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Casing the Jewel Store
|Casing the Jewel Store
|Lester Crest
|Vangelico's security features and rooftop HVAC system
|Little Portola
Carbine Rifles (Loud Approach)
Bugstars Equipment (Smart Approach)
|Unlocked by
|Friend Request
Casing the Jewel Store is a mission in Grand Theft Auto V, given by Lester Crest to Michael De Santa.
Michael meets Lester at the Darnell Brothers garment factory to begin preparations for a robbery. Lester first suggests the big job, the Union Depository; however, Michael says he wants to start with something smaller. Lester then suggests that they either hit a bank in the sticks or a store. Michael says that stores are easier; however, he states he will need a big take, owing $2.5 million to Martin Madrazo for demolishing his mistress' house. Lester says that they will need to hit a jewelry store and suggests Vangelico in Little Portola. Michael says that he will need a crew to pull the job off, and Lester tells him that none of their old contacts are available, and Michael asks him to find new ones.
As Michael and Lester drive to the jewelry store, Lester reveals that he knows about Michael's dealings with the FIB. Lester then gives Michael a camera and radio relay outfitted in a pair of glasses. When they arrive, Michael goes into the store to scope it out while Lester remains in the car. Michael takes pictures of the security keypad, camera, and air vent, then he asks the sales clerk about the value of the merchandise. After getting the pertinent information inside, Michael and Lester drive around the block to a gutted building. Michael enters the building to access the rooftop. Lester tells Michael to find Vangelico's HVAC unit to get a picture.
After leaving Little Portola, Michael states that the job should be fairly straightforward; however, Lester states that the store has to be hit while it's open since the merchandise is stored in the safe after closing. Michael wants to bring Franklin Clinton onto the job; however, Lester doesn't trust newcomers but allows Michael to bring him on. Upon returning to the garment factory, Lester and Michael begin preparations for the heist. Lester sees two options: going in smart and stealthy or loud and dumb.
For the Smart Approach, Lester suggests that they can pump knockout gas into the HVAC system to knock out the people inside the store, reducing the need for crowd control. Michael will need to steal gas grenades from a Humane Labs and Research truck. Lester suggests using pest control as their cover, meaning Michael will also need to steal a Bugstars van to get the equipment. For the Loud Approach, Lester states that Michael will need to procure 4 Carbine Rifles from a LSPD tactical squad truck, as buying them off the shelf risks their serial numbers being traced. Regardless of approach, Lester states a hacker is needed to disable the security systems. The window available depends on the hacker's skill. For the getaway, Lester suggests using motorbikes and escaping via the under construction subway tunnel under the Del Perro Freeway, meeting a truck in the Los Santos River. The bikes used in the getaway depends on the selected driver's skill. After selecting one method or the other, Michael selects his crew: Franklin, an additional gunman, an additional driver, and a hacker. The mission ends when Michael's decisions are finalized.
Secondary objectives
|Complete the mission within 8 minutes.
|Picture Perfect
|Capture all 3 security features (air vent, camera, and keypad) in one picture.
Video Walkthrough
|Xbox 360 Version - GTASeriesVideos


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On Politics and CircumcisionWednesday, December 5th, 2012
Late Tuesday night, December 4, 2012, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, also iron fisted boss of Yisrael Beiteinu, announced his slate for the January 22 elections, a slate he'll be cohabitating with PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud. It's going to be a "ritchratch" (zipper) list, with Likud 1 coming first, followed by Yisrael Beiteinu 1 in second, Likud 2 in third place and YB 2 in fourth.
I'd like to see Nate Silver crack this one…
And, as iron fisted leaders often do, Liberman (who doesn't like his name spelled Lieberman, like Joe's) decided to shed a few celebs from his current list of candidates, including MK Danny Ayalon, his deputy foreign minister; Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov who resigned from political life (Driver, take me to your finest Gulag); and MK Anastassia Michaeli, the lady who never met an Arab she liked and became world famous for emptying a glass of water on Labor MK Raleb Majadele.
In light of all of the above, here's the reason for making this the photo of the day. It has to do with the curious connection between the Hebrew word for "word" – Milah, and for "circumcision" – also Milah (brit milah means covenant via circumcision).
Liberman's election slogan, Milah Zu Milah (A Word Is a Word, meaning you can count on my word) can also be interpreted to mean Circumcision is Circumcision – and so it came in handy on the night a fifth of the old party list was cut off.
Siman Tov U'Mazal Tov…Yori Yanover

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Chris Van Vliet of CBS-19 recently conducted an interview with Jeff Hardy, in which he discussed his facepaint, performing in front of a live audience, the state of TNA Wrestling, if he has retirement plans, and more. He explains his mindset in the following excerpt:
"Once I get out there, it's just in my blood to perform the way I perform, but I don't see myself wrestling until I'm 60 years old or anything like that. But, if I'm 55 or 56-57 and I feel pretty good – you know, I can't put a number on it. It's always gonna be a love of mine, and I hate it just enough, I think, so I'm at that perfect level. But yeah, I don't put a number on it. I don't know how I'll continue to do what I do."
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Smoke from a wildfire has closed a section of Orlando's main highway in the city's tourist district.
A section of Interstate 4 was closed in both directions Friday because of billowing smoke that cut down visibility on Orlando's main artery.
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Volume: 23 Issue: 7 (July 2000)
SPOTLIGHT: News - 7/00
This month, we list the 10 workstation- and graphics-card combinations that most recently received the best scores for the ProCDRS-02 subset of the SPECviewperf 6.1.1 benchmark. The Pro CDRS benchmark is based on PTC's CDRS industrial design software and consists of 10 tests, each of which represents a different mode of operation within CDRS.
The mean scores represent the combined, weighted results of the 10 tests, measured in the number of frames per second the machines were able to execute. The larger the numbers, the better the performance.
To see how the same workstations fared in other benchmark tests, or to review results from additional workstations, visit
Oxford Metrics Group
(Oxford, UK), parent company of motion-capture manufacturer
Vicon Motion Systems
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, which will develop software and hardware tools for the entertainment and visualization industries. The first product from 2d3, scheduled to debut at the Siggraph 2000 show, is an automated camera calibration and tracking system....
(Wilmington, NC), a new content library scheduled to launch this September, will offer sound effects, virtual sets, music, Web art, 3D models, stock photography, videography, textures, and motion-capture data over the Internet. The site is targeted at the game development, entertainment, multimedia, and advertising industries....
(Palo Alto, CA) has announced two additions to its graphics accelerator line, the mid-range HP fx5 and high-end HP fx10....
(Tokyo) has announced that it is withdrawing its Helix Design Systems MCAD program from the European and American markets.
Systemes (Paris) are now offering Helix customers in those areas a migration path to Catia Version 5. Besides the Catia package, the offering includes a native Helix-to-Catia data transfer application and a telephone hotline for users needing help with the conversion....Veteran graphics card vendor
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The Tax Foundation just released their annual update for Tax Freedom Day and ActionAmerica.org has updated our Tax Freedom Day Clocks, accordingly.
This year, the average taxpaying American will have to work till April 12, to earn enough money to pay all of his taxes for the year. In low-tax Mississippi, the average taxpayer will work till March 26, to pay his tax bills, while over-taxed Connecticut taxpayers will have to work till May 2, to pay their enormous tax burden - that's more than a third of the year.
The question that you must ask yourself is, "Are the services that I am getting from the government worth from 23% to 34% of my work life?"
Or to put it another way, "Are the services that I am getting from the government worth from 23% to 34% of everything that I am paid and couldn't I acquire many of those services better and for less money, if I paid for them myself?"
The Tax Freedom Day Clock, that appears in the first comment after this post, is a constant ticking reminder that all working Americans are effectively "slaves" for a quarter to a third of the year. (For some reason, I cannot attach the Flash-based clock to a primary post on TPN, but I can attach it to a comment. Go figure...)
Please visit our site and grab the code snippet, to post it to your own sites or on social networking sites and forums, as I have posted it below. As an embedded Flash widget, it uses our server bandwidth - not yours.
Spread it around, as a way to remind folks just how much of our work goes to support the government.
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From 1966 to 2001 I paid thru the schnozz,,taxes the for Fed @ 15-20% &up,,,7.5% for SS,,6% for NYS & 3% for NYC,,not to mention "Dues" of all types coing out of my weekly ,,then bi-weekly paycheck,,,,with only a few deductions available to try to get some back every April 15th. Now it's MY turn to make them beg for more. I retired ,,,& now I pay only 4K on over 50K pension to the Fed,,,1K ,,4 times a year,,the other 8 months the whole pension check is MINE,,,,,AND,,,,it's all legal,,,,in fact the FED is the one who showed me how to screw them. I am now 'exempt' from NY State income tax on my pension,(all legal) & I don't pay SS or NYC Tax any more.. I collect from the Military,,tax free,,& in November ,,I file for my SS at 62. THEN ,,thanks to that big fat friend of the working man,,,Al "I am not a liar " Gore,,,I have to pay taxes ,,AGAIN,,,on my SS income on the first 10K. Don't ya jus' LOVE Al Gore??? That money has ALREADY been taxed,,right?
I used to live in an in-laws house in the Bronx,,,& 'cause he was laid off,,we paid his larger of the 2 mortgages & his property taxes,,,,12K for 1,,,& 3,500 for the other. NOW,,,I have a farm that's paid for & the property tax is only 2K on hundreds of acres,,,instead of a little 'attached' brick in the city,,with constantly rising taxes.
SO,,,boys & girls,,,,listen to one who has paid taxes for ever,,,,move out of the Big Cities,,,save your money & your sanity,,,not to mention your souls & spirit for it is going to hit the fan,,especially if OBAMA gets in again,,& you know that the PRO-Left will pull every trick in the Book (Alinsky's ) to abuse & humiliate us & our Candidate in 2012. If the Dems bring a flame-thrower,,,WE bring a flame-throwing TANK,,,,OK???
"Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes."
— Justice Learned Hand
Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 810 (1934)
Congress and the IRS have been trying to subvert that finding ever since. They are trying their best to equate tax avoidance, which is the entirely legitimate use of deductions, with tax evasion, which is basically fraud. They want to play the same sort of word games that they do, when they tell us that the income tax is voluntary. Of course, when anyone voluntarily refuses to pay income tax, he goes to jail. They want to tell us that we have all these great deductions that we can take for childcare, eldercare, healthcare, business expenses, depreciation and other such things. But if we take any of those deductions, they'll call it tax avoidance and since they consider tax avoidance equivalent to tax evasion, you go to jail.
We have to abolish the income tax and IRS and move to the FairTax, where there are no such games to be played.
Ron, even state level taxes are out of control - some states more than others. People are fleeing the high tax states and moving to low-tax states, in droves.
But worse, wealthy taxpayers are moving from the USA to other more wealth friendly countries at the highest rate in history. According to Zogby, more than 3 million Americans are leaving every year.
Here's the Tax Freedom Day Clock again, since it has moved onto a back page.
Lest we forget, nobody is truly free from paying taxes. You, and many others, simply write of income taxes.
We have income taxes, use taxes, sales taxes, the list goes on and on.
I find it amazing that we admire our founding fathers for their courage, valor and willingness to sacrafice all for liberty.
This begs the question have we been Taxed Enough Already? The obvious answer is yes.
This calls to mind Mel Gibson's line in the movie Patriot," Tell me why I should trade one tyrant 3000 miles away, for 3000 tyrants a mile away? A representative government can just as easily trample mens rights as well as a king."
Have they trampled our rights and liberty enough? This answer is up to you as well as me.
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