Fotologを始めた時について。 建築家の視点。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=649

 

4

なぜ、今までカメラを手にしなかったのか？

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=708

 

5

何が一番かっこいいのか？　写真はありのままに。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=776

 

6

現在のユーチューバーについて。僕も伝え、残したい。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=964

 

7

日本人の写真家について。日本のユーチューバーはピストルズ。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1059

 

8

写真の構図は、感性。ミラノのデザイナーに会って。二つの質問。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1242

 

9

良い構図とは？　悪い構図とは？

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1482

 

10

カメラを向ける時とは？　ファインダーやディスプレイを覗いていては遅い。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1662

 

11

家族写真。他人では撮れない。被写体の内面。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1745

 

12

ユーチューブの写真家について。カメラの技術等。感性は、本を読むことで磨く。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2144

 

13

日本の新聞について。良い新聞の写真はロイター。ダメな写真を見続けるとダメになる。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2305

 

14

日本の写真家について。その展示について。

まとめ。僕が書いた小説など。僕が最も伝えたいこと。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2579

  

次の小説のイメージ。

Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)

（いつまでもなくならないだろう）

  

Paris. France. 2012. shot … 　 　　　　 　　　 　　0.9 / 6

(Today's picture. That's unannounced.)

  

(( Lumix G3 shot ))

  

Images.

Zepherin Saint & Miranda Nicole … Butterflies (Tribe Vocal Mix)

youtu.be/nV_3i--_o_Q

  

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プロフィール。

2014年11月、たった1機種で世界を塗り替えた携帯電話の広告を請け負った選考者の目に留まり、秘密保持同意書を結ぶ。

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/03/tokyo-big-s...

  

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インタビューと小説。

 

僕の本について。

  

僕は、昔に本を出版しました。

 

その際に、僕のインタビューをPDFでネット上へアップロードしていました。

 

その日本語と英語。

 

僕は、無料でを公開します。

 

詳細は、アマゾンのサイトへ解説しました。

 

小説の書き方。

写真の撮影方法。

作品への距離感。

 

これらはすべて共通項があります。

  

僕は、僕が感じたことを文章にして、残しました。

 

僕のテキストが多くの人に読んでもらえることを望みます。

ありがとう。

  

Mitsushiro.

  

１　インタビュー　英語版

「interview_eng.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

２　小説。unforgettable’ 英語版。

「novel_unforgettable_eng.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

３　インタビュー　日本語版

drive.google.com/file/d/1w5l2hrV5a6lraDiC_Lz2tG_HqatqUCO5...

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

４　小説。unforgettable’ 日本語版。(この小説は未来のアーティストへ捧げます)

「novel_unforgettable_jpn.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

５　流線形の軌跡。　日本語のみ。

「streamlined_trajectory.pdf」

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2018/08/interviews-...

 

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iBooks.電子出版。（現在は無料）

  

0.about the iBooks.

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/stealaway/2017/03/about-digit...

 

1.unforgettable’ ( ENG.ver.)(This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

itunes.apple.com/us/book/unforgettable/id1216576828?ls=1&...

For Japanese only.

  

2.unforgettable’ ( JNP.ver.)(この小説は未来のアーティストへ捧げます)

itunes.apple.com/us/book/unforgettable/id1216584262?ls=1&...

  

3.流線形の軌跡。

itunes.apple.com/us/book/%E6%B5%81%E7%B7%9A%E5%BD%A2%E3%8...

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僕の小説。英語版　

My Novel Unforgettable' (This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)

  

Mitsushiro Nakagawa

All Translated by Yumi Ikeda .

www.fotolog.net/yuming/

  

1/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24577016535/in/dateposted...

2/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24209330259/in/dateposted...

3/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/23975215274/in/dateposted...

4/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24515964952/in/dateposted...

5/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24276473749/in/dateposted...

6/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24548895082/in/dateposted...

7/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24594603711/in/dateposted...

8/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24588215562/in/dateposted...

9/9

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/24100804163/in/dateposted...

Fin.

  

images.

U2 - No Line On The Horizon Live in Dublin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKwnkYFsiE&feature=related

  

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

Title of my book > unforgettable'

Author : Mitsushiro Nakagawa

Out Now.

 

ISBN978-4-86264-866-2

in Amazon.

www.amazon.co.jp/Unforgettable’-Mitsushiro-Nakagawa/dp/...

  

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_________________________________

次の小説の予定。

Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)

（いつまでもなくならないだろう）

もう少し時間をください。それは日本語です。

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２０１９年の展示。

春。

 

テーマ。

Silence Is the Way.(仮題)

 

場所。東京ビッグサイト。

www.bigsight.jp/

 

Sponsoring. Design festa.

designfesta.com/

  

２０２０年。

日時未定。

DIC川村記念美術館付属ギャラリー。

kawamura-museum.dic.co.jp/

場所。千葉県佐倉市。

テーマ。

あの日から、ずっと…

 

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flickr.

www.flickr.com/photos/stealaway/

_________________________________

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YouTube.

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

instagram.

www.instagram.com/mitsushiro_nakagawa/

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

Pinterest.

www.pinterest.jp/mitsushiro/

_________________________________

_________________________________

  

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

fotolog

www.fotolog.com/stealaway/

_________________________________

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twitter.

twitter.com/mitsushiro

_________________________________

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facebook.

www.facebook.com/mitsushiro.nakagawa

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

あなたは僕の声を聞きたいですか？

:)

 

僕はYoutubeを更新しました。

日本語だけです。

僕は写真などの解説をしました。

もしも、あなたの時間が許されれば、見てください。

:)

 

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

  

1

フリッカーへ投稿した写真の構図について。１種類目。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw

 

2

フリッカーへ投稿した写真の構図について。２種類目。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=443

 

3

Fotologを始めた時について。 建築家の視点。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=649

 

4

なぜ、今までカメラを手にしなかったのか？

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=708

 

5

何が一番かっこいいのか？　写真はありのままに。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=776

 

6

現在のユーチューバーについて。僕も伝え、残したい。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=964

 

7

日本人の写真家について。日本のユーチューバーはピストルズ。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1059

 

8

写真の構図は、感性。ミラノのデザイナーに会って。二つの質問。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1242

 

9

良い構図とは？　悪い構図とは？

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1482

 

10

カメラを向ける時とは？　ファインダーやディスプレイを覗いていては遅い。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1662

 

11

家族写真。他人では撮れない。被写体の内面。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=1745

 

12

ユーチューブの写真家について。カメラの技術等。感性は、本を読むことで磨く。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2144

 

13

日本の新聞について。良い新聞の写真はロイター。ダメな写真を見続けるとダメになる。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2305

 

14

日本の写真家について。その展示について。

まとめ。僕が書いた小説など。僕が最も伝えたいこと。

youtu.be/b1o6Xf-Mjhw?t=2579

 

_________________________________

_________________________________

 

Japanese is the following.

stealaway.cocolog-nifty.com/

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E.

   

some days ago, i was listening (by 2493592849 time) to the latest cd that the amazing band manchester orchestra has released. i found it more inspiring than ever, don’t know why, and an idea came to me. so, now i’m working on the ‘mean everything to nothing project’: i choose one sentence from each one of the twelve songs on the cd and i take a photograph that has to do with it, or just about how it makes me feel or what it makes me think about. i’ll be posting all of the photographs with their sentences here, on flickr. i hope you all like my idea :) this photograph is for the song 'i can feel a hot one' and its sentence is 'and i could tell it was over from the curtains that hung from your neck' (a magnificient metaphor, i think).

"You want me to go see that creep? Yeah, there's no way in hell that's happening! No offense Simon." Feyris says, her hands clutched to her binder, as me, her, and Simon make our way through the hallways towards our next class.

 

"None taken. Not like that's me anyway. I mean it is me, but not like-- you know what I mean. Still getting used to the existence of alternate timelines and everything."

 

"That's not even mentioning the evil clones of both Kara here, and her brother. Whole things giving me a headache!" Feyris adds, still trying to make sense of what's going on. It only made sense to tell them everything. The clones, and our investigation into them. Simon took it rather easily, but Feyris? This is drastically different from everything she knows. I mean, she was kidnapped almost two months ago, but still. She's used to runways, and photo shoots. It's then that I hear footsteps, the sound coming from behind us. Instinctively turning around, there they are. The evil twins and -- Tycho? What's he doing with them?

 

"Well well. If it isn't Kara Danvers. Where's your self-righteous brother at these days? Oh, that's right.. He's skipping class.. Not a good look for him. May lead to some fatal consequences." The girl taunts, relishing in the fact she knows where my brother is. She knows exactly the right buttons to push. It leaves me fuming.

 

"You little---!" I'm about to raise my fist, when Feyris and Simon hold me back. I could break free, and get a punch in if I wanted to, but I shouldn't cause a scene. Especially when they could hurt any one of these students in a blink of an eye.

 

"Ooh, we're so scared! Whatever will we do sis?" 'Conner pipes up, as he can't stop himself from laughing.

 

"What are you even doing with those jerks Tycho?" Simon asks, as I try to calm myself down.

 

"They don't know anyone here Simon. Figured I'd be a decent human being, and be there for them. A friend when they needed one." Tycho replies, with no hesitation in his voice at all. Honestly, this is one of the few times I've ever heard him talk. He mostly stays pretty silent.

 

"They're bad news man. Just trust me on this." Simon remarks, as I see Shane up ahead. Upon noticing us, Shane starts walking towards us. With that, Tycho leaves with the evil twins. That reminds me.. I need to tell Shane and Tycho the truth. Before Tycho gets himself into even more trouble with those wolves hidden in sheep's clothing. They deserve to know.

 

"Hey guys! What'd I miss?" Shane asks, noticing Tycho leaving with the twins.

 

"Not much besides Tycho making friends with those two.." I say, giving a quick glare at them, before looking back at Shane.

 

"Is that really a bad thing? I mean, the guy has a hard time making friends. I think it's good that he's putting himself out there, getting to know other people."

 

"If they were normal people, I'd agree. But Shane, they aren't. They're bad news!" I say, almost in a hushed whisper. Not that it matters, they can hear me no matter how quiet I am. There's a moment of silence before I speak up once more. Here we go. Time for me to tell the truth. "There's something I have to tell you. I didn't want to tell you beforehand on the off-chance of you getting hurt because of it. But with what's going on, you need to know." Rounding the corner, we head over to a secluded area of the hallway, where there's hardly any foot traffic. "I'm S-"

 

"You're Supergirl." He replies, interrupting me mid sentence. He can't help himself from chuckling, as my jaw drops.

 

"Wait, you knew?" I ask, making sure no ones around us.

 

"Of course I did. C'mon, did you really think I was that dumb? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Besides, my sister told me about your visit to the D.E.O back in October."

 

"Oh.. Why didn't you say anything?"

 

"I figured you'd tell me when you were ready. Turns out, I was right. It's all good Kara. I get why you didn't say anything. Anyways, what does this have to with those two new friends of Tycho's?"

 

"It's a long story.." I say, as my voice trails off, before giving him a quick summary of recent events. The cliff notes version of course, as it'd probably take us until after school to fully discuss everything. It's then that the school bell rings, letting us know that next period is about to start.

 

"Guess we better get going.. Don't worry Kara, we'll find your brother. I know a few people who can help. I'll make a few calls after school. For now, just relax, okay?" He reassures me, before sprinting towards his next class. Guessing he has some sway with the D.E.O. I'm gonna need all the help I can get, especially since Harvest won't tell us anything without Feyris visiting him.. Fingers crossed they know something useful. Really don't want any more things to stress about.

To mine and the shooter's surprise, the shot misses, as the man dives out-of-the-way just in the nick of time! Almost as if he knew it was coming!

 

"But how?!!" The shooter shouts, clearly getting worried, as he reloads after a few more shots.

 

"We've done this dance for far too long Gamesman. You should know by now, that I have friends in high places!" He says with a smirk, looking at some birds flying by, before looking at me. "Thanks for the warning kid, even if it was a little late."

 

With that, he makes his way to the Gamesman. Turning into a peregrine falcon, I fly towards the shooter, distracting him, so that the costumed hero has time to close the gap. The shooter grimaces, firing round after round, unloading his clip in a matter of seconds. But it isn't enough, as this hero is now on the rooftop, quickly disarming the Gamesman with an octopus tentacle?! And it's gone.. Well that came out of left field! I get a few hits in on Gamesman in human form, before I notice the guy with the surgical tongs waking up. He frees himself from the restraints rather quickly, before making a beeline out of here.

 

"Not on my watch!" I say with a laugh, as I fly after him as a peregrine falcon. Diving down, I scratch at him with my talons, before changing into an ant, to avoid his attempts at skewering me.

 

"Show me your moves!" I taunt, as I change back to human form, upper cutting him in the jaw, which has him dazed for a moment or two. Switching into a bear, I swat the tongs out of his hand just after he grazes me, the tongs now flying into a nearby dumpster. I start winding my next punch up, as he looks like he's about to crap his pants. Who knows, maybe he is? Nah, I'd be able to tell.. He's wearing white pants after all.

 

" Falcooon---- punch! " I cheer triumphantly, as my fist hits his stomach, which rightfully sends him crashing into a nearby building. Turning into a cheetah, I run over, to make sure he's not you know, dead. Phew, he's still alive, just unconscious.

 

The man in the costume walks over to me, with the Gamesman dragged behind him.

 

"The police should be arriving soon. Thanks for the assist --? He says with a long pause, waiting for my name.

 

"Changeling." I respond

 

"Right. Well Changeling, thanks for the assist. Notional Man here probably would've escaped if it weren't for you. So thanks!" He says, making sure to secure both Gamesman and Notional Man this time, so no slip ups happen.

 

"Wouldn't be much of a hero if I didn't help out, so yeah, no worries man. Notional Man didn't put up much of a fight. By the way, what do I call you?"

 

"Oh right, I should introduce myself. The names Animal Man, and until now, I was the only costumed hero here in San Diego! And yeah, Notional Man doesn't have powers. But he's still twisted in his own ways. Likes to watch as he tortures his victims. Quite sadistic in that way." We shake hands, and I already feel like I can trust him, but I'm not even sure why..

 

"It's nice to meet you Animal Man. Weird that I haven't heard of you before. I'm pretty good at keeping up with the current heroes. Like that Green Arrow guy in Star City, or that--" I say, trying not to think of Notional Man's possible previous exploits. Just the thought makes me want to throw up. Thankfully I'm able to keep everything in.

 

"I'm pretty minor when compared to them.. But I do my best, all the same. I'm just making San Diego a safer place, for animals and humans alike." He says interrupting me before I can finish my sentence.

 

"That's awesome. Not enough people fighting for animal safety.. So what exactly is Gamesman's deal? He really wanted you dead."

 

"A hired gun for the most part, killing whoever his employer needs dead. Likes to kill superheroes for sport. Unfortunately for him, I'm not one to go down so easily. This is around the tenth time he's tried to kill me while I'm fighting someone else. Failed miserably once again!" He muses, trying to hide his laughter at his last remark.

 

"Ah yeah, I know I few of those myself." I reply, nodding my head.

 

"With powers like yours, I can't say I'm surprised. On another note, what brings you to San Diego?" He asks.

 

"Honestly, I can't really explain it.. A few days ago, I got this strange headache.. Then there were these voices in my head, mentioning San Diego, and the color red? I'm not really sure what to make of it all. For a minute, it was like I was feeling somebody elses pain." I say, recalling the events of the past few days.

 

"Are you sure these voices said red?" Animal Man inquires, looking slightly worried.

 

"Yeah, why?"

 

"I guess it makes sense, given your abilities.. The voices too.. Changeling, you're an Avatar of the Red."

 

"An avatar? Umm, last I checked, we aren't inside a virtual world."

 

"Not that kind of avatar.. You may want to sit down, as this may take a while."

 

"What will?" I ask, more confused by his vague answers.

 

"It's time I tell you everything I know about the Red, the source of your abilities." He says, before we leave the scene, as police show up.

 

Start this sentence…

  

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lets talk about this situation , hey you know , you shoudnt use that sentence if you dont really get its meaning. And by the way , did i translate it ? or you? hahahahaha , such a weird girl when you translated it yourself and said that , "hey youuu girl, you translated it like that. like that . but if you keep that way , how can they translate ..(umm how can i say văn học nc ngoài in vietnamese?) "... yeah like that :)))) heyyy , and by the way , i dont wanna talk about this in front of people , in public you know ~,~ but you strarted this girl i just continue this and end this , dont let me see any desc like "nhiều ng... pla pla pla" i dont wanna continue this , so shut up and stay where you are .!

"A noun sentence, no verb

to it or in it: to the sea the scent of the bed

after making love ... a salty perfume

or a sour one. A noun sentence: my wounded joy

like the sunset at your strange windows.

My flower green like the phoenix. My heart exceeding

my need, hesitant between two doors:

entry a joke, and exit

a labyrinth. Where is my shadow—my guide amid

the crowdedness on the road to judgment day? And I

as an ancient stone of two dark colors in the city wall,

chestnut and black, a protruding insensitivity

toward my visitors and the interpretation of shadows. Wishing

for the present tense a foothold for walking behind me

or ahead of me, barefoot. Where

is my second road to the staircase of expanse? Where

is futility? Where is the road to the road?

And where are we, the marching on the footpath of the present

tense, where are we? Our talk a predicate

and a subject before the sea, and the elusive foam

of speech the dots on the letters,

wishing for the present tense a foothold

on the pavement ..."

 

by Mahmoud Darwish

translated by Fady Joudah

Sentenced to Death by planning and killing her Husband

© Milan Cvetanovic

All rights reserved!

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZjghEVCzhA

 

Paysage d'hiver snapped in 2012 on the Danube-Tisza-Danube canal in my hometown, Kula, Vojvodina, Serbia.

 

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/serbian-railway-station-roof...

 

At 11:56 AM on Friday, November 1st 2024, the concrete canopy above the main entrance of the Novi Sad Railway Station (Vojvodina, Serbia), weighing 272 metric tons, collapsed, crushing 14 people dead on the spot and 1 passing away 17 days after in the hospital.

 

The whole building was just renovated as part of the Chinese 'Belt and Road' initiative (renewal of the railway tracks from Belgrade to Subotica). The collapsing roof is a result of a failed reconstruction process conducted by the Chinese investors CRIC-CCCC (China Railway International Company along with China Communications Construction Company).

 

Both the Chinese investors and Serbian government officials, ministers (from the ruling SNS - Srpska Napredna Stranka - Serbian Progressive Party and it's coalition partner SPS - Socijalistička Partija Srbije - Socialist Party of Serbia, including the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure - Goran Vesić, the Minister of Internal Affairs - Ivica Dačić and the President Aleksandar Vučić) deny the fact that the suspended roof was renovated along with the whole station building. Spite there are visual proofs one can find on the web proving the opposite. They try to wash their hands and not take any responsibility at all for this tragedy. Their mantra in the state media is that the roof collapsed "as it was old, built in 1964". OK, let's take your claim as true - why the heck you did not renovated the roof when everything else was renovated?!

 

The President and the officials say "all responsible for the tragedy will be processed and sentenced". In Serbia. Where everything is corrupt. And you can get away with everything, even with negligent homicide, if you are a member or a buddy of the ruling political parties, SNS and SPS...

 

14 people (11/17 update: the 15th victim, Anja (23) a student of Chinese (how ironic) and a basketball player, who had her both arms amputated after the collapse, died in the hospital after 17 days), including two girls age 5 and 9 with their grandpa, two high-school students, age 16 and 17, a young couple barely over 20, mothers, fathers, grandparents lost their lives while waiting for their train or suburban bus, looking forward to get home to see their loved ones. They were crushed to death in a second due to such massive neglect.

 

After the 3 days of mourning in the province of Vojvodina, sadly, nothing will change, the majority of the people will "sell themselves" for 20 Euro to vote further on for the SNS and SPS (look up the "Bulgarian Train" voting fraud system on the web).

 

It is hard to be an optimist in Serbia, no wonder the youth and intellectuals are leaving the country en masse. Myself included.

 

Rest In Peace Sara (5), Valentina (9), Milica (16), Nemanja (17), Anđela (20), Miloš (21), Anja (23), Stefan (27), Sanja (35), Vasko (45 - citizen of North Macedonia), Đorđe (53), Goranka (58), Vukašin (69), Mileva (76), Đuro (77)

 

You did not deserved such horrible faith...

 

"When all is withered and torn

And all has perished and fallen

These great wooden doors shall remain closed

When the heart is a grave filled with blood

And the soul is a cold and haunted shall of lost hope

When the voice of pride has been silenced

And dignity's fires are but cinders

Their grandeur shall remain untainted

It is this grandeur that protects the spirit within

From the plight of this broken world, from the wounds in her song

I wish to die with my will and spirit intact

The will that inspired me to write these words

Seek not the fallen to unlock these wooden doors"

 

[AGALLOCH - I Am the Wooden Doors]

A semicolon represents a sentence the author could have ended, but chose not to. That author is you and the sentence is your life.

 

I've been following the semi colon project since it started when I was 15, and I have been obsessed with drawing semi colons on my wrists since. I knew then that I wanted to get a tattoo, so the message of the project would be with me permanently. On Friday, I made it official and got a semi colon tattoo.

Do me a favor and search the hashtag #projectsemicolon on facebook, instagram, or twitter to find out more of what this is all about.

For sale now!

 

This, completely redone. The sentences here are slightly less boilerplate.

 

This is so going up on my room wall.

Sentences project: pressingfilm.tumblr.com/

Scenes outside the Federal courthouse on 12/18/18 during the Flynn sentencing (postponed)

According to historical records "There are many people at Versailles today." was the only sentence spoken between the young dauphine Marie Antoinette and Madame du Barry, the mistress of the old king Louis VI. Marie Antoinette, coming from a strict christian background could not palate the king flaunting his lover at court and enmity sprouted between her and the sexually liberated du Barry.

 

I depicted this rivalry between the two women as a cold war of fashion, a contest where the gowns got bigger and the wigs more ridiculously elaborate. Marie Antoinette's pink silk robe à la française follows the traditional period fashions; where as dy Barry's blue gown is a more modern interpretation of the silhouette and "indecently" sleeveless. Both gowns come with a front hemline that can be hoisted up to reveal either their pantaloons or a tableau of a stage depicting the propaganda of the era, smearing each lady of the court for their frivolities.

 

Marie Antoinette is FR2 Agnes sculpt by Integrity Toys, painted with a disapproving expression as she utters the famous words "There are many people at Versailles today." Madame du Barry is the Luchia sculpt from the same company, her face charismatic enough to climb to to court from her humble beginnings, and amused at the small victory she gains as Marie Antoinette is finally forced to acknowledge her.

 

The pair comes with two sets of wigs: huge ones evoking the outrageous size of the fashion drawings of the era, decorated with hand carved ornaments of a three mast schooner and a girl on a swing; the other pair of wigs are a more modern interpretation of the pompadour style.

 

The OOAK shoes are hand sculpted from epoxy putty, covered with silk and lace and embellished with Swarovski crystal ornaments.

 

The pair is a commission project and not for sale.

The City Hall for University City, Missouri, started its life as the headquarters for the country’s largest women’s magazine.

 

In the late 1890’s Edward Gardner Lewis came to St. Louis, Missouri, selling medicine and insect extermination products (not an appealing combination). He subsequently purchased a local magazine called “Winner” and re-titled it “Woman’s Magazine,” which he quickly grew to a circulation of 1.5 million.

 

Amassing a fortune with his publishing empire, in 1902 Lewis bought 85 acres of what was then a rural unincorporated area west of downtown St. Louis, but close to the construction site of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Outgrowing his publishing operation in downtown St. Louis, Lewis began construction of a new Lewis Publishing headquarters building in 1903. Designed by local architect Herbert C. Chivers (1869–1946), the octagonal, five-story brick-and-limestone building was built in a Beaux-Arts style with a dome roof. The building featured terra cotta cherubs along its roof line, a marble staircase connecting the first and second floors, a central rotunda and a large domed room on the top floor. A tunnel originally connected the building to a much larger building, which was subsequently destroyed.

 

For the 1904 World's Fair, Lewis had the world's largest carbon arc searchlight installed on top of the dome, 135 feet above street level. Built by General Electric in 1903, the eight-ton, 80-inch searchlight developed at least 1 billion candlepower and was first illuminated on the Fair’s opening night on April 30, 1904. After the Fair, the light remained unused until it was restored in 1930, and is still maintained and lit on special occasions to the present day.

 

In 1906, Lewis incorporated University City, which is now a densely populated inner-ring suburb of the city of St. Louis. Lewis served three terms as its mayor.

 

Lewis was a controversial figure, who often managed to lose money as quickly as he made it. Between 1904 and 1905, he was indicted by local Post Office inspectors and was denied second class mail rights for abuses of the second-class mail rate. He declared bankruptcy at least twice, once after the post office controversy and again in 1924. In 1907, he created the American Woman's League, a benefits fund for women who sold magazine subscriptions, and in 1911 he founded the American Woman's Republic, an organization designed to help women prepare themselves for a future in which they would have the right to vote. During World War I he moved to California where he developed the city of Atascadero in San Luis Obispo County. In 1927, Lewis was indicted for the second time for conspiracy to use the U.S. mail system to defraud people. Acting as his own attorney, he was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. He died on August 10, 1950.

 

After his second bankruptcy in 1924, the building sat vacant until it was dedicated by University City as its new city hall on November 1, 1930. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1975. It remains in operation as the city’s City Hall.

  

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Bryan Mackenzie Redden is serving 44 years to Life for the murder of a mother and her daughter. The two were killed after he had broken into their home to burglarize them while Redden was high. Redden is housed at Elmira Correctional Facility in New York and is eligible for parole in August 2061

Work in progress with the app Acoustic Picture Transmitter , words end sentences on the microphone of the iphone and ipad

Sentence: 50 Years

Convictions: Murder