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2018 will be an exciting year for the automotive industry around the world as automakers line up new models for the new year. Some cars will be entirely new while others will be redesigned from existing models. Automakers such as Toyota, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Audi, and Ford have already lined up models for the upcoming year 2018.
Car enthusiasts and petrolheads will wait with undying expectation and anticipation. The new models will come in a variety of configurations; SUVs, Sedans, vans and pickup trucks. Below is a detailed list of some of the top upcoming cars to look out for in 2018-19.
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Audi A1 2018
The Audi A1 is a supermini, and it faces serious contenders such as the Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, and the MINI cooper. Audi has hinted improvements in terms of technology, practicability, and style. The exterior will be redesigned, a bolder grille and sharper LED headlights are some of the new features to expect. The 1.0-liter engine will also be revised to improve overall performance.
The Audi shares a lot in common with the VW Polo and therefore the two cars are expected to be similar. Both cars will feature an optional 1.5-Liter diesel engine that will produce up to 160 bhp. With no doubt, this is a car to look out for, with improvements in styling and technology, pricing starts from $16,500.
Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2018
The Stelvio is much awaited car & listed in top upcoming cars 2018-2019 list, Indeed its stylish crossover that shares a similar platform with the Giulia, for example, the doors, and fenders are made of aluminum. With the success of the Giulia, Alfa Romeo is looking forward to releasing the 2018 Stelvio. The car will feature a powerful engine capable of producing up to 280 horsepower and 306 pound-feet of torque.
Alfa Romeo claims the car will hit 60 mph in just 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 177 mph. Regardless of the impressive performance expected from the Stelvio, It will be slower compared to its smaller sibling, the Giulia. The Stelvio will feature an eight-speed automatic transmission. The price of the Stelvio is yet to be made public.
Tesla Model 3 2018
This is one of the most awaited vehicle. Tesla Model 3 is an all electric car. It has already got about half a million pre-orders. Production is about to start and company will start delivering the car by mid-2018. Model 3 is the cheapest Tesla car so far. It can go 215 miles on a single charge. It can go from 0 to 60 mph in just under 6 seconds.
It has the five-star safety rating, autopilot, enough space for 5 people, and supercharging feature. It is priced at $35000, you can preorder by paying $1000 at tesla's official website.
Ford Fiesta ST 2018
The car comes with a 1.5-liter in-line three-cylinder engine that is turbocharged. Ford claims the engine will produce 197 horsepower and 214 pound-feet of torque. The ST is expected to hit 60 mph in 6.7 seconds. Ford will fit a six-speed manual transmission into the ST and this will supplement the sporty aspects of the car.
In terms of technology, The 2018 Ford Fiesta ST will have a drive mode selector which will allow the driver to change from normal to sport and track. The ST will also have an eight-inch display touch screen with the all-new Sync3 infotainment system. The interior will feature a more upmarket feel with improvements in the material used and technology. The car will come in both three and four door configurations.
Honda Odyssey 2018
This is Honda's family hauler, the new car for 2018-19 will offer more in terms of versatility and technology. Exterior changes are minimal, however, the new Odyssey will feature new LED headlights.
The 2018 Odessey will share a similar platform with the Honda Pilot and the Honda Ridgeline pickup truck. The new Odessey will feature a powerful 3.5-liter v6 that will produce 280 horsepower, attached to the engine is a nine-speed automatic transmission.
Upper trims of the Odessey come fitted with a 10-speed automatic transmission. The car features 8-inch touchscreen display with Honda's latest infotainment system. Pricing starts from around $30,000.
Hyundai Accent 2018
This car looks like a smaller version of the Elantra. The Accent is now in its fifth generation and the styling borrows a lot from larger Hyundai's.
The car features a redesigned four-cylinder engine. Coupled with the newly revised engine, are the new technological features that make the car a formidable rival to the Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta. The Accent's exterior has not changed much, with only a few changes at the back and front.
Higher trims of the Accent feature LED headlights and larger 17-inch wheels. The car comes fitted with a 1.6 in-line four with direct injection, the engine produces 132 horsepower and 119 pound-feet of torque. This engine is then merged to a six-speed transmission. Notable technological features include push button start and keyless entry, pricing starts at $15,830.
Kia Rio 2018
This is the lowest priced subcompact car from the South Korean automaker. The exterior design of the car looks aggressive and stylish. Kia claims that the car is 90% new; the new car is much lighter than its predecessor. The structure of the car at the front is reinforced with high strength steel. Technological features include lane departure warning, apple car play, and android auto. The car comes fitted with either of these three engines: the naturally aspirated 1.2-liter engine at 83 hp, inline 4-cylinder 1.4-liter turbocharged diesel, and the 1.0-liter turbocharged 3 cylinder engine. The car comes with either a six-speed manual, four-speed automatic or a five-speed manual, pricing starts at $16,390.
Lexus LS500 2018
This is Japanese luxury at its best, the car comes with comfy seats that have contrast-stitched leather. The LS500 shares a platform with the LC coupe, however, it is slightly longer.
The car is powered by a turbocharged 3.5-liter v6 that produces 414 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque. The engine is mated to a ten-speed automatic (Aisin). The car comes with rear-wheel drive as the standard configuration, however, all-wheel drive is available as an option, pricing starts from $72,000.
Mercedes E-Class Coupe
The E-Class Coupe is a two-door car with an elegant exterior design. The car comes fitted with a twin turbo 3.0-liter v6 engine that produces a staggering 329 horsepower and 354 foot-pounds of torque.
The engine is merged to a nine-speed automatic transmission, Mercedes claims that this transmission improves fuel economy compared to the previous seven-speed automatic. The car comes in two options, either the 4MATIC or the rear-wheel drive version.
In terms of technology, the car is fitted with two 12.3 inch screens, one digitally displays the instrument cluster, while the other is for the central COMMAND. Apple Car Play, Android Auto, navigation, and a wireless inductive charging pad are all included as standard, Pricing starts from $53,075.
McLaren 720s
The 720s is a beast in its own capacity, the car is lightweight and is aerodynamically designed for maximum performance at high speeds. The car comes fitted with a twin turbo 4.0-liter engine that produces 710 horsepower that is attached to a seven-speed automatic transmission.
The 2018 720s has a drift mode as an addition to the standard modes; sport, comfort, and track. The car comes fitted with a touchscreen for the infotainment system as a standard feature. The gauge cluster is displayed digitally, pricing starts from $288,845.
Toyota Camry
The design of the new Camry looks as if it was conceived from a sci-fi movie, however, the new car is taller than the previous model.
The interior is elegantly designed with a new dashboard that is much more stylish. There are three engines to choose from, and Toyota claims that the engines have been re-engineered. There is the 2.5-liter four-cylinder base engine that produces 200 horsepower and the 3.5-liter v6 that produces 296 horsepower.
The final option is a hybrid model that has the base 2.5-liter engine and electric motors that coordinate the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), pricing starts from $23,995.
Ford Mustang GT
The 2019 Ford Mustang GT is being kept pretty much under wraps by the automobile maker, which has led to much speculation among car aficionados.
The car was scheduled to be released sometime in 2019, but if rumors are to be believed, it will hit the market soon. It will feature a 5.2L Voodoo Engine with 750 horsepower at 8200 RPM. It will be the most expensive GT ever.
It is one of the highly anticipated car. With excellent built quality of BMW, carbon fiber body and luxurious interiors, this is a car of everyone's dreams.
It is expected to feature a twin turbo V6 engine with 600 horsepower, LED lights, bigger grill, wider air intake, more spacious with top-notch safety features. It will be released in the year 2019 with a price tag of $200,000.
More upcoming cars:
- Ferrari Dino 2018
- Jeep Grand Wagoneer 2018
- Jaguar XE SVR 2018
- Kia GT 2018
- Audi A7 2018
- Audi A8 2018
- Audi Q7 2018


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Kate Olson
We who have had the immense pleasure of being College Conference Volunteers (CCVs) at a Higher Things Conference have been blessed by God to make some of our sweetest, most cherished memories and closest friends at those times. And oh…the pain of Friday afternoon at a Higher Things conference!
On Monday, everything is exciting. There is work to be done and new people to meet. It's Higher Things! We are preparing to receive Christ the next day with hundreds of new siblings in Christ whom we've never met before. And boy, do we prepare! Unload the truck, inventory the merchandise, fold, stack, lift. Unpack big Jesus and little Jesus, hang them, hang the banners, dress the altar. Fill the bags and organize them into neat, lovely rows, like presents under a giant Christmas tree. The guests arrive tomorrow and because Christ loved us first, we are happier to prepare and to give to them more than we are to receive. Tour the campus so we are ready to lead, learn the technology so we can aid the teachers and Pastors. A CCV never complains because it's Higher Things week and we couldn't be more excited to see the chapel decked out in green and catch a glimpse of the hymns in the worship book. We hear things like, "That's your favorite hymn too?!" and "We're going to be best friends!" And yes, we probably will be.
Tuesday brings the guests! We are at our stations, ready to hand out the neatly lined bags with smiles on our faces-ready to direct traffic under a blazing hot sun. Finally, in the early afternoon, everyone has arrived. The ladies have helped prepare the elements and the gentlemen will usher. We've been waiting patiently, but anxiously, for the first hymn to begin. In all of its glory, the Gospel is declared and Christ Himself is received in the ears and on the lips. We are forgiven and ready for the rest of the week. Tuesday brings the first plenary, break-outs, walking, and please grab those waters! We move fast because pastors are anxious for their lessons to be well-prepared and we are more than happy to help them. Then the conference-goers find their places in a chair, on the floor, along the walls, and we have one simple, but important message for them: "DON'T FORGET YOUR EVALUATIONS!" Tuesday cannot end without an evening of fun. We set up, we help, we laugh a lot. Finally, we pray compline together, and over the next few days, we pray it again and again, creating perhaps the most memorable moments of this special week. And then it's back to the dorms for a little sleep, but only after we unwind for just a few short…hours. And we think back to registration and it seems so long ago. Those new acquaintances from yesterday are old friends by now.
Wednesday morning is early. Grab some coffee and let's get to work. The first thing to do is to organize the day. We divide up break-out sessions and tasks: Some of us will help at the information and merchandise table, someone might even help a lost pastor or two. We leave chapel early to help direct traffic and put up all of those break-out signs. We are always ahead of the crowd, always ready to lead. We hurry to the break-outs when our jobs are done and learn and receive and take notes. And all along the way to and from we talk and we share and we realize this is probably the best week of our lives. By Wednesday night we are exhausted but now we've had a chance to get to know not just a few but all of our fellow CCVs. We only go to bed once we've laughed until our sides ache. And then we calm down, and some of us go to bed-some do. Wednesday is the night for the long, wonderful, heart-to-heart conversations.
Thursday we sing our favorite hymns with even more fervor next to our bosom buddies who now know our struggles, our hopes, our pain and our joy. And we shed not a few tears because God's Grace is so good in Christ and in our friends…well the girls do, anyway. And someone always says, "Guys, we've got to all be at the same conference next year."
And so comes Friday. The closing Divine Service is bittersweet. We receive Christ's Body and Blood with our sisters and brothers who have become so very special to us and with them we are forgiven. And we think of leaving in a few hours. But there isn't time to be sad! Everything must be taken down, counted, organized, and packed. We keep working, we keep laughing, we keep hoping there is another task to prevent us from leaving just yet. But finally it is time.
We stay close for a while after the conference, but slowly life takes over again. And that conference becomes such a great memory but those details get blurry. And soon, it's time for another conference and of course we can't all be there. And another. And we haven't seen each other in a few years. And then the beautiful part comes! We see one of our old CCV mates at a church we're visiting or at another conference or wherever! And suddenly we're talking as if we had just taken down the last parament. And that's when we remember that we will always be together. For eternity. It doesn't matter if it's in this life or the next. We meet at the Altar together each Sunday, we hear the same Christ preached from the pulpit. We will be best friends, sisters and brothers, along with all believers in Christ, forever. And Christ is our host who prepares that "conference" and the rejoicing and singing will never end.
Kate Olson is a member of Mount Hope Lutheran Church in Casper, Wyoming, and teaches 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade at Mount Hope Lutheran School.

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It was a good week.
Good things happened.*
I was elated, and happy, and embarrassed, and excited, and it was just a really good week.
*Fun things, silly things, thing that made go, "squeeeee."
I finally uploaded my solo to youtube, I think I did pretty okay considering I was still sick and my voice wasn't up to snuff, I'll put that link in at the bottom of this post, in case anyone wants to see it.*
*Is that weird, should I not do that?
I'm leaving to see my sister next Saturday.
I'm going to try to do that Picture Saturday post early, so I can schedule it to post while I travel,* because that's going to be the last Picture Saturday until sometime in April, when I get back, since Gina and Dan don't have a scanner, and I will not post bad quality pics, okay? Okay.
*Pray for me! I've never flown alone before!
Right well... this week, unfortunately, I didn't draw a whole lot of quality stuff, but whatever. I'm really proud of a few of them (one in particular), and I'm gonna post the not-so-stellar ones, because I'm in a sharing mood. lol.
1.) So we have the little girl sketch I did while I was listening to Amy's private lesson, because... I bring sketchbooks with me. (I'm getting the hang of little kid bodies, aw yiss.)
2.) The guitar doodle, because why the heck not?
3.) The little guy who will definitely have a girlfriend when he grows into his eyebrows.
4.) The one where I discovered gelly roll pens, and was like, "HIGHLIGHT ALL THE THINGS." (White gelly roll pens are life. Aw YISS.)
5.) The one I started of Tyler Ward, and intend to finish. Tyler Ward is awesome and you should follow him on youtube, because the guy is so talented, and so sincere.
6.) Max feeling very sad and forlorn because he did the Thing.
7.) The one where Tristan finds out about the Thing.
8.) The one I don't like.
9.) The first sketch of Stitch and Angel that my brother requested....
10.) Aaaaaaaaaaaand THE ONE THAT TURNED OUT SO WELL I FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS RESULT, AND I LIKE IT. (Seriously, Gelly Roll pens are where it's AT.) I LOVE THIS PIC, OKAY? OKAY.
Yeah... I'm not proud of myself at all....
I dunno, guys, I'm weird tonight. I'm all jittery and wonky. It's really late, and freaking Daylight Savings Time started and I should really go to bed.
So I'm going to post my solo (because apparently it's all about ME tonight....), and I'm gonna call it quits.


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I used papers from Recollections and Studio Calico. Rather than punching another row of stars I decided to use the punched out stars raised on 3d foam.
Monday, 27 October 2014
Truly Magical: My Creative Sketches October Sketch
While the tail end of hurricane Gonzala blew over on Tuesday I sat and did some scrapping rather than venture out. I decided to have a go at this months sketch on the My Creative Sketches Blog
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One of the many reasons I love homeschooling, is the ability to drop everything and take advantage of vacations. This past week, Brian had to do some work in Green Bay, Wisconsin. So while many other kids were finishing up their last week of school, we jumped in the car and took a road trip to Wisconsin with the kids!
Road Tripping – Wisconsin with Kids
The trip from Kansas City, MO was 9+ hours so we split it up into two days of driving. Our first day we went from KC to Madison, WI.
Our first stop (other than gas related) was for dinner. We drove a bit out of the way to Potosi, WI to try the Potosi Brewing Co. in Potosi, WI. After reading a few reviews it sounded like a good place to stop and get a meal and a craft beer. The small town was cute and quaint and the museum looked like it would have been fun (if we'd had more time), however, the restaurant was just okay. For making a special trip in to try it, we were disappointed. The food was pretty bland and boring, and the service was just average. The restaurant was not very large and had no coloring or activities for the kids, but it wasn't too much of a bar that it made us think twice about bringing our kids with us. We packed some coloring and books in our diaper bag just in case and it was good that we did. Potosi Brewing Co is not a stop we will be making again, but it was nice to get out, eat and start back on our way!
We arrived in Madison, WI late in the evening. got our hotel room at Staybridge Suites on the East side of Madison and it was a great find for our family. The suite worked well for our needs. With a bedroom, living area and kitchen, we had plenty of space to spread out and unwind. Once we got the kids to sleep, Brian and I had the living room area to relax before hitting the hay, as well. The only thing we wished was that we had gotten two queen beds instead of two double beds. Sharing with squirmy kids is hard in a small bed.
The next morning, we grabbed breakfast in the lobby and packed our bags back up. We opted for a late checkout which allowed us more time in the morning without having all of our bags in the back of our van.
Our first stop was the Geology Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. This was a must do on our list because we have two geology lovers. Sunshine loves all kinds of rocks and Mister Man is a bit obsessed with dinosaurs making the Geology Center a fun stop for our family. The free museum was put together very well. It was a small museum, but it was packed full of rocks, minerals, bones, and more. We were very impressed! This is a must do if you are traveling through Madison, Wisconsin and have geology lovers like we do. I would love to do this again with the kiddos in a few years and see how much more they would get out of it as they get older.
The Geology Center took about an hour, we definitely could have stayed longer, but Sugar Plum filled her drawers and I hadn't brought the diaper bag with us… mommy fail.
After the Geology Center we attempted to try the zoo, however at 10:30am parking was non-existent. The zoo looked decent from the drive by, but we never made it in, unfortunately.
We did, however, find a great Botanical Garden – The Olbrich Botanical Garden. This was great find! It was a perfect way to get rid of some energy and get some exercise while admiring the beautiful plants. The garden was very well put together and was fun for both kids and parents. It was a great time of year to visit, as the flowers were all blooming and it wasn't too hot to be walking outside. The kids enjoyed seeing the frogs, insects, birds and flowers (can you say "great nature walk") and Brian and I enjoyed the landscaping inspiration and the amazing floral scents around every corner! I would definitely recommend visiting the gardens for a fun few hours and the best part – it was free!
For lunch we stopped at another brewery, Vintage Brewing Co.. The brewery was on the outskirts of the city making it easy for parking (a definite plus in Madison). The food was good, the beer was great, but the atmosphere of the restaurant was nothing special. We would stop again, but it is not a must do by any means.
After lunch we headed into Green Bay, Wisconsin for a few days. We arrived around dinner, so we checked in quickly at the SpringHill Suites Green Bay. We booked a two bedroom suite with two king beds. The hotel suite was spacious and set up well. There was a small fridge and microwave, bedroom with one king bed and detached bathroom and a half wall separating the king bedroom area. We put the two kids in the bedroom with the door. Sugar Plum slept in a pack and play in the open king room with Brian and I. As with the first night, it was easy to get the kids to bed and relax for a little while before heading to bed ourselves.
After checking in, we headed downtown for some fresh tacos at Vintage Cantina. We love going places that use local fresh ingredients and Miss Sunshine had been asking for tacos, so this was an easy choice for dinner. The restaurant is very quaint and not very kid friendly (no highchairs or kids menu). This made it a bit more difficult to make work for our family. The food was delicious, but it was very spicy and the kids had a hard time eating their choices – Grilled Swordfish and Green Chicken sans the jalepenos. Between the four of us, we ended up ordering quite a few of the tacos so we had quite a variety and I think the only one that wasn't too spicy for the kids was the Fried Avocado taco. That being said, Brian and I thought the tacos were delicious! I would definitely go back… without kids. After dinner the kids took a swim in the pool and then headed to bed.
The next morning we headed to the Green Bay New Zoo. This was something the kids were looking forward to especially because we didn't get to do the zoo the day before. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I was expecting. There were some great exhibits, the lions were right next to the glass which was neat, and they had a great children's petting area. But the giraffe's were off in the corner and not interested in being fed, which was something the kids were really looking forward to. The wolves were no where to be seen in their cages and it was much smaller than I was expecting. That being said, I really think we are spoiled with the great Kansas City Zoo we visit often. It's just hard to compare other zoos.
After the zoo we headed towards the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary but by the time we arrived the storm clouds were heading in so we decided to take a nice drive down the coast of the bay. This was a beautiful drive, especially with the incoming storm.
After driving for a bit while Sugar Plum napped we grabbed a quick lunch and headed to the Neville Public Museum. This was one of the things on my if we have time list. We had time and I am so glad we made the stop. The kids had a blast. There was a great journey through time and a wonderful kids discovery area. Even the temporary exhibit, Life and Death at Fort Howard was fun. They were in the process of putting together their Ice Age exhibit and we got to take a sneak peek and ask a few questions. It was really neat to see the exhibit before things were set in place.
After a little down time at the hotel we headed to dinner at Titletown Brewery. This was a great brewery and restaurant. The beer was good, the food was delicious, the environment was fun and the kids had fun too. We were impressed by the service and food and would definitely go back again.
The next morning we headed off to Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. I wish we would have had a full day to spend here! It was even better than the zoo! The animals were up close and playful and the nature trails were full of little areas to see even more. As we walked through the main path there were many areas to explore, including playgrounds, animals, and interactive learning areas. The kids loved the playful otters, the wolf at the window and touching the deer. We took a nature walk on one of the trails and were excited to see many frogs and birds, plus the walk was beautiful. After walking a bit, we took some time to cool off inside the nature center. This was an experience on it's own. The many touch and feel areas, playground exploration and live animals made it a great place to spend a bit of time. We spent 2.5 hours at the sanctuary and didn't even get to the birds and waterfall area! Sometimes I wish I would just do all the free things in a city first!
Brian finished up around lunch and so we headed back to the hotel to pack up and get on the road to Chicago.
We decided on a quick lunch at Leatherheads Brewery on the way out of town. This was a fun place and the kids enjoyed it as well. The food was very good, they were very kid friendly and we had a nice lunch before a short drive down to Chicago for the night and next day.
Overall, I would definitely go back to Wisconsin, we had a great trip and made so many great memories!


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Mr. Speaker, the briefing note we have from the minister, which was published after November, said "Implementation of a cross-border currency reporting regime is not expected until at least June 2002".
The director of enforcement at the OSE said "Canada has to accept some responsibility for its reputation as a haven for dubious activity".
Why does the government not end its reputation for being a haven for money laundering by acting now and enforcing the regulations that it has brought in?


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Lundqvist Wins Shootout Against Dallas
Friday, January 7, 2011
Henrik was great in the game and terrific in the shootout. MZA made another game winning goal this game with the only goal made in the shootout. No explosions with Avery and the Stars so I was a little disappointed. But it was really good game and nothing makes my day better than continually hearing "SAVE BY LUNDQVIST!".


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I now have soap bases and shampoo and conditioner SLS free bases on the site, along with 3 primary colours to make up any shade you like. Food grade and with full MSDS info. 3 Neon colours also now and a choice of 25 mica's.
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I'm new to the cosplay scene and am getting into cosplay photography. This was my first shoot and would like peoples opinions on the photos. Anything from poses, location choice, lighting, or composition. Also if you just like the photos that's cool to know too. The cosplay community is great and am happy to have become apart it one way.
http://trevortoma.com/portfolio/tiffany ... xaltairis/
http://trevortoma.com/portfolio/tiffany ... e-hee-kim/
Photographer new to the scene - Shoots from TouhouCon
You wanted it, you got it! General posts and chatting can go here, but keep it friendly...
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I thought the photos were good. The only thing I would have liked to see is a bit more variety in the locations and maybe some sort of filter or smoke effect or something else creative to make it look more like fantasy. After all thats what cosplay is all about..right?
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Thank you for the reply. Those shots were impromptu shoots that I did while at Touhou Con. I'd like the opportunity to do a more elaborate setup with some cosplayers though for sure. Next time Im bringing gels with me though to try out on my next set of impromptu shoots.
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The Firkin worm family appeared in the beginning of April, 2000. 3 variants this worm exist already. All these variants are spreading via local networks. The worm is also known as '911 virus', because it has a specific payload routine that calls 911 if a modem is present in an infected system.
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Submit a file or URL for further analysis.
The worm is written in DOS Batch language (worm's components are mostly BAT files) and it uses DOS box commands and a few external utilities to perform the infection. Firkin is a multi-component worm - the worm itself is not just a single file, but a set of DOS batch files, PIF files (Program Information Files used to start DOS programs under Windows) and some additional components.
After being run, the worm installs its startup component (a PIF file) to the Windows startup folder ('Start Menu\Programs\Startup'). When Windows boots up, this PIF file activates the main worm component - the special routine in the worm's main BAT component. This routine initializes the random counter the the IP address counter, hides its window (DOS box window) with a help of an additional utility and then proceeds to the infection loop. During this loop the worm generates a large number of IP addresses and pings (tries to resolve) all of them. This is a time consuming task, but it is processed in background and as a result it is not visible for the user.
Here's the screenshot of the worm's process window when maximized:
When an IP address is resolved, the worm identifies all shared resources on a PC associated with that address. If there are drives shared with full access rights (reading and writing), the worm looks for the Windows directory on that drive and installs itself there. Then the worm then creates a new folder in the 'Program Files' directory, copies its files there and adds a PIF file to the Windows startup folder to be activated on the remote computer on its next startup.
The worm is able to spread itself only if Windows is installed in the directory named C:\WINDOWS\, so if this directory name is different or if Windows is installed on an another drive, the worm fails to spread itself. The worm will not work under Windows NT as it has a different startup directorypath.
The worm has a dangerous payload routine. Depending on its random counter the worm either formats hard drives or dials '911' using a modem if one is installed on COM1 - COM4 ports. One of worm's versions sends dial commands to all these ports regardless of modem presence in the infected system.
Several variants of this worm are known and all of them operate the same way as described above, only with some minor differences:
The worm's directory:
'Firkin.a,b': C:\PROGRA~1\FORESKIN\ (C:\Program Files\FORESKIN\)
'Firkin.c': C:\PROGRA~1\CHODE\ (C:\Program Files\CHODE\)
The worm's components and additional utilities:
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In April of 1968, Stanley Kubrick's latest film, 2001: A Space Odyssey screened before press audiences. Completed just days earlier, it was a collaboration between the famed director and famed British science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. The first reviews were critical: "The movie is so completely absorbed in its own problems, its use of color and space, its fanatical devotion to science-fiction detail, that it is somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring," the New York Times declared. Others were more positive: Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong watched the movie prior to his historic mission, and enjoyed himself: "It was a particularly fine production, with exceptionally accurate portrayals of spaceflight conditions and visual effects." Since its release, Clarke and Kubrick's film has stood the test of time, remaining a popular and influential science fiction movie, one which helped elevate Clarke's status as one of the world's leading science fiction authors.
Arthur Charles Clarke was born on December 16th, 1917 in the town of Minehead in Somerset, England. Clarke first came across science fiction when he borrowed a neighbor's copy of Hugo Gernsback's first scientifiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1928. His real passion for the genre came full force when he bought a copy of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, (later known as Astounding Stories) a couple of years later. Clarke's life was "irrevocably changed" by the stories, and it sparked an interest not only in writing, but in science. His neighbors and parents encouraged his newfound passion, most of whom worked in the new telecommunications field; his mother as a telegraph operator and his father as an engineer for the local post office. Clarke's introduction to science fiction came at a rough time for the boy: In the same year he discovered Astounding, his father passed away due his wartime injuries.
He threw himself into his passions. With cast-off lenses, he built his own telescopes to observe the moon and nearby planets, and soon graduated to building his own rockets at his family's farm. All the while, he read as many science fiction magazines he could get his hands on, often secondhand copies imported from the United States. He devoured the works by H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, and in late 1930, he came across a book that would influence him above all others: Olaf Stapledon's novel The Last and First Men. Still in grade school, Clarke began to write stories of his own.
By 1936, Clarke arrived in London, where he found work as a civil servant. The city allowed him something which was missing on the family farm: fellow science fiction and space fans, whom he met when he joined the British Interplanetary Society. His combination of skills and interests would be useful in the coming years as war broke out in Continental Europe. Clarke opted to join the Royal Air Force in 1941, where he started as a radio specialist and eventually was selected for radar training, where he excelled, helping to develop better systems for the RAF. While training, teaching and working, he continued to write, publishing technical pieces about his work.
Clarke's background in physics and mathematics made him an ideal candidate for the new wave of science fiction stories that had overtaken the pulp magazines in the United States. By the end of the war, he made his first science fiction sale to John W. Campbell Jr. at Astounding Science Fiction. "Loophole" appeared in the April 1946 issue of the magazine, and his story "Rescue Party" appeared a month later.
1946 marked another major milestone for Clarke: He published an article titled "Extra-Terrestrial Relays in Wireless World," which outlined his ideas for what would become a geosynchronous communications satellite. Put into practice in 1965 with the launch of IntelSat 1, it was a revolutionary step that allowed communication signals to be transmitted around the planet, adding to Clarke's reputation within the science fictional world: Not only was he imagining new stories, he was someone who made them happen as well. After the war ended in 1945, he left the military and entered King's College, where he received his bachelor's degree in general sciences.
Clarke had an opportunity to meet his idol Olaf Stapledon in 1948, when he learned that the author was a fellow member of the BIS. Clarke, who was in charge of the speaker's programming for the group, reached out to Stapledon and invited him to speak on "anything you might care to say on the general subject of interplanetary travel." Stapledon agreed, and spoke for two and a half hours in a widely publicized talk in October.
In December of 1948, the BBC ran a short story contest; inspired, Clarke wrote a short piece about a group of astronauts who discover an alien construct on the moon's surface. After its discovery and destruction, the narrator speculates that it was a beacon designed to alert some unknown species of humanity's advancement. Clarke submitted his story, titled "The Sentinel of Eternity," only to have it fail to place.
Clarke's career as an author was on the upswing by the start of the 1950s: In 1951, Galaxy Science Fiction's editor published Clarke's first novel, Prelude to Space, which was closely followed by his second, The Sands of Mars. A nonfiction book titled The Exploration of Space, detailing the technical and scientific elements of human spaceflight, also arrived in bookstores. In the same year, Donald Wollheim acquired Clarke's unsold story "The Sentinel of Eternity" and published in 10 Story Fantasy alongside stories from A.E. Van Vogt, Fritz Leiber, C.M. Kornsbluth and others, and it was widely reprinted in various collections and anthologies.
1953 marked the publication of Clarke's first breakout novel, Childhood's End. The novel had its roots in a story Clarke had published a couple of years earlier, "Guardian Angel," which recounted the reactions of humanity after aliens appeared over the major cities of Earth. The story became the first part of the draft, with additional material added on. The resulting novel was one that drew heavily from the works of Olaf Stapledon: Aliens arrive in the skies above Earth, eventually revealing themselves to help guide humanity to a new evolutionary process, allowing them to transcend their physical bodies to join a cosmic Overmind. The novel exploded out of the gate, selling hundreds of thousands of copies in the first two months and would become a major classic within the genre. The book explored greater territory for the author, examining wholly religious and spiritual iconography as it chronicles the evolution of humanity. Clarke would continue to publish over the following years, remaining a major figure within the science fiction community.
In 1964, director Stanley Kubrick's satirical Cold War film Dr. Strangelove or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb arrived in theaters to positive reviews. Shortly after, Roger Caras, the vice president of Kubrick's film company Hawk Films, asked the director what he was planning on doing next. "I'm going to do something on ETs," he told him, and indicated that he was reading a lot of science fiction to figure out what to do. Caras knew just the author: Clarke, whom he'd met a couple of years earlier. He immediately got in touch with the author, who was interested.
Kubrick and Clarke began to exchange ideas for what such a film might look like. Kubrick had a couple of ideas up front: "(1) The reasons for believing in the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. (2) The impact (and perhaps even lack of impact in some quarters) such discovery would have on Earth in the near future." Clarke was intrigued, and pointed Kubrick to a short story which he'd written 16 years earlier: "The Sentinel" seemed like it would fit both of the director's criteria and act as a suitable starting point. In April of 1964, while Clarke was in the United States, the pair met and chatted at length about ideas for the film.
With "The Sentinel" chosen as a good start point, Clarke went back to some of his other stories, and selected several additional stories which would help flesh out the film: "Breaking Strain" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1949); "Out of the Cradle: Endlessly Orbiting" (Tales of Ten Worlds, 1962); "Who's There?" (New Worlds Science Fiction¸ November 1958); "Into the Comet" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1960); and "Before Eden" (Amazing Stories, June 1961). Clarke disliked the idea of writing a screenplay for the project, and offered to write a novel-length story instead, with a screenplay adapted from the resulting book. Kubrick and the executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer agreed.
With the seven stories Clarke selected optioned for adaptation, the author set off to write his novel. Working closely with Kubrick, the ideas piled up. Clarke reached out to astrophysicist Carl Sagan for some input, who helped them figure out how to portray the aliens: not to show them at all, but to suggest their presence. Stuck in New York City, Clarke spent the next year working on the book at the Chelsea Hotel, "where I could draw inspiration from the company of Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, and William Burroughs." He also consulted other science fiction authors, such as Isaac Asimov (In an early draft, Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics were included). The writing was slow; Clarke and Kubrick met often, throwing away work and rewriting, but slowly, the plot and focus of the film emerged. It was a story epic in time and space, exploring the origins of humanity and our possible futures among the stars. As the pair refined their story, they discarded six of Clarke's earlier stories; only "The Sentinel" remained integral to the film. By Christmas of 1964, Clarke completed a first draft, and in early 1965, the film got the green light from MGM. Kubrick settled on a title for their film: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The early 1960s was an exciting time to be writing about the exploration of space. The first manned missions to space had already captured the public's imagination, first with Yuri Gagarin's Vostok 1 mission in April 1961, and Alan Shepard's Freedom-7 mission a month later. Clarke traveled to Communication Satellite Corporation's headquarters in Washington, D.C., to witness the launch of the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite—almost two decades after he envisioned such a device. The Apollo Program started, with the express purpose of landing a man on the moon. The Gemini Program started soon after. Probes had begun to fly out to the moon and neighboring planets in the solar system. Clarke stayed up late to watch the first television close-ups of the moon as NASA's Ranger 7 probe landed. Man's future in the solar system had begun.
Clarke and Kubrick spent much of 1965 revising and re-writing the book, all the while production on the film had begun. While Clarke worked on writing the book, he consulted with the film's technical staff to get details on the filming. After production moved to England, it soon became clear that the novel wouldn't be completed before the production ended, due to the continual revision process. Clarke joked that the novel would be released in 2002. As filming progressed into the fall of 1965, the pair struggled at figuring out an ending for the movie, throwing ideas back and forth, before settling on Bowman's transformation into the Star Child at the end. On January 19th, 1966, Kubrick wrote to Clarke and noted that the story was locked. However, while the novel was largely complete, Kubrick held off on having the book published: He believed that it wasn't ready for publication. By July, he passed along a list of notes and suggestions, and Clarke and his agent, Scott Meredith, began their talks with a publisher, Dell. The delays irritated Clarke; he had spent a considerable amount of time and money on 2001, and wouldn't be paid until the book's publication. He couldn't move on to other writing projects, and his debts were beginning to mount. Kubrick delayed, and ultimately, Dell cancelled their contract for the book in 1967.
By 1968, the film was almost complete. Kubrick continued work on the film's special effects, and tinkered with the film even after the first screenings in April 1968, cutting the film down in length. On April 5th, the film premiered in New York City, minus 19 minutes of footage. Reviewers reacted with mixed feelings: It was a technically brilliant, but a slow and complicated film.
While the movie was now out in theaters, Clarke's novel was not in bookstores. At this point, the film's reputation had preceded it and only a single publisher was remotely interested: New American Library. After a preview screening, the president of the publishing house wasn't sure about what he'd seen, but was persuaded of the film's potential by Clarke and decided to purchase the novel. Two years after the manuscript was finished, the journey was over. 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in hardcover in June from New American Library and in paperback from NAL's imprint Signet in July. Reviewers seemed to enjoy the novel more than the film, and after a year, the book had sold a million copies.
Clarke's reputation now extended to a much wider audience than the science fiction community. With the landing of Apollo 11 a little over a year later, Clarke, along with fellow science fiction author Robert Heinlein, joined newscaster Walter Cronkite on CBS as an expert on space travel and exploration. Humanity had left Earth, much as he'd envisioned in many of his stories.
In many ways, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the few "hard science" sci-fi films in the industry. Kubrick and Clarke's collaboration yielded a meticulous eye toward detail and scientific accuracy, while the film's epic, almost religious elements harkened back to Clarke's earlier novels and influences, such as Childhood's End and the works of Olaf Stapledon. Since its release, few films have matched it in quality and scientific accuracy. 2001 proved to be one of the more influential science fiction films, and certainly helped to bring about a golden age of sci-fi films in the coming decades.
Clarke eventually returned to the world of 2001. He wrote a sequel titled 2010: Odyssey Two, in 1982, which earned a Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel. The film industry was interested, and two years later, director Peter Hyams released an adaptation of the book. While the film never gained the reputation of its predecessor, it was well received by reviewers, and eventually earned a Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation. In 1988, Clarke wrote and released a third book in the series, titled 2061: Odyssey Three. Nine years later, Clarke published a final book in the series: 3001: The Final Odyssey. It would be his last novel released without a collaborator, although he would write six additional books with Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Stephen Baxter and Frederik Pohl before his death in 2008.
Pictured above: Stanley Kubrick (left) and Arthur C. Clarke
Andrew Liptak is a freelance writer and historian from Vermont. He can be found online at his site and on Twitter @andrewliptak.


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November 21, 2005
Antitrust Division
RE: Competition and the Real Estate Workshop - Comment, Project No. V050015
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been active in the real estate industry as a sales professional since 1977. Whew! Is it ever competitive. I would challenge anyone who has thoughts to the contrary to go into any real estate market in the United States and search out the number of transactions each month and divide by the number of real estate practitioners licensed and actively doing business in that locality. The numbers will bear out that there is a definite competition for each and every transaction. Not only do you have small ratio when looking at trades per licensee, you still have to divide the total transactions by two - one side for the sale and one for the listing - in most cases the licensee does not represent both the buyer and the seller.
Another indicator of the competitive nature of the business is evidenced by the number of licensees who enter the business and exit the business in a short time - they cannot make a living on so few transactions.
We compete every day for the opportunity to perform service for the buyer or for the seller. The real estate business is not a retail business, but a service business. We are not unlike attorneys who represent clients. Many attorneys do not advertise for their business, but as a real estate practitioner, if we do not advertise, we do not attract the business needed to continue in this competitive business.
As for competitive "policy" in the real estate industry - there is no policy except for survival of the fittest. There is no collusion determining how we compete. Granted, there may be some rules and ethics to follow, but our spirit of competition with cooperation does not constitute a "policy". Whatever we do in cooperation is not unlike the information system doctors use in prescribing the right cure for their patient's ills - if doctor's did not work together, illness could perpetuate - if real estate practitioners did not work together, clients needs would not be met.
Our competition is healthy, alive and for the good of mankind, how is yours?
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Friends, I have good news and bad news.
Firstly, everyone at my house is sick. We all have sore throats and are tired and grouchy. Bleh. Bad news.
I did, however, manage to get my act together enough to at least sort of put things away in the bedrooms so that I could take some pictures for you. Good news!
Sadly, because of the dreary weather and my slightly diminished (due to maladies and medication) capacities, those pictures turned out poorly. Bad news.
However, I'm too lazy to do it again so I'm going to show them to you anyway! Good news! Huzzah!
Alrighty. Here's a quick glance at what the master bedroom looked like before. (For the full "Before" tour of the house CLICK HERE.)
And now here we are. I need you to push past the crazy lighting in the pictures. Can you do that for me? Thank you. I've pointed it out for you to help you see that it is making the room look very very green, which it is not.
The ceiling is bright glossy white and the walls are Sherwin Williams "Oyster Bay" that I had them mix at 50% to lighten it up just a bit.
In the bedrooms we used two more of the same white ceiling fans (that is what is casting the strange glow in all of these pics) and the same flooring that is throughout the house.
The biggest change in our bedroom is that behind the bookshelf that needs to be organized, there use to be a small closet. To make the hallway a bit larger and to get rid of yet ANOTHER door in this room (there were 5), I decided to have the guys rip out that small closet and close up the wall. You can't see it here, but there is a fairly large walk-in closet that is right behind where I was standing to take this picture. It gives us plenty of room for all of our stuff and I'm really happy with how removing the closet opened up the hallway. No regrets from what felt like a bit of a risky move.
That's all the crazy light pictures I can bear to show you.
Let's move on to the hallway. Here's a before pic. Small and dark.
And here's the same view now. Yay! When we ripped out the closet that stuck out into the hallway (the one that had a door in our bedroom) it made room for a little landing area. The hall was tiny and narrow-- probably only 2 feet wide, but now it feels much more open, serves a second purpose (which is VERY important in a small house), and this allows me to use my lockers, another piece of furniture that my dad and brother built that I love.
The other thing I love in the hallway now is this little school house pennant. It adds a some charm to the small space. The paint color is the same as the living/dining room, Sherwin Williams Repose Gray.
Ford's room is across the hallway from the master….not too far for his little feet to pitter pat to get to Mama and Daddy at night. Which they do. A lot.
Here's a quick reminder of what we were dealing with.
And here it is now. Pay no attention to that blue painter's tape in the window. It's on my "to do" list. Also please don't feel too bad for little Fordycakes that he doesn't have an actual bed frame. He's new to the world of big boy beds and so keeping his mattress on the floor makes it more accessible and safer for his tiny two year old body.
The paint color in his room is called "Elephant Tail" from Benjamin Moore. Is that cute or what? It's the same color we used for his nursery at the old house.
Remember I told you about the awkward exterior doors in both bedrooms? Yeah, here's the one in Ford's room. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with them until we have the time and money to take them out. I'll keep you posted.
Construction zone sheets and Bla Bla friends have been the keys to big boy bed success.
Ford loves his room, which makes me so happy. He's spending more and more time playing in there each day. I like for everybody to feel good about their space, ya know.
We still have some projects to work on in these rooms. Here's the short list of what still needs to be done:
- Replace cracked window pane (or at least use clear tape instead of blue to fix it)
- Figure out a plan for the doors in the bedrooms (temporary and permanent solutions)
- Curtains
- Hang Artwork
- Better organize and arrange furniture (especially the bookshelf of chaos)
- Buy/build Ford a real bed
Ok, I'm going to go take some more medicine and go to sleep, but thanks for checking out the pictures and thank you so much for your kind words about all of our work so far. I haven't been able to get back to each person yet, but know that your encouragement has been felt and appreciated.
And now, Nyquil.


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A great shot of the total eclipse, taken at the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience on August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. Photo: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
Today, we got to enjoy a little dose of reality, courtesy of a solar eclipse that spanned the breadth of the United States. Most of the things in your and my life are, like it or not, temporary. Even ourselves. We get a little while to be alive, and then at some point, we're not here anymore. Where do you go after you die? Well, where were you before you were born? I don't have all the answers, but I do know that most of the things in our lives that cause of considerable stress are actually very small blips on the radar, barely registering in the grand scheme of larger things. I'm not saying those things -- presidents, music, love, food, sex, cats, kids, cheese, and so on -- aren't important. I am saying that if you zoom the camera of existence out aways, the relative amount of importance you give them is perhaps smaller than if you view them from a different perspective.
We're On a Rock In a Bubble In Space
That's where we all live. Everyone who ever was, as far as we know for sure, has only lived on this rock. Very few people have left the rock, and even then, only for a short while. Despite all the great episodes of Star Trek and so on, we have zero proof that there is any life in the entire seemingly infinite universe other than the people and birds and trees and platypuses and mushrooms and so on that share space on this rock. We'd like to think we're not alone in the universe, but until we have direct evidence otherwise, that's how it is.
This rock in space, with its thin layer of atmosphere, is the only place where we know life exists. Seems like a nice place. Photo: NASA
Space Is Too Big For You To Understand
Let's say you have a fast car. It's a Bugatti Veyron. It's crazy fast; you can drive it 250 miles per hour. That seems insane. So, you get in your Bugatti, and you head to the moon (ignoring things like gravity, escape velocity, and other things that make my silly discussion impossible). Going full speed the whole way, it's going to take you 42 days to get to the moon. That's a long road trip. But let's look at some longer distances.
• To get to the sun, it will take 16,000 days (about 44 years)
• To get to Jupiter, it will take 167 years.
• To get to the nearest star other than our own - Alpha Centauri - it takes light itself 4.2 years. In your Space Bugatti going full speed, it's going to take almost 11,000,000 years.
11 million years, to get to a small and seemingly insignificant star. How long is that in terms that relate to you?
We live on a planet, the third one from the star in our solar system. That system has a bunch of neighbors in a galaxy called the Milky Way. That galaxy is part of a group of galaxies, and the group is part of a supercluster of galaxies, and that makes up one small chunk of the universe, which (by the way) is so big that some parts of it will be forever unknown to us because light and other information will simply never have the time to reach us. Feel small yet?
There's Lots of Time... Just Not for You
Humans now live longer than they ever have before. Worldwide, humans live for about 79 years now. That's amazing! Just a few hundred years ago, it was rare for someone to reach their 50th birthday. Good for us and our long lives!
But let's get back to that 11,000,000-year trip to the nearest star in our space car. 11 million years ago, do you know what we were doing? Not much; we didn't exist. Humans have only been in our current anatomical form as Homo sapiens for the last 200-250,000 years or so; less than a quarter of one million years. Hominids -- the family of great apes of which we are members -- only came into existence some 15 million years ago. It was only less than six million years ago that we split away from the group who are now chimpanzees, our closest living non-human relatives here on Earth.
But those are still tiny chunks of time in a grand scheme of things. The universe itself seems to be about 13.82 billion years old. Earth and our surrounding solar system have been around for 4.6 billion years. And yet, by current projections, the whole kit and caboodle has only just begun. The future of an expanding universe says that stars will stop forming 100 trillion years from now, and things go on from there for quite awhile. Wikipedia has a nice graphical timeline of the universe, if you're interested.
What it will tell you is that your life -- and in fact, the existence of our entire species, start to finish -- is barely discernible at such scales. You, and your existence, has almost zero level of relevance to the universe.
Why Bother Doing Anything, Then?
Everything is a matter of scale, from the tiniest particles of atoms that everything is made from, to the vast amount of space and time that make up the universe in which we live. The life you have is what it is, and it's all we have. That means that while you might not matter much to the universe, you matter a whole lot to you! You also matter to the people and things around you, who share this little chunk of time together.
In my opinion, you (and me and a cat and a tree) all have value of some kind. Make the most of the time you have, and make life better for those around you. You very well might only have this brief slide of time that we call life, so make it count.
How do you spend your brief time on this little space rock? Learning and teaching. Laughing and crying. Making life better for people and animals and plants around you, and continuing to grow as an individual and as a species. One way or the other, there's little reason not to enjoy yourself, so make sure you do.


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During a search for a lost girl, two close friends make a shocking discovery. Deep in the thick forests of Sweden, they find a deserted town, with no signs of any life within miles. Just as the two friends are about to leave the town to call the police, they are both dragged into a compelling mystery surrounding the decietful past of the town, Hovgård.
This track is amazing! It's perfect for the type of atmosphere you're trying to create.
Brilliant audio, I can tell already that this will fit perfectly with the atmosphere and feel of the game.
Cannot wait.
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I love songs with piano so that's nothing but great !
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Amazing work.
Kinda reminds me of the MediEvil soundtrack, and in a good way.
Very good song, really reminds me of Silent Hill.
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Today at LRS we wanted to put up a little information about some of the people who work here at Long Ride Shields and those who contribute to the MLAT BLOG. Over the next week or so Ill take a little time to post some information about all of our staff, but today Ill just introduce myself.
My name is Matt Gardner, President of Long Ride Shields.
I was born and raised In Reno Nevada at the foot of the sierras and the gateway to the great deserts, Reno is where Ill raise my family, and it was here where I first learned to ride.
My first bike like most of us was a 50cc honda and as a kid I graduated through a slew of other dirt bikes and ATV's In high school I bought my first beater road bike a Virago 750 and from there traded up bike after bike to an 02 Road King, a College graduation present from myself :) I Will probably ride that King until either I or it dies, whichever comes first.
|Myself and Wife - Before I got fat!
|Our Daughter
|Drover My dog
|The Sierras
As a kid I learned each and every byway and back-road from bishop to the Oregon border and everything in between. Growing up here you learn the history and the stories and as a rider I thrive on learning details about the places I go and the things I can see along the way, a ride is 99% about the journey and only 1% the destination.
|Trail to the Sun, Glacier National Park
|California coast
When I started Long Ride Shields I was in college and all I really knew at the time is that I needed to figure out a way to get the wind off of me. I had purchased an older Road King Classic and had put an aftermarket fairing on it. There was so much buffeting that I couldnt stand to ride the bike.
It didnt take me long to make a solution to my problem. I had grown up in the family business, at a company called Quality Plastics Inc. Which was owned by my father and Grandfather. I had grown up making different projects in the shop, and with the help of some of the guys at QP I came up with my first prototype windshield for my Road King. The first shield was called the Long Ride Shield - Ultra Classic, and over time it has evolved into what is now our Ultra Elite Shield. Eventualy I started selling a few of the windshields I had made on Ebay and then decided I liked the product enough that I would give it a go as a profession.
So here I am three years latter and I couldn't be more proud of what LRS has become.
I have on my staff aside from the workers at Quality Plastics, Three awesome Team-Mates who help run and manage LRS. They are James, West and Jeremy, and each of them brings a unique set of skills and humor with them that add character to each and every thing we do.
Here at Long Ride Shields we make products for bikers, that are made by bikers!


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Estēe Lauder Crescent White Full Cycle Brightening Powder Makeup Review + Swatches
More about this lightweight, versatile powder foundation after the cut. :)
Beauty. Fitness. Fashion. Food. Travel. Unicorns. World Peace. Digify Corporation.
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Pretty.Natural look =)ReplyDelete
I think I want to give this as a gift to my mom this coming Mother's Day. (^...^) But it's too expensive...huhu.. wish I have a high-paying Job. (-_-")ReplyDelete
You always look fresh! :DReplyDelete
- FlexxyApril 6, 2015 at 3:10 PM
Great review and product! I like that it has a brightening effect and lightweight, I think it will suit my face but its pricey for me. I need to save up for this one.ReplyDelete
I am not a make up junkee but honestly this suits you well and seems a good product too. A little bit pricey but for sure it's worth to buy. Stay pretty! :)ReplyDelete
I've always wanted to try estee lauder but I find it too expensive for my budget on beauty products. This product seems great since it already has brightening properties plus SPF 50 already! I think this would be a good investment once I have enough money saved for this. =)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 7, 2015 at 1:17 PM
It's pretty light nga for you. Sayang. :/ But still, it has other purposes. I like how the packaging looks like. Para siyang small clutch. Ang ganda. Though of course it's from Estee Lauder, may kamahalan. Haha. Love that it has a big mirror too! :DReplyDelete
WOW! I like how fresh it made you look. what more pa kaya if you had the right shade no? it truly is an investment an expensive one at that but kita naman sa results.ReplyDelete
I agree with the others! This product seems perfect for you! :) I also have morena skin like yours! Hope I'll get the chance to try this one! Although it is pricey! :)ReplyDelete
The packaging is looking a little more Korean to me. It reminds me a little of Laneige, actually.ReplyDelete
Ive been wanting to try this for the longest time. For the price hope it is comparable to the Shiseido one. If this one feels lighter then this should be better. But i still have like 3 compacts to go so this will be going into the list of products to try out in the future.ReplyDelete
Estee Lauder! Hmmm too pricey for me though. I'd rather splurge on lipsticks like Guerlain. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the insights, ladies :)ReplyDelete


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Solar Electric Shaver
Those of you that have the strong tendency to shave on the go or away from electrical outlets, this shaver is able to go all sorts of places. It's powered by the sun, which means as far as this goes you could go through your grooming process in any location you choose. Just make sure to leave it in a window to soak up a little sun while it's not in use.
The gadget can get a full charge from a bright shiny day within 8 to 12 hours. That might make it not the best choice as a primary source, but it'd be a great back up to have in your desk at work or any other areas you tend to frequent. An electric shaver is a strange item to rely on solar power with, but if it does the trick then it's worth a try. Plus it's one of the more affordable ones I've come across. You can purchase it for £14.99 or about $22 through Nigel's Eco Store.
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Welcome to Cotswold Canine Company. We specialise in Dog walking in Cheltenham and helping them develop to enjoy every day. Check out our outstanding experience, and get in touch with us about dog walking in Cheltenham today....
Home Visits
You may have just bought a puppy and need someone to let him out and feed him, or you may have an older dog who needs medication during the day.
Dog walking
There is nothing better than seeing your dog happily relaxing after a great time frolicking with friends, taking in the local doggy news from the neighbourhood lamp posts and getting a bit muddy.
Full/half day care
You may have a dog who just can't be left alone during the day, we can have him to join in the fun all day.
We would offer a boarding service for dogs we know well and get on well with Ted, (he gets on well with most dogs).


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Snore White and the Huntsman
This is a film convinced it's as epic as Lord of the Rings with Brother's Grimm (movie) flair. Movies, as in fairy tales, are about the journey, not the destination. The journey in Snow White is so mind-bogglingly boring that by the time you get to the end-game you just want to go home. This … Continue reading
My Free Comics Day Experience
First off, I want to say that I grew up with comics but, within the last decade or so, we have gone our separate ways. Not that they had nothing to offer me, but sometimes you just venture off through other corridors of life and they may not include your first loves. With that being … Continue reading
In an interesting move, Microsoft is reportedly set to unleash a subsidized Xbox 360 bundle that will gladly part with retail shelves at $99. The bundle, as reported by theverge.com, will include a 4GB Xbox 360, Kinect, and a mandatory 2 year contract not unlike that snazzy computer-in-your-pocket referred to as a phone. The idea … Continue reading
The Cabin in the Woods
Finally got the chance to see The Cabin in the Woods last night after hearing many good things, and it's pleasant to say it didn't disappoint. For those of you who haven't seen the trailer and don't want to know anything other than it's a cabin in the woods and some college kids head out … Continue reading
The Best ME3 Therapy You'll See 'til the DLC
I think it's time. I think it's time I leave my Mass Effect 3 ending induced stupor and got back to my life and/or other videogames – but it was a difficult journey to get here. I slept all day. I gained five pounds in break-up-like ice cream binges filled with tears for the concluded … Continue reading
Manga on the Brain
Though previously content to satiate my manga habit with only Bleach or Naruto, I've grown to see that the wonderful world of manga has much more out there to enjoy in the way of action-themed books. So without further hesitation, I've decided to include a couple of finds that can possibly help you start off … Continue reading
Tekken Blood Vengeance
I know I am late to the Tekken Party with this one, but I stumbled across this movie just the other day and decided to give it a go. I did not have the "pleasure" of watching the Tekken Live Action movie, but I have always been a fan of all things Tekken. It … Continue reading
The Great Conjunction
The web has been aflutter with talk about next-gen consoles and what exactly their presence will afford us. A large portion of the gossip pie is focused on the idea that both heavy hitters, Sony and Microsoft, appear to be looking to nip this whole used game nuisance in the bud by only allowing … Continue reading


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Denise Smith Photography is The Place to Be with WMAS' Robyn Lee!!!
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Holiday, I know I did!
On that note, hosting any type event can be somewhat stressful, whether it is a Thanksgiving Day meal for family or a Trick or Treat Night at your photography studio! I am sure many of you can relate… However after all is said and done it is always worth it. When Ms. Robyn Lee from 94.7 WMAS came to our "Behind Closed Doors" Trick or Treat night held on October 30th the girls and I couldn't have been more excited. We had so much fun getting Robyn all dolled up for her shoot and Salon Karma did an excellent job doing her makeup (Not that she needs any!). Robyn was such a natural and so comfortable in front of the camera. I couldnt have asked for a better model.
Ladies take a suggestion from Robyn and book your "Behind Closed Doors" session here at Denise Smith Photography and as Robyn says "Spice of your Christmas!"
Check out some footage of Robyn's Behind Closed Doors experience below:


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I am an avid fan of everything about supermodels - I'm intrigued by their lives, the secret behind their glowing complexions albeit their unhealthy lifestyle, the business of the beautiful people, and every little detail in their beautiful lives. I find myself browsing the net for photos of supermodels Natasha Poly, Natalia Vodianova, Racquel Zimmerman, Lily Donaldson, Daria Werbowy, and of course, the supermodel of supermodels, Kate Moss. I am fascinated by their lives, their career, their day to day activities, and how they maintain that beautiful overall physical look. I'm not limited to the net, I also read books, magazines, watch flicks and TV series that focus on their lives. One of the TV series that got me hooked is CW's The Beautiful Life. Watch the season preview here:
The series premiered last September 2009. The show just had five episodes. Too bad they had to cut the show off due to the limited number of viewers. I just don't understand why they didn't get high ratings and enough viewers for them to continue running the show; I find this intriguing, worth watching for. Thank God for YouTube I will still be able to watch the episodes (yes, the whole five of them) over and over again.
|The Beautiful Life cast
|the beautiful people :)
I'm loving the models' off-duty looks. They're often seen in stovepipe jeans, leather jackets, heels, and a white shirt. I'm crazy about Sonja Stone's (played by Mischa Barton) and Claudia Foster (played by Elle McPherson) hair here. Soft waves with extreme volume spell va va voom! Sonja's hair is definitely my favorite peg for the perfect beach waves.
|Elle McPherson plays Claudia Foster while Mischa Barton plays Sonja Stone
The fact that the story revolve around backstage, the reality of the business, the lives of the models make this series interesting. Well aside from the story, what I really dig is their outfits. Here are some of my favorite looks in TBL's short stint on screen.
|Raina Mayer, played by Sara Paxton, in the red Zac Posen number that launched her career
|Sonja the morning after the Zac Posen show
I've fallen in love with the red Zac Posen gown the moment Raina walked down the runway. The moment was perfect, ethereal. I'm also loving the off-duty outfits of Sonja. Her love for everything dark, studded, and chic made me like her. She used to pile on rings and stock up on bangles. And it didn't overpower her skinny frame, the accessories really complemented her whole look - very supermodel!
|Sonja in a Versace mini dress
|Raina in one of her off-duty looks
|Cole (played by Nico Tortorella) and Raina at a Calvin Klein party
|Cole and Raina at the Versace shoot
|Cole, my favorite male model in TBL
I adore Raina and Marissa Delfina (played by Ashley Madekwe) in this series. Even if Marissa's a bitchy fame whore who doesn't think twice in messing up with anybody just as long as she gets what she wants, I still love her.
Photo credits: CW, TV Guide, Access Hollywood, Popcrunch.com, Gossip Girl episodes, Cinemablend.com, Disneydreaming.com,


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The Objective:
The Mad City 100k, to be held April 9th in Madison, WI, is the USA Track & Field National Championship for the road 100km. More importantly, it serves as a qualifying race for the USA World 100km team. The 100km World Championship will be competed in September 2011 in Winschoten, the Netherlands. I would very much like to represent the US in the Netherlands this fall.
How to Qualify:
Qualifying for the team is somewhat involved, but here's the executive summary. There are 6 slots for the men's team. Two of those spots and already filled from previous qualifying events/times. The winner of the Mad City 100km automatically qualifies for the US team. The remaining positions are filled based on athletes' performances at other qualifying events. If you want to know the details click here.
Clearly, winning the race would be nice and remove any doubt about making the team. But a fast time at Mad City could also qualify me for the team. The third and fourth slots already have pretty fast qualifying times which will make them hard to displace. That fourth slot is held by a 7:01:36, but there is a big gap on the performance list back to the 5th fastest time of 7:15:11. To have any reasonable chance of making the team, I'll need to go sub 7:15. It will more than likely take something faster than that though.
The Course:
Straight off the website: "The 100K Solo race will consist of 10 laps of a 10K loop. This loop is Madison's most popular 10K race course, which takes runners along the shore of Lake Wingra, through scenic neighborhoods, and through the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. The entire course is pavement or sidewalks."
The Competition:
Here are the questions in my mind: Was my JFK race a fluke? Was it just a one-hit-wonder in my first attempt at the distance? Can I do it again, plus 12 miles? Was my training appropriate for this type of race? How will an all road surface affect me? What will the early April weather in Wisconsin do? Can I stay in control early and run a reasonable pace?
The Prediction:
Run my race. Try not to get caught up in the excitement early, because this is kind of a long race. It's going to take at least a sub 7:15 and probably faster. Getting my nutrition right will be important, but thankfully my dad will be there crewing for me and it shouldn't be a problem. I think that's all I want to say right now.
The race starts at 6:30AM on Saturday. You can follow my progress on race day via the webcast which will record each 10k split. You can also follow me on twitter (@rundavid1) for before and after updates. And I might even try to teach my dad how to tweet for me during the race...no promises there though.


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Forming the foundation of the Navy's leadership structure, they skillfully execute a complete range of fundamental tasks, ensuring the efficient management of their assigned duties. Employing a practical, hands-on approach, they exhibit trademark skill and proven reliability as they faithfully carry out orders from above. Possessing a track record for getting the job done, they are vital to the effective operation of the U.S. Navy.
This coin pays tribute to the dedicated and courageous sailors who hold the rate of Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy.
Depicted in brightly colored enamel on the obverse is the specialty insignia for the rate of Petty Officer Third Class. The reverse features the eagle emblem of the U.S. Navy centered between two anchors and contains a space for engraving.
Minted in a nickel alloy, this coin contains an antique finish. Each piece comes packaged with a header card that describes the mission and duties fulfilled by all those who hold the rate of Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy.


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Xtreme Mac's MicroMemo turns any iPod Classic+2nd/3rd gen Nano or Video into a portable audio recorder. Just plug in the detachable microphone and hit a button to record audio content directly to your iPod.
The main focus is on voice memos (meetings, interviews, random deep thoughts etc) but it seems to work well with other sources as well since you can hook up anything you like using the 3.5mm jack.
The recording time is displayed on the iPod screen in real-time and it's available in both white and black.
XtremeMac.com: MicroMemo for iPod Classic / 3rd gen Nano / Video ($59.95)
XtremeMac.com: MicroMemo for 2nd gen iPod Nano ($59.95)
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The weeks seem to be flying by, I can't believe Easter is already upon us, it seems like Christmas was just a few weeks ago. Easter is on April 8th this year, a little bit early, so I have been on the lookout for some fun Easter gifts this year, here are a few for Easter 2012:
Cute personalized dinosaur easter basket from J. Bee Designs:
I am loving the idea of this nibblers gift basket from Mrs. Fields, great gift to bring to someone's house on Easter Sunday!
Cute Easter plush from Pottery Barn kids, don't they look sweet and cozy!
Friday, March 16, 2012
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Peter Conrad's Flight from Precision
Richard Poirier
- Imagining America by Peter Conrad
Routledge, 319 pp, £7.50, May 1980, ISBN 0 7100 0370 6
When the Redcoats first encountered the Colonial revolutionaries they were quite unexpectedly beaten, and according to an anecdote in Harold Rosenberg's The Tradition of the New, they were beaten because they were the best-trained infantry in Europe. They had been so well trained that when they looked at the rough American terrain on which their opponents had chosen to meet them, they could not see it. Instead, what they saw was a European battlefield on which they expected to march in formation to meet and overwhelm a similar formation of the enemy, rather than uncouth renegades shooting from behind trees. A gridiron of style, a trained mode of perception, preceded them into battle, creating the illusion that in front of them was only what they intended to find.
Though he doesn't mention Rosenberg, or any other critic for that matter, Peter Conrad, Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, is convinced that a similar destiny was in store for the English writers of the 19th and 20th centuries who 'imagined' America during their visits to it. They imagined it not freely but in obedience to various pre-existent notions both about the continent and about themselves. The imaginative metamorphoses of America are located in the writings, in turn, of Frances Trollope, Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens (gathered in Chapter Two under the heading 'Institutional America'), Oscar Wilde and Rupert Brooke ('Aesthetic America'), Kipling and R.L. Stevenson ('Epic (and Chivalric) America'), H.G. Wells ('Futuristic America'), D.H. Lawrence ('Primitive America'), W.H. Auden ('Theological America'), Aldous Huxley (Psychedelic America'), and Christopher Isherwood ('Mystical America').
As the chapter titles suggest, each of these writers is supposed to see America as if it were shaped by a literary genre or in conformity to some cluster of images. America for the Trollopes and Dickens becomes, therefore, a failed novel: in place of a society it has institutions which destroy any possibility of 'character'. Wilde, and in a slightly different way Brooke, delighted in what displeased their predecessors. The failure of America to create any semblance of European private life meant for them the absence of domesticity, and a corresponding opportunity for the workings of perverse and decadent theories of aesthetic reform. Brooke is said to be different from Wilde because, whereas Wilde tried to 'ally art with the muscularity of sport' during a visit to the Harvard gym, Brooke, reporting on a baseball game between Yale and Harvard, 'more decadently turns sport into ballet', though why myth, religion or Shakespeare are not also made 'decadent' by the same transformation goes unexplained, unless for Conrad ballet itself is 'decadent'.
At first, Kipling and Stevenson were happy that America was an alternative to the Victorian novel, since they were looking for the epic and the chivalric romance. H.G. Wells was also happy at first – nearly everyone in the book eventually comes to think of the place as 'hell' – since America represented 'the novel's logical successor, science fiction'. Lawrence expected to discover yet another answer to the moribund European novel in a mythological past existing beneath the institutional, enterprising or technological surfaces.
Subsequent English visitors praise America for the very reason that it fails to live up to these earlier literary expectations. Because America has of late become a public 'hell', it all the more affords, out of some benign neglect, a private haven for anyone's 'thing'. Auden can satisfy his infantilism while subscribing to the theology of Reinhold Niebuhr; Huxley can freely investigate the subliminal Gods with the assistance of drugs; Isherwood can commune with Swami Prabhavananda along with any number of sun-tanned meditators and/or boyfriends. There is therefore a sequence to the 'discoveries', or rather, a progressive contraction, moving from institutional life that destroys individualism, through the promise of free exploration and rebirth, to the blank acceptance or celebration of self-extinction.
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My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader
the Havelock North Village Press and/or The Link)
the Havelock North Village Press and/or The Link)
Keen writerL-R: Sandra Connor, principal, St Joseph's School, Hastings, with Jean-Anne Harrison, 6, year two, looking over "Jean-Anne's Holiday Writing" after her first day back at school after the holidays.
Rina Douglas running out of Te Mata Park into Tauroa Rd, Havelock North, doing hill repeats, training for the Triple Peaks Challenge in March, running under the shade of trees, in the hot sunny weather.
The rear bumper fell off a police car after it was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle on Eastbourne St West, Hastings.
Fire service from Hastings and Havelock North Volunteer Fire Brigade at a fire in Heretaunga St West, Hastings. The Storty Bar and vacant workshops behind it were damaged.
Liam Rukuwai, captain, skipper, Napier Tech cricket team, pictured at Nelson Park, Napier.
About 70 people walked from Waipatu, Hastings, to Waitangi Reserve, Awatoto, Napier, in a Waitangi Day hikoi, where they were greeted by members of the Hawke's Bay Genealogy Society, who were dressed in period costume.
L-R: Iroam Mokaraka, 6, Henare Dunne, 2, Treyson Dunne, 1, all from Napier, getting their photograph taken behind the wheel of a cut-out car, at a stall run by Safekids Aotearoa, reinforcing safety messages for kids, in the Kai/Expo area - Waitangi Day The Big 9, Waitangi Day celebrations at Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park, Hastings.
Te Rangiura o Wairarapa, one of the groups competing in the Kahungunu Kapa Haka Regional Competition - Waitangi Day The Big 9, Waitangi Day celebrations at Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park, Hastings.
George Worker, Central Districts - cricket vs Northern Districts at McLean Park, Napier.
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One more week and the kids go back to school. I'm pretty organised and have ticked new uniforms, school shoes, stationery supplies and new lunch boxes off my list.
I am loving these personalised lunch boxes from Stuck on You. They are a great size and the new range of colours are gorgeous. I always love to have the boys names front and centre on all of their school stuff as there is less chance of it being left in the playground and ending up in lost property. Plus the fact that the lunch boxes are insulated is wonderful as their lunches will stay cooler and fresher for longer.
I also picked out these matching pencil cases. They are a great size and can fit all of their pens, pencils, rubbers etc. Even a ruler.
Now that I have the school supplies sorted my mind has turned to lunch box ideas.
I'm always full of enthusiasm at the start of the year to provide new and delicious lunches.
Something different from the same old sandwich I fall back on.
I came across some great ideas on Pinterest.
Something different from the same old sandwich I fall back on.
I came across some great ideas on Pinterest.
Here are my favourites -
10 Sandwich-Free Lunch Ideas found here
Healthy Berry Muffins. Recipe found here
More Sandwich Free ideas here
Pizza rolls. Recipe here
I can't resist sandwiches cut into cute shapes! More bento ideas here
These fruit infused waters look delish!
Banana and Blueberry Bread. Recipe found here
Mini quiches. Recipe at Baby Mac
Hokkien Noodle Salad. Recipe here
What are your favourite lunches to pack for school?
Are you organised and ready for school to start?
You can also check out some of my afternoon tea ideas here
As my boys always come home from school starving!


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