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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:25:57 -0700

My own classical music composition "Pavane for Double Reeds" will be performed at the Nashville Double Reed Ensemble concert on April 25 2009 at the Double Reed Festival at Lipscomb University. For more info you can go to: music.lipscomb.edu

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The Pavane will also be on the radio program "Live in Studio C" on WPLN 90.3 FM on July 28, 2009. You should be able to stream the program live and hear it online all week until the next program.

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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:39:16 -0700

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Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:07:57 -0800

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Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:58:44 -0800

This state song supports the confederacy.

Lyrics

I

The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland!*
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!

II

Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
Maryland!
My mother State! to thee I kneel,
Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird they beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!

III

Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,-
And all thy slumberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!

IV

Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day,
Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!

V

Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland!
Come to thine own anointed throng,
Stalking with Liberty along,
And chaunt thy dauntless slogan song,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VI

Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain,
Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain-
"Sic semper!" 'tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain,
Arise in majesty again,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VII

I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland!
But lo! there surges forth a shriek,
From hill to hill, from creek to creek-
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!

VIII

Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll,
Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!

IX

I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland!
The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!

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Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:42:25 -0700

In my opinion (in regards to the USA election), both Vice presidential picks were all about Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden was picked not because he can deliver Delaware, but because he can appeal to white catholics and workers.

Sarah Palin was picked to appeal to women voters who support Hillary Clinton but are disappointed with Barack Obama.

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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:38:14 -0700

SPAM SPAM SPAM!!!!

This is a definite con-job. Either steals money from your account or gives you a fake check then takes his cut and you are liable for it to the bank after it bounces. I googled Albert Yung in Malaysa and the firm did not come up.
I know that I am not the only one who got this email.
email is as follows.....

"My name is Albert Yung a legal practitioner with A.Yung & partners in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

I found your contact/profile some where over the Internet and it gave me the greatest joy,that you are the one I have been looking for.Whom I strongly believe could execute this transaction with me.And being more positive that with your capability,that this transaction of transferring US$19,628,000.00 will be successfully accomplished.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client,to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House.Where this fund valued (US$19,628,000.00) Nineteen Million,six hundred and twenty eight thousand United State Dollars deposited by my client before his death in November 2004.

You might be wondering why am I communicating with you,believe it or not it is simply because you and my late client have the same surname.Though this is coincidental,I strongly believe,you could help me in the task which is the distribution of my late client's funds.

And the said funds in the Finance House is considered "UNSERVICEABLE"after my client passed away as there were no indication of next of kin whatsoever that the Institution could consider as a beneficiary for the said funds.

Being my late client's legal adviser,the Institution notified my office,that I need to produce and to contact the next of kin of my deceased client,to either "REACTIVATE" the account or to "MAKE CLAIMS" of the said funds which is carrying a monthly surcharge.

Now,my intention is purely to seek your consent to kindly present you as the legal next of kin/beneficiary to my late client's funds.This would mean that the proceeds of the said funds would be released to you.After the release of the funds to you,we shall then share it mutual,which will be 70% to me and 30% to you.

My office would provide documents to back up your claim.The most important thing I need is your honest/sincere cooperation in this task.And I assure you that this transaction will be legally executed according to the dictates of the law,which will protect you from any infraction of the law.

However,if this business proposition offends your moral ethics,do accept my sincere apology.If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,kindly get back to me with your interest immediately for further details.

Best regards,

Mr.Albert Yung (Esq.)

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Dapatkan nama E-mel yang telah lama anda mahukan pada @ymail dan @rocketmail yang baru.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:47:03 -0700

Skateboarding Bulldog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-abbze6T3Cs&feature=related

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Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:36:19 -0700

A true story.

This happened to me at the Atlanta airport in 1998 or 2000. It illustrates how things have changed since 9/11 in the USA.

As I was waiting to go to Costa Rica on a Delta flight, an unusual man came toward the gate. He looked to me as though he were not quite right mentally as he was dressed in a disheveled manner and had a face that spelled mentally ill. Somehow he had made it past security with an odd corrugated cardboard box that was taped with duct tape and was of an unusual shape. It was a shape and form that only a person who was mentally ill could make sense of.

He place the box at the gate and walked away. I could not get any guard or desk person to do anything about that box. I do not know what happened since my flight boarded soon after.

This would never happen today.

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Thu, 29 May 2008 19:14:25 -0700

The Boy With The Incredible Brain is a video I found on stumble which was fascinating to me. It is about an English man who has a savant like ability with math and languages. He sees numbers as shapes and does not have to calculate formulas in his head. He is basically normal socially and he could help science understand more about the human brain.

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Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:22 -0700

Currently I am addicted to "Planet Earth" documentary. I really enjoy it but in a way am disappointed. I thought it would be more of geology and less of animals eating other animals.

Also "Blue Planet" and "Life of Birds"