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If there were family harmony, says Mark, the Steens would be millionaire land developers--or multi-millionaires. Even if the probate judge orders the properties sold at their current value, the combatants would be likely to walk away with a few hundred thousand dollars each, Mark says. But because the Steen offspring have been used to living large, they think in terms of millions, not thousands. So now they're spending all their time and remaining money in court.
The family began splitting into factions in the early 1970s. Charlie's words about "two systems locked in mortal combat" were prescient. The enemies were not nations, however, but brothers.
The fight is basically Charles Jr. versus Mark. Although John's not a player, he has sided with Mark. Andy, after spending some time on business ventures in Moab, is globe-trotting. Court papers sent to Switzerland come back undelivered, but Mark says he's sure that Charles Jr. is in contact with Andy.
Charles Jr. was once in charge of the Gold Hill Venture, which was a joint project with Gwen and Dick Fraser, old friends of the Steens'. When that deal fell apart, Charles Jr. left, and Mark moved to Longmont from Reno, taking over management of Gold Hill. But deal after deal continued to fall through; each side accused the other of sabotage. As the Steen sons tried to figure out ways to rebuild the empire, animosities deepened. Now relations are so contentious that investors have been scared away.
"No one in their right minds would come into a deal with us," says Mark.
In 1992, Moab held a big party to honor Charlie and M.L. Steen. The little red Jeep was there. It was a last public hurrah. But behind the scenes, things got ugly. According to Mark, Charles Jr. showed up uninvited, didn't talk to his parents, and was nasty and snarly. That, Mark says, finally prompted his mom to go home and rewrite her will.
M.L. and Charlie hoped that the third generation of Steens--their sons' children--would be able to work together. But after M.L. died last summer, the rift only deepened.
It took a while for Mark to even find the will. He says there's nothing suspicious about that; he just couldn't locate it. When he finally produced it, it was immediately challenged by Monica, Charles Jr.'s daughter, whom M.L. had loved and counted on to help mend the rift.
"When my mother died," Mark says bitterly, "I was grief-stricken. Monica was greed-stricken. She thinks there's some vast estate."
"She's really repaying her grandmother's love," Charlie's sister, Maxine, says of Monica. "M.L. would turn over in her grave if she knew what the grandkids are doing."
In her will, M.L. appointed Mark executor and left all her personal effects to him, John and her sister, Tera Wright. M.L. willed Charles Jr. exactly $1, "because of his role in the deliberate destruction of the Gold Hill Venture and the years of financial hardships and mental anguish that he caused his parents and relatives by his selfish ingratitude and dishonesty." Andy also got $1, for the same reasons; in his case, M.L. left out the word "selfish."
She didn't leave her shares in the family corporation, Mi Vida Enterprises, to any of her sons. Instead, she gave 30 percent to her sister Tera; 10 percent to Tera's daughter, Karla; 10 percent to Charles Jr.'s daughter Monica; 10 percent to Charles Jr.'s son Charles III; 20 percent to Andy's only child, Kirk, and 20 percent to Mark's child, Ashley.
Knowing that Mark would continue to take care of her husband, who now has Alzheimer's disease, M.L. left Charlie "such minimum share of my estate as shall be required by state law."
If there's anything left of the estate after the probate fight, that is. Already Monica has filed a blizzard of papers in Boulder District Court. Her father has chipped in with lengthy affidavits accusing Mark of all sorts of nefarious schemes, including duping relatives and plundering other estates. Mark denies doing such things and has added his own allegations that Charles III and Monica conspired to steal property, including expensive jewelry, that they claimed was owned by M.L. Mark points out that he purchased the stuff out of bankruptcy court years ago and "had given it to my parents for their use."
The court files include a particularly sordid scene, outlined in a police report filed by Mark, detailing a shoving match between Mark and Charles III's girlfriend last fall as the couple tried to leave M.L. and Charlie's townhome in Longmont with several loads of property. Also involved in the mess is Charles Jr.'s first wife, the mother of Monica and Charles III. And so is Kirk Steen, Andy's son, who lives in Reno. Originally a supporter of Mark, he has filed an affidavit saying that his uncle is not fit to be executor. Under M.L.'s will, if Mark is disqualified, Kirk would have a shot at becoming executor.
"Kirk believes that I sold some property for $350,000 and gave my mom $500," says an exasperated Mark. "I say, where's the deed? It didn't happen."


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The counterculture icon Emily the Strange has returned to comics with this three issue miniseries starring the black-clad thirteen-year-old and her quartet of equally black cats. Emily and the Strangers has the heroine enter a contest to win the guitar of one of her music icons, but she might just have to learn how to play nice in order to gain the prize. This Dark Horse comic is written by the creator of Emily the Strange, Rob Reger, and Mariah Huehner, while the art is provided by Emily Ivie. A film adaptation of the character is currently in the works, with Chloe Grace Moretz pegged to star.
Emily the Strange is intellectually stifled; she just can't seem to find a project on which to focus her intellect. Her time machine won't stay in the present long enough for her to fix it, her turn-everything-blue gizmo resulted in something decidedly pinker, and she has already made herself an octopus. A radio announcement promoting a song-writing contest to win the guitar of the recently deceased Professa Kraken ("the best musician of all-time") peaks her interest, and soon she and her four cats are hard at work creating the world's next masterpiece. Some misfortune on the way to studio, and the intervention of a prodigious young musician named Evan "Stranger" may either make all of her efforts for naught, or allow her to achieve her goal. Oh, and she totally needs that guitar.
Emily is clad in black, has black hair (with bangs), wears black boots, sports black lipstick, and owns a clowder of black cats. Expectedly, she is not the most sociable of girls and, seemingly, the only company she keeps is her cats. Like many an intellectual teenager, she sees herself as more mature than she really is, for example, she flavors her statements with the sort of expressions only a thirteen-year-old would use (what does "drapples" mean, seriously?). She also sees the solution to a broken skateboard to be a roll of duct tape, though I can get behind her logic. Her character is a bit one note, but I can't help but to enjoy a character that uses the phrase "for the love of physics" when things don't go well.
Evan "Stranger" is the only character of note, aside from Emily the Strange herself; he is a trained concert pianist who just wants to rock. A bit of a stereotypical punk teen, the character remains a bit cryptic after one issue, potentially being an antagonist or a love interest for the raven-haired Emily, but up until this point he can only be described as one thing: a plot device.
The art by Emily Ivie is sufficient, but is not anything special. Her character designs are reminiscent of the anime-tinged simplicity of Bryan Lee Omalley's Scott Pilgrim series. The best pages of the work feature the sepia-toned workshop in which Emily the Strange builds her inventions, tries to create her music, and hangs out with her cats (one of whom is named Sabbath). These pages are very busy, and the clutter of the scenes is quite interesting to look at. The artwork seems a bit rushed, considering the later pages have next to nothing happening in the background, but it isn't overly distracting.
The story is pretty basic, and surprisingly octopus-heavy, but this issue is clearly setup for more eventful fare in the other two issues. The prospect of a battle of the bands later in the story could be enjoyable, but that particular storyline has been used so often it has fallen into cliché, though it is admittedly not one that is frequently seen in comic-books. The target audience of this comic is most likely young adults, probably skewing female, so I might be being overly harsh on the storyline.
Emily and the Strangers is fun enough for what it is, and fans of the character will definitely want to pick it up, but otherwise it can easily be skipped. The art is okay, the writing is amusing and shallow, and the title character is fun and holds the reader's attention. This limited series will be better for those of the young adult crowd, but older readers and those not familiar with Emily the Strange may not find much to like.
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Two hikers had to be air-lifted off a remote area South of Guadalupe after being stranded overnight.
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The female hikers from Oceano and Arroyo Grande became disoriented while trying to return from the beach back to their car.
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The CoreRise Comay BladeDrive E28 PCIe SSD comes in a full-height 3/4-length form factor. The BladeDrive is a sequential access dynamo, with top speeds of 3,400 MB/s sequential read and 3,200 MB/s sequential write. 4k random read weighs in at an impressive 520,000 IOPS, and 4k random write speed is 440,000 IOPS. Perhaps most impressive are the massive capacity points available. The model we are testing today comes with 1,600GB of storage, and models are available with 800GB and 3,200GB.
Comay is the SSD division for the China-based company CoreRise. Comay is one of the world's largest manufacturers of SSDs and features an extensive line of SSDs for enterprise, industrial, military, and client environments. Comay invests considerable resources into R&D, and their broad background and manufacturing capability leads to many unique features and builds on their SSD products.
Comay's BladeDrive is their first foray into the PCIe SSD market. Comay's experience with multiple custom LSI SandForce SSDs went into the design and build of the BladeDrive E28. The BladeDrive crams eight of the LSI SF-2581 controllers onto the drive. The SF-2581 is an enterprise grade controller with extensive history in the datacenter, and the BladeDrive marks the debut of Comay's first RAID controller. The SBC208 is an 8-channel proprietary controller Comay designed internally, and it is used exclusively in their BladeDrive PCIe SSDs.
Comay utilizes their Cap-X system for power fail protection. Two large capacitors provide enough power to flush the data to the NAND in the event of power loss. LSI SandForce controllers do not utilize DRAM, which is a significant advantage in power loss situations.
Power consumption can be prohibitive with some large capacity PCIe SSDs. The Comay BladeDrive consumes a maximum of 35W under load, which is over the 25W technical limit on some motherboards. Many motherboards can easily handle 35W from the PCIe slot, and unlike other solutions, the BladeDrive E28 doesn't require external power. This reduces cabling and clutter.
Data protection is handled with AES-128, and the BladeDrive also supports SCSI UNMAP commands. This provides TRIM functionality in situations where the host operating system can pass the command. LSI SandForce RAISE technology (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) provides RAID-5 like data protection, and BCH ECC is rated to 55 bits per sector.
Making a jump into the PCIe space can be a bit daunting; there are several entrenched players in this space with a long history of delivering reliable solutions. Today, we are placing the BladeDrive against the Micron P420m and the Micron P320h. The P420m is a value-oriented PCIe SSD that utilizes 25nm MLC NAND, while the P320h sets the bar for high performance with its SLC NAND. This varied test pool will help ascertain the position of the BladeDrive in the PCIe SSD market.
A considerable strength of the BladeDrive comes in its capacity. There simply are not many PCIe SSDs that offer 3,200GB of flash capacity on one device. The BladeDrive also provides endurance ratings of 3, 6, and 12 PiB. The endurance threshold is competitive with other MLC PCIe SSDs on the market.
The design utilizes SSD and RAID controllers to handle all processing. This is in contrast to some solutions that use the host system resources for SSD management. When scaling beyond one PCIe SSD per system, the offloaded architecture allows for cleaner performance scaling and does not subject the host system to undue resource consumption. Comay provides multi-drive performance specifications that indicate near-linear performance scaling.
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ABC Orders Dan Savage Comedy Based on His Life
Out Magazine — January 28, 2015
We knew Dan Savage was funny, but we're hoping his wry wit and balls to the wall attitude (literally) translates to our small screens.
An as-yet-untitled Dan Savage comedy was picked up by ABC and, as The Hollywood Reporter revealed, it will be "a single-camera semi-autobiographical entry based on the LGBT activist/boundary-pushing columnist's life.
Outfest 2014: Dan Bucatinsky, Jason Collins share how 'It Got Better'
The Los Angeles Times — July 21, 2014
Actors and producing partners Dan Bucatinsky and Lisa Kudrow teamed up this year with It Gets Better Project founder Dan Savage to create "It Got Better," a six-part Web series featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender icons describing their path to openness and confidence in their sexuality. The entire series screened at the Directors Guild of America on Sunday as part of Outfest, the Los Angeles LGBT film festival.
Dan Savage's 'It Gets Better' Gets Update From Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Kudrow With 'It Got Better' (Exclusive)
Hollywood Reporter — February 27, 2014
Jane Lynch and Jason Collins will be the first to participate in the new six-episode video series, from fellow EPs Savage and his producing partner Brian Pines.
Sternin & Ventimilia Sell Autobiographical Comedy, Project With Dan Savage To ABC
Deadline — November 15, 2013
Changes is one of two comedies Sternin and Ventimilia have sold to ABC through their overall deal at ABC Studios. The other is a multi-camera sitcom based on the adolescent memories of journalist/activist Dan Savage. It explores a contemporary family that comes together by falling apart. ABC Studios-based Di Bonaventura TV is producing, with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dan McDermott, Savage and Brian Pines executive producing with Sternin and Ventimilia.
NPR's Shapiro leaving White House for UK
Politico — November 13, 2013
NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro is leaving the Beltway for the United Kingdom, where he will serve as the channel's London correspondent starting in January.
The evolution of Dan Savage
Boulder Weekly — June 13, 2013
It's a funny story, how the wiseass gay theater kid at the video store became America's most trusted and outspoken sex advocate.
Through his sex column, "Savage Love," Dan Savage has become one of the highest-profile gay figures in the country, a tireless and fearless advocate of a liberalized philosophy on sex and relationships. People think of different sexualities as opposing baseball teams; Savage has been coaching all sides for 22 years now. He's crass, unapologetic, fearless and wise. He's what Dr. Ruth would have been had she grown up watching Internet porn.
Dan Savage In the Flesh Is…Shy?
Media Bistro — June 12, 2013
Broach the most difficult topics in the world with sex columnist and author Dan Savage –we're talking every kind of sex imaginable including the kinds that involve animals, children and feces (seriously, this exists) — and he has no problem talking about any of it.
Just so long as he's behind a computer screen or telephone receiver. "I'm very brave behind my computer," he says.
But ask if any of the tens of thousands of questions he has received over the years have ever given him an idea in bed and suddenly he's…shy? And seriously turning various shades of crimson. "I get all freaked out," he says of people confronting him in person on personal matters. "I'm shy."
Activist, sex writer Dan Savage lets loose in new book on conservatives, cheating, his mom
Associated Press — May 30, 2013
NEW YORK, N.Y. – It's been quite a run for Dan Savage, what with all the podcasting and tweeting and in-your-face defending of marriage equality.
Between speaking gigs, radio and TV appearances and the syndicated sex-advice column he writes from a desk that belonged to Ann Landers, Savage managed another book, "American Savage," out this week from Dutton.
Savage, 48, looks back on his mom, who died in 2008, takes us into his rationale for why cheating may just save your marriage and offers a glimpse of life at home with husband Terry Miller and their 15-year-old son.
Review: 'American Savage: On Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics,' by Dan Savage
The Washington Post — May 27, 2013
Reconciliation is at the heart of everything Savage writes and says. He's not throwing bombs at all. Or rather, if he is, they are bombs aimed at shaking up small minds to extend traditional institutions to people considered outside them. Beneath its often caustic wit, "American Savage" is on a healing mission. It's about unification. That effort starts immediately. On the first page, Savage dedicates the book: "For my father, who lives in a red state, watches Fox News, and votes Republican — but loves me and mine just the same."
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Next Magazine — May 24, 2013
When you're as divisive a figure as sex-advice columnist extraordinaire Dan Savage, you've got to be able to have a sense of humor about yourself. "That some people really, really, really hate me is hilarious," the 48-year-old It Gets Better founder laughs. But he says he doesn't want to bask too much in the glory of others' loathing. "I'm trying not to be in love with that because that's dangerous," he says. "You think, 'oh, these people hate me; I must be doing good work.'" With any luck, Savage won't have to deal with the haters when the Seattle resident makes a cross-country trek to New York for a sold out, one-on-one discussion with conservative political blogger (and fellow gay) Andrew Sullivan at the New York Public Library as part of the Live from the NYPL series of talks. The event, which coincides with the release of Savage's most recent advice tome, American Savage, will serve as an opportunity for him to riff on many of the topics he covers in his book—everything from health care to religion, from gun control to marriage equality.


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From the vineyards and olive trees embracing the highlands of the Great Dividing Range to the open plains out west, Southern Queensland Country serves up a menu ranging from wild adventure to relaxed indulgence.
The bushwalking trails of Bunya Mountains and Girraween National Park are a paradise for nature lovers, with more than 121 species of birds nesting in the area.
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Washington seems to think progress is based on keeping secrets. How does the public know what's going up there, when it doesn't know? Government also thinks they should address critical issues by squabbling over them. One critical issue now is the extradition of NSA's Edward Snowden, who leaked the secret that Washington listens to your phone calls and reads your emails to determine if you have connection with jihadists. President Obama is like a frog leaping from one crisis to another. Some are: privacy loss, climate change, terrorism, debt ceilings, unemployment, immigration, abortion, same-sex marriage, religious wars, voting rights, Obamacare, starvation, evolution-creation, government regulation of almost everything, overcrowded prisons, racism, and your welfare and mine. Another critical issue is whether government should finance contraceptives.
It seems that when our country appears to be headed out of its deep doldrums, something or somebody throws a monkey wrench into it, or cuts a monkey shine. Wrenches tighten or loosen things. I'm not sure what a monkey shine is, but know this — monkeys run this country. If you're confused, perplexed and hungry, drugs won't help; food stamps that buy fruits and vegetables will. To attack obesity, some of the monkeys in Washington want to cut food stamps plus cut taxes, spending and big government. They could help government by resigning.
Unless Washington and the White House adopt sound policies, pass laws and find the people who steal our secrets, our country might degenerate into a banana republic. Obviously, we need help. Congressional investigative committees only bury us deeper. We need smart people to help set us straight. They say if you give a typewriter to a monkey, it will eventually type Shakespeare's works. That's about how long it might take to save us from collapse.
Where do we find smart people to guide us other than at Harvard? "The Great Degeneration," written by Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, talks about the approaching doomsday. It's closer than you might think unless we unite to form a world far from perfect, but one where chaos isn't the norm. I prefer happy books, not e-books, but the paper kind, which, I know destroys trees, pure air, etc. Admittedly, I'm part of the degeneration.
Which are you, an upper or a downer? Despite my age, characterized by a pronounced and steady degeneration, I remain an upper. Hope is good for you. Without it, people perish. I hope the monkeys in Washington escape from the zoo and evolve. Evolution takes eons for the fittest to survive. The fittest are the strongest and smartest. Strength today is measured by stockpiles of nuclear weapons, drones and Prism, the mega-databank that stores your cell calls and emails. No one knows where intelligence and common sense is stored. If you are upright, remain an upper. I like to think that it will take more than a relaxant or a government program to take me down.
Ferguson says that civilization has entered into a period of decline due to the strangling of private initiative by the ever-encroaching state. "We are living through a profound crisis of the institutions that were keys to our success — not only economic, but political and cultural —as a civilization," he writes. Ferguson worries about the erosion of the rule of law. He says that politicians increasingly flout the Constitution by creating a proliferation of unwise and unenforceable laws and regulations. Lawyers on congressional staffs write massive pieces of legislation for other lawyers to interpret and implement, thus "lawyers rule."
Personally, I have nothing against lawyers when I need one. If a lawyer can't help me, the lifetime Supreme Court judges will. Justice is based on what judges and the Supreme Court says it is. And that is based on ideology, personality and idiosyncrasies. Our constitution is either flexible or rigid. It was flexible when big corporations gained the right of free speech, expressed by gobs of money that definitely talks. Never mind.
Borrowing to prosperity bugs the Harvard man and me. I don't understand complicated economics, but I do know that a federal credit card with $200 trillion on it, as Ferguson pointed out, is probably more than our grandchildren can pay off. What are they thinking? Who can think straight when you despise "my good friend and colleague?" He's your bitter enemy, stupid, and that's the problem.
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AC/DC Exhibition Coming To Glasgow
The AC/DC Australian Family Jewels Exhibition has been transported to Scotland and will begin showing at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow from September 17th, 2011 through February 12, 2012. The exhibition is now being dubbed AC/DC: Scotland's Family Jewels and will showcase many interesting and one of a kind items from AC/DC's history. The Kelingrove stop will be the only European area stop of the tour before the exhibition moves to The Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Q: Why doesn't Nhu Quynh have an official site?
A: Even though Nhu Quynh is overwhelmed with her tour schedule, she is currently working with a designer to put together her official website. We do not know when the site will be done but you all will be the first to know when we hear from her. She does not want to launch an official site if she does not have enough time to spend on it – since she wants to keep her fans in touch with her daily if and when her site is done.
Q: Does Nhu Quynh ever come on line to chat with her fans?
A: Yes. She has came online to chat numerous times. Recently she's pretty tied up with her tour all over the world and haven't been able to chat with her fans online, but she has promised to find some time for her fans online soon. We will announce the date and time to all her fans, when the time comes.
Q: Does Nhu Quynh ever visits NQ Starlight?
A: Yes. She visits occassionally to view photos taken from her fans as well as check out feedbacks of new products. She did post messages in the forum "twice", but since we lost the database of that forum we can't show you those thread.
Q: Where can I buy Nhu Quynh CDs, DVDs, or Videos?
A: The most convenient place is at your local music/video stores. If there aren't any Vietnamese stores in your area, try ordering online. For fans living in Vietnam, currently the only way to get these products are to have relatives living abroad bring them back.
For fans living in Europe, you can get faster shipment (usually in a day or two) by ordering at:
# http://www.thuynga.fr
# Here are a list of good sites to order online if you are from the US: Thuy Nga – www.thuyngaonline.com
# Rang Dong – www.rangdong.com
# Saigon CD – www.saigoncd.com
Q: Is Nhu Quynh married?
A: No. There have been many rumours in the entertainment world about her private life and it's up to you to judge before you believe. Currently she is not married, though we all know she has to someday – that's just life. Though not married, she does have a person of interest.
Q: What's Nhu Quynh's E-mail Address? Can I send a message to Nhu Quynh?
A: Currently there's no email address available. You can still send a message to Nhu Quynh by writing to her through Thuy Nga production. Be aware that due to her tight schedule and the mass number of fans, she might not be able to reply to you.
Thuy Nga
ATTN: Nhu Quynh
9295 Bolsa Ave.
Westminster, CA 92583
Q: How can I get an autograph from Nhu Quynh?
A: NQ Starlight does have occassional contests where you could win autographs of Nhu Quynh, but besides that the only other way is to meet her at concerts and request her to sign for you. If you can't attend concerts, you can always asks a friend or family to get one for you when they attend.
Q: I want to book Nhu Quynh for a concert, who do I contact?
Q: How come NQ Starlight doesn't provide any music to download or to listen to?
* Rang Dong – www.rangdong.com
* http://www.lich-mc.com/audio/vietnam/thaithanh/thaithanh.htm (you need to scroll down to the bottom for all audio of Nhu Quynh)
Q: What is the best way I can show support for Nhu Quynh?
A: As a fan, we feel that the best way to support Nhu Quynh is by purchasing her products to let the production she sings for know the selling numbers so they can keep on producing more products for Nhu Quynh. Of course that is for music product support. Just by visiting her fan site such as NQ Starlight, you've already shown support.
Q: When will Nhu Quynh go back to Vietnam to sing for her fans there?
A: Many fans from Vietnam have emailed us regarding this. Nhu Quynh have previously answered this question many times in her fan interviews. She knows and thanks the fans in Vietnam for their support, and hopefully someday she will have the chance to sing for her fans there.
Q: Why did we choose pink & white to be the dominant colors of our site?
A: Simply because Nhu Quynh's favorite colors are pink & white and since we are a fan site, what better present to give to our favorite singer than to create a site with her favorite colors. Also because a tremendous number of fans wanted these colors when our site was being re-designed. We're not afraid to be "pink"! Pink also represents "femininity" which associates with Nhu Quynh perfectly. (We occassionaly change colors for holiday themes)
Q: Are there any fake CDs of Nhu Quynh and what is the difference between the labels NQ Records and Nhu Quynh Entertainment?
A: Nhu Quynh used to sing for NQ Records but she no longer is a part of NQ Records company, her official CD label is now Nhu Quynh Entertainment. When purchasing her products, only buy those that are labeled Thuy Nga or Nhu Quynh Entertainment. Be cautious if you purchased products labeled NQ Records or Phuong Hoang since they might be re-mixes of pre-recorded songs when Nhu Quynh was still part of NQ Records. Here is a list of officially released CDs in which was approved by Nhu Quynh under NQ Records:
* Mot Doi Tim Nhau
* Em Van Hoai Yeu Anh
* Vong Tay Giu Tron An Tinh (single)
* Noi Voi Nguoi Tinh
* Noel Noel
* Trung Vuong & Ky Niem
All other CDs under NQ Records such as Thuyen Xa Ben Xua, The Dance Remixes, etc. are not official. Nhu Quynh has never worked with Phuong Hoang Productions so any releases from them that contains her songs are not legitimate. If this is confusing, just check the CDs under music albums. We only list those that are offical in our music cds list.
Q: Why did we decide to have Nhu Quynh Starlight?
A: Surely the fans who started the site wanted a place that provides as much information about Nhu Quynh as possible to her fans and a place where her fans can get together. Being a fan site means a lot, which means all her fans work on the site together and it's dedicated to Nhu Quynh as a gift. It's something we want to give to her as an appreciation, a token of love and admiration, to thank her for bringing such beautiful music into our lives.
Q: I have news, informations, or photos to share with Nhu Quynh's fans, who do I send them to?


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