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Last year's pick was Amy & Eric - and their wedding is this weekend!
I fly out tomorrow to spend the weekend with the lovely couple and I can not WAIT! To make the weekend even better, my good friend Jeffrey of JNP Studios will be 2nd shooting along side with me!
To refresh everyone's memory - here is Amy and Eric's Story!
In Amy's Words:
If I had one word to describe Eric, it would be energy. Evident from the day we met, Eric has more energy in his left hand than most people have in their whole body. If I had a second word to describe Eric, it would be giving. I have never met anyone who does more for so many people without seeking something in return. It took me a while to accept both qualities, as my idea of a good time is a glass of wine and a good book...the B word alone makes him cringe. In his mind, there are so many things to do and he is constantly doing things for me and others. His energy is contagious and no matter how hard you try (and I have), it's impossible to be in a bad mood around him. He laughs at everything and anything and he has never met someone who he doesn't think wants to be his friend. Janitors, cab drivers, checkout ladies - after a 5 minute conversation with Eric, any one of these people might end up giving a toast at our wedding. I have realized how lucky I am to be with such an energetic giver, and I have learned to love and appreciate his unconditional kindness and untamed spirit.
About the Couple:
Our first encounter, while less romantic than many love stories, was a perfect beginning for the type of couple Eric and I would become. I had just moved to Chapel Hill from San Antonio to pursue my Masters at the University of North Carolina. My college basketball career had ended the year before and I was always looking for a competitive outlet. I met Eric on the intramural fields on campus where he had organized a spirited game of Ultimate Frisbee. We became fast friends, finding sports as our common bond. Eric had graduated from UNC where he had worked as a student manager for the men's basketball team. After he graduated in 2004, he was hired on as the team's Video Coordinator by Coach Roy Williams. After several months of a great friendship, we both began to realize that the bonds were greater than we each had expected. In March of 2006 we began dating, and with a knotted stomach and a shaky hand, Eric proposed to me on May 30, 2008. I said yes.
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It is clear that photography is more than a job for Eliesa and her strengths as a photographer go far beyond her ability to catch the perfect light or shoot the right angle. Her human connections as well as her passion make her unique. We are also passionate - about our friends, our jobs, our families, our Tar Heels, and of course, each other. Why do we deserve to be the lucky couple to win this awesome giveaway? We don't have a sob story or heart-wrenching tale as to why we deserve to win. In fact, we feel pretty darn lucky with the hand we've been dealt. While our wedding will be a modest affair, we realize that money doesn't make a wedding great, but rather it is the people who share with you in the moment. We are surrounded by wonderful people, and kick-ass friends mean a kick-ass wedding. That is what we plan to have! We think Eliesa will not only be able to capture the joy, but may have some fun herself on our special day in Chapel Hill.
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Lil Wayne sent a not-so-friendly reminder to Birdman that they're still beefing -- and got a crowd full of his highest fans to jump on his bandwagon.
The rapper fired shots with 3 words squarely aimed at Cash Money and its honcho during Saturday's performance at Denver's 420 rally.
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All photos courtesy of Amy Moore Photography
2016 has been a big year of travel and our Seattle long weekend was definitely a highlight for me. I don't typically fly cross-country for just a three-day weekend, but we made it work to attend a family wedding and see the sights. We squeezed a lot into that long weekend in Seattle so I wanted to share our itinerary and favorite spots.
Day One
We flew into town late on Thursday night so our visit really began first thing Friday morning. It was a fairly typical Seattle day, or at least what you'd expect. Slightly overcast, slightly misty and cool enough for a light jacket. We settled into our hotel for the night, The Fairmont Olympic Hotel. In addition to being incredibly convenient to downtown, the hotel blended old and new worlds with a stunning lobby paired with modern guest rooms. And fun fact: it's 92 years old and listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
Since this was my first trip to Seattle, there were a handful of touristy highlights I knew I wanted to hit on our first day. We really packed things in! We started at the Gum Wall, which is certainly odd but still worth a quick drive by on your way into Pike Place Market. The market was everything I'd hoped it would be, and honestly more. I grew up with The Real World and first saw the fish being thrown at Pike's Place Fish Co. on the Seattle season. The teenager inside me loved seeing it in real life!
If I lived in Seattle, I would always have fresh flowers in my house. Braving the tourists during an early morning trip to the market would be worth it to scoop up the type of bouquets being sold for $15-20 there!
Desperately in need of a snack but not willing to brave the original Starbucks line, we headed for Daily Dozen. It's just inside the market (to the left of the entrance) and you can watch the little donut holes being freshly made.
After my sister joined us (who took all of the amazing photos above), we ate a yummy Asian fusion lunch at Wild Ginger, walked through the market for a second time, and caved on Starbucks. Afterwards, we headed down to the waterfront, browsed a great antique shop and rode the Great Wheel — told you we were being touristy! But, my sister captured this amazing timelapse of it so… #worthit.
For the evening, we opted to explore Pioneer Square, which was surprisingly quiet on a Friday evening. It might've been due to the Mariner's game happening right down the street. Regardless, we thoroughly enjoyed cocktails at Damn the Weather, a '36 Hours' recommendation. Then we browsed some of the local shops — my favorites were E Smith Mercantile {which also has a bar/restaurant} and Cone & Steiner General Store. We ended the night with dinner at Bar Sajor, which is now called Good Bar, and cocktails at The Pine Box, a converted beer hall-mortuary.
Day Two
On Saturday morning, we decided to give the Starbucks Roastery & Tasting Room a try for breakfast and I highly recommend it! Not only were the drinks unique and delicious, the whole experience was top notch. As a marketer, it made me really jealous that Starbucks has such a great place to tell it's entire brand story in an incredibly luxurious, engaging setting.
From there, we hopped in our rental car and headed for Port Townsend where the wedding would be held. We wanted to take the ferries through Bainbridge Island but heard some horror stories about wait times during the summer. Instead, we opted for a pretty drive through the Pacific Northwest and were thrilled to get a few views of Mount Rainier along the way.
Sadly, we only had a few hours to explore downtown Port Townsend once we arrived. We ate and walked along the waterfront and could've easily spent a whole day there. The weather was beautiful and made for a picturesque setting for the wedding we attended at Fort Worden State Park. In case you missed it, here's what I wore — the most complimented wedding guest dress ever.
Day Three
After a raucous wedding, we managed to get one last glimpse of Port Townsend on Sunday morning. I would liken it to the west coast version of Martha's Vineyard — quaint, quiet, and just absolutely beautiful. It was also a nice contrast to the hustle of city sightseeing on Friday. I imagine it's a popular summer weekend destination for Seattlites.
Since we were on a red eye Sunday evening, we hustled our way back to Seattle to see a few more sights including the Space Needle, Seattle Center {just as the Pride Events were winding down}, and the outside of the EMP Museum. Fun fact: from the Space Needle elevator you can see the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital from Gray's Anatomy. We also managed to sneak in a sweet treat at Molly Moon's, an ice cream recommendation from the locals.
If we'd had more time, I would've loved to see the Seattle Public Library, a surprisingly beautiful spot, the full Chihuly Exhibit and the Olympic Sculpture Park.
Phew — that was a doozy of a post! Hopefully it was interesting and informative especially for anyone looking to book a Seattle long weekend trip soon. All in all, we lucked out with the weather and saw the major highlights. Plus, we were able to explore a little off the beaten path, which I find particularly fun. But, it was too short a visit and I certainly hope to make my way back in the near future.
I would love to hear if you've been to Seattle before and what your favorite parts were, too!


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Friday, 16 August 2013
Joans Cow Parsley lamp
This little
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Joan said she tried for a long time to capture how lovely the light looks in her house. She did a very good job in the end didn't she!
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"What happened, Seandi?" The dwarf tried to roll over to stand, then sucked air loudly through his teeth. He winced and fell back to the floor at the pains in his hip and in his head. "I've a powerful headache. And what's wrong with my leg?"
"What's the last thing you remember, Alakin?" The woman placed a cool, soothing hand on his head.
The dwarf shook his head. "The last thing I remember is Deand, looking through that new magic gem of hers at that chest we found. 'Trying to learn if it's trapped,' she said. Then nothing until I saw you here." Alakin reached up and took her hand away from his brow and held it tightly. "I assume from the salve that you just finished healing me. From the pain I would guess it was my head and leg?
Seandi smiled. "Your hip, actually, Alakin. The other way around, too: your hip and then your head." She reached down with her free hand and resumed stroking his forehead. "And I'm truly sorry for whatever pain you still feel. It's been a long day; I'm tired and could muster little more strength than this for prayers tonight. A night's rest will help you--will help us both--then I will try a little more in the morning. I've already laid out your blankets for you." Alakin nodded and the woman continued.
"Deand gazed into her gem, then went still. Far too still and unnaturally so. I should have realized something was wrong. All you did was place a hand on her shoulder; she screamed, drew her mace, and laid one solid blow across your side. Shattered your hip. It was an ugly wound--dropped you right to the ground. Then she came back around on the backswing and caught you on the top of your head."
"Good thing I was wearing my helm, then."
Seandi smirked down at the dwarf. "'Helm' nothing. It was simply that hard head of yours that saved you. Deand clearly wasn't in her right mind or she'd never have tried to kill you in such an impossible way."
The dwarf smiled up, ruefully, and then chuckled. "Hah. 'Hard headed dwarf.' That's original. But that's what knocked me out?" Seandi nodded again.
"You were out cold. She turned and started toward me. Alakin, She had murder in her eyes. If it wasn't for Flakim and his quick hands, I'm sure I would have joined you witless on the floor. We'd both be there still."
"Where is Deand now?" the dwarf asked. Seandi gestured over Alakin, to the far side of the room. Groaning at the pain, the dwarf rolled slightly to look where Seandi pointed. There was Deand, a halfling, face down and trussed, bound, and gagged. Alakin thought Deand looked like nothing so much as a pig on the day before a Nameday feast. As he watched, the halfling shook and rolled, screaming around the gag in her mouth, as she tested her bonds and tried to free herself. Sitting against the wall at Deand's side was Flakim, the massive seven-foot-tall human, his feet propped on Deand's back.
"Flakim looks much too pleased with himself," Alakin said, gently rolling back onto his back, grunting as he did so.
"He should be," answered Seandi. "It has been far too long, he says, since he was able to practice his hog-wrangling and -tying skills. But Deand isn't hurt and, were I to guess, will be back to sanity in the morning."
"By the Stones, he'll be insufferable for a week or more. Come, Seandi, help me crawl to my bedroll. I think I'm going to need all my strength to put up with him."
Fuddle jewel
This palm-sized gem is a clear crystal, that seems to change colors deep inside as it moves in the light. It is mounted in a pendant on a chain. At first blush it appears and identifies as a gem of seeing. Indeed, most of the time its magic operates as such. However, each round it is used there is a 10% chance that, instead, it casts confusion on the wielder. Each consecutive round it is used, the 10% chance is cumulative.
Magic Item Gem of Seeing
Previous "J"s:
2014: J is for Jade Temple (map)
2013: J is for Jade Skull (item)
2012: J is for Jalbion's Liquid Jewel (spell)
2011: J is for Juniper Ale


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Thursday, April 20, 2017
no. 650 - rich allen
Who is the man: This is "Rich" Allen's first and only Topps flagship card picturing him with the Dodgers. He does appear on a few oddball issues from the time in a Dodger uniform (such as 1970 Topps Super and 1971 Dell Stamps).
Can ya dig it: One of the finest Los Angeles Dodger cards for my money. There is a nice view of Dodger Stadium in the background as Allen poses on the on-deck circle (or as if he's on the on-deck circle). What appears to be the knee of the photographer is at lower left.
Right on: This is the second of three Topps card in which Allen is referred to as "Rich," which is what his signature read at the time. Despite that, Topps called him "Richie" from 1964-69. He became "Dick Allen" on Topps cards in the 1973 set. (Allen complained about being called "Richie" as early as his rookie year).
You see that cat Allen is a bad mother: Allen won the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year Award with the Phillies and the 1972 American League MVP award in his first year with the White Sox.
Shut your mouth: Allen was involved in an ugly incident with teammate Frank Thomas in 1965 that started the friction with Philadelphia fans that lasted until he was traded four years later. Allen objected to a remark that Thomas made during batting practice and words led to Allen punching Thomas and Thomas hitting Allen with a bat. Thomas was waived after the game, angering Phillies fans, who blamed Allen for the incident. Five days after the blow-up, Allen hit his first career grand slam, a blast off of a 75-foot high scoreboard at Connie Mack Stadium. The same fans who booed him during the game gave him a standing ovation.
No one understands him but his woman: In September of 1974, a year in which Allen led the AL in home runs, he announced his retirement to his teammates. But Allen never filed the proper paperwork. The White Sox traded him to Atlanta in December, but Allen refused to play there and was traded from the Braves back to the Phillies.
(A word about the back): I'm thinking that's an earlier photo of Allen. He's not wearing the mustache he displays on the front of the card.
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Wampum, PA finest - One of the greatest cards of my youth, just so of a unique shot. There are not many baseball cards that can top this one.ReplyDelete
I was working on this set as a teen - this was one of the ones I did have. Even then it was known as a tough one. It was probably doctored and I was too dumb to know.ReplyDelete
I think Allen was and is under-appreciated. The guy could flat out rake. Add me to list of those who think this is an outstanding card.ReplyDelete
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The Rural Alberta Advantage has been wailing out heart-on-your-sleeve indie rock for 10 years, leading sing-alongs and cathartic dance parties alongside three full-length album releases.
But on The Wild, the Toronto-based band's fourth full-length, there's been a big change: in fall 2016, it announced that longtime bandmate Amy Cole had left, with keyboardist/singer Robin Hatch joining to complete the trio. While Hatch has done small tours with the band since summer 2016, this album is her first recording with her new bandmates.
"It's obviously different, you know, having played with Paul [Banwatt, drummer], Amy and myself for over 10 years, and then working on playing with sombeody new. But it's been great," says frontman Nils Edenloff. "It's definitely been a learning curve for all of us. At the end of the day, Robin's an amazing musician and I think, if anything, she's forcing Paul and I to step up our game a bit [laughs]."
The three bandmates teased their first song together, "White Lights," in November 2016, and released their first new single two months later, titled "Beacon Hill." The latter was focused on Edenloff's hometown of Fort McMurray after the 2016 fires tore through it, a complicated plea to a town he doesn't want to disappear.
Ultimately, both songs made it hard to gauge how the Rural Alberta Advantage would sound in its new form. Recorded in the same session, "White Lights" and "Beacon Hill" have trademark RAA notes: the former building from a quiet start, the latter kicking off with a more driving drum line, and both crashing into a frenzy of sound and feelings.
The Wild is what fans have been waiting for: at times a foot-stomping shout-along ("Brother"), at others hushed and nostalgic ("Letting Go"); you can hear the heart of Rural Alberta Advantage beating amidst its changes — ones within the band, and the ones that simply come with getting older.
"When we're going into a record, I think we're always trying to elevate our game to the best of our abilities but at the same time [finding] what makes us us, you know?" says Edenloff. "Our music's pretty honest and it's who we are as people."
Listen to the full album in the player to your left before its Oct. 13 release, and read on below for Edenloff's guide to the band's new songs.
1. 'Beacon Hill'
"That was actually the first song that the three of us worked on and recorded, so it's kind of a starting point for the three of us — Robin and Paul and myself. Obviously at the same time, when we were starting to get together and write stuff, that's when the whole Fort McMurray fires happened, and I never expected what was going to happen, would happen. The weekend before, my mom and stepdad were actually visiting here in Toronto [from Fort McMurray] and yeah, they [were] just looking at the weather and they're like, 'Yeah, weather's looking great, you know? Take the bikes out, it's gonna be really great.' And then, three days later, getting an alert on my phone about the fire evacuating the entire city. I think any place that has identified who you are as a person, to a certain degree, the idea that it might not be there, it was a little shocking. I think ['Beacon Hill' is] dealing with that sort of stuff."
2. 'Bad Luck Again'
"Paul's drums on it are pretty awesome. I think we tried this one a number of different ways. That's the thing, we're always sort of like — until we've come on the final version of the song, we're always refining it and it's like, 'No, it's not right,' and going back. But once I kind of played around with the sort of finger-picky guitar sort of thing, and Paul's drums just kind of fell into place and it all just made sense. It's got this sort of weird, old-school hip-hop-y sort of vibe to it, in a way.
"I think the song itself, in terms of themes, I think it's just sort of like dealing with the bad times as a badge of honour. Sometimes there's people that, you know, it's just 'woe is me' sort of thing, and you can't kid-proof the world. You can't solve everything, but there's just bad things [that] happen and it's about overcoming the adversity."
3. 'Dead Alive'
"I know Robin really enjoyed recording this song — there's a lot of wailing keyboard on it, which is pretty great. I feel like it's also one of the ones where the harder we play it, the better it feels. We've always really enjoyed unhinged moments in the set, and I feel like 'Dead Alive' really tries to capture that as best we could in the studio.
"I know for myself, when we did a spring tour [in 2017], in February I got super sick during it, and I feel like [through] the whole recording process I was, off and on, getting sick. When we recorded the vocals for it, well for this song, we were getting down to the end of a day in the studio and I was just recording some scratch vocals and I was really frustrated, losing my voice and stuff like that. But at the end of the day, once we went back to it, it's just sort of something that was captured in that sort of frustration that really worked. I think a lot of the scratch vocals are what make up the vocals in the song right now."
4. 'Brother'
"That's another one that I had the first part of it, like the initial verse, for a long time. And we tried it on the last record, we tried it on the second record. Something wasn't really coming together with it. And we're working on it, you know, a little less than a year ago with Robin and she kind of had this idea for the chorus, it's like, 'You know, can you make it a little boombastic?' and something just came together with it. Once that happened, everything locked into place really quickly. I know Paul really feels like it's a combination of a lot of different influences. He hears a little bit of National in there ... little Gordon Lightfoot or something.
"In terms of ... the loneliness on the record, I feel like this song, it definitely has that sort of loneliness in it. I feel like when I was working on this song, just with the vocal, with the lyrics and stuff, I was finding I was always coming back to this sort of darkness and being cold and alone. And I was [like], 'What the hell am I talking about? [laughs] I don't know if you remember, it was about a year ago now, the Rosetta satellite? They sent it up to track an asteroid or a meteorite. And there was these two satellites that were kind of paired up together and they sent off one to circle and get some more pictures up close of the asteroid and then it crash landed, they couldn't find it. And the other one was kind of circling for it. And they had this amazing Twitter campaign — this sounds really cheesy — of these little cute, drawn satellites and one of them's all sleeping on the asteroid waiting for his brother to show up, and I feel like ['Brother' is] kind of that idea of waiting for someone — it's directly from that."
5. 'Toughen Up'
"That song, it was the last one we finished on the record. And I feel like it's definitely an amalgamation of all three of us — with the addition of Leon [Taheny], our producer — throwing in all of our influences together. Everyone had a hand in certain aspects of it. But to be honest, I think it's the furthest out of our comfort zone. We wanted to try some things a little weird.
"I think [there are] a little more sonic textures than we would normally add, in terms of producer-y sort of sonic textures. We tend to be really sort of tangible, now we're making this meaty sound out of this guitar as opposed to trying to apply those things to tools and stuff. We were working our way through the song in the studio and kind of crafting it there, whereas we usually do our best to jam out the songs beforehand and we're like, 'Yup, I can see this.' Where this one, it took a little massaging and trying to figure out where we're going."
6. 'White Lights'
"We recorded it around the same time as we did 'Beacon Hill,' so it was another one that we were working on with Robin in that same session. It's one of those things, for me it was like I kind of had the opening chords for a bit and there was just something that sort of locked in. There was just this simplicity in the first line that kind of felt like a conversation with a friend. And other than that, the lyrics kind of came closer to us, closer to crunch time I guess when we were getting ready for going into the studio.
"But I remember basically the weekend before, hanging out with some friends that I had known, like high-school friends from Fort McMurray who now live in Toronto. And we were all friends for almost 20 years now and just [saying], 'God, yeah, I gotta finish the song in a couple of days.' But I just remember hanging out with those guys and staying up later than we should, doing more damage to the body than it should probably sustain. There's just this sort of memory of staying up late, and it's like an old friend, type thing. And I feel like there's a certain sense of friendship and comfort in the song — that's what I really always think of when we're playing it."
7. 'Alright'
"Like I was saying with working on lyrics, it always kind of comes down to me and I feel like the lyrics — sometimes it's hard for certain songs, to work on them just on my own, because I feel like a lot of the lyrical stuff fits in so nicely with Paul's drums that the two kind of get worked on at the same time. With the exception of other certain songs, [and] I feel like 'Alright' is one of them, where it just sort of feels like a campfire-y song. And that's what I kind of wanted to get."
8. 'Selfish Dreams'
"I think the origins for this song go back to our open-mic days. We've never been a band to just really throw stuff out; if it's not working, we'll just shelf it for a bit and then we'll come back to it. There's a bunch of ideas that you never know when something's gonna click or someone's going to try something new.... But yeah, this one, it might be [laughs] one of our oldest ones. I'm really happy with the way Leon and Paul kind of worked on it together. Paul wanted this really big drum sound on it. Part of me feels like it's got a little bit of a throwback '90s rock in there."
9. 'Wild Grin'
"This is another one that we were kind of struggling with in the studio. We'd tried it a number of different ways and things just weren't working together. We were getting down to crunch time and I remember we hit a wall with it and were like, 'All right, let's call it. Tomorrow's a new day.' And as we were leaving, Paul's like, 'Well, Nils, you better fix it by tomorrow' [laughs]. Yeah, zero pressure. So I'm like great, thanks man. So went home, decompressed for a bit, you know, played around with a couple country songs and from that, somehow, I just started playing something different and took it in a completely different direction and the next morning I'm like, 'OK, I think I got it.' And everyone expecting [to say] no, that's not it. But Paul was just immediately moving, he's like, 'I know exactly what I wanna play,' and it just really came together. We basically finished it that day, so it felt good.
"Sometimes these pressure situations are kind of what I need at the same time, to get the writing process going. I know before we were booking our first session for 'Beacon Hill' and 'White Lights,' our manager was like, 'All right, so we're gonna book these sessions,' and I was like, 'Guys, I don't think so, I don't think we're ready, I don't think we're ready!' I don't know what we're doing but, unless you sort of do that thing that scares you, you're never going to force yourself to finish anything. Sometimes you need these things."
10. 'Letting Go'
"It's funny 'cause I'm the one who sequences the record and everyone's like, 'Go ahead, you do it, you enjoy it.' And for me, it's something that I like to think people care about, even though, talking to a friend as I was doing it, and he was like, 'You're just being a dinosaur, no one listens to records anymore like that.' I'm like, 'OK, well thanks, everyone's just on Spotify now,' and they just laughed at me. That being said, I think as we were working on the song, it was always something that we were like, 'Well this is obviously going to be the song that closes off the record.' I know Paul felt like it's the emotional heart of the record, even though it's the last song.
"It's just about saying goodbye to somebody that has been close to you, and sometimes those goodbyes, there's a lot of words involved and it's a very powerful and emotional thing and sometimes you don't have that chance to say goodbye like you wish you could. I think it's just dealing with that sort of thing and the idea that, at the end of the day, all of these moments, these events that make up your life, they tell a larger story and they're something that you always carry with you. I think that's what I was going through at the time with the song. Trying to capture."
The Wild will be out Oct. 13 via Paper Bag Records globally and Saddle Creek in the U.S. Pre-order it here and get the band's tour dates here.


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Peach and Snow
If you love peach -- have I got some goodies for you.
My little friend here is the elf from ALB Dream Fashion for the first day of Advent. It was out early so I have been getting to know my little elf. SOOO CUUTE! The Advent list posted at midnight so scroll back a bit to find all the other places you can pick up nice gifts.
Tuesday note: This is so funny. The ELF isn't the present (well he really IS in my book); he is the "box". I only realized that when I went on day 2 and got the #2 elf LOL. So OPEN HIM! Elf 2 is textured differently than elf 1 so you can have a family maybe!
Wednesday note: this is NOW group only with a $300 join fee. Glad I got my little guys early :D. Sorry.
And speaking of nice gifts --- my very pretty dress (don't worry scroll down for a more complete photo) with great necklace and also matching shoes is a POE7 hunt gift from .::KL Couture::.
These holding poses are from a set of three from *PosESioN* on the POE7 hunt. The theme is "Mother"; very appropriate for the season. Definitely useful for all sorts of items that need to be held :D. You need these!
Hair from Vanity Hair (the first time I actually used the tint any color part o the huds).
Pose by: *PosESioN* (POE7)
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But I keep trying - in my own way to put forward the images on Zazzle products, maybe I will strike lucky one day. Or perhaps when I am not here, my artistic merit (ahem!!!) will be recognised and my family will see a benefit. So here is a reminder of a painting, one which I am very fond of. I used a photograph, as a reference for this sunset, which a friend had posted onto a web page. Sometimes, I wonder if my sunsets are a little too colourful but then I see something like this - nature is wonderful.The first product is a printed canvas - a range of sizes are available with prices to match.
Sunset thru' trees wrapped canvas gallery wrap canvas by PastelsByArtyfax
Browse Sunset Canvas Prints online at Zazzle.com
Or what about a postcard? Or a greeting card? I even do mugs with this image and will be happy to try to put the image of this paiting or any other on any Zazzle product. Just leave me a message in the comment section.


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Edgewood Summit is on track to open its new health care center later this year. The community, located in Charleston, W.Va., is in the process of adding 18 memory support units and 20 skilled nursing beds. Workers are currently installing roof trusses and finishing the second floor's concrete.
Along with the existing 127 independent living and 40 assisted living units, this latest phase will complete the continuum of care. Greystone has served as development and management consultant to Edgewood Summit since its inception in the early 1990s.
See photos of recent construction in the gallery below. Learn more about Edgewood Summit.


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Last night we finally watched "The Cove," the winner of the Academy Award for best documentary feature.
It is brilliant filmmaking that will move you, anger you, and inspire you. A phenomenal film that must be seen. It's about so much more than what you might have heard, and it's impossible to describe how many layers of meaning unfold as it casts its spell over you.
It does everything a good film is supposed to do. In a twist of the Nike motto, "Just see it."
It's available on Netflix, and the DVD contains some stunning extra underwater footage.
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The nose is a perfectly balanced musical synthesis – peat-smoke bass notes, a sweet (coconut ice-cream) melody on strings, fruity brass section blasts of pineapple and orange and interweaving woodwind strains of herbs and spices (cinnamon, quinine, Barolo Chinato). The palate repeats the structure, but with the volume up high – powerful smoke, maple syrup, honey and custard sweetness, rum-soaked dark fruits and Cranachan, with the herbal note shifting more towards the sea-shore. With a drop of water, the mouth experience is as balanced as a ballet dancer, a rhapsody in booze – all it needs is the right food to turn it into a dance – a table-top tango, a culinary conga – a Chattanooga chew-chew and a cha-cha-cha.
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by Nancy McCammon-Hansen
In the April, 1963 edition of the Old Fort News, there is a photo from "The Glorious Gate—A Calendar of Miami Moons". This work was written by Bessie K. Roberts and contained 12 illustrations made by Mildred K. Walter, who had been an art teacher at Central High School.
Bessie Keeran Roberts was a sixth generation Hoosier whose roots were in Fort Wayne. A teacher, reporter and free-lance writer, she wrote a number of works about Fort Wayne history including "Fort Wayne Family Album", which was hailed at its publication by Allan McMahan as "a definite historical need for the community in preserving for future citizens the stories of our Hoosier past".
She advocated for "history that the books sometimes miss" and believed that "even the trivial comment may spark the work of the earnest student viewing the scene from a long backward look."
Roberts' calendar book "of Indian moons tells briefly the story of the period of Miami supremacy at "That Glorious Gate". The Miami traditions come from word-of mouth accounts."
The months are labeled and we include a one or two line phrase from each month's offering as well as a sampling of the art work.
January—Buck Moon
"In the moon when bucks drop their horns, and ground squirrels come out of their holes, there is time for the old man who tells stories to spend many hours within the lodge. The smell of venison cooking fills the air."
February—Moon of the Crusted Snow
"How does the Old One know these tales? Belts and pipes illustrating his people's history are kept in chest in their council house. Some of the belts were of the type made before the white man had come—of the small bones found in the legs of swans and other large birds, attached by means of a cord of wild nettle fiber. They were made with much labor and proudly wrought. Now of course they used wampum for speech and road belts—painted red as a token of war."
March—Bear Cub Moon
"In council with the white man many moons before, it had been promised to their fathers that the land north of the Ohio should be forever theirs. This promise they have not forgotten."
April—Raven Moon
"There was yet hope, Wayne believed, of compelling the haughty savages to sue for peace before the next opening of the leaves…..Chiefs and warriors rode fine horses back to their villages. While Wayne buried his gallant dead and named his new post Greenville."
May—Crane Moon
"Little Turtle, the great Miami chief and warrior, counselled peace and was in that instant discredited before the warriors. For Little Turtle knew that all their incantations, leaves of red cedar dried, rubbed on the hands, and thrown to their manito, accompanied by a prayer, were in vain."
June—Whippoorwill Moon
"At the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize—the great gathering-place of the tribes—Wayne stopped long enough to build a stockade with four good blockhouses by way of bastions…The stockade was named Fort Defiance."
July—Hilling Corn Moon
"A faint char now mars the peace pipe especially made of hand-carved birch wood from the northern forests. Its bowl of red catlinite was clamped with three red bands. And Little Turtle, the last to sign, will be the last to break this treaty."
August—The Moon When the Corn is Fit to be Eaten
"As to your numbers", he (Chief Little Turtle) said, "your increase is quite inconceivable. More than two lives, supposing eighty years to each, have not gone by since the whites first set foot among us, yet already they swarm like flies, while we, who have been here nobody knows how long, are still as thin as deer."
September—Elk Moon
"Wells returned to his adopted people, to his Indian wife and their three young daughters. The long and happy association of the Chief and this white captive he had taken in Kentucky as a boy of fourteen, would continue. Ap A Con It, the Wild Carrot—Queen Anne's Lace—they had named the red-haired youth."
October—The Moon of the Narrow Fire
"From Baltimore the chief (Little Turtle) went directly to Washington to confer with President Thomas Jefferson, who sent letters to the Ohio legislature and to Congress relating to Indian affairs. Little Turtle and Captain Wells next visited the legislatures of Kentucky and Ohio, to continue their efforts to secure legislation against the sale of liquor to the Indians."
November—Moon of the Running Deer
"Early in the morning of November 7, the Prophet urged his warriors on. The bullets of the white man, he chanted, would not hurt them. But this time his enchantment failed. The number of their killed was greater than in any previous military action of northern Indians."
December--Young Buck Moon
"Here, close to a group of large trees, they left him (Little Turtle) to start on his journey to the village at the end of the long road where the Great Spirit dwells." The year was 1812.


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|Nana Akuffo Addo and John Dramani Mahama
When it comes to politics in Ghana, you don't need a Ph.D. in political science to be a "hot cake". In fact, you don't need any qualification. All you need is to master the trivialities and use them to your advantage. The better you are able to pitch your opponent's tribe against other tribes, the more successful you would be in Ghanaian politics. Who is the most handsome or the ugliest? Judging the physical appearance of your opponent and using it against them is another great weapon. Some 'educated' politicians still think short people and people with disabilities in politics are like oil and water in Ghana; they can't mix! Some 'educated' and abled people think disabled people need to be "elevated" before they qualify to run for president.
Most uneducated and other averagely educated people are also dependent and selfish. They vote based on what they can get from a candidate for themselves rather than seeking the interest of their community. Their choices are, therefore, based on the trivial issues. People who attend social gatherings the most are more like to get the votes than people who are always busy planning how to make things better for everybody. Funerals and other social gatherings have political benefits in Ghana. Politicians, especially parliamentary candidates, have now made it a part of their business to attend certain funerals they know have huge crowds. With the crowd on looking, they showcase sumptuousness so as to court selfish and lazy voters to their side.
Ghanaian politicians, once in power, don't rely on manifestos to govern. They are like firefighters, tackling issues as they arise, without plans to curtail the occurrence of same. Only a few leaders have tried to live by their manifestos and were successful. Party manifestos are now irrelevant to elections because politicians say things which are often difficult to implement when they succeed in deceiving their way to power.


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The BLS collects and disseminates the annual occupational employment statistics of all industry sectors at the national, state and metropolitan levels. Individuals can access these statistics by visiting BLS.gov and browsing through a database of choice. Users of the website can view all occupational statistics at once or select occupational groups of interest to view the average salaries. Since the bureau does not post the national average salary, users can download the statistics in an XLS file and compute their averages.
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United Airlines just announced that it will begin daily nonstop flights between its San Francisco International Airport hub and Singapore's Changi Airport beginning on June 1, 2016 (westbound), subject to government approval. United will be the first airline to offer nonstop service between San Francisco and Singapore, and this will be the only nonstop service to the U.S. from Singapore.
Singapore Airlines used to offer nonstop service from Los Angeles and Newark with the latter being the longest commercial flight in the world. I was on the inaugural SIN-EWR flight in 2004, here's .
United will use the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, to operate the service. Measured by distance, the San Francisco – Singapore service will be the longest scheduled 787 flight operated by any airline and the longest scheduled flight operated by any U.S. carrier, at 8,446 miles.
Flight Schedule
Flight UA1 will depart San Francisco at 11:25 p.m. daily, arriving in Singapore at 6:45 a.m. two days later (all times local). The return flight, UA2, will depart Singapore's Changi Airport at 8:45 a.m. daily, arriving at San Francisco International Airport at 9:15 a.m. the same day. Flying times will be approximately 15 hours, 30 minutes eastbound and 16 hours, 20 minutes westbound.
By using the new nonstop flights between San Francisco and Singapore, customers will be able to save up to four hours' journey time each way, as compared with the current United one- stop service and competitors' schedules.
Singapore Schedule Changes
With the launch of nonstop San Francisco – Singapore service, United will terminate service between Singapore and Tokyo/Narita effective June 2, 2016 (eastbound). However, United customers in Singapore may continue to choose to fly to Tokyo/Narita by using daily flights on ANA, United's trans-Pacific joint venture partner, and to make connections at Narita to many cities in the U.S. on multiple flights operated both by United and ANA. United will maintain its daily service between Singapore and Hong Kong.
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The Boeing 787-9 aircraft operating the new San Francisco – Singapore service will have a total of 252 seats – 48 in United BusinessFirst and 204 in United Economy, including 88 Economy Plus seats with added legroom and increased personal space.
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New anti-angiogenesis drugs are on the horizon.
In the late 1940s, Judah Folkman, a high school student in Ohio, became curious about a goldfish salesperson's decree that the fish never stop growing. Most boys probably would have regarded this information as mildly interesting trivia, but not Folkman. He wanted to know why.
A student at Bexley High School in Columbus, Folkman decided to test the salesperson's claim with an experiment—one that he hoped would win the prestigious Westinghouse Science Talent Search national competition. He and a friend rigged an aquarium with a measuring device—a sort of tape measure—so that when a fish swam by, they could record its length. Then, as the fish grew, they plotted the growth of the fish on a chart next to the tank. Many years later, Folkman would describe in an interview how he and his friend discovered that when they added two fish to the tank, the growth curve slowed down, and when they added four, it slowed down even more. At nine fish, all of the goldfish stopped growing. Remove some fish and the remaining fish would begin growing again.
The young Folkman was intrigued by the observations. The fish, he reasoned, must somehow be "talking" to one another, and he made plans to filter the water to try to track down the invisible biochemical signal that influenced their growth. But by that time, the Westinghouse deadline had rolled around, and the boys had run out of time to test their hypothesis. (They didn't even get an honorable mention.)
Nonetheless, the experiment was a particularly apt foreshadowing. When Folkman died Jan. 14 at age 74, he was widely considered to be one of modern medicine's great visionaries, credited with almost single-handedly ushering in the idea that tumors use invisible signals to "talk to" and recruit a nourishing blood supply. It would take years for Folkman's ideas to be taken seriously, but eventually, other cancer researchers slowly realized he might just have hit on an entirely new approach to treating cancer.
A Serendipitous DiscoveryFolkman seemed to always know he would become a doctor. "He started training very early," according to his longtime friend and collaborator Steven Brem, who now heads the neuro-oncology department at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla. "He was a little like the Tiger Woods of medicine." When the young Folkman learned his grandfather was planning to buy him a Jeep for his bar mitzvah, the boy mentioned that he would much rather have a high-powered microscope. During high school, he apprenticed himself to a world-class surgeon, an experience that inspired him to continue on to Harvard Medical School and a career in surgery.
Graduating near the top of his medical school class, Folkman landed a particularly competitive position as a surgical resident at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital and was well on his way to his goal. But in 1960, in the middle of his residency, Folkman was drafted into the Navy. This much-resented interruption turned out to be his single most life-altering career experience. Instead of going to basic training, Folkman found himself shipped off to a laboratory in Bethesda, Md., to work on extending the shelf life of blood. Finishing the Navy's assigned experiments months ahead of schedule, he and a colleague began devising their own projects to pass the time.
During angiogenesis, a tumor recruits a network of blood vessels to nourish itself and encourage growth. (Illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller)
In the biography Dr. Folkman's War, author Robert Cooke describes how the lab happened to be full of leftover rabbit thyroid glands from previous experiments. On a whim, Folkman and another researcher, Fred Becker, transplanted some melanoma cells onto the thyroids, which had been kept alive artificially. The cancer cells immediately began growing and dividing into small tumors, as they expected, but then the cell divisions abruptly stopped. Amazingly, all of the tumors were roughly the same size. Folkman and Becker knew this was unusual: Ordinarily, tumor cells divide into a large range of sizes.
Curious, the researchers took the tiny tumors and transplanted them into live animals. To their surprise, the tumors grew rapidly, nourished by a rapidly expanding bed of new blood vessels. They puzzled over the result. Could the tumors, like the goldfish, be somehow communicating to nearby blood vessels through invisible biochemical signals? Could they be calling in their own food supply, via the network of blood vessels? Were they unable to grow on the disembodied thyroids because the thyroids couldn't form new blood vessels?


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...the dizzying fray of killer compositions like "Cosmopolysyndeton" and "When Solar Winds Collide" won't help alleviate the assumption that Canvas Solaris are snooty, intellectual muso types who are too smart for their own good and the consumer's understanding. Maybe? Maybe not? But every once in a while, metal needs an IQ boost to reaffirm its vitality in the face of cliches and close-mindedness, doesn't it? - TERRORIZER
Canvas Solaris will surely enjoy exponential success with Sublimation, a prime exemplar of technical metal for the ages. - EXCLAIM!
...to the mainstream audiences this album will be far too much to understand as it lacks the tedious nu-metalcore formulaics. But to those who appreciate the art form of intricate and imaginative metal, you need look no further. - THE PRP
...in today's sadly self-gratifying prog metal market where players are looking for individual attention rather than worrying about the product on a whole, Canvas Solaris show that they have some integrity (both musically and personally). What they sacrifice from not showing off they make up for with their virtuous songwriting. - INTO OBSCURITY
Sure it's mind-bendingly original and overtly progressive but can an instrumental album have the kind of bite that generates enough interest to repeatedly listen to it? The answer is a resounding yes. - SMOTHER.NET
This disc is far from crushing, but every note the band plays is captivating and delivered with the seeming ease that only a true pro can feign...The music on this CD is so cool and at the same time so far beyond the realm of "progressive" it's not even funny. - DEADTIDE.COM
Canvas Solaris keep it complicated but stay coherent in their style while being on another plane of musical existence...The album through and through is an amazing trip that will make one want to learn to play an instrument or at least give one a whole new appreciation for music. - RIFT ROCK
This is a top metal album of 2004 for me. I recommend this to fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cancer Conspiracy and metalcore fans that are looking to enjoy something a little different than your average two-chord breakdown. - PIVOTAL RAGE
Its a damn shame a vast majority will simply hear this album one time and miss the chance to broaden their musical horizons. To those looking to get lost in their own bright utopia: Canvas Solaris is the drug of choice. - SIX12
SPATIAL/DESIGN OVERVIEW - Probably the most non-traditional signing to Tribunal Records yet. Statesboro, Georgia's CANVAS SOLARIS could be classified as "thinking man's metal". Their debut, Spatial/Design, is perplexing technical metal bursting with way too many musical acrobatics to even bother with vocals, it is genius-level stuff. We guarantee it will blow your mind. The four spacey and ultra complex tracks have a running time of over 25 minutes and cover the gamut of metal's many facets. This young trio have learned their lessons well. Their masters are Spiral Architect, Watchtower, Cynic and King Crimson. Their peers are few. Canvas Solaris stands alone. © http://tribunalrecords.bigcartel.com/product/canvas-solaris-sublimation-redux
This is a new band from the town of Statesboro, Georgia. They are a 3 member band with: Nathan Sapp on lead and rhythm guitars,6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, Micromoog, Yamaha cs60 synthesizers.Ben Simpkins on rhythm and lead guitars, bass guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar. Hunter Ginn on djembe, table drums, congas, shekere. There are 7 songs and the time lasts about 39 minutes. Musically these guys are an instrumental heavy technical metal band with some jazzy interludes/influences. Being instrumental they rely on dynamics and speed to make the songs interesting, oh and also super playing ability. These guys can play with the utmost speed, agility and wank ability/chops of almost any band out there. These guys are very "tasty". Musically they sound like a lot of bands such as Spiral Architect, King Crimson, the fucking champs, Cynic, and Behold the Arctopus. The songs all have lots of interesting things going on. Most are begun with finger picked intros and also with synth efx to add some differentness. The guys can play fast runs or slow down and play for effect and "feel". The drums and bass are really well recorded and together the band is really tight and well rehearsed. One thing they do is that they "name" their solos within the songs. I think they are the only ones I know of that does this. Arranging is very good, these guys mix acoustic guitars with electrics and very tasty synth burps and bleeps as well. The drummer is excellent as he uses congas and other percussion for a very dramatic effect on some of the songs such as "When solar winds collide". The drummer Hunter, also throws in some tribal drums and bells into the song "Sublimation" for an Indian feel that makes this one my favorite tunes on this cd. The electric guitar playing is done very tastefully. They mix lots of clean tones with some varied types of distortion (Mesa to Marshall) to change the sounds so as to always make for an interesting mix. The crunchy, heavy bits and riffing are all over the place but not a focus of the music and when they are heard make the music more visceral and powerful. This is a very good release of technical modern metal. The only thing that may be missing is more or better melodies within the songs so as to make them memorable for listeners. The changes in speed and the variations in dynamics are very cool but are not enough to make this a great Cd. – from Technical Metal Jazzy madness - 85% © yogibear, December 30th, 2004 © http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Canvas_Solaris/Sublimation/48622/
If you've read my fairly brief review of Canvas Solaris' previous release, the Spatial/Design EP [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1330/Canvas-Solaris-Spatial-Design/] (I'd suggest doing so before reading this), you'll know vaguely what I thought of it; potential for brilliance, which managed to end up somewhat less than brilliant. Well this is where that potential is put to much better use. Canvas Solaris started off some five years ago as a four-piece group, with a vocalist and everything. Early demos (apparently) laid the blueprint for what the band was about; complex, technical music with a great focus on actually being good to listen to, with highly developed conceptual elements to the song titles, liner notes and, presumably, lyrics. However, lineup changes soon occurred which reduced them to a trio, and although Nathan filled in on vocals for a while, they soon abandoned that in favour of a fully instrumental approach. And so they have remained since. Before we get to the actual music, it's worth noting how much of an improvementSublimation is over Spatial/Design in other ways. The cover art, for one, is great (call me shallow if you like, but these things matter). The nebula-style cover art of Spatial/Designwas all well and good, but the "blue fire" design (it's actually space, again) here is just awesome. The track names, too, strike me as a great improvement. They're just as pretentious, but they're more memorable, and as before, they're not just randomly pretentious - they have meanings behind them. Whether Canvas Solaris write songs based on concepts or crowbar the concepts they're interested in into already written songs is unknown to me, but whichever it is, the concepts themselves are certainly given adequate thought. I won't even begin discussing them here, since even a brief overview would probably lead to several thousand words of talking about literary theory and astrology; the band's favoured subjects of thought. My favourite title here would be Ekstatik Parataxis (The New Measure), especially having snooped around the apparent background to it. If Canvas Solaris ever get even remotely well-known, I hope they release a big boxed set, full of music and essays and things. Anyway, music, that's what we're here for. The leaps and bounds taken onward from the Canvas Solaris of the Spatial/Design EP, especially considering the short time between the two releases (18 months, at most), are incredible. Each band member seems to have learnt to play about six new instruments (and, from interviews I've been reading, are still learning even more. Especially Hunter), and the whole songwriting process seems to have been pushed into overdrive. The most immediate comparisons to be made are Cynic and, especially, Gordian Knot. Maybe also Spastic Ink, although, excellent as Ink Complete is, there is often the feeling that one member or t'other is just showing off, most often Ron on guitar. Here, there isn't anything like that, the whole seems to be considered by concensus more important than any individual part. The comparison to Cynic/Gordian Knot is also somewhat less than perfect, though; Canvas Solaris are more aggressive. Rather than taking so many cues from fusion, as the aforementioned bands tend to, the primary metal influences are (in their own words) "mid-period Carcass, Voivod, "Need to Control"-era Brutal Truth, "Morbid Reality"-era Hexx and Godflesh". By the same token, though, since then they've changed slightly so that they don't play aggressively (or in ultra-complex mode) non-stop; they like to give the songs some dynamic, some room to breathe. To play in more than one way, basically. This means they may not appeal to people who demand their technical metal be non-stop, or who want metal to be 100% aggressive, 100% of the time. But who really cares what people like that think anyway? The result is an album that is basically just gorgeous and engaging throughout. When Solar Winds Collide is one of the best songs, instrumental or not, I've ever heard. Thinking back to improvements outside of the music, another one now springs to mind - the title. In the context of the music, Sublimation is the best title they could have chosen, because that is what has occurred. In real Nietzschean fashion, they have sublimated their aggressive tendencies into a more dynamic, more fulfilling, and ultimately finer form of art. - 4.5 superb Review by & © Bartender EMERITUS January 16th, 2005 © 2005-2013 Sputnikmusic.com http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1331/Canvas-Solaris-Sublimation/
Outstanding instrumental technical, jazz-inspired metal progressive music from the Statesboro, Georgia based Canvas Solaris and HR by A.O.O.F.C Listen to Canvas Solaris' "Irradiance" album [All tracks @ 320 Kbps: File size = 90.5 Mb]
1 Cosmopolysyndeton 3:22
2 Spheres in Design 4:28
3 When Solar Winds Collide 7:33
4 Cyclotron Emission 3:51
5 Syzygial Epiphany 6:21
6 Ekstatik Parataxis (The New Measure) 5:01
7 Sublimation 8:14
All tracks composed by Sapp, Simpkins, & Ginn
Nathan Sapp - Guitar [Lead And Rhythm], Synthesizer [Guitar, Micromoog, Yamaha Cs 60], Acoustic Guitar [6 And 12 String]
Ben Simpkins - Guitar [Rhythm And Lead], Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [12 String]
Hunter Ginn - Drums, Goblet Drum [Doumbek], Djembe, Percussion [Table Drums], Congas, Shekere
Canvas Solaris were an American progressive metal band from Statesboro, Georgia, formed in 1999, and disbanded in 2011.Though they first played with vocals, they moved on to instrumental, drawing influence from bands as diverse as Cynic, Rush, King Crimson, Death, Watchtower, and The Mars Volta. Hunter Ginn (drums), Nathan Sapp (guitar), and Jimmy McCall (bass) formed Canvas Solaris in 1999 in Statesboro, Georgia. Brad Jeffcoat joined the band to serve as a vocalist. At this point, the band was playing mainly technical death metal, influenced by bands like Voivod and Carcass. They recorded two untitled demos of four songs each and toured in South Carolina for several years before Jeffcoat and McCall both left the band. Ben Simpkins joined as a second guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist, the band decided to drop vocals entirely, and they put out the EP Spatial/Design in 2003 on Tribunal Records. A year later, in 2004, they released their first full-length album, Sublimation. In February 2005, the band signed onto Sensory Records, where they remain today, and put out their second full-length album, Penumbra Diffuse in 2006. Their next album, 2007's Cortical Tectonics, would be the last to feature Ben Simpkins on guitar, bass, and keyboards. Chris Rushing, Donnie Smith, and Gael Pirlot on guitar, keys, and bass respectively, and the band put out The Atomized Dream in 2008. Following its release, they toured with Dysrhythmia and Behold... The Arctopus. The band released Irradiance in 2010. Since disbanding in 2011, the band have formed The Universe Divide and The Burden of Existence with vocalist Narissa Wolke (releasing a self-titled album. In 2013, the band announced a reunion with a new album in the works. The album is anticipated to be released in 2014 and funded independently via a public fundraiser website.