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The Black Diamond - Milano by Luca Libralato

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Today I was able to verify that some of the Murphy laws apply also to long exposure photographers. :-)

Earlier this week the sky was always awesome... I mean awesome under a long exposure point of view: sharp colors, nice clouds, soft wind... simply perfect for city long exposure. Unfortunately I'm only a part-time photographer: this means I'm in the office for most of the day, and I miss a lot of opportunities to take great picture when both light and sky are awesome. :-( This morning I decide to bring the camera with me and to take some pictures during the lunch break. I already knew what I wanted to capture, so I went out early and walked for 20 minutes reaching the building I had in mind. There was no "comfortable" place where to "deploy my army" so I decided to place my tripod in the middle of a closed road near a building yard. I thought: "All workers are having lunch, I have enough time for some long exposures... let's start". So I took a couple of shots just to understand if the point of view was fine and then I started to setup camera and tripod... settings, focus, filters (I stacked two filters B+W ND110 and Hoya ND400), tripod, remote... as soon as I was ready to hit the trigger, a car appeared from nowhere and needed to pass over where I placed my tripod... so I had to remove everything to let it pass... :-( I had to start again, focus (if you have ND filters you need to remove them to be able to focus properly!), filters, remote... and finally I started my first exposure. It was the first time I stacked two ND filters and I wasn't used to that... I thought that 5 minutes could be enough at ISO 100 and f/13 because it was 12.30, but I was wrong... totally dark picture! I had to reduce aperture down to f/8 and increase exposure up to 420s (7 minutes at mid day!!!) to be able to get something which was still at least 4 stop underexposed. Well... I wasn't able to get any more picture, because just after that a huge working machine started to move in the yard (just 10 meters away from me) and was impossible to keep the tripod steady for long exposure. :-( I was very upset, because it's about 3 months I'm waiting for a proper sky and timing to get there, and today I was unable to take a picture as I wished. Here is the best I could do with the only shot I had from today session. :-)

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Oggi ho potuto verificare come le leggi di Murphy si applicano anche ai fotografi che usano esposizione lunga. :-)

E' già qualche giorno che il cielo a Milano è sempre molto suggestivo (fotograficamente parlando): nitido, azzurro, con nuvole ben "distinte", con quel po' di vento che sposta le nuvole... insomma, un cielo perfetto per chi ama fare esposizione lunga in città. Sfortunatamente (o forse fortunatamente... a seconda dei punti di vista!) faccio il fotografo solo nel tempo libero: questo vuol dire che durante il giorno sono in ufficio e non posso uscire quando voglio per far foto... perdendo occasioni quando magari ci sono luce e cielo giusto fuori. Già ieri avevo deciso di portare la macchina fotografica in ufficio, ma il cielo era terribile... grigio e umido, senza colore. Così, imperterrito, oggi l'ho portata di nuovo, sperando di trovare condizioni migliori. Per fortuna intorno a mezzogiorno il cielo si era schiarito, c'era ancora qualche nuvola ed un po' di vento che muoveva delicatamente le nuvole, così ho deciso di uscire a far foto durante l'ora di pausa pranzo. Sapevo già dove andare... sono almeno tre mesi che cerco di far foto a questo palazzo a forma di diamante, ma non ho mai trovato l'occasione giusta. In circa 20 minuti arrivo nelle vicinanze di questo palazzo, ma non c'è un posto decente dove potersi mettere per far foto... così mi piazzo all'angolo di un cantiere in un controviale chiuso. Inizio a fare un paio di scatti di prova per vedere se la composizione mi piace, apro il cavalletto, monto la macchina sul cavalletto, sistemo la messa a fuoco, metto il fuoco manuale, monto il telecomando, avvito i filtri ND... ad un tratto mi accorgo che c'è un cancello da cui deve uscire una macchina, proprio nel controviale che io pensavo fosse chiuso! Mi tocca spostare tutto per farla passare e sono costretto poi a perdere altri minuti preziosi per ripristinare tutto... Era la prima volta che usavo due filtri ND impilati, così ho fatto dei calcoli approssimati sul tempo di esposizione, convinto che fossero più o meno giusti... primo scatto di 5 minuti, completamente nero!!! Apro il diaframma fino a f/8 e decido di allungare l'esposizione fino a 7 minuti... scatto ancora molto scuro, almeno 5 stop sottoesposto!!! A quel punto il mio tempo a disposizione era quasi scaduto, così decido di fare un altro paio di foto con un solo filtro per accorciare i tempi... ma niente... giornata no! Il primo scatto mi viene bruciato... mentre inizio il secondo, comincia a muoversi un mezzo pesante enorme nel cantiere (d'altronde i muratori avevano già finito la loro pausa pranzo!) facendo tremare anche il pavimento sotto i miei piedi. Impossibile fare esposizioni lunghe a quel punto... così ho richiuso tutto e sono corso in ufficio visto che la mia ora era scaduta! Per cercare di far prima sono andato diretto ad uno stallo di BikeMI per prendere una bicicletta... ma ovviamente era fuori servizio... :-)

Questo è l'unico scatto che sono riuscito a lavorare in post-produzione... quello di 7 minuti sottoesposto... spero vi piaccia lo stesso. :-)

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Technical details:

Focal Length: 24mm

Aperture: f/8

Exposure: 420s

ISO: 100

Filter: B+W ND 110

Filter: Hoya HMC ND400 (stacked)

Post Processing: Lightroom + Photoshop (Contrasts and tones enhanced)

You can find more pictures on Luca Libralato Photography.

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MCGREGOR TRAINING COMPLEX, FORT BLISS, TEXAS –Soldiers assigned to .

4-17 Infantry Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are the first unit selected by US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), to participate in testing of the Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDM-R), Jan. 25.The SDM-R, riffle produced by Heckler & Koch is designed to give shooters at the ground level an increased range during combat while still maintaining close quarters capabilities. The maximum effective distance hasn't been fully verified yet, but Soldiers are able to positively engage targets at a distance of 800 meters. The SDM-R, is designed shorter and lighter than previous models and an Image Intensifier Night Vision Sight (AN/PVS-3), are issued with this rifle to maintain combat readiness during night missions. (Photo by US Army Sgt. Brian Micheliche, 1st Stryker Brigade, Public Affairs).

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Tiwanaku by Ardeo Don

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After verifying that none of the 16 000 angry truck drivers were

blockading the road to Tiwanaku, we set out for a very fun day at the

ruins!

We grabbed a city bus/van to the cemetery district and then got into

another minivan heading to Tiwanaku. After waiting around for a while,

we set off, driving out of the city through the neighbouring

municipality of El Alto and then through the stunning Altiplano with

views of snowy mountains above the city. We chatted with a couple of

English people, also spending the day at the ruins. It never takes long

for people to think that the gulf islands are one of the weirdest places

they've ever heard of.

We hopped out of the van outside the ruins and bought some cookies for a

snack before entering the main site. It was almost deserted and

absolutely spectacular. We started by exploring Akapana, a large pyramid

made mainly from earth that was thought to have been the centre of the

city. Then we visited the semi-subterranean temple with carving of faces

jutting out from the walls. They are thought to represent the gods of

the cultures conquered by the Tiwanaku. Then, we spent a long time

oohing and awing over the incredible architecture of Kalasasaya, the

sacred centre of the city. The stone work was incredible, and it's

especially amazing in a culture without iron tools. There were ornate

doorways and statues, and a very sophisticated aqueduct system. We also

saw a huge mud alter that's still used for Aymara ceremonies at the

site. Our last stop in the main complex was Putini, which is thought to

be a burial ground. By this time, buses full of tourists were arriving,

but we managed to avoid them as they started to explore the site.

Next, we visited the Museo Litico which houses many of the statues

uncovered during the excavations of Tiwanaku. They were all incredible;

the Pachamama (or Mother Earth) statue was 7.3 meters tall and covered

from head to toe in details carvings. The style of lots of the statues

resembles totem poles, so that was a cool link between distant cultures.

It was past noon by now, so we decided to venture into the town of

Tiwanaku to find a cheap place to eat. After a delicious meal of soup

and rice, we found a store selling treats to the hoards of

turquoise-sweater-wearing school kids. We bought ice cream and then

headed towards the second complex of ruins: Puma Punku. We were the only

ones there for most of the time and it was magical. There was some

impressive stonework and it was super cool to walk around the earth

pyramid and see it from all angles.

Finally, we visited the ceramics museum, which was very busy with tour

groups. It was still cool though, to see the pottery and a few textiles

that had been used in the site.

Tired after such a fun day, we got on another mini-bus and headed back

to La Paz.

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Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of very popular gardens in the core of downtown Vienna), Volksgarten (giardino del popolo, people's garden, jardin du peuple, jardín de la gente), Löwelstraße/Burgring/Doktor-Karl-Renner-Ring by alfred lex

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The roses in the People's Garden

Plan

Rosarium History - Classification

Floribunda - new color range - Casting

Tree roses - new plantings - Pests - Winter Care

Rambling Roses - fertilizing, finishes

Shrub Roses - Rose Renner - Sponsorship - variety name

The history of roses in the People's Garden

The People's Garden, located between the Imperial Palace and the ring road is famous for its beautiful roses:

1000 standard roses

4000 Floribunda,

300 rambling roses,

(Also called Rose Park) 200 shrub roses.

Noteworthy is the diversity: there are about 400 varieties, including very old plants:

1859 - Rubens

1913 - Pearl of the Vienna Woods

1919 - Jean C.N. Forestier

The above amounts are from the Federal Gardens. My own count has brought other results:

730 tree roses

2300 Floribunda

132 rambling roses

100 shrub roses

That's about 3300 roses in total. Approx. 270 species I was able to verify. Approx. 50 rose bushes were not labeled. Some varieties come very often, others only once or twice.

Molineux 1994

Rubens 1859

Medialis 1993

Swan lake 1968

Once flourished here Lilac and Rhododendron bushes

1823 People's Garden was opened with the Temple of Theseus. Then made multiple extensions.

The part of today's "Rosarium" along the Ring Road was built in 1862. (Picture fence 1874)

What is so obvious to today's Vienna, was not always so: most of the beds in the People's Garden originally were planted with lilac and rhododendron.

Only after the second World War II it was converted to the present generous rose jewelry.

Since then grow along the ring side creepers, high stem and floribunda roses. On the side of Heroes Square, with the outputs, shrub roses were placed, among which there are also some wild roses.

1889 emerged the Grillparzer Monument.

(All the pictures you can see by clicking the link at the end of the side!)

Rhododendrons, output Sisi Avenue, 1930

Classifications of roses

(Wild roses have 7 sheets - prize roses 5 sheets)

English Rose

Florybunda

Hybrid Tea Rose

Rambling Rose

At the Roses in the People´s Garden are hanging labels (if they do not fall victim to vandals or for souvenirs) with the year indication of breeding, the name of breeding and botanical description:

Hybrid Tea Rose (TB): 1 master, 1 flower;

Florybunda (Flb): 1 strain, many flowers;

English Rose (Engl): mixture of old and modern varieties Tb and Flb.

Called Schlingrose, also climbing rose

Florybunda: 1 strain, many flowers (Donauprinzessin)

Shrub Roses - Floribunda - Tree roses - Climbing Roses

Even as a child, we hear the tale of Sleeping Beauty, but roses have no thorns, but spines. Thorns are fused directly to the root and can not be easily removed as spines (upper wooden containers called).

All roses belong to the bush family (in contrast to perennials that "disappear" in the winter). Nevertheless, there is the term Shrub Rose: It's a chronological classification of roses that were on the market before 1867. They are very often planted as a soloist in a garden, which them has brought the name "Rose Park".

Hybrid Tea Rose: 1 master, 1 flower (rose Gaujard )

Other classifications are:

(High) standard roses: roses are not grafted near the ground, but at a certain strain level. With that, the rose gardener sets the height of the crown.

Floribunda roses : the compact and low bushy roses are ideal for group planting on beds

Crambling roses: They have neither roots nor can they stick up squirm. Their only auxiliary tool are their spines with which they are entangled in their ascent into each other

English Rose: mixture of old varieties, hybrid tea and Florybunda (Tradescanth)

4000 Floribunda

Floribunda roses are hardy, grow compact, knee-high and bushy, are durable and sturdy

There are few smelling varieties

Polyantha classification: a tribe, many small flowers; Florybunda: a tribe, many big blossoms

New concept of color: from red to light yellow

The thousands Floribunda opposite of Grillparzer Monument shimmer (still) in many colors. From historical records, however, is indicated that there was originally a different color scheme for the Floribunda than today: At the entrance of the Burgtheater side the roses were dark and were up to Grillparzer monument ever brighter - there they were then already white.

This color range they want again, somewhat modified, resume with new plantings: No white roses in front of the monument, but bright yellow, so that Grillparzer monument can better stand out. It has already begun, there was heavy frost damage during the winter 2011/12.

Colorful roses

2011: white and pink roses

2012: after winter damage new plantings in shades of yellow .

Because the domestic rose production is not large enough, the new, yellow roses were ordered in Germany (Castor).

Goldelse, candlelight, Hanseatic city of Rostock.

Watering

Waterinr of the Floribunda in the morning at 11 clock

What roses do not like at all, and what attracts pests really magically, the foliage is wet. Therefore, the Floribunda roses are in the People's Garde poured in the morning at 11 clock, so that the leaves can dry thoroughly.

Ground sprinklers pouring only the root crown, can not be used because the associated hoses should be buried in the earth, and that in turn collide with the Erdanhäufung (amassing of earth) that is made for winter protection. Choosing the right time to do it, it requires a lot of sense. Is it too early, so still too warm, the bed roses begin to drive again, but this young shoots freeze later, inevitably, because they are too thin.

1000 Tree roses

Most standard roses are found in the rose garden.

During the renovation of the Temple of Theseus the asphalt was renewed in 2011, which was partially only a few centimeters thick, and so was the danger that trucks with heavy transports break into. Due to this construction site the entire flower bed in front had to be replaced.

Now the high-stem Rose Maria Theresia is a nice contrast to the white temple, at her feet sits the self-cleaning floribunda aspirin. Self-cleaning means that withered flowers fall off and rarely maintenance care is needed.

Pink 'Maria Theresa' and white 'aspirin' before the temple of Theseus

Standard tree rose Maria Theresa

Floribunda aspirin

The concept of the (high) standard roses refers to a special type of rose decoration. Suitable varieties of roses are not grafted near the ground, but at a certain height of the trunk. With that the rose gardener sets the height of the crown fixed (60 cm, 90 cm, 140 cm)

Plantings - Pests - Winter Care

Normally about 50 roses in the People's Garden annually have to be replaced because of winter damages and senility. Till a high standard rose goes on sale, it is at least 4 years old. With replantings the soil to 50 cm depth is completely replaced (2/3 basic soil, 1/3 compost and some peat ).

Roses have enemies, such as aphids. Against them the Pirimor is used, against the Buchsbaumzünsler (Box Tree Moth, Cydalima perspectalis) Calypso (yet - a resistance is expected).

In popular garden roses are sprayed with poison, not only when needed, but also as a precaution, since mildew and fire rose (both are types of fungi) also overwinter.

Therefore it is also removed as far as possible with the standard roses before packing in winter the foliage.

Pest Control with Poison

The "Winter Package " first is made with paper bags, jute bags, then it will be pulled (eg cocoa or coffee sacks - the commercially available yard goods has not proven).

They are stored in the vault of the gardener deposit in the Burggarten (below the Palm House). There namely also run the heating pipes. Put above them, the bags after the winter can be properly dried.

Are during the winter the mice nesting into the packaged roses, has this consequences for the crows want to approach the small rodents and are getting the packaging tatty. It alreay has happened that 500 standard roses had to be re-wrapped.

"Winter Package" with paper and jute bags

300 ambling roses

The Schlingrosen (Climbing Roses) sit "as a framing" behind the standard roses.

Schlingrose pearl from the Vienna Woods

Schlingrose Danube

Schlingrose tenor

Although climbing roses are the fastest growing roses, they get along with very little garden space.

They have no rootlets as the evergreen ivy, nor can they wind up like a honeysuckle. Their only auxiliary tool are their spines with which they are entangled in their ascent mesh.

Climbing roses can reach stature heights of 2 to 3 meters.

4 x/year fertilizing

4 times a year, the soil is fertilized. From August, but no more, because everything then still new drives would freeze to death in winter. Well-rotted horse manure as fertilizer was used (straw mixed with horse manure, 4 years old). It smelled terrible, but only for 2 days.

Since the City of Vienna may only invest more plant compost heap (the EU Directive prohibits animal compost heap on public property), this type of fertilization is no longer possible to the chagrin of gardeners, and roses.

In the people garden in addition is foliar fertilizer used (it is sprayed directly on the leaves and absorbed about this from the plant).

Finishes in the Augarten

Old rose varieties are no longer commercially available. Maybe because they are more sensitive, vulnerable. Thus, the bud of Dr. F. Debat already not open anymore, if it has rained twice.

Roses need to be replaced in the People's Garden, this is sometimes done through an exchange with the Augarten Palace or the nursery, where the finishes are made. Previously there were roses in Hirschstetten and the Danube Park, but the City of Vienna has abandoned its local rose population (not to say destroyed), no exchange with these institutions is possible anymore.

Was formerly in breeding the trend to large flowers, one tends to smell roses again today. Most varieties show their resplendent, lush flowers only once, early in the rose-year, but modern varieties are more often blooming.

200 shrub roses

Some shrub roses bloom in the rose garden next to the Grillparzer Monument

Most of the shrub or park roses can be found along the fence to Heroes' Square. These types are so old, and there are now so many variations that even a species of rose connoisseurs assignment is no longer possible in many cases.

The showy, white, instensiv fragrant wild rose with its large umbels near des Triton Fountain is called Snow White.

Shrub roses are actually "Old Garden Roses" or "old roses", what a time

classification of roses is that were on the market before 1867.

Shrub roses are also called park roses because they are often planted as a soloist in a park/garden.

They grow shrubby, reaching heights up to 2 meters and usually bloom only 1 x per year.

The Renner- Rose

The most famous bush rose sits at the exit to Ballhausplatz before the presidential office.

It is named after the former Austrian President Dr. Karl Renner

When you enter, coming from the Ballhausplatz, the Viennese folk garden of particular note is a large rose bush, which is in full bloom in June.

Before that, there is a panel that indicates that the rose is named after Karl Renner, founder of the First and Second Republic. The history of the rose is a bit of an adventure. President Dr. Karl Renner was born on 14 in December 1870 in the Czech village of Untertannowitz as the last of 18 children of a poor family.

Renner output rose at Ballhausplatz

He grew up there in a small house, in the garden, a rose bush was planted.

In summer 1999, the then Director of the Austrian Federal Gardens, Peter Fischer Colbrie was noted that Karl Renner's birthplace in Untertannowitz - Dolni Dunajovice today - and probably would be demolished and the old rosebush as well fall victim to the demolition.

High haste was needed, as has already been started with the removal of the house.

Misleading inscription " reconstruction"?

The Federal Gardens director immediately went to a Rose Experts on the way to Dolni Dunajovice and discovered "as only bright spot in this dismal property the at the back entrance of the house situated, large and healthy, then already more than 80 year old rose bush".

After consultation with the local authorities Peter Fischer Colbrie received approval, to let the magnificent rose bush dig-out and transport to Vienna.

Renner Rose is almost 100 years old

A place had been found in the Viennese People´s Garden, diagonal vis-à-vis the office where the president Renner one resided. On the same day, the 17th August 1999 the rosebush was there planted and in the following spring it sprouted already with flowers.

In June 2000, by the then Minister of Agriculture Molterer and by the then Mayor Zilk was a plaque unveiled that describes the origin of the rose in a few words. Meanwhile, the "Renner-Rose" is far more than a hundred years old and is enjoying good health.

Memorial Dr. Karl Renner : The Registrar in the bird cage

Georg Markus , Courier , 2012

Sponsorships

For around 300 euros, it is possible to assume a Rose sponsorship for 5 years. A tree-sponsorship costs 300 euros for 1 year. Currently, there are about 60 plates. Behind this beautiful and tragic memories.

If you are interested in sponsoring people garden, please contact:

Master gardener Michaela Rathbauer, Castle Garden, People's Garden

M: 0664/819 83 27 volksgarten@bundesgaerten.at

Varieties

Abraham Darby

1985

English Rose

Alec 's Red

1970

Hybrid Tea Rose

Anni Däneke

1974

Hybrid Tea Rose

aspirin

Florybunda

floribunda

Bella Rosa

1982

Florybunda

floribunda

Candlelight

Dagmar Kreizer

Danube

1913

Schlingrose

Donauprinzessin

Doris Thystermann

1975

Hybrid Tea Rose

Dr. Waldheim

1975

Hybrid Tea Rose

Duftwolke

1963

Eiffel Tower

1963

English Garden

Hybrid Tea Rose

Gloria Dei

1945

Hybrid Tea Rose

Goldelse

gold crown

1960

Hybrid Tea Rose

Goldstar

1966

deglutition

Greeting to Heidelberg

1959

Schlingrose

Hanseatic City of Rostock

Harlequin

1985

Schlingrose

Jean C.N. Forestier

1919

Hybrid Tea Rose

John F. Kennedy

1965

Hybrid Tea Rose

Landora

1970

Las Vegas

1956

Hybrid Tea Rose

Mainzer Fastnacht

1964

Hybrid Tea Rose

Maria Theresa

medial

Moulineux

1994

English Rose

national pride

1970

Hybrid Tea Rose

Nicole

1985

Florybunda

Olympia 84

1984

Hybrid Tea Rose

Pearl of the Vienna Woods

1913

Schlingrose

Piccadilly

1960

Hybrid Tea Rose

Rio Grande

1973

Hybrid Tea Rose

Rose Gaujard

1957

Hybrid Tea Rose

Rubens

1859

English Rose

Rumba

snowflake

1991

Florybunda

snow white

shrub Rose

Swan

1968

Schlingrose

Sharifa Asma

1989

English Rose

city of Vienna

1963

Florybunda

Tenor

Schlingrose

The Queen Elizabeth Rose

1954

Florybunda

Tradescanth

1993

English Rose

Trumpeter

1980

Florybunda

floribunda

Virgo

1947

Hybrid Tea Rose

Winchester Cathedral

1988

English Rose

Source: Federal leadership Gardens 2012

Historic Gardens of Austria, Vienna, Volume 3 , Eva Berger, Bohlau Verlag, 2004 (Library Vienna)

Index Volksgartenstraße

www.viennatouristguide.at/Altstadt/Volksgarten/volksgarte...

Verifying Rip Fence Toe-out by David Best

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This is the technique I use for checking the toe-out of the rip fence. Using a precision ground flat bar like a Johnson level (which has machined parallel surfaces), or an extra section of the rip fence extrusion (if you have a spare), or a straight edge or some other flat aluminum extrusion with parallel faces, lightly clamp it to a partially elevated saw blade as shown in the photo. This presents an "averaged" surface representing the saw blade position against which you can indicate relative to the rip fence. By moving the indicator along the rip fence, keeping it against the rip fence as you move the indicator, you can visually see the toe-out by observing the change in the dial indicator reading.

Position the dial indicator as shown in the photo and move the rip fence toward the saw blade until the indicator hand starts to move, then lock the rip fence position and zero out the dial by rotating the bezel. Move the indicator along the rip fence, keeping it against the rip fence and observe the indicator reading. If the indicator moves clockwise, the fence is angled inward toward the blade, called toe-in, which is a dangerous condition that can cause kick-back, and will produce a burned or torn edge on the stock cut during a ripping operation. If the indicator hand moves counterclockwise as you move it forward against the fence, the fence is angled away from the blade as material is being cut - called toe-out. Ideally, the rip fence is properly aligned when the dial indicator shows 0.002 to 0.004 inches of toe-out over approximately a 10-inch distance.

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My chastitylocked.com "casino" session has morphed into a regular session and my Key-Holder has started playing with it so now I have no idea how long poor Mister Frustrated is going to be kept locked up and, if a chance of release ever comes, I'll still have only half-an-hour to view the picture of my lock code but if I miss that half-hour window the site will add a random amount of extra time up to 50% of the total time already spent locked since 23:07 (BST) on the 31st of August.

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Jack Of Diamonds, Thief of Hearts. by Lucidity Perile

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Jack of Diamonds

“As a jewel thief, you go for the challenge. It's dangerous, it's glamorous, there's an adrenalin rush."

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The Thief of Hearts Affair

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The setting is a black tie only, evening wedding, being held at Iscoyd Park, Wales.

A large number of wealthy guests from both the Bride and Groom’s servant wealthy families are invited.

After the multitude of brilliantly decked-out guests, brimming with flashy jewelry had entered the reception area, the bridal party came in to add to the alluring ambiance.

The bride was wearing a designer gown of white taffeta, along with a collection of diamonds that one watching almost needed sunglasses to observe. The 14 bridesmaids were in long silk salmon-coloured gowns. Of the 12 bridesmaids, the 10 older ones wore off-shoulder gowns, and the younger two teenage bridesmaids wore gowns with hanging scalloped shoulders.

All 14 were wearing copious ropes of expensively gleaming white pearls.

They all settled in and the lights dimmed, the music from the band started up, and the reception officially began.

Security was tight, considering the wealth of valuables on display that evening.

Tempting targets for thievery.

But no matter how guarded an event such as this was, there were bound to be those uninvited guests with devious intent who managed to slip through the cracks.

Also slipping through the cracks were some very well-dressed youthfully gullible ladies sporting some rather pricy jewellery who were unwisely being left on their own.

The vulnerable, silky soft underbelly of the party as it were.

Seen by some as an easy way to garner bits of telling information on their family's vulnerabilities, or as easy marks to relieve of any valuables they may have on their person.

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Into this mix a handsome young man, looking far younger than his actual age, was dancing with a young blonde girl of the vulnerably sweet age of 16.

He was clad in a most definitely tailored black tux, with a bright red cummerbund. His roving blue eyes twinkled as he smiled down at his young dance partner whose entire being quivered with enthrallment at his attention

He also wore a nattily trimmed down thin beard, and his fingers were well manicured. A gold ring was on his left pinkie. A fancy Rolex watch on his left wrist.

His dance partner Ginny was wearing an absolutely adorable deep canary yellow silk dress with long sleeves and a slit up the leg to about mid-thigh. The collar went up about a centimeter up her neck, the whole effect being adorably cute.

Ginny’s jewellery was also adorably cute, and just as adorably expensive.

Consisting of 7 centimeters long gold earrings set with yellow diamonds

( £2,500), a long yellow diamond set chain with a pendant in the shape of a gold owl with ruby eyes, a yellow diamond-filled body, and folding wings, perched with ruby-tipped claws on a white diamond chip embedded solid gold branch(£16,000). A gold bracelet set with yellow diamonds(£4,500) wrapped around her left wrist, and a gold ruby and yellow diamond ring(3,500) on her left ring finger. Her hair was held off to one side by a glittering yellow diamond comb(£4,000)

The lad knew he had his dance partner under his command, and he now had her talking up about herself, her sister, and her parents with, unbridled, unguarded, ease.

Then from over his chittering partner's shoulder, his eye caught a brite flicker by the wall where the side alcove sitting areas were located.

He managed to maneuver his unwary dance partner over for a closer look.

A very pretty package indeed was sitting there all alone, looking very sad. She also was dressed and jewelled like a million bucks.

The dance now couldn’t end soon enough for him, especially now that he had drained Ginny of some very pertinent details about her family.

When the dance ended, he took one last soaking look at his dance partners' richly glittering, ravishingly valuable, owl-shaped pendant, and abruptly dismissed the now understandably confused young lady.

He had found richer prey.

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Cadie was a child of ultra-wealthy parents, all of 16, with makeup that had her looking more like 22.

Tonight she looked smashing, elegantly wearing a smoothly soft high-necked silk gown of deep violet, a shear bodice, long cuffed sleeves, and a dangling pleated skirt, that simply poured over her almost fully developed figure, from the gentle swells of her breasts, to her thin waist and along her curvy hips, then spilling out down along her legs till it lay sweeping at her ankles.

To complete the ensemble she was wearing purple satin pumps and carried a black satin clutch purse.

She had worn the same gown a fortnight ago at her Aunt’s equally formal wedding held up at Caer Beris Manor reception area.

Like she had at her aunt's wedding, Cadie was wearing diamonds. A lot of diamonds. Her Mum had not won the argument over that without her parents, or brother there with her, she should wear her pearls. instead.

She was one of many wealthy guests attending this black-tie evening wedding held at Iscoyd Park, Wales.

Cadie herself had been invited by a close classmate ((Lilly), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding. Other than Lilly, she knew no one there. And her friend, being a bridesmaid, was too busy to be hanging out with her.

This is why it was with a grateful thrill that a handsome young male who appeared to be only a few years older than her ( actually he was some 9 years her senior), came up and introduced himself to her as she was standing off watching the dancers at the entrance of one of the side alcove rooms.

After introducing himself(Sebastian)and learning her name(Cadie), he raised her hand and kissed a shimmery ringed finger in greeting, sending shivers of chills racing along her spine.

He gently guided her into a side alcove where several comfortable couches were located.

There they spent a good hour talking, telling each other about themselves.

He then rose, and politely he asked if they could have a dance.

Cadie nodded with euphoric enthusiasm and took his offered hand. He helped her up, and they went out to the dance floor.

It was a slow dance and he held her warm figure tightly against his. She could feel his heart beating quickly, she could tell that he was excited to be dancing with her.

She was also, her whole figure quivering with antsy exhilaration as his firm fingers gently stroked along her sleekly gown-covered figure.

He murmured into her ear

“You look very beautiful this evening Cadie. Perhaps even the prettiest young lady I’ve met this evening.”

She squirmed in his arms, like an excited puppy, as he complimented her in this fashion, the expensive chinchilla softness of her gown not lost under his fingertips.

Cadie turned her head away, blushing. Diamonds twinkling richly from her ears.

When the dance finished they stayed on the floor till the second one started and taking her in his arms the magic once again enveloped her, feeding her lonely hunger for companionship.

Cadie and her dance partner were in the thicke of it, dancing their little hearts and souls out. Bumping and sliding against one another, Cadie’s slippery gown performed the most fluid of provocative sliding motions along her partner's figure, allowing him a reason to hold no tighter less she slipped from his grasp.

Cadie was relishing, swimming in the feeling her rubbing breasts produced. Then the music ended all too soon and a swooning Cadie was led back to the alcove her partner kissing her hand as he mysteriously took leave.

Soon he was back Cadie felt her heart fluttering with sensuously filled excitement.

Sebastian apologized for leaving so abruptly, and with a sweet guilty expression, admitted to what he had been up to:

“I requested a slow dance! It should be coming up next,” he said with conviction.

“What about the girl you requested it for?” Cadie asked coyly, exhibiting a sexuality way beyond her years.

“There is no one, I was looking around to find the right one!” he teased in a most becoming manner.

“Rather like placing the cart before the horse!” She teased back

He smiled at that but did not answer, keeping his hand on my arm, not tightly, but there nonetheless!

Meanwhile, the music had stopped and he was right, a slow dance started, and most of the single girls fled, leaving the couples to stay out on the dancefloor.

He took young swooning Cadie by hand and they headed out, joined by several fresh couples.

The pair started discreetly apart, but he gently pulled Cadie in closer. She could feel his heart beating against her chest and thought something hard was beginning to bulge out just in between his hips. She pressed in closer, instinctively allowing her gown to slip up and over his hardened bulge as they danced. Cadie looked up, his eyes were closed.

Cadie Reached up and pulled the lapels of his tux jacket close to her. He responded by wrapping his arms around her silky soft waist, relishing in the softness of her fetchingly pretty gown.

It was perfect, Cadie’s heart started to beat a bit quicker, and the adrenalin started its all-too-welcomed tingling rush.

Then she leaned in close, placing her hands up around his neck, he responded by nuzzling his face into her shoulder.

The song ended, and the magic feeling came to a halt as he looked at his Rolex watch, apologizing that he had to leave the wedding, he had promised to meet up with a friend.

If he had only known he would have met someone like her he whispered into his dance partner’s diamond earring holding ear.

He left with a kiss on her hand, and a promise to try and meet up with her the next day, with a wink.

Sebastian left Cadie, who was literally holding ring sparkling fingers to her breast, feeling her heart thumping with exhilarating excitement.

For both of them, it had turned into a brilliant evening.

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Outside of the Iscoyd Park manor house, In a dark corner of the gardens, a figure waits in the shadows watching a young male approaching. She puckers her lips and imitates the hoot of an owl.

‘Sebastian’ was coming up along the path, when suddenly he heard the soft hooting of an owl.

He stops and waits.

The figure emerges from the shade. It is a slender female his age, dressed in black.

She approached the young male.

‘Sebastian’ tips his head in her direction.

“I’ve got it, she sang like a canary.”

She looks at him quizzically…

“All of it? Address, layout, time schedules?”

Sebastian nods:

“The family you pointed out will be at their hotel suite tonight, back at their mansion tomorrow late afternoon. The banks will be closed so the three ladies of the house will still have the jewels they were wearing with them. I have their address, train schedules, the works.”

With excitement, the lady goes up to Sebastian and they hug and kiss. Then she breaks happily away…

“And I’m sure they have more in their Jewelry cases. Tomorrow night it is then. Perfect, we should be going now, we have what we came for.”

Sebastian clears his throat.

“Luv, There is another.”

The lady looks at him thoughtfully...

“Another my dear?”

“I met a young girl, Cadie, she is 16. I know, young, but I checked her out. She is wearing real diamonds, positively dripping with them.”

Sebastian purses. looking around, lowering his voice.

“I was scoping them out as we danced. The silly twit has no clue to be wary of strangers taking an interest in her.

She Lives nearby. Here with a friend. Will be dropped off at her manor house tonight. Parents are gone for the weekend. Just her twin brother and her there tonight.”

The lady in black grins…

“Sounds delicious. Describe her jewelry luv.”

As they are speaking, off in the distance a door slams. Girlish giggling is heard close by, but not enough to warrant any worries.

Sebastian eagerly tells his partner Emylee about the easily deceiving young lady…

“She is wearing an expensively fitted lavender silk gown. Her jewellery is all diamonds, nothing paste.

Long wide earrings(£5,000) matching wide ‘Y’ shaped necklace (£10,000)

a 7-strand diamond bracelet(£6,000) and 4 diamond rings(£20,000) the lot)Her long hair is held back by a pair of diamond clips(£3,000 both).

She willingly gave me the address. I think she is hoping I’ll drop in on her tomorrow. These rich young ones are way too gullible.”

The lady thief was busy calculating the value of the jewellery young Cadie was wearing.

“£44,000 hmm. She is a little bit loaded down with the ice. It’s real you say, lad, why would they let a young one out wearing all that?”

“Sebastian “ nodded.

“Just there for the taking luv. I’m sure it’s not a trap. Almost too easy to pass up, don’t you agree?”

Emylee looked at him with apprehension.

“Sweet 16. I don’t know really, about mugging a child Sebastian.”

Sebastian laid a hand on her arm

“No luv. We don’t do her over like that lass In Soho. { a brunette wearing a red satin dress and some lovely emeralds lured outside to a dark alley sprang to mind). Not talking about luring her here to the gardens and you robbing her. I thought about that, but, Look now luv, I’ve been practicing haven’t I? I’m ready to do a house job on my own.”

Emylee nods her head yes.

“Well, you’ve wanted to try a burgle on your own. Switching roles, me being the outside with you on the inside? I’d say this is your chance. So you’ll be keeping your promise, just early morning instead of later. tomorrow. “

“Tie them up, Do the whole house?”

Emylee shakes her head no…

“Baby steps lad. In and out quickly. Just burgle the chick’s room. Wait till they sleep. Grab the goods stuff first. But also make it thorough. check under her pillow, lingerie drawer, that type of thing. Something tells me that her room will be a gold mine to rob. We can keep the place on our radar, perhaps do a proper job next year on the whole house.”

“Sebastian” nods, and arm in arm the pair begin to walk off deep in conversation.

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They had driven for nearly an hour when Emylee pulled the car over by an old church cemetery, keeping the engine running.

“Okay, Sebastian. We’ve scoped the house and area. Cut straight through the cemetery, The house is just on the other side of those woods. It’s midnight, I’ll be back in 4 hours to pick you up. If you’re not there, well it will be a long walk home won’t it, lad?”

Sebastian nodded and got out of the car. He watched as Emylee pulled away

Keeping as much to the shadows as possible Sebastian quickly navigated the woods and located the house. Circling he verified he had the right one.

It was a large three-story stone house, 15 rooms by his estimation, reflecting the impressive wealth of the family living within its walls.

There was only one light on in a lower room. He snuck up, and from a hiding spot conveniently offed by a tall hedge, Saw a young male watching the Telly.

He sighed. Waiting.

Which was a good thing, for less than a half-hour into it a chauffeur-driven limo pulled in. He watched as the young girl whose diamonds were his target was let off.

Waving the limousine off, she turned and happily walked to the door, her lovely gown shimmering, its beauty only outdone by her glittering diamonds.

Going back to the window he watched as she came into the room. Greeted by her brother they made conversation for a few minutes before she turned and went upstairs.

He saw a light go on, revealing which room was hers, where the good stuff would be kept.

It was 12:30 when she came back down she had taken off the sensuous gown and put on a pair of long-sleeved deep brown shiny satin pajamas over her petite figure.

Cadie surprisingly was still wearing the diamond necklace, but had removed all her other diamonds.

She sat down and cuddled into her brother as they both talked while watching a movie. Her necklace sparkled provocatively.

If the girl hadn’t still been wearing it, Sebastian may have broken into her too and burgled it while they were both downstairs.

It was now 1:30 am

Precious time ticked on as Sebastian swigged, watching. The pair started to doze off.

Then Thsnkfilly the movie ended, waking them.

He saw the sister rise and ask her twin brother to help undo her necklace. Apparently, it had a tight clasp.

The bother did so. Cadie held the necklace dangling from her hand as she turned and went upstairs.

The brother watched her and then settled in to watch the movie.

“Damn!” Thought Sebastian looking at his watch.

It was now 2:00.sm

Sebastian’s fingers tinkled, it was a waiting game anyway. 2;30 should be about enough time for her to be fast asleep.

He waited, and the brother finally fell asleep on the couch.

Now or never.

At 2:45 Sebastian slipped out of the shadows to the rear patio that led to a sunroom. There he found a glass door and using a circle glass cutting tool easily removed a round section of glass and let himself in.

The thick pads of his shoes muffled his steps as he stole his way through the house to the bottom step of the stairwell leading upstairs.

The whole place is oozed by wealth.

He peered into the room where the movie was playing. He saw the brother was still not moving.

At the bottom, he listened. All was quiet upstairs. Sneaking up the stairs he made the landing. The girl Cadie’s room was on the right. Her door was conveniently open.

He tiptoed over to it. A large window off to the side was letting in enough light that he didn’t need his torch.

In the moonlight streaming through that window, he could see her lying curled upon on the bed, black satin sheets were pulled up to the waist of Cadie’s richly chocolate satin-clad figure.

She was fast asleep, facing away from her bedside vanity, out upon which an oak jewel case sat to one side, its 3 drawers facing her.

He crept into her room. Looking around., all her room’s pricey decorations, starkly indicated that this was indeed a rich girl's lair.

A warm tingling rush of adrenaline swept over Sebastian, this was what it was all about for him. The overwhelming allure to break in and steal jewels without being caught out. So much more enticing when the victim who had worn them was there also

He had practiced this using Emylee as the sleeping victim, but that was no substitute for the real thing.

He could see that now, as the arousing feeling that any cat burglar worth his salt had when seeing a sleeping lady’s diamonds, invitingly laid out in the open was intensified tenfold.

Cadie looked vulnerable, fast asleep, wearing her shiny satin pjs. Sebastian saw her equally shiny gown reflected in her vanity mirror as it hung from the back of her bedroom door.

Sebastian went directly to her vanity, one eye on her, the. other on her jewelry case, heart thumping with increasing force as he got closer, undetected by the sleeping girl

Whose shiny back was facing him.

He lifted her satin clutch purse from the side table and opened it, daringly laying it on the satin sheets of her bed, centimeters away from her sleek back.

Then turned his undivided attention to the area where the case containing the sleeping girl's jewels sat

Next to the jewel case lay a thin leather box. Upon it, carefully laid out, were, the earrings necklace, and bracelet she had worn blazed up into a stormy fire.

Sebastian carefully lifted the gorgeous diamond necklace she had been wearing watching it glittering itself up a storm.

He carefully slipped it inside her purse.

Sebastian quickly scooped the remaining pieces, taking a precious few seconds to dangle them in front of his eyes, with the sleeping Cadie in the background, before slipping them into the purse on the bed

He then turned to the jewel case, but stopped, on a whim he picked up the thin leather box and opened it. His eyes were greeted by the shimmering sight of a magnificent diamond broach(£10,000) that she had not been wearing on her gown.

Rookie error, almost an expensive one, forgetting to check inside of a jewel case he had thought was empty.

He then slowly opened the wooden top lid of the 3 drawer case. Her now fully exposed jewels glittered. Emeralds, rubies, and sapphires glittering inside, all dinner-out jewellery, none of it as expensive as her formal evening-out diamonds.

Slowly, carefully Sebastian extracted each glimmering piece. Taking everything, even those set with rhinestones. (£23,000)

What proper thief wouldn’t?

He then slowly opened the three drawers and removed the glittering trinkets they contained. Gold and silver in the top two,(£8,000) the bottom one containing a nice collection of rings(£23,000)

But no pearls. Rich girls always had pearls. Especially debutantes like the sleeping Cadie, whose white A-line satin gown with rhinestone trimmings he had seen hanging from a hook in a corner of her room.

So the hunt was on

Pillows checked underneath, fingers edged around the mattress, then ruffled through her dresser drawers. Then on a whim, he checked the oak wardrobe and bingo, found a wide thin hinged velvet-covered case hidden in a drawer underneath a rack of coats, a fur, a black leather jacket, and a satin cape.

He opened it and found a nice collection of gleaming pearls, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets(19,500).

At that moment he heard noisier on the stairs. Holding the case. Sebastian moved back between the wardrobe and an open corner.

He saw a shadow on the sister's wall by the door. Her brother then popped his head in, watching his sleeping sister.

Thankfully the small black clutch purse blended in the black satin sheets, the brother never noticed.

Seeing her gown on the backside of the door the brother fingered it.

“Don’t blame you, lad.” Sebastian thought.

The brother then left and Sebastian heard his bedroom door open and close.

As it did, the girl turned over in bed. He held his breath. She did not wake, but her nose was almost touching her satin purse, filled with the jewels he was stealing.

He waited for ten long minutes, listening, hearing nothing more than the sleeping girl's breathing.

Finally, he crept from the corner, taking the case over to the vanity. Gently lifting the purse from the bed, he scooped the Pearls out sad dropped them on the pile inside Cadie’s small satin purse.

Stealing looks at the bedroom door, as well as Cadie’s sleeping form, Sebastian then went to the sleeping girls' closet and ruffled through the expensive clothes hanging there. On a satiny party dress he found a rhinestone clip, and on principles removed it.

It then occurred to Sebastian that he had not found the twin diamond hairclips Cadie had been wearing holding up her silky hair.

He went back over to the bed.

Kneeling her went in for a closer examination of Cadie, confirming they were not in her hair. He looked over her fingers for any rings she may have still been wearing. But they were all bare

However, as Sebastian examined her, he saw a hint of gold. She was wearing a thin chain around her neck. The end is hidden inside her chocolate satin pj top.

She must have been wearing it underneath her gown this evening. Whatever was at its end may not be worth the risk of being caught in the acte of robbing her, but taking risks was all this was about.

He took off his gloves, and reached in, lifting the gold chain from her neck. He then began pulling it up.

She must have felt something, for Suddenly Cadie stirred, and he froze.

She rubbed her nose with a satin sleeve, But her eyes did not open.

When she settled back down(and Sebastian’s heart came back down from up his throat) he looked the situation over

The chain had fallen out, and against her satin-clad breasts was a diamond chip-embedded gold cross (£2,500) that had been at the chain end

Sebastian reached in and delicately pulled the chain until the clasp came into view.

Holding his breath he held the jewelled cross in one hand, while he undid the clasp with the other. Then with the delicate touch of a surgeon, pulled the chain off from around Cadie’s neck.

He exhaled while plopping the stolen jewel on top of the sparkling stash already inside the purse.

Sebastian looked around. There was a door at the end of the room he had not opened yet

He went over and discovered it led to a shared bathroom. And there on the sink, lay the pair of missing diamond clips. He went over and lifted them both from the sink.

Sebastian went back to the bed and added the glimmering clips to the stash inside the purse.

He then picked up the now much heavier purse and backed out of his victim's room, along with her purse full of jewels.

He stopped at her door, watching Cadie sleep while fingering the far too-soft gown hanging there. He pictured how pretty Cadie had been that evening, dressed expensively up in silk, how deliciously exquisite she had felt in his arms.

He remembered the exhilaration when he confirmed that she was actually wearing real diamonds.

He would have loved to be there when she woke and see her reaction upon finding she had been robbed of those diamonds while asleep.

With. With a deep sigh, he turned and made his way out of the house, retracing his steps to meet up with Emylee at their rendezvous point.

He stopped at the edge of the woods leading back towards the cemetery. Looking back at the large manor house with satisfaction at how he had handled tonight’s burglary.

He saw that the light was on in Cadie’s room. Then suddenly the light flickered on in her twin brothers.

He smiled wickedly to himself, figuring that young satin-clad Cadie had just now discovered that while she slept, her jewel case had been cleaned out.

He turned and disappeared into the woods. Rehashing how he had lured the devastatingly gorgeous young Cadie into his confidence, the success of which was richly encouraging him to look forward to the next job.

And perhaps down the road meet up with Cadie again. And then revisit her home to do a full and proper Job of it.

Verification shoot 2016-03-03 a by Paulette_the_Tart

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Locked again - starting 22:00 C.E.T. on 02/03/2016

Verification 2a by Paulette_the_Tart

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Vérification en détail by Michel Francon

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Flash sur les Zicos

CUE VERIFICATION DINNER by BRNDNSLVRA

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Japanese Bragging: Self-Verification by Timothy Takemoto

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The Japanese very rarely brag (Heine, Lehman, Markus, & Kitayama, 1999), linguistically at least (Leuers = Takemoto & Sonoda, 1999). On the other hand the Japanese are "haughty" in their manner, posture and attire (Busk, 1841; Coleridge, 1872; Cortazzi, 2013; Golovnin & Shishkov, 1819; Krusenstern & Kruzenshtern, 1813). The Japanese eschew vocalising their superiority, which is left for others to do for them in flattery which, though void of linguistic meaning, as a form of obeisance is rife (Takemoto, in preparation).

Kōdayū (pictured above) spent 11 years in Russia as a castaway at a time when Japan was closed to the rest of the world. He returned full of "Western learning," and no doubt somewhat Westernised in manner, to obtain an audience with the shogun, the top man in Japan, about which Donald Keene writes,

"The shogun's questions were asked at random, and suggests that he was more interested in displaying his own knowledge of Russian than in learning new things from Kōdayū. The interrogation sometimes took the form: "There is a great clock in the castle tower of Moscow. Have you seen it?" Similar enquiries about the statue of Peter the Great and a famous Muscovian cannon were followed by, "Have you ever seen a camel?" (Keene, 1952, p.55)

The Japanese are not perfect. Looking, but not listening, with mother they expect to see those around them fawn and pay lip-service. Keene takes the shogun to task. I think that Kōdayū failed to flatter. Faced with such an ill-mannered subject the shogun had no choice but to ask rhetorical, self-answering questions for the purpose of self verification which is probably pan-cultural (Seih, Buhrmester, Lin, Huang, & Swann Jr., 2013) da yo ne?

Busk, M. M. (1841). Manners and Customs of the Japanese, in the Nineteenth Century: From Recent Dutch Visitors of Japan, and the German of Dr. Ph. Fr. Von Siebold. John Murray, Albemarle Street.

Coleridge, H. J. (1872). The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier : in two volumes. Asian Educational Services.

Cortazzi, H. (2013). Victorians in Japan: In and around the Treaty Ports. A&C Black.

Golovnin, V. M., & Shishkov, A. S. (1819). Recollections of Japan: Comprising a Particular Account of the Religion : Language : Government : Laws and Manners of the People : with Observations on the Geography : Climate : Population and Productions of the Country : to which are Pre-fixed Chronological Details of the Rise : Decline : and Renewal of British Commercial Intercourse with that Country.

Heine, S., Lehman, D., Markus, H., & Kitayama, S. (1999). Is there a universal need for positive self-regard?. Psychological Review. Retrieved from humancond.org/_media/papers/heine99_universal_positive_re...

Keene, D. (1952). The Japanese Discovery of Europe: Honda Toshiaki and Other Discoverers, 1720-1798. Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Krusenstern, A. J. von, & Kruzenshtern, I. F. (1813). Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806. C. Roworth.

Leuers = Takemoto, T., & Sonoda, N. (1999). The eye of the other and the independent self of the Japanese. In Symposium presentation at the 3rd Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan. Retrieved from nihonbunka.com/docs/aasp99.htm

Seih, Y.-T., Buhrmester, M. D., Lin, Y.-C., Huang, C.-L., & Swann Jr., W. B. (2013). Do people want to be flattered or understood? The cross-cultural universality of self-verification. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(1), 169–172. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.09.004

Size verifications for MM theme of buckle/toggle/clasp by muffett68 ☺ heidi ☺

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Some are just at the edge of the parameters; some are colorful; some are good macros. Will put up the actual pictures in a bit.

Trust but Verify by Harry Lipson III

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Range-Rover Sport L494 Verification Prototype - 2012 by Perico001

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This vehicle is a Verification Prototype for the 2014 L494 Range Rover Sport. These prototypes were the first vehicles that were representative of under body, upper body, powertrain and electrical architecture.

The camouflage on this vehicle was used to protect all aspects of the new vehicle’s design and included hard panels bolted to the body to change the lines of the vehicle physically, as well as the vinyl camouflage to distort the visual appearance. Interior camouflage was also used during the VP build phase and all test engineers had to follow strict guidelines on where vehicles were driven and parked during testing to prevent close-up high resolution photographs being leaked to the media in advance of the launch.

The VP phase of vehicles are used to sign off all engineering aspects of a new Land Rover product, ranging from extreme events tests to assess durability to stability control development tests undertaken on the frozen lakes of Sweden, and high lateral μ work on the Nürburgring and in the sands of Dubai. (Don’t know what μ is? Neither did we! It is the Split Coefficient of Friction, often referred to as Mu, which is all to do with what happens to a vehicle when the road friction differs significantly between the left and the right wheelpath, caused by changes in road surface or things such as black ice).

The Dunsfold Collection

Alfold - Surrey

England - United Kingdom

June 2015

Tiwanaku by Ardeo Don

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After verifying that none of the 16 000 angry truck drivers were

blockading the road to Tiwanaku, we set out for a very fun day at the ruins!