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Welcome To Cosmo And Midge's Papillon Home Page :Introducing The Butterfly Dogs !
Poems And Prose About Papillons
Cosmo The Papillon Joan Ross 2004
Some people shake their fingers and cluck their tongues cause I came from a pet shop , no special breeder
was found
But my mom was very lucky, I was healthy and grew with leaps and bounds
My fur is silky soft , somewhat short, and my wispy ear fringes don't touch my feet
But my Papillon personality is so special and my six pound overall looks really can't be beat.
I am stopped by many who tell me I am so incredibly adorable They scoop me up and kiss me and
want to take me home, how horrible !
I am very smart, obedient too- plus so many tricks I know so well,
I can dance and twirl, jump through hoops and even push a toy shopping cart, oh well !
But most of all, I love people; I will kiss ,lick and wiggle ;
I am Cosmo, The Papillon, and I make just about every kid giggle !!!
Mom tells me I am a cutie, You better believe it She even has my name on her license plate to prove
it !
TRIBUTES TO PAPILLONS written by Joan
Ross 6/2003
Look at me! I am a Papillon. My alert eyes are big, brown and expressive. My head and
muzzle are small and my face is so sweet. My large ears are upright and shaped like butterfly wings I come in pleasing
colors of black, red, and sable- all with white I almost look like a gremlin! My breed is becoming very popular. You
will fall in love with me, I'm sure
Look at me! I am always happy and quite active. Mostly quiet; I bark to alert Hold
me tight ; I love you so Take me everywhere ; I am your life long companion Teach me agility or how to be a therapy
dog I learn so fast; I love to please I am a little dog with a BIG heart Everyday, Life is an adventure as long
as we are together !
Dedicated To MY Cosmo written by Cosmo's
mom, Joan Ross
My sweet Cosmo with frilly ears and fluffy tail, I love you so My sweet butterfly doggie with eyes
so brite and pink soft tongue,I watch you grow My sweet doggie soul so gentle and sweet with tiny rabbit like feet
My sweet Cosmo ,so agile ,so happy and so eager I am glad you came into my life My sweet Papillon, we will fly
together and share Life's adventures
Hi, The poem below on your page, Papillons Are, was written by my son, Jared, when he was ten years
old. I'm glad you enjoyed it. He really did a good job, didn't he? I am a proud mother of his work. Deb
Deb Cawley http://www.aislinnpapillons.com
PAPILLONS ARE: This lovely poem was sent
to me by a fan of Cosmo and fully describes Paps. Written by Jared Cawley.
Butterfly dogs with long silky hair Feathery tails that float through the air Givers of kisses,
with warm wet noses That warm your soul right down to your toe-ses Pretty little dogs that are so smart They love
their masters with all their hearts. Loaded with charm, intelligence and ability, They sail with ease through obedience
and agility White and sable, white and red, And sometimes mismarked we dread, Cute little tri's and black and
white And with eyes that shine so bright. A warm little body with a great big heart From their masters they never
want to be apart, They'll love you forever until their life ends, Forever and ever they'll be your best friend. written
by Jared Cawley age 10
A Papillon's Universal Mother's Day Wish Joan
Ross, 2004
Mom, I love you dearly , deeply and unconditional. You hold me so tight against you and I feel
your love.
I look into your eyes and see your human kindness and wisdom. And I am so glad I am yours ; I feel
so secure.
I want to be your special butterfly now and always. Let's fly together in Life's adventures.
As long as we have each other, even the dark days will be sunny. I'll lick your tears away; I'll
kiss away your heartaches.
Happy Mother's Day today and forever Your loving Papillon
Be My Forever Papillon Joan Ross 2004
My sweet, soft, tiny puppy lays on my lap, Its little head rests on my hand. And its bright shiny
eyes look up towards me. How I love you my little butterfly. You look so fragile. Stay with me forever
You follow me everywhere and everything is an adventure, I need to protect you my butterfly child
since the world is such a big place. I take sticks, grass and pine cones, away from you. Please don't eat them. Stay
with me forever.
You grow so fast. I am amazed how much you have learned. Agility, obedience and fetch and play....
You kiss and wiggle whenever you meet someone new. You love them too but I love you more. Stay with me forever.
It amazes me how loyal you are. You bark to alert and often growl softly when in my bed at night.
You lick my arms and legs then sigh, curl into a ball and go to sleep. You are so funny when you do the zoomies and
all those other Papillon things. Please stay with me forever
Your muzzle sprouts a few gray hairs now and sometimes you rest more. But alertness and love still
shines from your soft brown eyes. My butterfly dog please grow old with me We still have many things to do and see
Be my Forever Papillon and stay with me forever
On Butterfly Wings Ilse Anderson 2004
For Renee on the tragic deaths of her two beloved Papillons
A Prince and a Princess Together they run In fields and great meadows In the Land of the
They frolic They dance Their feet free of weight They even do zoomies Behind Heaven's
The Prince looks quite often Back down at the Earth His Princess beside him So bright and
They look at their Kingdom Now heavy with pain The heart of their master Is feeling the
They wish they could take All her sorrow away To make her heart lighter With each passing
They wish she could see them In God's special place It would make her smile And dry tears
from her face.
For right here in Heaven There is no despair Only peace and contentment A life without
For right here in Heaven There never is night The sun never sets And the fields are so
The meadows are green Filled with blossoms that sing And on each little flower A butterfly
Someday they will send her A king and a queen To restore the old kingdom With laughter
A Prince and a Princess Together they run In fields and great meadows Where Life's just
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This Beverage Company Is Overflowing with Potential
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If you are anything like the nearly 50% of the American population who consumes at least one soda per day, then it should come as no surprise that the competition in the soft drink industry is blatantly fierce. A casual stroll down the soft drink aisle at the local grocer or a panoramic glimpse of the convenience store's coolers demonstrates the immense variety of competitors. Copious amounts of capital are allocated to marketing within these companies in hopes of getting the final consumer to reach for the red label over the blue one, so one must ask, how in the world does a company differentiate themselves in such a crowded space? Well, SodaStream (NASDAQ: SODA) is making a strong case that they have the answer to that question.
For those who might not be familiar with the company, SodaStream employs the razor and blades business model with their carbonating beverage machine, powered by replaceable CO2 cartridges, that utilizes a variety of syrups to produce beverages ranging from sparkling water to green tea to cola. For years this company has been ridiculed as a "faddish" product, relatable to the family margarita maker collecting dust in the garage, but yet the numbers that they continue to pump out each quarter prove those statements laughable. In their most recent quarter, SODA reported a strong year over year increase in revenues of 49%, comprised of increased sales in Soda Maker Units, Flavor Units and CO2 Refill Units of 31%, 76% and 19%, respectively. This is no anomaly for SodaStream, though. With the exception of a minor blip in Q1 of 2011, the company has realized 15 consecutive quarters of revenue growth--that doesn't sound like the trend of a company who's going out of style.
The fact that SodaStream has grown earnings at a rate of 67% YoY in the face of monstrous competition from the likes of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) also speaks volumes. These are hugely established companies that have seen the insides of more refrigerators than Cheech and Chong, and they salivate over any opportunity to steal the slightest bit of market share with their billions of dollars in free cash flow, therefore SodaStream's persistent growth definitely has something to say about its moat widening as well. SodaStream is only in the infantile stages of market infiltration and being welcomed with open arms thus far bodes well for the company moving forward.
Despite the rapidly growing numbers that SodaStream continues to present to investors, the market is still highly doubtful of its potential. Even after a 12% rally in the last week, the company is currently only valued at a P/E of 22, performance going forward at a .63 PEG and an alleged mob of coke swigging polar bears has congregated to form a 60% short interest in the stock. However, if SODA continues pouring up these numbers, it could very well be a sweet opportunity that won't be going flat any time soon.
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2.2.1 Changes - Hyperlinks in IE and Reordering the tree
20 March 2008 at 3:17pm
Hi there,
We have a client whose site was developed in using an older version of SS but was upgraded before launch.
I wasn't the developer in charge of this one, so this is mainly my first exposure to the system as the other developer is away for a few weeks.
Our client has raised two questions about things they have noticed change in the upgrade:
1. In IE7, when adding content to a page - If you go to add a hyperlink by selecting the text and clicking the "chain" icon in the editor, you get the link toolbar popup on the right. As soon as you set the focus of any control in that sidebar, the text in the content box is deselected. This makes adding hyperlinks totally impossible and seems to be a bug. It works fine in FF, and I have installed a fresh copy of SS as a test, and the problem still exists in default setup.
2. They claim that before, drag and drop reordering was possible on all items in the tree (I havn't seen the old version so can't confirm). But now, you can only activate reordering when creating a new page it seems. Am I missing something? It seems a bit silly to be only able to reorder existing pages by creating a new one, so I'm guessing I am missing something.
Any help with the above two?
Re: 2.2.1 Changes - Hyperlinks in IE and Reordering the tree
25 March 2008 at 10:36am
Really? Noone else has come across these issues? Or is the community for this particular CMS largely inactive at the moment?
#1 seems to be a pretty bad bug so I am very surprised if no-one else has had this problem, although I can find nothing in the Bug Tracker or forums. I have downloaded and installed 3 copies of SS and all have the same issues.
Community Member
787 Posts
Re: 2.2.1 Changes - Hyperlinks in IE and Reordering the tree
25 March 2008 at 11:26am
#1 is indeed a huge bug. As a matter of fact, I advise my clients to use FF for SS work anyway, because IE7's javascript performance sucks so friggin'hard.
Seems there's already a patch for it :
#2 will be resolved in version 2.2.2 (check out the latest RC)
Community Member
470 Posts
Re: 2.2.1 Changes - Hyperlinks in IE and Reordering the tree
25 March 2008 at 11:31am
I just tested on a development install I have and can confirm the issue even with the latest rc version.
The community isn't super active by any means, so at times it can be frustrating when waiting for feedback.
Personally I love the concept of SS and a lot of the fundamentals of it, but I can't deploy it on a live site for any of my clients. There are numerous issues with it like this, and performance isn't up to par with my expectations. I have no doubt that in the future I'll be using it, but I've been playing the waiting game for the past few months. The latest rc build is getting there, but not quiet yet.
Re: 2.2.1 Changes - Hyperlinks in IE and Reordering the tree
25 March 2008 at 11:50am Last edited: 25 March 2008 12:09pm
Thanking both of you.
LeeUmm - thanks for the heads up on community activity. I was curious as this is my first outing with the system and on these forums.
I spent a small chunk of the easter weekend doing SS tutorials and I have to agree with what you say about the concept of the SS system. I come from a Drupal background and Silverstipe's datamodel just seems to be a pleasure to use for building custom plugins in comparison so far.
The backend is a winner too. Many of our clients have been Joomla users in the past and they are largely blown away with the SS admin. (except for a few comments on speed - 50+ JS files doing all that pretty work)
Fuzz10 - I recommend FF to absolutely all clients, however some are not in a position to switch, most are simply resistant to change. In fact I've only ever been able to fully "convert" one client in 5 years of web dev.
I will try that patch, and checkout 2.2.2, and failing that - insist to the client that FF is the only option in the interim.
[edit] Did ask about #2 again but then re-read Fuzz10's post[/edit]
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On Campus: News and Notes
Southwestern University Family Days 2005
Parents get to know their Students Home Away from Home
On February 1820, Southwestern held its annual Family Days weekend. The weekend is an opportunity for friends and family of enrolled students to visit Southwestern and see students at their home away from home. This years Family Days included a variety of discussions, presentations, receptions and artistic events.
Friday evening also featured a performance of Hair, this semesters theatrical production from the Sarofim School of Fine Arts. One parent in attendance commented, Our son was reluctant to go with us, but we prevailed and all very much enjoyed the performance. There was not an average soloist in the groupsuch talent! Our compliments to the director.
On Saturday, several members of the Southwestern faculty addressed the family and friends in attendance. Sunday included a parents forum. I do think the parents forum is helpful especially for parents of newer students. By this time of year, with a semester behind them, parents have identified new questions and/or concerns about their students life at Southwestern, noted one audience member.
Overall the consensus from parent feedback indicates that Family Days 2005 was informative and meaningful. When asked why this opportunity is so valuable, one parent responded, Having the opportunity to spend time with and get to know our students friends, meeting faculty and meeting the administration is priceless and remains crucial to knowing our students home away from home.
SU Tsunami Relief
This semester, Southwestern students, faculty and staff joined people from all over the world by coming together to aid victims of the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami disaster. Senior Aaron Mutnik, who designed t-shirts for the efforts, said, I was driving across Texas during winter break as the story of the tsunami spread through the news. As the trip progressed, the newspaper headlines at the gas stations kept showing more and more counts of victims. I guess it was at that point that the magnitude of the crisis hit me.
Southwesterns efforts began simply, with some students setting up a donation collection jar in the McCombs Concourse. They followed by selling custom designed t-shirts from Mutnikrepresenting Kappa Chi. All proceeds from the t-shirt salesnow on back order because of high demandgo to the relief effort. Additionally, Sophomore Katelyn Jones, with the help of several Southwestern fraternities, organized a campus blood drive.
Southwestern students raised a total of $3,779.42 for the victims of the tsunami. The funds will be divided between the Red Cross and UNICEF. Students remain busy setting up future events to continue supporting the relief effort and will hold a craft auction hosted by Operation Achievement.
Pakistani Artist Saira Wasim Teaches Mughal Painting at SU
A nearly lost art form is revived
Internationally renowned Mughal painter Saira Wasim recently visited Southwestern to instruct students in the art and practice of Mughal painting. Wasim taught the tedious process for creating the miniature paintings in the Mughal tradition, which entails mixing small amounts of gouache paint in tiny white sea shells and using very fine brushes. They sat on cushions on the floor, as one would work in Pakistan. Each student completed a self-portrait in the Mughal tradition by the end of the multi-session workshop.
Wasim describes this rich history of Mughal artistry, saying, Miniature Painting is the traditional art form of the Asian Sub-Continent. The origin dates back to the 16th century, but unfortunately, after the Indo-Pak independence, the rich tradition of Miniature Painting completely stopped for many years, and only reproduction of the master painters was practiced without understanding the essence of its school of thought. Wasim and other young artists have achieved great success reviving the tradition, and her pieces have been purchased by a number of art institutions around the world. A collection of Wasims work was on display in the SSFA Gallery from February through March.
SU Players Explore the Generation Gap in Hair
Southwestern production lifts up musical element and stays on message
The original production of Hair was groundbreaking because it was one of the first musicals to incorporate rock music into the score and because it did not have a plot, per se. The production also represented a clashing of generations, as the world was changing in style, taste, ethics and morals, remembers Desi Roybal, assistant professor of theatre and resident scenic advisor.
Hair has always been a controversial production, and over the years the audience began to expect certain things, most notably the infamous nude scene. In Southwesterns production, the cast decided against doing the scene because it had almost become the plays identity, and we wanted to focus more on the musical aspect and not reduce the show to only one scene, says Trey Deason, a junior theatre arts major. For other student actors, such as first-year Casey McAuliffe, shows like Hair are fun because they are controversial and more edgy.
The tribethe cast of characterswas able to create a world within a world for the production. The stage changed with the iconography the tribe used and evolved with the show. In the end, the audience was left with what the tribe had created. For Roybal, creating the stage for the Universitys production proved to be a rather large undertaking, but fully worth the effort. He says, We had to be conscious of the audience members all around the stage, but, more importantly, We wanted the audience to see that the world on stage is in conflict with the world around it. By all accounts, they succeeded.
Students Receive ASIANetwork Freeman Grant
An undergraduate research team from Southwestern was recently awarded a Freeman Student Faculty Fellows grant from the ASIANetwork. The grant supports three weeks of research in Tokyo, Japan, during the summer of 2005. The recipients include Alisa Gaunder, assistant professor of political science, and five students: Chris Bailey, Tyson Berger, Sarah Morris, Lissa Terrel and Grace Webster. According to Gaunder, The project will deepen the students initial study of Japanese politics, allowing students to use firsthand experience to test theories of policy-making and leadership that they have learned about in class.
Students will examine the roles of prime ministers, party leaders, prominent female politicians and political activists, as well as Japans leadership role in the international arena. They will also interview academics, activists and politicians to help formulate conclusions regarding the types of leaders that influence Japans policy-making process.
This research opportunity will increase the students understanding of how Japans political system functions. Additionally, Southwesterns new Asian Studies program will benefit significantly from the opportunity to examine Japanese political leadership firsthand. Some participating students will submit research to scholarly journals and the Universitys Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Further information on this grant is available at: www.asianetwork.org/freeman/2005sff.html
First Annual Latina/o Heritage Symposium
Students organize exploration and celebration of Latina/o culture and identity
Southwesterns first annual Latina/o Heritage Symposium was held on March 4 and 5. The symposium featured keynote speakers Cordelia Candelaria and Maria Lugones. Southwestern faculty Alejandro de Acosta and Daniel Castro also delivered addresses during the course of the weekend. Issues tackled during the symposium ranged from drug prevention for youth to Tejanos vs. the Texas education system.
Each night culminated with a Latin American cultural event. Friday concluded with a lively performance from popular Latino performers Grupo Fantasma. Ballet Folklórico closed out the Heritage Symposium with a performance of Cuicoyan.
The goal of the Latina/o Heritage Symposium is to create a space at Southwestern University to foster meaningful dialogue through thought-provoking workshops on the construction of Latina/o identity. Students seemed to get what the organizers were trying to accomplish. Jackie Diaz, a student at Southwestern, said, It was really exciting to be learning about and discuss ideas, beliefs and attitudes that are uniquely Latina/o.
Southwestern students Isabel Casas, Benjamin Maldonado and Iliana Sosa were largely responsible for coordinating the symposium. Notes Sosa, I feel that by addressing issues such as Latina/o identity, immigration issues, the education system and other important topics, we can bridge the acute alienation that continues to stratify not only Latinos, but other cultures as well, from the rest of the dominant society.
President Schrum Joins Students and Faculty in International On-Line Conference
President Jake Schrum and Bill Powers, dean of the University of Texas School of Law, were featured speakers at the Business as an Agent of World Benefit (BAWB) Second Annual Global Online Conference on Feb. 24-25, 2005. President Schrums address, entitled Developing Bright, Moral and Courageous People, discussed the need for and the role of liberal arts education in shaping business towards long-term, sustainable, globally responsible success.
The conference used the Internet as a medium to bring teachers, administrators, business leaders and social change agents from around the world together in a single virtual space. Prerecorded and continuously available audio and visual presentations allowed conference participants to engage talks at their leisure.
During the live chat sessions, participants were able to discuss content with presenters, as one would during a round-table discussion at a traditional conference. The conference brought in participants from over 30 countries.
Mary Grace Neville, assistant professor of economics and business, says, Our objective was to significantly broaden our reach beyond the U.S. networks in which the BAWB project is already linked. One direct benefit to Southwestern is increasing the number of potential Global Pen Pals, business leaders and academics of non-American culture and ethnicity who are willing to be available for SU students learning about business cultures beyond our own. Neville coordinated the Universitys involvement with the BAWB.


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Senate Democrats are staging a dramatic anti-war vote this week, with moderates collaborating behind closed doors on legislation that could call on President Bush to rethink his war strategy.
Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday that members will decide whether to cut off money for the Iraq war next year, as well as consider a softer proposal calling for troops to leave this fall. The two measures would be offered as amendments to a water projects funding bill to be debated this week.
The votes, expected by Wednesday, will probably fall short of the 60-vote threshold usually needed to advance controversial legislation. But they will help Reid, D-Nev., test the Senate's political waters at a time when the Democratic caucus is divided on how far Congress should go to end the war.
"These are important votes," said Reid spokesman Rodell Mollineau. "This will give members an opportunity to debate these issues and have up-or-down votes" on whether to end the war.
Earlier this month, Bush vetoed a $124 billion supplemental bill, which would have funded the war but demanded troops begin coming home on Oct. 1.
Not having enough votes to override the veto but unwilling to back down, House Democrats last week pushed through a new bill that would fund the war only through July. That bill is unlikely to survive the Senate, where several Democrats say they do not want to appear to be turning their backs on the troops by funding combat in installments.
"On our side of the aisle, Democrats believe they should do something very, very close to what was done in the bill that was sent to the president to be vetoed," Reid said.
Accordingly, Reid and Sen. Carl Levin proposed that the Senate vote on legislation demanding troop withdrawals begin on Oct. 1 but allowing Bush to waive that requirement.
Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, called the approach the Senate's "second-best" option. "By providing for the presidential waiver, we are removing any reason for the president to veto the supplemental funding bill," he said.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush opposes the Levin amendment.
"Such timelines tie the hands of our commanders, weaken our friends, embolden our enemies and enhance the risk faced by our troops in combat," Perino said. "The bottom line is that a date for retreat is a date for retreat, and the president opposes such provisions."
Under pressure from other more liberal party members, Reid also wants to give members a chance to cut off money for combat operations after March 31, 2008. Reid co-sponsored the legislation earlier this year alongside Sen. Russ Feingold, but he said he would not push it as a caucus position.
"The American people deserve to have the Senate go on record about whether or not it wants to end our misguided mission in Iraq and safely redeploy our brave troops," said Feingold, D-Wis.
The votes come as nearly a dozen Republican senators have been discussing possible legislation on the war, including a proposal by Sen. John Warner that would call on the president to re-evaluate his Iraq strategy if the Baghdad government does not meet certain benchmarks.
"We're trying to put together a single document" that would address concerns of GOP senators, Warner, R-Va., said in an interview.
Warner said he personally backs requiring reports before the August recess and in September on the extent to which Iraqis are making progress on political and security reforms.
Warner said he wants to get a report by July at least "so members of Congress have an evaluation of that situation as they presumably go back to their respective constituencies." If the Baghdad government fails in meeting the benchmarks, "then the president is to determine whether he is to revise the strategy that he laid forward," he added.
Warner said he has been discussing the idea with the group and plans to talk about it Tuesday with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. The goal, he said, is to develop a proposal that attracts broad bipartisan support.
The list of Republicans working with Warner include Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Norm Coleman of Minnesota.
Nelson has drafted similar legislation that would go even further. If the Iraqis failed to make progress on certain political and security reforms, the U.S. would cut off reconstruction aid. Under the bill, the president could waive the restriction if he provides public justification.
Nelson's bill also would require the U.S. commander in Iraq to testify by Sept. 15 on whether Bush's troop buildup around Baghdad is working.
"The Senate needs to move forward," Nelson said. "The president has signaled he will accept reasonable benchmarks."
The alliance of Nelson and Warner and other moderates on Iraq is reminiscent of the "Gang of 14," a group of senators who in 2005 drafted a compromise to end a Senate fight on judicial nominations.
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I can see the logic on both sides of the fence–we want out of this awful war in the worst way, but it would be rather foolhardy to give the enemy a date for our withdrawal, would it not?
Perhaps the best solution would be to for Congress to rescind permission to wage this war, and then see what that leads to. That would make the war illegal, and would it then be up to them to get us out of it? I don't know any answers, but the questions continue to mount, and our participation in the war isn't going to go away without some serious work. Perhaps impeachment is the final answer.
Hi Doug Thompson,
1. Just want to let you know that my login ID is the name I am known by, everywhere and every day. Its my legal name. By the way: I have never made any incindiary comments nor have I posted conspiracy theories, even though some conspiracies are real and some are recorded by history. For instance Karl Rove conspired with Justice Department officials to suppress the Democratic vote in 2004 and 2006 elections.
2. Its high time we pulled our troops out of Iraq. The comment that setting a timeline would give "our enemy" an advantage is ridiculous. People who say this don't have a clue as to who our "enemy" is. In reality, "our enemy" is the 85% of the Iraqi people who want us out of our country. That includes Sunni and Shia Moslems as well as a tiny number who identify themselves as "Al Quaida in Iraq." Certainly there will be "a bloodbath" in Iraq when we pull out. There is a bloodbath going on NOW. It may intensify when we leave; there is nothing we can do to prevent it. No American leader is able to define "victory" in Iraq. The real victory is when we no longer have brave young Americans being killed at a rate of 100 a month and the only way that can happen is for us to leave.
Bat writes that "it would be rather foolhardy to give the enemy a date for our withdrawal, would it not?" I think not. Do you think the enemy (enemies?) would fight us harder just for the delight of punishing us, or instead let up awhile until we are gone, and then resume the civil war in earnest? Al Qaeda might feel one way (punish), and the Sunni and Shia Iraqis might feel the other way (good riddance).
The Democrats are doing exactly what Bush wants. What Bush wants above anything else is to pass the blame for a "lost" war to the Democrats.
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GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS - Episode 19
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As part of its New Communities Project, the Sue Duncan Children's Center has opened an additional campus for the first time in its 52 year history. The new Center campus is located in the Woodlawn community and housed at John Fiske Elementary School, located at 6020 S. Langley Avenue in Chicago.
Now under the leadership of Sue's son, Owen Duncan, the Center is deepening its impact by opening additional campuses in other neighborhoods that will benefit from its time-proven programming and grassroots educational approach. A third campus is being planned for the Englewood community, scheduled to open during the 2014-2015 school year.
Each new campus will duplicate the original site that has effectively served the Oakland community for over five decades by advancing thousands of children academically and socially.
Learn more about the New Communities Project at the Sue Duncan Children's Center.
We are deeply grateful to the supporters of our Fall Fête fundraiser – our most successful to date! Over $200,000 was raised to continue the Center's work to advance inner-city children academically and socially while extending its reach to more neighborhoods on Chicago's south side that will benefit from top-level educational programming.
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The focus of the evening is to celebrate the Center's outstanding track-record for transforming inner-city children academically and socially while raising funds to extend its reach to other communities in need on Chicago's south side.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights emerged from a Senate subcommittee without a recommendation Tuesday.
A motion to recommend the bill failed on a 3-3 vote, with all of the votes against the measure coming from McDonnell's fellow Republicans. The tie vote was enough to keep the measure alive for the full Privileges and Elections Committee.
The Senate action came a day after a GOP-dominated House of Delegates subcommittee killed that chamber's version of the legislation and less than a week after McDonnell made a surprise pitch for the historically Democratic-backed proposal in his State of the Commonwealth speech.
"It would give me a great deal of pride to be able to get this through this legislative session," said Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth and sponsor of the Senate proposal.
Most versions of the legislation, including the one killed in the House, called for a constitutional amendment establishing a procedure for automatic restoration of nonviolent felons' rights to vote, hold public office and serve on a jury after they served their sentences. The constitutional amendment proposed by the Senate applies only to voting rights.
Virginia is one of only two states that permanently strip all felons of their civil rights. Only the governor can restore those rights, and McDonnell has implemented an accelerated procedure that has allowed him to restore the rights of more than 4,400 felons, more than any other Virginia chief executive.
After hearing testimony from Republican Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli, the subcommittee amended the legislation to authorize the General Assembly to specify which nonviolent felonies would be covered. Cuccinelli cited voter fraud as one nonviolent felony that "strikes me as inappropriate as one for restoration."
However, he said the General Assembly has increased so many offenses from misdemeanors to felonies -- a trend known as "felony creep" -- that being a felon today is not necessarily as bad it was a century ago.
"I've never seen us lower a penalty for anything, ever," said Cuccinelli, a former state senator. For example, he noted that the General Assembly for years has rejected attempts to raise the felony threshold for theft.
"Someone steals $200 and permanently loses his voting rights. I think that's just too much," Cuccinelli said.
Republican Sen. Bryce Reeves of Fredericksburg, who voted against the measure, complained that it includes no mechanism to ensure that felons aren't facing new charges before their voting rights are restored.
McDonnell's policy director, Jeff Palmore, urged the subcommittee to endorse the legislation.
"This is something the governor feels personally very strong about," he said.
The governor still has time to twist arms, although the overwhelming rejection of the proposal by the House subcommittee suggests the odds of success are long.
If the measure does pass, it will have to be approved again by the 2014 General Assembly before going to the voters in a referendum.


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Tune Announcer
10,000 - 50,000 downloadsAdd this app to your lists
+ By SoftWyer
Tune Announcer speaks the track name and artist when playing music using the built in media players, or others that support scrobbling.
It's useful if you have a large music collection and cannot see the screen to check the names, e.g whilst exercising.
It uses the native Text-to-Speech capabilities of the device to speak. If you don't like the way it speaks, or pronounces words, then download an alternative TTS provider for your device. Try the SVOX ones, they may be better!
Tune Announcer also toasts the song details whilst speaking. Shows the album cover, track name, artist and album name. The free version only lightly toasts, about 1/3 of the time. For well done toasts, go Pro.
The details of the tune pop up are large enough to be read comfortably and safely whilst driving.
Toasts can be enabled and disabled independently of the Announcements.
Pro version is available with additional functionality:
- no adverts
- toggle widget for speech
- notification icon
- configure the application to ignore certain characters and symbols when speaking.
- well done toast
- speak album name
- free format speech mode allows you to choose what parts to say and where to place them.
- option to ignore all text in brackets when speaking.
- tasker support to enable or disable toasting and announcements
- force all speech to be in English (British)
- limited support for Google Music
- speak at the end of the track, rather than the beginning
- network based speech synthesis for a more natural speech sound
See the website for more details.
Text To Speech
Your device MUST support Text to Speech and be configured to use it. Tune Announcer won't work if you haven't configured Text to Speech. Check your Settings under Language and ensure that Text to Speech works.
For Tune Announcer to work, your music player MUST support SCROBBLING. Tune Announcer supports a variety of common scrobble formats and will work with most players that implement scrobbling. Some players require that you enable scrobbling in their settings. Furthermore, some players won't scrobble unless you install the LastFM scrobble client. Usually, it is enough just to install it, you don't always need to register with LastFM to scrobble.
Turn on Tune Announcer's debug mode and play music. If you don't get any 'toast' messages with debug scrobble information, then your music player is not scrobbling. Either change your music player's settings, or change your music player. Tune Announcer is NOT psychic, it requires the player to scrobble.
To speak, your device must have an Text-to-Speech service built in. All modern Android OS's will have this, though you may need to enable or download the speech libraries. Check your Android OS Settings under Language and Input.
NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, CONTACT THE DEVELOPERS. IT CAN'T BE FIXED IF YOU DON'T REPORT THE PROBLEM. Leaving a comment below saying it 'doesn't work' is useless and helps no-one -> we're looking at you Xperia folks in particular. If you've got time to leave a negative comment, then you've got time to email.
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+ Fix volume bugs when skipping tracks. Thanks Orchun for the report.
+ Volume should match headphone/bluetooth settings when connected/disconnected.
+ Fix install issues on older devices.
+ Major UI overhaul for settings.
+ Older Android OS versions no longer supported (pre OS4)
+ TTS Speed and Pitch options removed as they are no longer supported in later Android OS.
More details on our Google+ site https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113750147836457488590/
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Wanted to try it it looks like a cool app won't install on my phone
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The only problem I found is that I can't hear the announcement via Bluetooth in car... Volume is very low.
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Great idea. Crashes xt1080m 4.2.2 sensor player
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Why does the music stops when the screen is off? Now if i want to listen to music the screen must be on... :(
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Couldn't even get it working well enough in the test screen.Unable to get spoken text loud enough, even after cranking volume up in system and app. Also fails to speak at all sometimes.
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I would gladly pay for the Pro version if it were guaranteed to work. The free version has absolutely no consistency in either the voice or the music volume. Sometimes the voice is loud and clear, sometimes you can't hear it at all. And the Pro version is a little expensive considering the Free version does the important part. Uninstalling due to it not working correctly. (Reply to SoftWyer: I und


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Actress Lindsay Lohan claimed she handled the late Whitney Houston's body bag when she worked at the L.A. County Coroner's Office as part of her probation, but it simply isn't true.
Spies for Gossip Girl reveal Lindsay Lohan suffered an embarrassing moment at 1Oak night club in the Hamptons.
Actress Lindsay Lohan is back stateside after several weeks in Europe, and was spotted on a walk with a tattooed mystery man in the Hamptons.
Actress Lindsay Lohan claims her likeness is being used in a video game without her knowledge or permission.
NY Daily News reports Lindsay filed a suit on Wednesday against the makers of the popular Grand Theft Auto V for creating the ditzy Lacey Kunis character, which the "Mean Girls" star believes looks and sounds a lot like her.
When Lindsay Lohan's list of A-list lovers went public, James Franco was the only actor to come forward to publicly deny having slept with the actress. Now, he's backtracking a bit and telling Howard Stern what really happened.
James Franco with His Pants Down?! The Instagram Pic That Has Everyone Talking
An emotional Lindsay Lohan revealed during her reality show finale that she recently suffered a miscarriage.
Actress Lindsay Lohan is finally telling the truth about that supposed list of her A-list lovers.list of Lindsay's sexual conquests. Most of the guys – including Justin Timberlake, Zac Efron and Max George – stayed quiet, while James Franco called it "lies."
For Lindsay Lohan, attending the 2014 Coachella Music Festival probably wasn't the best place to stay sober.reports that Lohan, who left rehab eight months ago, was seen hanging out with little sister Ali and friends over the weekend... and reportedly drinking vodka.


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Features – June 2004
The Sea Kayaker's Library—Easy-to-Find Books
by Tim Sprinkle
You know, kayaking can be a real drag sometimes. From the packing, to the planning, to the weather watching, I usually end up spending more time thinking about it than actually doing it. But once you get out on that water—oh, yeah. The downtime, the preparation and the wait are all worth it. Wouldn't it be great if you could get that feeling whenever and wherever you wanted?
Below, you'll find a list of books listed chronologically by most recent printing that, in my opinion, help you do just that. These are adventure stories, travel essays and assorted explorations from the sea kayaker's perspective. From paddling the Arctic Circle to exploring the interior of New Guinea, you're sure to find something here to stir the explorer in you. And in the hands of talented paddlers/writers like Paul Theroux, Chris Duff and Don Starkel, you're getting more than just an entertaining yarn; this is a whole new breed of high-quality, exciting, sea kayaking literature. As of press time, all of these books were in print and easy to obtain through local bookstores or online shops.
Paddling My Own Canoe
by Audrey Sutherland
(University of Hawaii Press, 1980)
Once Sutherland moved to Hawaii in 1952, it didn't take long before the rugged coastline of Molokai Island lured her out to explore. What started as an after-work pastime eventually grew into a lifelong obsession that has taken Sutherland all over the world in her inflatable kayak, and today the 83-year-old is considered the authority on Hawaiian kayaking. She has written some well-received books on Hawaii, but this one, which focuses on her first years in the cockpit, really hits home with its descriptions of the land and the author's newfound love of the sport.
The Starship and the Canoe
by Kenneth Brower
(HarperCollins, 1983)
By far the most unusual book on this list, The Starship and the Canoe is an intriguing double biography of a father and son: one a renowned astrophysicist with dreams of a homemade spaceship, the other a tree-dwelling genius out to build the world's greatest ocean kayak. It's an unusual premise, but Kenneth Brower makes it work by exposing the force in our lives that drives us to explore the unknown: What one man finds in the heavens, another finds in the world around his kayak. Is it a travel book? Not really. A guidebook? No. Worth reading? I say yes.
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
by Paul Theroux
(Ballantine Books; reissue edition, 1993)
In the wake of the dissolution of his marriage, Paul Theroux headed for the islands of the Pacific Ocean. His meandering 1992 travelogue, The Happy Isles of Oceania, reads like the voyage of exploration that it is. As "the green islands shimmered into view," he writes, "it was another experience of the Pacific being like the night sky, like outer space, and of island-hopping in that ocean being something like interplanetary travel." Theroux spent 18 months poking around Australia, New Guinea, the Soloman Islands, Samoa, Tahiti and other locations in his trusty folding kayak, encountering people and places that, to the vast majority of his readers, seem very "otherworldly" indeed.
Wind, Water, Sun: A Solo Kayak Journey Along Baja California's Desert Coastline
by Ed Darack
(Poudre Canyon Press, 1998)
The Baja California Peninsula is a truly unique place: naked peaks stabbing at the skyline, hardscrabble cactus dotting the horizon and a piercing silence that comes with 700 miles of empty desert. But photographer/author Ed Darack brings this region to life in this trip down the Sea of Cortez coast. "This part of the globe was a desolate, worthless swath of hopelessness in the eyes of the Spaniards," he writes. "A sea in the heart of a desert." Dense with history and local lore, Darack's pages explode with incredible photographs and detailed maps.
Watertrail: The Hidden Path Through Puget Sound
by Joel Rogers
(Sasquatch Books, 1998)
Photographer/author Joel Rogers makes it easy to get lost in the breathtaking scenery of Washington State's Cascadia Marine Trail, the 400-plus mile route that took him through Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. But there's more to the Watertrail story than just pretty pictures—there's also some incredibly evocative writing. In fact, the first sentence in the book pretty much tells you what you're in for: "The scenic details of Budd Inlet revealed themselves in all their early-morning glory: ragged lines of pilings from long-ago mills, the rotting keels of beached boats, and the Capitol dome rising over the town of Olympia."
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the Northwest Passage
by Victoria Jason
(Turnstone Press, 1999)
What does it take to paddle, largely alone, from Churchill, Manitoba, to Tuktoyuktuk on the Beaufort Sea, and survive? Here's a hint: Think Victoria Jason. She completed the 4,600-mile feat between 1991 and 1994. And the two-time stroke victim and grandmother of two had only been paddling for a year when she started. Impressed yet? Don't be, that's just the beginning of the courageous story detailed in Kabloona. Her observations of the landscape and the people she meets elevate this paddling memoir and make for a captivating read.
Homelands: Kayaking the Inside Passage
by Byron Ricks
(William Morrow, 1999)
Forgoing the luxury of a standard honeymoon, Ricks and his new bride spent five months paddling the Inside Passage from Canada to Seattle. What could have been a run-of-the-mill paddling book in less-skilled hands is transformed into a personal account of the couple's attempts to build a life for themselves among the people and places of an intricate coastal waterway. But that's not to say that the author slouches off as a travel writer—he dishes out local lore and paddling adventure with the best of them. "The very name, Inside Passage, seemed to carry an intimacy," he writes, "a knowing. It would be a personal voyage. As much as anything, it would be a journey home."
Paddle to the Arctic
by Don Starkel
(McClelland and Stewart, 2000)
It's hard to talk about Victoria Jason's book Kabloona (see earlier reference) without mentioning Starkel, who attempted the Northwest Passage trip three times (once with Jason in 1991) before finally making it, surviving conditions and setbacks that are sure to send a shiver down your spine. The resulting book, written in journal form, offers a frank look at what surviving in the Arctic is all about. "I am very 'green' to the Arctic," he writes early on, "inexperienced but I don't think arrogant or overconfident…Today was crazy and risky. Paddled through the ice fields in all directions. Only my coolness and deck compass saved my life."
The Armchair Paddler
Cecil Kuhne, Ed.
(Menasha Ridge Press, 2000)
This is it; I've found it, the world's most perfect beach/bathroom/backyard book: a compilation of classic and contemporary paddling stories from around the world. With authors such as John McPhee, Hannes Lindemann and Tim Cahill, The Armchair Paddler is the kind of book you dream about finding on your nightstand in the morning. And with more than 30 essays and book excerpts from all corners of the paddling world, this one is sure to keep any daydreaming paddler busy for a long time.
On Celtic Tides
by Chris Duff
(Griffin Trade Paperback, 2000)
Choppy North Atlantic waters? Check. Raging winds? Check. Literate paddler in the cockpit? Check. Duff is no stranger to open-water kayaking, and this journal of his 1996 circumnavigation of Ireland comes as close to re-creating the actual paddling experience as anything I've ever read. "There was so much speed and power in the waves that I knew if something went wrong, I would be upside-down in a second. It was a thin line to dance upon, yet it was so pure in its wildness that I would not have wanted the safety of a windy camp."
Visions of the Wild: A Voyage by Kayak Around Vancouver Island
by Maria Coffey and Dag Goering
(Harbour Publishing Company, 2001)
Coffey and her photographer/husband, Goering, are no strangers to adventure, having by this point paddled to nearly every corner of the globe (as recorded in their numerous books). But they bring it all back home in this 2001 account of their three-month trip around Vancouver Island—bringing the region's staggering beauty, diverse wildlife and unique charm to life with prose and beautiful color photographs. And it's refreshing to learn about the area with Coffey and Goering—legitimate locals who live on Protection Island, B.C.—as guides.
Birthplace of the Winds: Alaska's Islands of Fire and Ice
by Jon Bowermaster
(National Geographic, 2001)
Jon "writer first, adventurer second" Bowermaster is quick to discount his accomplishments in the cockpit, but his skills with the word processor and the paddle shine through in this riveting account of a voyage through Alaska's Aleutian Islands in 2000. "From a distance, it doesn't seem all bad," he writes, "especially if you like extremes including lousy weather, tidal waves, earthquakes and volcanoes." His group spent 25 days slogging through an area so battered and desolate that it's come to be known as the "birthplace of the winds." But it's Bowermaster's skill as a storyteller—weaving together his trip diary with historical nuggets—that really sets his book apart.
Beyond Fear: A Journey Across New Guinea
by Joel Kramer
(The Lyons Press, 2001)
The interior of New Guinea is one of the world's last great, unexplored places: 1,700 miles of dense, impassable jungle. But that didn't stop Joel Kramer and Aaron Lippard from diving headfirst into the region in 1998 with little more than an inflatable kayak and one overnight paddling trip to their credit. The first several chapters of Kramer's occasionally preachy journal of the trip, not surprisingly, focus on the steady stream of villagers who tried to talk them out of it, the rest on the amazing, and ultimately successful, journey itself.
Keep Australia on Your Left
by Eric Stiller
(Forge, 2002)
The classic line from this book—"It seemed like a good idea at the time"—more or less sums up Stiller's recollection of the arduous 10,000-mile circumnavigation of Australia that he and Tony Brown attempted in 1998. "The waves looked like 10 feet high. We paddled as hard as possible into the seas, [but] for the first time on the trip I thought we were truly paddling for our lives." The two completed a third of the circumnavigation before breaking off the effort. At over 400 pages, this one tends to go on and on, but the nuggets of wisdom Stiller offers up about long-distance kayaking, and his "in-your-face" writing style, keep things moving along nicely.
Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,000-Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
by Jonathan Waterman
(The Lyons Press, 2002)
Part travelogue, part anthropology textbook, this account of the author's 2,200-mile journey across the Arctic Circle in 1997 offers an amazing glimpse into one of the least understood societies on the planet: the Inuit. "So much of the Earth and its Great Weather…are utterly unchangeable, so they shrug their shoulders, smile, and say, 'Ayornamut' ('It cannot be otherwise')." A talented writer, Waterman succeeds in illuminating the people and places he visits with detailed observations and impressive background research.
Tim Sprinkle is a freelance writer from Charlottesville, Virginia. He has been paddling the waters of the mid-Atlantic for 15 years.


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Creeping on David Wain while he face times
Dinner, a movie, and a hangover. (at Fogón Cocina Mexicana)
Dani got me a new tie for #tiedayFriday #jp
Puppy pile. Winnie's first Saturday walk. Well, carry.
Play hard. Sleep hard.
Leos new baby sis, Winnie.
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