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http://www.brownielocks.com/ventriloquism.html

http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/4549_ventriloquism-voice.htm

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ventriloquist-tips-and-techniques-how-to-choose-ventriloquist-voice/1824442282

http://www.inquiry.net/OUTDOOR/campfire/stunts/ventriloquism/in_a_month.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov5Sdckw5lc

Learn more…

Click here: http://www.dreamfordarfur.org/TheCampaign/TargetingOlympicSponsors/TurnOffforDarfur/tabid/288/Default.aspx

Don’t Sponsor Genocide!!!

Visit www.standnow.org for more details. While these are held on college campuses and mainly intended for students, anyone can benefit from attending. I believe the cost is about $35 for the weekend. I’ll be at the one in Austin starting FRIDAY! “Never Again!!”

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I was there…right outside the doors. But the line was too long, and the price too high with three uninterested little siblings in tow. Some other time perhaps.

Sand and Sorrow

Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda, another tragic story of inhumanity is unfolding in another African nation. As a bloody byproduct of the ongoing civil war in Sudan, hundreds of thousands of native Sudanese have died, while millions more have been forcibly displaced from their homes and land in the western region of Darfur by their own government. Executive produced and narrated by George Clooney, and directed by Peabody Award winner Paul Freedman, SAND AND SORROW journeys into the heart of the crisis in Darfur.

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/sandandsorrow/video.html?ntrack_para1=feat_sec1_text

It’ll be availible for viewing online until this Sunday. One of the best, if not the best documentary film I’ve seen on this issue. Please watch it and share with others!

Everything has to be aligned just so. Objects in my environment, once set in place, must remain that way…there’s fear/dread/heart pounding if they aren’t in order. I have to avoid the area (and any tasks at my desk, for example, can only be accomplished when they are properly arranged) until they are put back in place. If I go to the library with a set of note cards, I will spend 30-45 minutes lining them up so I can read just the headings on the reverse sides. Only then can I commence studying.

Lists upon list after list, over the top note card organization, and meticulous textbook outlines. I spend more time preparing to study then I actually do studying…and by the time I feel I’m ready to get around to it, I can’t focus anymore to memorize the wonderful set of study materials I have arranged for myself. Others in my study groups are often astonished with the level of tedious preperation I employ.

I’m scrupulous with spacing and capitalization during word processing. Checking and re-checking obsessively.
The paper HAS to be reprinted if a minute-margin is misaligned. There’s severe discomfort otherwise – The heat builds up inside and I’ll erupt suddenly.

I have to count to five very quickly and verbalize the last number (like a curse word in utter exasperation), if I haven’t preformed to my standards.

USE the free and anonymous literary campaign, www.BookCrossing.com as an edu-activism tool to spread awareness about the genocide in the Sudan. The official BC challenge is entitled, “READ,” Respond in Earnest Action for Darfur. See this bookshelf for more info: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/goldem1217

WALK WITH US.
The Dream for Darfur Olympic Torch Relay, which has also traveled internationally to countries with a history of genocide and mass atrocities, aims to URGE CHINA – as Sudan’s chief diplomatic sponsor, major weapons provider, and largest foreign investor and trade partner; and as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics – to use its unique position to lead the world in bringing an end to the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

San Marcos (Texas State University STAND chapter) – Nov. 28, 11:45 AM city square – LBJ street – campus mall.

San Antonio (SAIDC) – Dec. 3, Institute of Texas Cultures
SEE www.saidc.blogspot.com for more info.

Austin (UT White Rose Society) – Dec. 5

www.dreamfordarfur.org
www.standnow.org

All of y’all should drop whatever you’re doing, and march right over to www.bookcrossing.com!! :D

Eat at Jim’s at 4th and South Street!! I’ve been there twice and I’ll be going there again! It’s superb.

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%. How about ACHIEVING 101%? What equals 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But:

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, It’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Have a nice day & God bless!!!

I was in Ypers, Belgium, went to the museum, and saw the poppies…I decided I HAD to memorize this one:

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

I have to admit…going to the children’s museum with my little sisters and building a massive fort in the gigantic Lego pit is excellent fun, indeed!!!

Often, during the many camping trips I went on with my brother and sisters, we’d build forts in the forest. Actually it didn’t matter, forest or no forest, after our tent was erected, and the cookpot on the campstove, we’d scuttle off to create a structure with whatever natural elements happened to compose our environment. Pine cones, moss ball “mops,” Saragosa seaweed, rocks, bark, spanish moss, and numerous other mediums became construction materials. We always left them behind for other folks to find. They probably thought the fairies had been in attendance. :)

I remember a spectacular one I built out of driftwood with my family…to quote Longfellow: By the shores of Gitche Gumee/By the shining Big-Sea-Water,(northern shore of Lake Superior). The wind howled and thrashed our tents all night long, sometimes collapsing the flimsy material into our faces; the poles couldn’t withstand the force of their gale. I just thought the whole thing was magical, having been a fan of “The Song of Hiawatha” for the longest time!!

Redwood forests in California have to be one of my favorite natural retreats in the U.S.! It’s been six years since I last visited, and I’m still in love. You know those colossal bald cypruss trees which grow along the pretty rivers in south central Texas? Those are magnificent, too…I wish I had the pictures on this computer.

There’s a grotto built in an exact replica of Lourdes, France, in the city where I live. I often visit the sanctuary for lunch, to light a candle for a loved one, or to meditate. There are many stone benches which line the walkways. My sisters and I like to leave inspiring messages on them, like “Faith,” “Joy,” “Peace,” and “Love,” with the large acorn caps, moss balls, and twigs which litter the grounds from the magnificent old oak trees.

Once, when I visited, millions of monarch butterflies on their annual migration to sanctuaries in Mexico had paused for a rest. This was an incredible sight to behold; anyone who has experienced God’s artistic prowess in the fluttering orange wings knows exactly what I’m talking about. There were so many of them, the trunks and limbs of the trees seemed to “breathe” as the butterflies clung to them in a restless dance.

Don’t miss taking an airboat ride; you’ll have a blast! It’s an incredible way to become immersed in this unique watery environment.

This site is awesome:
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm