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At Christmas-time, Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom is enhanced with the "Castle Dream Lights," which give the Castle a resplendent glow. This look is amplified in the rain, when the lights from Cinderella Castle and all around Main Street glisten off the pavement.
Sarah and I took a quick trip to Walt Disney World this weekend to enjoy our favorite time of year at Walt Disney World: Christmas. Our plan with taking the trip was to book a cheap flight to Florida to earn the miles necessary to book a free flight (which otherwise would have cost $600+ each) to Disneyland for New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, by the time our credits from the flights registered, the awards flights were sold out. Oh well, it was a great weekend, nonetheless, and even though we were only there for less than two full days, it felt like a lot longer. We crammed as much as we could into the trip, even closing out three different parks on Saturday night!
Normally, I would say photos of Walt Disney World don't do it justice, which is especially true of the Castle Dream Lights. Not so on this particular night, when this unannounced rain really put a damper on the mood. Of course the scene did look more beautiful than this in person, but when rain is pouring on you (of course I packed a poncho for the camera but not myself…who does that?!) you're really not noticing the beauty all around you.
To make matters worse, tragedy struck after I took this photo. As I moved my camera after taking this shot, my tripod tipped over and my camera hit the ground. I don't know if that has ever happened to you, but you literally see it happening in slow motion. There's nothing you can do. It took me a few seconds before I could gather myself to pick up the camera, as I was terrified that the huge bulbous front element on my Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 would be shattered. Luckily, it was not, but part of the built-in lens hood was busted. That alone will probably cost a couple hundred bucks to fix, if I were to fix it. It doesn't affect performance, so I'll just leave it be. It's a battle scar that the lens will wear proudly.
I like this photo a lot, but it's probably not worth $200! 😉
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You could probably make back the $200 by selling copies of that photo. Gorgeous.
How can something that beautiful even be real. It's amazing how you keep topping yourself with each gorgeous photo after another.
I absolutely loved seeing the lights on the castle when I was at Disney two Christmas' ago. I couldn't get a shot to do it justice, but this comes pretty darn close. It's a stunning photograph, and I love how you can see through the castle and the lighting in the archway. Perfectly positioned. Great photo as always Tom.
I was at the Dayton Air Force Museum this summer and my daughter bumped me, causing my camera to fall. I know the "slow motion" feeling you describe. Luckily, my camera also survived the fall.
And that shot might be worth $200. Awesome job.
Absolutely stunning, Tom! Always look forward to your photos!
Once someone kicked my boyfriends tripod over. They just looked at it and then kept walking. :S Luckily, his camera wasn't damaged! Can't wait for Disneyland Paris photos!
Gorgeous photo!
What photo editing software do you use? I have a free version of Photoshop Elements 8 for my Mac but it doesn't seem to be letting me upload in raw. Any suggestions for an economical upgrade? We're headed to WDW in January and this amateur is ready to start shooting and editing in raw!
Photoshop elements will upload raw files- you have to go into updates and update the program- yes, brand new out of the box, it needs to be updated- there's a fix that allows
You to upload raw.
Stunning photograph- well worth the "battle scars!"
At the beginning of November while in Disneyland I watched my camera fall to the ground while on a tripod. I was waiting patiently in the hub for a chance at an unobstructed shot of Walt and Mickey. Seeing that I had a tripod, a half dozen future Disney security guards must've had be pegged as a "professional" because of my fancy equipment (a 7 year old digital SLR looks with a kit lens), so I ended up taking a half-dozen pictures of different people in front the the castle. One couple caught me as I was adjusting the legs of my tripod and in my haste to help them out (and get them out of my way) I must not have fully tightened one of the legs. A dualpod is dramatically less effective than a tripod and I went through the same slow motion fall that you witnessed, with no ability to change the outcome. Fortunately, the only damage was to the door that holds the camera battery in place and I got through the night by opening the door and closing it again whenever the camera lost power. Even better, when I returned home a few days later I found I could replace the door with relative ease with one from a camera I had previously broken. Still, I need to be a lot more careful in the future.
For what it's worth, your photo turned out a lot better than mine!
Okay you need to put a warning at the beginning of this article saying that this article could cause emotional distress. I could not finish reading it as a small tear rolled down my face as I could almost see this camera is my mind slowly coming to an end. Ouch. I guess this truely shows how well Nikon cameras are built. That other brand might not as made it. just glad no major issues. I can sleep better tonight. Too bad the shutter was not open, could have made a cool shot.
Its breathtaking Tom! I always look forward to your amazing work!
I dunno, this is a pretty awesome shot. Small price to pay to the Disney gods…
BEAUTIFUL picture as always!!!
Love your photos
What an incredible shot!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Tom – thanks for sharing this photo – your pictures always amaze me as they capture the beauty – usually better than when I'm there… Our MVMCP this year there were bushes and metal rigging in front of the Walt & Mickey statue through the hub and there wasn't a nice picture to be had. Your picture allows me to gloss over the bad memory with an absolutely fantastic photo.
And if you can get it to glow like that in a big format it is definitely worth way more than $200
You capture the most unique and beautiful photos! I agree with the others – sell this photo and make more than enough to replace the lens hood. Glad to hear your equipment survived so well – that must have been a heart stopping moment – especially with that particular lens.
Great photo. The story makes me wonder though: do you insure your gear? I had a personal articles policy (rider on my renter's insurance) on mine (which covered breakage and theft anywhere), and it paid to replace my kit lens when it broke (not sure how–not dropped, but out in cold, wet weather), but immediately afterwards they dropped the policy.
Beautiful Picture Tom!!! I have seen several of your water reflection shots in the last 2 days catching back up on the blog and I am def. motivated now to try to get one myself although no where near your caliber the first time it is still a cool type of shot!!
So Our last trip to Disney May 2011 (I grew up going but it was my Husbands and my 4 kids 1st trip ever) I had just gotten my Brand new 60D and a spanky $500 everyday 18-135 lens. 1st Ride Pirates of the Caribean I put the camera strap around my neck because I know it will be dark but I am so excited to experience this favorite ride of mine after so many years away…. Sometime in the ride I took the camera off of around my neck because I could not get the right angle for a shot. At the end of the ride we stand to get off and I hear this (first I felt it so I knew it was coming that slow motion horror) horrrrrrrrrrrible crashing sound in the dark and I know my Brand New 60D and Brand new $500 lens had just crashed to the floor of the Pirate ship ride boat….. As we walk into the Gift shop at the end of the ride my entire 11 person party are rushing ahead of me because they all know what I may be about to find and they don't want to be near me.
So the Lens was not broken and the Camera was not broken but the UV filter I had on the lens was shattered and it had been pushed into the lens so it could not be screwed off. It was a 10 Day trip and I had forgone bringing my old Canon Rebel with me as a back up because I took our nice point and shoot (which was stolen on our last flight into Florida) and I had a BRAND NEW 60D…. All of my pictures from the entire trip have lines through them because of all the shattered glass and one end of the lens looked really bad in picks because the glass was not just broken into lines but literally shattered yet not breaking into pieces.
The next day I took it to the Epcot Camera store hoping they might be able to get it off or tell me what to do. They tried but could not and I kept thinking man I should just take a butter knife and try to pry the space where it should screw off away from the screw feed and maybe I can get it off but with 11 people and such a packed trip for 10 days I never had a chance to really find a butter knife and try it.
1st day home I get a butter knife and I can pry it off. Let me tell you to this day I still mourn all the photo's I dreamed of taking my 1st trip back in over 20 years!!! (We do plan to go this next November for Christmas so I can't wait to try again!!!
SORRY for the LONG post Just meant to say I totally know the feeling you felt when your camera crashed to the ground at Disney!!
Last year, my camera took a tumble while in China at EPCOT. I had it on a strap, on my shoulder, along with my daughter's pin lanyard. I went to take the lanyard off my arm, and the camera came too, hitting the ground. It almost happened in slow motion, with this huge collective gasp going up from everyone standing around us. The camera and the lens have some battle scars, but they both are still working fine, thankfully.


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We all had a nice Valentine's. Brent hit up my favorite place, Target, and got me some goodies. I got the babies a few things and he brought them balloons home. I'm getting him shoes :)
Sloane is still in love with her bows. One night we had a long night with Knox and he and I were still in bed. Brent came to the door with Sloane and he had covered her hair in bows. So funny.
We went to the doctor Tuesday. Knox was trying to feel better, but he just didn't.
Sloane has gotten where she wants a snack, in a bowl, so she can sit down and eat it. It's pretty funny..
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How CUTE are their faces when they saw their goodies?! They love balloons.
That brings us to today...you can tell Sloane is about to be down and out. She's coughing and choking :(
Sick of the sickies. I know it has a ton to do with this darn weather. Probably wasn't the smartest to start them at music class and church nursery during winter, but I thought it was time. The ped said really try to give it another month. He said it would have been different had they already been going, but this season is hard because the weather is irritating and germs are spreading. Blah.
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Fuel tax legislation advances to House
Jan 15, 2013 - By Christina George, Staff Writer
A bill that would raise the state's fuel tax by 10 cents per gallon will advance to the Wyoming House of Representatives after a Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted 7-2 in favor of the legislation Monday.
Rep. Lloyd Larsen, R-Lander, said he is leaning toward supporting the bill, which raises the tax from 14 cents to 24 cents. The goal is to collect funds for the state's highway system.
"I think that we really are giving a discount to out-of-state drivers who drive from one end of the state to the other," Larsen said.
The Associated Press reported Gov. Matt Mead is pushing for the tax increase, which would raise more than $70 million a year for state and local road projects. Mead has emphasized that out-of-state motorists would foot much of the bill for maintaining the state's highway system.
Larsen also likes how a "good share" of funds raised would come back to cities and counties for road needs.
"The bottom line is we need to take care of infrastructure," he said.
Larsen is concerned the bill only takes care of about half of what the Wyoming Department of Transportation says it needs to maintain highways.
He also is interested in other proposals on the table, including trying to add an extra portion of a tax to trucks that use the interstate.
But not all Fremont County legislators favor the tax.
Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton, said he opposes the legislation because it will "increase everyone's taxes."
Miller said he is against it at this time but will listen to testimony and debate on the House floor.
"Right now, I am a solid no," he said Monday.
"Wyoming people must drive a lot for work (and) school," Miller continued. "This would add additional burden. We need to figure out a better way to pay for the use of our road, primarily I-80, the most expensive road in the state."
Miller said he would favor some way to tax the cross-state traffic of interstate trucks that don't deliver or pickup goods in Wyoming.
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BEIRUT: Arrest warrants were served Friday to two Meqdad clan members and another man accused of the kidnapping of several Syrian nationals and a Turkish citizen.
Military Investigative Judge Imad Zein issued the arrest warrants for Maher Meqdad, the clan spokesperson, as well as Hasan Meqdad and Taher Sultan. The men are already in custody and were promptly served with the warrants.
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr charged the three men Thursday with "forming an armed group to [undermine] the prestige of the state, kidnapping citizens and threatening to kill them, as well as possession of unlicensed weapons and explosives."
Maher Meqdad was arrested last week by Lebanese Army Intelligence during a raid on his house in the Beirut southern suburb of Haret Hreik.
The Meqdads snatched more than two dozen Syrian nationals in addition to a Turkish businessman following the Aug. 13 kidnapping of kinsman Hassan Meqdad in Damascus.
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The holidays are fast approaching, and for many, this may lead to overspending.
This is a common occurrence for Airmen here, according to Tom Snyder, accredited financial counselor at Hurlburt Field's Airman and Family Readiness Center.
The average family charges about $1,500 on credit cards during the holiday season, Snyder said.
"Consider the following: if your credit card company charges a 14-percent interest rate and you pay only the minimum amount each month, it will take you eight years and cost more $1,000 in interest to pay it off," he said.
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- Join a Christmas Club. Many banks have special savings accounts for those who'd like to contribute monthly allotments toward holiday savings.
- Plan holiday spending. Create a written plan with spending limits for each gift, or draw names with family and friends and only buy a gift for one person.
- Avoid shipping charges. Watch for specials that offer free shipping, or buy a gift card instead.
- Shop year-end sales. Shop after-Christmas deals and put the gift away until next year.
- Portion the holidays. Gift purchases should be portioned by what can be afforded with cash, not credit.
- Consider layaway. Many stores offer layaway plans with little to no fees. Put gifts on layaway three to four months ahead to make payments over time instead of all at once. Always make payments on time.
- Personalize the holidays. Put thought into gifts and consider making something instead of buying. Gifts like baked goods, handmade ornaments, or pictures in nice frames give gifts a personal touch.
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The Lit Fest Storylines is an event held to celebrate young adult and children's literature.
Recognised by writers and publishers as the premier literary event for young people in Australia, the 2011 Lit Fest marks the 10th anniversary and is being held for three days from 6-8th April.
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Hosted by All Saints' College, this literary event gives young people, parents and teachers the opportunity to engage with authors, illustrators and performers from all over Australia in a wide range of workshops and discussions.
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Alison Lester, one of Australia's most popular children's authors and illustrators with 25 books for children to her credit. The Journey Home, Rosie Sips Spiders and When Frank Was Four are just a few of these. Her most recent book is Running with the Horses, a story based on the evacuation of the world-famous Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during the Second World War.
Felice Arena
Felice Arena is a popular Australian children's author and illustrator, and occasional actor. His books have topped bestseller lists and have earned a number of awards. He is best known for the bestselling Specky Magee series co-authored by Garry Lyon and his Farticus Maximus books - a collection of humorous short stories and comic illustrations. His other books include Boyz Rule and Girlz Rock series as well as Wish, Bravo Billy, Breakaway John, Sally and Dave, a Slug Story, Hey Cat.
Markus Zusak
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Norman Jorgensen
Norman Jorgensen is among a strong contingent of Western Australian authors presenting at Lit Fest 2011. Norman is one of WA's most wide ranging authors for young people, having published Young Adult and slapstick comic novels as well as picture books, including the highly regarded In Flanders Fields. The Last Viking, illustrated by James Foley, is nearing completion. He is one of only three Western Australians ever to have received the prestigious Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in its sixty five year history.
Brigid Lowry
Brigid Lowry was born into a rather strange but very creative family where she learned to love books. Brigid's first book for young adults, Fizz, Max & Me (1993) was followed by Guitar Highway Rose (1996) and Follow the Blue (2001). Spacecamp in 2002 was co-authored by her son, Sam Field. In 2005, With Lots of Love from Georgia was published and went on to win awards in New Zealand and Australia. Tomorrow All Will be Beautiful was published in 2007 and Juicy Writing was released in March 2008. As a poet and short story writer, her work has appeared in numerous publications and broadcast on Radio National.
Meg McKinlay
Meg McKinlay is a Fremantle-based children's writer and poet. Her publications include junior novels Annabel, Again, Going for Broke and The Big Dig, an illustrated chapter book Duck for a Day and The Truth About Penguins a picture book, as well as a poetry collection for adults. She has a PhD in Japanese Literature and has taught Australian Literature, Creative Writing and Japanese Language at the University of Western Australia.
Sally Carbon
Sally Carbon is a sport and health advocate. She has published her third book, I Want to be a Cricketer, co-written with Justin Langer and has more on the way. Her first book, I Want to be an Olympian was released just prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics. Over 10 years Sally represented Australia in hockey, enjoying two Olympic and two World Cup campaigns. She has won more than 30 medals in her time playing hockey, including an Olympic Gold medal, represented WA in athletics.
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BEIRUT: It's child's play, right – the bucket, the spade, the conical mound, the seawater filled moat, into which the main body of the castle inevitably starts to crumble?
But it's also an art, and in Lebanon, for the fourth consecutive summer, sandcastle building is a competitive sport – albeit an amateur one.Sandcastles in Lebanon is an initiative founded and run by Rita Maalouf, who upon returning to Lebanon from the U.S. four years ago decided to be a doer rather than a complainer.
Observing that the country's coastline had changed and that the stretch of beach between Blat and Jbeil where she had built sandcastles in her youth was now dominated by the plush pink loungers of the Edde Sands resort, Maalouf decided to take action, not in opposition to the coastal development, but in tandem with it to highlight the value of Lebanon's sandy beaches and bring Lebanese together in a classic seaside activity.
"I was used to going to that beach when it was public, and it was a huge beach with a lot of sand ... We used to go there and make sand sculptures – just us family. [When I returned] I realized everything is closed and we couldn't get there anymore," Maalouf explains.
Then, she says, one day a friend led her onto the Jbeil beach through a public entrance. The pair walked down the beach toward Blat, passing along the waterfront in front of the new coastal resorts. Maalouf felt anxious: "We felt guilty," she says, "because we knew [when we were] crossing we were walking into one [resort] and [then] into the others."
However, when she asked around later, people told her: "No, you are allowed to go – it's the municipality entrance."
"I figured I wanted people to know about [this]," she says. "The whole beach is actually public [for] the first 10 meters [from the sea]. Of course you don't want to ... annoy these resorts, but you can still enjoy [the beach]."
Maalouf's brainchild to this end was a sandcastle-building competition – a half-day event during which teams would create, using only sand and water, a sculpture of their choosing.
Indeed, Maalouf even enlisted the cooperation of a private beach resort in running the inaugural competition.
"The first year we did it in Blat. It was with the help of Bay 183, and they let everyone in for free," she explains.
The turnout that first year was only 20 to 25 people, Maalouf admits, and most of them were friends and family who she had convinced to come.
"They really didn't know what they were getting into, but they didn't want to fail me. So they came. But then they had a blast, and they all said, 'We never imagined it was so much fun.'"
Taking this positive response as encouragement, Maalouf ran the competition again in 2010 and 2011.
"I did it the year after and I had 60 contestants, and then last year I had 80," she says, adding that she actually had to turn people away in 2011 due to a lack of space.
Over the years the sand edifices produced at the Sandcastles in Lebanon event have ranged from fairy-tale castles to a recreation of an Egyptian pyramid. Sharks have materialized along the shoreline next to a living room replete with couch cushions and a DVD player. One team created an enormous Converse shoe, while another conjured from the sands a swimmer frantically struggling to escape a crowd of swarming crocodiles. Others have turned sea turtles into sand turtles, while many have skillfully crafted mermaids and female nudes, which at the end of the day are left to tranquilly bathe in the moonlight.
In both 2010 and 2011, the competition was held in Jbeil with the cooperation of Edde Sands.
This year, under the patronage of Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud, Maalouf is not only expanding the initiative – events will be held in Beirut and Tyre as well as Blat Jbeil – but also forgoing private sector cooperation in favor of using public beaches only.
Alongside highlighting Lebanon's remaining public beach areas, space is a major factor in Maalouf's decision.
"I think we can handle a lot more [contestants this year], especially as I am not bound within a limited area [because I am not working with a resort]," she says.
As for the competition itself, the formula is simple and very relaxed, although Maalouf says that ideally teams should register beforehand so she can estimate the space and equipment needed.
Otherwise, entry is free of charge; teams are usually comprised of four people although bigger or smaller groups may participate; and a bucket, a small spade and some basic sculpting tools (a plastic knife, fork and straw) are provided.
If you're in it to win it though, Maalouf has a few suggestions: Bring a big shovel to hasten progress and decide on your sculpture or castle design ahead of time, bearing in mind that you'll have a 3-meter square space in which to work.
She is also keen to point out that you'll be working in the sun for four to five hours straight, so a hat, a T-shirt and plenty of water are essential accessories for castle building.
Don't be discouraged if you're neither an architect nor an artist, as the competition is designed for sand sculpting amateurs, with prizes not only awarded for the best sculpture but also for the most original and most difficult designs.
This year at Jbeil well-known sculptors Antoine Berberi and Naim Doumit return as judges, and so far prize sponsors include Quicksilver and Roxy. In addition to the judges' award, both participants and passersby can choose their favorite sand sculpture in "The People's Vote" category.
But, Maalouf explains, the prizes are just tokens. The real rewards of the competition are the friendships forged and awareness raised.
Sandcastles in Lebanon offers people an alternative and new way to interact with the coastal environment, one which, Maalouf believes, may break down social barriers.
"It's very hard mixing people from different areas because they are so used to different ways of attending the beach," she says.
"But I think this is a common way to have people join [together].
"You know, you don't have to wear a swimsuit to go to the beach – you can still do something with the sand," Maalouf adds.
However, for Maalouf, "the most important thing [to highlight] is that we are losing our sand."
Both pollution and exploitation are damaging Lebanon's beaches.
But, Maalouf contends, "when people realize that we can actually use [our sand] as an attraction to our country, or we can enjoy it, we wouldn't allow people to suck up the sand in front of our shore and say it's not a priority."
What's more, she believes that when people actually get down to working in the sand and they come upon garbage, it will highlight in a very tangible way the need to prohibit the littering and dumping on Lebanon's beaches.
This year's Sandcastles in Lebanon competitions will take place in Blat Jbeil on Aug. 12, Ramlet al Baida, Beirut on Sept. 2 and Tyre on a date yet to be announced.
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Then this argument is useless. You have been bickering about this the entire time for nothing. I hope for your sake you are a audiophile, otherwise you're arguing a moot case here.
Uhh.. dude, read my posts. With my level of knowledge of the topic, you think I might be into audio? Duh.
Also, I ain't the one 'bickering'. I'm simply telling peeps how audio works, and (some of them, at least) are debating the most obvious things, either 'cus they don't know that much about audio, or 'cus they desperately want VCast Music to be a hit ('cus they work for Verizon?), or both.
Honestly, now that you can't backup (with numbers) your arguement of degredation of quality, I will ignore all rants and raves which have to do with this topic of loss in quality upon conversion.
That's your problem, not mine. I was honest with you, and told you the truth: audio is somewhat subjective. People DO have different levels of hearing acuity. Different listening appartuses DO offer different levels of quality/detail. Given that, people's results will vary. Unless you'd like to argue that everyone hears the same, and that $7 headphones sound as good as $150 ones?
Sure, I could have Google'd around for some numbers, but why bother if they're not going to apply to YOUR situation? Waste of my time and yours.
Oh, and also is there any direct evidence stating that the WM10 will NOT be able to preserve quality at 100% during conversion? I'm not talking about general conversion, but with programming these days, you never know. They might have hit a breakthrough.
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Adventure is tough !
So I was in cape town and hve to go north, so I did !
I'd cruise on the west coast but the weather was terrible, cold, windy and a lot of mist
Nothing to see in this s**t
So I decide to go inland and drive until Springbok, a lot of straight line really really boring.. I arrive on a camp with my brain completely flat and my rear tyre too
After a cold night I inflate my tyre and go on town to find a garage. 2 hours of fight later my tyre was repaired and I have learn that in this country people like brute force !
It was 12am I was just 100km from the border so I get there and cross it
easily and rest on a camp close to it
Next morning wake up late to discover that my rear tyre was flat again
brute force, I love you...
So ask the guys there and work with them on their workshop
They were really friendly but love too much destroy my wheel !
One hour later I was on road again, and hit the dirt road
Sun was shining, I was listening to my favorite song, singing on my helmet, it was a perfect moment until
Until my third flat on 2 days ! This f**** rear tyre again, and this time I can't inflate it. It was 14h, i had 1/4 liter of water, no eating since last evening, has not see any car since 100km and the next town is at 30km. Hummm I was just angry to be so stupid ! I see how their put the tyre on the wheel and know that it was dangerous... i m now in middle of nowhere and this day will be a long day for sure !
I decide to not repair by myself, no shadow, temperature to hot, and a compressor maybe not enough powerful ... so i drive at very low speed fo 5 km expecting someone.
And after maybe one hour the miracle arrive ! a 4*4 with a south african couple, they decide to make a u turn for me and to make 70km more just to help
We tchat a lot and have fun to think what could have happen to me here !
We arrive at the ais ais camp and at its workshop where the boss take care of my tyre imediately
This time with a machine is maybe more secure for my future !
Five minute later we were driving to the bike, I put on the rear wheel in 2 minutes and took photos for souvenirs !
Many many thanks to annita and leon from joburg, great people for sure !
After another cold night, dirt road was calling me
Then tar road for a too long day of boring straight line until the town of luderitz...
Next morning i decide to go to sussuvlei but the dirt road was to sandy, more than 200km of dirt road like that alone was a little too much of risk for me, so i made a u turn
So tar again.... distance are so long here between cities, 3 or 400 km between two really small villages, you have to look at your tank carefully !
Two days of tar after i was in windhoek the capital and rest two days. My new slovenian friend has trouble with its namibian visa so we will not drive together
but anyway you can follow him on his blog motoafrica.blogspot.com but I may found a new friend but that is a new story !!
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It was alright. Had its moments, but very repetitive, very easy, and I wasn't much a fan of the focus on a melee combat system they had going. Story was also pretty awful and the level design really limited things.
2 years ago#12
Wasn't that bad, but wasn't that good either. It was serviceable, but the story was crap and the recycling of environments was just lazy. I was able to enjoy it still, enough to get most of the achievements (bar a couple of MP ones) but both Alien and Predator deserve better.
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2 years ago#13
My one big gripe about that game was the survival co op mode... Two small ass maps that were just boring. I can remember the avp a decade ago one of the survival maps was huge and you were outside at night in canyon lookin environment, there was a small base to run to that you could hold up in. The aliens would break through the cieling and doors, it was amazing!
2 years ago#14
It wasn't a bad game but it did some things wrong... first was the campaign that seemed like it went rather quickly. Second were the insta-kills. Third was how trying to find ranked matches took forever. Lastly, fourth was a mix between the survivor mode lacking in maps and map size, and the lack of a class system for the various races.
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Pretty darn confident..... I don't want to have to wait till the Microendony XBOXS 4ii comes out another 15 years later....
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Well sure if you're interested in an un-polished product, archaic shooter mechanics, horrendous A.I., spotty graphics and terrible voice acting, AVP 2010 WAS AMAZING! Not to mention that god awful story.
Pretty much this. It was a struggle to enjoy that game though. I don't care how big a Predator or Alien fan someone is - that was just bad software in almost every way.
2 years ago#16
I bash Call of Duty even though I always borrow new ones when they come out from my friend and play through the campaign a couple times and enjoy it. That said I don't get why aim down sights get so much hate just because it's prominent in CoD and all it's clones. It's how you use a gun, it emulates the recoil better because it lurches your sight picture around, and honestly it's just one more element of control I have over my character. I always enjoy ADS and I'm sure even older games didn't incorporate it because of technical limitations before there were 3-D models of the characters/weapons. Is the majority opinion among this board negative toward ADS?
2 years ago#17
Nowhere near the god tier status of AvP 2 which I still play from time to time.
The mast is broken, hull is splitting, dear God the ****in' ship is sinking
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Nowhere near the god tier status of AvP 2 which I still play from time to time.
Ditto. I played that game SO much back in the day, Still wish I could.
I loved the game mode where, as the alien, you respawn as the Facehugger and determine your class based on what player you're able to nab first with it. Then as a chestburster, you have to hide for a period of time before changing into an adult. It was a really pretty exciting game mode, I thought.
I can still remember the fun of Evacuation and some of those phenomenal maps. Especially the colony and some of the later ones, not to mention some amazing levels and mods people made.
"I dont want it to be FUN..... FUN often times ruins games" - IgnatiusLoyola (On RE4 - Gamefaqs)
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Mogga123_5 posted...Nowhere near the god tier status of AvP 2 which I still play from time to time.
I sort of wonder if they can add a infection like gamemode where the infectee starts off as a facehugger.
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Pretty darn confident..... I don't want to have to wait till the Microendony XBOXS 4ii comes out another 15 years later....
2 years ago#20
Nope, this game sucked balls to anyone who was familiar with the superior PC games.
AVP2 and AVP1 wipe the floor with AVP3's bloody carcass.
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Coming into their clash with the Cougars, the Sun Devils were mired in a four-game losing streak and all signs pointed to a similar collapse as the 2011 season produced.
While WSU's defense hasn't exactly invoked fear into any opponent this season, Taylor Kelly and Co. did what they were supposed to do -- beat a lesser foe.
Following sluggish performances against Oregon, Oregon State and USC, questions lingered as to whether Kelly should be the program's main quarterback option moving forward.
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The sophomore threw for 236 yards and four touchdowns, but neither of those stats were his most impressive on the day. From the 8:27 mark of the first quarter until the 3:13 mark of the third quarter, the Idaho native completed a school-record 18 consecutive passes.
Kelly shattered a 60-year record that was previously set by Dick Mackey against S.D. Navy back in 1952. Mackey completed 13 in a row to set his record mark.
Due to his phenomenal performance against the Cougars, Kelly is also in line to break the school's all-time completion percentage for a single season. Kelly has completed 66.8 percent of his passes in 2012. Brock Osweiler actually set the school record last season with a 61.8 completion percentage (326-of-516).
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DES MOINES - Governor Chet Culver announces the launch of Recovery.Iowa.Gov, a website on what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will mean to Iowans.
Iowa is estimated to receive approximately $1.9 billion in one-time direct assistance from President Obama's federal economic recovery initiative.
"As Governor, I am committed to making sure our state makes full use of the federal economic recovery program in order to benefit all Iowans," said Governor Culver. "This website is one tool to help Iowans learn about the benefit of this important program, track the work underway to make the best use of these funds, and provide accountability and transparency about this important effort."
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In the near future, a "dashboard" will be added to the web site that will provide detailed information on the distribution and impact of the federal funds.
"The federal recovery package is a major step to bring America's economy back to life and address the downturn caused by past policies from Washington and practices on Wall Street," added Governor Culver.
A working group, comprised of two dozen state agencies, is currently reviewing federal rules and developing a plan on how Iowa can make the best use of these one-time funds.
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Martsch signed Built to Spill to Warner Bros. Records in 1995. Unlike many artists signed to major labels, the deal the band brokered with Warner Bros. allowed it to retain a large degree of creative control over future albums. Built to Spill produced its first major label release in 1997 with Perfect from Now On. By this time, the band consisted of Martsch, Nelson, Netson, and Scott Plouf. Perfect from Now On met with critical success and caused Built to Spill to become one of the United States' most recognizable indie rock bands. Before releasing another album, Martsch made Nelson and Plouf permanent members of the band. In 1999, the band released Keep It Like a Secret to continued critical success, and for the first time, significant commercial success. Live was released in 2000, and the band's fifth studio album, Ancient Melodies of the Future, was released in 2001.
In 2002, Martsch released Now You Know, a solo album with both blues and folk elements. He performed numerous solo concerts in support of the album. Built to Spill was on hiatus for most of this period.
Warner Bros. Records optioned the band for another album. From 2003 to 2005, Built to Spill toured extensively, performing over 150 dates. The shows included new songs as early as 2004. Their sixth studio album, You in Reverse, was recorded in Portland in 2004, but was not released until April 11, 2006. The band's official lineup for the album was Martsch, Nelson, Plouf, and Jim Roth, who was formerly only a touring guitarist. Brett Netson provided guitar work on several songs and later rejoined the band as a full-time member.
After the release of You in Reverse, Built to Spill continued touring almost non-stop. In March 2006, Martsch suffered a detached retina which required surgery. This forced the band to miss an appearance at the South by Southwest music festival and postpone several dates of the tour. More bad news came when former drummer Andy Capps was found dead on May 18, 2006.
The band resumed touring on June 3, 2006, a show that included four new songs. This show and many on the tour included the dedication of the song "Car" to Capps, who had played on the track when it was recorded.
Warner Bros. Records stated that Built to Spill had been recording for their follow-up to You in Reverse on and off during the 2006 tour, but nothing appeared until the July 10, 2007 release of a 12" single, "They Got Away"/"Re-Arrange." "They Got Away" was a heavily reggae-influenced original song, while "Re-Arrange" is a cover of a song by the reggae band The Gladiators.
The current U.S. tour is scheduled through October 2007, after which the band is scheduled to tour Australia. Martsch stated in a September 2007 interview that he didn't want to tour in the United States again until the band records; however, the band recently announced a one-month U.S. national tour for spring of 2008.
In a recent interview with Playback:stl, Doug Martsch has stated that "we're going to start recording at the end of the tour ... we go in the studio on the 23rd." Martsch continues in reference to the future album, "I think that it's going to be at least a year ... Just to be safe, I'm thinking it will take a year to record and a few months to actually get it out." In the same interview Martsch says that a side project of his has been new Halo Benders material, but "we started that about a year ago, we have not even got anything off the ground." Later in the interview, Martsch gives his perspective on the future of Built to Spill past the current material; "I do think that Built to Spill could be something better than ever just because our lineup is better than ever ... I think there is potential for the five of us to collaborate on something that is just way better than anything that I have ever come up with by myself or that we have done in the past." Martsch also interjects that "This coming record we're not doing that--it's mostly going to be songs that I have been working on." Some new songs include, "Canada", "Nowhere Lullaby", "Tomorrow", "Good Ol' Boredom", and "Done".
In 2008, they will perform their album Perfect From Now On in Europe and America as part of ATP's Don't Look Back series.
Many of Built to Spill's influences can be found in their choice of cover songs. The band has performed live covers by Elliott Smith, David Bowie, Camper Van Beethoven, Captain Beefheart, Caustic Resin, Cheap Trick, The Clash, Brian Eno, Vince Guaraldi, The Gladiators, Macy Gray, Elton John, George Harrison, Skip James, Daniel Johnston, John Lennon, Love as Laughter, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marine Research, Steve Miller, Modest Mouse, Ozzy Osbourne, The Smiths, The Strokes, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young. Martsch also played several other covers on his solo tour.


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