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Mar 11 2012 06:41 PM #1
A message to the Better Freeps...
I was in the Moors today and I formed a question for myself. Why don't the better players join Skullslicer when he leads? Well, I tried to find out myself by joining his raid today and I was stumped. I couldn't figure out why the better freeps don't join him. The only thing that I thought would be it is that there were too many voanauts in his raid already. Which is why I'm making this forum post telling all those people that join my raids that you should join skullslicers as soon as he starts advertising as well. Being in skullslicers raid today, I saw very slight differences between myself, Arrik, and him. He was willing to push TA, push into 15-20+ creeps with NPCs on us even with only 18 in the raid(and mostly no-names at that). After taking TA with tons of creeps on us, someone spoke up and said we should do lugz now. Skullslicer responded with saying he doesn't want to make the map blue and he'd rather camp them at the rez for more renown. These are obviously just two examples but there are plenty more. He pushed TR in attempt to get creeps to come right before this as well. He calls targets well, and is very charismatic. Anyways, just wanted to give you guys a heads up on what Skullslicers raids are like and hopefully I will be seeing you guys in his raids soon. Laterz
Mar 11 2012 07:06 PM #2
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I have on occasion. My play was static today, including for PvP, so didn't join more than one Fraid.
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Mar 11 2012 07:27 PM #3
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bro you never really played freepside when arrik truly used to lead real raids. not trying to be a dick but freep raids are hardly needed anymore because a voa fail group can take on most all but the best of craids. the last thing this server needs is more transfer kins along with more fraid leaders when its hard enough to find any craids out to put up a resistance. fact is "better freeps" don't usually raid and stick to smaller groups unless its two heavy hitting raids like shanes and meres.
Mar 11 2012 07:34 PM #4
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What I saw was a Freep raid farming solo Creeps inside keeps. I don't understand why did you guys make a raid anyway , it was just a bunch of solos camping EC with a little warg pack.
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Mar 11 2012 07:49 PM #5
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I've never joined one of his raids because every time he has one is when I am solo. I could care less who is in his raids. and I've always joined someone to see how they run if joining a raid is even necessary. So next time there is RvR and he is leading, i'll join.
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Mar 11 2012 08:14 PM #6
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
1. He makes raids when creeps do not have a raid and "better freeps" realize this and do not enjoy zerging and therefore solo
2. He makes raids that are just second raids to the main fraid which "better freeps" are already in or don't want to join the extra "voanauts"(the hell...) raid which is hurting RvR.Airfury
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Mar 11 2012 08:37 PM #7
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
Where to begin Malarick.... Let' s take it step by step, shall we?
[Why don't the better players join Skullslicer when he leads? Well, I tried to find out myself by joining his raid today and I was stumped. I couldn't figure out why the better freeps don't join him.]
First of all you have a very bad aspect of things... Some sick elitism, which is understandable. I ask you this, what makes you think that there aren't good players joining Voa' s raids himself...? I am referring to your aspect of good, meaning high-ranked and known... We all know that Voa' s raids are of low quality because he has the tendency to invite everyone... I really don' t see how this affects you at all. What affects does it have on you? If you were a creep you could complain about it but you' re not. You mind seeing the map blue? I don' t think so because i hardly see you soloing.
[Being in skullslicers raid today, I saw very slight differences between myself, Arrik, and him.]
Wow, wow, wow.... What on earthly heaven makes you think that you are on the same level as Arrik when it comes to leading...? Not even close, the fact that you get a perfect make-up fraid going, go sit in open field and all you do is call out targets doesn' t make you a good leader lad. I have seen you in certain situations, how you reacted when things where bad and your decisions were really bad. One thing comes in mind first, it made me lol hard... Beatle had a craid and he flipped lug while you were camping OC, so you got yourself entrapped between the rez and OC, there were 20ish gold-tagging creeps in OC. So... three routes of going out. Either lug Xr up to lug hill, or wtab (Blue TA), or south towards the river... And i watched you leading your fraid south towards the river so beatle mapped good ta and the gold-taggers came after you... All I watched you do was jumping up and down.... That was the worse case, but point is that inviting all the good players doesnt make you a good leader, you aren' t close to a leader mate, for one simple reason. I' ve watched it happening. All the good leaders in our server didn' t one day just decide: Hey what should I do today? OH!! how about becoming a leader....? No, it' s not like that, they generally didn' t intend it but it happened, they either got sick of a zerg and ended up forming up a succesfull raid and eventually get the respect of others or they watched other leaders and their techniques and gave it a shot themselves...
You my dear boy, decided one day to become a leader yourself!!! Because you thought it would be cool and it would make you RISE, like Shane,J,Arrik,Mere,Grislok etc... Actually i think that is the very reason that made you change your name to UnitedStates, prove me wrong... Anyway, you aren' t on the same level with them buddy, and you won' t be unless you get some more experience. If there was more ballance ingame at this update you would have realised, but there isn' t :/
As for skullslicer, I don' t personally know him, or joined his raid, or whatever but .... I' ve fought his raid while I was into Grislok' s raid and it was a total farm... All the guy was doing was to pretend to be aggressive by charging into us - tough guy - and constantly wiping and feeding us... Dicaprio claims that there were just ungrouped creeps into TA, I believe it... Probably you guys just pushed all the way up to TA facerolling gold-taggers and flipped it, huge deal.....
All those so called advantages you mentioned prove nothing more than an inexperienced player that sees things from a very standard aspect, like for example: Blue map = bad, It' s like i can hear my 5year-old cousin repeating that TV is bad, why? Because he hears it all day and just repeats it... As I staited above, blue map generally harms PVP but it affects solos mostly, when you are in a raid you don' t care that much about the colour of TA let' s say (If there is a craid out) rather than when you are solo because there won' t be any creeps there.... It' s mostly about the time you flip the map, if you log on at 5am EST and flip it blue, it will be disastrous simply because at this hour most creeps are questing so they can PVP later, but if you flip it and let' s say 9PM, it will either get all the creeps online or a craid leader might log and put up some good action.
To conclude with I personally (specullating only) believe that you are trying to make new friends, you would like the fact that a new leader would arise and you would be his ... friend.... Just keep one thing in mind buddy, the way you act in the game when you spend so many hours in it, it eventually affects you in real life... I' ve seen it on me, growing some elitism, even racism in IRL which originated from the game...
PS: I probably won' t bother looking at this thread again because I don' t tend to waste my time in forums, but whatever...
Mar 11 2012 08:43 PM #8
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
Rank = Time Played...
Time Played =/= Expierence
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Ability =/= RankAirfury
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Mar 11 2012 09:11 PM #9
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Mar 11 2012 09:13 PM #10
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A raid is only as good as its weakest link VS a worthy opponent, might I suggest you had a good experience because we hasn't leading VS a rank Mere or Evil raid? Why don't I join his raid? Simple. I only join a raid when a raid is needed (real craid out), and I've never seen him lead one at that time.
A) If the leader regardless of how good he is invites over 6 fail people then my chances of having solid RvR go down 30%.
B) If a leader has grouped repeatedly with Voa then he has no sense of intelligence.
C) I don't trust people that only lead raids when they think they can win. (Forming raid when un-needed, or outnumbered).
D) Whatever.
You know what? I'm sure Skullslicer is a nice guy! I'm sure he calls out targets. As for the things that really matter, I don't think you'll ever see me in there.
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Mar 11 2012 09:18 PM #11
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
By leading like Arrik I mean being wreckless and loud. And yes, I believe he has fought more veteran raid leaders before. Which is why im trying to raise awareness for his raids and get the more veteran freeps to join his raid instead of just sticking with a select group of raid leaders. Heck, all the vet freeps did this for varron and from my experience today skullslicer lead 5x better than I think varron ever will.
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Mar 11 2012 09:22 PM #13
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Just like I said to Yelk, he was fighting either Beatle or grislok(not totally sure which one), and no its normally he has the first raid then a veteran freep leader will make the second raid and it will turn into the main raid when in actuality it should be seen as skullslicer having the main raid in the first place... but that will only happen if the veteran freeps start joining him(especially before he starts inviting the newbie people), so he realizes whats going on and starts only taking the people that have names for themselves like most of the vet raid leaders do (sorry for run-on sentence) lol
Mar 11 2012 09:24 PM #14
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Mar 12 2012 12:28 AM #17
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I'm not even going to bother.
Mar 12 2012 12:45 AM #18
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I have limited playtime and then when I am on I'd rather just run around by myself and listen to music. Been used to solo all this time but the occasional raid doesn't hurt either.
Might be seeing more of me in raids if this whole wargpack thing gets to the extreme however.⎨ There can be no prestige without mystery. ⎬
Mar 12 2012 01:57 AM #19
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Hi guys. Thanks for the kind words. As for any unkind words /yawn. I started out in the moors a while back when Arik was there every day leading raids. He's an awesome leader and a formidable opponent. If I lead a raid, everyone is welcome to have fun because that is what we're here for isn't it? I'm not going to try to be a serious raid leader or anything like that. When I lead I will try to make an effort to make sure no one is falling asleep at their keyboard. If we wipe we wipe, life goes on. I am NOT here to make enemies with anybody. I am NOT trying to be the next best of the best. As for those times when you've seen me be a "tough guy" and run in on a suicide mission, it's me being a ####### gold tagger and I know that some of the creeps are getting a laugh while my fellow freeps are shaking their heads and /sighing. Like I said before, I'm in it for fun. I will form a raid with everyone having their insert key on to march into battle. And yes I DID eat a lot of paint chips when I was a kid!
P.S. What is a "rating"? I keep hearing this term
Mar 12 2012 02:23 AM #20
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
The 3-4 digit number that supposedly affects your incoming renown/infamy which is based off the kills and deaths you have. It's on your wartab. Don't worry about it, it doesn't really matter.
As for a comment on the warg packs - I hope they keep camping tr rez. Made good renown off their sorry hides.
And in regards to freeps in general, as stated before:
rank =/= skill =/= leadership abilities =/= experience
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Mar 12 2012 03:06 AM #21
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
Malarick is just angry because he couldnt get his ebang on with laerdin, and had to go ask ziras for advice on how to pick up a girl. It's all good though
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Mar 12 2012 03:11 AM #22
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Wow this thread went from okay to basement in a hurry. Made me laugh though, Skull I for one enjoy fighting your raids weither I am solo (ungrouped) or in a craid. I tend to enjoy fighting anyone (besides Yelk) so makes no difference to me, though I do think if you all want to become better Fraid leaders you might try leading a Craid just once, I think Arrik, Yelk, Mere and Varron can tell you its not as easy as leading on freepside. Just my opinion and Im sure it will be trolled...dont much care if it is...aslong as there is rvr in the moors.
Have a nice day!
Mar 12 2012 03:41 AM #23
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
BW Vets that when they play on Fside rarely raid, in contrast to when on Cside. That's a trend as old as Moria update. For various reasons.
Most of the negatives of bad playstyle, & raid behaviour are usually 10 times worse in Fraids than Craids. So it'd be a fair question to reply WHY SHOULD THEY JOIN FRAIDS?
Reputation of the Fleader also tends to influence their recruitment. At worst, people won't join a raid simply because they don't like you. Because of your behaviour & or/ playstyle. Demanding people drop their perceptions just like that isn't realistic. Same as IRL as you may learn as you grow older.
People are people, just accept it and try to move on.Hitchens(r9 warg), Glasgow(R9 LM), Branywine server.
"fleeing in the face of certain death is not cowardice. Cowardice is running from a fair fight" - wise words from Champion Jastirria!
Mar 12 2012 03:42 AM #24
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
lol I was kidding about the rating thing. I also wanted to say that the last Varron raid I was in got me 4k in a short amount of time. Real productive day . I have had tons of renown with the following leaders: Voa, Shane, Malerick, Arrik, Varron, Yelk, Jmez, Yand, Eloquently, and there was that dude that had no mic (he was rank 2 I think?). If I missed anyone I'm sorry. Fact: most of my raids form because I start a kin group and get mad that we are getting zerged by 30+ creeps. Weather or not they are an actual craid does not matter to me because in my mind 5 small groups of 6 that gold tag off each other is close enough. I get claustrophobic when all I see are the stairs at GV. The one thing I like about creepside is that there seems to be more people willing to help each other and less OOC drama. I was on my rank 0 warg at the time and posted for a group to take an outpst, and BOOM I got 7 tells in under 5 minutes. I would like to see that on freep side as well. To think that people actually pay money to have a pissing contest on a video game just makes me feel sorry for them. Maybe they got bullied too much IRL and feel safer behind a computer monitor to act like a "gangsta"? If this is true, I am sorry. Keep your chin up because things will always get better (puberty only lasts for so long)
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Mar 12 2012 06:15 AM #26
Re: A message to the Better Freeps...
The funny thing is that most of the "better freeps", seems to be self-appointed. :P Or is there a committee that I've missed?
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Mar 12 2012 07:47 AM #28
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Ok so, I started to read the post and all the responses. The first bash on Malarick you said this game caused you to be a racist in real life, time to take a break....and seriously seek mental health.
As for running with Malarick....you don't have to like him but he is in fact a good leader. I have run with nearly every "leader" here and they all have good aspects. Are some more elistist than others, absolutely but I can attest that Malarick is not, he gives everyone a chance. Can he be a punk? Absolutely but so what, it's a game.
I really don't understand the bashing of anyone who leads raids whether it's evil, gris, Mal, Arrik, Jmez, Voa etc...everyone complains that the moors are boring and no one is out, then when someone decides to do something you complain about who is leading it. Really? This game isn't forced on anyone...you want action fight the raid on both sides, it doesn't matter who is leading (this goes for both sides). You don't want to then go solo. I think some people forget that you have a choice, so whine like a baby or go do something else.
I could care less who leads on either side, frankly I don't care enough about the internet to be invested in hating anyone. If you are going to say this will just empower bad players....there will always be bad players regardless of who is leading. Being Elistist is immature and insecure.....how about next time you see someone that sucks...help them get better....last time I checked no one here was God.
So if I have to spend my life on here, promote myself and bash other people to be part of the "in" crowd, then no thanks
For those who think I am just being all sunshine and unicorns....suck it....Last edited by PERFECTSIN; Mar 12 2012 at 08:55 AM.
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Mar 12 2012 08:09 AM #29
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What the heck is goin on up in here..
........oh, i see. Another american bar fight.
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Mar 12 2012 09:08 AM #32
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You lost me here. Everyone I have seen has had a name. Granted, some of the names are silly... I even saw one that said "UnitedStates"... however weird that may be, he still had a name.
I can absolutely assure you that the perception about who is "named" or not is 100% internal to each of you. Your inability to acknowledge that the rest of the game exists beyond and without you doesn't keep it from actually happening.
... but the real issue with Skullslicer is that he is a dwarf... I thought everyone knew that?!?
Mar 12 2012 09:40 AM #33
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Mar 12 2012 09:43 AM #34
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This is a game, and those are pixels.
Once again, If you don't like us no name, bad freeps why waste your time grouping with us.
We're more than happy facerolling our keys and making silly noises without you.
As to these continued attacks on fellow players, both Freep and Creep....
I believe the issue with the U.S of M. is a simple case of PEBKAC.
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Mar 12 2012 09:50 AM #35
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Mar 12 2012 09:59 AM #36
Mar 12 2012 10:02 AM #37
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Ok, important stuff first, huckle watch it with the dwarves, I dunno skull but the fact that he is a dwarf is enuf by itself.
Arydin, arydin, arydin ... First of all I didnt bother writing this book just to bash malarick. It was just a comment (freedom of speech remembah?) on his post. Second, I did idd bash with my big dorf-shield, BUT this doesn't mean that what i said was wrong. I was 100% on point on everything I said, otherwise you woulda disagree with something, but you didn' t (according to your post). You just touched the racist thing i put into which was totally irrelevant with my whole point, just an example. And please, simply put, don' t give me the usual: ITS JUST A GAME!!!!!! #### because game or not you still spend hours on it and that makes it real enough, it becomes a part of your life. Or else why would you bother checking the forums...? Why would you bother replying even though it wasnt really your concern? From your reply, you seemed to be offensive - like you actually care - while you coulda simply just go to the moors and kill some creeps/freeps, whatever, without caring about the forum debates and politics.
Also, malarick is elitist, simply because he invites only certain people of certain ranks and he doesnt give everyone a shot, for the same exact reason. It' s just there are some things he doesn' t understand yet and I don' t blame him about it. On the other hand it doesn' t matter, but whatever...
Anyway, U6 is out guys! have fun all.
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Mar 12 2012 10:58 AM #38
Mar 12 2012 12:02 PM #39
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I'm not sure if I am a better Freep or not. Am I still allowed to read this thread?
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BionicFred 06.15.2013
hi id just like for you guys to let the web master to fix the music section, double lotus, double your body, genie is missing as well as debut. thanks
xtinarox1113 05.24.2013
That doesn't surprise me. In general, American work ethic is very sad nowadays IMO, & I speak as an American.
xtinarox1113 05.13.2013
The weird thing was that they updated the World News all the time
xtinarox1113 05.11.2013
They finally updated it!!!!!
TheRealJulie 04.23.2013
All is good in the world, I see.
Chris_jc_xa 04.10.2013
Thank you
Chris_jc_xa 04.09.2013
Here you go!
edit: Yeah, I can't even find my own page right now, so if you can't either, it'd be best if you could post yours as well... And thank you! -
Chris_jc_xa 04.09.2013
Candee, I really need to communicate with you, and I think twitter would be best as there's no private messaging here. I've already followed you.
xtinarox1113 02.22.2013
Thanks Dee and Julie, I appreciate it
Why is 'Lotus' on there twice but the deluxe version isn't? In the music section
BionicFred 02.21.2013
there are glitches over the music section. please report to site moderator.
yep, Julie, legal reasons. when it comes to Sony, ownership is a legal mess, a lot of artists can attest to it, Prince, MJ, and etc. When it comes to a particular item taking a long time to get up, sometimes there are many pieces of that item belonging to several owners that need to get on the same page, for legal reasons.
TheRealJulie 02.19.2013xtinarox, thanks for your reply. I'm not too sure but perhaps the reasons are legal. Dee, do you know? x
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xtinarox1113 02.02.2013
I mean like all the music videos she's released. For example Dirrty or Save Me From Myself (I think that counts as an official music video with her singing and Linda Perry playing guitar)
TheRealJulie 02.02.2013Not a stupid question, hehe. But let me understand. Are you asking why we don't see ALL/EVERY ONE of Christina's videos in the MEDIA/video section?
xtinarox1113 01.29.2013
This is probably a stupid question, but why aren't all of Christina's music videos on the "Videos" section of the site?
Beautiful93 01.26.2013
What about Inspire and Secret Potion?
BionicFred 01.23.2013
can i comment also about christina's perfume site? the lay-out looks nice but i dislike the low-resolution photos on the front page.
TheRealJulie 01.09.2013Just a glitch in the system then? Glad its all okay now.
xtinarox1113 12.16.2012
I can see them! Thanks so much candee!
xtinarox1113 12.09.2012
Thanks candee!
xtinarox1113 11.26.2012
Why aren't there any new pictures in the "Christina Fan Art" section? I know people are adding pictures but there hasn't been new ones in about 2 weeks and usually there are new ones every couple of days. The number of photos keeps going up too but there are no new pictures. Just kinda curious
TheRealJulie 11.16.2012Noted, thanks for your input everyone. x
BionicFred 11.13.2012
Yey! Thanks! Uhmmm, i really wanna see all christina's singles in the music section. We have giab, dirrty, anom, hurt, candyman, nmt and yb in there. I hope they put her entire discography to help new fans discover her music. Next is put a link to her perfume site. And also a tour archive maybe? Hehe thanks so much guys! Loving the site. Great lotus photos!
Chris_jc_xa 11.09.2012
What happens now is that when you click on a comment on the recent activity list, it gets you to a page where only the comment is viewable, instead of the whole thread the comment responds to. Perhaps, instead of changing where the recent activity list takes you, it may be easier if simply there was a way to go to the full thread from the sole comment page.
Also, not sure if this is possible at all, but perhaps if the recent activity list was scrollable, it would be useful? I know I'd use it, since I post often so I can use my posts in the recent activity list as landmarks, so that I know which comments from recent activity I haven't seen yet. But this is a very patchy suggestion, it doesn't make much sense in the current system, even though it would still work. If I knew we were doing this I would have designed the whole thing and presented it as a suggestion...Well, not really, perhaps something less than that since I wouldn't get payed.
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They did make a change in the recent activity list!
Only one problem with the improvement they made, not sure if I'd say it is minor or not. When you click on the original post of a thread, you go to that thread. When you click on the responses you are transferred only to the full view of that specific response and not the whole thread. Always talking about the recent activity list.
If I knew they were going to be so invested and give us new things, I'd made a full evaluation of the site and a list of improvements and modifications...!


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Two Interns Needed!!!
Social Media / PR at Nicole's Classes
$8/hr, 8-10 hrs/wk, Springville, UT
Responsibilities include:
creating blog content
managing blog schedule
maintaining social media channels
working with sponsors
help with events and local classes
Skills needed:
wordpress (basic, but can be taught)
colorful writing (not the profanity kind of colorful. :)
familiarity with blogging, facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc.
a great attitude and passion for pr
Perks of the job:
access to all online classes
gain valuable experience in managing social media for a successful company
working alongside the talented Alma Loveland
lots of soda. lots.
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on-site in Springville, UT
hours are flexible but must commit to a consistent schedule within normal business hrs.
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production (assisting on set with lighting, grip, talent, wardrobe, etc)
post-production (returns)
basic office management
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studio photography experience is a bonus
a great personality
Perks of the job:
gain valuable experience working with Nicole
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The World Debut of the European Specification of Honda CR-Z Hybrid Coup
Honda Motor will showcase its all new Honda CR-Z hybrid coup,designed with European specification. The new CR-Z features a 2+2 seating layout plus an eight LED daytime running light accent under each of the headlamps. CR-Z for the first time will combine a hybrid system with a 6-speed manual gearbox. The CR-Z offers a lower emission of all exhaust gasses, thanks to combination of an efficient 1.5-litter engine with Honda's unique IMA parallel hybrid system. Read more


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I now have a new reason to tune in to Franklin & Bash. When TNT's legal dramedy returns June 19, Heather Locklear will bring her signature sass as the firm's new partner, trial lawyer Rachel King, who never misses an opportunity to bash both Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer). "They are frat boys who need discipline," Locklear says. "She'd really like to get rid of them."
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is going to be a dad again! The Saved by the Bell alum and his wife Catriona McGinn "are thrilled to announce they're expecting their first child together in September," the actor's rep told People.read more
People may be clamoring for a Saved by the Bell reunion, but it appears alum Tiffani Thiessen is not among them.
During an appearance on Tuesday morning's Today, the White Collar star partook in a TV-themed trivia challenge. But just as the games were beginning, Dennis Haskins, aka Mr. Belding, took the stage. Thiessen was clearly not impressed.
Part I: Nev Schulman dishes on reaching out to Manti Te'o and Kelly Killoren-Bensimon talks Playboy.
Kelly Killoren-Bensimon reminisces about #RHONY Scary Island and reveals if she's still in touch with Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel.
Max asks Jane to help him get his act together so he can prove that his life is not pathetic; Alex tries to use a stockpile of coupons.
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Too much money and not enough people to trust. That's where the street-smart Hopscoth and Frankie find themselves after a counterfeiter, who gave them three million in funny money, is brutally murdered.
Josh is the studious type, Cooper's the nothing-succeeds-like-excess guy--a lifestyle that rubs off on Josh and soon has both in danger of flunking out. But there's a catch: a clause in the schools charter awards A's to students who suffer the trauma of a roommate's suicide. So Josh and Cooper set out to find a suicidal roomie who is, uh, Most Likely To Succeed.
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Tyler and Milo get into a roommate fight after Tyler oversteps his bounds. Amy's father does his best to replace Neal with a more accomplished man. Gibbs searches for a woman who caught his eye at a wedding. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU
Jane (Eliza Coupe) helps Max (Adam Pally) get his life back on track in order to impress his vengeful ex-roommate (guest star Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Dave (Zachary Knighton) bets that Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) doesn't have the discipline to redeem her outstanding Groupons. Also available on VUDU and iTunes
Brad (Damon Wayans, Jr.) looks to avoid dinner with Jane's (Eliza Coupe) college ex, until he learns that it's a woman. Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) are smitten with Max's (Adam Pally) mysterious new roommate; Penny (Casey Wilson) joins her new boyfriend's circle of friends. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU
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14. Best Non-Reunion: We were all, "I don't want to wait!" when we heard about the Dawson's Creek reunion planned for Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. And while we were Sad Dawsons not to see James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes together again, we were pleased with Busy Philipps' hilarious cameo and an appearance by... read more
It's the moment your middle school — or high school! — self has been waiting for: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 will hold its much-hyped Dawson's Creek reunion in its season premiere. But before you get too excited, this is not the Creek reunion you imagined... read more
You've got to hand it to Mark-Paul Gosselaar — the guy gets around.
The Saved By the Bell alum, who will play himself on Tuesday's season premiere of Don't Trust the B---- in Apt 23 (9:30/8:30c on ABC), is now set to guest-star on... read more
Don't Trust the B---- in Apt 23's Season 2 premiere has a little special something for fans of James Van Der Beek's original claim to fame: a Dawson's Creek reunion!Van Der Beek, who plays himself on the ABC comedy, attempts to organize a Creek reunion in the episode. read more
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I needed a dress for a wedding. So here's my second Cambie dress. I altered the back quite a bit and tadaa; Cambie goes party ;-)
Nov 10, 2012, 04.38 PMby Amy Thomas
Very very cool
Nov 9, 2012, 08.55 AMby kess
.love this!! such an elegant alteration!
Nov 8, 2012, 11.31 PMby Mary Athey
its gorgeous, i love the lace xx
Nov 8, 2012, 11.05 PMby laracrj
Love love love the back and the lace over the green!
Nov 8, 2012, 10.23 PMby serendipity
Beautiful! Did you also alter the skirt part?
Nov 8, 2012, 10.31 PMby nelakell
Thank you :-) No, the skirt is the one of option A of the pattern.
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- Fri, 2012-02-17 14:08
On the 25th February 2012, 51 year old Kevin Upchurch from Bexleyheath, Kent, will sell his record collection. Far from ordinary, the collection contains every number one single from the UK charts since they began in 1952.
Collected over 39 years, his 1,100 hits spanning vinyl, cassette, CD and MP3 are expected to generate a five figure sum. The collection will go on sale at Omega Auctions in Stockport, Manchester, on February 25th.
The decision to sell his records came when Kevin found himself in need of more living space after recently moving his elderly mother in to his small Kent flat. Starting with the UK's first official number one, Al Martino's Here In My Heart and ending with Rihanna's We Found Love, which reached number one in September 2011, the collection will soon find itself in a brand new home.
Here at I Like Music, we're all wishing Kevin the best of luck with the sell. We know how much work and effort goes in to building and maintaining any record collection because it's something we do too.
Sat inside our office is the I Like Music collection. We've got an awful lot of music and like Kevin, we also have all the number one singles since the charts began in 1952...
A while back we were asked to source the number one single on the day someone was born which we did. This got us thinking. And creating.
We ended up making the Soundtrack of Your Life - soundtrack.ilikemusic.com
It's the part of our site where you can create and send an e-Album - a playlist of music to listen to, sent directly to any recipient's inbox. Just enter their date of birth into the site and from our collection, we generate a playlist of every number one hit from all of their birthdays since they were born. Have a listen, then send them the playlist of the full, original songs by the original artists and they can listen as much as they like!
A lot of people like to send the Soundtrack of Your Life as a birthday card alternative, which we think is a rather nifty idea.
Have a play, send a few, let us know what you think!


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Clonezilla is a partition or disk cloning tool similar to Symantec Ghost. It saves and restores only blocks in use on the hard drive if the file system is supported. For unsupported file systems, dd is used instead. It has been used to clone a 5 GB system to 40 clients in about 10 minutes.
Blink is a small public-access blog engine. It supports running multiple blogs. It displays a main page and links for accessing older posts. It allows a reader to search for posts. Each blog can be oldest post first or newest post first. Any blog can be set to take public posts or allow comments. Admin functions include archiving all blogs and the viewing and deleting of new posts and comments. Posts can also utilize a semiotic bolding of definitions and automatic linking to all definitions. All functionality is in one CGI file under 10 kb.
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Dear all,
my job does some file analysis over a quite long period of time. There are ~1200 files to read and analyse.
Within the job specification, I do iteration over a set of 10 steps required to analyse a single file.
Now I am facing a increased duration on analyzing a file. At start a single iteration over 10 steps took ~ 10 seconds, on half-time the iteration took ~7 minutes. While the execution time of each step approximately constant, the time between ending a step and starting the next one increased from 500 ms to 11 seconds!!
A memory issue?
Did anyone experience similar behaviour?
Require code? Please let me know!
Thank you very much in advance for your help!!


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Planning for the big holiday transformation at Magic Kingdom Park takes months it begins in summer. But the work of replacing jack-o-lanterns with ornaments and toy soldiers happens in hours.
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there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we're apart...... I'll always be with you.
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Religious leaders are very powerful in shaping people's attitudes that could help reduce rapid population growth in many parts of Tanzania, a country with a large population of young people under 18 years.
In many parts of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, there are lessons taking place on the issues of sex, contraception, HIV and AIDS under the Tanzania Interfaith Partnership (TIP).
The TIP partners include Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT), the National Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA), the office of Chief Mufti of Zanzibar and the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC).
These partners have a vast community network from the national to grassroots level.
The grouping of religious scholars and medical professionals team up with the aim of shifting deep-rooted views in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, where Christian and Islamic societies dominate and regard contraception as a sin against God.
"Although the Qur'an is 1,400 years old, it is still alive," says Zuberi Muhidin, Secretary of both the Zanzibar Imams Association and the Zanzibar Interfaith Association for Development and AIDS, (ZIADA). "The verses can be interpreted for today."
The Secretary of ZIADA and Imams Association, Muhidin reads from the new book Ziada has produced to examine whether family planning can be considered against Islamic belief.
"In Chapter Two, verse 233, for example, it says: 'The woman giving birth should breastfeed for two years'," he says. Muhidin argues that the ontraceptive effect of breastfeeding means the verse demands a spacing of almost three years between births, signifying that the spacing of children is endorsed by the Qur'an.
Zanzibar's population is growing at more than 3 per cent a year. Compared with the Tanzanian mainland, Zanzibar has half the rate of use of contraception – just 13 per cent in fertile women according to figures obtained in 2011. The island has more than double the proportion of Muslims, at 95 per cent than Christians or other denominations.
While tackling these controversial issues is fundamentally about the right of women to plan their families, the probable knock-on effect of curbing Zanzibar's rapid population growth is also vital, says Felister Mayala Bwana, National Programme Officer for Reproductive Health for the UN Population Fund in Tanzania. The fund gives support to Ziada.
"Even the existing 1.2 million people are too many for Zanzibar to sustain," says Bwana, without a transformation of the economy and infrastructure that is not happening.
[[The population is growing more than 3 per cent a year, with each woman having more than five children on average, and the population density on the dry island is 400 per square km.
Increasing access to contraception is at the heart of one of the UN's millennium development goals (MDG5), improving maternal health. One of the MDG5 targets is a 60 per cent rate of contraceptive use by 2015. "That is very, very challenging," says Bwana, but can be achieved at a price.
For the 45 million people on the Tanzanian mainland, there is a plan to meet the goal, costing 133bn Tanzanian shillings. According to National Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (NFPCIP 2010)
However, the work done by Muhidin and his colleagues is starting to have an impact: contraceptive use has increased from 9 to 13 per cent in the past four years.
"Religious leaders are very influential here," says Hamid Nasser, a member of the Zanzibar AIDS Commission and Co-ordinator of the Zanzibar Faith-Based Organisations group, which works with Ziada. "The people follow the Qur'an, but the interpretation has to link to modern ways." Condom use, he argues, is a modern equivalent of the traditional withdrawal method. He says that while it used to be the husband's decision when to have a child, religious leaders now teach that the Qur'an says both partners decide together.
"But," says Nasser, banging the table for emphasis, "there are conditions." Modern family planning methods are only acceptable if they are prescribed by a qualified Islamic Doctor, he says, and aimed at protecting the mother's health. In Zanzibar, the scholars' council that sits above the imams issued a fatwa condoning condom use under these conditions.
Furthermore, Nasser says, condoms must only be prescribed from hospitals, not be handed out for free: "Children will take them and they will go everywhere." Muhidin says that nor is the idea of "controlling" population acceptable: "Even when times are hard and life is a struggle, God is the one who gives."
To make more progress, says Muhidin, more efforts will be needed to cover other methods of birth control. While the individual imams are agreed, the scholars' council "takes decisions for the entire population", he says, and so deliberates slowly. Ziada's work on tackling these cultural issues is vital, says Julitta Onabanjo, the UNFPA's head in Tanzania.
She says: "It is not just an issue of getting contraceptive commodities to people, you have to be sure they want to use them, and are able to use them when they want to, whether to plan children, space them out or not have children at all."
But contraceptives supply in Tanzania is another issue. Data show that contraceptives use in the last 20 years has tripled from 10 per cent in 1991 to 34 per cent in 2010. But twice as much use of family planning methods is for women in urban areas compared to those in rural areas.
The rural fertile rate is 6.1 compared to that of urban which is 3.7, which means it is the rural population that drives fertility in Tanzania. Therefore, the strategy intervention in Tanzania to reduce total fertility rate must address rural women who are the poorest.


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SoCon And ESPN3 Reach Deal
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ESPN3 is a big part of our strategy to provide SoCon events to as wide an audience as possible, in whatever platform the consumer wishes.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference announced today (May 24) that the league has reached an agreement to provide a minimum of 40 exclusive events to ESPN3 each of the next three years. The new agreement amends the deal signed between the two parties last August.
"ESPN3 is a big part of our strategy to provide SoCon events to as wide an audience as possible, in whatever platform the consumer wishes," said Commissioner John Iamarino. "Viewers will be able to watch these games on smart phones, tablets, computers and through Xbox LIVE. And we'll have a section on the website designed to assist fans in making the right software connections."
ESPN3 is currently available to 73 million homes through computers, tablets, smart phones and Xbox gaming consoles. SoCon fans will be able to access ESPN3's menu from a video player located on the conference's website (www.soconsports.com).
"This extension with the Southern Conference strengthens ESPN3's commitment to serving fans with more live college sports events that may otherwise not have been seen on television," said Damon Phillips, Vice President, ESPN3.com. "The multi-screen sports network continues to prove itself as a leading destination and key distribution outlet for exclusive events, and we look forward to delivering them across all platforms whenever and wherever fans are."
The 40 exclusive events will come from eight different league sports, including football, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. Both regular season contests and championships events will be distributed through ESPN3, including the league's eight-game football package.
In addition, every game of the men's basketball tournament will be available through ESPN3, with the championship game also set to be televised by either ESPN or ESPN2. The women's basketball tournament semifinals and championship game will also be delivered live on ESPN3.
The full season schedule and specific events will be announced at a later date.
ESPN3 is available online at WatchESPN.com, through the Xbox LIVE platform to Gold level members and on the mobile and tablet devices via the WatchESPN app. More and more fans are going to ESPN3 for their college sports, with more than 6.1 million unique viewers that generated 11.6 million total hours consumed during the 2011 regular college football season on computers, up 19 percent compared to the previous year.


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This is an update to a previous review that I wrote. This was my 5th or 6th stay here at the Suffern Crowne Plaza as I attend scrapbooking events that are held here 3-4 times a year. I am most impressed by the consistency of excellence that this hotel sets as its standard. The hotel is immaculate. The public areas... More
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- Suffern Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center also known as the GEM of Rockland County is situated in a distinctive setting. It features 230 artfully renovated guest rooms and suites, Flagstone's Restaurant The Koi Lounge, a fully equipped 24 hour fitness center, and business center. It features the newest ballrooms in the county making it the perfect location for corporate conventions and meetings, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, and social events. Whatever the reason for your visit to our hotel, you can enjoy the tranquility of our countryside surroundings with easy access to the excitement of New York City. Not to be forgotten would be a shopping spree at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, with over 200 stores to choose from! ... more less
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To begin, there were 14 of us checking in at the same time and the front desk personnel did an exceptional job of getting us in. They were professional and very helpful. While the rooms were clean and comfortable they were somewhat behind on routine maintenance and needed a little work. Breakfast was marginal but well prepared and clean. Overall... More
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Hello everyone,
I am thinking of buying a juicer. Is anyone familiar with the Waring Pro JEX 328C model? If so does it make smooth juice? Does it create a lot of waste?
I currently own a very cheap model and my juices are always very "pulpy" giving me an irratated (sp?) throat and I notice that the pulp is very wet therefore it requires more fruits and veggies.
Thanks for you comments and suggestions,
Michelle ;)


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- Bentley ultraluxury SUV nears final approval
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- Mercedes to add 2 models to S-class range
- VW to make turbo engines standard
- Toyota Furia sheds some light on the next Corolla
- Mercedes' big CLA buildup begins with the Super Bowl
- Cadillac's spin on the ELR: Get 'em before they're gone
- Turbo 4 cylinder, diesel planned for Infiniti Q50
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- Bentley ultraluxury SUV nears final approval
- Execs unfazed by Dart's slow start
- Lincoln to explore 'mass customization'
- Niche products still a priority at Nissan
- Nissan spices up Versa hatch
- New Kia flagship targets top end of sedan market
- Ford's van plan: More flexibility
- VW ponders U.S. pickup
West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin -- our tireless chronicler of such things as "micro-cheese-grater" interiors and front ends that evoke "a dachshund snorting a gopher hole" -- walked the floor of the Detroit auto show gathering first impressions of new cars and concepts. Here's his take on the winners, losers and everything in between.
A trip to the Vette
People want badly for the new Chevrolet Corvette's styling to be iconic and timeless, but it is not. The double-bubble roofline's arc into the Stingray tail is a work of sculpture, and the four-across exhaust pipes evoke '60s racing. But there is too much borrowed styling, whether it's in the shapes of the vents or the body side sweep from a Testarossa. There are nine character lines across the hood, which make it look like an unfolded paper airplane. And, horribly, the circular gas-filler lid looks stamped from the Malibu line.
Honda's segment buster
Nine inches shorter than a Honda CR-V, the Urban SUV Concept could define the nascent subcompact crossover segment. The collision of the front fender and wheel arch mars its fascia. But the sheet metal arc from the door panels upward to meet the hatch gives the illusion of a much larger cabin space.
New stance on the Corolla
Pushing wheels to the corners does great things for passenger room and dynamic handling, but it kills trunk space. When Toyota's Furia concept becomes a Corolla, expect the rear wheels to be several inches farther forward. The idea of a Corolla notchback is curiously retro '80s. The squinty headlights are a bit too Honda Civic.
Silverado short on style
Head on, the new Chevrolet pickup mimics a Transformer. Unfortunately, it appears the design studio ran out of money, as the body panels and rear tailgate have zero personality. Inside, the gauges are plenty masculine, with buttons and switches that work while you're wearing work gloves.
Atlas, rugged
If the production Ford F-150, due in 2014 as a 2015 model, carries a fraction of the machismo of the Atlas concept, the Silverado is in deep trouble. The fascia is brutish; the side panels are muscular and sculpted. Ford says it wanted the Atlas "to look unstoppable." Mission accomplished.
Acura changes design ... again
With the MDX concept, Acura has replaced its angry robot look with that of a sinewy snake. The blocky look is now aero. It's lower and longer, less like an SUV and more like a tall wagon. It's a big styling risk.
Infiniti's quality quest
The Infiniti Q50's tail is oddly stubby, made more so by the stamper's nightmare of angles, creases and surfaces at the C-pillar. The micro-cheese-grater interior detail is a cool modern treatment. The fascia evokes a grouper fish.
Lexus talking 'bout evolution
The hoodline on the new Lexus IS sedan is blocky, no longer sloping. The shoulder creases are crisper and continue to rise into the rear deck. The headlamps are more a scowl than a squint. The base of the rear-door cut sweeps upward before the rear wheel arch, rather than intersecting with it. Kudos for bringing the digitized instrument cluster from the LFA supercar.
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Mercedes schnoz appeal?
The bank vault Mercedes E class returns. Solid, trustworthy, a chunk of autobahn-conquering confidence. The black-on-white instrument cluster is starkly beautiful. But the protruding snout is like a dachshund snorting a gopher hole.
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Kia steals from the best
From the A-pillar forward, the Kia Cadenza may as well be a BMW 7 series. From the back, it's an Audi A6. It's elegant in a wildly derivative way. Too bad the interior typefaces are so unsophisticated.
Fully accessible VW
The Volkswagen CrossBlue concept is longer and lower than a Touareg and carries the VW family resemblance. The third-row seat is so accessible, a woman in a skirt exited with ease and decorum. Sadly, it seems named by Captcha.
Lincoln's escape from boredom
The cool center storage console on Lincoln's MKC Concept, which bisects the second-row seats, likely won't make production. The cluster of Lincoln logos on the door inners is a cool design touch. From 50 feet away, the side scallops look ripped from a BMW or Hyundai. While the rear fascia has great presence, the grille looks wrong on this crossover.
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Hyundai's luxury leap
The HCD-14 concept should be the next Hyundai Genesis. It's what the second-generation Mercedes CLS should have looked like -- the constant, unbroken shoulder crease that runs from stem to stern is gorgeous. There are no bad angles in this sharky sedan.
Bimmer's magic touch
Low and muscular, the 4-series coupe looks more like a step-down 6-series coupe than a coupe version of the 3-series sedan. The long hoodline promises gobs of horsepower underneath. Hiding the door handle under the shoulder crease is a nice touch.
Cadillac's Coupe de Volt
Cadillac's ELR electric coupe resurrects cab-forward styling in a two door. The square LED headlights are mimicked in the twin tick-tack-toe grilles. The doorstop silhouette forces a gigantic -- and lovely -- expanse of rear window glass.
Acne on a supermodel
The Maserati Quattroporte stretches on forever and reeks of power, which is why the small, oddly shaped headlights seem so incongruous. The trunk lid is a stubby appendage, with a downward taper that betrays the dreamy sweep of the rest of the car.
A happy Note
The Nissan Versa Note may appear bland compared with the competition. But on second look, there is something bewitchingly elegant here -- a rare accomplishment for an econobox. The grille carries a cheerful smile -- perhaps a sign of the industry's better times?
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