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Índice de Canciones Impresas
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Diehl, Katharine Smith.
Hymns and tunes: an index
. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1966.
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Wasson, D. DeWitt.
Hymntune index and related hymn materials
. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998. (vol. 3)
Indexes hymns in hymnals and songbooks.
REF 016.784 D356s
De Charms, Desiree & Paul F. Breed.
Songs in collections: an index
. Detroit : Information Service, 1966.
Indexes art songs, operatic arias in many languages.
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Ferguson, Gary Lynn.
Song finder: title index to 32,000 popular songs in collections, 1854-1992
. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Compiled by staff at the State Library of Louisiana. Indexes folk songs, religious music, standards, and folk music.
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Leigh, Robert.
Index to song books: a title index to over 11,000 copies of almost 6,800 songs in 111 song books published between 1933 and 1962
. Stockton, CA: Robert Leigh, 1964.
A supplement to Sears. Song Index (see below).
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Goleeke, Tom.
Literature for voice: an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing
. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984-2002.
Indexes art songs and operatic arias
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Luchinsky, Ellen.
The song index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library
. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. (2 vol.)
Indexes art songs, folk songs, popular songs, and standards.
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Sears, Minnie Earl.
Song index: an index to more than 12,000 songs in 177 song collections comprising 262 volumes and supplement, 1934
. [n.p.]: Shoe String Press, 1966.
Indexes art songs, arias, hymns, and folk songs.
REF 016.7844 B885f
Brunnings, Florence E.
Folk song index: a comprehensive guide to the Florence E. Brunnings collection
. New York: Garland Pub., 1981.
Indexes folksongs in song books and on phono disc. Also indexes songs in Sing Out Magazine.
Gargan, William and Sue Sharma, eds.
Find that tune: an index to rock, folk-rock, disco & soul in collections
. New York, N.Y.: Neal-Schuman, 1984-1988. (2 vol.)
REF 016.7845 G616s
Goodfellow, William D.
SongCite: an index to popular songs
. New York: Garland, 1995.
Indexes rock, pop, and country songs. The library also has the published supplement.
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Goodfellow, William D.
Where's that tune?: an index to songs in fakebooks
. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Indexes popular songs, standards, and jazz works.
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Havlice, Patricia Pate.
Popular song index
. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Indexes folk songs, pop songs, spirituals, hymns and childrens songs. Includes first lines and first lines of choruses. The library has three published supplements.
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Cleveland Public Library staff.
Index to Negro spirituals
. Chicago, IL: Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago, 1991.
Laughlin, Kay, Pollyanne Frantz, and Ann Branton, compilers.
The children's song index, 1978-1993
. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
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Cushing, Helen Grant, compiler.
Children's song index: an index to more than 22,000 songs in 189 collections comprising 222 volumes
. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1936.
. Fort Collins, Colo.: Musi*Key.
A bi-monthly index to popular songs currently in print. Library keeps only the current issue.
Finding list of vocal music
. Rochester, NH: J.B. Cook & Co.
Indexes popular standards and light classical music. Library owns the 1966 and 1968 editions.
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Meade, Guthrie T., Jr., Dick Spottswood, and Douglas Meade.
Country Music Sources: A biblio-discography of commercially recorded traditional music
. Chapel Hill, NC: Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries in Association with the John Edwards Memorial Forum, 2002.
Indexes the published sources of folk, country and old-time music.
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The Despacho Service is a worship service with a goal of inspiring individuals find a personal connection to the divine or the path of the mystic. At the service, we seek to create inner and world peace through various traditions using twelve peace prayers from twelve faiths, The Lord's Prayer (Aramaic translation), a weekly Mindfulness sermon and ultimately burning intentions in the Inca Despacho ceremony,. This Chaska Despacho is designed for global peace and allow for your personal intentions to join with that wish.

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It's been a while since I don't post anything, and the main reason is that I just got a new job and I've being pretty busy with it 🙂
After working at INdT for more than 2 years, I decided that it was time to move on, get back to Campinas, get closer with friends and family and start looking for a new job.
I had a quite good time at Recife, working with Mamona, Maemo and MeeGo, mostly helping bring up different ARM platforms to be used by the Institute in many different projects. The work was nice, but Recife can be hard to get through over the time. I'll for sure miss the nice work place we've built, and the nice people I worked with.
About the new job, I'm quite happy to announce that I'm now working as a Software Engineer at Canonical. My main objective now is to help bringing Ubuntu into different ARM platforms, like beagleboard and the new pandaboard.
Canonical is awesome, and the people from the Ubuntu Platform Team is even greater. Had the opportunity to meet most of the people at the last Ubuntu Platform Sprint that was held at Prague, and it was awesome to see so many skilled and fun guys working together to improve Ubuntu.
That's it, now it's time to get back to work because we have a huge pile of cool and fun things to work on 🙂 If you're interested in understading, helping and participating on what we're currently doing, get at #ubuntu-arm, freenode, and ping me (rsalveti)!


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At what age do you stop flushing when you poop?
At what age do you stop flushing when you poop? I'm wondering because I've seen one too many truck stop restrooms and I think it's kind of an assey thing to do, isn't it? Isn't it?
Well, I think it is. I think it's a downright assey thing to do. Just once, just fucking once I'd like to go into a public restroom and not have to flush the toilet and wipe all the pee off of the toilet lid. Will it happen? Probably not. How old do you think these guys are? They're probably at least in their late thirties. I mean, it takes at least that long to lose faith in all existence, doesn't it? I mean, to become so utterly lost and nihilistic that you don't even bother to flush your turds down the potty hole? I sure hope so.
I mean, do old guys even flush at all? I doubt it. Even the ones who don't wear diapers, I bet they still don't flush. I bet they forget and go watch Matlock or something. I know an old guy who watches MASH. I'm pretty sure he doesn't flush.
What if you don't start?[edit]
Holy shit. I just thought of something. What if these guys never learned to flush? I mean, like ever?
Maybe they grew up in the middle east or something and there was just never the resources to teach these guys. Like maybe they only had the first half of the Sesame Street potty episode and they never learned that flushing is important? And what if those same uneducated middle easterners immigrated to the U.S. (after being carefully searched for bombs) and the only job they could find was that of truck drivers? I mean, it would make a lot of sense.
What if they had abusive parents who never bothered to potty train them? Sure, by the time they reached high school they would've figured most of it out, but I mean why would they care about the handle if they never learned to use it? Probably not. For those people, it's fortunate they learned to talk probably.
Seriously though, what age do people stop?[edit]
I'm asking on average, of course. I don't think there's an exact date and time for every single person where they're just like "Fuck it, I don't care anymore. I'm done with flushing."
I do think, however, there's a general area, a "sweet spot" of broken spirited apathy, where the flushing just flat out stops. Isn't it sad? Those pathetic bastards. I feel sorry for them now, not angry.
Alright. I admit it.[edit]
I'm the guy. I've never flushed the toilet before. Also, I'm the only one. That time five years ago in the rest stop in Iowa? Remember that? Yeah, that was me. Also, remember that time you went hiking up Mt.Kilimanjaro and you were going to go shit by a bush only to find a turd already there and not covered in mountain rocks? That was me too. Are you happy? It's not my fault. I was raised by worms. They don't have thumbs! They couldn't have taught me to flush, now could they?
You don't think I'm polite? Well fuck you. Fuck you good. I hate you and can poop how I want. Go eat shit and die. I left some for you, by the way. Better enjoy it, you ungrateful bastard.
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Every day is happening in the world of strange and curious things, but in India are becoming more common events that were amazing and very strange. India is one of the strangest schools in the world at this school is unusual its location it is located under a big bridge.
Photographer Altaf Qadri Associated Press found unusual school in New Delhi, India. There are teachers, students, two boards, stools and nothing else! Slumdog kids learn the basics of mathematics, learning to read and write in the street under the bridge, sitting on the bract. Creator of the school and one of two teachers Rajesh Kumar Sharma argues that children learn for free for more than three years. Since education in India is paid the poor children have a unique opportunity for education. Now the school is attended by about 30 students.


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When the fixture list came out in July the first game I looked for was Arsenal v Tottenham because I used to play in North London derbies and I know what they are like. However, this was the second fixture I looked for because I can't wait to see it. This is a massive match with so much at stake and I don't think I've seen a South Wales derby in the top flight in my lifetime. I really can't wait for this game to kick off.
Swansea have had a stop-start season, but seem to have picked up with a couple of good results in the last couple of weeks and I think they will get a draw on Sunday. We could get to a stage where neither of these teams will want to lose and nobody will want to make the mistake that costs his team the game. As a neutral, I want an early goal because that will give us lots of action but if it gets to 60 minutes all square then things could get a bit nervy and drizzle out. I don't think we will see any red cards though because if you look at the players on each team they are not really like that. Swansea are a nice football team and Cardiff play good football, so I don't see it boiling over. I think this will be tight.
Everton v Tottenham (12.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
Tottenham have been winning games, but they haven't been impressive. Their football is quite slow and mundane and they don't move the ball with a high tempo. They didn't move it quickly against a well-organised Hull team last week and that meant they had time to get two banks of four behind the ball and make life difficult for Spurs.
Andre Villas-Boas has criticised the fans for not getting behind the team enough and I think he's right and wrong. Maybe he thought because they won the game against Hull last week that he could speak out, but there was no need to say it and you don't want to upset the fans. You have to have action in a game to get fans going and I don't think there's enough tempo to their game and they don't score a lot of goals. That means that other team are always in the game and that's why I think the advantage will lie with Everton at home. Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley will get in good positions and can sneak it for Everton.
Arsenal v Liverpool (5pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1)
After watching Arsenal against Chelsea in midweek we learned that Arsenal don't have another centre-forward apart from Olivier Giroud at the moment. I feel sorry for Nicklas Bendtner because he hasn't played much and struggled against Gary Cahill and David Luiz with Arsenal not getting a lot of ball forward. That game showed how much they rely on Giroud and if he gets injured they will struggle to score enough goals. People talk about Aaron Ramsey's goals, but a lot of those have come from Giroud holding the ball up. Others can come in for one or two games, but they will struggle to win the Premier League without Giroud.
In contrast, Liverpool have got Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge - plus Philippe Coutinho to come back in. This should be a very good game and it's very hard to call because with the two stars up front, Liverpool are always in a football match. I don't think there's much between these two teams and whatever happens in the two games between the sides may determine who finishes higher. They're both in with a shout of the top four and they will be very close together at the end of the season. It will be very close in this game as well.
Newcastle v Chelsea
Newcastle had a damaging defeat to Sunderland last Sunday and then they went out of one of the only competitions they can win in midweek. To be fair, they did alright against Man City in the Capital One Cup but I don't see them beating Chelsea. They played a reserve team against Arsenal and still had 11 internationals on the pitch. I don't see anything but a Chelsea win.
Fulham v Man Utd
Just before their two second-half goals against Stoke you were thinking Man United were out of the Premier League title race and a top four finish might not be on. But what happened next was good and was like the old Alex Ferguson days. They came from behind like they used to and that was a big moment and this is another big game against a Fulham team that is struggling. Fulham have won at the right time at certain stages this season but they were shocking against Southampton; they made them look like the Harlem Globetrotters! Away win surely?
Hull v Sunderland
I like Hull. I've watched a lot of them this season and they are arguably the most organised team in the Premier League apart from Southampton. I watched them against Tottenham last week and they were very comfortable; it took a shocking decision from the referee to deny them a point and they were never going to lose that game otherwise. Sunderland had a great result in the North East derby last week, but I think Gus Poyet would take a draw if he could. I think Hull might just edge it.
Man City v Norwich
I don't think Norwich are playing too badly at the moment. They lost 4-1 against Arsenal, but at 2-1 it looked like they were getting back in the game. In the game against Chelsea they looked like the team that was going to go on and win it when it got to 1-1. Last week they had 31 shots against Cardiff and couldn't score and against Man United in the Capital One Cup they suffered another bad decision and ended up losing 4-0. I don't see them winning against Man City, but I do see them doing ok. If City have one eye on CSKA Moscow then they could slip up because Norwich are not a bad team. They're not where they should be in the table right now.
Stoke v Southampton
Stoke were bang unlucky against Man United last weekend. If Marko Arnautovic hadn't got injured then they would have gone on and won the game in my opinion because he has plenty of guile and when the game opened up I think he would have picked United off. However, Southampton look good and keep on impressing me week-in, week-out. Last season this would have been a home banker because Stoke would have gone long and negated Southampton's squeezing game, but with Stoke rolling out from the back I see it being much tighter. Southampton will cause them problems.
West Brom v Crystal Palace
I see nothing but a West Brom win here because they are a decent team and, if I'm being honest, I can't really see where Crystal Palace are going to get another win from. People are talking about Tony Pulis going in there and he is a very good manager, but he likes to go from back to front a lot of the time and they have got no big centre-forwards. Look at Marouane Chamakh for example... he is not a big target man who will put himself about. I think Chris Coleman would be a better shout because he's a club legend and that gives you a bit more time because the fans are likely to stick with you longer.
West Ham v Aston Villa
Aston Villa can't seem to win at home and they really should have last week. They dominated Everton for the first 20 minutes and if they'd scored their penalty and their good chances then they would have won. Instead they went 1-0 down and ended up collapsing. West Ham will have to come at Villa because their fans will think they should win the game and that will play into the hands of the away team. For that reason I'm going for an away win.
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Do Investment Promotional Agencies Leave Investors Out in the Cold?
This week, the World Bank Group's Investment Climate Department hosted a stimulating discussion on the effectiveness of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs). The panel discussion coincided with the launch of the Investment Climate Department's report on IPAs across the globe. MIGA co-sponsored the report and pioneered its methodology.
First, the bad news. This report makes for quite depressing reading for this startling finding: overall, the responsiveness of investment promotion intermediaries to investor inquiries is low, with 80% of IPAs not responding to sector-specific investor inquiries. This means that 80% of these organizations did not return a phone call or email from a foreign direct investment (FDI) "mystery shopper." This translates to missed investment opportunities that are particularly needed now as the competition for FDI is so fierce.
But here's the good news. The event panel noted that significant improvement in facilitation leading to winning new investment opportunities is possible, even with limited resources.
Robert Whyte, who leads this work for the World Bank, showed that effective IPAs do not need huge budgets or staff, but instead clarity of purpose and strong leadership. Nicaragua's IPA (ProNicaragua) is a very successful example, exhibiting just such characteristics. In this year's Global Investment Promotion Best Practices report, they were found to the 'best overall investment facilitator'.
Torfin Harding from Oxford University provided an academic perspective, citing evidence that IPAs do attract FDI, especially where the investment climate of the country is weak. Ravi Vish, MIGA's Director of Economics and Policy and Chief Economist, emphasized that investors' perceptions of political risk is heightened when there is limited information. He mentioned that, by providing information on both investment opportunities as well as key factors such as the legislative framework for FDI and arbitration arrangements, investors will become far more comfortable and amenable to setting-up shop in a country.
The World Bank's Executive Director for Spain, representing both the nation which had funded much of the global investment promotion benchmarking work (Spain) as well as some countries which received high marks for their IPAs (Spain, Nicaragua), provided a useful perspective. She highlighted that IPAs alone are no panacea, but instead one useful tool in the armory of governments to attract and retain FDI.
Questions from the audience ranged across various topics including: What is the best organizational structure for an IPA – closely linked to government ministries or slightly apart? Why do some investments end up in disputes with host governments? How do IPAs navigate the unique space between the public and private sectors?
In summing up the panel all agreed on two fundamentals:
· The investment climate is fundamentally important – marketing alone will not attract mobile FDI. (Note: The World Bank and IFC's Doing Business initiative documents important work in this regard.)
· Simply putting basic but specific information on a website and following up with interested investors is a cost-effective way of attracting FDI.


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K~Kids: 2 - 10 year old Sophia and 8 year old Felix. Lights of my life.
L~Live: Lincolnshire. I've lived all over the world and never thought I'd end up living on a farm in rural England. I've now lived here longer than anywhere else and it's home. I like it. I'm free here.
M~Mom's name: Janny - pronounced Yanni (yes).
N~Nicknames: Peet, petch, molly, booshka.
O~Overnight Hospital Stays: 2 when I was a teen for various surgeries on my nasal cavities (hmm) and 2 to have my kids.
P~Pet Peeve: Where do I start? People who say "I was sat" instead of "I was sitting" or even worse "I were sat". Facial hair with food in it. People with chips on shoulder - it's just boring. Self-pity in myself and others. The crappy food you get served at big functions. Just give me an apple.
Q~Quote from a Movie: I don't remember these very well - I love Pulp Fiction though and all I can think is "Zed's dead. Zed's dead baby."
R~Right or Left Handed: Left. Have figured out how to use my right hand as well though - ambidextrous!
S~Siblings: One, younger brother Erik.
T~Time you wake up: 6am.
U~Underwear: Hate thongs for what they do for you when you have to suddenly brake in a car. Also for how I look in them. I like boring bikini pants - spend nothing on underwear really..
W~What Makes You Late: fooling around on the internet.
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Arsene Wenger refuses to rule out move to bring Thierry Henry back to Arsenal
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a move to bring Thierry Henry back to the club.
New York Reds Bulls striker Henry is currently training with Arsenal during the MLS off-season.
Henry enjoyed a loan spell back with the Gunners last term when the MLS campaign came to an end and Wenger is now weighing up a third spell at Arsenal for the 35-year-old.
Wenger could be in the market for striking reinforcements after admitting Marouane Chamakh could leave in January and he will also be without Gervinho for several weeks when he plays for Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations
Wenger said: "He has been practising with us. Three times. Will I sign him again in January? I don't know - I don't rule it out. I don't know if he would be interested.
"This year we will lose Gervinho to the Africa Cup of Nations again, so we will be short - particularly if Chamakh goes."
Wenger knows Henry, who has scored 228 goals for Arsenal, is influential both on and off the pitch.
"You know what he gives you. He gives you hope, especially when he comes on. That is the most important thing," he said.
"He is a communicator. An extrovert. Very intelligent. He can only give good advice to players because he was in their position when he arrived here."


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The flood insurance program will run out of money to pay claims for Hurricane Sandy and other disasters in coming days unless Congress lets it borrow more funds, the national emergency agency said on Thursday.
The warning from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came a day ahead of a vote by the House of Representatives on a $9 billion payment on storm-related support for the National Flood Insurance Program.
House Speaker John Boehner reversed course and scheduled Friday's vote after fellow Republicans from states hit hard by the October 29 storm slammed him for failing to bring the payment up for a vote earlier this week.
FEMA has told Congress that unless its borrowing ceiling was raised, "funds available to pay claims will be exhausted sometime around the week of January 7, 2013," the agency said in a one-sentence statement.
The FEMA program is essentially the only U.S. flood insurer for residences. It has a $20.8 billion ceiling for borrowing authority.
FEMA estimated Sandy-related flood losses of $6 billion to $12 billion in November, far beyond its cash and $3 billion in untapped borrowing authority.
The House will hold a second vote on January 15 on the $51 billion remainder of the $60 billion Sandy disaster aid package approved by the Senate last week.
Putting more money into the program would come months after President Barack Obama signed a law aimed at improving its finances. Congress bailed out the program after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and it is $18 billion in debt.
Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, devastated the northeastern United States, with New York and New Jersey the hardest-hit states.
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My baby girl is almost up for sitting up all by herself. I can't believe we are at that point already. She just keeps getting cuter and cuter everyday. I set up this little photo shoot to document this stage for her and was able to use this super cute tutu courtesy of Peace Love and Kids.
I admit it. I'm such a sucker for all the fru fru stuff for little girls. I think it is just so cute on them! Especially for pictures.
I paired the tutu up with one of my scarves. I just tied it in the back.
Then I was able to get her to keep a headband on for a little bit. She usually rips them right off! 🙂
She looked like such a little lady with her feet crossed! Peace Love and Kids wants to share some tutu cuteness with one Happy Together reader too!
Crystal, the owner of Peace Love and Kids, if giving away one single color tutu (any size from 0-6 years old). You choose the color! This would be a great photo prop, a fun birthday outfit, or just for playtime.
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Can Koi and Goldfish Breed? Sheldon – Huntington, KY
Would That Make It A Koldfish?
Your fish have finally spawned and after what seems like eons of waiting they are starting to grow into full grown Koi…or Goldfish…or…what are they? Your newcomers seem to have unique new patterns and colors that are difference than their alleged parents, is it possible your Koi and Goldfish have crossbred?
While it is possible to crossbreed the two types of fish, it is fairly uncommon for the process to naturally occur in your pond. The outcome of such instances yields sterile offspring that are unable to reproduce. It is much more common to produce new colors and varieties of fish due to two different types of goldfish reproducing. While some pond owners are curious about the potential to crossbreed their fish, many more would be happy to just experience the spawning process even once in their back yard water garden regardless of the results. If it has not happened for you yet, make sure you are providing adequate habitat in the form of submerged plants so if your Koi do spawn the eggs and fry will have places to attach and hide to avoid becoming an easy meal (yes Koi will eat their own young). Furthermore, maintain a healthy water feature by providing adequate filtration, aeration, and beneficial bacteria. Using the products in a Pond Logic® DefensePAC® will give you a wide assortment of products that simplify your pond maintenance and promote a clean healthy environment. Click over to our Koi Spawning Blog for a little more insight on the matter.
Pond Talk: Have you ever experienced this phenomenon?
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Jillian Dempsey is one of two Harvard skaters riding a five-game point streak (Gil Talbot).
Complete Game Notes (.pdf)
Highlights from Jan. 28 against Brown
The Particulars
The Crimson kicks off its home weekend as one of the hottest teams in college hockey, winner of six straight, as it welcomes Princeton and Quinnipiac to Bright Hockey Center. The six-game win streak is the fourth-longest active streak in the nation.
Series History
The Harvard-Princeton rivalry has been relatively even through the years, but the Crimson does hold a slight 36-28-4 lead in the all-time series record. The earliest contests belonged to the Tigers, as Princeton captured 11 of the first 12 meetings between the two teams. In recent years, Harvard has held the edge, taking nine of the last 15 matches, including the two of the last three. Last season, Harvard lost and tied games against Princeton in the regular season before sweeping it, 5-1 and 4-1, in the opening round of ECAC Tournament play. Earlier this season, a pair of Katharine Chute goals helped Harvard salvage a 2-2 tie in Princeton Nov. 13.
While Harvard holds a 9-2-0 all-time record against Quinnipiac, the Bobcats have taken the last two meetings by a combined score of 5-1. The series began in 2005-06, and the Crimson took the first nine meetings, outscoring the Bobcats 38-10. However, in the teams' second matchup of last season, Quinnipiac blanked the Crimson, 1-0, on the strength of 31 saves from Victoria Vigilanti. Earlier this season, Kelly Babstock netted a natural hat trick in the second period, helping the Bobcats to a 4-1 win in Hamden, Conn., Nov. 12.
Last Weekend
Harvard kept the ball rolling on its ECAC win streak, blanking Brown, 4-0, Friday night and fighting off a fiesty Yale squad, 5-3, the following afternoon. The Crimson maintained its second-place position in the league standings with its third straight weekend sweep.
The Bears were unable to stymie a potent Crimson offense Friday night as Harvard rolled to its second straight 4-0 victory. Liza Ryabkina tallied the game's first goal on a first period power-play and second-period scores from Josephine Pucci, Marissa Gedman and Kate Buesser sealed the 4-0 win for the Crimson. Laura Bellamy stopped 25 shots for her second consecutive shutout.
Jillian Dempsey put Harvard on the board against the Bulldogs but a first-period goal from the hosts knotted the game at 1-1 at the first break. Lyndsey Fry and Ryabkina notched second period goals and scores from Katharine Chute and Buesser helped hold off a late Bulldogs charge to claim the 5-3 win in New Haven, Conn.
Harvard Coach Katey Stone
Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Hockey, is in her 17th season as Harvard's head coach, and she holds a 351-151-29 career record, the most all-time victories in Division I women's hockey. Stone has led Harvard to all eight of its NCAA tournament appearances and was named the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team in the summer of 2010.
Notable Streaks
Liza Ryabkina and Jillian Dempsey are both riding five-game point streaks heading into this weekend. Ryabkina has collected eight points (3g, 5a) during that stretch, Dempsey has picked up seven (2g, 5a) and both have scored two points each in their last two contests. Kate Buesser is on a three-game goal-scoring streak with all three goals being the final ones scored by Harvard in the given game. Laura Bellamy had back-to-back shutouts for the first time in her career against Union and Brown and played 141 minutes and 35 seconds in a span of four games without allowing a goal.
Hold Your Fire
In 63 periods of regulation hockey so far this season, Harvard has only allowed double-digit shots in a given period 13 times (21 percent). Against Yale (Oct. 29), Harvard limited the Bulldogs to 13 shots in the game, including just three in the second period. Brown managed 15 total shots and fired just two on net in the second stanza Oct. 30. Harvard held Colgate to just two shots in the third period in a 3-1 win and also held Quinnipiac to just two shots in the third period of a 4-1 loss. The Crimson was outshot for the second time this season Nov. 20 at Dartmouth but came away from Hanover, N.H., with a 3-2 victory.
Against New Hampshire, Harvard allowed just 14 shots on net, including three in the second period. The Crimson did its best job of shot-blocking against Union Jan. 7, allowing just 10 shots on goal for the game, including just two in the final period. When Harvard faced the Dutchwomen Jan. 22, it again allowed just 10 shots in the game, including just one in the first period of play.
Harvard has yet to allow more than 30 shots to an opposing team in a game this season. The Crimson is averaging 31.6 shots per game to its opponents' 20.4 and is outshooting its opponents 664-428 through 21 games. Harvard recorded its highest shot total of the season against Brown Jan. 28, firing 54 shots on goal. It was the fourth time Harvard has eclipsed the 40-shot mark this season.
About Princeton
The Tigers come to Bright with an overall record of 11-11-1 on the season and an 8-7-1 conference mark, good for a tie for fifth in the conference standings. Princeton ended 2010 with four-straight wins, including three shutouts, and kicked off 2011 just as strong. The Tigers earned wins in their first four games of 2011, giving them an eight-game winning streak that spanned the New Year. That streak was snapped in its last contest, however, as Princeton couldn't recover from three third-period goals from Clarkson, falling to the Golden Knights, 3-2, at home.
About Quinnipiac
The Bobcats have cooled off after a hot start to the season, but are still very much in the thick of the playoff picture, entering the weekend in fourth place in ECAC standings. Quinnipiac has hovered just above .500 since the New Year, collecting wins in four of its seven games in 2011. Last weekend, the Bobcats registered a win and loss, falling to Clarkson, 3-2 in overtime, Friday and rebounding with a solid 4-2 win over St. Lawrence at home Saturday.
Just Killing It
Despite having a tough go of it on the penalty kill in the first half of the season, the Crimson has turned it on as of late. In its past nine games, Harvard has allowed just four power-play tallies and killed 37 of 42 (88.1 percent) penalties. The Crimson killed all six penalties against Rensselaer Jan. 8 and followed with a 4-for-4 performance against St. Lawrence Jan. 14. Harvard was also a perfect 5-for-5 against Brown Jan. 28 and was penalty-free for the first time this season against Union Jan. 22.
Two Down But Not Out
With an improving penalty kill, the Crimson has shown its mettle by killing four 5-on-3 opportunities in a recent five-game stretch. Harvard stopped RPI on a two-skater advantage in a 2-1 loss Jan. 8 and then killed another two-skater advantage in its next game, a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence. The Crimson kept Rensselaer scoreless on two seperate 5-on-3 scenarios in a 2-1 win at Bright Jan. 21. Harvard has not allowed a 5-on-3 goal all season.
Give Me an "O"
The Crimson has had its best results this season when it scores more than two goals. Harvard has scored four or more goals six times this season and has captured wins in all six games. The Crimson is 4-1-1 in games it scores three goals, its only loss coming to No. 4/5 Boston University in a 5-3 final.
Block You Like a Hurricane
A big reason that Harvard has been so successful in limiting opponents' shots on goal has been the team's penchant for blocking shots. Heading into the weekend, Harvard has out-blocked its opponents 315-215. In 21 games played this season, the Crimson has registered more blocked shots than its opponent in a game 15 times. Harvard has also topped the 20-block barrier five times this season with the most blocked shots in a game coming in the season opener against Yale where 33 shots never made it to the goalie.
Four Pack
The Crimson has scored four or more goals in each of its last three games. Harvard blanked Union and Brown by identical 4-0 scores and downed Yale, 5-3, Jan. 29. The last time Harvard put together a streak of three, four-goal games was Feb. 2-6, 2010, which was kicked off with a 5-0 win over B.C. in the opening round of the Beanpot.
Getting It Done on the Road
With the weekend sweep of Brown and Yale Jan. 28-29, the Crimson recorded it's first road weekend sweep since Nov. 20-21, 2009, when it also topped Yale and Brown in their home rinks. Harvard also upped its season road record to .500 for the first time in two months, with a 6-6-1 mark away from home this season.
Timing is Everything
January was a month to remember for the Crimson. After posting sub-.500 records in November and December, Harvard recorded its best January record since the 2007-08 season, posting a 7-1-0 mark.
Saturdays have also been favorable for the Crimson this season as Harvard has a 6-1-1 record in Saturday games and a 7-3-1 record in afternoon contests.
Rank And File
Harvard began the 2010-11 regular season schedule ranked in both national polls. The Crimson was ranked in the first seven national polls of the season, climbing as high as No. 7 in the Oct. 4 polls. Harvard worked its way back into the national polls Jan. 31, claiming the No. 10 ranking in both the USCHO.com and USA Today polls.
Getting Involved
Through 21 games this season, all six freshmen have registered at least one point. Marissa Gedman has tallied seven points (3-5-8) on the season and is tied for the rookie team lead with Lyndsey Fry (5-3-8). Elizabeth Parker picked up her first goal of her career against Dartmouth Nov. 19 and Gina McDonald tallied her first collegiate point with an assist against Brown Oct. 30 and added her first goal against Union Jan. 22. Jackie Young earned her first collegiate point against Clarkson with an assist on Gedman's power-play goal in the second period. Lauren Joarnt has seen action in four games this season and currently holds a save percentage of .852 and a 3.04 goals-against average.
It's All Over
Harvard is 120-2-6 (.960) since the start of the 2004-05 season when leading after two periods. The Crimson is 9-0-0 this season in such situations.
First Things First
So far this season, Harvard is 9-1-0 when scoring first and 3-6-2 when conceding the first goal. The Crimson was 17-2-2 when scoring first and 3-6-3 when the opponent lit the lamp first last season.
Bright Spot
Harvard is 6-1-1 at Bright so far this season. The Crimson owned a 14-4-3 record at Bright Hockey Center in 2009-10, and posted a 6-4-2 mark on the road. Since Harvard hosted the Beanpot in 2009-10, the Crimson played no neutral-site games.
A Balanced Attack
Through 21 games this season, 16 different players have tallied goals for the Crimson with Kelsey Romatoski and Gina McDonald recording their first of the season against Union Jan. 22. In all, 18 skaters on the roster have tallied a point this season. Harvard had 14 different players light the lamp last season, scoring a total of 94 goals. Four Harvard players (Kate Buesser, Jillian Dempsey, Liza Ryabkina and Randi Griffin '10) had double-digit tallies for the Crimson in 2009-10.
Women's Hockey Looks to Solidify Second Place Against Princeton, Quinnipiac
|Quinnipiac (18-10-1, 10-8-0 ECAC)
|Harvard (13-8-2, 12-4-2 ECAC)
Jillian Dempsey is one of two Harvard skaters riding a five-game point streak (Gil Talbot).


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Compiling a file, having PSTricks code inside, in LaTeX (
latex.exe), results in a self-contained DVI, where this PSTricks code is embedded.
But if the file has EPS images, the resulting DVI is no longer self-contained. If you delete the EPS images and open the DVI using a DVI viewer, the viewer will not show any images.
Why does LaTeX (
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Avraham ben Zev
In the Book of Samuel, there is an interesting conversation between King David and a very wise woman. King David had exiled his son and the woman had been sent by Joab, the king's general, to plead with him to forgive his son. In the course of the wise woman's plea, she refers to the brevity of life, saying, "Ki mot namut u'kha-mayim hanigarim artza asher lo yai-asfu," "We must all die, we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up." (2 Sam 14:14)
"Life," the wise woman says, "passes quickly; it is like water spilled upon the thirsty ground. It sinks into the earth and soon is no more." This metaphor for life is troubling. For if life is like water absorbed by the parched earth, does this mean that all we are and all we have done and stood for, is gone forever, absorbed by the sands of time?
I do not believe so. For implied in the words of the wise woman of Teko is a consoling truth. Even if our lives are like water absorbed by the parched earth, it does not necessarily follow that our lives are therefore futile. Is water spilled upon the ground lost? Is it not true that it is precisely this submerged water that makes life possible? It is the rain and the dew that falls on the ground and ceases to be that makes for life. Without it, we would perish.
And this is the way it is with the life of the spirit. Our fathers and the many generations who preceded them, poured out the water of their lives, their dreams, their ideals and their hopes, and they have been absorbed by the hungry earth of life.
You and I are the harvest. They have given us not only our bodies; they have given us our minds, our appreciation of the good and the true, our will to live and to achieve. We have absorbed into our personality, the spilled waters of their lives, just as we, in turn, will be absorbed in the lives of our children and our children's children.
What is true of each of us in our individual lives is even truer of a teacher, whose life reaches out into many lives and helps shape the spirits of several generations. The fresh sweet waters of knowledge that flow from her lips helps awaken the seeds of idealism, of goodness, of devotion to God and Israel and country in the hearts of children and adults alike.
Now, Andrei Zelevinsky's years have come to an end. His life is like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered again. But, what he has watered with his life has grown and developed and continues as a force in the lives of those whom he has touched. "Utzror bitzror hahayim et nishmato." "May his soul be bound up in the bonds of life eternal and may his memory always be treasured as a blessing."
It was just a few short months ago when we gathered for your mother's funeral, Galina. We come together again…you, your in-laws Vladen and Natalya, your children Leo and Katya, with broken hearts…yet, thankful for the gifts and sheer brilliance that Andrei brought to this world, his profession and his family whom he taught just as zealously with even greater love, devotion and concern.
I have only heard stories regarding the difficulties endured by Jews in the Soviet Union regarding education and professional advancement. He excelled at the Moscow "Second School," graduate Moscow State University and was even more concerned about those who followed who suffered blatant discrimination, he and mathematics colleagues organized the Jewish People's University for mostly Jewish students denied similar educational opportunities. What an act of courage and defiance not only against state-sponsored anti-Semitism but also against totalitarianism.
Andrei reveled in the success of others and his students with the pride of a distinguished educator. It is as if he understood the Rabbinic aphorism "I learned much from my teachers, but most from my students" underscoring his selflessness and dedication, how he touched the minds and hearts to many people the world over. It really does denote what an exceptional person he was to so many.
Galina, Andrei was your partner. Dmitry, he was a very loving brother. Leo and Katya, he gave from his heart. Vladlen and Natalya, he was a devoted son. He was a compassionate grandfather who wanted his family's future here. For many years, his life involved teaching, and being a teacher. I know how it can become your entire life.
Andrei Zelevinsky lived well and made a mark on too many lives to count. Indeed, his life was like water covering a field, giving life to so many whose lives he touched. May he now rest in peace as his memory will be a blessing in time to come. Amen.


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Books I have completed reading since January 2018:
1. No Man's Nightingale - Ruth Rendell
2. One Day - David Nicholls
3. The Door - Margaret Atwood
Friends and Enemies
Akatsuki: Nightmares & Dreamscapes
-beats in my head-
Boredome's Arch-Enemy
Chika-Chin's Anime Mania!
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In My World
Keiichi's Hornet
My Blah blah Bulogu
My Little World
Sdovelly~ c'est la vie
Serene's Silent Secrets
Shuffle and Repear
Threadless Tees
Tolanic's Travel Blog
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
I create animated avatars for fun. And you can see it's quite amateurish. Have fun criticizing. And of course I'm trying to polish them la~
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Demi Lovato Shows Off New Tattoo
Demi Lovato has kept plenty of faith in her life over the past year, but now the 19-year-old singer and actress has a permanent reminder. Lovato took to her Twitter page Wednesday afternoon where she revealed a photo of her freshly tatted forearm with "faith" scrolled down the back side of her arm.
"Sometimes you just gotta have a little bit of……" she wrote, attaching the photo along with the tweet.
Lovato, who spent a few months in a treatment center last year around this time for "emotional and physical issues," has used her body for other gentle reminders of keeping her head up through life's ups and downs. Earlier this year, Lovato had the words "Stay Strong" tattooed on her wrists.
"The journey that I went through and the support of my fans was so meaningful to me that I wanted to thank my fans in a way that I know can never be forgotten," Lovato explained at the time she decided to get the significant tattoo.
After her stint in rehab in late 2010, Lovato added a small heart on her wrist, which was inspired by her fans. "It's something that my fans were actually drawing on their wrists while I was still in treatment," she says.
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The King of In Between
Garland Jeffreys (Luna Park Records, 2011)
OK, so the guy's 68 years old, and it's been about 15 years since his last record. And his sound is still anchored to a guitar-centered rock/reggae/soul amalgam he forged 37 years ago. "So?" as they would have said in Garland Jeffreys' old Brooklyn neighborhood, "You wanna make something of it?"
The headmistress of my kids' "Latin School" is fond of a quote sometimes attributed to G. K. Chesterton: "Latin is not dead; it is immortal." Garland Jeffreys has that spirit. He is a rock 'n' roll classicist. In his hands, a tradition forged from the Delta blues and topped by the street poetry of Lou Reed and the prophecy of Bob Marley attains its own immortality.
In the bluesy "Love is Not a Cliché," Jeffreys sings, "I like a message in my sound/Tell everybody what's going down." And The King of In Between is very much a product of our Great Recession. In the opening track, "Coney Island Winter," Jeffreys visits the ruined neighborhood of his birth and finds a metaphor both for the U.S. economy ("The jobs are gone, they came and went. All the money has been spent.") and for his own encroaching finitude ("Don't want to die on stage with a microphone in my hand.").
But all the death and depression here is, as rock 'n' roll theology requires, balanced with affirmations of earthly joy. In Jeffreys' case these involve the street life of his native New York ("this rollercoaster town"), a long marriage ("boom, boom, boom, so many years we've been bride and groom"), and the bittersweet pleasure of watching his 15-year-old daughter become "Streetwise."
I was drawn to this album by the positive buzz in the music press, but I was skeptical that a man so profoundly lost in the 1970s and nearing his own 70s could speak to our post-millennial condition. But in the end I was shocked. This is easily one of the five best, most moving, textured, and deep albums of guitar band rock I have heard in this century.


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Banking panel OKs White, Cordray
Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown on Tuesday cast the lone Senate panel vote against President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying he wanted to send a message about Washington's Wall Street bias.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 21-1 to approve the nomination of Mary Jo White to join the SEC.
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White is a former federal prosecutor, but it is her time as a white collar defense attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton, where her clients included big banks, that has caught the attention of Brown, a leading critic of the banking industry.
"I don't question Mary Jo White's integrity or skill as an attorney," he said in a statement. "But I do question Washington's long-held bias toward Wall Street and its inability to find watchdogs outside of the very industry that they are meant to police."
White is expected to be confirmed easily by the full Senate in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, Republicans on the Banking Committee expressed their support for White.
Brown said he would not put a hold on her nomination.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that said he hoped to hold votes on White's nomination, as well as on the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, soon after the Senate returns from its Easter break next month.
The Banking Committee approved Cordray's nomination Tuesday on a 12-10 party line vote.
Following the committee meeting, Brown expressed frustration that the Obama administration has not nominated individuals for financial regulatory spots who don't have some connection to Wall Street.
"I hope the administration does better in the future in terms of bringing in people who haven't been exposed to that environment in their social and work lives darned near every day," Brown told reporters.
"I hope that she proves me wrong that a person inside Wall Street can do the kind of job we need," he said. "She's capable of it. I hope she does."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) voted in favor of White but expressed concerns about her lack of regulatory experience.
"The SEC needs a strong leader to issue meaningful and final rules under the Dodd-Frank Act and to hold big banks and other powerful interests accountable when they break the law," Warren said in a statement following the vote. "While I am concerned about Mary Jo White's lack of track record on regulatory issues, I am hopeful that her strength as a prosecutor will make her the strong leader the SEC needs to be a tough watchdog for the American people."
White is filling the first of a handful of potential openings at the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the Senate may consider this year.
For now, Cordray's nomination seems dead in the water.
He was installed at the CFPB through a recess appointment in January 2012; his term expires at the end of the year without confirmation by the full Senate.
Senate Republicans have pledged to block Cordray or any other nominee to lead CFPB unless the structure of the agency is changed, such as implementing a board of directors or subjecting it to the congressional appropriations process.
Democrats are opposed to these changes and there are no signs of a compromise on the horizon.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 11:40 a.m. on March 19, 2013.


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Dining In
Dining In
The "Dining In" is a formal social event involving Marines and their spouses or dates. Marines wear their finest uniform and ladies wear a long or short formal.
The evening begins with a cocktail hour, which is a time to mingle and get to know the other guests. At the appointed time, "Chimes" is sounded, and all except the members of the head table take their places in the dining area. Drinks are left behind, cigarettes are extinguished, and this is the time to use the rest room if necessary. (It's important to note that once the Dining In starts, there is no getting up to use the facilities until the President of the Dining In calls for an intermission. If you become ill and feel the need to leave, your Marine should address the President and ask permission for you to do so. No one may leave the dining area without the President's permission.) Everyone stands until the head table enters and the benediction is said.
At the opposite side of the room (from the head table), "Mr. Vice" sits at a table by himself. Anytime a Marine wants to address the President, he stands and asks permission from Mr. Vice, who in turn asks the President, who may acknowledge or deny the request. At no time will a spouse address Mr. Vice or the President or propose a toast. Before the meal begins, the beef will be brought forward, and the President will taste it to be sure it is "fit for human consumption." Appropriate wine is served with the meal. After the meal is cleared, port wine is brought to the tables, and all glasses are charged for the toasts. If you are a non- drinker, your husband should let Mr. Vice know in advance, so the waiter/waitress will know to bring you a non- alcoholic beverage. It is preferable not to use an empty glass or water for toasting. Usually the smoking lamp is "lighted" at this time, and cigars are passed to the gentlemen. The President may also choose to have a brief intermission to allow those in need "to shed a tear for the enemy" (go to the rest room).
The President may open the floor to fines, which can vary from uniform discrepancies to table manners. The President will levy a fine, which is paid to Mr. Vice. All fines collected go toward the bar bill at the end of the Dining In.
When the toasts are being made, it is important to pay attention to the President. If all are to toast, he will say, "Ladies and Gentlemen." If only the men are to toast, he will say, "Gentlemen." Normally, the only time one does not stand is when the toast is directed to them. For example, the President would say, "Gentlemen, to our lovely ladies," and ladies would remain seated. Another example would be, "Ladies and Gentlemen, to all Vietnam veterans," and all would rise except Vietnam veterans. The final toast is a traditional toast to "Corps and country." Before the toast, a special rum punch will be placed before each individual. It is customary, especially for the Marine, to drink all the punch and turn the glass upside down. If you are uncomfortable with this custom, remember that no one is staring at you to be sure this is done.
At the conclusion of the Dining In, the President will ask all participating to join him at the bar.
This function creates great camaraderie and a chance for Marines as well as their wives to get to know one another on a social level. The evening is very similar to the Mess Night, and will answer a lot of questions you may have as to what transpires at a Mess Night. We highly recommend that you make every effort to attend a Dining In when an invitation is extended. It's quite an occasion one you're sure to enjoy!
The Marine Corps' Dining In is equivalent to our sister service's (the Navy's) "Dining Out."
Information taken from the "Roses and Thorns A Handbook for Marine Corps Enlisted Wives" June 1990


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Denver actor John Ashton has landed a role on AMC's "Breaking Bad" this season.
Ashton has a scene with three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston on the fourth episode of the season, which begins July 15. (That episode is slated for Aug. 5). He plays a mechanic who works on Walter White's (Cranston) car. Ashton said his part was 3 1/2 pages long. "It was a lot of fun but I was so nervous I could hardly walk."
Two other Denver-based actors have made the leap to the series as well: Kathleen Brady, a stalwart of the Denver Center Theater Company, will portray a banker in an upcoming episode. Scott Ward also has an upcoming one-episode role. All shot their scenes in Albuquerque; all three are represented by Denver's Radical Artists Agency and agent Patty Kingsbaker.
"We were having trouble breaking into "Breaking Bad," said Kingsbaker. But after years of trying, "we established a good relationship with a casting director down there."


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1972 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - High School Sweetheart
Reliving the Past in a One-Owner Z28
For fans of performance street cars, the year was remembered as the afterglow. Compression ratios were down, while safety and emissions concerns were up (as were insurance rates for young men). Bernie Watson was a high school senior in Fort Morgan, Colorado, who had his eyes on a new Z28 Camaro. Perhaps defanged a bit from the race-bred 302 and high-compression LT-1 350 offered in earlier Zs, the '72 Camaro was nonetheless a showcase for Chevrolet. However, 1972 production of both Camaro and Firebird was greatly hindered by labor shortages that started in April at the strike-riddled Norwood plant, the only location for F-Body production. By the time it ended, more than 1,000 partially built cars were reportedly scrapped because they would not meet federal requirements for '73 models. So, Bernie's Z28 is one of just 2,575 to be built, perhaps among the last to come off the line before "the troubles."
Measuring 350 ci and rated at 255 net horsepower, the LT-1 was down but not out. It still had a relatively healthy 9.0:1 compression, a big Holley 4150 780-cfm carb, solid lifters, dual exhaust, four-bolt mains, and a forged crank, characteristics found in few other Detroit offerings by that time. Indeed, by comparison, the LS3 396 (402ci) engine available in the SS-optioned Camaro was rated at only 240 net horsepower that year; the LT-1 was still a Z28-and-Corvette only option. Bernie's car got the TH400 automatic with high-stall converter and a 3.73 Positraction-equipped rear gear. Painted Placer gold (code 53) with optional D80 spoilers (front and rear) and C08 black vinyl top, it was a graduation present from his parents late that spring for a job well done.
"The car was purchased by my parents, Bernard and Beverly Watson, on April 23, 1972, at Luby Chevrolet in Denver," says Bernie today. "Although it is not a race car, I guess I thought it was and drove as if it was. Fort Morgan is a small farming community on the high plains of eastern Colorado, so everyone in town knew what everyone else was doing, especially the local law enforcement officers. I became pretty well acquainted with them; I guess they really liked my car as they certainly checked it out enough because of my driving habits. Anyhow, after accumulating a few citations with my new Z28, the state of Colorado relieved me of my driving privileges."
The Camaro showed just 28,835 miles in 1974 or '75 when that occurred. The ignominy of his sister Brenda using it was almost too much for Bernie, but luckily for him she didn't like driving it, so it literally ended up parked in a family barn soon after. By the time Bernie could drive again, gas had skyrocketed to 50 cents a gallon, and Bernie's attentions were drawn to another sweetheart, his wife Deb, whom he had met in grad school. So the Z would hibernate for almost four decades before showing up as you see it here, when it debuted at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in 2013.
"You could say we found our own 'barn find' in 2011 when we decided to get it out again," Bernie says. "We were originally just going to make it into a driver and enjoy it, but it's a rare car now. And after we talked with Chuck Sharin of CamarosRus in Washington state, we decided to restore it to concours shape. He's the one who pointed us to Mike Slaughter."
Also from Colorado, Mike is a former BASF paint rep who is known as a skilled painter; he is also a guy who restores Camaros at his new firm, Epic Auto Restoration in the town of Brighton. When he heard Bernie's story about this being a one-owner car that had been parked back in the day, he agreed to take on the job of getting the car back to OE shape. Mike will be familiar to our longtime readers, as we have featured his cars and cars he has done here in the past.
The work included giving the numbers-matching engine to Allen Steffen, who rebuilt it to exact stock specs. The rest of the car was simply taken apart, super-detailed back to perfect shape, and reassembled with either the factory stuff or N.O.S. pieces. With paint and bodywork done, the task of bolting it back together fell to Bernie and Mike working together, and the end result showed up in the cavernous Donald E. Stephens convention center that MCACN calls home in Rosemont, Illinois. There, it was honored as one of the handful of unveilings by Hot Rod's Dennis Pittsenberger during Saturday's opening hours, and it scored 995 out of 1,000 in judging, for Gold Concours honors. We did take it outside briefly for some of our photo work, where the overcast light did not do the paint justice. You have to see it to appreciate it.
"My goal was twofold," Mike tells us, "to give Bernie back his first car in better-than-new condition and score at least 990 out of possible 1,000 in Concours judging at MCACN. I'm proud that together we accomplished both."
Bernie concurs. "My car was in pretty good shape, with most of the original parts, including shock absorbers, spare tire, lug nuts, trim rings, and so on. But it had accumulated a few dents, the usual silver dollar-sized rust spots, cracked upholstery, and other things from 40 years of barn storage. I have never restored a car before and had no idea of the amount of time, effort, and cost involved. I wanted more than anything for my father to see the car, but he passed away before we finished, so I hope he can view it from above. We were honored to receive the Concours Gold Award at MCACN."
At a Glance
1972 Camaro Z28
Owned by: Bernie and Deb Watson, Ft. Morgan, CO
Restored by: Epic Auto Restoration, Brighton, CO
Engine: 350ci/255 (net) hp LT-1 V-8
Transmission: TH400 3-speed automatic
Rearend: 10-bolt with 3.73 gears and Positraction
Interior: Black vinyl bucket seat
Wheels: 15x7 five-spoke steel
Tires: F60-15 Firestone Wide Oval
Special parts: D80 spoiler package, Z28 package, U63 AM radio, N40 power steering, J50 power brakes


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