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A Quiet Approach
November 5, 2018
Five minutes earlier there was the distant sound of a train whistle high off in the hills. And then only the wind could be heard rustling the sagebrush and stirring the grasses.
And shortly after, if you looked hard into the far hills you could see a train snaking its way along its course. And still there was quiet and the cold steady wind. Then a mile away came a growing but heavy sound and bright lights, the seeming slow approach of the empty coal train. And then just as quickly, gone, into the evening and the dusk and then into the night the train rolled eastward.
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How to effectivly use the IP 192.168 ll هواوي
Setting up IP 192.168 ll هواوي with your home router
An important way to increase the relevance of the networked approach is to increase its capabilities and effectiveness. This would remove political doubts regarding its ability to handle the increasing variety and number of security incidents with the 192.168 ll هواوي – router default ip.
The technical integrity of the Internet resides in the hands of the Internet security community and the organisations connected to it by default. The technical staff of individual organisations and their ICT service suppliers ensure the functionality of their networks and systems.
One can conceive a number of ways in which security provisioning in this networked approach could be improved.
The community has a variety of options to increase its capabilities and effectiveness, without abandoning its key organisational feature, the trust-based coordination mechanism.
A known weakness of social production is the delicate nature of intrinsic motivation. The latter can be hampered by a number of reasons: Being
overburdened by too many issues at the same time (e.g., by three simultaneous Conficker-like incidents); being bored by too many tedious chores 192.168 ll هواوي instead of challenging, inspiring puzzles; insufficient possibilities of ex-post indirect appropriation; crowding out intrinsic motivation by introducing monetary incentives or hierarchical compulsion. Consequentially, the community needs an environment that nurtures the motivations of its members in different situations.
Increasing the number of potential contributors to the efforts of the community can address some of these potential issues. Overall efficiency can be increased by providing a collaborative platform, and creating further community-open security tools. Redesigning work-packages and identifying tasks that require less trustful relationships can address the trust-scale 192.168 ll هواوي problem.
The motivation-chores problem can be addressed by decreasing the granularity of tasks and increasing the number of potential contributors. Ideally, the community is directly or indirectly connected to every ISP or at least to every ASN owner worldwide. Consequentially, the community needs to overcome its US/Western centrism and build deeper connections with security operators in other countries, even those with dubious political standards.
The extended reach of the community should also include scientists in domains that are hardly represented in the community so far, e.g., mathematical cryptologists.
An apparent shortcoming and even vulnerability 192.168 ll هواوي of the networked-community model are occasional holes between communities. To respond to attacks with constantly changing combinations of attack technologies, scale of attacks, affected actors and geographies, each attack potentially requires a different set of security communities for the response endeavour.
Therefore, gaps in the network of communities and the lack of interconnectedness between them can have detrimental effects. The Estonian case has exemplified the problems and importance of intercommunities collaboration.
The efficacy of social production elements within the overall response can, at least theoretically, be increased by creating new opportunities for openness and by in- 151 "The vulnerability provides a description or the 'degree' relative to the connectivity of a community.
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Stalling a standing infrastructure to support ad-hoc incident response activities. A community that defaults to secrecy loses one of the key efficacy drivers of peer production: that every person can chose the area and work package to which she wants to contribute.
Defaulting to security was partly driven by efficiency considerations and lack of resources to evaluate the advantages of secrecy on a more granular level.
Granularly opening security data and collaborative communities might lead to the kind of innovations that are driving high-level Open Data policies in countries such as France (data.gouv.fr), the United Kingdom (data.gov.uk), the United States (data.gov) and the European Union.
This certainly increases the set-up costs for organising response in general, but could decrease marginal set-up costs of ad-hoc organisations for dedicated incidents and therefore decrease transaction costs for peer-producing initiatives.
While this loose coupling is partly a strength of the community, it is also a weakness. In some communities, members are not required to act upon the requests of their peers. Security is only a priority if it fits into the overall schedule and mood of a community member.
However, some communities have already established contributions as mandatory in certain cases. To ensure reliable outcomes, the communities should consider committing themselves on certain quality standards and service levels.
In addition, the scalability problem of the security community is addressed by a variety of measures, among them a more nuanced approach to secrecy.
The continuing reliance on an organisational hybrid which blends a social mode of production with a networked collaboration of technical companies, ensures an opportune provisioning of Internet security by avoiding the build-up of numerous Internet security bodies worldwide.
While the organisation-less, entirely informal approach has substantial benefits, the community should re-evaluate the experiences of other coproduction communities.
In open/free software for example, communities often switched to a more formal approach to deal with problems of scalability, balancing contributors' different interests, and the need for more valid decisions.
The community is a mix of a coordinating body for independent responses by private organisations and a collaborative workbench to develop and implement joint solutions. Private organisations can contribute to the networked-communities approach by allowing a few persons of their ICT staff to collaborate and contribute to security communities.
Secrecy vs. Openness
nies have better information about the overall security situation and have quick access to remediation forces in case of an attack. However, the rules of the communities and the split loyalty of their members can pose a cultural challenge to some organisations.
While the networked-communities 192.168 ll هواوي approach stresses self-governance, bottom-up organisation, and regulatory independence, by no means does it imply that there is no role for the state. Its role is simply different, with public authorities acting as nodes in a more or less egalitarian network. In this model, nation states primarily contribute by allocating law enforcement resources to cover the Internet security production processes of identifying and sanctioning perpetrators.
Most services that are necessary during the response endeavours — monitoring, problem analysis, mitigation — would still come from members of the security community and their affiliated organisations.
A number of weaknesses within the current implementation of the networkedcommunities model could be improved by the following measures. A major deficit of Internet security production has been the difficulty of identifying and sanctioning perpetrators of Internet-based crime.
While international cooperation has apparently improved over the past years, law enforcement agencies worldwide still lack personnel, resources, and speedy transnational procedures to identify and arrest perpetrators. The build-up of these capabilities supplements the existing model as technical communities can hardly take over the sanctioning dimension of security.
In addition, law enforcement can provide the intelligence the security community needs for its forensic analysis.
A fundamental weakness of the current institutional design arguably is a lack of knowledge among policy makers worldwide about the procedures and characteristics of the security community. Policy makers and the community need to find ways to deepen their mutual understanding.
One way to achieve such mutual understanding is to establish a political-technical community consisting of members of the community and persons responsible for policy formulation in political bodies.
A similar arrangement could be made with the civil society, which has also not been represented in existing Internet security governance institutions.
The difficulties of cooperation between hierarchies and networks might be tackled by liaising the technical community with political authorities. However, it will require substantial changes in attitudes and culture in public authorities and in policy ranks.
Networked governance already poses cultural challenges to bureaucracies, but security production by egalitarian networked-communities is networked governance on steroids.
As most states want to increase their overall level of Internet security, they could act as a facilitator of the community. The Rendon Group report on the Conficker response already concluded that the community's efficiency could be increased by institutionalising some aspects of the community, providing monetary resources, sharing premises, technical infrastructure, and administrative staff.
To ensure that no 192.168 ll هواوي single actor achieves a position to dominate, other collaborative communities have implemented certain limits that cut contributors rights at certain levels.
Furthermore, states could support this new security production and governance approach by sponsoring research supporting the technical, organisational, and political underpinnings.

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Qualifying for Life Insurance with Lupus Erythematosus.
When you apply for life insurance, everything about your medical situation will be scrutinized. Any past illnesses will typically come up and life insurance companies will take it into consideration before underwriting your life insurance policy.
- So, what if you had lupus erythematosus in your past?
- What if you have it now?
This is what we will discuss in this article, so if you've been diagnosed with lupus erythematosus and you're looking to purchase a life insurance policy, keep on reading.
Because hopefully…
We'll be able to answer some of the questions you may have about what it will be like to qualify for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy after being diagnosed with a pre-existing medical condition like lupus erythematosus.
Now that first thing that we want to do is…
First define what we mean by having lupus erythematosus. After all, it's tough to have a discussion about a medical condition without first understanding exactly what that medical condition is, right?
So what is lupus erythematosus?
Well, for the purposes of our discussion here, we'll keep things brief by simply stating the lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder that can attack ones':
- Skin,
- Organs,
- Brain,
- And blood,
Symptoms of Lupus erythematosus can include:
- Arthritis
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- Swelling of joints
- Fatigue
Now there are…
Several "types" of lupus ranging from:
- Neonatal lupus (happens in newborn babies)
- Drug-induced lupus (medications),
- And Lupus erythematosus
However, when people use the term "Lupus", generally they are referring to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Which can be divided up into several different categories including:
- Systemic – happens between 14-45; most common
- Discoid – chronic skin disorder (may have systemic as well)
- Subacute cutaneous – skin has lesions from sun
When it comes to qualifying for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy, one of the first things that an insurance company is going to want to know about is:
"What type of lupus do you have?"
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If you suffer from systemic lupus, you may still qualify for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy, only now your chances of being able to qualify for a Standard or better rate are going to be very slim.
In fact…
In order to qualify for a traditional term or whole life insurance with SLE, most (if not all) life insurance companies are going to want to see that your currently in remission and have been so for a minimum of 2 years and… that you're not suffering from any "complications" as a result of your condition.
Now if this describes you…
Should "theoretically" be eligible for coverage only now, you'll be considered a "higher risk" applicant and will most likely qualify for what is called a table rate.
Table Rates.
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The good news for…
Those who are two years free and clear from their last lupus "attack" is that they would "theoretically" be able to qualify for a Table A rating. Now the trick is knowing which insurance company will be willing to offer you a Table A rating.
Getting a Table A rating…
Not all life insurance companies will give you a Table A rating, even if your lupus has been at bay for two years. There are other things that will impact your rate, causing you not to get Table A:
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- Weight, Blood pressure
- Felonies
These are just some things that will cause you to fall down the ladder of Table rates. Now at this point you're probably asking yourself:
"What's the best way to figure out which insurance company is going to offer me the best rate?"
Which is a great question!
One that has two possible answers.
- The first option is, you could become an expert in the life insurance industry and spend weeks if not months researching all the different life insurance companies out there.
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Forget the Avengers, in 1998, one of the best supergroups ever came together for one night only: The Divas.
"VH1 Divas Live" premiered 20 years ago this October, where the late, great Aretha Franklin performed alongside fellow powerhouses Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain.
The evening was filled with solo numbers, duets and a few wig-snatching group performances that will go down in history, ending with one epic rendition of Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" with the divas and singer-songwriter Carole King.
With Aretha's passing, all of the women involved in that amazing night have spoken out, sharing some of their favorite memories from the evening and about the icon herself. See each of their tributes below.
Franklin died on Thursday, at the age of 76, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Her legacy, however, will live on in her music.
Mariah Carey
Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul. The Icon. The ultimate singers' singer. The greatest singer and musician of my lifetime. The power of your voice in music and in civil rights blew open the door for me and so many others. You were my inspiration, my mentor and my friend. pic.twitter.com/QD9pxvGLLh— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) August 16, 2018
You showed me I could sing the songs I wanted to sing and bring God with me. You've inspired millions everywhere yet never left home, never left church. Today the entire world mourns your home-going and celebrates all the brilliance you left behind. pic.twitter.com/Ek0yHdXcRF— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) August 16, 2018
I will forever cherish the moments I spent in your presence. Your indelible impact was earned not only by your incomparable voice but by your bigger than life personality, wit and humor. I say a BIG prayer for you. You will forever have all our RESPECT. Love, Mariah ♥ pic.twitter.com/97qk0J64rO— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) August 16, 2018
Celine Dion
I'm deeply saddened to learn that Aretha Franklin has passed. She was an unbelievable artist, who inspired me and millions of others. She was the most soulful and inspirational singer of our time... there will never be anyone like her. I had the great privilege of performing with Aretha... it was truly one of the greatest moments of my career. I send my prayers and condolences to her family and loved ones.
Gloria Estefan
"For as long as I can remember, Aretha Franklin has been the absolute zenith, the guiding light, the master for any girl that aspired to sing or even just appreciated someone at the top of their game. I was blessed to have sung with her on more than one occasion and each time I felt that I was in the presence of musical royalty that would forever raise the bar and set the standard. Long live the Queen of Soul through her extraordinary & singular voice and her indelible music."
Shania Twain
An unbelievable woman and voice. It was an honor to meet and perform with the Queen of Soul. RIP Aretha Franklin ❤💔https://t.co/BQBtdPuoZO— Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain) August 16, 2018
Carole King also tweeted, writing, "What a life. What a legacy! So much love, respect, and gratitude."
VH1 would go on to honor Franklin with her own special, "VH1 Divas Live: The One And Only Aretha Franklin," in 2001. Performers at that event included Marc Anthony, Mary J. Blige, Backstreet Boys, Celia Cruz, Nelly Furtado, Jill Scott and Kid Rock.


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"Come here Alexandra" He said.
The room is dark save for the light coming through from the toilet, whose door is shut halfway.
"Come here Alexandra Bekington" he repeats
Alexandra is standing by the wall, a towel covering her body. She had just showered, leaving the bathroom only to find her room dark, and he seated on her bed. She refused to leave the wall, her eyes pooling on their own accord, knowing what is to come. She was twelve at the time, it has been two years since he started raping her.
"Alexandra, you know daddy doesn't like it when you don't obey him.Come sweety, come to me my princess." he beckons to her silently.
She is shaking her head, gluing her back to the wall.
"No daddy, I don't want to. I don't want to it hurts. It hurts so bad" a tear slips from her eyes. When she blinks, others follow.
"No baby, it doesn't. You just think it does. Okay, I will show you how it won't hurt okay. Come, baby, Daddy wants you" his eyes sparkles. She had always wondered why his eyes did that.
Years later, she had come to realize that all men had sparkling eyes when they were in desirous need. When their hormones were raging hot when their members were hard as rock, when they are nearing your core… and more so… while they are inside of you.
Years later, she still hated the look in their eyes, so she closes hers when they are on top and inside her, shut her ears to their moans and groans, pretend to love and enjoy the intimacy a man and a woman shares, but within, she wished they would stop, the way she wished her father would stop, but he never did, they never did. Because night after night… a man with a different face, a few bills on the bed.. and when they leave, she would cry within thinking of how they used her for a night or more, but because as a Call Girl, you had to survive on the streets, even if it meant grabbing the sheets one day too many.
Years later, she still hated her foster father for turning her into this, damaging her… taking her down a road she hated, a road she eventually had to embrace. A road, a girl like her had no choice other than walk on, survive… become.
Years later, all men… still carried her father's face, wanted all he wanted but then, she had no choice. She was young, she was too young to overpower him, to stop him, to fight him. And no one believed her, no one would dare believe a man like her father, a man who doted on his foster daughter would dare defile a child since she turned ten. And defile her he did for five years until she ran away.
Years later, an adult and a girl paid for her body. She hated it, she hated all of it. But she had to survive, so she mastered it, and lived from it.
A stripper and a Call Girl was never a life she envisioned of having.
But life fxxks you up in the arse so hard you spill involuntary mishaps on a daily.
That was the life she had, a damaged girl. So what was there to preserve, what was there to hold back.
In the end, as she grew up, she had a choice… and for a while, she ran with it.
"I will work so hard and be better, never again" she had told herself.
She didn't go back to her old school when she ran away because she knew he would come and find her. She had gone, reaching the outskirts of the town and alighted, having no money to pay the fare, a lady.. approaches her and asked her where she was going to.
"Anywhere, anywhere away from pain" she had told her, her eyes were red, swollen from tears.
"What kind of pain?" she had asked her, Alexandra, fifteen then, looks into the lady's eyes before she eventually breaks.
Bursting out in tears she tells her, the woman gathers her to herself and takes her home. She lived alone, she was a nun. She had stayed with her for a few months until the Nun's brother returned home.
And then one day, while the good Nun was away on church duties, he had come, touching her from behind. Startled, she turns to find him staring at her, and then his eyes had that same light she used to see in her father's. Her heart catches in her chest and then she looks down immediately to see his rising bulge from his shorts.
That's when she knew that all men were the same… especially the way their eyes grew dim yet sparkles, their breathing comes in heavy feats, their body slightly warm.. and the lower part of them pumped.. like something that had life, a mind of its own. It indeed was alive. Just like her father's when he was in heat, in need of a woman to sink into.
"I want you" he had said pulling her to him.
"No.. please" she begs moving further away from him.
I want you Alexa" he calls her as he buries his head in her hair, pulling her closer and tighter to him.
"Stop it. Stop it please" she cried. But it was no use.
He rapes her, twice before his sister returns.
Alexa didn't stay there anymore, she didn't need to. When the Nun came back and was told by Alexa what her brother did in her tears. She was thrown out.
The Nun called her the devil's daughter who had come to seduce her brother, a priest's boy, who would never look at a girl lustfully.
"The devil's child!!! Begone, take your things and leave. I took pity on you, I helped you when you had nowhere to go but you turn and seduce my brother, the devil child you are, be gone!!!"
Alexandra had left, with just what she had on, boarded another bus heading out of town. Slept on the streets for a few days until she walked into a bar.
"I can work" she had told the man who turns to see her.
The man stares at her "What can you do? We have no opening"
"I can clean and help in the kitchen, please" she pleads.
"We have no opening. Go away"
"I don't have anywhere else to go. Please ..l et me work for food and shelter. Please, I beg you" she had gone on her knees.
He calls out to a lady who comes to him "My wife…" he tells Alexandra, then to his wife "You need an extra hand in the kitchen? you could use her. " His thick wife whose weight could dent the ground itself looks her over "I don't have much to pay, would you take 500?"
"I would take anything!!" Alexandra had said happily.
She had thought that maybe, she could work a little to fend for herself, then.. just maybe go back to school, that just maybe, her father and the Nun's brother were just the only men who were faulted and bad and wanted to inflict pain.
But she was wrong, because like flies, they would flock to a place where they see a pile of s–t.
And these men, they did come, frequenting the bar, and it started with slaps to her butt, pinching her delicates and grabbing her breasts or forcefully putting their hands under her skirt.
Whenever she complained, the man who hired her went out to challenge them, telling them they should be ashamed of themselves.
But it didn't stop them, the more they did that the more she complained and the more he harassed them. But not for long, until they stopped coming to the bar and thus sales dropped.
"She is bad luck that one" his wife tells him to her hearing. Alexander was wiping the tables clean, she pauses to listen.
"She is just a child, I wouldn't want anyone to touch my child like that" he told her
"She is bad luck, business is dropping, no one comes.. its just a harmless touch, not like they would do what she doesn't already know they would do, what's the harm there?"'
"Deborah, I forbid you to think towards a child like that" he said angrily leaving, Alexandra had turned to the wife who throws her a dirty look.
A month later, he was out of town. The men had come again, this time grabbing her and forcefully putting her on their lap.
"Let me go!!" she cried. It was late. it was just her and Deborah who was closing up the kitchen.
"Let's make you a happy girl tonight yeah?" One of them said.
"Let me go!!"
"No baby!!" another tries to kiss her, she slaps his face away, he grabs her hand holding it tight. Alexandre cries out.
"Let her go!!"
They turn to see Deborah with a bat in her hand.
"Or else what?" Another asks her.
"Or else I would smash this to your balls that's what, whose first?" she threatens looking at the four men, two of which held Alexandra. Alexandra sighs in relief.
She would be fine. She would be okay now. Deborah wouldn't let them touch her.
"No need for that though, we just like the pretty one and if you would offer her to us for a good price, I am sure it would make both of us happy"
Deborah looks at him, then at Alexander. "What do you mean? "
"I mean, we give you what you ask for just to get busy with this pretty thing here. You can also offer us a room for more too. Watcha say fat lady, deal or deal?"
Now, Alexandre is shaking her head.. tears filling her eyes.
"How much?"
"Name your price"
Her eyes darts to Alexandra again " All four of you..just her? Want to kill her?"
"Nope, we would be gentle, promise. name your price "
The bat she had held pointing towards them suddenly drops facing the ground.. "5,000, each "
"Another 5 for the room"
'Double deal"
"I accept cash only "
"We gat you, mama!!" One of them says laughing as he brings out his wallet, counting bills and handing it to her.
"Please.. I beg you please ." She looks to Deborah as she cried, struggling with the men who lift her on their shoulders while Deborah counts her money with smiles.
"Room lady?"
"First door, on your left. That's the changing room. There is a table there. .sure that can work" she doesn't look at them as they each disappear into the room with the crying and struggling Alexandra.
As they undressed her and themselves, she knew there was no point in fighting them off. So she laid on the table as they kept her, and resigned herself to her fate.
After that night. it was then she realized that..No matter where she goes, how she runs away from it…
This pain.
These men…
They always find her.
They always get something from her… her virtue, her essence, leaving shreds of pain like glasses for her to step on.
And the only way to suppress the pain was to embrace it.
It was that night, that she knew there was no going back. If this was what they wanted? Her body.. she would give to them. She wouldn't fight it.
It made them happy even if it made her sad and cringe.
It made them pay..a lot just to have it.
And maybe, within this fxxked up life.She might survive it long enough.. to be free.
But that was just a dream. Once you get in, you can never get out, not from this life anyways.
So, day after day, till Deborah's husband came back, she offered Alexandra to men. Soon, when they come, she didn't have to wait for her Deborah anymore. Alexa had begun to intimate the move..
Over time, Deborah angered that they didn't need her permission anymore, kicks her out. Since the men didn't come to her anymore for Alexandra, that meant no money for her.
Alexandra gets to keep all.of it. After all, it was her body. Her pain. Why must she suffer through it and have another benefit, she might as well get paid for it.
After she left there, she leaves town, walking into "The Escapades " night club.
That was when she decided to embrace the fxxked up life officially she already began leaving since she was ten.
And that was where she made her name as the top strip dancer and one of their most professional Call Girls.
She developed a stiff skin, she became a master of pretending even when all she wanted to do was scream and scream and kick them away from her body.
She learned to adapt and she lived.
But yet, but yet..
There are times when everything reminds her of her father, and sometimes when it does happen, it causes a crack in her stuff skin and raised up walls..
Like now…
"Come to me Alexander, I won't ask you again" His voice came to her again, years ago.
"No daddy"
Angrily now he gets up from the bed, pulls her away from the wall as she screams out, he drags her to the bed and flings her over his legs
"Daddy hates naughty Alexandra. Daddy hates stubborn Alexandra and daddy would show Alexandar what she gets when she is being bad."
"Daddy no please please " she begs, struggles but she was no match for him.
He flings the towel away, holding her still face-down on his legs as he brings his palm flat down heavily on her button.
"Bad Alexandra"
Whamp! !
"Stubborn Alexa"
Whamp Whamp!!
"Daddy!!!" She screams, twisting and turning to stop him, but her hands can't wade his off or protect her bottom from the pain..
Whamp!! Whamp! ! Whamp!!
It goes on and on until she has no more tears, until she becomes numb.. she cries silently.
He stops, "will you be a good girl?"
She nods her head. She could feel him harden again.
"Good, now, go on your knees and give daddy's little boy a kiss, wide open kiss…"
When she hesitated he had pulled her down, forced her head there and almost choked her with it..
Satisfied, he lifts her and put her on the bed as he began to sing..
Naked now before her he sings to her as he climbs her..telling her to pretend as if she is asleep, the way he likes to.
"Oh my sweet Alexandra" he sings to her…
Like now…. Jaime pulling her down and spanking her hard…
The pain..the anguish. ..it comes back..
She cries silently, her shoulders heaving up and down.
'Alexander? " he calls her name again.
He frowns..
He wanted to punish her for being annoyingly stubborn back at the event and for her sharp mouth and for daring him.
He never would think that he would make her cry.
A grown woman, cry like a baby?
What the hell!.
"Alexandra? " he touches her. She rolls off his legs and curls herself in the corner.
Dammit. He didn't mean to, he was just angry. Now how would he handle a grown a-s woman crying?
Crap! !
He always hated to see girls cry. It made him uncomfortable.. it made him feel like a monster of some sort especially if he is the cause.
Dammit. !!
What would he do?
"I am sorry Alexandra. I was just upset and I shouldn't have..hit you. I never have hit a lady before but you are so. ..argh!!"
Wrong. Not helping.
She was still crying.
He gets up and goes to her. "I am sorry.. I promise I won't ever do that again. Really..please stop crying…I can't stand to see a woman cryl…I just can't. "
Alexandra says nothing. .
He gets up and then walks away dailing. "Adam..quick question. . If you make a lady cry what can you do to pacify her?"
Adam laughs "That's on your Boss!" The line dies.
Dammit . He should fire that Adam. Sadly… he can't. Because people like Adam were loyal AF.
He turns back to her, at a loss of what to do "okay, would you spank me back, would that be okay. Would you stop crying ?"
She says nothing, but she turns to him.
"Dammit Alexandra tell me what to do so you can stop making me feel like a s–t! !"
She wipes her eyes staring at him. She gave him that look that said he should. He read it. He understood it.
"Fine. I am sorry but you pushed me"
She sniffs, another tear drops.
"What do you want so you can stop crying. "
She wipes her eyes again. .
"You can ask anything, I would do it just so this can stop "
"Anything?" She asks again, her eyes sparkling.
"I want a massage, my feet hurts" she says
"You said anything "
"Fine, then can you leave the floor and come here. I can't do that from there. "
Alexandra gets to the bed and seats down. She removes the shoes and then waits, as soon as he seats down she flings her legs on his… flexing her toes.
"Massage" she points.
He eyes her feet "You got athletic feet?"
"Massage!!!" She sneers with her red eyes and stained cheeks with tears, she wipes her nose again.
Sighing he begins to massage.
"Oh that feels good. Oh yes..there…argh! !!"
As he massages her leg, he is wondering.
Did she just play him, was she pretending, did she just manipulate him with tears?
"And I want a bowl of ice-cream and an ice pack for my butt, and maybe pizza for dinner since I didn't get to eat. No..a big size fat a-s chicken..yes!!!"
He stares at her and pauses…" really?"
"Yes really. Make the call ."
He sighs picking his phone and makes an order.
"Continue continue, " she tells him pointing to her feet as soon as he is done. "Feet!!Chop chop!!" she claps her hands.
He frowns dropping the phone and getting back to it.
An hour later she has a king size pizza, a plate of chicken, ice cream and she sat on a cold ice pack…
He eyes her as she begins to eat.
"I didn't tell you to stop massaging my feet it hurts… oh it hurts. Yummm" she bits off a thigh of chicken.
"No wonder your a-s is fat" he tells her.
"I like it" she eats more chicken. "You want some?" She takes the thigh to his face, he hits it away..
"Whatever!!" she takes it back to her mouth and eats out a chunk of it.
He flings her legs away from his and gets up.." that's it my hands hurt"
Alexandra stares at him in shock…
Now she burst out crying, making faces.
Jaime reaches for her, takes a thigh of chicken from her plate and the stuffs it into her open mouth.
She chokes spitting it out..coughing as she wipes her mouth. He smiles.
"You are not nice Jaime Lockswire" she points the thigh if chicken she is holding to him.
"No. I am not.. not to you anyways. Now if you are done here…" He wipes his hands with a handkerchief. .." there is the bathroom. I need you fresh and clean for later "
"For what later ?"
"To begin your services Alexandra" he says turning and leaving her staring after him.
She stares down, a silent tear dropping.
And as always.. when it gets to this… she always as to put her pretend game face on.
After all, she learned from the best;
Her father.


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Part of Soles exposed: 21 women in their favourite shoes(January 2005, Adam Street Gallery, London)
This show featured paintings of 21 women in their favourite shoes, by artist and designer Kelly Sant. Kelly has painted the feet of some of the leading lights of the design and fashion worlds, each clad in their favourite shoes. From design curators, to stylists, to the muse of a 70s shoe designer, each has chosen the shoes that they feel best sum them up. Essentially these are portraits of feet, some defiant, some coy, some strident, some sexual: each painting richly conveys the essence and personality of their owner. Yet each portrait ends at calf level, tantalising the viewer with suggestions of what is not revealed.
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CN 2292 with IC 2465 just West of the level grade crossing at mile post 28 pulling a container train to the Port of Prince Rupert, Sunday April 22, 2012.
This site was started so I could share my collection of railway images I have been taking for the past few years. All photos are my own work unless otherwise noted. From time to time I travel and try to take photos in different locations. I will post mostly images shot in Prince Rupert but not limited to here.
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I'll do a set of Jesse Winchester songs in honor of the eccentric master (and, by the way, what isn't much acknowledged, a triple-threat dude, as natural and grooving as his nylon-strung guitar picking was; it's regrettable that his brand-name producers built castles around him rather than letting his own hands do more of the work) who died last April. The material will range from his first record in 1970 to his last, the posthumous release from 2014, though there will be a noticeable hump in the mid-period recordings, which are most familiar to me and most embedded. Playing with me will be Gerald Dowd, Steve Dawson, Brian Wilkie, Scott Stevenson, and, as special guest, Ingrid Graudins.


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Rome, the Eternal City…is a city that one cannot visit just once in their lifetime. There is just so very much to do and see. You will find yourself returning to favorite streets or sites time and again as you continue to add new ones to your exploration of this unforgettable step back in time. It is a city of immense history, architecture, high fashion, deep faith and, of course, great food.
Rome, the heart of Catholic Christianity, is the only city in the world to host an entire foreign state within its confines, the enclave of the Vatican City, and it is for this very reason that it is often referred to as the capital of two States. Over 16% of the world's cultural treasures are located in Rome (70% in all of Italy).
It is the city with the highest concentration of historical and architectural riches in the world. Its' historical centre, outlined by the enclosing Aurelian Walls, and layering nearly three thousand years of antiquity, is an invaluable testimony to the European western world's cultural, artistic and historical legacy. In 1980 it was, along with the Holy See's district that lies beyond the actual confines of the Vatican State, as well as, the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls, added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.
While we usually are consumed with thoughts of Rome, the city, it is equally important to note that Rome is Europe's greenest city. Along with its public parks, Rome boasts a great deal more greenery, as well as agriculture on its outskirts. With 40% of its total surface devoted to agriculture, Rome is also Europe's largest agricultural municipality. You will appreciate this if you have the opportunity to explore the towns, ruins and villas that lie just outside the city. The countryside is beautiful and worth exploration.
For many though, time is short and the focus must be placed on seeing the most important sites within the city walls, and that will take some planning indeed as there is so much to see and do here. Below is our list of the 'Must Do's' during your stay in Rome. It will help you immensely if you have our assistance when it comes to planning your activities in this important city. Our Italy specialists have spent years traveling to this great city, experiencing the tours and developing personal contacts along the way with tour companies, individual guides and car and driver companies that will deliver the best experience to you whether you have one day or a week to spend here.
The Colosseum
A truly epic monument to the gladiatorial battles of old, the Coliseum dates back to 72 AD. The Flavian amphitheater was built to seat an enormous audience of 50,000. The site of many grisly deaths, this historical location is a necessary stop for any history buff. You can get a great feel from the outside, but the true impact of this structure is felt when you take the tour inside and now there are tours that take you underneath the floor where the gladiators and lions and tigers were held awaiting their final ending.
The Pantheon
Constructed by the Emperor Hadrian from 119 to 128 AD, the Pantheon is an architectural marvel. It is one of our favorite stops and one to which we return time and again. The temple was initially constructed as a monument for ancient deities and today serves as the resting place for the artist Raphael and Italy's first president. The building still retains its original bronze doors, and is still an active place of worship. Just outside in the evening you will find countless cafes to enjoy dinner or a final glass of wine to end the day…. Absolutely magical.
The Capitoline
The Capitoline museums are housed in twin palaces and constitute the oldest public art display in the world. The collection was opened to the public in 1734 and contains famous works by Titian, Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Bernini, and Veronese.
Trevi Fountain
Off the busy city streets and located in the center of a myriad of streets lined with shops and cafes the Trevi Fountain never fails to stir you when you first see it. Due to reopen the summer of 2015 after its' first cleaning in over 150 years, the fountain will be gleaming. Be sure to toss a coin in while making a wish to assure your return someday. One of our favorite Gelato shops is also located at the fountain… a perfect combination.
Roman Forum
If you enjoy the Coliseum, the Roman Forum is a must. Located at the center of the city, the Forum contains many of Rome's ancient government buildings and temples. If you can, take a guided tour to best enjoy all the important history that transpired on those very grounds
Via Condotti
For the shopper this is THE street to visit… starting at the Spanish Steps, you will just keep going … and you'll be dizzy with all the shops along this very long street. It gets quite crowded so be prepared…take your time. Rome is not the city to rush… it is not in their nature.
Piazza Navona
The home of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers is a beautiful place to enjoy a lovely meal and delicious Tartufo ice cream. Under the historical buildings lies the Circus Domitianus in which were held the amazing ancient Roman races. The piazza is also a wonderful location to people watch. We like it best at night when the artists are all out in the piazza and the café's take on a particularly romantic glow.
St. Peter's Basilica
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Tuesday August 7, 2012
How South Beach really runs: code enforcement extortion crackdown
Here's a partial peek behind the curtain, curtesy of the FBI. Since it's a press release, I'm going to cut 'n' paste just like I wrote it (just like the Herald would), and I'm going to delete out the boring bits:
Jose L. Alberto, the former lead code compliance officer for the city of Miami Beach, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right for his participation in a scheme to extort cash payments from a South Beach nightclub. Alberto faces up to 20 years in prison.
Alberto was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and 22 counts of extortion under color of official right and induced by the wrongful use of actual and threatened fear of economic loss. Alberto was the second most senior official at the Miami Beach Code Compliance Division and oversaw and managed all the Miami Beach code compliance officers.
Alberto admitted that in June 2011, he solicited a cash pay-off from a Miami Beach nightclub owner in exchange for not enforcing a large fine for a code violation.
The nightclub owner reported the alleged extortion to the FBI, which commenced an undercover investigation. During the undercover investigation, Alberto accepted 22 separate cash pay-offs for a total of $16,600 from either the nightclub owner or an undercover FBI agent posing as the manager of the nightclub. These cash pay-offs were made in exchange for Alberto's protection from potential code violations and to permit the nightclub to continue operating.
In court, Alberto also admitted that while the pay-offs were being made, he introduced various other code enforcement officers to the undercover FBI agent to help protect the nightclub. These code enforcement officers, like Alberto, also received cash pay-offs in exchange for their protection of the nightclub. Two of those officers, Vicente Santiesteban and Orlando Gonzalez, have pled guilty to conspiring with Alberto to extort cash from the Miami Beach nightclub and are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming months.
So there you have it — a pretty substantial criminal conspiracy run from inside Miami Beach city hall gets shut down. We're left to speculate what this really means. Is it that the system is working? We've all heard about how the Beach is run by the mob, right? Is it that these guys didn't have the permission of the official extortion ring (which surely would involve the Miami Beach Police Department, after all) to be doing this?
The $16,000 figure is interesting. Maybe Alberto hit up the nightclub as an experiment, and the FBI steered the direction towards high pay-offs to make a better case (in other words, he was only extorting this or a couple of other nightclubs). Or Alberto was determining the amount of the payoffs, which would suggest he had his own fee structure and that he has had been doing this a long time? If he made $16,000 from one club between June 2011 and March 2012, imagine how much you could rake in on the beach with a little ambition. It's not like the money is that much to the club in exchange for getting to ignore the code with impunity.
I hope somebody follows this a little, because I'd love to hear what club this was, just to see what happens to them going forward. Not willing to play the game? I doubt that'd very good for business.
Photo from Flickr, via Random Pixels, where there was good reporting on this back in April, after the arrests were made.
Friday June 29, 2012
Not making any sense out of the causeway cannibal's autopsy report
So, Obamacare, right guys? But also the face cannibal. Maybe especially the face cannibal, since right now the Obamacare thing is getting lots and lots and lots of attention. (Although maybe not one particular aspect, which being how fucked up it is that Anthony Kennedy voted against it.) So the autopsy report of Rudy Eugene, the causeway cannibal, was released. The Miami Dade Medical Examiner brought in an outside toxicology lab to assist, and together they found nothing but pot in his system. The Google is not strong with me this morning, and I've not found the report, or even a press release, on the medical examiner's web site. But here is the quote being repeated on numerous news sites:
The laboratory has tested for but not detected any other street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs, or any adulterants found in street drugs. This includes cocaine, LSD, amphetamines (Ecstasy, Meth and others), phencyclidine (PCP or Angel Dust), heroin, oxycodone, Xanax, synthetic marijuana (Spice), and many other similar compounds … within the limits of current technology by both laboratories.
Now let's recall the timeline leading up to this incident. Rudy lives in Broward. He wakes up at 5:30 am during Urban Beach Weekend and heads to South Beach with his bible. He spends the morning there and when he tries to leave in the early afternoon he finds his car broken down. Next we have him walking back toward the mainland along the MacArthur Causeway, shedding his clothes, swinging from lamp posts, and tearing pages out of his bible. At around 2 pm he crosses the bridge to the mainland and finds a homeless guy, attacks him, strips off his clothes, and bites off pieces of his face in a prolonged attack. Eventually a police officer arrives at the scene and orders Rudy to stand down, and when he doesn't the officer shoots and kills him.
There was all sorts of speculation that Rudy had done drugs on the beach that caused him to go psychotic, and an initial coroner's report indicated that there were undigested pills found in his stomach. (The coroner's report released this week doesn't appear to mention this, which is extremely odd. If the initial report was wrong, why not say so to clear it up?) But here's the thing: the bible. It was there at the end, and it was with him when he left the house in the morning. That's the key to the whole thing, because it suggests that the attack wasn't caused by something that happened on South Beach, but something that happened prior to everything else in this story.
He shed his car, his clothes, and even his gold teeth. Everything except for his bible. It was next to him when they hauled away his shot-up body. He tore pages from it ceremonially as he walked across the causeway. (Have you walked the MacArthur Causeway? I've walked it. I've biked it. I drove across it twice a day for years. It is maybe the most beautiful stretch of road. Walking it is not untranscendental.) Rudy was clearly having a psychotic/religious experience. (Or as Eowyn puts it, "demonic posession.") Check out Brief Psychotic Disorder. ("Grossly disorganized" behavior? Check.) The guy lost his mind, quite possibly due to brain damage or a brain tumor, which are headline causes of Psychosis. I'm assuming the coroner would have mentioned a tumor if they'd found it, so it's something that does not show up in this kind of autopsy.
Sunday May 28, 2006
Can we chill with all the self-congratulations? All you guys did was pave the streets. (Yes, there's a hummer limo in my picture. Sorry.)


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The 10 Things You Need to Eat by Anahad O'ConnorDave Lieberman
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With so many different health products, superfoods, and diets all vying for your attention these days, how do you know what you should really be eating?In The 10 Things You Need to Eat, New York Times health columnist Anahad O'Connor and veteran Food Network chef Dave Lieberman team up to cut through all the claims and studies and identify ten simple foods with undeniable health benefits that you can find in any supermarket. With wit and verve, the authors combine their individual areas of expertise to create a lighthearted yet illuminating book that presents the fascinating science behind these ten powerhouse superfoods, along with a plethora of recipes that feature them in easy-to-prepare and delicious meals.If you are serious about living healthfully, this is the one book you won't want to live without.
Publisher: HarperCollins
The 10 Things You Need to Eat by Anahad O'Connor: I really enjoyed this book! It was informative, smart, to the point, and witty. It was surprising the way you can put to use some of the foods: avocado's subbed for butter and beets in dessert. There was food that I have never heard of: Quinoa. It was a pleasant surprise to learn that I liked 7 out of the 10 foods. As a picky eater, I was a bit worried. That means it should not be difficult to make them part of my daily diet. The list of staple ingredients were just a bonus to make your life healthier. My recommendation would be if you like books that explain why they picked certain foods then this book is a must have!
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phew, where do the hours/days/weeks/months/years/decades go?
that's a good thing right? never being bored?
well without further ado, good morning bigmoose lovely folk, how was last week for you?
i really wish i could listen to how your weeks were, i genuinely would love to know, i bet you get up to all sorts you lot?
i'm a bit gutted i've discovered an emoji that has it's eyes raised skyward, and would love to have used it in the last sentence, but alas i know not of how to do this on a keyboard, never mind :(
apologies for the disjointed manner of doing my blog this week, but man i was fatigued, and something was gonna blow if i stayed up late last week writing, but thankfully all fuses are intact.
it was a pretty mad friday morning as i had been invited to a networking meeting in swansea by a young lady who had run the cardiff half with us, sian elvis, who even as i just wrote that i did a bad elvis impression, and went "uh huh huh" so unoriginal, but so amazingly witty in my mind, and when i first met sian i commented on how it must have been tough at school, but it kinda gets her remembered, which i can relate to as there was an early seventies tv sitcom where the male character was a henpecked boyfriend called jeffrey, and his girlfriend used to call him jeffrey bobbles bom bom.
i hated that show!
there were times i contemplated a deed poll investment, but i doubt if elvis woulda been a frontrunning replacement, uh huh huh.
i digress.
sian's kind offer saw me emerging from my warm slumber before most breakfast radio d.j.'s and as i set off in the crisp autumnal air i breathed out hard through my mouth to see the steam emerge, and then pretended i was smoking, and exhaled like some actor in a forties movie, now being serious, is it only me that does this kinda stuff, as i worry that i'm the only weird one around here, and all of you lot are pretty sane, sensible folk that would have just got in your car instead of muttering lines from casablanca whilst breathing out?? please advise.
on the m4 i tried to imagine the meeting and what at 6.30 in the morning it would be like.
failed on that one.
this my bigmoose friend was no ordinary networking meeting, this was a bni networking meeting, this was like a normal networking meeting but on steroids!
i don't actually think i have been in a room of quite so many nutters so early in the morning, ever, and in my life that is quite a boast.
there was a guy with a tambourine, who every time an announcement was made he would bang it, there was a group of four guys who at certain points in the meeting would blow party blowers in unison, it was like going to watch the rocky horror show live, everybody knew the script and behaved accordingly, and when you go around the room, there were about fifty of us as well, you have thirty seconds to introduce yourself and say what you do,
well this was all fine, until one young man described his business as 'boutique', well oh my god this lot ripped him apart, and almost every person after him added boutique before their line of work, 'good morning, i'm dai jones, and i have a boutique scaffolding business, and i'm looking for anybody that needs boutique scaffolding on their building work', it just didn't stop, they were relentless, the poor sod will be regretting using that description, he'll probably reassess and use artisan from now on, to reduce the pretentiousness.
anyway all fifty folk fly round the room with thirty second descriptions of them and their wares, the energy in the room is genuinely electric, and then it's the visitors turn.
now this merry band of business folk have a chap whose sole job throughout the meeting is to time everybody, and if they go over their allotted time he presses a squeaky toy that gives off a duck quacking noise, i kid you not.
you're ahead of me aren't you?
it comes to my turn, and i actually don't think i can talk about my best mate dying, and inspiring me to do all of the stuff we have done, including disabled children's events, feeding homeless people etc, all in thirty seconds, and at risk of squeaky boy getting his rocks off by calling time, which if i'm honest my lack of sleep might, just might, put an abrupt end to my relationship with this jolly group.
i inform the head man adrian, who is lovely by the way, that i probably need a couple of minutes to explain properly, and he, knowing my background through sian i am guessing, nods acknowledgement, and i progress to win the banshees over, and as the silence falls on the, up until now, rowdy mob, i feel like i have them, and as i make eye contact they all get it, and as i regale the stories of what we have been doing, especially running for emily, there is silence, and i am enjoying telling them about what we have created and the path we are on, and as i pause for a second to let the previous sentence wash over them i hear the sound of a duck fill the room.
this guy times it to perfection, and the comedy wasn't wasted on me, i try not laugh, and wrap up with a sentence or two thanking them for listening, but as i sat down i literally had to bite my lip.
now at the end of all of this stuff the gang go around the room with everybody getting up individually and handing out leads for new work to other members, and testimonials for work they have done for people, and as this starts, i have someone come over to me to offer me free pest control for the coffee shop, which startles me a bit, but then the quantity surveyor in the room also offers his services free of charge, and so it goes on until i have eleven offers of really useful services that want to help the coffee shop project all free gratis, and the warmth and love i felt in the room was exceptional, and i get it.
sian had told me they were a lively bunch, but her prediction that they would want to help was spot on, and one of the group has offered to have me as his guest at the cardiff equivalent meeting tomorrow, so whilst this isn't my normal thing i like to do, eleven offers of help is amazing, and i owe it to our quest to accept his offer, so i will be attending my next bni, and will let you know how i get on.
talking of the coffee shop, i woke up this morning dreaming about it, which for me is good, it shows it is consuming me, and as we are so so close to getting it, i think this is a good thing.
i was asked to present to the land securities corporate social responsibilities group last week, which was rather daunting, but i didn't die, though witnesses may disagree, quack quack, but the boss of the csr crew seemed quite positive, and i believe they are having a board meeting this week to either laugh at my rent offer or see the benefits of being associated with the fastest growing coffee shop called bigmoose in the world today, we shall see, i'm feeling positive, so close your eyes and imagine it happening, ommmmmmmmmmmm.
we did some filming last week up in snowdon which was fun, and having seen some of the stuff the guys shot, i am very excited to see the edit, as the drone footage looks absolutely brilliant, it actually didn't need me in it, the beauty of snowdon makes anything look good, but i loved the two days up there, and was pretty impressed to learn that ryan the cameraman has just come back from shooting the latest 'planet earth' with sir david attenborough, which is pretty amazing to have somebody of that calibre on your team, and having seen kev the drone pilot's skills as well, i am a very lucky chap.
well that's part two of the blog, there probably is enough for a part three, but your eyes are probably bleeding by now, so i'll leave you to have a brilliant week.
do good shizzle, make others happy, and make sure while you're here you make a difference.
so until friday, here's looking at you shweedart,
blue skies,


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Wow, it's already been another month!
A few random thoughts. I almost abandoned selling anything on Kidizen anymore because of the major changes that they made in their entire process. Instead of directly going to PayPal, they have a system that involves "KidBucks". Many people seemed not very supportive and I just wanted to wait and see what would happen.
After I'd almost given up, I sold two things in as many days, so that's good. The process was painless and I didn't notice anything negative. The KidBucks appeared in my account as soon as I shipped the items and they were scanned by the post office. So far so good.
I've not had very much time nor put too much effort in thrifting for the past few weeks. I'm almost done with school and will have more time in two weeks and I hope to clear the tumbleweeds here.
Random pics of finds over the past month.
Hope you've all been well.
If you want to see what else I've been working on, check it out.
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