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Right: Captains Moriarty, Grimshaw and Killorn with head coach Ted Donato
Bottom: The Crimson seniors with honorary teammate Nathan Potvin
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Ryan Grimshaw was tabbed as the 119th captain of Harvard men's hockey and fellow defenseman Danny Biega was awarded the John Tudor Memorial Cup as the Crimson's most valuable player at the squad's year-end awards brunch Saturday morning at the Harvard Club of Boston.
Alex Killorn and Daniel Moriarty were named assistant captains for next year's squad, while Michael Del Mauro, Brendan Rempel and Dan Ford were all honored for their play this season. The event also honored four years of contributions from the Harvard men's hockey Class of 2011: Del Mauro, Chris Huxley, Kyle Richter, Michael Biega, Ryan Carroll, Matt McCollem and Pier-Olivier Michaud.
The banquet program included a look back at the year from Ted Donato'91, the Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey, as well as a season highlight video. Each of the seniors received a gift and shared some remarks on the season.
Grimshaw will follow Del Mauro and Huxley, who captained the 2010-11 Crimson. The Rochester, N.Y., native has been a staple on the Harvard blue line for each of the last three seasons, skating in 87 games. He has been a strong defensive player while adding 18 points on four goals and 14 assists on the offensive end.
Killorn and Moriarty will wear the "A" on their jerseys a year after Richter held that honor. Both forwards have been key contributors at even strength and on the power play over the course of their three seasons. Killorn led Harvard with 15 goals and ranked second on the team with 29 points this season, earning selection to the All-Ivy League second team. He has 63 points on 30 goals and 33 assists in 96 career games, while Moriarty has 36 points on 15 goals and 21 assists in 78 games.
Danny Biega earned All-New England, All-ECAC Hockey and All-Ivy League honors in a season that saw him become the first defenseman since Mark Fusco '83 in 1981-82 to lead Harvard in scoring. The Montreal native registered 30 points on 11 goals and 19 assists, including a league-best nine goals and 21 points in ECAC play, while playing outstanding defense and finishing with a +2 rating.
Del Mauro was the recipient of the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award, named after the former Harvard coach and Hockey Hall of Famer and honoring a player "whose devotion to the game has repeatedly been evidenced by aggressive and spirited play and by selfless contribution to the total team effort." Along with Huxley, Del Mauro led the Crimson on a late-season surge with eight wins in a nine-game span. He scored five goals on the season, including the tie-breaking tally in the final minutes to lift the Crimson to a 5-4 win against No. 15 Boston University at the Beanpot.
Rempel earned the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as the Crimson's most improved player. The sophomore defenseman skated in 26 games after appearing in just 10 as a rookie. He provided three assists and some of the team's most memorable hits.
Ford received the George Percy Award as Harvard's top rookie. The only freshman and one of just eight total players to skate in every game this season, Ford registered nine points on a goal and eight assists. His eight points in league play tied him for third among ECAC defensemen.


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Textbook Evaluation Process Updates
Definition of Textbook
As outlined in General Statute 115C-85, textbook is defined as, "systematically organized material comprehensive enough to cover the primary objectives outlined in the standard course of study for a grade or course. Formats for textbooks may be print or nonprint, including hardbound books, softbound books, activity-oriented programs, classroom kits, and technology-based programs that require the use of electronic equipment in order to be used in the learning process."
The statewide adoption process offers one way for schools to have access to quality instructional materials at the lowest prices available. Evaluative criteria are carefully established and materials are conscientiously examined so that the best materials are made available to serve as tools to support the goals and objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
Textbook Commission
The statewide selection of textbooks/instructional materials is administered by the North Carolina Textbook Commission. Adoption of materials is codified in General Statutes 115C 87-102 and the process is described in the Administrative Code, GCS-H-000 through GCS-H-008. Every four years the State Superintendent recommends persons to the Governor to be considered for appointment to the Textbook Commission. The Governor appoints twenty-three members to serve four-year terms. The Commission is made up of teachers, principals, parents, and a local school superintendent.
Evaluative Criteria
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction develops the criteria used to evaluate textbooks presented for adoption for their conformity to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The criteria are included in the Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina. The invitation, also developed by the department, provides the required procedures for the submission, evaluation, and adoption of textbooks and a schedule for the process. The State Board of Education must approve and adopt the Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina before it is sent to the publishers on the NC Publishers Registry who have requested the submission of textbooks for evaluation and adoption. Only publishers on the NC Publishers Registry will be sent the invitation and can submit textbooks for evaluation and adoption.
Evaluation of Textbooks
The Textbook Commission appoints regional advisors to review and evaluate materials that are submitted by publishers. Advisors are carefully selected based upon their training and experience in the discipline, and are paid $150.00 per day for not more than ten days. Advisors attend special training about the curriculum and the evaluation instruments that are developed by the Department of Public Instruction. Evaluation of materials follows training for a number of days specified by the Textbook Commission. Upon completion of their work, advisors file written and verbal reports of their findings with the Commission.
State Board Adopts
The Commission convenes to discuss the advisors' and their own findings and to draft a list of recommendations to present to the State Board of Education. After the list of recommendations has been formulated, sealed bids are opened and bid prices are added to the list of recommendations. Price is not a factor the Commission considers when drafting its list of recommendations. For each textbook or program, the Textbook Commission is required to submit a written evaluation signed by the submitting Commission member. At a State Board meeting, the Board formally adopts the list of materials, considering the recommendations of the Textbook Commission, conformity with requirements in the Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina, conformity with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, price, and the needs of the public schools.
Local Selection
Upon adoption of materials, contracts are sent to the submitting publishers and are in effect for five years with no escalation of prices. Materials adopted will go on contract and will be introduced into the schools in following year. After the state adoption, local textbook selection committees begin another round of review and evaluations to determine which materials best suit the needs of their students.


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Tamiya Mini XF-18 Flat Medium Blue Paint is a non-toxic, water soluble paint designed for painting plastic model kits.
We have found that it works very well on our wooden model aircraft and boats too.
Paints are produced in three finishes, however, not all colours are available in all finishes. Gloss paints provide good coverage and flat paints are truly matt.
Translucent colours are excellent for use on clear plastics for applications such as indicators and brake lights on model cars. All of the Tamiya Acrylic paints can be brushed on undiluted or they can be thinned and used with an airbrush. Water clean up means that your brushes and equipment will last for ages. The 10ml tub has a screw cap for mess free use and will cover a very reasonable area - certainly there is enough to cover one of our model boats in a single colour.
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Flammable and hazardous materials are shipped to the UK only using UKMail courier, which carries a premium.
Internationally we use Royal Mail for smaller parcels and envelopes and we use whichever of the big couriers are cheapest for a particular size and destination. We always send all of our kits insured and all but the smallest are also tracked.
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Don't miss the Monday, Oct. 5 voter registration deadline
September 9, 2009
Note: Cave Creek Town Hall will not be open Friday, Oct. 8, so the first day to vote early at Cave Creek Town Hall is Monday, Oct. 11.
Be certain your voice is heard. Vote in the Nov. 3 Election. Monday, Oct. 5 is the last day to register.
To cast a ballot on Propositions 400 and 401 regarding Walmart, you must reside within the boundaries of the Town of Cave Creek.
The Maricopa County Elections Department website (www.recorder.maricopa.gov/web/elections.aspx ) is a gold mine of information, but most of what you need to know follows.
Register by mail
The Arizona Voter Registration Form is available at Cave Creek Town Hall (or download here by clicking on the form above) in which case it must be printed and completed. Make a copy before mailing it if you wish to keep a copy for your records.
Mail the signed completed form to: Maricopa County Recorder, 111 S. 3rd Ave. Ste 102, Phoenix, AZ 85003-2294.
Register to vote or update your registration online
If you wish to register to vote online or you are a registered voter in the State of Arizona and you wish to update an existing registration, you may do so at www.servicearizona.com.
Permanent early voting
Arizona now has a law that allows a voter to place their name on a "Permanent Early Voting List." This means that once a voter is on this list, for each election the voter is qualified, the voter no longer has to request a mailed early ballot. Instead, an early ballot will automatically be mailed to the voter approximately 26 days prior to the specified election.
All early ballots must be received in the office of the County Recorder, other officers in charge of elections, or deposited at any polling place in the county of residence, no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.
In order to be included on the "Permanent Early Voting List," the voter must make a written request specifically asking their name be added to the permanent list. The request must include the voter's name, residence address, and mailing address within the county they reside (if different from the residence address), date of birth and their signature.
The Permanent Early Voting List Request Form is available at this link. You may download the form or complete the form online and print a copy to sign and mail.
Mail the signed completed form to: Maricopa County Recorder, 111 S. 3rd Ave. Ste 102, Phoenix, AZ 85003-2294.
It is not required to use this specific form to make a request. If one does not have access to print this form, the voter can contact call 602-506-1511 to have one mailed or make a written request asking to be added to the permanent list as long as the required information is included.
Ballot Pamphlets
The Ballot Pamphlet will be available on the town website, www.CaveCreek.org, no later than October 1, but it may be available earlier so you may want to check periodically.
Those currently registered to vote and those who register within the next couple of weeks will receive Ballot Pamphlets in the first mailing, which will be timed closely with the ballots sent to those permanently registered for early voting.
A second mailing of Ballot Pamphlets to those who registered to vote just before the Monday, Oct. 5 deadline will be sent around Oct. 12.
Requirements for registering to vote or updating your existing registration
• A citizen of the United States.
• 18 Years of age or older preceding the next general election.
• A resident of the state 29 days preceding the next general election.
• Have not been convicted of a felony or treason, if so, your civil rights have been restored.
• You have moved.
• You changed your name.
• Signature Required
Evidence of proof of citizenship
Satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship includes one of the following:
• An Arizona driver's license number (or copy of the license) or non-operating identification license number (or copy of the identification license), issued after 10/01/1996.
• A driver's license or non-operating identification license from another state that identifies United States Citizenship.
• A legible photocopy of a birth certificate with the name of the applicant that verifies United States Citizenship.
• A legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of the United States passport.
• United States naturalization certificate number or the presentation of the original certificate of naturalization. (If only the number is provided, the County Recorder must verify the number with INS prior to adding the applicant to the voter rolls.).
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Card Number, Tribal Treaty Card Number or Tribal Enrollment Number.
A name cannot be added to the voter registration file until these requirements are met.


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Facebook's Community Standards regarding "Graphic Content" states: "graphic images shared for sadistic effect or to celebrate or glorify violence have no place on our site. " However, trophy hunter's, such as the now infamous Kendall Jones, continue to be allowed to post photos and videos of their kills.
The "liking" and "sharing" of such media encourages the idea that animals are here at our disposal and Facebook should no longer allow it's members to perpetuate that belief.
Any content that displays an animal being beaten, tortured, or killed should be removed immediately unless it is being posted to raise awareness about a current problem such as the dolphin drive in Taiji, Japan.
This will not only prevent Facebook members from feeling uncomfortable (and even sick) but also prevent individuals from thinking that these type of behaviors are worthy of positive attention.
Kyra Laughlin
This petition closed almost 5 years ago
By signing this petition, you are making a clear statement to Facebook that they should no longer allow pro-animal abuse content on their site.


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Home handyman tips and ideas for the diy, do-it-yourself home handyman
Home handyman tips and ideas for the diy, do-it-yourself home handyman
People sometimes ask, "Are you a home builder or a handyman?" It's a good question.
When we opened our doors in 1988 with a custom kitchen and bath business called "The Kitchen and Bath Company" in Shaker Heights, Ohio. K&B Co was the starting block that lead to the eventual goal as laid out in the vision of the owner, Bud Spofford to combine his skills in carpentry, design, and business management to build and renovate custom homes in NE Ohio.
NE Ohio before the recession was a boom time for many local builders and remodeling pros, in 2006 the economy said otherwise. But as all good things come to a temporary halt (not an end) it presents an opportunity to find new directions, new markets. Though the economy for new homes slowed to a crawl the demand grew for the odds and ends that need fixing. This was the genesis for Housecalls Home Services, a handyman niche service company.
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To vote is to follow Jesus' directive to let your light shine.
I recently had a Christian say to me, �I don�t think I�m even going to vote in this election,� and then he continued to state his reasons.
I found his comment very troubling, especially since it came from a professing Christian. Since when are we, as citizens of this great nation and as citizens of Heaven, simply to give up or give in? How can we just sit back and do nothing?
I remember a song I sang as a child, �This little light of mine. I�m going to let it shine. Hide it under a bushel? No! I�m going let it shine.�
Jesus said as recorded in Matthew 5:14, �You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.� It is during the darkest hour that our light must shine the brightest! If a Christian stays home and does not vote, that person is hiding his light under a basket (Matthew 5:15).
We don�t have to look far to realize our nation is in crisis. Prayer is now prohibited in our public schools. Today the Bible cannot be distributed to students inside a classroom on school property, although the Bible was the sole textbook in the first public schools.
Nativity scenes are no longer allowed on government property. Many stores and businesses have traded their traditional greeting of �Merry Christmas� for �Happy Holidays,� fearing they may offend the nonreligious.
Life has been degraded to the point where, in many cases, animals are treated better than humans. God declares that mankind is created in His image, sacred and of eternal value. Yet in America, an estimated 49 million babies have died through abortions since 1973.
How did we get to this point in a nation which was founded as �One nation under God?� As Christians, we have for too long hidden our light, silenced our voices and sat passively on the sidelines while our nation continued to slip away from God.
It�s time to rise up church! God uses people and it is through our involvement that God accomplishes His ends.
Evangelism is an example. Romans 10:13-14 says, �For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?�
God chooses to use people. Will you allow God to use you by going to the polls and casting your vote for morality and Godly values? The Christian vote should be in line with God, not a party. �Righteousness exalts a nation �� (Proverbs 14:34a).
I want to encourage you to vote for those candidates who support God�s definition of marriage, who hold all life as sacred and who treasure and protect our religious freedoms. This nation is at a serious crossroads.
Christians, rise up and vote!
The Rev. Mike Dixon is pastor of Sandy Bottom Baptist Church. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Next month, Tokyo's Ufotable Cafe is being turned into a special Tales cafe as part of a promotion for Namco's Tales role-playing games.
Then in September, the Tales cafe will move to an Ufotable in Tokushima.
In both cafes, there will be special Tales themed food and drinks, a Tales exhibit, and more. For a limited time, visitors will get a Tales placemat and coster.
Three important points: customers can spend only 60 minutes at most in the cafe when it's crowded, there are no reservations, and you cannot cosplay in the Tales cafe. Sorry!
バンダイナムコ、「テイルズ オブ カフェ」。東京と徳島で7月16日〜31日、9月1日〜18日オープン [GAME Watch]


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Bright, radiant skin this party season
November signals the start of long days spent outside enjoying the warm Spring weather, as well as dialling up your preparation for the much anticipated party season, which makes it a great month to focus on increasing the skin's radiance, whilst minimising and preventing uneven skin tone and hyper-pigmentation caused by sun damage. More
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SpiruLines - breakthrough anti-ageing range
SpiruLines takes a unique approach to anti-ageing by combining Spirulina with the latest ingredient technology and DNA protection to visibly reduce lines and address firmness by lifting and strengthening the skin. More
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The Skin in August
The skin acts as a barrier against the elements and the environment. Not surprisingly, by August the skin starts to show the effects of over exposure to cold winds, excess heating and hot showers. More
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The Secret to Radiant Skin is in Your Kitchen
Women have always coveted a radiant complexion. Velvety, clear, glowing skin conveys a healthiness and youthfulness that can't be faked with the most sophisticated cosmetics. More
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Observations on the World of Beauty
The products we use every day to cleanse and hydrate our skin, reduce wrinkles and beautify our face are created using cutting-edge technology, but the quest for beauty began long before it became the science it is today. Although they didn't have our technology at their fingertips, ancient civilizations were able to create clever (though sometimes dangerous) beauty concoctions. More
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Soft and Pure
Music for Choirs, Submitted Music
1. Soft and pure, the light that flows from candle flame,
Not too bright, but light enough to clearly see
He who comes to earth this night,
Clothed in meekness, hope and light,
Savior of all fallen creatures He will be.
2. Soft and pure, the love that flows from Mary's heart
For her newborn Son who needs her gentle touch.
She who magnifies the Lord,
Of all women highly favored,
Showers Him with tenderness and mother's love.
3. Soft and pure, the Holy Infant all adore.
Though the Son of God, He sleeps in arms obscure.
Miracle of hope and love,
Priceless gift from heav'n above.
Come, at last, to cleanse our hearts from sin
And make them soft and pure.
Text: Raymond D. Cook
Music: Raymond D. Cook


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Brussels, 13 September 2010
Marine Knowledge 2020
Why a marine knowledge initiative?
Without marine knowledge we cannot sustainably manage the changing seas and oceans, we cannot understand the impact of these changes on human activity and we cannot take advantage of new opportunities for growth and employment.
Europe therefore spends more than €1 billion a year of public money on monitoring and measuring the seas – for purposes such as safe navigation, coastal protection or fisheries management – yet professionals who require the data are confronted with barriers and bottlenecks when they try to find what data already exist or when they ask for permission to use the data. The data themselves can be of unknown quality and a plethora of different standards, nomenclatures, classifications and formats make assembling the data from different sources unnecessarily complex.
Why is action at an EU level necessary?
Seas can only be understood at a sea-basin level. Changes in one country's waters affect those of its neighbours. In a public consultation, stakeholders overwhelmingly agreed that only the EU had the legislative and financial means to create a truly European architecture.
How is the EU contributing?
The INSPIRE Directive and the Public Sector Information Directive facilitate access and re-use of all public information. There are also a number of actions specific to the marine domain that enrich this basic legislation. We can distinguish three phases of processing:
The focus of the current initiative is on assembly.
Which geographical areas are covered?
In principle the initiative covers all marine data held by bodies within the EU, wherever they have been collected. However, in the initial preparatory phases there has been some emphasis on seas adjacent to the European continent. This is partly in order to make the most of economic opportunities in near waters and partly to help Member States meet the requirements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive for monitoring environmental status.
How much will it cost?
Over and above the marine knowledge generated and applied within EU research programmes the EU budget already contributes about €110 million per year for collection of marine data – €40 million for fisheries data and €70 million for space data. For 2011-2013 another €18.5 million per year has been proposed for assembling data – approximately €11 million through the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative and €7.5 million through the proposed financial regulation for integrated maritime policy.
When will results be available?
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security prototype marine core service portal opened in spring 2009. Prototype internet portals for the European Marine Observation and Data Network are being unveiled during summer of 2010. These already provide access to seamless layers of bathymetric (water depth), geological, physical, chemical, biological and habitat data for selected sea basins. They include facilities for users to provide feedback so that the services offered can progressively meet the requirements of the target users – industry, public authorities and academia.
What will happen after 2013?
The Commission will conduct a further impact assessment in 2013 to analyse how well the chosen architecture solves the problems identified by stakeholders and to propose options for the years ahead.
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§ 405.320. Administrative law judge hearing procedures—general.
(a) General. A hearing is open only to you and to other persons the administrative law judge considers necessary and proper. The administrative law judge will conduct the proceedings in an orderly and efficient manner. At the hearing, the administrative law judge will look fully into all of the issues raised by your claim, will question you and the other witnesses, and will accept any evidence relating to your claim that you submit in accordance with § 405.331.
(b) Conduct of the hearing. The administrative law judge will decide the order in which the evidence will be presented. The administrative law judge may stop the hearing temporarily and continue it at a later date if he or she decides that there is evidence missing from the record that must be obtained before the hearing may continue. At any time before the notice of the decision is sent to you, the administrative law judge may hold a supplemental hearing in order to receive additional evidence, consistent with the procedures described below.
[71 FR 16446, Mar. 31, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 24809, May 3, 2011]


text: We have a trip to SA planned for next April. We will be hunting Gemsbock,Kudu and some other smaller antelope species. I am shooting a real tack driver in a 25-06 AI,it drives a 115 Nosler Partition at a chronographed velocity of 3297. This gives it 1397 ft-lbs at 400 yards My question is to those that have more experience than I,will this combination work on the above animals,or will I be undergunned ? Thxs guys


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Finding Creativity in Our Frenzied World
Video: John Cleese on how to let your tortoise mind come out to play.
Comedian John Cleese on discovering and fostering creativity:
"You need to create a tortoise enclosure so that your little tortoise
mind can—as it's a little, nervous creature—just look around and
think, 'Yes, it's safe to come out.'"
A few of his suggestions:
- Sleep on your problems.
- If you lose something, rewrite it from memory.
- Understand that we don't get our ideas from our laptops.
- Avoid interruptions to maintain trains of thought.
- Spark a mood in which your creativity can emerge.
- Use boundaries of space and time to create an oasis away from stress.
Shannon Hayes: People ask me, "How do you do it all?" The answer is, I don't … and there's a good reason for that.
A new study offers the strongest evidence to date that meditation can change the structure of your brain.


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Randy Moss is the laziest player in the NFL. Seriously, for all the great he did in 2007 we don't need players like him on this franchise. I can't remember the last time I saw a player put in so little effort in a game this big. He could be catching 3 touchdowns a game, but chooses when he wants to play. If he had half the heart of Welker he'd be unstoppable. Instead he just jogs around disinterested for most of the game. At this point, I say get rid of him. During our Super Bowl run we had Troy Brown and other role players as receivers and beat teams with our defense and coaching. I don't care if the Patriots don't win as many games. It makes me sick watching a player as talented as Moss play like such a coward.
This "is the Patriots dynasty over" story the media is conjuring up is crap. What is the definition of a dynasty anyway? The Patriots haven't won a Super Bowl since 2004 so if your definition of dynasty is winning titles then they haven't been one for a long time. The NFL is a fickle league, and just because the Patriots played one terrible game doesn't mean the franchise is done. People put way too much stock in one game and don't look at the body of work. Please also remember Brady just came back from knee surgery this year and had about 3 broken ribs for most of the season.
All in all it was a pretty terrible way to end what was an up and down type of season. The Patriots lacked heart and were unprepared; two things I never thought I'd ever say about a Bill Belichick coached team. All I can say now is, go Celtics. Karl Dillinger 1/11/2010 02:55:00 PM Tweet Edit
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text: A high-end apartment complex is the setting for demonic disaster in this like-minded splatter sequel to the 1986 cult hit Demons. A spoiled young woman named Sally (Coralina Cataldi Tassoni) is hosting her own birthday party in her apartment. Other characters in the building include a man (David Knight) and his pregnant wife (Nancy Brilli), a little boy who is alone for the evening, and a gym full of workout maniacs. In each apartment, televisions are all tuned to a horror film in which a group of young people find evidence of demons which precedes their becoming possessed. Upset that an ex-boyfriend is coming to her party, Sally goes into her room and turns on the film. A demon bursts through her television. Moments later, the possessed Sally enters the party and slaughters all of her guests, turning them into demons. The possession spreads throughout the building as tenant after tenant is transformed, leading to a furious battle between the exercise fanatics and a pack of demons. The young husband manages to stay alive and makes a desperate attempt to save his wife -- who is being tormented by the now-possessed little boy. He rescues her after the demon child gives "birth" to a Gremlins-style demon and the couple make a dangerous attempt to rappel down the outside of the tower with the raving, drooling Sally in hot pursuit. Patrick Legare, Rovi


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In case you hadn't noticed, PASS has a number of virtual chapters. Many of the virtual chapters broadcast LiveMeetings about once a month on topics related to their special interest. This is just one more way that PASS supports the amazing SQL Server community with free technical content from the best SQL Server professionals in the world.
Each month, I interview someone in the SQL Server community for the Professional Development chapter . So, it would be easy for me to just interview all of my friends, and I have interviewed some of them. But, I also often just think of a topic and ask PASS HQ to recommend someone who fits the bill. For example, I wanted to interview someone who had just set up a PASS chapter and was introduced to Nigel Sammy who started up a chapter in Trididad and Tobago. Or, I might want to interview someone who has just attained a major accomplishment like the PASSion Award or Microsoft Certified Master status.
A couple of months ago, I decided to try to intervew Bill Gates. Since I work for Microsoft now, I thought, what is the worst thing that could happen if I sent him a message? I suppose he could have told my manager to fire me. Well, the worst thing didn't happen, but I still didn't get the interview. Here is Bill's reply:
I am sorry I won't be able to do this.
I have a lot of foundation focus now and so I pick a very few Microsoft things to do.
Good luck with your work on this.
So, while I didn't get the intervew, it was really cool to get a reply from him.
Be sure to check out the latest intervew. This time I selected Scott Shaw who presented at the KC SQL Saturday last fall and is speaking at SQL Rally in May. I chose Scott because I thought he is a great example of how to become more involved in the SQL Server community. He is writing articles, speaking, and the two of us are collaborating on a book project. Yes, Scott is a friend, but I think you can learn a lot from the journey he has taken.
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I share my experiences in genealogy education, including taking classes at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies and preparing my BCG portfolio. I also post updates to my personal research and general genealogy news.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Newbie Musings
I plan on trying to post about twice per week - one post about my own research progress, and one on a topic helpful to genealogy students - classes to take, websites to use, etc.
Hopefully, this will generate some discussion among my fellow students. It's difficult to underestimate the value of having other students around to support you, and this is sometimes difficult to find in an online class (although NIGS is very collaborative in many ways).
So, any other students out there, from NIGS or otherwise?
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Glad to have you aboard the GeneaBlogger train. Can't wait to hear about your experiences with NIGS, as I am seriously contemplating starting the program myself.ReplyDelete
Welcome Sarah, we look forward to seeing you around here. My ancestors are German and I was born in Germany. I am very interested in your future posts about Germany and many other subjects.ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to hearing about your experiences with NIGS - especially the German certificate.ReplyDelete
Welcome to the Geneablogger Community!
Sarah - learning to do genealogical research properly from the beginning is very wise of you.ReplyDelete
I started my family history research in 2005 by enrolling and graduating from the University of Washington Certificate Program in Genealogy and Family History.
Smartest thing I have done for myself.
Oh, and don't forget to source you material correctly from day one. Saves you so much pain later on.
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM
Sarah, I to have started with NIGS, I am working towards the American Certificate. I have just completed my first class and am looking forward to the second.ReplyDelete
Good luck with your classed and new blog!
Also, welcome to the Geneablogger community.
Hi Sarah, I took the NIGS study course just before they put it online. I'll be interested to hear your comments about the class now. Best of Luck along the way!!ReplyDelete
Welcome to the genealogy blogosphere, Sarah. I am an alumna of the NIGS program, with a certificate in American Records. I will be interested in seeing how you like the program and how you progress in it, especially the German research, as our son-in-law is of German descent.ReplyDelete
Thank you everyone, for being so welcoming :)ReplyDelete
Does anyone know how to make the main part of the blog page wider? I feel like the text is squeezed into the middle.


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Such is the pull of small SUVs that the estate car seems to have had its last rites read time and again, yet still they struggle on. The reason why they refuse to die? They're a good idea. What's more, if people were honest about why they really needed a vehicle, an estate car would make more practical sense. They carry just as much as many SUVs, yet they're better to drive, they're lighter and more aerodynamic which means better efficiency - and they're usually cheaper to buy too. Ford's brought us some brilliant estates down the years but as much as customers have warmed to the Focus hatch, the five-door estate has never occupied a huge slice of the overall Focus sales pie chart. Perhaps this current version can formulate a more convincing argument.
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This fourth generation Focus estate, like its predecessors, has a reputation as a family station wagon with the ability to entertain at the wheel - and if you enjoy your driving, that's something you'll appreciate pretty early on the first time you try one. Twenty years ago, the original version of this model achieved much the same thing by standardising advanced multi-link rear suspension across its model line-up. Today, you get that too - in contrast to the hatch body shape which restricts this more advanced damping set-up to its most powerful 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol and 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel variants. To give you the engine line-up in full, things kick off with the brand's familiar three cylinder 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol powerplant, available in 85, 100 or 125PS variants that now feature cylinder deactivation. Next up for petrol people is the 1.5-litre four cylinder EcoBoost engine with 150PS, borrowed from the Fiesta ST hot hatch, this unit also available with 182PS. The Focus ST gets a 2.3-litre EcoBoost petrol unit with 280PS. As for diesels, well there are 90 and 120PS versions of Ford's 1.5-litre EcoBlue powerplant, then 150 and 190PS versions of the company's 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel. The ride isn't overly firm, but body control through the bends is exemplary, allowing you at the wheel to make the most of the stiff new C2 platform, the feelsome power steering and the torque vectoring control system that helps you get the power down through the bends. It all combines to create a car that really can still reward at the wheel, even in its most affordable forms: there's still nothing else in this segment that feels quite the same. Yet it still does the sensible stuff well too, being decently refined, with confident braking and a lovely tactile gearshift.
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The styling has useful evolved but looks a touch conservative in this station wagon guise. The front of the cabin's of much higher quality than before and comes complete with Ford's latest 'SYNC3' infotainment touchscreen in most models. There's space for four adults inside without too much of a squeeze, but levering a third body onto the rear bench will be a bit of a pinch. Since this is an estate though, our emphasis needs to be on the luggage bay, which really is a lot bigger than it is in the hatch. A typically-specified estate model fitted with a mini-spare offers up to 575-litres of capacity - or as much as 728-litres if you load to the roof. If you need more room and want to push forward the 60:40-split rear bench, then up to 1,620-litres of space is on offer, thanks to 175mm of extra loading length this time round and an extra 43mm of roof height for this generation model, an increase apparently calculated so as to enable owners to comfortably accommodate a dog crate. Go for this station wagon variant and auto-folding 'Easy Fold' rear seat backs come as standard, plus you can have a gesture-controlled powered tailgate if you're prepared to pay extra for it.
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(Reuters) - Software company VMware Inc promised annual revenue growth as high as 20 percent by 2016 and, with parent company EMC Corp, announced a new venture with a $1 billion revenue target, sending shares of both companies higher.
Pivotal Inc will include VMware's Cloud Foundry application service, as well as EMC's Greenplum data analytics software and other products. EMC, the world's biggest maker of data storage equipment, owns 80 percent of VMware.
Both companies are hoping that the new Pivotal will cash in on an expected jump in demand for data analytics software as companies like telecom service providers want better tools to analyze masses of data from multiple different technology platforms.
The venture, which will be majority-owned by EMC and eventually plans to go public, is expected to generate $1 billion in revenue by 2017 and will require investments of $400 million this year and next year, according to EMC.
VMware said the creation of Pivotal, a combination of both companies' data analytics and cloud application assets, would raise VMware's 2013 operating margins.
Growth in VMware's remaining businesses will increase to a range of 15 to 20 percent in 2014 to 2016 from its expected growth rate of 11.2 percent to 13.8 percent in 2013, according to the company. It cited new technologies such as software-defined networking, the use of software to manage networks, and cloud computing for the growth acceleration.
FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives said it "appears the company is on the cusp of seeing a reacceleration of growth" and that 2014-2016 growth targets were "front and center" for investors, pushing VMware shares up as much as 9.6 percent on Wednesday.
VMware shares had fallen more than 21 percent on January 29 after investors were disappointed by its outlook for 2013. It had also announced late on January 28 that it planned to cut 7 percent of its workforce.
At the same event on Wednesday, EMC Chief Executive Joe Tucci gave some details about the Pivotal venture.
EMC will initially own 69 percent and VMware will own the remaining 31 percent, but the eventual plan is to take Pivotal public and create its own equity so that it could attract some strategic investors.
Tucci also said that EMC will contribute money to the venture, which EMC and VMware first announced in December, when they gave no financial details.
Tucci suggested that the structure would be similar to that of VMware, a spinoff from EMC that is publicly traded but still largely owned by EMC.
FBR's Ives said this was the right structure for Pivotal, which is the "right strategy at the right time" for the pair.
"It's like a father and son (EMC and VMware) working together on an initiative," he said. "The companies have worked very closely together, which is a positive in terms of execution risk going forward."
Pivotal is expected to have about 1,250 employees from both EMC and VMware.
EMC strategy executive Paul Maritz said he has some hope that the $1 billion revenue target proves to be "conservative." He gave examples of how companies such as telecommunications service providers could use Pivotal's technology.
He said it could be used to create a link between network performance data and customer service information so that operators could immediately tell if a specific customer had been suffering from dropped calls.
Maritz said carriers will be able to use Pivotal to analyze such data on the fly, whereas existing systems "would take them days to answer that question" because network data systems and customer data systems "don't talk to each other today."
Pivotal will be made up of EMC's data analytics division, Greenplum, and its Pivotal Labs group, along with VMware's vFabric, SpringSource and Gemstone units. Included in the new venture are VMware's data analytics company, Cetas, and CloudFoundry, a cloud computing platform.
VMware shares were up 9.2 percent at $82.21 on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday afternoon. EMC shares were up 2.2 percent at $25.01.
Additional reporting by Nicola Leske in New York,; editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Nick Zieminski, Jan Paschal and Matthew Lewis


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When Barack Obama won his presidential reelection bid in 2012, the biggest story about the immediate aftermath was how America's shifting demographics had delivered the victory (and that Nate Silver was right all along, but that's a different story). A big sub-headline was the rise of religiously unaffiliated voters ("nones"), who now rival the evangelical Christians in size, but also important was the difference between the religious coalitions that supported the presidential nominees. Sarah Posner called it the "great religious realignment."
"A recent Pew survey found that there are now equal numbers of white evangelicals and unaffiliated voters, and a Public Religion Research Institute poll found similar results. I noted at the time of the PRRI survey that the bulk of Romney's base was coming from white conservative evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and Catholics, while Obama's "support comes from a more diverse group: 23% from the unaffiliated, 18% from black Protestants, 15% from white mainline Protestants, 14% from white Catholics, 8% from Latino Catholics, and 7% from non-Christians. Romney draws just 3% of his base from Latino Catholics, 2% from non-Christians, and an unmeasurable portion from black Protestants."
In short, Republicans rely primarily on conservative Catholics and evangelicals, while Democrats make up that demographic shortfall by relying on a diverse array of religious voters, including religious minorities and "nones." Now that we are in the second year of Obama's second term, with partisan politics seemingly as divisive as they ever have been, Gallup polling revisits religious groups and finds that the faiths who still approve of Obama's performance has remained relatively stable.
"Seventy-two percent of U.S. Muslims approved of the job President Barack Obama was doing as president during the first six months of 2014, higher than any other U.S. religious group Gallup tracks. Mormons were least approving, at 18%. In general, majorities of those in non-Christian religions — including those who do not affiliate with any religion — approved of Obama, while less than a majority of those in the three major Christian religious groups did."
Gallup points out that overall approval in each group has cumulatively dropped between 5-7% over the last 5 years but that Muslims, Nones, and Jews have largely remained supportive.
"Similarly, Muslims have been the most approving among the religious groups in each time period. Jewish Americans and Americans with no religious preference have also exceeded the national average job approval in each time period, tracking each other closely."
Gallup ends its analysis by stating that: "Clearly, members of various religions view the president quite differently." However, I would state that, aside from Mormons, who closely ally themselves with evangelical Christians socially and politically, religious minorities in the United States generally see Obama as someone who isn't beholding to a particular socially conservative strain of Christianity. So even though Muslims, "nones," "others," and Jews aren't as happy with Obama's performance as they were, it seems that they are mindful that a Republican replacement might be less well-disposed regarding their concerns.
Considering the power and influence conservative Christians maintain in the Republican party it seems unlikely that comprehensive efforts to woo religious minorities will be forthcoming, despite that fact that a fiscally conservative but socially liberal candidate could theoretically perform very well on a national level, not only with some religious minorities, but with Millennial generation voters as well. That said, barring major shifts in tone and policy, it looks like religious minorities are sticking with Obama, and the Democrats, at least for now.


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Fast food chains in Japan has brought us five-patty burgers, seven-patty burgers, and now nine-patty burgers. Lotteria is releasing this limited-time cheeseburger tower to promote the Blu-Ray and DVD release of Evangelion: Q. As for what nonuple-patty burgers have to do with it, the letter Q sounds like the number nine in Japanese, kyuu. The "Q Level Burger," along with a two-pronged "Spear of Longinus" fork, can be yours for ¥1,280 (about $12.90) from April 24 to May 31.
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Justice for Clarence Thomas
As this article goes to press, the nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court apparently hinges on how many senators accept the charges made by Professor Anita Hill, of the University of Oklahoma Law School, that Thomas sexually harassed her when she was his assistant at the Department of Education and the E E O C Though the Senate Judiciary Committee knew of the accusation before it voted on the nomination, no member of that committee mentioned it publicly until it was leaked to the press only two days before the whole Senate was scheduled to vote on the nomination. Thomas's supporters were ready to insist on a vote as scheduled, but so much of the public was outraged at the nearly all-male Senate's seeming indifference to a charge of sexual harassment, and so many senators who had planned to vote for him were reluctant to do so without further investigation, that the supporters agreed to a one-week postponement, and the Judiciary Committee undertook to hold further hearings, restricted to investigating these and perhaps other charges of similar misconduct, at which Thomas and Hill agreed to appear.
The Senate plainly mismanaged the matter, and the reputation of the Judiciary Committee and of senators who opposed a delay has been damaged. But it would be very unfortunate if these serious failings obscured other, more structural and pervasive, defects in the nomination process that the hearings had already revealed. Before Hill's allegations were made public, even Thomas's opponents predicted that he would be confirmed by a comfortable if not great margin. The Senate was ready to overlook doubts about his qualifications that are in the long run more consequential for constitutional law than those on which the public's attention became concentrated after Professor Hill's charges became known.
When the Judiciary Committee began its hearings, Senator Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin laid down a test he said the nominee must meet. Thomas had said in 1990, when the committee was considering his appointment to the District of Columbia Circuit Court, that he did not then have "a fully developed constitutional philosophy." Kohl said that though the lack of such a philosophy did not disqualify a candidate for the Circuit Court, the Supreme Court was different. "In my judgment," he said, "if you cannot articulate a constitutional philosophy, one that includes full safeguards for individuals and minorities and that also squares with your past statements, then in my opinion you are not qualified to sit on the Supreme Court."
Thomas flunked that test in a spectacular way, as even some of the senators who in the end voted to confirm him conceded. He spent his five days of testimony, in fact, denying having any "constitutional philosophy" at all, and trying to explain away the past statements Kohl had in mind. Presumably his White House coaches urged him to adopt that know-nothing strategy. Robert Bork…
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Some things aren't always black and white. Then again, sometimes they are – like the twin sons born July 11 to a German couple.
The first baby that was born, Ryan, has light skin and blue eyes. His brother, Leo, is dark-skinned with brown eyes.
"None of us could believe it," the maternity ward's head doctor, Birgit Weber, told one news source. "Both kids have definitely the same father."
Stephan Gerth is German and white. His wife, Florence Addo-Gerth, is from Ghana and has dark skin.
It was "a real surprise," Gerth told the German newspaper Die Welt, adding that the most important thing to him isn't color, but that everyone is healthy.
The odds are one in a million, say doctors, but it can happen with fraternal twins due the genetic soup in our backgrounds. Peter Propping, former director of the Institute for Human Genetics at Bonn University, told Die Welt that the black mother may have had some white ancestors, or that the white father may have had black ones. Very occasionally, the roll of the DNA die may cause the baby of biracial parents to inherit only the genetic coding for one color.
Rare though they are, the German twins do have some company. In the past few years, at least three mixed race couples have welcomed twins who were also black and white.
- In 2005, British couple Kylie Hodgson and Remi Horder, both born to mixed-race parents, had twin girls – one who is blond and fair-skinned and one who has dark coloring.
- In 2006, Kerry Richardson, who is of Nigerian and English descent, and her partner, who is white, gave birth to twins who were both born light-skinned. But as they got older, one got darker while the other got lighter.
- Natasha Knight, of Australia, welcomed a blue-eyed blond baby girl and her sister, who has brown hair, eyes and dark skin in 2006. Knight's older daughter has blond hair, blue eyes and light olive skin. Knight is of Jamaican and English descent; the father is German.
- In 1993, another set of black and white twins was born to the Dutch couple, Wilma and Willem Stuart, but it turned out to be a case of an in-vitro mix-up. The parents, who are both Caucasian, were mystified when the twins were born, but fell deeply in love with both of them. However, after about a year, genetic tests revealed that while one of the twins was biologically related to both parents, the other twin was not.
The hospital called it a "deeply regrettable mistake." It soon became apparent that a device similar to a large eyedropper had been used twice, causing another man's sperm to be mixed with Willem's. The couple remembers two other couples in the waiting room the day of the procedure. One of them was black.
Being of different races and coming from different fathers hasn't stopped the Stuart boys from closely bonding. While the dark-skinned boy did eventually meet the man who was his biological father, the brothers consider themselves full twins. In 2005, they attended a twins festival and proudly won the "Least alike twins" award."
"For the two boys, being celebrated for their differences finally answered all the questioning looks, nasty teasing, and outright expressions of disbelief they've endured all these years," Wilma Stuart told Dateline, which has been following the family since 1993.
Stephan Gerth and Florence Addo-Gerth, the parents of the newest set of "black and white" twins, know they'll face some incredulous stares.
Stephan Gerth and Florence Addo-Gerth, the parents of the newest set of "black and white" twins, know they'll face some incredulous stares.
"I imagine sitting in a playground where the other mothers will call me crazy when I tell them the boys are twins,".
Like all siblings, their differences are more than skin deep. The twins also have distinctly different personalities, say their parents. Leo, the dark-skinned baby, is quieter; Ryan, his light-skinned brother, is temperamental. "When he's hungry, he's hard to stop," said the mother.
She says her children were born looking exactly as they should. "God has decided that my children should have different skin colors," she says.
She says her children were born looking exactly as they should. "God has decided that my children should have different skin colors," she says.
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Bury Vs Carlisle United, Sat 13 Aug 2011
Bury boss Richie Barker is hoping defender Phil Picken will be passed fit for the home clash with Carlisle.
Picken has been troubled by ankle problems but is expected to be expected to be available to face the Cumbrians.
However, midfielder Steven Schumacher was replaced after just 31 minutes of the 3-1 win against Coventry in the Carling Cup first round on Tuesday night.
He is troubled by a calf injury and will play no part this weekend while on-loan Hull striker Mark Cullen will undergo a fitness test as he bids to shake off a hamstring injury.
The Shakers have no other concerns and Andy Bishop, who scored against Coventry, will again lead the attack alongside Ryan Lowe, whose brace against Andy Thorn's side sealed Bury's win.
Carlisle will include new teenage signing James Tavernier in their squad .
Tavernier, 19, was signed on loan from Newcastle this week and could make his debut at right-back in place of Frank Simek, who injured his hip during the opening-day defeat to Notts County.
Tom Taiwo switched from midfield to cover for Simek in the midweek Carling Cup win at Oldham, but is likely to revert back to his usual position.
Manager Greg Abbott has hinted winger Andy Welsh will start his first game for the Cumbrians since arriving in the summer from Yeovil after impressing as a half-time substitute in midweek.
Abbott will be boosted by the return of Lubomir Michalik from international duty and must decide whether to retain Danny Livesey in central defence or put the Slovakia international back into his starting XI.
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***1/2 (out of four)
Yes, the sensible thing to do if you discover that your new boyfriend is the ex-husband your new friend's been discussing would be to tell them both and clear the air.
It's easy to see, however, how Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss) would want to take advantage of her unusual position and act as an emotional double-agent to defend herself from heartbreak. "She's like a human TripAdvisor," Eva, a masseuse whose open ears put the "therapist" in massage therapist, says of her pal Marianne (Catherine Keener). The latter speaks at length about how she wasn't attracted to Albert (the late James Gandolfini) and all the ways he irritated her, not knowing that her confidant's actually using this material to help determine how she feels about the (same) man in her life.
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener ("Lovely and Amazing," "Please Give") has a serious knack for human behavior, particularly when it comes to bickering and mild relationship fractures that expand into breaks. Eva's pals Sarah (Toni Collette) and Will (Ben Falcone) continually disagree on issues as minor as firing the maid, slowly rising to the point of passive-aggressive speculation about what a second marriage would be like. Would it be better and more mature, as older, wiser veterans hip to their past mistakes? Or would it be exhausting and disappointing to search at a time when frustrating quirks have had decades to settle in?
"I'm tired of being funny," Eva confesses to Albert in one of many beautifully acted scenes between the two. It's so great to see a film anchored by these character actors, and not just in the wake of Gandolfini's tragic passing. Holofcener may revolve "Enough Said" around a coincidence and a somewhat frustrating refusal to come clean, but she more than compensates with the interactions between these parents and their teenagers—including the jealousy that Eva's daughter, Ellen (Tracey Fairaway), feels for her friend Chloe's (star Chicago blogger Tavi Gevinson) developing closeness with Eva. The laughs never get in the way of the drama, but, like the characters, the movie's sadness can't help but inform the humor.
On that note: Do people, especially men, go see movies like this anymore? I don't think so. Prove me wrong, people. Prove me wrong.
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Lavender Diamond has a folk country sound with Becky Stark (taking on the persona of Lavender Diamond on vocals) belting out beautiful light hearted songs in a strangely quiet way. I should probably use the work whimsical somewhere, it's a good descriptor for this quartet.
The drummer, Ron Rege Jr, and Stark also make a comic with a very underground feel good hippie feel.
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So there you go, expand your musical horizon and give them a listen. I enjoy their music and thought you might too.
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