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Hot weather!! Seems like summer is lasting longer with 100 degree days in September. Hopefully this is the last week. The weather reports say we have a cool down coming. I welcome cooler weather, but not looking forward to the cold of winter.
Bill and I have been enjoying going to fall sports games. We have gone to the Greenbrier Jr. and Sr. High games the past two weeks. This past week we were at the Don Owens Sports Center watching Scott play softball 2 evenings. Just let us know when a ball is being tossed and we will be there. Ed and Linda Hammontree and Bill and I went to BeBee last Friday to watch the senior high game.
E.C. and Jo Hall of Waverly, TN have been here with family for over a week now. They came to be here for Wimp Glover's surgery. Wimp is very ill and in need of all the prayers that you can send up for him. Remember Barbara and all of the family as they care for him.
Visiting with Hattie Lee Hankins and E.C. and Jo Hall last Thursday were Gale Garrison and Dwight and Jean Faulk of North Little Rock.
Gale Garrison, Hattie Lee Hankins and Jo Hall visited Monday with Irene Scroggins at Greenbrier Nursing Center and Rehab and Joan McKaskle of Shady Grove.
Bill Robinson is doing well following hernia surgery recently. His grandson, Ashton Robinson, that I requested prayer for is doing much better and has started classes at Arkansas Tech. Continue to pray for him for complete recovery.
Please keep Calvin and Charlotte Davis and family in prayer. Her mother, Emma Brown, is very ill and has been placed in Hospice Home Care.
I know that this is a lot of prayer requests, but I also know the power of prayer from God's people!
The School Board Election is this Tuesday Sept 17th. Please come out and support your school. We have a good school and school board lets keep it that way. You have two candidates this year James Rooney and Charlotte Hutchcraft. Please make wise choices when you choose one. It is your right to vote so if you don't vote then you should not say anything if the wrong person wins. Now is the time to get out there and support the school. We have come a long way in the past and don't want to fall backwards. You should vote for the one that cares about our community!
Please Keep Larry Griffith in your prayers along with the rest of the family. They are facing some challenges in the near future. Larry is our cousin on my Dad's side. He is Dad's nephew. Larry we wish you the a speedy recovery and just take one day at a time and we love you and your family. Jerry Dowdy and I visited with Larry last Wednesday at the VA Hospital and had some good memory talk about Grandpa Carl and Grandma Minnie that we shared. It was a great visit and plan to have more of them. I guess our family is like any other family we get in a rut and just don't visit like the olden days. We as a family need to change this, and I plan on doing my part.
Also keep the Tarkington family, Frankee D. Battles, Wilma Stevenson, The Hall Family, The Bill Hooten Family, Betty Griffith and family in your prayers too.
The weather is cooling some but is still hot. Be cool out there and don't get over heated. School is in session and be sure and follow the rules when a school bus stops. All traffic must stop that means all lanes when a school bus stops, and that bus should have its flashers and stop sign out too. Safety is the key to making sure our children our safe when they get on and off the bus. Have a great week and remember to not drink and drive. Send news to email@example.com or call 679-3299. Thank you to those that read my column. But I need your help in sharing news.
Centerville United Methodist Church will hold their annual Service by the Lake at Woolly Hollow State Park on October 6th with a potluck following the service. We have scheduled it in October each year and some days are bitterly cold while others left us almost melting. Despite the variations of Arkansas' weather, each time has left me feeling blessed and touched to be a part of such a great church family. I'll include more information on the event as we discuss it.
Ben McNew persuaded the kids of Centerville to sing in front of the church this past Sunday and even gave lessons on how they could keep everyone in place. Some of the older boys seemed a little embarrassed to participate but they did not complain and I am predicting that this will become a regular event. I am not sure how many churches have teen agers that still come to the front of the church each Sunday morning for children's worship but I am thankful that Rick Gartner and Lana Gartner keep our kids wanting to learn more about God.
Don't forget that Pleasant Hill Church of the Nazarene will host their 9th annual Hog Roast on September 14, 2013. The meal will be served 4-8 p.m. and all proceeds will benefit the building fund. Roast pork, baked beans, fries & cole slaw will be served along with beverages and homemade desserts by some of the best cooks in town. While there is not a charge for the meal, donations will go to the building fund. Pleasant Hill Church of the Nazarene is located 10.5 miles east of Greenbrier on HWY 225 E. Pastor Roger Evatt invites you to the church for both the Hog Roast and Sunday service.
Thanks to all of our good directors, aingers and pianists from Faulkner County and other counties. We had a wonderful afternoon singing, last Sunday. We can depend on our group to not let us down. We just don't have many listeners. Next month, we'll meet at the Centerville United Methodist Church, north east of Greenbrier, on the second Sunday in October.
Our pastor, Rev. Tommy Garrison preached a good sermon last Sunday from 1 Chronicles 4: 9-10. "Jabex's prayer," Judah's descendants. But Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez. You might want to read the rest in your Bible.
Keep praying for our sick ones. Bobi Hendrickson, Brenda Firestone, Eldene Duran, Arlene King. May they feel His healing touch.
We haven't had any rain lately and our yards are dead. Ray has kept our garden watered, and we are still having plenty of vegetables. He takes tomatoes, okra, banana sweet peppers and bell peppers to church every Sunday and gives everyone all they want. I said, "that is is his mission." He loves to watch it grow and give it away. Praise God for this.
Our daughter, Sherry Sellers, cooked birthday dinner for her youngest son, Bart, last Saturday and Ray and I were invited to celebrate with them. John and Sherry, Bart, Amanda, Haley, Henry, Charles and Little almost-three-week-old baby brother, Samuel Ephraim Sellers, enjoyed the get-together.
Sherry Cook's birthday dinner for each one of her two children and their spouses at separate times and she cooks their favorite foods.
As you can see, I need you neighbors, to send me your news. God is good, all the time.


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Course Overview
Conveniently located off Hwy 138 (near Hwy 78) in Monroe, Bear Creek Golf Club is a semi-private golfing facility that opened in the spring of 1990. The current owners acquired the course in August 2008 and immediately went to work elevating the facilities and course conditions to rival any of the best courses in the area. Among these initial projects was a renewed focus on maintaining impeccable putting surfaces, rebuilding/ re-sanding course bunkers and upgrading the fairways.
The clubhouse was also renovated and features a fully stocked Pro Shop with separate dining/ meeting area.
It doesn't matter if you're an experienced player or are new to the game, you will find a set of tees that offers plenty of options and challenges.The goal of the Bear Creek Staff is to make sure you have an enjoyable golf experience each time you visit our course.

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I was recently acquired the USB 6-in-1 TableMike desktop microphone, made by SpeechWare, together with a copy of DragonDictate so I could test out TableMikes speech recognition abilities. TableMike has the ability to vastly improve speech recognition and VOIP, so I was keen to give it a try.
I have to admit that although I was initially sceptical about the potential of voice recognition and dictation software, I was pleasantly surprised to discover it to be extremely effective when combined with the right hardware. If you've ever been tempted by the idea of speech control and dictation for your computer, but are sceptical about performance, you really should read on.
The USB 6-in-1 TableMike is a highly sensitive, noise cancelling desktop microphone specifically designed for voice dictation, VoIP and voice recording. What makes TableMike special is that it has SpeechWare's own 'Speech Equalisation' technology 'baked in'. This dramatically improves its performance with speech dictation applications and also provides significant advantage when used with VoIP applications (such as Skype) especially when utilising the latest 20kHz VoIP standard.
Opening the package and setting up, it's immediately evident that the mic is of robust and weighty construction. SpeechWare have clearly made the unit quite heavy to ensure that it remains firmly in place on your desktop and isn't prone to bumps and knocks.
The angle poise/directional microphone boom for TableMike connects to the main body via a mini XLR connection. This mini XLR connects snugly and re-assuringly, with a small release button to ensure that the boom remains firmly in place until you need to dismantle it, to transport it somewhere else.
It comes with an excellent quality and lengthy (8 ft) USB cable, terminated with gold plated connectors (the cable also has an RF choke fitted at the device end, which should help minimise any nearby electrical interference). There's even an alternative white facia cover provided (and a screwdriver to release the 4 tiny screws holding it in place), just in case the silver version it comes fitted with doesn't match your taste.
The version of the TableMike which I received also came with a foot switch, which plugs into the rear of the device and provides a method of switching the mike input on and off with your foot (this can also be done with the push button labelled PUSH in the middle of the front of the device). This is handy when you want to pause your dictation or mute the microphone for privacy reasons during a VoIP call.
Connections and Capabilities
As well as the host USB connection you'd expect, TableMike provides several other connection capabilities, all housed on the rear of the device. Consisting of:
- 1 USB 2.0 (High Speed)
- 1 stereo headphone port (3.5mm)
- 1 input for the optional headset microphone
- 1 foot pedal input (3.5mm Standard Jack)
I have to say, I found the USB 2.0 port extremely useful. It happily connected my iPad to my iMac for syncing with iTunes. Sadly though it didn't provide enough power to charge it at the same time! It did however charge my old iPhone 3G with no problems at all. I was also able to connect my Panasonic TZ7 camera and transfer HD videos and photos using the High-Speed connection.
Because TableMike will usually sit in front of your computer, the USB port is always close at hand. TableMike also integrates a small speaker for monitoring audio from your desktop computer; for instance the sound from a VoIP call (or even your iTunes library). This audio can have its volume varied using the red 'Sound Out' +/ – buttons on the front panel of the TableMike.
The mic is capable of capturing audio at 44.1kHz and 48kHz (both @ 16-bit sampling resolution), which should be more than enough for most voice applications.
If you plan to use it to record a lot of instruments, you may want to explore some of the other options more suited to recording instruments. Although, I have to say that a quick test of the TableMike recording my acoustic guitar did a pretty respectable job (see example further down this post), and I did find the angle poise boom came in particularly handy here, allowing me to get the mic to a good position in front of the guitar.
TableMike is fully 'plug and play', meaning it requires no additional audio drivers to be installed. Indeed upon receiving it and plugging it in, I found this to be the case and no additional configuration of the unit was required. I simply plugged in and it appeared within my audio preferences. I did notice that there is a version of TableMike that (9-in-1 version) also has a card reader slot, which I'd find useful considering my iMac is the older version that doesn't include an SD card slot.
You can even get a wall-mount adapter for use with TableMike. For anyone wondering, the '6-in-1' features, as specified by SpeechWare stand for:
- Desktop microphone with USB interface standard input and output sound ports
- Detachable and interchangeable flexible microphone boom for easy removal portability and storage
- Industry 1st integrated speech equaliser superior performance with voice applications and wideband or high-definition VoIP
- Built-in speaker in the base of the microphone
- One female USB port for connection of peripherals
- Special port for an optional foot pedal control – switches mic on/off
Sound Capture
The clever thing about TableMike is that it has two sound capturing modes. Selectable by toggling a dedicated button (marked PUSH) on the main chassis of the unit. 'SPEECH REC' mode is optimised for use with speech recognition systems, such as DragonDictate. This mode applies 'Speech Equalisation', which is a combination of AGC (Automatic Gain Control), high and low shelving filters, together with a special High Definition/VoIP 22 kHz sample rate.
All of this is designed to substantially increase signal-to-noise ratio and voice intelligibility, allowing for a much greater vocal dictation range (from 10 cm up to 50 cm–4 inches to 20 inches) and vastly improved speech recognition accuracy. All this clever stuff is done inside the TableMike hardware, and doesn't place any additional processing strain on you computer. Because of the signal processing in this mode, if you listen to the sound of your voice recorded in this mode it does sound a little different for what you may hear from more conventional mic recordings. The recording is louder, clearer and background noise is also suppressed much more effectively.
If you have your system volume too loud it may even sound distorted. 'NORMAL/VOIP' mode is TableMikes wide-band/high definition VoIP mode. There's no sound processing applied in this mode. So it's ideal for audio recording scenarios other than voice. For instance, I used TableMike to record my acoustic guitar. TableMike particularly excels at voice and speech capture in 'Speech Rec' mode, and this is what makes this mic really worthwhile. If you plan on recording a lot of podcasts or videocasts then this mic will definitely perform well for you and add a touch of professionalism with it's excellent voice capture capabilities.
Equally, if you Skype from your desktop regularly, there's no doubt it'll improve the overall experience for you and your callers.
Speech Recognition/Dictation
In conjunction with a speech recognition application such as DragonDictate, TableMike is capable of transcribing up to 160 words per minute. Pretty impressive stuff as this is far more than my typing skills could ever produce. Another point to mention is that there is a subtle difference between typing and dictating written word. I found that dictation by microphone gave a much better flow of words and meaning in my writing and enabled me to be more fluid than typing alone.
Although it is important to keep an eye on what's being written, as the system will make mistakes (as you probably would from time to time with conventional typing). Anyone familiar with dictation software will know that distance of your voice from the microphone can often greatly effect accuracy. So the intelligence of TableMikes 'Speech Rec' mode is really valuable in allowing you a more comfortable and natural speaking position.
I certainly found that I was able to move freely into different sitting positions with little effect on dictation accuracy. We'll publish a separate blog feature soon to demonstrate the voice recognition and dictation capabilities when used with DragonDictate. Keep watching the blog for this!
I used TableMike with a Dual Core 3GHz iMac and OS X 10.6.8. I experienced no compatibility issues at all. TableMike is fully 'plug and play', meaning it requires no additional audio drivers to be installed. Indeed upon receiving it and plugging it in, I found this to be the case and no additional configuration of the unit was required.
I simply plugged in and it appeared within my audio preferences (the red LED also lit on the unit). It's also fully compatible with Windows 7 operating systems. Whilst testing TableMike I also discovered that, although not officially supported, it can be used with Apple iPad for recording and playback with excellent results…..
TableMike with the iPad
As TableMike is a USB Audio Class Compliant device (Plug and Play), requiring no additional drivers. I was intrigued to find out whether it would perform when connected with my iPad 2 (iOS 5.1.0), using the Apple Camera Adapter Kit. My main concern was that TableMike would simply exceed the adapter kits 20 mA current limit (introduced with version 4 of iOS).
I must admit that the first time I plugged TableMike in using the Camera Adapter Kit the iPad did issue a warning and the unit failed to power on. But to my surprise, when I plugged in the TableMike a second time, the unit immediately powered up and upon launching an appropriate audio App (in the following video i use Recorder Plus HD), I was capable of recording audio without any trouble.
The unit only encountered problems when I increased the volume using the sound out + button on the front panel to its maximum. This caused the iPad to issue a 'current overload' warning and shut the device down. In order to rectify this I reduced the iPad volume using the controls integrated on the iPad and re-plugged the TableMike. This re-initialised the TableMike which then continued to operate without any problems.
So, all I have to remember is to make sure that I don't increase the volume too much and if the unit doesn't power on at the first attempt then it will usually connect on the second attempt. Here is a short video demonstrating the use of TableMike with the Apple iPad and the Camera Adapter Kit.
Since I'd managed to get the TableMike operating successfully with the iPad, I decided to try out a VoIP call to my family. (I currently use the VTok iPad App, which uses the Google Talk (GTalk) system for video calls. During calls without TableMike, my family often complain of poor audio, although I have to say I'm not particularly disciplined about ensuring that I speak a good distance from the built in microphone.
That said, once I plugged in the TableMike they consistently agreed that the audio produced was significantly better than that normally produced by the built-in iPad microphone. So, I'll certainly ensure I employ TableMike when VoIP calling with my iPad in the future.
The only real drawback here is that it limits the portability of the unit as a whole when the TableMike is plugged in. Which is often something that is quite important, as calls to my family for instance often result in moving the iPad around a fair bit to capture video of their grandson's activities. But for a bonus feature iPad compatibility is great. I hope that this becomes an official feature in future models.
Overall Impression
I have really enjoyed using TableMike and I'm very much looking forward to using it as a dictation tool to help streamline my blog writing (using Dragon Dictate). I'll definitely also be using it to improve my VoIP/video call audio quality, from both my desktop and iPad, as this really did make calls to friends, colleagues and family much more enjoyable mainly because my callers could simply hear me that much better.
TableMike now sits happily on my desk and I'm sure it will become an integral part of my workflow. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a desktop microphone tailored to suit voice recording, dictation and VoIP applications!
Update (22/11/2013)
Since writing this article, I've noticed that changes to iOS through updates (iOS 6.1.3) has stopped the TableMike from working with iOS without a powered hub. Although I haven't yet tested with iOS 7. I will update again here once I have tested.
Where to Buy
You can purchase the USB 6-in-1 TableMike directly from SpeechWare's shop.
Or from their TableMike web store.6-In-1 TableMike | Amazon Find new and used Speechware TableMike | eBay
Links and Further Reading
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wow love really can kill because yesterday i cut myself because i upset my better half.
I think a lot of people mistake obsession for love.
love makes you feel complete, not anxious, suicidal, or inferior.
Your a fool. Cutting yourself over your "other half." Anyone who does an irrational move for another human being is insane. You have to be insane! Over something like that, not worth it I like how your referred to your better half if thats a guy or girl then your waiting your time and only scaring your skin. Get over it. Its your fault for letting your self esteem get so low. Your better than that! People are retards that you shouldn't go to extremes for because they only crush you!
love does kill..................your heartbreak and sorrow and misery is directly exponential to how deeply and purely you love. I lost my true love......but still love her. The regret and heartbreak is slowly killing me. Can/does true love die? Can it be replaced somehow with anger and dismissal? How do you turn-off true love? and................do you still love them even when they reject and leave you?


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The first step in ensuring that customer requirements are determined and met is to identify the customer(s), and have a balanced response to their needs and expectations. The needs and expectations of the customers must be translated into the requirements for the processes within the organization's quality management system. There must be a defined process for obtaining this information, translating it into requirements, and communicating the requirements throughout the organization.
A fundamental key to achieving organizational goals is the determination of the wants and needs of customers, and delivering value to them with the aim of enhancing customer satisfaction.
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Groups within the organization, such as marketing and sales, may play a critical role in the operation of an organization when it comes to identifying customers' needs and requirements. In many organizations the marketing and sales functions are the sole group who actually interfaces with the customer. Therefore, they become the voice of the customer to the organization. In other organizations the marketing and sales functions take on lesser roles, such as in an engineering organization where the majority of the contacts occur between the customer and engineers, while marketing is responsible for business development.
Marketing, sales, and the departments or individuals within the organization responsible for determining customer needs, are vital to the operation of an organization and therefore must be evaluated as a part of the overall quality management system. Regardless of who actually interacts with the customer, or in some cases the "end user", it is the responsibility of top management to ensure that these requirements are understood and that necessary resources are available.
Customer needs and expectations may also come from a variety of other sources:
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Wayne Hemingway and his son Jack went for a cycle along the promenade today, Friday, ahead of the Vintage By the Sea Festival, which returns to Morecambe for a second year this weekend.
The Vintage extravaganza, led by Wayne, Gerardine and Jack Hemingway, combines a mix of dancing, music, fashion, glamour, film, classic cars, delicious street food, creative workshops, kids' activities, street theatre, a vintage fairground, vintage bus tours and an eclectic vintage and up-cycled market place to browse vintage treasures.
There will also be a vintage cycle ride and a Vintage Pooch Parade!
Both Wayne and his son will also be DJ-ing over the weekend.
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"Contralto Gwendolyn Brown's powerful voice was inspiring and uplifting."
M. L. Rantala, Lakefront Outlook, Chicago, IL
"To hear Gwendolyn Brown is to experience that primal thrill which comes in the presence of a singer whose fusion of soul with a vast, resonant instrument is total."
Kitty Montgomery, Saugerties Post Star
Contralto Gwendolyn Brown's operatic performances of traditional, 20th century, and even the avant guard has earned her consistent critical acclaim. In 2015, Ms. Brown's contralto was featured in the new experimental operatic work Afterwords: The AACM (AS) Opera, composed by George Lewis. Ms. Brown is fresh from her recent spritually "strong performance" hailed as "beneficent" (James McQuillen, The Oregonian) in Ethan Gans-Morse's opera The Canticle of the Black Madonna.
Recently, Ms. Brown's "imposing" performance of Azalia in the William Grant-Still opera "Troubled Island" presented by the South Shore Opera Company earned her high critical acclaim as being "wholly at home in Still's embrace of European, American and spiritual composition traditions" (Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun Times) She has the distinction of being the first African-American contralto to perform the complete role, and the South Shore Opera Company bears the distinction of doing the full operatic performance as originally intended with a Black cast since the opera's premier in 1949.
In the Spring of 2012, Ms. Brown's performances of the lead role Marie Laveau in the newly written opera "Crescent City" by Anne LeBaron for Los Angeles' new opera company The Industry (Yuval Sharon, Artistic Director) hailed her "deep contralto" and performance as "a transfixing force of nature" (Mark Swed, LA Times). Brown played LaVeau, "with a rich, beautiful tone that galvanized attention throughout" (Out West Arts).
Critical acclaim of Ms. Brown's signature role of Maria in "Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" has made her one of the most sought after and renowned artists to perform the role. Her recent performances with the Seattle Opera and Boston Symphony (both during the regular season and at Tanglewood) as well as performances with Washington National Opera, New Orleans Opera, and abroad in Germany, Amsterdam, and Burssels were given high praise. Ms. Brown "was a Maria with an ample voice to match her vivid personality" (Tim Smith, Opera News). Ms. Brown "performed the Earth Mother role of Maria with dramatic power and vocal depth." (Willard Spiegelman, Opera News). "As Maria, the town busybody, Gwendolyn Brown steals the show – a no-nonsense mama whose flips from rich alto to deep Southern back talk have both stage and audience in thrall." (Rosemary Ponnekanti, Tacoma News Tribune).
Other recent operatic appearances include covering Queenie in Show Boat with both Lyric Opera of Chicago and Washington National Opera in 2013, where she went on for two performances. A burgeoning Wagnerian, Ms. Brown's repertoire includes Fricka in Das Rheingold, which she performed at Des Moines Metro Opera, the First Norn and Waltraute in Götterdämmerung, and Erda in Das Rheingold and Siegfried. She has also performed the roles of Baba in Menotti's The Medium, Kabanicha in Janáček's Katya Kabanova and Filippyevna in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
An expert in American Negro spirituals, Ms. Brown performed as a featured soloist with the Chicago Symphony in its 2009 project Beyond the Score: Dvorak's New World Symphony, and is featured in the accompanying documentary. Other orchestral appearances include Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Hale Smith's Four Spirituals with the Chicago Sinfonietta, and 3 seasons at the Yachats Music Festival in Oregon. She has given numerous recitals, including those for the American Spirituals Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation in Florida, the Opera Memphis Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation, the Fisk University Arts Festival, and the Four Seasons Concert Series in San Francisco. She has also premiered new works of the Negro Spiritual and is working on commissioning other works
Ms. Brown has also received critical acclaim for her work in concert and symphonic works. "Her dusky voice inhabited the music so completely, we were spellbound" (The Oregonian). Ms. Brown's "stirring, solo voice can rise above the crowd and harness audience attention" (Andrew Beck, Hartford Arts Examiner). As one critic states, her singing is simply "Stunning" (Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun Times).
Ms. Brown's 2014-2015 season include the premier of a new work by Ethan Gans-Morse entitled The Canticle of the Black Madonna (Anima Mundi Production - Portland, Oregon); performances of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for Syracuse Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Concert version of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; and Beethoven's 9th Symphony for Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Ms. Brown obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Music at Fisk University (Nashville, TN), pursued the Master's degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Memphis (Memphis, TN) and finished it at the American Conservatory of Music (Hammond, IN). She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Vocal Pedagogy. Her young artist development included the Des Moines Metro Opera Young Artist Program and The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center of Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her credits includes performed for many of the top opera companies and symphonies in the United States and overseas in Germany, Italy, Spain, Amsterdam and Brussels.
Ms. Brown is currently on the faculty of Fisk University in Nashville, TN where she serves as Artist in Residence and Voice Instructor. She is active with social, musical, and Christian spiritual activities as a member of Sigma Gama Rho Sorority, Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity and The R. Nathaniel Dett Music Club, NANM. She teaches voice and gives coachings as well as conduct Master Classes.
Single (for the time being) and no pets (at least not yet), Ms. Brown spends her time writing poetry and other works, is an ordained minister, and enjoys amateur photography with her beloved "Carmen," her Canon 7D.


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Financed by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), the "Monitoring of waterbirds in North Africa for the conservation of wetland areas" project was set up by the Tour du Valat in partnership with the Tunisian Association "Les Amis des Oiseaux" (Friends of Birds )/BirdLife Tunisia, the Algerian National Ornithology Association, GREPON/BirdLife Morocco, and the Libyan Society for Birds.
Its aim was to improve waterbird censusing capacity in North Africa, and also to raise awareness among local people of the ecological and socio-economic importance of wetlands, in a region where they are subject to heavy anthropic pressures (urbanisation, agriculture, etc).
A film has just been broadcasted, which summarizes this project that just ended; you can watch it clicking here.


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Any physical condition tends to get better when we reduce the stress in our life.
This script can help you release stress and that can have a beneficial impact on your pain.
Then assess again after tapping. Notice how your pain has changed. It may have moved placed, changed intensity or changed other characteristics.
Tapping for Pain Script
Set Up
Tap continually on the Karate Chop Point
Even though I'm in pain, I love and accept myself.
Even though I'm feeling this pain, it's really uncomfortable, interrupts my life, hard to be positive, hard to focus on creating the life I really want
Even though I'm feeling this pain, I love an accept my body and all my emotions around this pain.
Tapping Through the Points
Start at the Eyebrow point and tap the points down over the face, and down to the Under Arm point, then to the Top of Head. Start again at the Eyebrow point.
This is a long script. You don't need to do it all. Just pick the parts that you feel most connected to – or say the whole script!
Here I am
In pain
it hurts!
All this pain
all this discomfort
Wouldn't it be a miracle if I could let it go
If it could just vanish?
If this pain is trying to communicate something to me
I'd like to know what that is
I'd like to be open to that information
Body, I'm willing to face whatever you have to tell me
I can handle it
And I'm open to that information now
Maybe there's something I need to know
Maybe there's something I need to take care of
Maybe there's something I want to avoid
Some other pain I don't want to feel
And this physical pain is giving me a clue
Or a reminder
Or it's distracting me from that bigger pain
What if I could know what I need to know
Take care of what needs taking care of
Face what there for me to face
Feel all the emotions hidden by this physical pain
What if I could relax now?
Some of this pain
Might be from stress and tension
What if I could release the stress
I give my body and mind permission to release that stress and tension now
I'm releasing that stress now
Releasing the tension
allowing myself to relax
Maybe part of me feels
I need to feel this pain
Maybe I think I deserve that
Maybe part of me is using it
To get back at someone
To teach someone a lesson
Maybe I'm using it as an excuse
To get out of doing something
To avoid something
Whatever the emotional reasons might be
What if I could release these
I'd like to be ready and willing to release these
I am willing to release all the reasons I might have needed this pain
I release any mental reasons
I release any emotional reasons
I release any physical reasons
I'm releasing them at a cellular level
I'm releasing them at an energetic level
Releasing them all the way back to my childhood
To my birth
As far back as they go
I release the need for pain
I now release any need for pain
I a willing to feel good
I want to feel good
Maybe there have been people in my life who hurt me
Who might have wanted me to be in pain for some reason
I no longer need to feel pain for someone else's sake
I let go of any need for pain
What if I could feel worthy of comfort?
What if I could feel worthy of feeling good?
I'm letting any doubts about that go now
I'm allowing myself to love myself
I'm willing to do whatever I need to do
to take the best care of myself possible
letting go of need for pain
letting go of any reason for being in pain
I deserve to feel good
I release any limiting beliefs around being deserving of feeling good
I deserve to feel good.
I choose to feel good
I choose to feel as good as i possibly can
I allow my body to relax
And release tension and stress
I love and accept my body
I appreciate and approve of my body,
even though I've been feeling pain
I'm relaxing into peace
I'm relaxing into love
I choose to feel peace all through my body
I choose to feel good
I choose to treat myself with love
in body mind and spirit
Take a gentle deep breath.
Tune into your body. Assess your pain level again – and notice how the pain has changed in other ways.
My wish is that this tapping for pain EFT script is helpful to you.
Action Steps!
1. Assess your pain and tap for your pain
2. Come back here and leave a comment, telling us how your pain changed and what you realized.
In the free online Pain Relief World Summit, you'll learn many methods of using EFT for pain relief.
Learn more about the Pain Relief World Summit here > > >


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I read the news today oh boy
All this just goes to show that Gerry has not taken in the implications of Shamir's line-crossing activities, his defense of David Duke, etcetera.Which does not mean I share Duke's views, past or present, I hasten to add. My view is much closer to that of Italian fascism, which it is commonly accepted was neither racist nor anti-semitic until 1943, when against the advice of all its veteran theoreticians it attempted an anti-semitic policy in order to gain Hitler's support during its military collapse. See de Felice, seriatim, in extenso, etc (his "The Jews in Fascist Italy" at 770 pp. is simply the introduction to his five volume biography of Mussolini).Another book which might interest people who are seriously studying the question of anti-semitism is this:"Race and the Third Reich" by Christopher M. Hutton, Polity Press (UK), 2005ISBN 0-7456-3176-2 (hb)ISBN 0-7456-3177-0 (pb)subtitle, very informative : "Linguistics, Racial Anthropology, and Genetics in the Dialectic of Volk"Anonymous 01.09.06 - 2:04 pm #
strange, it lost my IDRowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 2:35 pm #
What's wrong with David Duke?Is he an American traitor like Abramoff and many other Zionists who are on record for spying or helping Zionists' occupation of Palestine?Well one thing is for sure - He went to Syria and called Israeli bluff - Islamic Iran and Syria are threat to the Zionist entity.Shaukat 01.09.06 - 3:12 pm #
Ok, Shaukat, the problem is this : the way that the generally left-of-centre Jewish clicque have things set up in the USA and UK, it is permitted to compaign against zionism on a sort of anti-nationalism-in-general ticket, but the moment you show any signs of not supporting anti-nationalism as such, you are tarred as a 'fascist' and lose all their support. The concealed whammy here is the fact that zionism itself feeds off the left-of-centre worldview, in that it can always justify itself as the last resort of the Jews against the anti-Semitic Right.This creates a double-bind. The reason of course is that anti-Semitism is NOT the same as racism in general, nor is it necessarily connected to Imperialism in the way that the Left pretends. The anti-Semitic Right is NOT the same thing as the racist Right in general, and classic anti-Semitism was in some ways a manifestation of anti-Imperialism itself, in that it was felt that the Jews were the real Imperialists.It is indeed an anomaly - if only because western Imperialism was managed if not pioneered by Jews in the first place, who are quite capable of presenting themselves as the ultimate 'white men' when it suits their purpose - I refer you back to the long quotation from Disraeli I posted last week.Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 3:29 pm #
gerry, if you can't tolerate discussion, I can only say I am sorry for you. I don't agree by far with much written here, I hate and loathe David Duke, so when Shaukut puts that up, I can only say, let him defend the guy, I wouldn't waste my breath on it. I am not a big fan of Shamir's and I understand that Rowan's interpretation of Fascism is quite academic and misses many of the subtleties that the Mediterranean mindset I know very well (and if I had time or interest to discuss, could counter many of his arguments), but that does not mean that allowing people to present their views is giving in to fascism and nazism! You give far too much credit to what a comments space does on a blog. It is a way for other people to participate, and not a righteousness contest. I have only agreed almost entirely with Joe, Duck and Umka on things, but I think that is because we are more engaged in breaking down Hasbara tactics than in actually dismantling or analysing historical material, and we are working along a particular line that does not always get picked up in the comments.I also do take offence that there is this opinion here that only men have the capacity to think seriously. I know you probably don't mean it, since two of your favourite blogs are run by women, but be careful tossing around that kind of comment. When you have calmed down, you can come back to play.thecutter Homepage 01.09.06 - 4:07 pm #
I understand that Rowan's interpretation of Fascism is quite academic and misses many of the subtleties that the Mediterranean mindset I know very well (and if I had time or interest to discuss, could counter many of his arguments)-- well. I wish you could find the time to at least sketch your counter arguments to whatever you think I am trying to say - I admit that I am finding it hard to focus my own argument.Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 4:37 pm #
Rowan, I really (seriously) haven't got time in this period. But, just to give an idea: there is a mindset in this area that is quite interesting, (I've written in Italian about it on occasion) and it has its basis in Italian urbanistics and civic organisation. As you know, Italy until the post war was an agrarian society. This is structured in a paternalistic way, (a social platform, so to speak), yet legalistically and culturally, the cities (also intended as States during much of Italy's history) are where the power is - so you see, there was needed a figure (agrarian and paternal, Mussolini, coming from Predappio was almost perfect) who could relate to the "mass", yet who was interested in "progress" (the agrarian reform, particularly). This figure had to replace the king, yet had to represent the complex nature of "uncontrolled urban development" (no urban planning, until that point, no unification of services, and this is why his connection of the various Regni was successful - i speak basically of transport innovations. Now, the Italians are also very independent, and they have a gross defect of disorganisation. Mussolini capitolised on the Italian mindset, and while he gave a sense of "order", which was deep down desired, he also had to "impose" because Italians do not easily collaborate (every pater is a pater familius, you see, and therefore, imposes independently his lex). This was tolerated initially, but it could not last long, because Mussolini played his cards right at the beginning, but he did not take well enough into account that this would become stability. The "idea" of fascism as a progress system was initially accepted in its socialist form (think of Avanti!, the Socialist paper where Mussolini was the editor), but as a permanent system, it could only be enforced militarily, and this is something the Italians cannot tolerate. It is absolutely out of their existential essense. I hope that was enough for now.thecutter Homepage 01.09.06 - 5:16 pm #
ah, I see ... Italians are chaophilicRowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 5:34 pm #
chaoticists ...Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 5:49 pm #
Yes, Italians have a very particular character which is utterly independent, but having been based for so long predominantly on a binary organisation, it has been hard to bridle them, although many attempts have been made, and none of them turn out "successfully". Mussolini "worked" because he fulfilled the Italian aspirations of progress, but he couldn't last because - besides the deviation of his original promise and the institution of always more draconian and militaristic enforcement of it - the character and history of Italians could not tolerate such a thing for long. I tend to think that Italian Fascism was a much lighter version of German totalitarianism basically accountable to the nature of the Italian people themselves. They are chaotic and they do not stand being made to conform for too long, although they probably aspire to it at some level. I think a social historical perspective has to accompany any study of this period, and it is important to take into account that as soon as it was possible, the Italians turned on Fascism and it was destroyed by the Italian civil war and the Resistance movement. (connected to the armistice, but also, independent of it). Italians do not take kindly to the boot.thecutter Homepage 01.09.06 - 7:02 pm #
Blame me if you like Mary, anyone, but we all got along pretty well until the fascist Rowan closed his own blog and set up camp here.Now he has dragged you into defending yourself against his ideological dictates about who and what Italians are ... all, of course, based in a fascist interpretation (only a couple of weeks ago he was pontificating about the lack of racial purity of Italians).I quite quickly knew where this crippled, wannabe "Superman" comes from - yes he is an even more failed specimen than Nietzsche - but you have marginalized me for having exposed him and for having tried to warn you about what he is up to here ... this crippled Englishman posing as the next "Il Duce".Of course I attack him and I have attacked him in defence of you, but it appears that you would rather fall under his thrall, so so be it.Gerry Hiles 01.09.06 - 8:00 pm #
Goodness me, I'm flattered, I really am. You do me too much honour, Gerry.Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 8:02 pm #
But irrespective of all this let me bring the discussion back to the essential question, which is the Jewish question, of which zionism is merely a part.Italy, in a much more obvious way than Germany, was handicapped by the development of Imperialism, which centred on first Britain and then increasingly the USA.In order to avoid being subjected to permanent under-development, Italy had to find a way of preventing international finance capital from simply turning it into a repository of cheap labour and agricultural products for export, preventing it from developing a worthwhile industrial infrastructure of its own, as would have happened under what we now call neo-Liberal world market forces but was then just called Liberalism.To succeed Italy had to do two things: (1) prevent class warfare from crippling its economic development, and (2) restructure the investment system so that foreign financiers couldn't manipulate it.And this they did. Because they analysed the problem in politico-economic terms, not in racial terms, they did not assume that the cure for the economy was to exclude Jews from it. They simply prevented anyone - jew or not - from either playing the stock exchange, or playing the revolutionary agitator.Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 8:14 pm #
PS When was the last time, since fucking Rowan turned up, that we were allowed to discuss Palestinian and ME issues generally?When was the last time we could discuss anything, without being subject to Rowan trying to bring it all round to his fascist point of view and hatred of the "Left", liberals and lately humanists.Well yes, to the extent I will wear a label, I am a humanist and Rowan has attacked me for that, so why would I want to remain part of a blog which is increasingly being ruled by him?Gerry Hiles 01.09.06 - 8:16 pm #
Maybe this could get things back on track:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ w...1681720,00.htmlGerry Hiles 01.09.06 - 8:26 pm #
gerry, first of all, I'm not under Rowan's thrall. I've known Rowan for a while, before I even had a blog, and like I've said before, there is a LOT I don't agree with what he writes, but generally, he remains civil and sometimes is even very amusing. I am not defending myself, I am explaining that a purely "academic" understanding of Italian Fascism is not sufficient. My husband's family were extreme anti-Fascists (one of them a martyr of the Resistance) so discussions like this used to be the regular thing. Fascism and other totalitarianisms is not my top material, but I don't mind discussing it from time to time. The case of Italy is unusual and very enlightening, really. You are right, Gerry, We should be talking about the ME most of the time, that is basically the point of this blog. But all the threads go on tangents, and you should know that as much as anyone. As I have said before, I try to not be a policeman. I try to let the discourse move where it goes. It is up to everyone to keep it on track, if that is where they want it to be. I've always appreciated when you defend me, but always been upset when you attack other people (unless they're Iby and the serious harassers). No one can take over this blog, because I'm the only one who can post on it. The comments sections are what people make of it, and there are moments when they are fun and stimulating, and others when they are less so. But don't get upset and you will find that things have a low tide and high tide.thecutter Homepage 01.09.06 - 8:33 pm #
I am quite convinced that unless people understand the current systematic deception regarding the role of Jews* in modern international finance - and in its apparent antagonist, international proletarian revolutionism - they will not be able to do a single thing about zionism. This deception takes the form that the zionists can represent themselves as the inheritors of the oppressed anti-imperialist masses, rather than of the oppressors and imperialists, by exploiting the common ignorance of modern social and political history in general.*(not 'the Jews', as if they were a sort of telepathically coordinated solid bloc, but enough of the most powerful Jews, who among other things can use the rest as pawns)Rowan Berkeley 01.09.06 - 9:16 pm #
Where do they hold their mafia-like meetings then Rowan ?I am all for a collective sort-of class interest thingy, such as powerful US corporation, with the US government as their kind of mouth-piece and legislative enabler (after all these things have taken centuries of human culture to accumulate ways of doing things ie western professions) but to put a slant on ecomics with a specific religious character, within a sort of western establishment, is a bit much.What about Japan - do they have a Jewish mafia, and what about the economic meteorite China, where or who are their Jewish-centric Fat Controllers?joe90 Homepage 01.09.06 - 10:55 pm #
Just like BBC News went from dead Blubber to dead chickens, so too have you fellas gone over the edge. The minutiae of the philosphy of fascism just is not relevant to this blog. Stop mooning. Do something practical. Wash your socks. WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF KRISTIN HALVORSEN. Get a grip!Kassandra 01.09.06 - 11:50 pm #
Now everybody is at it -- Kassandra, I'll talk to who I want about what I want - I don't need you or anyone else's permission (the blog owner excepted for obvious reasons in this case)- don't tell me what I should and should not be doing -- would you like to tell me exactly how human culture works and then I will know, beyond irrefutable doubt, what it is I have to do to instantly right all wrongs in the world ?If you don't know, don't lecture me on what amounts to the sum total of your own ignorance - I have enough of my own to go around, I don't need yours as well -- and if you know so much about what it is we should be doing to help others, please tell me, what is it I'm not doing, that you are, that is such a masterclass in individual brilliance?If there was something that worked, I would have done it by now, we all would, so there isn't - no such thing as instant gratification when it comes to struggles for social justice, equality, freedom from violence and racist ethnic clensing etc- so step off your self-righteous cloud - this is a blog not a UN General Assembly conference -- and stop using one of my recent catchphrases 'get a grip' - get one of your own, like 'you can put that chicken away Mrs', which I am not using at the momentjoe90 Homepage 01.10.06 - 12:30 am #
Joe: "Get a grip" is a "Valley Girl" phrase, from the 60's, a sub-culture of teenagers in the San Fernando Valley in California. Were you a Valley Girl? I don't read your or Gerry's long meanderings, just the final sentences. I read Rowan because he's concise and amusing. Have you sent that money you were going to send? I doubt it. I don't think you even have a creditable job.Kassandra 01.10.06 - 12:54 am #
ouch she doesent think you have a creditable job now that has to hurt . its really sad to see people fall out but its fun too watchsurfer 01.10.06 - 1:41 am #
Geez it's good to have you back joe - you haggis hunting bastard - I thunk I was in a minority of one for a while.Meanwhile, trying to drag things back from Rowan's determination to subject us all and everything to his fascist in-depth analysis that:"Everything wrong with the world can be reduced to bleeding heart leftists/humanists."Maybe those less doctrinaire might care to view:http://www.infovlad.net/And as for you Kassandra (Rowan in drag), you wrote:" I don't read your or Gerry's long meanderings, just the final sentences. I read Rowan because he's concise and amusing."Rowan concise and amusing? I doubt he has a humorous bone in his body, except for his elbow of course.Well done for telling joe that you don't read anything he writes ... little do you know that Mary regards him highly, almost as a brother ... and even virtual brothers protect their virtual sisters and vice versa.Thus you and your paramour Rowan are in deep shit ... well I hope so.I hope that you are both subjected to the comfy chair and that this blog can return to normal.BTW. Has anyone noticed that since I told Av to back off from attacking Mary ... and to realize where his bread is buttered ... he has been silent, though undoubtedly observing things.In a maybe perverse kind of way; I have ended up quite fond of Av ... perhaps a sentimental attachment to the days when we could all take the piss out of him and when he could call us all "fascists" in return ... but then a real fascist closed his own blog and encamped here, to the detriment of everyone, even poor piat, who Rowan brought with him (and Kassandra?).OK Mary. You say that you have known Rowan for years ... but did you ever, previously, know that he is a fascist (well wannabe) who imagines that he knows more about Italy than you do?I somehow cannot imagine that you ever regarded him as a brother, so why not come on board with those who regard you as a sister and dice the little prick.Gerry Hiles 01.10.06 - 2:09 am #
I see what you mean surfer, except that I don't find it fun ... nor pulling wings off flies, nor blowing up frogs (like GWB), nor killing Palestinians (like Sharon), nor any other sadistic pleasure in seeing people in trouble ... so fuck off. Get your rocks off someplace else surfer.Gerry Hiles 01.10.06 - 2:23 am #
In an effort to get back on track, though this post might run out of web space:A Letter from an Arab Citizen to an American MotherMohammed Zedan, Albasrah.netJanuary 8, 2006(Bush and other criminals talk about our Iraqi civilization, so it is important as Arabs to teach the American people about our love and humanity. For that reason I hope that whoever has the ability write in English informs the American mother, the American soldiers and all the Americans the words of justice and truth. Tell then that we are innocent or we die with pride, and we support all the acts that are carried out by the Iraqi and Palestinian insurgency. We would love to hear that our letters are turned into internationally known songs in the American language. Below is a simple letter written by me to an American mother, it not a poem, purely because I am not a poet. Long live the brave Iraqi insurgency; alone it represents our Iraqi society.)The LetterMadam, have you heard…That I talk about humanity.Talk about the soul.Do you know my Madam?Do you know why I have approached you, specifically, and not all Americans?Do you know Madam that in our belief the Heavens lie under the feet of Mothers?Do you feel what we feel as Arabs?We love others just as you do, we feel pain just as you do, we dream just as you do, and we have our small things.Among us are those that are passionate, and among us are the old… the young that cry just like your young that scream.Among us are mothers, whose hearts are full of love and care,And are happy and sad like all people.They cry at times of hardship… until the tears over flow.They remember just like you remember and forget just like you do.Every now and then, the people in my country die for nothing.We die because we are innocent and we are Iraqi.The prisons are filled with us and we are tortured because we are Iraqi. Only because we are Iraqi.In Abu Graib our bodies are piled into pyramids.And you ask us Madam, who does this to us?It is, simply, the ones who you voted for in the White House.Madam, as a loving mother, who feels the hardship of people,And understands the language of children and the innocent laughter after the cry,Madam, the dead and injured are in the heart of America.They are the ones you voted for in the White House.They are the ones you voted for,The ones you voted for Madam.And record this Madam: We will never ever hate anyoneWe will never ever hate anyoneWe don't even hate the Americans.Imagine this for yourself.A city in my country, where death calls us,It gets us with missiles … phosphorus bombs…with arrows.You eat and we don't, and you sleep and we don'tAnd we could at anytime become stranded in our own deserts, whilst the cold attacks us.And your soldiers wipe us out with missiles.As days go by American Jets slaughter us.Imagine the begging of the night,Or the start of day,And starving babies cry, and their eyesGerry Hiles 01.10.06 - 2:36 am #
Well it did not all appear, but ...Here is a challenge Rowan:Subject it to your doctrine that bleeding hearts, liberals, humanists and all protesters against inhumanity is what is wrong with the world.Your doctrine of complete antipathy is, right now, being thrust on the people of Iraq by the fascist Washington cabal ... like Il Duce thrust it on the people of Libya and Ethiopia (don't you ever read history?).I have very intimate knowledge of what fascism did to Libya ... same as what it is doing to Iraq ... yet you dare to come here and preach fascism, you sick fucker.Gerry Hiles 01.10.06 - 2:56 am #
That 'poem' just illustrates my point. The same leftist protest mood that actuates the politically correct version of the palestinian struggle activates zionism itself, when it is wearing its victims-of-nazism hat. Result : total impasse.You can have a thousand blogs like this one, a thousand points of light twinkling in the darkness, etcetera, and nothing will happen. This has been obvious since the seventies, as a matter of fact.Leftism is dead, it has been left behind by history. The people who pay for it to keep mouthing platitudes are precisely the people in power who know that it is an excellent diversion from what is really going on.Rowan Berkeley 01.10.06 - 6:43 am #
here's a way of illustrating what I'm saying : look at the various south american states which are currently trying to break free from the USA's financial apron strings. You can easily follow the doings of Peru's Morales, Venezuela's Chavez, etc., via Tom Feeley's aggregator.Now ask yourselves : what basis do the various journalists have for describing these regimes as 'leftish' or 'leftist', as they frequently do? the regimes are radically nationalist. Now there is no Soviet empire for them to attach themselves to, and given that China is no more 'Left' than 'Right', the usage is simply a propaganda term of art to tell the jewish propaganda machine who to root for.Rowan Berkeley 01.10.06 - 7:52 am #


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If you, like a lot of Americans, are enamored with these little dogs, you might want to learn a few facts about Chihuahuas before you bring one into your home. Fun, frisky, and fabulous; Chis are proof that big things really do come in small packages!
1. Chihuahuas are the smallest breed of dog in the world. Most people won't dispute this fact about Chihuahuas as they can be as small as just one pound when fully grown!
2. Nobody really knows where these little dogs originated. Some researchers believe Chihuahuas were developed in Egypt over 3000 years ago. Others believe these dogs have decended from the Ancient Techichi dogs of the Toltec civilization who became a symbol of the upper class to the Aztecs. The only known fact about Chihuahuas origins is that sometime in the 19th century, they were discovered in and around Chihuahua, Mexico by American tourists who fell in love with them and brought them home to the US.
3. Chis can be born with either short or long coats. This variation in coat type is a unique fact about Chihuahuas. The short-haired Chi requires little grooming but will need a wardrobe to help protect her from catching chill. The long-haired Chi does need regular brushing to keep her coat free of mats and tangles.
4. Chihuahuas are companion pets. Unlike many breeds who were developed for hunting or herding, the Chihuahua breed was developed solely as a companion animal and does this job very well.
5. They have a "soft spot." One unique Chihuahua fact is that, similar to newborn humans, these precious pups have a soft spot on the top of their skulls known as a molera.
6. Chihuahuas are a Toy Breed. According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), the Chihuahua is part of the Toy Breed category along with Shi Tzu, Pug, Pomeranian, Pomeranian and several other small dogs.
7. Chis are fragile. Little dogs have little bones and one sad fact about Chihuahuas is that they are easily injured. A common injury for these sweet dogs is a luxation of the patella. In laymen's terms, it is not uncommon for a Chihuahua to dislocate their kneecap usually when jumping off beds or other high surfaces in the home. Another common injury is damage to the trachea. These bitty dogs should only be led with a harness to protect their fragile throats.
8. A Chihuahua is a Chihuahua! A fun fact about Chihuahuas is that they come in many shapes, sizes, and colors but they are ALL still Chihuahuas! Whether a "tea-cup" size or a "standard" size; whether apple-head or deer-head; whether long-haired or short-haired – there is only one Chihuahua breed.
9. Dog is god backwards. According to some Mexican folklore, Chihuahuas were associated with the worship of deities in ancient times. In present day America, they are simply worshiped as the special friends they are.
10. I like big brains, and I cannot lie! It is a proven Chihuahua fact that, in body to brain ratios, these little dogs have the biggest brain of any other breed. This will come as no surprise to dedicated Chi lovers who know just how smart and clever their little dog can be!
11. These tiny dogs can have huge litters! Chis have been known to have as many as ten pups in a single litter. That is a lot of puppies for such a small mother!
12. Chihuahuas are very loyal. It is a fact about Chihuahuas that they can be the most loyal of companions; perhaps sometimes almost too loyal! These little dogs with huge hearts bond very deeply with one person and can become overly protective and possessive of this person if care is not taken to socialize them well.
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14. Chihuahuas must live in doors. There are many dogs that are perfectly happy living in the back yard as long as they get plenty of attention from their family. Chis can not live outside, even in the mildest climates. These little dogs are too fragile to survive outside and must live indoors with your where she would prefer to be pampered and cuddled all day.
15. Save money and a life! It is a sad fact about Chihuahuas that there are thousands of them in shelters waiting to be adopted. Shelter pups are healthy, sweet, and ended up in the shelter for no fault of their own. When you rescue a Chihuahua from a shelter you are saving her life and she will always be grateful for this fact!


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Use this procedure to unmirror a file system that can be unmounted while the system is running. To unmirror root (/), /var, /usr, or swap, or any other file system that cannot be unmounted while the system is running. see How to Unmirror a File System That Cannot Be Unmounted.
Make sure that you have root privilege and that you have a current backup of all data.
Verify that at least one submirror is in the Okay state.
# metastat
Unmount the file system.
# umount /home
Detach the submirror that will continue to be used for the file system
For more information, see the metadetach(1M) man page.
# metadetach d1 d10
Clear the mirror and remaining subcomponents.
For more information, see the metaclear(1M)
# metaclear -r d1
Edit the /etc/vfstab file to use the component detached in Step 5, if necessary.
Remount the file system.
# metastat d4 d4: Mirror Submirror 0: d2 State: Okay Submirror 1: d3 State: Okay ... # umount /opt # metadetach d4 d2 d4: submirror d2 is detached # metaclear -r d4 d4: Mirror is cleared d3: Concat/Stripe is cleared (Edit the /etc/vfstab file so that the entry for /opt is changed from d4 to the underlying slice or volume) # mount /opt
In this example, the /opt filesystem is made of a two-way mirror named d4; its submirrors are d2 and d3, made of slices /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 and /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0, respectively. The metastat command verifies that at least one submirror is in the "Okay" state. (A mirror with no submirrors in the "Okay" state must be repaired first.) The file system is unmounted then submirror d2 is detached. The metaclear -r command deletes the mirror and the other submirror, d3.
Next, the entry for /opt in the /etc/vfstab file is changed to reference the underlying slice. For example, if d4 were the mirror and d2 the submirror, the following line:
/dev/md/dsk/d4 /dev/md/rdsk/d4 /opt ufs 2 yes -
should be changed to:
/dev/md/dsk/d2 /dev/md/rdsk/d2 /opt ufs 2 yes -
By using the submirror name, you can continue to have the file system mounted on a volume. Finally, the /opt file system is remounted.
By using d2 instead of d4 in the /etc/vfstab file, you have unmirrored the mirror. Because d2 consists of a single slice, you can mount the file system on the slice name (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0) if you do not want the device to support a volume.


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DAY 15 – Favorite Rose Moment
Rose As Lady Cassandra
My favorite Rose moment technically wasn't a Rose Moment at all. It was more of a Billie Piper moment. It was the moment I realized what a wonderful actress she actually is. When Lady Cassandra, the "last human," possesses Rose's body in "New Earth," we see the mousey, average Rose turn into a sultry, sarcastic version of herself; a version who's funny and who gets to kiss The Doctor!
And then there's the part where Cassandra (in Rose's body), having temporarily occupied the body of a human plague victim and learned the error of her ways, agrees to finally die in the body of her aid, Chip, and we see an even deeper performance from Piper that impressed me greatly. "New Earth" was one of my favorite episodes, and Billie Piper as Rose was one of my favorite things about it.
Also, Rose kisses The Doctor. Hot, right?


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Air Force Reveals Satellite Rescue After Launch Flub
The military kept a launch mistake under wraps for more than year, but now the story's being told: The Air Force came very close to losing a nearly $2 billion communications satellite.
FOX News Radio's Chris Stanley has more:
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It took 14 months, but Air Force ground controllers were able to delicately rescue the first of six satellites in a $14 billion system designed to upgrade the military's communications capacity. The launch in 2010 left that first satellite in the wrong orbit and useless. But a rescue plan was devised - a dangerous one - using two weaker propulsion systems, that could have caused the satellite to explode.
Those stems had to be fired hundreds of times, the satellite dodging space junk, until it was finally in the right orbit. The Air Force, only talking about this now, and admitting the problem may have been a piece of cloth left in a critical fuel line during manufacture.
Chris Stanley, FOX News Radio.


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2014 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Luxury Sedan Receives 40 mpg EPA Estimated Combined Fuel Economy
September 29, 2013 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
The first luxury brand to introduce a hybrid vehicle nearly 10 years ago, Lexus continues its hybrid leadership by offering five models powered by the innovative Hybrid Synergy Drive. The latest addition, the ES 300h, debuted for 2013 as the first-ever ES hybrid.
Lexus Captivates Audiences with the 2013 ES Marketing Campaign
September 5, 2012 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
TORRANCE, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2012) — Lexus is launching a compelling and progressive marketing campaign to introduce the 2013 Lexus ES, its top-selling sedan. The entirely new ES represents the latest step forward in Lexus design — including next-generation technologies in connectivity and safety, as well as the first-ever ES hybrid.
All-New, First-Ever 2013 ES 300h Enhances Lexus Hybrid Line-Up With EPA Estimated Fuel Economy of 40 MPG City
August 23, 2012 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
The 2013 model year marks the sixth generation of the Lexus ES luxury sedan and the introduction of the first-ever, ES 300h with Lexus Hybrid Drive. The ES 300h features the signature Lexus spindle grille, a progressive new design and enhanced handling.


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The Chrysostom Bible Commentary Series is not so much in honor of John Chrysostom as it is to continue and promote his legacy as an interpreter of the biblical texts for preaching and teaching God's congregation. In this volume, the author, Paul Nadim Tarazi, notes the importance of the placement of Hebrews in the canon, which together with Romans, "bracketed [Paul's] literary corpus of fourteen epistles between two magisterial letters-Romans, addressed to the residents of the capital of the Gentile Roman empire, and Hebrews, addressed to the Jews who were still dreaming of the restoration of the earthly Jerusalem that was destroyed by the Romans...However, God's city is not, as it was assumed by the Jews, the earthly Jerusalem that lay subjugated by Rome, but rather the 'Jerusalem above' (Gal 4:26), the heavenly city of Zion, toward which the believers are heading."
The Chrysostom Bible - Hebrews by Paul Nadim Tarazi was published by Ocabs Press in June 2014. The ISBN for The Chrysostom Bible - Hebrews is 9781601910257.
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Installing CyanogenMod 10 on Nexus 7
Although Nexus 7 is a relatively new tablet, its compatible CyanogenMod 10 ROM has already been developed and is working quite smoothly, reports claim. CyanogenMod 10 serves Google the dual purpose of appeasing the developers and creating a niche for its own devices. Naturally, Nexus 7, being a Google gadget, was bound to get a CynaogenMod upgrade sooner or later. With the ROM working in pace with its powerful Tegra 3 quad-core processor, this new avatar of Nexus 7 has satisfied even the most nitpicky of critics.
Handset Compatibility
Google Nexus 7
ClockworkMod Recovery should be installed in the tablet. Keep the gadget fully charged so that it does not shut down halfway through the process.
Do not use the guide for any other device as that may lead to temporary or permanent damage to the device. Different tablets may react differently to the installation process. Some may produce undesired changes, so use the guide at your own risk. The guide is strictly for educational and promotional purposes, so some glitches may appear in the subsequent software.
Installation Procedure
1. Download CyanogenMod 10 ROM and Google Apps Package.
2. Back up all your important data. Even personal data like text messages, contacts, MMS, WiFi passwords should be backed up because you can never predict exactly which data will be wiped off by the installation and what will be spared. For best results, use cloud integration.
3. Copy the downloaded files to the tablet's microSD card.
4. Turn off the tablet and then boot into ClockworkMod Recovery (Press and hold down Volume Up, Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously).
5. Make a NANDroid backup of the existing ROM; in case the new one doesn't work, you can revert back to your old trusty ROM. Select Backup and Restore, choose Backup in the next screen. After it completes, go back to the main recovery main menu.
6. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset (click on Yes to confirm on the next screen).
7. Select Install ZIP from SD card, after which you have to browse and select the CyanogenMod 10 ROM file that you have saved in the SD card. Click Yes on the next screen to confirm.
8. Repeat previous step to install the Google Apps Package ZIP file that you had saved in the SD card.
9. Once installation completes, go back to the main recovery menu by choosing the Go Back.
10. Reboot your Google Nexus 7 by selecting Reboot System Now to enjoy all the perks of the new CyanogenMod 10 ROM.
Androidfirm or the writer is no way responsible for any damage caused to your handset during installation.
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Purchasing New Kitchen Appliances
If you're in the market for a renovation or kitchen remodel, then you've definitely considered upgrading your old kitchen appliances. You can spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on new equipment. Most people migrate immediately to Stainless Steel as the hottest item out there but these sexy appliances don't always fit into everyone's budget. […]
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By Kathleen Day
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 11, 2005; Page A05
Republican leaders in Congress began clearing the way yesterday for swift passage of legislation backed by the credit card industry and opposed by consumer groups that would make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy.
Congress has tried repeatedly in recent years to pass similar legislation in what would be the most significant change in bankruptcy law in more than a quarter of a century. Twice in the last seven years, bankruptcy bills have passed both the House and Senate, only to face ultimate defeat. In one case, President Bill Clinton refused to sign the legislation, saying it was unfair to consumers. In 2002, House Republicans initially backed the bill but then voted it down after an amendment was attached that sought to prevent individuals from using bankruptcy to shield them from fines imposed for illegal antiabortion protests.
Now two nearly identical bills have been introduced in Congress in the last week that are essentially the same as what House and Senate negotiators worked out in the last Congress, but lacking the controversial abortion amendment. The absence of the amendment, plus the Republican leadership's decision to begin deliberation now, early in the legislative cycle, has industry officials and lawmakers hoping a bill can become law within weeks.
"The timing of bringing it up now, that's a critical difference," said Edward L. Yingling of the American Bankers Association. The Republican majority in Congress has had the votes to overcome opposition but until now lacked time to combat the procedural delays opponents have used to stall the legislation, he said.
Lobbyists for the credit card industry say the legislation is needed to close loopholes that make it too easy for people to wipe out their debts when they could repay some of them.
Consumer advocates say it would allow some rich debtors to continue to hide wealth through homeownership while bankruptcy relief would be denied to many people with low or moderate incomes who have fallen on hard times because of illness, job loss or divorce. They say credit card companies must share the blame for increased bankruptcies because they aggressively market products and inadequately disclose how interest rates and penalty fees mount up. For example, eliminating a $1,000 credit card balance paid off at a rate of 2 percent a month and carrying an interest rate of 17 percent would take 88 months, or more than seven years.
"Our overall concern is that this isn't a balanced bill," said Travis Plunkett, spokesman for the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit consumer research and advocacy group. "There isn't a single curb on abusive lending practices by credit card companies in these bills."
He said he finds the industry's claim it needs bankruptcy reform puzzling because credit card issuers "continue to offer credit to Americans in record amounts" and have reported, as a group, one of their most profitable years in more than a decade.
Jeff Tassey, a lead lobbyist for the financial industry, said the companies he represents know health-care costs and divorce contribute to many bankruptcies, but he disputes they are driving factors. If medical costs were to blame, bankruptcy rates would not fluctuate so wildly around the country, he said.
Under current law, individuals filing under Chapter 7 can wipe out their debts if they agree to give up most of their assets, excluding in most cases their house and other essentials. They do not have to prove insolvency, but a court can deny them bankruptcy status if a judge thinks the law is being abused.
The American Bankruptcy Institute, a nonpartisan research and education organization, says about 3 percent of people who file under Chapter 7 could afford to repay a portion of their debt under a court-supervised plan if they filed under Chapter 13, which requires some payment. Lobbyists for the credit card industry say the figure is closer to 10 percent.
Under the proposed law, those filing for bankruptcy would have to undergo a two-step test outlined in a formula that permits judges little leeway. It would force an estimated 30,000 to 100,000 people a year who now seek protection under Chapter 7 to instead make some repayment under Chapter 13.
The legislation would make it harder for, but would not eliminate the ability of, wealthy people to hide assets during bankruptcy by buying expensive houses in states such as Texas or Florida, which currently provide broad exemptions for homes.
And it would require more disclosure by lenders about the pitfalls of paying minimum balances, though far short of what consumer groups and Democrats had pushed for.
Lenders would have to provide toll-free telephone numbers where consumers could get more information about how long it would take to pay off a bill by making minimum monthly payments. They also would have to include printed information in monthly bills warning customers of extra costs incurred by paying minimum charges. The credit card industry killed efforts to force companies to disclose exactly how much extra interest consumers would pay.
"This legislation eliminates some of the opportunities for abuse that exist under the current system," Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the chief champion of the bill, said yesterday during Judiciary Committee hearings.
Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said the committee will vote on the bill next week. It will then go to the full Senate for a vote.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) introduced a similar bill yesterday. He has said he will wait for the Senate to act before proceeding. President Bush has said he will sign the legislation.


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bhutan film makers at open doors, locarno 2016
Open Doors programme, Festival del film Locarno, will start discovering the diverse cinematographic landscape of South Asia. During 3 years, 2016 -2018, the programme will cover among other countries Bhutan.
Tashi Gyeltshen and Kinley Tshering are invited for the Open Doors Hub 2016, Jigme Lhendup for the Open Doors Lab 2016. Dechen Roder's short feature 'Lo Sum Choe Sum' will be screened at the Open Doors Screening in August 2016 together with 'A forgotten story' – Tashi Gyeltshen and 'Monk in the Forrest' – Karma Wangchuck.
The Bhutan film trust is official partners of Open Doors. Henk de Jong and Erica Sluyters, Bhutan Film Trust will attend the Industry filmmarket at Locarno and have supported the Open Door Team.
The Bhutan film trust is a bhutan+partners initiative and coordinated from the Netherlands till end of 2016.


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American Century Celebrity Golf Championship is happening July 17-22 in Lake Tahoe. It's the first time in tournament history, Korbel will host a $250,000 Hole-in-One contest.
Also make sure you tune in for the "Celebrity Spray-Off," which encourages players to show off their champagne-spraying skills. Today on Indy Style co-host Andi Hauser and Tracy Forner gave it their best shot, if you will, but not before learning how to make two drinks using Korbel. Brittany Gilbert, How-to-Hostess, says even if your not a fan of golf, "Sometimes you get need an excuse to have a party."
Korbel Sparkling Eagle
4 oz. Korbel Brut California Champagne
1 oz. Lemonade
1 oz. Melon Liqueur
In rocks glass add 4 ounces chilled Korbel Brut California Champagne, 1 ounce chilled lemonade and 1 ounce Melon Liqueur and garnish with a maraschino cherry.
Korbel Long Drive recipe
3 oz. Korbel Brut California Champagne
2 oz. Lemonade
1 oz. Blue Curacao
In a tall glass add ice and Korbel, Lemonade, and Blue Curacao. Garnish with orange wedge and favorite stir stick to complete the drink.
Popcorn Bar
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- Popcorn
- Seasonings:
o Cheesey Jalapeño
o White Cheddar
o Milk Chocolate Caramel
o Bacon Cheddar
o Kettle Corn
S'mores Bar
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- Graham Crackers
- Marshmallows
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Google is seemingly trying to re-base the Android OS on the Linux 3.8 kernel and engineers over at Google have been busy coding modifications on top of the kernel making it friendlier for Android use. The Android maker is still maintaining different kernel versions – 3.0, 3.3 and 3.4 and with Android Jelly Bean shipping with Linux 3.0 as its base, intentions behind the new 'experimental' code are still not clear.
Enthusiasts are expecting the arrival of Android 5.0 "Key Lime Pie" in the next few months and this could possible see the release of first Android version based on Linux 3.8 Kernel.


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