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Converting AVCHD / M2TS files

Moondance — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:35 GMT

I bought myself a handycam yesterday.

Of course, I am now struggling with manuals, cables and all sorts of technical stuff I dislike. However, I filmed my dogs walking in the garden this afternoon. I transferred the video to my computer and then tried to upload the result to YouTube. For one reason or another I had expected this to be simple, easy and very automatic. For another reason - call it experience or wisdom or intuition - I had also expected trouble. Which there is!
I have to convert my AVCHD / M2TS file into a format that YouTube can handle.
The software delivered with the handycam is either far too slow or not functioning properly (in my humble opinion).

Question: WHICH SOFTWARE OR TOOLS DO YOU USE? In the meantime I have downloaded a free HD converter, but it is still pretty slow. My first video lasts 9,28 minutes and I still have not figured out how to edit it.

I need another cup of coffee.

teenagers can be so great!

Susy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:00:58 GMT

thought i'd share an inspiring new picture of robbie, the boy hurt in the auto accident, at high school surrounded by some of his friends. they've all been so super and supportive that it's really inspirational, heartwarming. my niece kiley attends his high school but isn't in this picture. she got a car (a 2006 honda!) for her 16th birthday like she desired, she deserves it because she's an exceptionally gifted honor roll student taking advanced honors classes, and a well behaved young lady...i like to picture her smiling with pleasure and giddy glee as she drives herself around... she lives so far out in the country, and now my sis doesn't have to make so many trips taking her places. back and forth. good lord, car insurance for a new teen driver is $300 a month!

Jackson case now a murder investigation?????

Haggisbasher — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:59:25 GMT

I found this link on a news site and was shocked by what is in here. On page 2 it definitely states 'Michael Jackson murder investigation'. I am assuming the document is genuine along with the dates and signatures. What a shock if this is for real. I've not seen anything else about this on news sites I usually look at.

click here

Inner Strength!!!

Joyce — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:13 GMT

If you have the inner strength to:

Start the day without caffeine
Be cheerful and ignore aches and pains
Resist complaining about your troubles
Understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time
Overlook the times when loved ones take things out on you
Take criticism and blame without resentment
Face the world without lies and deceit
And conquer tension without medication . . ..

Then you are most likely the family dog.

hahahahahaha how true!

Love and Peace

Joyce

Cranberries for Christmas HA!!!

Joyce — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:52:19 GMT

There is a link below here,click on it, and turn speakers on..

It is funny and cute...

Love and Peace
Joyce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myEdcVIasoU&NR=1

Digital camera question

Ann — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:01:37 GMT

Has anyone heard, or know anything about what I just heard.......

That if you have a digital camera, that takes video, and you use the video too much, it wears out something on your camera faster.....the sensor or something?

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who may know about such things.....I just got a new picture camera, and don't want to wear it out using the video, because it has a pretty nice video too.

Thanks,

Ann

Don't commit adultery

Haggisbasher — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:28 GMT

In a sleepy town in Ireland, Timmy and his childhood sweetheart Annie, are wed. In the Honeymoon bed, Annie lays down the law, "Now that we are wed, I have one rule. If you are ever unfaithful to me I'll chop your bits off!!"

Years pass peacefully, until one day Annie returns home to find Timmy in bed with another woman. True to her word, she runs out to the garden and returns with a set of garden sheers and exacts her revenge.

Still gripping the severed giblets, she leaps into her car and flees. She speeds through the village, swerving from left to right in her rage. This attracts the attention of two local coppers, Paddy and Shamus, who take off in pursuit. Seeing them in her rear view mirror, Annie panics, winds down the window and hurls out the evidence, which thumps with a bloody splat on the copper's windscreen.

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph!" swears Paddy, "Did you see the size of the dick on that fly?"

INTERVIEWS

Joyce — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:39:58 GMT

Hi My Jeffs Board Family

After reading the post about my radio show about calling in to my show, I would like to say this if I may Nicky? If it is not ok to ask, please feel free to delete this post...no worries.

Anyone who would like to be interviewed on my blog talk radio show, I would be honored to have you...Just contact me and I can set it up...Maybe you would like to share what is important to you, or talk about Jeff, or your family etc. Let me know a few days in advance so we can set it up, and can place the info on my show page.

If you like to remain anonymous or not give a name that is also fine ...

So, just putting this out there , for anyone interested..Maybe you have a story to share of hope and inspiration, and need a place to have it be heard, well you are welcome to come to Mama Joyce's Blog Talk Radio show Saturday evenings 8pm, Pacific time and the call in number is Call-in Number: (347) 850-1527

Love and Peace
Joyce

My day as an actor

ali — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:38:23 GMT

Sophie's post about Mattie made me remember this.
My kids and I were extras in a movie here in town about 5 years ago.
Nobody really talks loud when making movies. They speak in normal voices. So when I was told that my big scene was to get up and walk out of the bar/grill with my kids when Sam Shepard said to the woman he was sitting with "My life's been a train wreck" I was prepared.
So Mr. Shepard comes in and sits down with his co-star Jessica Lange and says "My life's been a train wreck" - I just sat there and did my pretend talking with my daughter. I did not get up and leave. I could not hear a word he said. I just kept on pretending to talk and laugh. (Watermelon is a good pretend word I was told so I figured cantaloupe and zucchini would be good words too. "Watermelon, cantaloupe and zucchini" I mouthed over and over to my daughter. And we would silently laugh a hearty laugh.)
Anyway, the director, a Mr. Wenders, yelled in his German accent "Why is it so noisy in here! Someone please show these extras how to set down dishes without making any noise!"
The other extras! So that was my problem! Those noisy extras were the reason I could not hear my cue to get up and leave! So things quieted down and Mr. Shepard comes in for take two. I never heard him say anything about his life being a trainwreck. (mu cue) It's pretty hard to hear when you are tying to remember your imaginary lines - watermelon, cantaloupe and zucchini, and then - laugh.
"Why aren't they leaving?" Mr. Wenders asks an assistant.
"Because I can't hear Mr. Shepard speaking" I answer the assistant.
The assistant says "I'll hide back here and you pretend not to see me but you have to watch me anyway. When I signal you - then you and your kids get up and leave."
Take three. Mr. Shepard strides in and sits down. I'm fake talking like a pro. My eyes wander and I see the assistant signal me from a crouched position behind a table. We get up and walk out into a bright light that is a fake sun.
Take four. They put felt on the bottom of my shoes because they are too noisy.
Take five. Everything went very well from my point of view. Sam Shepard must have screwed up.
Take six. I thought it went perfectly. Must have been Sam again.
Take seven. We did it! That Sam is a real pro. They kept him in the movie but I landed on the cutting room floor.

23 year coma

Haggisbasher — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:32 GMT

click here

Reminds me somewhat of The Dead Zone (anyone read the book?). I just can't imagine how it would be to be in a conscious state for that long but not be able to tell anyone. The frustration must be unbearable.

Mariah Carey How Rude Is She

Theoneandonly — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:02:33 GMT

Not a fan of her's at all but she isn't proving popular over here.
What a diva

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1230114/Mariah-Carey-Is-pops-pottiest-star.html

Look At All The Copyrights I''ve Infringed upon!

JIMMUH — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:48 GMT

(For Yo\use guys at JB.com)http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2A3F254D2DCB645D&search_query=jimmuh

REMEMBER: All Lawsuits to be remitted to Jeff Bridges
c/o Rick Nicita
CAA
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067 Hey! Maybe HE can afford it, but I'm, on a fixed income, you swine.(AND, ain't met HIS Attornies).'s's's's's.OR 'ATTORNYS;s;s;s) depending on where youse live.

Maybe ya member This One

JIMMUH — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:48:39 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgXWXP-Ooz8

Bastard wears funny hats, but can sing.

Country Music sucks a$$

JIMMUH — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:41:53 GMT

(But if you actually LIKE dat chit, you might check THIS Guy Out).

Albums Lyrics

John Michael Montgomery

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John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboards Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" (1994) and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (1995). Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with R&B versions by the group All-4-One. Montgomery has also released eleven studio albums, counting a Christmas album. The most recent, Time Flies, was released on his own Stringtown label in late 2008.

Biography

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more info on each album, critical reception, etc..

Born Jan. 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky and raised and lived in Garrard County, Kentucky, Montgomery received musical encouragement from his father, who performed in a local country band and taught his son his first chords. John Michael joined the family band (which also included his brother, Eddie Montgomery, who would later join Troy Gentry in the duo Montgomery Gentry) as guitarist before taking the lead singing role when his parents divorced. Afterwards, he made a frugal living on the local honky-tonk scene as a solo artist playing what he referred to as "working man's country." Eventually, Atlantic Records signed him.

Musical career

Life's a Dance

John Michael Montgomery arrived on the country music scene in 1992 with a debut album, Life's a Dance, that became the only million-seller on the country charts by a new artist that year. Its title track was a #4 hit single and was followed by his first country chart-topper, "I Love the Way You Love Me" (also a #60 pop hit), and the #21 "Beer and Bones". "I Love the Way You Love Me" was named Single of the Year by the Academy of Country Music, and Life's a Dance earned triple-platinum RIAA certification.

Kickin' It Up

Montgomery's second album was 1994's Kickin' It Up. This album was led off by the Number One country and #42 pop hit "I Swear", which was also the Number One country hit for the entire year according to Billboard Year-End. After this song came the #4 "Rope the Moon", and two more Number Ones in "Be My Baby Tonight" and "If You've Got Love". "I Swear" gained further success a year later, when it was covered by pop group All-4-One. Kickin' It Up also sold even higher than his debut, earning a quadruple platinum certification for shipments of four million copies.

John Michael Montgomery

In 1995, he released his self-titled third studio album. Also a quadruple-platinum seller, it accounted for five hit singles, including the Number One hits "I Can Love You Like That" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)". Like "I Swear" before it, the former was covered by All-4-One, while the latter was also declared the Number One country hit of 1995 on the Billboard Year-End charts. After this pair of Number One hits came the #3 "No Man's Land", then two consecutive #4 singles in "Cowboy Love" and "Long as I Live." Also included on the album was "Holdin' On to Something", which was a Top Ten country hit in early 1996 for Jeff Carson. At the end of 1995, Montgomery placed his career on hiatus due to a vocal cord injury.

What I Do the Best

What I Do the Best was the title of his fourth studio album, released by Atlantic in 1996. This was the first album of his career not to produce a Number One country hit, it also failed to match the sales of its predecessors, although it still earned platinum certification. This album was led off by the #15 "Ain't Got Nothin' On Us", which despite debuting in the Top 40 its first week on the charts, also became his first single since 1992's "Beer and Bones" to miss Top Ten. He regained his chart momentum with three more Top Ten hits off the same album: "Friends" at #2, "I Miss You a Little" at #6 and "How Was I to Know" also at #2. After this album, he released a Greatest Hits album in 1997, which reprised his greatest hits to that point and went platinum in the United States. It also included the new song "Angel in My Eyes", which was a #4 single for him that year. Also in 1997, Montgomery sang guest vocals on "Warning Signs", a #56-peaking musical track which included snippets from a Bill Engvall comedy sketch.

Leave a Mark

In 1998, Montgomery released his fifth album, Leave a Mark. This album contained a more pop-oriented sound than his previous work. Despite only earning a gold certification from the RIAA, it accounted for three more hit singles. First was "Love Working on You" at #14, followed by "Cover You in Kisses" at #3 and "Hold On to Me" at #4. Despite having several of his singles cross over to the pop charts, "Hold On to Me" was his first Top 40 pop hit, reaching #33 on the Hot 100.

Home to You

Home to You, his sixth album, continued to move Montgomery into adult contemporary-leaning material, and continued his declining album sales. It produced a #15 in "Hello L.O.V.E." and a #2 in its title track, although the next two singles "Nothing Catches Jesus by Surprise" and "You Are" both fell short of Top 40, with the former being his first single to do so.

Brand New Me

Montgomery returned to the top of the country charts for the first time since 1995 with "The Little Girl". This song, featuring backing vocals from Alison Krauss and inspired by an urban legend, was the first single from his 2000 album Brand New Me, spending three weeks at Number One and reaching #35 on the Hot 100. Despite the success of this song, however, Montgomery again found his chart success declining after "The Little Girl", as the album's other two singles "That's What I Like About You" and "Even Then" both failed to reach Top 40, although Brand New Me earned a gold certification. By the end of the year, Montgomery was also moved from Atlantic to parent label Warner Bros. Records after Atlantic closed its Nashville branch.

Pictures

His first release for Warner Bros. was 2002's Pictures. This album saw minimal success in its chart singles, with lead-off "Til Nothing Comes Between Us" reaching #19 and the next two singles ("Country Thang" and "Four Wheel Drive") once again missing Top 40. The album was followed a year later by Mr. Snowman, a Christmas album, in 2003, as well as a compilation entitled The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery.

Letters from Home

Montgomery's last Warner Bros. release was 2004's Letters from Home. Although its lead-off single "Cool" failed to chart entirely, the title track became his biggest crossover hit with a #2 country and #24 pop peak. Despite the success of this single, however, the album's only other release, "Goes Good with Beer", peaked at #51, and after its release, Montgomery exited his label.

After an off-key performance of the National Anthem at a televised NASCAR event in March, 2005, Montgomery confirmed on his website that he had a condition known as acoustic neuroma, which is a non-cancerous growth that interferes with a nerve running between the brain and the ear. This condition can affect balance and hearing and can certainly make singing or any kind of public performing quite difficult for the patient. The problem was corrected, however, and did not alter Montgomery's touring schedule for the rest of 2005.

At 2:20 a.m. on , 2006, Montgomery was arrested at an intersection in Lexington, Kentucky for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, which was identified as Endocet by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Police also found two loaded handguns in Montgomery's vehicle. Montgomery was charged with a count of a prescription drug not in its proper container, two counts of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, disregarding a traffic control device and performing an improper turn.

Montgomery's lawyer, Jon Woodall, has claimed that Montgomery is a hunter, and holds a concealed weapon permit, though Montgomery did not have the license with him at the time of arrest. Woodall also stated that the prescription was filled by Montgomery's physicians after Montgomery's recent hip replacement surgery .He has since been found not guilty of all charges. Montgomery pleaded no-contest to the charge of DUI, stating that he did not admit guilt, but the state had enough evidence to convict him.

On May 9, 2008, Montgomery announced he was in rehab for an undisclosed substance abuse problem. Although not released at the time he sought rehab at a drug treatment facility in Hazard, KY. The addiction was cited to severe anxiety attacks and a sleep disorder.

Time Flies

In late 2008, Montgomery founded his own label, Stringtown Records. That year, he released his next album, Time Flies. This album produced three singles: "Mad Cowboy Disease", "If You Ever Went Away", and "Forever." Although the first two both failed to chart, "Forever" peaked at #28 on the country charts, representing his first chart entry in over four years. He also sang duet vocals on the title track to Colt Ford's debut album Ride Through the Country.

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John Michael Montgomery
Home?J?John Michael Montgomery?biography

John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboards Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" (1994) and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (1995). Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country charts: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", and "The Little Girl", while thirteen more have reached Top Ten. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with R&B versions by the group All-4-One. Montgomery has also released eleven studio albums, counting a Christmas album. The most recent, Time Flies, was released on his own Stringtown label in late 2008.

Biography

This section requires expansion with:

more info on each album, critical reception, etc..
Born Jan. 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky and raised and lived in Garrard County, Kentucky, Montgomery received musical encouragement from his father, who performed in a local country band and taught his son his first chords. John Michael joined the family band (which also included his brother, Eddie Montgomery, who would later join Troy Gentry in the duo Montgomery Gentry) as guitarist before taking the lead singing role when his parents divorced. Afterwards, he made a frugal living on the local honky-tonk scene as a solo artist playing what he referred to as "working man's country." Eventually, Atlantic Records signed him.

Musical career

Life's a Dance
John Michael Montgomery arrived on the country music scene in 1992 with a debut album, Life's a Dance, that became the only million-seller on the country charts by a new artist that year. Its title track was a #4 hit single and was followed by his first country chart-topper, "I Love the Way You Love Me" (also a #60 pop hit), and the #21 "Beer and Bones". "I Love the Way You Love Me" was named Single of the Year by the Academy of Country Music, and Life's a Dance earned triple-platinum RIAA certification.

Kickin' It Up
Montgomery's second album was 1994's Kickin' It Up. This album was led off by the Number One country and #42 pop hit "I Swear", which was also the Number One country hit for the entire year according to Billboard Year-End. After this song came the #4 "Rope the Moon", and two more Number Ones in "Be My Baby Tonight" and "If You've Got Love". "I Swear" gained further success a year later, when it was covered by pop group All-4-One. Kickin' It Up also sold even higher than his debut, earning a quadruple platinum certification for shipments of four million copies.

John Michael Montgomery
In 1995, he released his self-titled third studio album. Also a quadruple-platinum seller, it accounted for five hit singles, including the Number One hits "I Can Love You Like That" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)". Like "I Swear" before it, the former was covered by All-4-One, while the latter was also declared the Number One country hit of 1995 on the Billboard Year-End charts. After this pair of Number One hits came the #3 "No Man's Land", then two consecutive #4 singles in "Cowboy Love" and "Long as I Live." Also included on the album was "Holdin' On to Something", which was a Top Ten country hit in early 1996 for Jeff Carson. At the end of 1995, Montgomery placed his career on hiatus due to a vocal cord injury.

What I Do the Best
What I Do the Best was the title of his fourth studio album, released by Atlantic in 1996. This was the first album of his career not to produce a Number One country hit, it also failed to match the sales of its predecessors, although it still earned platinum certification. This album was led off by the #15 "Ain't Got Nothin' On Us", which despite debuting in the Top 40 its first week on the charts, also became his first single since 1992's "Beer and Bones" to miss Top Ten. He regained his chart momentum with three more Top Ten hits off the same album: "Friends" at #2, "I Miss You a Little" at #6 and "How Was I to Know" also at #2. After this album, he released a Greatest Hits album in 1997, which reprised his greatest hits to that point and went platinum in the United States. It also included the new song "Angel in My Eyes", which was a #4 single for him that year. Also in 1997, Montgomery sang guest vocals on "Warning Signs", a #56-peaking musical track which included snippets from a Bill Engvall comedy sketch.

Leave a Mark
In 1998, Montgomery released his fifth album, Leave a Mark. This album contained a more pop-oriented sound than his previous work. Despite only earning a gold certification from the RIAA, it accounted for three more hit singles. First was "Love Working on You" at #14, followed by "Cover You in Kisses" at #3 and "Hold On to Me" at #4. Despite having several of his singles cross over to the pop charts, "Hold On to Me" was his first Top 40 pop hit, reaching #33 on the Hot 100.

Home to You
Home to You, his sixth album, continued to move Montgomery into adult contemporary-leaning material, and continued his declining album sales. It produced a #15 in "Hello L.O.V.E." and a #2 in its title track, although the next two singles "Nothing Catches Jesus by Surprise" and "You Are" both fell short of Top 40, with the former being his first single to do so.

Brand New Me
Montgomery returned to the top of the country charts for the first time since 1995 with "The Little Girl". This song, featuring backing vocals from Alison Krauss and inspired by an urban legend, was the first single from his 2000 album Brand New Me, spending three weeks at Number One and reaching #35 on the Hot 100. Despite the success of this song, however, Montgomery again found his chart success declining after "The Little Girl", as the album's other two singles "That's What I Like About You" and "Even Then" both failed to reach Top 40, although Brand New Me earned a gold certification. By the end of the year, Montgomery was also moved from Atlantic to parent label Warner Bros. Records after Atlantic closed its Nashville branch.

Pictures
His first release for Warner Bros. was 2002's Pictures. This album saw minimal success in its chart singles, with lead-off "Til Nothing Comes Between Us" reaching #19 and the next two singles ("Country Thang" and "Four Wheel Drive") once again missing Top 40. The album was followed a year later by Mr. Snowman, a Christmas album, in 2003, as well as a compilation entitled The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery.

Letters from Home
Montgomery's last Warner Bros. release was 2004's Letters from Home. Although its lead-off single "Cool" failed to chart entirely, the title track became his biggest crossover hit with a #2 country and #24 pop peak. Despite the success of this single, however, the album's only other release, "Goes Good with Beer", peaked at #51, and after its release, Montgomery exited his label.

After an off-key performance of the National Anthem at a televised NASCAR event in March, 2005, Montgomery confirmed on his website that he had a condition known as acoustic neuroma, which is a non-cancerous growth that interferes with a nerve running between the brain and the ear. This condition can affect balance and hearing and can certainly make singing or any kind of public performing quite difficult for the patient. The problem was corrected, however, and did not alter Montgomery's touring schedule for the rest of 2005.

At 2:20 a.m. on , 2006, Montgomery was arrested at an intersection in Lexington, Kentucky for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, which was identified as Endocet by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Police also found two loaded handguns in Montgomery's vehicle. Montgomery was charged with a count of a prescription drug not in its proper container, two counts of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, disregarding a traffic control device and performing an improper turn.

Montgomery's lawyer, Jon Woodall, has claimed that Montgomery is a hunter, and holds a concealed weapon permit, though Montgomery did not have the license with him at the time of arrest. Woodall also stated that the prescription was filled by Montgomery's physicians after Montgomery's recent hip replacement surgery .He has since been found not guilty of all charges. Montgomery pleaded no-contest to the charge of DUI, stating that he did not admit guilt, but the state had enough evidence to convict him.

On May 9, 2008, Montgomery announced he was in rehab for an undisclosed substance abuse problem. Although not released at the time he sought rehab at a drug treatment facility in Hazard, KY. The addiction was cited to severe anxiety attacks and a sleep disorder.

Time Flies
In late 2008, Montgomery founded his own label, Stringtown Records. That year, he released his next album, Time Flies. This album produced three singles: "Mad Cowboy Disease", "If You Ever Went Away", and "Forever." Although the first two both failed to chart, "Forever" peaked at #28 on the country charts, representing his first chart entry in over four years. He also sang duet vocals on the title track to Colt Ford's debut album Ride Through the Country.

Near and Dear to My heart

Joyce — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:21:46 GMT

Check these out....Turn speakers on

http://www.jeffbridges.com/endhunger.html

http://www.youtube.com/user/NewmansOwnFoundation

http://www.theblindsidemovie.com/

Discuss how each affects you and if iany inspires you to want to DO something to make a difference.

Love and Peace

Joyce