"Dream Dragon" is a Korean online game from the "Dragon" of the development team developing large-scale 3D multiplayer online games. The game features a large number of disruptive innovation and will detail a variety of exciting new games give players unique experience.Dream Dragon "using the full expressive 3D art design, making all the details are impeccable even when enlarged to the maximum.
Whether it is ultra-Meng characters face, gorgeous costumes, props spoof, or like the good fairy-tale world, it is as if the proximity to both fantasy wonderland. The world scene is a fairy-tale fantasy wonderland, the mainland from the wind, to the chaos of the land, are beautiful. Adorable characters, a game full of fun. Priest has a strong skills - call Nurse. Strange shape of monster, a fierce dragon, but also funny elf, have set the toilet in the head of a small stuffed raccoon, there are big fat strange ballet dancing, Boss will be defeated knees crying for mercy. Everyone entering the game will be in contact, cute elf.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
This is my dream houses
well for me, my dream house should have swimming pool, located at the forestry place...isolated from the city... full of green, which i mean, the green green grass and the tall forestry wood....
the four picture below is the example of my dream houses......very2 calm house....
this was my favourite dream house.... it look like island houses... very calm environment.the pool is so refreshing.. and it suit to my earth mood....
the lake house also my dream house..... i love it so much.....because my hubby love fishing so much,then lake house is suit to us... isolated place also, calm our soul, no stress from the city, very fresh air right.....
i love this house idea... it look like u live at the shore of the island... simple and unique...
this house i give 4 star ranking.... it's green i like it...
its unique...simple and very calming location...this house is a hill house... easy breezy house.....hurmmm......cold....
the four picture below is the example of my dream houses......very2 calm house....
i love this house idea... it look like u live at the shore of the island... simple and unique...
its unique...simple and very calming location...this house is a hill house... easy breezy house.....hurmmm......cold....
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The child's dream is simple really
Today is Darling birthday. She has got mixed feelings as it is also her last music Yamaha Lesson as they have finally completed the 4 yrs course. I wanted to make something more personalized. I was super tired after her birthday party yet I have to continue the unfinished memo books. Luckily there are only 6 to make. I have to cut out 60 pages for each book and then bind them together. When it was done, it was almost 5am. I do not have enough energy to cut out the alphabet to add in her classmate name.
This 30 goodies bags was packed for her classmates in School. We have delay in till Monday as Friday, Darling has to dismiss early due to her performance in the concert. I am so extremely tired. For the whole month of Mar I have been rushing for tight deadline as it is my School Financial year end closing. So everything was done and prepared last minutes. I barely slept for 2 to 3 hours for a few nights. You can
image, I don't even have the time to update my blog for quite a while.
Monday, September 26, 2011
A Dreamy World is famour for its creative and unique style of wallpapers
A Dreamy World is famour for its creative and unique style of wallpapers. In this post, we have compiled for you around 50 of the most beautiful wallpapers from their collection.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Now 21, Serrano told his story as one of two guest speakers taking
Serrano was less than 2 at the time. His parents made that decision while fleeing poverty and violence about two decades ago — ultimately to pick tobacco fields as migrant workers in North Carolina, Serrano said Sunday in a small church in Elkin.
"My mom blames herself every day for bringing me here. She says, 'It's my fault.' … But I tell her not to blame herself. The people that I love are here. This is my country," Serrano said.
Now 21, Serrano told his story as one of two guest speakers taking part in a national campaign known as DREAM Sabbath 2011.
About 300 houses of worship, including 10 in North Carolina, are participating in the campaign during September and October to raise awareness about the DREAM Act, proposed federal legislation that would give young, educated immigrants such as Serrano a pathway to legal status.
Opponents of the DREAM Act say, among other things, that such immigrants take jobs and that allowing them to correct their legal status is tantamount to giving them amnesty and will encourage more illegal immigration. Supporters say immigrants such as Serrano should not be punished for something their parents did and that these young people are assets to society.
Standing in front of the congregation at Gallaway Memorial Episcopal Church, Serrano said his parents had no food for him when he was an infant in Mexico, and that's why they made a treacherous journey on foot, walking across a desert for three weeks to make the crossing when Serrano was about 18 months old, he said.
The family ended up in Yadkin County, he said. Meanwhile, Serrano attended elementary, middle and high school in the county and graduated with stellar grades. Along the way, he said, he was a member of several school and civic clubs, including Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Now, he speaks with a hint of a Southern accent, and he is no stranger to saying such phrases as "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am." It wasn't until he was about 16 that he started picking up other terms.
"They called me a 'coconut' — brown on the outside and white on the inside," he said, referring to his school days. He also started hearing the word "undocumented." Its meaning truly hit him when he graduated, Serrano said.
"My best friend was going to go off to college to be somebody, and I was going to stay here and be nobody," he said.
"We are not criminals," Serrano continued. "All we want to do is get an education and give back. … I want to own a house. I want to settle down."
One of the goals of the DREAM Sabbath, which was organized by the Washington-based advocacy group Interfaith Immigration Coalition, is to dispel what immigrant advocates say are myths about "dreamers."
After the service, some of those issues were raised. Several church members gathered in a house next door for lunch, with two long tables offering such plates as deviled eggs, chicken, barbecue, green beans, salad, rolls and several types of dessert. While eating, church members asked questions.
One asked what percentage of "undocumented immigrants" pay taxes, which prompted church member Karin Littlejohn, a tax attorney, to respond that the percentage is surprisingly higher than some people may think.
They pay sales, property and income taxes, she said.
Many use an ITIN, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, she said. The Internal Revenue Service issues these numbers to certain individuals who are not eligible to obtain a Social Security number, according to the IRS. The ITIN is issued regardless of immigration status.
Littlejohn expressed her support for the DREAM Act by citing Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican presidential candidate who has drawn fire for supporting the DREAM Act and saying to those who oppose it: "I don't think you have a heart."
"It's true," Littlejohn said. "You don't have a heart."
Although church officials said there are differences of opinion within the church on the DREAM Act, most of the church members at the lunch seemed to support the legislation. For example, Ann Mayberry of Elkin said she was willing to get involved.
"Now what do we do? I'm 81, almost, so I'm not marching," she said, joking.
Martin Rodriguez, who recently participated in a sit-in protest in Charlotte, said contacting members of Congress is one step. Wooten Gough, a U.S. citizen who helped start the advocacy group El Cambio in Yadkinville, said voting is another way to get involved.
Llewellyn Churchill of Yadkinville told Serrano and Rodriguez not to give up hope, noting the resistance Irish immigrants met during the turn of the last century.
"Our history is full of problems accepting new families. Cheer up! This isn't the first time this has happened," Churchill said.
On Sunday, a similar DREAM Sabbath event will take place at the Divine Redeemer, a Catholic parish in Boonville. Next month, Ciudad Refugio, a small church in Winston-Salem, plans to host one, too.
"My mom blames herself every day for bringing me here. She says, 'It's my fault.' … But I tell her not to blame herself. The people that I love are here. This is my country," Serrano said.
Now 21, Serrano told his story as one of two guest speakers taking part in a national campaign known as DREAM Sabbath 2011.
About 300 houses of worship, including 10 in North Carolina, are participating in the campaign during September and October to raise awareness about the DREAM Act, proposed federal legislation that would give young, educated immigrants such as Serrano a pathway to legal status.
Opponents of the DREAM Act say, among other things, that such immigrants take jobs and that allowing them to correct their legal status is tantamount to giving them amnesty and will encourage more illegal immigration. Supporters say immigrants such as Serrano should not be punished for something their parents did and that these young people are assets to society.
Standing in front of the congregation at Gallaway Memorial Episcopal Church, Serrano said his parents had no food for him when he was an infant in Mexico, and that's why they made a treacherous journey on foot, walking across a desert for three weeks to make the crossing when Serrano was about 18 months old, he said.
The family ended up in Yadkin County, he said. Meanwhile, Serrano attended elementary, middle and high school in the county and graduated with stellar grades. Along the way, he said, he was a member of several school and civic clubs, including Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Now, he speaks with a hint of a Southern accent, and he is no stranger to saying such phrases as "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am." It wasn't until he was about 16 that he started picking up other terms.
"They called me a 'coconut' — brown on the outside and white on the inside," he said, referring to his school days. He also started hearing the word "undocumented." Its meaning truly hit him when he graduated, Serrano said.
"My best friend was going to go off to college to be somebody, and I was going to stay here and be nobody," he said.
"We are not criminals," Serrano continued. "All we want to do is get an education and give back. … I want to own a house. I want to settle down."
One of the goals of the DREAM Sabbath, which was organized by the Washington-based advocacy group Interfaith Immigration Coalition, is to dispel what immigrant advocates say are myths about "dreamers."
After the service, some of those issues were raised. Several church members gathered in a house next door for lunch, with two long tables offering such plates as deviled eggs, chicken, barbecue, green beans, salad, rolls and several types of dessert. While eating, church members asked questions.
One asked what percentage of "undocumented immigrants" pay taxes, which prompted church member Karin Littlejohn, a tax attorney, to respond that the percentage is surprisingly higher than some people may think.
They pay sales, property and income taxes, she said.
Many use an ITIN, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, she said. The Internal Revenue Service issues these numbers to certain individuals who are not eligible to obtain a Social Security number, according to the IRS. The ITIN is issued regardless of immigration status.
Littlejohn expressed her support for the DREAM Act by citing Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican presidential candidate who has drawn fire for supporting the DREAM Act and saying to those who oppose it: "I don't think you have a heart."
"It's true," Littlejohn said. "You don't have a heart."
Although church officials said there are differences of opinion within the church on the DREAM Act, most of the church members at the lunch seemed to support the legislation. For example, Ann Mayberry of Elkin said she was willing to get involved.
"Now what do we do? I'm 81, almost, so I'm not marching," she said, joking.
Martin Rodriguez, who recently participated in a sit-in protest in Charlotte, said contacting members of Congress is one step. Wooten Gough, a U.S. citizen who helped start the advocacy group El Cambio in Yadkinville, said voting is another way to get involved.
Llewellyn Churchill of Yadkinville told Serrano and Rodriguez not to give up hope, noting the resistance Irish immigrants met during the turn of the last century.
"Our history is full of problems accepting new families. Cheer up! This isn't the first time this has happened," Churchill said.
On Sunday, a similar DREAM Sabbath event will take place at the Divine Redeemer, a Catholic parish in Boonville. Next month, Ciudad Refugio, a small church in Winston-Salem, plans to host one, too.
Friday, September 23, 2011
I Have A Dream
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
reamy clothes in dreamy colours worn by a dreamy heaven body make up for a dreamy ad campaign
Dreamy clothes in dreamy colours worn by a dreamy heaven body make up for a dreamy ad campaign for Swedish fashion chain Lindex. Under the lens of photographer Jimmy Backius, Estonian model Carmen Kass is the mighty goddess of love in the heavenly set of Lindex Spring/Summer 2010 Ad Campaign. The collection predominantly works with eighties, early nineties and a dose of Bohemian influences in a discreetly clean yet incredibly soft and feminine way. Styled by Marina Kereklidou, Ms. Kass, the heaven-sent modern Venus, radiates a fresh breeze bringing us phenomenally beautiful looks to die for.
Although heavenly beauty is the message to take home this Spring/Summer 2010, Lindex is nothing out of this world at all – with 400 stores located in convenient locations all over Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Russia, Central Europe and the Middle East. Following the lead of its counterpart H&M, there are plans to expand in other parts of the world, like in exotic Egypt. Well… Thank heavens! We simply cannot wait!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My dream is to be a crocodile trainers
The nearest most holidaymakers get to a crocodile is watching a glove puppet at a seaside Punch and Judy show.
One suspects they probably prefer it that way....
So just imagine going for a dip with the express aim of putting yourself within biting distance of half a ton of real-life hungry man-eater - and paying for the privilege.
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The lengths some girls go for a crocodile handbag... Kerry Shaw touching killer's paw
Welcome to the world of "Croc Cage Diving", the latest must-do experience for adrenaline junkies.
Something of a snip, but hopefully not a snap, at £20 (300 Rand) for ten minutes, thrill seekers visiting Cango Wildlife Ranch, an endangered species breeding centre in Oudtshoom, South Africa, are informed by the organisers they will 'get close enough to see the crocodiles' toenails'.
And that, of course, means the fearsome teeth belonging to one of the world's fiercest predators are not going to be far away either.
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Scary: two crocs prowl around looking for lunch
The ranch claims to be the only place in the world to offer such close encounters. Daredevils are lowered in a reinforced steel cage by a crane into a crystal clear, purpose-built heated pool inhabited by Zimbakwe, a 14ft long Nile Crocodile, and his slightly smaller female companions Ma Baker and the somewhat disarmingly named Sweet Sue.
Participants wear their own swimming trunks or bikinis and use snorkelling gear instead of scuba equipment so anyone can have a go, although there is a minimum age of 12 and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult during the dive.
Some of the cage sticks out above the surface of the 6ft deep water so divers can get a better view of the thrashing tails if they don't fancy spending all their time underwater.
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Hanging out in bars can attract some ugly customers...
Among those who have taken the plunge is Kerry Shaw, 28, a South African media executive.
"I was a little nervous but very excited to get into the water," she said. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a chance I didn't want to miss out on.
"I did check quite carefully that the cage door was closed and properly secured.
"The instructions weren't as simple as "don't put any part of your body out of the cage."
"There are two bars at different heights around the inside of the cage to hold onto so you don't touch the outside of the cage.
"I didn't use any underwater breathing equipment.
"So I just had to hold my breath for as long as I could to be under water long enough to enjoy the crocodiles."
Zimbakwe, who is 80 years old and weighs 1240lbs, was the first to swim over to investigate, followed by his mates.
"When they got to the cage they sank to the bottom and pushed the cage a bit and swam round and round me," said Miss Shaw.
"Zimbakwe was my favourite. I could hold his paw or his tail while he was next to the cage - it felt like a human hand in a leather glove.
"There is a viewing opening just above half way up the cage that is big enough for the crocs to put their noses in. They can't open their jaws because the viewing opening isn't wide enough but when their noses are that close that is pretty scary."
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Nosey: Half ton killer checks Kerry out at Cango wildlife park in Oudthoorn, South Africa
Such antics will no doubt dismay animal rights campaigners, but the organisers insist no harm is done to the crocodiles.
The ranch's website says: "Crocodiles are fascinating, powerful creatures and the only time when you can truly appreciate the sheer power of these animals is when they are underwater.
"On land these ancient reptiles look sluggish but by entering their environment you can truly see why these animals are such excellent hunters.
"The crocodiles used for Croc Cage Diving are all captive bred animals that are used to human activity.
"Since we do not chum - when bits meat or fish are dropped in the water to tempt them closer - our crocodiles to encourage them to move towards the cage, the impacts on the crocodiles are minimal. "The cage with the diver is simply manoeuvred as close as possible to the crocodiles to give you a close up encounter with these super predators."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-485127/Holiday-snaps--swimming-killer-crocodiles.html#ixzz1YZ0DOcyW
One suspects they probably prefer it that way....
So just imagine going for a dip with the express aim of putting yourself within biting distance of half a ton of real-life hungry man-eater - and paying for the privilege.
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Welcome to the world of "Croc Cage Diving", the latest must-do experience for adrenaline junkies.
Something of a snip, but hopefully not a snap, at £20 (300 Rand) for ten minutes, thrill seekers visiting Cango Wildlife Ranch, an endangered species breeding centre in Oudtshoom, South Africa, are informed by the organisers they will 'get close enough to see the crocodiles' toenails'.
And that, of course, means the fearsome teeth belonging to one of the world's fiercest predators are not going to be far away either.
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The ranch claims to be the only place in the world to offer such close encounters. Daredevils are lowered in a reinforced steel cage by a crane into a crystal clear, purpose-built heated pool inhabited by Zimbakwe, a 14ft long Nile Crocodile, and his slightly smaller female companions Ma Baker and the somewhat disarmingly named Sweet Sue.
Participants wear their own swimming trunks or bikinis and use snorkelling gear instead of scuba equipment so anyone can have a go, although there is a minimum age of 12 and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult during the dive.
Some of the cage sticks out above the surface of the 6ft deep water so divers can get a better view of the thrashing tails if they don't fancy spending all their time underwater.
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Among those who have taken the plunge is Kerry Shaw, 28, a South African media executive.
"I was a little nervous but very excited to get into the water," she said. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a chance I didn't want to miss out on.
"I did check quite carefully that the cage door was closed and properly secured.
"The instructions weren't as simple as "don't put any part of your body out of the cage."
"There are two bars at different heights around the inside of the cage to hold onto so you don't touch the outside of the cage.
"I didn't use any underwater breathing equipment.
"So I just had to hold my breath for as long as I could to be under water long enough to enjoy the crocodiles."
Zimbakwe, who is 80 years old and weighs 1240lbs, was the first to swim over to investigate, followed by his mates.
"When they got to the cage they sank to the bottom and pushed the cage a bit and swam round and round me," said Miss Shaw.
"Zimbakwe was my favourite. I could hold his paw or his tail while he was next to the cage - it felt like a human hand in a leather glove.
"There is a viewing opening just above half way up the cage that is big enough for the crocs to put their noses in. They can't open their jaws because the viewing opening isn't wide enough but when their noses are that close that is pretty scary."
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Such antics will no doubt dismay animal rights campaigners, but the organisers insist no harm is done to the crocodiles.
The ranch's website says: "Crocodiles are fascinating, powerful creatures and the only time when you can truly appreciate the sheer power of these animals is when they are underwater.
"On land these ancient reptiles look sluggish but by entering their environment you can truly see why these animals are such excellent hunters.
"The crocodiles used for Croc Cage Diving are all captive bred animals that are used to human activity.
"Since we do not chum - when bits meat or fish are dropped in the water to tempt them closer - our crocodiles to encourage them to move towards the cage, the impacts on the crocodiles are minimal. "The cage with the diver is simply manoeuvred as close as possible to the crocodiles to give you a close up encounter with these super predators."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-485127/Holiday-snaps--swimming-killer-crocodiles.html#ixzz1YZ0DOcyW
Monday, September 19, 2011
In reality we all have a dream
a photoshop piece i did with the combined inspiration of God and thoughts about dreams and what heaven might be like...
Filled with tunes that range from dance-y to dreamy, In Heaven is the long-awaited follow-up to 2010's EP Color Your Life. A press release has described the band on the new record as "unfettered by limitations -- it is them streaking across a highwire under complete and total control."
Back in summer, we showed you the video for the funky single "Bad Street," a song that sets the tone for the electro-tinged album. Andrea Estella's vocals are entrancing throughout In Heaven, and when backed by the indie-disco stylings of the rest of the band, it makes for an album worth listening to.
Check In Heaven below.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Life is this a bit sometimes fantasy
CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES
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