I was in the bar yesterday when I suddenly realized I desperately
needed to fart. The music was really, really loud, so I timed my
farts with the beat.
After a couple of songs, I started to feel better. I finished my beer and noticed that everybody was staring at me.
Then I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my
iPod.
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this is another version of your DOB secrets but it's completely different from my last entry. it's in Malay
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 1Hb, 10Hb, 19Hb, 28Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.1
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 2Hb, 11Hb, 20Hb, 29Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.2
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 3Hb, 12Hb, 21Hb, 30Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.3
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 4Hb, 13Hb, 22Hb, 31Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.4
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 5Hb, 14Hb, 23Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.5
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 6Hb, 15Hb, 24Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.6
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 7Hb, 16Hb, 25Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.7
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 8Hb, 17Hb, 26Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.8
Kalau anda dilahirkan pada 9Hb, 18Hb, 27Hb dalam mana-mana bulan, anda adalah no.9
can you see, my number (the blue one) is still 7. that's why i love number 7 so much
no.1
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Anda sangat cerdik, jujur, lucu, degil, rajin, terus-terang, cemburu dalam asas pertandingan, baik hati, peramah dan autoriti. Anda ingin mendahului dalam apa jua keadaan. Anda seorang yang berdikari, berkeyakinan dan tidak pernah berada di bawah pimpinan orang lain. Anda akan bercinta dalam usia yang muda tapi akan berkahwin pada usia yang matang. Anda tidak suka akan orang yang bertentangan pendapat dengan anda. Malah anda juga menyimpan dendam dengan orang yang bersalah dengan anda. Anda seorang yang kuat belanja. Pada masa hadapan anda adalah professional dalam kerjaya yang anda ceburi. Namun terdapat juga orang yang kecil hati dengan pencapaian anda. Anda mempunyai keluarga yang bahagia. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.4, 6, 8.
no.2
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Tak kira apa pun, anda akan disukai oleh semua orang kerana anda berperanankan Bulan dan semua orang suka akan bulan. Em...bagus! Anda suka bermimpi siang. Anda kurang berkeyakinan terhadap diri sendiri. Jadi and perlu membuat perubahan ke atas hidup anda. Anda adalah seorang yang sukar diramal kerana anda membuat perubahan berdasarkan masa dan keadaan. Anda juga seorang yang mementingkan diri sendiri tetapi and mempunyai bakat dalam muzikal, seni dan komunikasi lisan. Sikap anda seperti bulan yang datang keredupan dan pudar jadi semua orang boleh mengetahui perubahan anda. Anda boleh menjadi Mahatma Gandhi yang kedua kerana cinta akan keamanan. Anda juga seorang yang bertanggungjawab dalam keluarga. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.2, 5, 9.
no.3
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Anda adalah seorang yang berhati keras, pentingkan diri sendiri, kuat agama dan suka untuk mempertingkatkan kehidupan sendiri. Anda mempunyai masalah keluarga dan anda dapat mengharungi dengan kesabaran anda. Anda sangat pandai bercakap, wajah yang cantik, jadi ke mana saja anda pergi anda akan dapat apa yang anda inginkan. Daripada hari lahir anda, anda perlu berkerja keras untuk berjaya. Anda juga seorang yang menghormati orang yang lebih tua daripada anda. Bukannya senang nak menjalinkan hubungan sama ada percintaan, kekeluargaan atau persahabatan. Sekiranya anda suka akan sikap seseorang itu, maka hubungan itu akan berpanjangan. Anda suka akan kebebasan, pencipta di mana ada anda akan membawa harapan, kegembiraan dan keceriaan ke dunia ini. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.6, 9.
no.4
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Anda adalah seorang yang amat degil dan rajin. Mungkin anda akan menjauhkan orang lain daripada anda kerana kata-kata anda. Anda seorang yang bertimbang rasa akan masalah orang lain. Anda berbakat dalam penyelidikan dan seni. Anda akan membantu ahli keluarga atau kawan-kawan yang menghadapi masalah tanpa berfikir panjang. Anda kena berhati-hati dengan orang sekeliling anda kerana mereka mungkin akan mempergunakan anda. Kawan-kawan anda akan menghabiskan masa dan wang ringgit anda dan selepas itu menjauhi daripada anda apabila anda dah tak ada nilai buat mereka lagi. Walau bagaimanapun anda tetap seorang yang sabar dan tegas. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.1, 8.
no.5
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Anda sangat popular dalam komuniti. Anda boleh menyelesaikan sesuatu perkara hanya secara lisan. Anda mempunyai akal fikiran dalam menjalani perniagaan. Namun anda terlalu terburu-buru. Anda adalah seorang yang humor di kalangan kawan-kawan dan ahli keluarga. Kawan-kawan dan ahli keluarga anda juga akan minta bantuan anda apabila mereka memerlukan bantuan. Anda bukan seorang yang setia dalam hubungan percintaan. Anda suka perubahan dan kebebasan. Anda mempunyai ciri-ciri seorang pengembara dan ahli silap mata.. Anda mempelajari hidup melalui pengalaman. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.1 , 2, 9.
no.6
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Anda dilahirkan untuk menikmati hidup ini. Anda tidak pedulikan apa-apa perkara dan hanya ingin berseronok dalam hidup anda saja. Anda sangat pandai dalam pelajaran dan pengurusan perniagaan. Anda seorang genius, baik hati (tapi hanya orang yang beranggapan anda orang baik), mempunyai paras rupa yang cantik atau kacak. Semua benda yang baik akan datang pada anda. Anda mengambil berat ke atas ahli keluarga dan kawan-kawan anda. Pada pandangan mereka, anda adalah seorang yang murah hati, peramah, adil saksama dan mempunyai penilaian yang tajam. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.1, 3, 9.
no.7
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Anda mempunyai daya tarikan kepada sesiapa saja. Anda adalah seorang yang realistik, yakin, gembira dan merupakan seorang yang genius dalam bidang pendidikan, muzik, seni dan nyanyian. Anda mempunyai masalah sikap iaitu panas baran. Namun demikian, anda banyak melakukan pengorbanan untuk keluarga. Anda meletakkan keluarga di tempat yang amat tinggi sekali sehingga kadang-kadang mengabaikan kebahagian diri sendiri. Anda telah dilahirkan untuk memberi sumbangan kepada dunia ini. Jadi anda seorang yang bagus dan seorang yang amat gembira. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.2.
no.8
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Anda mempunyai personaliti yang sangat kuat jadi tak ada orang yang memahami anda. Kepakaran anda hanyalah menuding jari pada sesuatu benda. Anda juga mengalami pelbagai dugaan dalam hidup. Semua masalah ini telah menjadikan anda lebih kuat dan tabah. Anda memperjuangkan keadilan. Kebanyakan masa anda telah dihabiskan bersama-sama dengan kawan-kawan. Anda seorang yang disiplin dalam hidup, tidak putus asa dan berani. Faktor-faktor ini telah membawa anda ke puncak kejayaan. Anda juga adalah seorang ahli pasukan, keluarga dan pejuang yang sangat bagus. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no.1, 4.
no.9
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Anda adalah seorang yang sangat tabah dari segi fizikal dan juga mental. Anda mempunyai penilaian yang sangat tajam. Anda juga adalah seorang yang sangat dihormati dalam komuniti. Anda adalah orang yang boleh menerima cabaran dan berjaya dalam apa jua yang anda buat. Pada usia yang muda anda selalu bertentangan dengan ibu bapa anda. Tapi apabila usia anda telah semakin meningkat anda adalah seorang anak yang taat dan hormati mereka. Anda sesuai menceburi bigan kejuruteraan atau perbankan kerana orang lain percaya dan yakin akan anda. Anda merupakan model teladan kepada orang lain. Pasangan ideal anda adalah no. 3, 5, 6.
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when we said about secret, yess, i mean SECRET, everybody is interested to know more. because that is the natural habit of human.
and now, in this entry, i would like to reveal the secret of your date of birth as mentioned in Seminar Tarikh Lahir
Let's begin your date of birth. mine as example.
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A PRETTY prison officer yesterday claimed she was forced out of her job for being "too sexy".
Petite Amitjo Kajla, 22, said she faced "barbs" from colleagues about wearing too much make-up and clothes more revealing than standard uniform.
She told a tribunal she had no alternative but to quit after she was:
BULLIED because of her attractive appearance and tiny, size four frame.
REPRIMANDED for being friendly with inmates, and MOCKED for carrying a handbag.
She claimed public remarks made about her at Brinsford Young Offenders Institution - for tearaway lads in the West Midlands - left her feeling "harassed and humiliated".
Ms Kajla is seeking compensation from the Prison Service, claiming she was effectively fired.
The tribunal, in Birmingham, heard how one young lag told her, "Miss, you look sexy" after her uniform was altered to fit her.
She insisted he was "just testing the water". And she added: "I was friendly to inmates but never a friend."
Dragged
But other officers warned her she risked being dragged into a cell and attacked. She said one senior colleague called her a "stupid little girl".
Miss Kajla told how she moved to Brinsford after a trouble-free spell at HMP Shrewsbury. But she immediately ran into trouble from a governor for wearing heavy make-up, bangles and a nose-stud.
Despite writing in her diary, "Make-up is me," she bought lighter shades to comply.
Senior prison officer Lee Hastings told the tribunal Miss Kajla often sat with groups of lags on her own and locked cell doors by herself.
He said this showed an unprofessional disregard for her own safety, and added: "It isn't part of a prison officer's role to socialise with inmates."
But Miss Kajla's solicitor Stephen Roberts accused Mr Hastings of bullying her.
He said: "You treated her less favourably because she was young and pretty." Mr Hastings responded: "I deny that."
Adam Farrer, for the Prison Service, said being "glammed up" was inappropriate.
And Miss Kajla was seen as a "soft touch" by lags, many of whom knew her address.
The hearing continues.
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Petroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the subsurface activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. These activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities of finding and producing hydrocarbons. (Refining and distribution to a market are referred to as the downstream sector.)
Exploration, by earth scientists, and petroleum engineering are the oil and gas industry's two main subsurface disciplines, which focus on maximizing economic recovery of hydrocarbons from subsurface reservoirs. Petroleum geology and geophysics focus on provision of a static description of the hydrocarbon reservoir rock, while petroleum engineering focuses on estimation of the recoverable volume of this resource using a detailed understanding of the physical behavior of oil, water and gas within porous rock at very high pressure.
The combined efforts of explorationists and petroleum engineers throughout the life of a hydrocarbon accumulation determine the way in which a reservoir is developed and depleted, and usually they have the highest impact on field economics. Petroleum engineering requires a good knowledge of many other related disciplines, such as geophysics, petroleum geology, formation evaluation (well logging), drilling, economics, reservoir simulation, well engineering, artificial lift systems, and oil & gas facilities engineering.
Petroleum engineering has become a technical profession that involves extracting oil in increasingly difficult situations as the "low hanging fruit" of the world's oil fields are found and depleted. Improvements in computer modeling, materials and the application of statistics, probability analysis, and new technologies like horizontal drilling and enhanced oil recovery, have drastically improved the toolbox of the petroleum engineer in recent decades.
As mistakes may be measured in millions of dollars, petroleum engineers are held to a high standard. Deep-water operations can arguably be compared to space travel in terms of technical challenges. Arctic conditions and conditions of extreme heat have to be contended with. High Temperature and High Pressure (HTHP) environments that have become increasingly commonplace in today's operations require the petroleum engineer to be savvy in topics as wide ranging as thermo-hydraulics, geomechanics, and intelligent systems.
Petroleum engineers must implement high technology plans with manpower and high coordination, often in dangerous conditions. The drilling rig crew and machines they use become the remote partner of the petroleum engineer in implementing every drilling program. Understanding and accounting for the issues and communication challenges of building these teams remain just as vital to the petroleum engineer as ever.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers is the largest professional society for petroleum engineers and publishes much information concerning the industry. Petroleum engineering education is available at 17 universities in the United States and many more throughout the world - primarily in oil producing states - but not only top producers, and some oil companies have considerable in house petroleum engineering training classes.
Petroleum engineers have historically been one of the highest paid engineering disciplines; this is offset by a tendency for mass layoffs when oil prices decline. According to a survey published in September 2007 the average income is USD $122,458. In a June 4th, 2007 article, Forbes.com reported that Petroleum Engineering was the 24th best paying job in the United States.
you can download a handbook of petroleum engineering here
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D is a 2005 comedy by Robert Rodriguez, the writer, producer and director of Spy Kids. The film uses the same anaglyph 3D technology used in Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. The film stars Cayden Boyd, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, and George Lopez. Many of the concepts and much of the story was conceived by Rodriguez' kids, and seven-year-old Racer Rodriguez.
The film tells the story of a 10-year-old named Max, who is burdened by school bullies and quarreling parents. He makes up two superhero friends, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, who are "real" and come and find Max in order to take him back to their home, Planet Drool, which is in danger. Most of the villains are really people in Max's real life. Much of the film deals with the conflict between fantasy (the dreamworld) and reality. The film performed modestly at the box office, and won little praise from critics.
Plot
Max is a lonely child who creates a dreamworld named Planet Drool where all of his imagination and dreams come to life. He creates two characters, Sharkboy who was raised by sharks as a child, and Lavagirl, who can produce fire and lava, but has trouble touching objects without setting them alight. The two left Max to guard Planet Drool. In real life, Max's parents have little time for him, and bullied by a fellow schoolmate named Linus and teacher Mr. Electricidad. However, he does recieve friendship from Marissa, Mr. Electricidad's daughter. Linus vandilises Max's sketchbook where all of his ideas are kept, and a storm rages outside the school, and moments later Sharkboy and Lavagirl appear and ask Max to come with them to Planet Drool. They reach Planet Drool via a shark-like spacecraft where Max learns that the dreamworld is turning bad, courtesy of Mr. Electric, originally the guardian of the dreamworld but now corrupted.
Sharkboy and Lavagirl save some children from an out-of-control rollercoaster and then they and Max confront Mr. Electric, who quickly drops them in a part of Planet Drool called the Passage of Time where some of Max's dreams have been dumped. They find Tobor, a robot toy that was never finished being built by Max, but he offers them a lift to other parts of the planet. Whilst on the journey, the three form a friendship but they face hardships, such as Sharkboy's anger for the oceans being frozen over, and Lavagirl's desperation to find her true purpose on Planet Drool. They are pursued by Mr. Electric and his "plughounds" across the planet. They plan to visit the Ice Princess and obtain the Crystal Heart which can freeze time, giving them enough time to get to the centre of Planet Drool and fix the dreamworld using Max's daydreaming. However, they are captured by Mr. Electric and delivered to Linus, or his Planet Drool incarnation Minus, who has altered the dreamworld with Max's own sketchbook. Max retrieves the sketchbook from Minus whilst he is sleeping, and the three escape. Max informs Sharkboy that his father is alive via his book, and when Lavagirl wishes to find out what it says about her, she burns the book to ash. In her rage, Lavagirl confronts Max and asks him why she was made out of lava but is calmed by Sharkboy.
With little time left until the dreamworld is completely corrupted, Max, Sharkboy and Lavagirl reach the Ice Princess. She hands over the Crystal Heart but Max and co. find they are too late to stop the corruption. Mr. Electric fools Sharkboy into jumping into water filled with electrical eels, seemingly killing him. Lavagirl jumps into the water to retrieve Sharkboy but dies moments later. Tobor's head appears and convinces Max to dream a better and an unselfish dream, which in turn revives Sharkboy who then races Lavagirl to a volcano where she is revived, Max concluding that Lavagirl is light. Max gains dream powers and battles Minus, defeating him, and offering to make a better dreamworld between the two of them, which Linus agrees to. Mr. Electric refuses to accept the new dreamworld, and flies off to Earth to kill Max whilst he is daydreaming. Max awakens back in his classroom in the middle of the storm, Mr. Electric materialising before Max and an astonished Mr. Electricidad. Max's parents are caught in the storm but saved by Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Max gives the Crystal Heart to Marissa, allowing her to gain the Ice Princess' powers and freezing and destroying Mr. Electric. Mr. Electricidad, Linus and Max all make peace with one another, and Max is reunited with his parents.
In the end, Max informs his class that Planet Drool became a proper dreamworld again, Sharkboy became the King of the Ocean, and Lava became Queen of the Volcanoes, even aquatic ones, and try to work on their relationship, and Max is shown building Tobor with his parents.
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Calixta, at home, felt no uneasiness for their safety. She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm. But she felt very warm and often stopped to mop her face on which the perspiration gathered in beads. She unfastened her white sacque at the throat. It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors. Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt's Sunday clothes to dry and she hastened out to gather them before the rain fell. As she stepped outside, Alcée Laballière rode in at the gate. She had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone. She stood there with Bobinôt's coat in her hands, and the big rain drops began to fall. Alcée rode his horse under the shelter of a side projection where the chickens had huddled and there were plows and a harrow piled up in the corner. "May I come and wait on your gallery till the storm is over, Calixta?" he asked. "Come 'long in, M'sieur Alcée." His voice and her own startled her as if from a trance, and she seized Bobinôt's vest. Alcée, mounting to the porch, grabbed the trousers and snatched Bibi's braided jacket that was about to be carried away by a sudden gust of wind. He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon apparent that he might as well have been out in the open: the water beat in upon the boards in driving sheets, and he went inside, closing the door after him. It was even necessary to put something beneath the door to keep the water out. "My! what a rain! It's good two years sence it rain' like that," exclaimed Calixta as she rolled up a piece of bagging and Alcée helped her to thrust it beneath the crack. She was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost nothing of her vivacity. Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality; and her yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about her ears and temples. The rain beat upon the low, shingled roof with a force and clatter that threatened to break an entrance and deluge them there. They were in the dining room—the sitting room—the general utility room. Adjoining was her bed room, with Bibi's couch along side her own. The door stood open, and the room with its white, monumental bed, its closed shutters, looked dim and mysterious. Alcée flung himself into a rocker and Calixta nervously began to gather up from the floor the lengths of a cotton sheet which she had been sewing. "If this keeps up, Dieu sait if the levees goin' to stan it!" she exclaimed. "What have you got to do with the levees?" "I got enough to do! An' there's Bobinôt with Bibi out in that storm—if he only didn' left Friedheimer's!" "Let us hope, Calixta, that Bobinôt's got sense enough to come in out of a cyclone." She went and stood at the window with a greatly disturbed look on her face. She wiped the frame that was clouded with moisture. It was stiflingly hot. Alcée got up and joined her at the window, looking over her shoulder. The rain was coming down in sheets obscuring the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in a gray mist. The playing of the lightning was incessant. A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge of the field. It filled all visible space with a blinding glare and the crash seemed to invade the very boards they stood upon. Calixta put her hands to her eyes, and with a cry, staggered backward. Alcée's arm encircled her, and for an instant he drew her close and spasmodically to him. "Bonté!" she cried, releasing herself from his encircling arm and retreating from the window, the house'll go next! If I only knew w'ere Bibi was!" She would not compose herself; she would not be seated. Alcée clasped her shoulders and looked into her face. The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the old-time infatuation and desire for her flesh. "Calixta," he said, "don't be frightened. Nothing can happen. The house is too low to be struck, with so many tall trees standing about. There! aren't you going to be quiet? say, aren't you?" He pushed her hair back from her face that was warm and steaming. Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seed. Her white neck and a glimpse of her full, firm bosom disturbed him powerfully. As she glanced up at him the fear in her liquid blue eyes had given place to a drowsy gleam that unconsciously betrayed a sensuous desire. He looked down into her eyes and there was nothing for him to do but to gather her lips in a kiss. It reminded him of Assumption. "Do you remember—in Assumption, Calixta?" he asked in a low voice broken by passion. Oh! she remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her and kissed and kissed her; until his senses would well nigh fail, and to save her he would resort to a desperate flight. If she was not an immaculate dove in those days, she was still inviolate; a passionate creature whose very defenselessness had made her defense, against which his honor forbade him to prevail. Now—well, now—her lips seemed in a manner free to be tasted, as well as her round, white throat and her whiter breasts. They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch she lay upon. Her firm, elastic flesh that was knowing for the first time its birthright, was like a creamy lily that the sun invites to contribute its breath and perfume to the undying life of the world. The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached. When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy, inviting his lips. Her mouth was a fountain of delight. And when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life's mystery. He stayed cushioned upon her, breathless, dazed, enervated, with his heart beating like a hammer upon her. With one hand she clasped his head, her lips lightly touching his forehead. The other hand stroked with a soothing rhythm his muscular shoulders. The growl of the thunder was distant and passing away. The rain beat softly upon the shingles, inviting them to drowsiness and sleep. But they dared not yield. The rain was over; and the sun was turning the glistening green world into a palace of gems. Calixta, on the gallery, watched Alcée ride away. He turned and smiled at her with a beaming face; and she lifted her pretty chin in the air and laughed aloud. Bobinôt and Bibi, trudging home, stopped without at the cistern to make themselves presentable. "My! Bibi, w'at will yo' mama say! You ought to be ashame'. You oughta' put on those good pants. Look at 'em! An' that mud on yo' collar! How you got that mud on yo' collar, Bibi? I never saw such a boy!" Bibi was the picture of pathetic resignation. Bobinôt was the embodiment of serious solicitude as he strove to remove from his own person and his son's the signs of their tramp over heavy roads and through wet fields. He scraped the mud off Bibi's bare legs and feet with a stick and carefully removed all traces from his heavy brogans. Then, prepared for the worst—the meeting with an over-scrupulous housewife, they entered cautiously at the back door. Calixta was preparing supper. She had set the table and was dripping coffee at the hearth. She sprang up as they came in. "Oh, Bobinôt! You back! My! but I was uneasy. W'ere you been during the rain? An' Bibi? he ain't wet? he ain't hurt?" She had clasped Bibi and was kissing him effusively. Bobinôt's explanations and apologies which he had been composing all along the way, died on his lips as Calixta felt him to see if he were dry, and seemed to express nothing but satisfaction at their safe return. "I brought you some shrimps, Calixta," offered Bobinôt, hauling the can from his ample side pocket and laying it on the table. "Shrimps! Oh, Bobinôt! you too good fo' anything!" and she gave him a smacking kiss on the cheek that resounded, "J'vous réponds, we'll have a feas' to-night! umph-umph!" Bobinôt and Bibi began to relax and enjoy themselves, and when the three seated themselves at table they laughed much and so loud that anyone might have heard them as far away as Laballière's. Alcée Laballière wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer. He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, he was willing to bear the separation a while longer—realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered. As for Clarisse, she was charmed upon receiving her husband's letter. She and the babies were doing well. The society was agreeable; many of her old friends and acquaintances were at the bay. And the first free breath since her marriage seemed to restore the pleasant liberty of her maiden days. Devoted as she was to her husband, their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more than willing to forego for a while. So the storm passed and every one was happy.
The leaves were so still that even Bibi thought it was going to rain. Bobinôt, who was accustomed to converse on terms of perfect equality with his little son, called the child's attention to certain sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar. They were at Friedheimer's store and decided to remain there till the storm had passed. They sat within the door on two empty kegs. Bibi was four years old and looked very wise.
"Mama'll be 'fraid, yes," he suggested with blinking eyes.
"She'll shut the house. Maybe she got Sylvie helpin' her this evenin'," Bobinôt responded reassuringly.
"No; she ent got Sylvie. Sylvie was helpin' her yistiday," piped Bibi.
Bobinôt arose and going across to the counter purchased a can of shrimps, of which Calixta was very fond. Then he retumed to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst. It shook the wooden store and seemed to be ripping great furrows in the distant field. Bibi laid his little hand on his father's knee and was not afraid.II
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E. Lynn Harris
“Basketball Jones” is the eleventh novel penned by E. Lynn Harris, 54, and also the reason for his West Coast tour that today sadly ended in the death of the celebrated author. The fictional book was centered on an NBA player and his gay lover.
The passing of the beloved writer has been one of today’s top Google trends with searches including E. Lynn Harris death/dead/dies/died/fraternity, showing how much he was admired and will be missed. The cause of death has yet to be revealed.
E. Lynn Harris Biography
He was born on June 20, 1955, in Flint, Michigan, and was an openly gay African American author. He graduated from the University of Arkansas, where he was the first black male cheerleader. Then he went on to be employed be IBM as a computer salesman.
His first book “Invisible Life,” which was self-published, was originally sold out of the trunk of his car. Coming along way from those days, five of his novels have landed on the New York Times bestseller list since.
He authored eleven books including: Invisible Life, Just As I Am, and This Too Shall Pass, If This World Were Mine, Abide With Me, Not A Day Goes By, Money Can’t Buy Me Love, From the Book Got to Be Real, Any Way the Wind Blows, A Love Of My Own, What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted, I Say a Little Prayer, Just Too Good To Be True, Basketball Jones.
E. Lynn Harris died on July 24, 2009, at age 54
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Kingston Technology Europe announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the DataTraveler 300.
"The DataTraveler 300 will enable users to carry huge volumes of data with them everywhere they go – up to 365 CDs for example," said Kirsty Miller, product marketing manager – consumer, Kingston Technology Europe.
It is built to order only; customers who wish to purchase the drive can place an order with resellers and e-tailers.
Specifications:
Capacity: 256 GB
Speed: Data transfer rates of up to 20 MB/sec read and 10 MB/sec write
Includes Password Traveler security software for Windows
Does not require administrator rights to access the privacy zone
Dimensions: 2.78" x 0.67" x 0.87" (70.68 mm x 16.90 mm x 21.99 mm)
Operating temperature: 0 to 60 degree Celsius
Storage temperature: -20 to 85 degree Celsius
Enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost on Vista-based systems
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Bank Negara Malaysia has commenced investigations into Asia Ceramic Sdn Bhd under Section 25(1) Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA) and Section 4(1) of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (AMLATFA). Section 25(1) of BAFIA 1989 prohibits any person from receiving, taking, or accepting deposits without having a valid license, whereas Section 4(1) of AMLATFA 2001 prohibits any person from engaging in, or attempting to engage in, or abetting the commission of money laundering activities.
The raid on Asia Ceramic Sdn Bhd was conducted at the premise of the company in Kuala Lumpur following complaints received from members of the public. Relevant assets and documents of the company were seized for the purpose of investigation.
Members of the public are reminded to be cautious of deposit taking schemes and investment schemes offered through various channels such as the internet, phone calls, or seminars conducted by individuals or companies that are not licensed or approved by the relevant authorities.
Members of the public may refer to the list of licensed institutions authorized to accept deposits which is available on Bank Negara Malaysia ’s website ( www.bnm.gov.my ).
For further enquiries, members of the public can contact Bank Negara Malaysia at the following contact points:
BNMTELELINK (Customer Service Call Centre)
Tel: 1-300-88-5465
Fax: 03-21741515
Email: bnmtelelink@bnm.gov.my
BNMLINK (Customer Service Walk-In-Centre)
Block D, Bank Negara Malaysia ,
Jalan Dato’ Onn, 50480, Kuala Lumpur
(Business hours: Monday-Friday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm)
Bank Negara Malaysia
23 July 2009
Organizations - Non-Profit Organizations
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a national non-profit that has made ground-breaking progress against the dramatic under-representation of minorities in leadership positions and in the institutions that develop talent, such as the first-tier MBA programs and companies.
The challenge...
Despite representing nearly 26% of the US population, minorities make up only 14% of college graduates from the top 100 colleges, 6-7% of all students at the 30 top MBA programs (versus 12%-13% at top law and medical schools) and only 3% of those in senior management positions.
(Source: Boston Consulting Group, MLT)
MLT is changing that.
• Today, MLT is the #1 source of minority students for the Top 10 MBA programs;
o For example, 40% of minority first-year students at Harvard Business School are alumni of MLT.
• We have attracted blue-chip partners with whom we develop and deliver the MLT curriculum in close partnership. Among them are firms such as McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo, and Citigroup.
• We have been featured in The Wall Street Journal and in the Financial Times.
How we do it.
The MLT Leadership Development System – executed via three programs – goes beyond the traditional scholarship and internship approach to provide young people with the skills, coaching, personalized career map, and relationships they need to realize their career potential, all with a focus on the key transition points in their lives: high school to college, college to early career, early career to MBA. One participant noted: "I can't believe how one year with MLT has changed my entire career trajectory!"
Join us as a corporate or school partner or as a volunteer. If you are a high school or college student or a young professional, apply to become a program participant.
MLT is creating a generation of high-impact business and community leaders!
Learn more about us at: http://www.ml4t.org/facebookContact Info
Email: Website: Location: www.youtube.com/ML4TAdmin
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The first Roy’s was opened in 1988 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is where Roy’s unique Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine was created. After opening three other Roy's locations throughout the Hawaiian Islands, Roy branched out to the continental U.S. and eventually expanded to areas including Pebble Beach, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; and more recently Plano, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; Tampa, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Maryland. There are also Roy’s locations in Japan and Guam. Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine is a blend of fresh local ingredients, bold Asian spices and European sauces with an emphasis on fresh seafood. Roy’s also features hand-cut meats, sushi, fresh shellfish and signature desserts and cocktails, including the Classic Hawaiian Martini. Roy Yamaguchi is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Culinary Institute of America.He is also a member of the steering committees for the Culinary Institute of the Pacific and the Leeward Community Culinary College. He is on the Board of Directors for Hale Aina, a nonprofit organization dedicated to championing Hawaii’s culinary industry and the University of Hawaii’s culinary training programs; Go for Broke National Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization with educational programs about the history of the Japanese-American veterans of WWII; and Grow for Good, a national initiative from Food & Wine magazine dedicated to raising $1 million for Farm to Table, a national initiative dedicated to supporting local farms and encouraging sustainable agriculture. He started the Tom and Warren Matsuda Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to the Culinary Institute of the Pacific for first-, second- and third-place winners of an annual culinary competition.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Roy Yamaguchi moved to the U.S. to attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After graduating, his devotion to French cooking was nurtured further in southern California, where he signed on for an apprenticeship at L'Escoffier, followed by one at L'Ermitage under the late master chef Jean Bertanou. He worked his way up to chef status with stints at Le Serene and Le Gourmet. In 1984, Chef Yamaguchi finally opened his first restaurant as an owner, 385 North on Hollywood's La Cienega.
This is where the Yamaguchi cooking style, described by Bon Appetit as "California-French-Japanese-eclectic," first came into bloom. After dissolving his L.A. partnership in early 1988, he uprooted his young family in order to renew his acquaintance with Hawaii, settling into the eastern side of Honolulu known as Hawaii Kai. The opening of Yamaguchi's restaurant, Roy’s, did not go unnoticed. Within months Food & Wine dubbed it "the crown jewel of Honolulu's East-West eateries." It was virtually the only one of its type in the early years. Today there are 37 Roy’s worldwide. He boasts the honor of being the first Hawaiian restaurateur to win the prestigious James Beard Award. Yamaguchi has appeared on Iron Chef, is the author of four cookbooks, and hosted the cooking show Hawaii Cooks.
Roy’sHawaiian Fusion Cuisine
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there are so many ways to steal your maybank2u acct nowadays. here are one fake email i received this morning. at first glance, i'm quite shock, and nearly click the link given when suddenly i realize the email language standard is kindda weird. that is not a standard english.
here is the content of the email. kindda real huh?
but then you will notice when you hoover your mouse on the link, the link cursor will show you the different link that is absolutely not a maybank2u link.
for a security reason, i strongly suggest you to type correctly the maybank2u link into your browser and not simply by just clicking any links in your email or anywhere
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We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you
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The F/A-22 is destined to replace the F-15 and become the next-generation fighter of the USAF. Together with the competing F-23 it is one of the first fighter designs optimised for stealth. In addition, it was designed to "supercruise", i.e. fly at supersonic speeds without afterburner. The F/A-22 has a relatively conventional appearance, with twin tails and flat fuselage sides. The engines have two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles. To conserve a low radar cross-section, the armament is carried in internal weapons bays. First operational F-22 made it's debut in December 2005. Plans for a naval version, intended to replace the F-14, with extensive changes to make the aircraft suitable for carrier use, have been shelved.
First look/first kill in all environments- A combination of improved sensor capability , improved situational awareness, and improved weapons provides first-kill opportunity against the threat. The F-22 possesses a sophisticated sensor suite that allow the pilot to track, identify, and shoot the threat before it detects the F-22. Significant effort is being placed on cockpit design and avionics fusion to improve the pilot's situational awareness. Advanced avionic technologies allow the F-22 sensors to gather, integrate, and display essential information in the most useful format to the pilot.
Reduced observables- Advances in low-observable technologies provide significantly improve survivability and lethality against air-to-air and surface-to-air threats. The F-22's combination of reduced observability and supercruise accentuate the advantage of surprise in a tactical environment.
Supersonic persistence- The F-22 engines produce more thrust than any current fighter engine, especially in the military (non-afterburner) power. This characteristic allows the F-22 to efficiently cruise at supersonic airspeeds without using afterburner (supercruise). This capability greatly expands the F-22's operating envelope in both speed and range over current fighters which must use afterburner to operate at supersonic speeds.
Increased maneuverability- The F-22 has been extensively designed, tested, and refined aerodynamically during the Demonstration/Validation (DEM/VAL) process and coupled with high-maneuver capability. The sophisticated F-22 aerodesign and high thrust-to-weight provides the capability to outmaneuver all current and projected threat aircraft.
Improved combat radius on internal fuel- To ensure the F-22 provides air superiority for deep-interdiction aircraft, it operates at medium and high altitude at ranges superior to current generation air-superiority aircraft.
Improved reliability and maintainability- To ensure operational flexibility, the F-22 has better reliability and maintainability than any military fighter in history. Increased F-22 reliability and maintainability pays off in less manpower required to fix the aircraft and consequently less aircraft required to support a deployed squadron. Additionally, reduced maintenance support provides the benefit of reduced life cycle cost and the ability to operate more efficiently from prepared of dispersed operating locations. The F-22 exceeds current fighter sortie surge rates with a reduced support structure.
Increased lethality and survivability- The above characteristics provide a synergistic effect that ensures F-22 lethality against an advanced air threat. The combination of reduced observability and supercruise drastically shrinks surface-to-air engagement envelopes and minimizes threat capabilities to engage and shoot the F-22.
Air-to-surface capability- The F-22 has a secondary role to attack surface targets. The aircraft will be capable of carrying 2 x 1,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) internally and will use on-board avionics for navigation and weapons delivery support.
| General | |
|---|---|
| Constructor | Lockheed Martin / Boeing |
| Crew | 1 |
| Unit Cost | 360 million USD |
| Dimensions | |
| Wing span | 13.56 m |
| Length overall | 18.92 m |
| Height overall | 5.08 m |
| Wing area | 78 m2 |
| Propulsion | |
| Powerplant | 2× Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 augmented turbofans |
| Bypas ration | 0.2:1 |
| Intermediate power | 116 kN |
| Augmented power | 155 kN |
| Weights | |
| Operational empty | 14,375 kg |
| Internal fuel | 11,400 kg |
| Clean take-off | 27,200 kg |
| Max take-off | 36,288 kg |
| Wing loading | 470 kg/m² |
| Performance | |
| Maximum speed | Mach 1.9 (some sources claim Mach 2.4) |
| Supercruise speed | Mach 1.6 |
| Combat Radius | 1400 km |
| Ferry Range | 3200 km |
| Ceiling | 18000 m |
| Thrust/weight | 1.3 ~ 1.4 |
| Maximum g-load | 9.5 g |
| Armament (max) | |
| Guns | 1× M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm Gatling gun with 480 rounds |
| Air to air | 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM, 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder |
| Air to ground | 2× 1,000 lb JDAM or 2× Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMDs) or 8× 250 lb GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs |
| Remarks | It is estimated that internal bays can carry about 2,000 lb (907 kg) worth of bombs, and/or missiles. Four external hardpoints can be fitted to carry weapons or fuel tanks, each with a capacity of about 5,000 lb (2267 kg), albeit at the expense of stealth. |
Recent budget cuts have slowed down the schedule slightly; the first flight of the production Lockheed/Boeing F-22A (General Dynamics sold its fighter division to Lockheed in December 1992), originally scheduled for June 1996, will now be in September 1997. Service entry is expected to begin in 2005; the USAF is currently fighting an attempt by the General Accounting Office to delay this to 2010. Total production, originally planned to be 648 aircraft, has now been reduced to 339.
Reports differed as to whether the aircraft had an official name yet; for a while the Pentagon was considering "Superstar", and some magazine reports have claimed that the name "Rapier" has been assigned. However, Chris Ridlon of USAF ROTC/Academy reports that all the USAF people he knows (including F-22 acquisition officers) are using Lockheed's name of "Lightning II", so that may be officially approved after all. We now know it's Raptor...
Vital statistics (YF-22A): length 18.90 m, span 13.56 m, empty weight 15422 kg, max weight 28123 kg, max speed 2655 km/h (Mach 2.5), ferry range 3704 km; power plant: two 155.68 kN Pratt & Whitney F119-100 augmented turbofans; armament: 20mm cannon, internal bays for two AIM-9 and four AIM-120A or six AIM-120C air-to-air missiles, or two AIM-9, two AIM-120, and two air-to-surface missiles, external hardpoints for four more AIM-120s or other ordnance; radar: Westinghouse/Texas Instruments APG-77.
1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end what it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
6. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
7. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you wants to do.
8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.
9. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.
10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, end with a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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I remembered black skies
You entered: nurhana nadia
There are 12 letters in your name.
Those 12 letters total to 52
There are 6 vowels and 6 consonants in your name.
Your number is: 7
The characteristics of #7 are: Analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.
The expression or destiny for #7:
Thought, analysis, introspection, and seclusiveness are all characteristics of the expression number 7. The hallmark of the number 7 is a good mind, and especially good at searching out and finding the truth. You are so very capable of analyzing, judging and discriminating, that very little ever escapes your observation and deep understanding. You are the type of person that can really get involved in a search for wisdom or hidden truths, often becoming an authority on whatever it is your are focusing on. This can easily be of a technical or scientific nature, or it may be religious or occult, it matters very little, you pursue knowledge with the same sort of vigor. You can make a very fine teacher, or because of a natural inclination toward the spiritual, you may become deeply emerged in religious affairs or even psychic explorations. You tend to operate on a rather different wavelength, and many of your friends may not really know you very well. The positive aspects of the 7 expression are that you can be a true perfectionist in a very positive sense of the word. You are very logical, and usually employ a quite rational approach to most things you do. You can be so rational at times that you almost seem to lack emotion, and when you are faced with an emotional situation, you may have a bit of a problem coping with it. You have excellent capabilities to study and learn really deep and difficult subjects, and to search for hidden fundamentals. At full maturity you are likely to be a very peaceful and poised individual.
If there is an over supply of the number 7 in your makeup, the negative aspects of the number may be apparent. The chief negative of 7 relates to the limited degree of trust that you may have in people. A tendency to be highly introverted can make you a bit on the self-centered side, certainly very much self-contained . Because of this, you are not very adaptable, and you may tend to be overly critical and intolerant. You really like to work alone, at your own pace and in your own way. You neither show or understand emotions very well.
Your Soul Urge number is: 7
A Soul Urge number of 7 means:
With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of the outer world. You like to dream and develop you idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.
You are very timid around people that you don't know very well, so much so at times that casual conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficult understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don't easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.
The negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.
Your Inner Dream number is: 9
An Inner Dream number of 9 means:
You dream of being creative, intellectual, and universal; the selfless humanitarian. You understand the needy and want to help them. You would love to be a person people count on for support and advice.
For 2009, Nissan continues to participate in the SUPER GT series, GT500 class, which is the highest level in Japanese domestic motorsports, with the Nissan GT-R.
Nissan will also support grassroots activities in select countries outside of Japan to help nurture the motorsports culture, which has millions of fans throughout the world.
The R35 model Nissan GT-R will be entered in the GT500 class of SUPER GT.
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It’s not easy to photograph the world-famous buildings of Paris that have been shot to death, but why not take out the camera when the sun is down?
Paris is called “the City of Lights” with good reason — one look at the city’s glittering skyline at night, and it is easy to see why.
The many famous buildings that make up its nightscape are bathed in a flattering glow of hundreds of subtle spotlights. Clever positioning of these spotlights gives each of these architectural and historical icons a flattering, almost otherworldly look.
The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe — all are well-recognised Parisian icons that are visited by millions every year. They are unashamedly big, bold and shout character. All are grand testaments to religious, nationalistic and historical prowess.
But sadly, most visitors only bother to see these timeless edifices on day tours when they form a massive and hectic scrum with thousands of other like-minded tourists who are there to get a quick, happy snap of themselves in front of “whatever-it-is” before moving on as part of the tourist tsunami that ebbs and flows across Paris’s main attractions daily.
But night time, when the tour groups are busy plowing through the hotel buffet, is when these icons begin to glow peacefully. And this is really the best time to see and feel them. With so few others around, you get a much more personal experience unencumbered by the teeming masses.
And if you are into photography and have a tripod, this is better than heaven . . .
The Louvre — home of the Mona Lisa, amongst many other splendid displays — is the museum of antiquities and arts, and is almost as fantastic on the outside as on the inside. Nearly 20 years ago, the famous architect I. M. Pei designed a glass-and-metal pyramid to express modernism in a classical form.
The pyramid, while impressive by day, becomes magical at night when it is lit from within. Geometric pool of water reflect and allow for symmetry.
I tend to shoot architecture at an angle (sometimes refered to as a “Dutch Angle”. Long story. Don’t ask). This breaks away from the innate symmetry of most buildings and forces the viewer to follow different lines wherever the eye may take them.
First, adjust your camera on the tripod for composition. Next, if your camera has a manual setting, switch to that.
Now, find out what the correct exposure for this night scene is. And finally, overexpose by 1 or 2 stops to record the subtly reflected light in the clouds. Don’t forget to set the shutter release on self-timer. This way, you won’t shake the camera when you press the button.
This is all a bit hit and miss — more art than science — so take plenty of shots and experiment. I positioned my travelling partner in an odd silhouetted pose in order to add a bit of mystery.
The Notre Dame is one of the oldest and, to my mind, the grandest of Parisian landmarks. I went there during the day and there were at least 3,000 other people packed in front of it, completely obscuring the beautiful cobblestone plaza. But at 7pm, just after nightfall, there were just a handful of locals milling about.
That’s me in the foreground. I opened the shutter for 20 seconds (once again, slightly over-exposing using manual control), moved in front of the camera and stood still. This way, all the other moving passers-by disappeared as they moved through the frame, and I had Notre Dame all to myself!
Also, having someone in the shot helps to give a sense of size and perspective. By setting the White Balance on Auto, and overexposing a bit, you get a fairly desaturated shot which is halfway to being a black-and-white shot — perfect for showing off architecture against a surreal night sky . . .
The Arc de Triomphe is a massive arch that sits in the middle of the busiest — and craziest — roundabout in the world. In this photo, I wanted to show the frantic, swirling traffic around this timeless, patient, sombre war
memorial.
Once again, by using the Dutch Angle technique, the Arc looks like it is leaning backward against the on-rush of traffic, somewhat taken aback by its randomness.
The trick here is to shoot at varying speeds, from a 1/4 second up to 10 seconds or more.
Each shutter speed will blur the passing traffic differently. Take your time and remember to adjust your aperture to match your shutter speed. Can’t slow it down or speed it up enough using the shutter and aperture controls? Adjust your ASA “film” speed.
Ahh, Le Grande Dame of the Parisian skyline — the Eiffel Tower, possibly the most well-recognised architectural icon in the world. The idea of night photography is not only to see these awesome sights in a different, less cliched setting. The challenge for us photographers — day or night — is to find a fresh angle to make a building photographed millions of times each year look fresh and eye-catching again.
To do this, it helps to first scout around all sides of the tower to see if there are any props that you can use to enhance the shot, whether by framing it or by setting a mood somehow.
By day, the Eiffel Tower is asleep. No lights, no energy, nothing but steel girders. But at night, around 7pm in the autumn and winter, the Eiffel Tower comes to life, bathed in a royal blue light. And here’s the kicker: every hour for just 5 minutes, the tower sparkles with thousands of white flashing lights that simulate fireworks!
In this shot, I wanted to have the medium blue of the not-quite-night sky complement the blue of the tower lights. And the sparkling white lights, of course. But because the Eiffel Tower is so tall and vertical, even with all the lights on, it would have looked odd against a featureless sky. So the trick was to find something interesting to frame it. I found this old-fashioned merry-go-round and a hotdog stand across the street.
I set up the camera to shoot at a slightly slow shutter speed to record the movement of the merry-go-round, it’s warm lights juxtaposed with the cool blues of the tower and sky.
And voila!
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