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Although the title may appear a bit spicy or sexy; this is a human-interest story illuminating the entertainment industry and based on personal experiences. It reflects on certain stereotypes, my relatives and immediate family's long background in TV & film since the 1920s, and my own career and decisions. And, a little romance. It does discuss a wide variety of mature issues implicated in 'Hollywood', and in the related modeling, and the publishing commerce, that 'plagued' the businesses. It also does describe kissing and what may be construed as sexual-related teasing and tension behavior. But the story is without profanity, sexual relations or nudity. The Short Story has an age minimum of 13.

-WARNING- This book is chock full of Locker Room Jokes. Some of these jokes are clean, and some are not so clean. There are some vulgar words in the contents of this book and should be read by those 18 years and older.I am sure you will find them as hilarious as I have. There. You have been warned.

This is a story about the child and teen spies and assassins, and later as adult ultra-talented spies and commissioned assassins, commonly known as license to kill, of the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, of international families stationed abroad.Adapted from my original story "The Encyclopedia" (c)1996; it is based on much fact concerning places, travel, events, people, culture (including Third cultured kids), behavior and experiences. It has been described by one publisher as a 'spy-travel-journal-on-steroids' and begins in South America, extending into Africa, United States, Europe and the Mediterranean region.Some of the individual characters are inspired by more than one person and some multiple characters are only one person. The jungle flying was inspired by pilots referred to as Bush Pilots or Jungle Pilots. One of the main characters was inspired by assorted senior Central and South American government officials and military officers, a United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General, two USAF Majors, a Royal Air Force Major, and a US Marine Corps Captain.Some of the countries, people and events were altered for the sake of discretion. The characters of the Lions, Tigers and Dragons of Judah, and the Children of Santiago, will remain a book secret.Total Communications Warfare (TCW), or Prime Time Warfare, was a real thesis. I created the concept in the late 70s and early 80s when I was studying Political Science and TV, Film & Radio, including news and news writing, in university, during which an international reporter was murdered in Central America. In theory, the proposal was designed to protect reporters and journalist, utilizing TCW instead of torture and execution.The Children of Santiago replaces, Archangel.

This book addresses the problem of articulatory speech synthesis based on computed vocal tract geometries and the basic physics of sound production in it. Unlike conventional methods based on analysis/synthesis using the well-known source filter model, which assumes the independence of the excitation and filter, we treat the entire vocal apparatus as one mechanical system that produces sound by means of fluid dynamics. The vocal apparatus is represented as a three-dimensional time-varying mechanism and the sound propagation inside it is due to the non-planar propagation of acoustic waves through a viscous, compressible fluid described by the Navier-Stokes equations. We propose a combined minimum energy and minimum jerk criterion to compute the dynamics of the vocal tract during articulation. Theoretical error bounds and experimental results show that this method obtains a close match to the phonetic target positions while avoiding abrupt changes in the articulatory trajectory. The vocal folds are set into aerodynamic oscillation by the flow of air from the lungs. The modulated air stream then excites the moving vocal tract. This method shows strong evidence for source-filter interaction. Based on our results, we propose that the articulatory speech production model has the potential to synthesize speech and provide a compact parameterization of the speech signal that can be useful in a wide variety of speech signal processing problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / Literature Review / Estimation of Dynamic Articulatory Parameters / Construction of Articulatory Model Based on MRI Data / Vocal Fold Excitation Models / Experimental Results of Articulatory Synthesis / Conclusion

The Innkeeper''s Bench is the life of Jesus Christ as seen by Zebulon, the innkeeper of Bethlehem As a sometimes chronicler, he records events that interested him. He can often be found sitting on his favorite bench overlooking the town square of Bethlehem. There he contemplates what he has seen.Zebulon met a desperate young couple during a Roman census. Over the next thirty years he followed the life of the Child born that night. He became more than just an observer. His friendship with Jesus allowed Zebulon to become a participant in the climatic events of the most important day since Creation.The Innkeeper''s Bench is historic, scripturally-based fiction. Questions between Scriptural anchor points are given answers. Scriptural order is carefully followed while the narrative presents events as they could have happened to give explanation and contemporaneous context. The people that we meet are portrayed as real flesh and blood. Jesus, while divine, lives like a normal young man, up to the point of crucifixion.This story is intended to encourage those who read it and understand that we do have a Savior who understands us and we follow ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things.In all things, God and His Son Jesus Christ are to be honored. Don Davis is a former officer in the U.S. Army. He is a retired engineer. Mr. Davis has taught adult Sunday school with the Bible Methodist for more than 45 years.

The Innkeeper’s Bench is the life of Jesus Christ as seen by Zebulon, the innkeeper of Bethlehem. He can often be found sitting on his favorite bench overlooking the town square of Bethlehem There he contemplates what he has seen.Zebulon met a desperate young couple during a Roman census. Over the next thirty years he followed the life of the Child born that night. He became more than just an observer. His friendship with Jesus allowed Zebulon to become a participant in the climatic events of the most important day since Creation.The Innkeeper’s Bench is historic, scripturally-based fiction. Questions between Scriptural anchor points are given answers. Scriptural order is carefully followed while the narrative presents events as they could have happened to give explanation and contemporaneous context. The people that we meet are portrayed as real flesh and blood. Jesus, while divine, lives like a normal young man, up to the point of crucifixion. This story is intended to encourage those who read it and understand that we do have a Savior who understands us and we follow ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things.In all things, God and His Son Jesus Christ are to be honored. Don Davis is a former officer in the U.S. Army. He is a retired engineer. Mr. Davis has taught adult Sunday School with the Bible Methodist for more than 45 years. 

RALPH'S JOURNEY, a fascinating and riveting adventure novel that offers social commentary and political opinions while dispensing philosophical advice, is written in the tradition of "Oklahoma Tough" by Ron Padgett and "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. It chronicles the life of Angel Raphael Johnson (AKA Ralph Johnson) from the time he is born in remote, rural Oklahoma through his young adulthood as he becomes associated with organized crime figures in Tulsa. It follows him as he leaves town one step ahead of the police and travels to California and Oregon. This is a forceful and enchanting book about a rebellious young man with violent tendencies and his exploits on the outskirts of the law. Characters include bootleggers, mafia figures, police investigators, and adult mentors. In the end, it is a story about how redemption is possible if a young person can accept mentoring and make the right choices in life. This gripping story is an absolute must read for all fans of a tale well told.

Eastern spirituality has exerted considerable influence on the fields of counselling and psychology through the use of mindfulness-based practices. This book serves as a practical introduction to integrating mindfulness-based practices in therapy.

An indispensable guide in the day to day work of designing a sound system