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TravelPod Member ReviewsBangkok Palace Hotel
Bangkok Palace is a very nice place to stay with excellent rooms and service. The breakfast included is a huge buffet, with cereal, fruit, toast, fried eggs, fried rice, noodles etc very yummy.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Bangkok Palace Hotel
The worst experience
One of the worst experiences I have ever had.
Loved the friendly staff and room.
I recently stayed at Bangkok Palace Hotel during Christmas and it exceeded my expectations. The rooms are large and clean. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The location is not the best but it's not bad, it's close the Pratunam market (the best shopping place in Bangkok), you can walk or take a short tuk-tuk ride. The breakfast spread was great- lots of choices. One thing to beware of is not to take taxis or tuk-tuks from the front of the hotel, they try to rip you off, walk down the street to the main road by the seven eleven (2 min walk) and get a taxi or tuk-tuk there. There are some great restaurants and cheap massage places near the hotel and the beer gardens is a 5 minutes walk away. I hope you enjoy your trip as much as I did! One more thing, don't use the internet at the hotel, there a places 10 times cheaper around the hotel, just go for a short walk and you'll see plenty.
Smiles all rd and very clean
My family and I stayed here for a few days and the service was exceptional .The lobby bar with live football and drinks, live music and staff who bent over backwards to serve you.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone and its central to all markets.
Give the place a break.
The Hotel is right in the centre of Bangkok, and so it has loads of traffic going past. I don't understand why people complain about this-it's Bangkok, what do they expect?
Good Stopover Hotel
Only stayed here one night on a stopover from the UK to Phuket. Public areas were very nice, bedroom was a bit tired and in need of a refurb. Breakfast was very good.
On check-out, I left the key at reception and had a porter insist that I go to the cashier to check-out (despite the fact that I had nothing to pay). I waited 10 minutes to be served at the cashier's desk whilst the two cashiers dealt with porters and ignored my presence. After giving up and going to the door to wait for our taxi, one of the porters came up and asked us to go and check-out at the cashiers desk! I declined and got into my taxi! What a rigamarole!
Great for what we needed it for
I found this hotel to be just what I needed after a long day. We were at the end of a two week tour of Vietnam and Laos and this was our last stop. I found the staff to be helpful, the rooms were nice and the place was quiet. As mentioned, not a lot to look at from the outside but I wasn't standing outside looking at the place the whole time. Once you got inside, it was a totally different picture. I took advantage of the massage facility and was very happy and relaxed afterwards. The pool area was great as well. The breakfast that was offered had so many choices, it was hard to find fault with. The only negative experience was during one night when I was feeling homesick, I went to the dining room one night and ordered a hamburger and fries that took well over an hour to deliver to my table. But overall, my experience with this hotel was just what I expected.
The Palace was not bad at all!!
My husband and I booked a package deal as a side trip from the Philippines. Although we were told by the travel agency that this was a 5 star hotel, (obviously not), we didn't feel ripped off. We got a great price and free buffet breakfast everyday and one compulsory dinner. Not bad at all. The hotel itself needs a face lift on the outside, but it's actually quite nice on the inside. The rooms are not bad, spacious. Pretty basic. What more do you need??? I mean, if you are going to spend your vacation in the room, then maybe you might want more plush accomodations, but we just needed the room to shower and sleep, so our needs were definitely met. The hotel staff was friendly and answered any questions we had.
Very average
Booked for a week, but changed my mind when I saw the hotel & checked out the very next day. Location is really bad, close enough to the centre but really dark & dreary after night. Rooms are large but badly in need of refurbishment & very, very basic loos. At this price can find heaps of better places in Sukhumwit Road area. Defintely do not recommend this hotel.
Big Hotel, Great For The Money
Not particularly pretty from the outside, but quite plush once you're through the doors, and much better than its 3-star rating would suggest. Room was nice, minibar prices were ridiculously cheap and overall we found it great, although we did hear reports of a stupidly slow internet connection in the Business Centre, and of another couple being accused of burning the carpet in their room.
Bangkok Palace sucks!
Overall, this hotel sucks. It is the worst I have ever stayed in BKK. First with the reservation, i paid for deluxe room, and they gave me a normal room! Requested a King Size bed, and they gave me 2 single beds! Then waited 1 hour to get the deluxe room. Then i got myself an extra room on the 3rd day with my gf (my gf is thai), then requested my gf to pay extra 600B!!! Called call center to check, they said its in the policy where stated "SOME" of the hotels do not accept Thai.


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Apple has released an updated build 9B208 of iOS 5.1.1 just for your handset.
There doesn't appear to be any information from Apple on what triggered the new build, though it's possible some very specific bug or glitch was identified and fixed. If it was incredibly minor, Apple would likely just have filed it away for next time. If it was incredibly major, Apple would likely have pushed it out as new update to ensure every user got it.
As it is, if you've already updated to iOS 5.1.1 you won't see the new version popup as an over-the-air (OTA) update, or as available in iTunes. If you haven't already updated, you'll be offered this new version when you do. To force an update from the previous iOS 5.1.1 build to this one, you'll have to restore to it in iTunes. (And really, there's almost certainly no reason to do that.)
iOS 5.1.1 was originally released on Monday, May 7. As of May 15, almost 74% of iMore readers had already updated to iOS 5.1.1. Today, one of the major reasons many had waited, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, was released.
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I'm gonna give this a try and see if it fixes the battery life glitch. Its so bad I'm desperate to try anything that'll help fix it. Im not home now and im trying to watch the hockey game on my iPhone 4 right now and it's going down almost 1% per second and I had to stop so my battery doesn't drain completely. Yeah it's that bad.
That's really bad, are you still in warranty? Can you get it replaced?
I don't think it's a hardware issue. My battery was fine until I updated to 5.1.1. Now I have to carry my charger around just in case. Feels like I'm using an LG android phone :(
Have you tried deleting all your email accounts ? Then reinstalling them. That always fixes battery issues for me !
Mine did that after I brought it with me into the bathroom while i took a shower. In my case it must have triggered the moisture sensor and killed it or something. When it finally drained it would not recharge and turn back on. Make sure you backup, just in case. Apple replaced it for me no problem.
"almost 74% of iMore readers" [that responded to our survey] "had already updated to iOS 5.1.1"
Does it break the new untethered jailbreak?
Yes. I tried it already it says device not supported, sorry.
I've been having issues with my phone losing signal until I reboot since I upgraded to the original version. Hopefully this fixes it and there's not something physically wrong with my phone.
will this effect the jailbreak i already have on my iphone 4 on ios 5.1.1???
As you already have 5.1.1 this update is not applicable for you. However, every software update removes your jailbreak
This minor update does not appear to affect the jailbreak. Just jailbroken my 4S and honesty I don't see the issue with the battery.
That because the update is for iPhone 4, no 4S
I think I'll just wait for iOS 5.2. Or the "new iPhone" with factory-installed 6.0.
Whichever comes first.
Some people clams that it is a "3G to 4G" update, the battery life is horrible ever since I updated to 5.1.1, it feels like it drains battery life really fast but who knows
Btw I lose 1% per 2 mins
I lose %12 in 6 hours while it was locked, 3G and Data off, Wifi on, Push Mail on.
It was %2-3 loss in 4.3.3
if I update my iPhone4 from 5.0.1 to this new version, can I still jailbreak untethered? I haven´t updated yet as I´m on vacation without my macbook.
I want to know this too. Does anybody know for sure?
I have had terrible battery life since 5.1.1 update. In the past I charged every other day. Now it's at 20% at end of 8 hour work day. Started from the day I updated.
I have terrible battery life since getting moving from the 4 to 4s period. Regardless of which iOS version. The battery life has just sucked. I need to charge at least once a day. If I use a little bit of video streaming, then easily twice per day. May iphone case is now the energizer battery pack case which just give more power, but is bulky. No choice.
I updated my ipod touch to the latest version (this version mentioned above?) and now I can't get the latest jailbreak to work :( I'm suspicious if it was to prevent the latest jailbreak.....
Hey guys, you can update to this and still jailbreak with no problem. Thing is, you need a DIFFERENT VERSION of the Jailbreak...which you can find in the same website's upper-right hand corner.
You're looking for Absinthe v2.0.1, not v2.0.0.
You're all welcome.
FOr those having pure battery life, try doing a restore using dfu mode as my battery life became awesome after doing that. I didn't even know there was a flaw until I was getting amazing battery life.
DO NOT UPDATE TO LASTEST BUILD OF 208 it will prevent jailbreaking even with 2.0.1 you need to manually download select the the 5.1.1 206 build ipsw & do a restore for the jailbreak to work. HURRY BEFORE APPLE STOPS SIGNING CERTS FOR THAT BULID OF iOS 5.1.1
Dude!!! Thank you so much you saved my ass!! Apple would've effed me over again if it wasn't for your post! Thanks a million!! :D

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The fellers at the Deadspin sports blog—a peon under the Gawker media empire, and thus not right-wingers by any definition—make note of this odd letter to the editor in The Dartmouth. The letter is the latest in a sort of placation offensive being conducted by the Dartmouth administration in response to complaints from the Native American community, who have essentially accused Dartmouth at large of being racist. (Their evidence? 1) Cartoon t-shirts, 2) a small photograph in a fundraising pamphlet, 3) a famous and ancient mural which, to please them, Dartmouth carted up decades ago, and 4) a band of fraternity members who interrupted their anti-Columbus Day drum circle.)
The letter was written by Josie Harper, who is in charge of the Dartmouth athletics program. Almost unbelievably, she apologizes to Dartmouth's band of offendees because Dartmouth's fantastic hockey team may at some time in the near future play the University of North Dakota. Their mascot? The Fighting Sioux. "Let me state clearly that UND's position is offensive and wrong. When we scheduled UND nearly two years ago to participate in our tournament, we did so without considering their team's nickname and symbol. Perhaps we should have, but I deeply regret that we didn't."
The writers at Deadspin call this silly. It certainly is: Ms. Harper has herein created a policy whereby Dartmouth shall no longer play any teams whose mascots have anything to do with Native Americans.
Oh, and a moment or two of research shows that North Dakota has a large Native American population. Folks just don't seem to be too miffed with that UND mascot. In fact, a delegation from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation traveled to campus more than thirty years after UND adopted the mascot. The delegation inducted the university's president into the tribe as an honorary member, so that the mascot would be 'official.' An Indian artist designed the logo itself.
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Plastic Christians. You know the kind. They know all the words, spout all the rules, sing all the songs, join everything, and they look really good doing it, too. Their suits are pressed. Their ties are straight. Their dresses are the mint of modesty. And yet, it all seems too good, too perfect. All plastic, no feeling.
Recently I came face-to-face with the plastic Christian in me. Oh, she talked a good game. To the world, she looked good in her deeds. She was no doubt Christian, but plastic nonetheless.
You see, deeds done out of fear of being found less than the perfect Christian are dead deeds–no matter how good they look. A song I heard by Casting Crowns puts it this way:
Am I the only one that's traded an altar for a stage?
Now before you jump on the bandwagon of spirit-bashing the choir or the readers or those in other visible ministries, I suggest as Jesus said, that you look first at yourself. If you are without sin here, then you may cast a stone.
These words are not talking about the more visible ministries in the church. They are not meant to say, never sing in the choir, never volunteer for a visible ministry. They invite you to look at WHY you are joining. More than that, they are talking about you and your walk every day with Christ. Is it a performance or a sacrifice? Are you on the stage or on the altar?
If you're not sure, from experience, ministry of performance looks like this: you say all the right words, but your heart feels very few of them. You read the Bible religiously, go to church without fail, you can recite all the rules and the prayers as well–but it all feels empty as if you are going through all the motions because that's what's expected. You join the organizations, help with the youth, volunteer for every fundraiser, attend classes, teach classes. You serve and serve and serve until you've got no more to give, and then you find a way to give some more. You feel burned out and used up, and yet there are still people hurting, still more you should give. You want to live out the Christian life, but the reality for you is, it's tiring work.
That's performance. Performance is going on your own ability, choosing the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil over resting in the Tree of Life.
Things look and feel very different when you're on the altar. When you're on the altar, the comprehension of your smallness when compared with His enormity is reassuring–not judgmental, frightening, and depressing. You suddenly realize you can't, but He can. That understanding frees you to jump into situations where failure in the world's eyes is a real possibility, but even if you fail when He whispered the task on your heart, you know that somehow from His perspective, even that failure is a victory. Better, you trust that it's a victory and move forward in confidence–not because you think you can do it, but because you know you don't have to–He will.
On the altar when you read the Bible, you read it because it's fascinating, because you hear Him speaking to you through it–not because you have to or because you're supposed to. Prayers might be memorized or they might well be, "Hey, God. It's me, so glad You're here." Either way, they feel like a personal friendship rather than an empty exercise in pleasing a God you suspect will never be pleased no matter how much you do.
On the altar, you let go of the driving need to prove anything to anybody. You just are. You open your life to Him, just as a sacrificed animal on the altar is cut open, so are you. In a very real way, you die to who you were, to your own ability, to your own performance. Impressing others pales in comparison with being real and being honest about your fears, about your failures, and about who you really are. You suddenly have no desire to wear the mask of plastic Christianity, and the more it is stripped away by His loving, accepting presence, the more you begin to allow others in your presence to remove theirs.
As I thought about the concept of stage or altar, performance or sacrifice, the story of Cain and Abel slid into my consciousness. Has there ever been a more perfect example of what performance-based Christianity leads to?
There's Cain tilling his little performance heart out, thinking how pleased God is going to be with this offering and being pretty pleased with his offering before it even gets to God. How could God not be impressed? After all, Cain reserved the best of his harvest for the Lord. But when he presents the offering to God, God shrugs. Instantly Cain gets angry. How dare the Lord not fawn over his offering!
Then, in walks Abel who presents his offering to the Lord. Abel, innocent, trusting, a sacrifice personified. And the Lord is pleased with Abel's gift. This infuriates Cain who rises up, and in his jealousy and anger, kills his brother.
Are you Cain in your Christian walk? Do you look around and become envious of someone else's service, of someone else's gifts? Do you judge those who aren't as Christian as they should be? Are you completely sure that God will accept your gifts over someone else's because yours are so obviously better? Do you work for God, or does God work through you?
Take it from someone who was on that stage for far too long: It's a lonely, miserable, rotten place to be. More over, as scary as being on the altar sounds, the freedom it affords is worth every spotlight you have to give up.
So, are you on the stage or the altar?
By: Dennis Bates
One of the greatest blessings I ever received was a full complement of parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. They were all alive when I was born, and to some degree or other I remember something about all of them.
One of my great grandmothers collected donkey figures. She had hundreds of them, and yes that is how she voted. She's the same woman who fell out of a pear tree in her back yard when she was in her late 80's and broke her foot. When the doctor asked her what she was doing in the pear tree, she said simply, "Somebody had to pick them and the best ones are always at the top of the tree."
I learned how to hit a softball because one of my great grandfathers, who was also nearly 80 at the time, took me out to the back yard and pitched to me hour after hour. He taught me how to watch the ball swing level and stay out of grandma's flowers when the ball went into them. He got the ball then because he said she wouldn't yell at him as much.
One of my grandmothers taught me how to laugh; she had the best laugh I have ever heard, and the other one taught me not to take myself too seriously. She could tease with the best of them. She also made the best chicken and noodles from scratch I have ever tasted. One of my grandfathers took me to my first major league baseball game more than 50 years ago. The Cubs lost to the Phillies 3-2, but he bought me a Cub's hat anyway and told me to wear it proudly. I wish I still had it the way they played this year. My other grandfather taught me how to add and subtract in my head and that ice cream tastes better when you pour corn flakes on top of it and have at least two flavors at a time.
My mother taught me to love learning (she taught, of course) and my father taught me how to stick to a job and do it right, even if takes longer that way. He also taught me that sometimes it's better to be quiet and keep your mouth shut; I'm still working on that one.
All of these people are gone now, except for the memories I have, which are truly priceless, and just as I remember them, I remember the tears I shed when the most important people in my life died one by one. The memories of those tears are just part of our lives here. But there is one Bible verse that has always given me great consolation when the tears came in the past and when they still do from time to time.
Revelation 21:4 says this:
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
I know this isn't the most theologically correct interpretation of that verse, but here's what it means to me: laughter, the smell of homemade chicken and noodles in grandma's kitchen, corn flakes on ice cream, Cub's baseball caps and holding my grandpa's hand, the unyielding love of a mother who talked all the time and a father who sometimes didn't talk at all, and a great grandfather who could get the softball out of the irises without grandma knowing it.
All without tears.
By:Dennis Bates
When is least noisy
and the silken soft darkness
of a breezeless night is
perfectly black and calm
or even less,
I dream.
When the stars
don't flicker even a little
and provide reassurance
that everything is good;
when there is nothing
to light the shadows
or illuminate
the silent screams
in the night
that I hear only
in my soul
and nowhere else,
I feel the
frenzied fear of
forgotten faith, promises
made but soon forgotten
and prayer that God answered
but I didn't,
and I wonder why—
why am I so afraid?
I hear the panting
of the ravenous lion
prowling in the night
looking to devour
the unwary and unconcerned.
I feel his hot heavy
breath on my neck
waiting for fear to soften me
so I will be easier prey,
and I make it easy for him.
I don't resist;
I let his lies in the darkness
convince me
that I am doomed,
that all is lost,
and I might as well give up.
And it always happens
in the darkness,
in the night,
when I can be easily confused
somewhere between sleep
and wakefulness
where I thought I was safe
and set my shield aside.
It is especially then
that I should remember
it is all Satanic sleight of hand
that has no real power
unless I give it to him,
and I don't have to
because I am a brother
not in the darkness
nor subject to it
no matter how hard he tries.
I am a son of the light
and a son of the day,
and darkness holds no sway,
for I have heard the words
"Let there be light,"
and there was light
And that Light shines
In the darkness everywhere
for you and for me.
All I have to do is open my eyes.
By: Staci Stallings
One of my Holy Spirit friends is teaching Sunday School to 7th grade girls this year. When she first started, my friend was a little lost as to what to teach and what other resources were available, so she innocently asked me if I could help. Little did either of us know where that one simple email would lead.
First, it was just figuring out what song she could use as an opener and then as a closer. I'm a music fanatic, so that wasn't too taxing. Then as the year progressed, we began working through what it means when things don't work out the way you thought they should. We discussed lessons—she is the consummate "activity guru," and I added in insights I've gleaned from my writing ministry. Together, we made a pretty good team.
Just after Christmas she came over to discuss her newest lesson. She had decided to do a lesson on the light of Christ coming into our world at Christmas. She had already gotten candles to use and everything. We worked out the activity—turning off the lights to start in darkness and then explaining with a single flame that Jesus came into our world and brought light. He gave His light to the early Christians, who passed it down through the generations to us, and now we have the opportunity to give His light to others.
The idea was that the first girl's candle would be lit from the Jesus candle, and then each girl would light the next girl's candle until all the candles were lit. We thought it was a pretty good plan—and then she got to class and had two girls instead of 14. She didn't do the light ceremony but did do the other activities she had planned to go with it.
When we talked again, she still wanted to do the light ceremony, but now she needed new activities. She told me that she was thinking about letting the girls take the word LIGHT and see what acronyms they could come up with. I agreed that it sounded like a good plan.
Then the Holy Spirit stepped in. Being a word freak and having some time on my hands as I drove to school to get my children, I started asking, "What would LIGHT stand for to me?"
I came up with some good ones: Love In God's Heart Today. Live In God's Hope Today. Then as I got closer to home, I looked down and noticed a fortune from a cookie we had gotten over the weekend lying on the seat next to me. I picked it up and read it. The word "Luck" jumped out at me because the book I am currently working on is called "Lucky."
Because I had been looking for "L" words, I immediately thought, "Hmm… Luck… How would that work in the word LIGHT?" Then a thought went through my head. "Luck Is God's Help." Instantly I got excited, but then I realized there was not "T" word. So I said, "Okay, Holy Spirit but what does the T stand for?" Instantly the answer came… "Luck Is God's Help… Trusted."
You might think I came up with that. I didn't. It's too perfect. It's too Holy Spirit!
The cool thing is that for years—literally—people have told me that I was lucky. I always said, "Yeah, and I work darn hard to get that luck to work out." Up until the middle of last year, that was completely accurate in my life. I did work darn hard to be so "lucky." And it was work.
However, about the time my friend started teaching, I started putting things in the Holy Spirit's hands, and life has not been the same since. "Luck" has started literally pouring my direction. So much so, that when the title "Lucky" showed up for my new book, I knew it was perfect because the main theme is putting life in God's hands and how it works so much better when you do that.
Well, you can be sure that I couldn't wait to get home and call my friend. Thing is: She called me first with awesome news! (I love the way the Holy Spirit works!) Just before Christmas she had taken her teacher's certification test, and at the time she commented that it seemed that "everyone else is freaking out, but I'm not worried. I know whatever happens, it's what God meant to happen."
Then today she calls to tell me that she had gotten her scores in… A 91! 73 out of 80 questions right! That, for those of you who don't know, is a slam-dunk on a really challenging test!
Now some people might say she got lucky. But there's no doubt in my mind that she and I both know that "luck" came because she was living in the "light." Luck Is God's Help Trusted… It's such a cool way to live!
By: Dennis Bates
Back in the day when they still taught journalists traditionally, we learned that a good news article was written in an inverted pyramid style. That means the most important parts of the story come first, then the next most important, and so forth until the last paragraph which was the least important. That last paragraph was the tip of the upside down pyramid, thus the name.
The first paragraph was supposed to tell the entire story in thirty words or less and it was called the lead paragraph. A good lead paragraph answered the following questions: who, what, why, where, when and how.
There were several good reasons for the style. Most importantly, have you ever read the first paragraph of a sports story and learned about the overflow crowd, the muddy field or the annual rivalry for paragraph after paragraph, only to be totally frustrated? I have. The most important fact in the first paragraph, especially for those who haven't attended the game is THE SCORE. Who won? Yet, I have seen countless stories that don't give you that crucial piece of information until the third or fourth paragraph, or even lower. A reader should never, ever have to hunt through a story to find out who won. That is the story. Everything else is just detail.
I have found through the years that knowing how to answer the five W's and an H for a lead paragraph has been a transferrable skill. It helps me in my writing and in my thinking. There are exceptions to the technique, of course, but basically life itself makes a lot more sense if you can answer those six questions in any given situation.
For example, let's take the thing we call religion.
Who? The who in religion has to be God. Like the score in a sports story, I shouldn't have to hunt for God in religion. He should jump out at me in the very first or second sentence. He should be clear and easy to find.
What? God should be defined. What are his powers? You can't have a religion without knowing whether your God is omniscient and all present, like the God of the Bible, or if he is some super human force that has flaws like the gods of Greek and Roman mythology or if God is simply a good feeling you get when you commune with nature on a beautiful summer day.
Why? This question goes to purpose. What is God's purpose for being? Is he there to trip us up and punish us? Is his purpose to manipulate us like playing pieces in a universal game of Chutes and Ladders? Is he there so we remember our ancestors and therefore carry on the past? Is he there to make us feel guilty, or is he there to love because more than anything else that's what we need, and he knows that?
Where? Is God hiding just around the corner, taking a break, or a permanent resident of Club Med? Where can we find him, or can we? Does God have a home? If he doesn't, then we can and should question whether he really exists at all. The where of God is a crucial question that we must be able to answer. If I tell you about my God and you ask me, "Where is he?", I had better be able to show you.
When? When does or did God exist? Most religions fail here. If God only existed in the past or only makes a brief guest appearance sometime in the distant future, how can that be very useful to us? In fact, how can that be God at all?
How? How can we tell what we believe in is God, and more importantly, how can we know him as God?
Only one religion can answer these questions satisfactorily.
Who? The creator and maker of all things, the Word, the thing without which there would be no other thing.
What? Omnipresent, Omnipotent, All powerful. Nothing else comes close.
Why? Because we are His; it is He that made us and He loves us.
Where? Everywhere. Here on earth, in the depths of hell and in the heights of heaven. There is no place where God isn't.
When? Yesterday, today and tomorrow. God always was, is now and forever shall be.
How? Through belief in his one and only Son, Jesus Christ. If we know Him, we know God.
There is your lead paragraph for real religion; it's called Christianity.
By: Dennis Bates
We have no choice about what we do last in this life. We die. It's as simple as that. But as Christians, it isn't death we should fear. It's not living that we should be afraid of.
We all have choices in life, lots of them, but making the right choice is only the beginning, not the end. It's what we do with that right choice that matters. It is how we react to that Frostian two-road dilemma after we choose that really defines us. It may be our choice of the road less taken that starts us down the path, but it is how we walk that path once we chose it that makes all the difference.
It does not matter if we chose to walk down the path that was grassy and wanted wear if, after making that choice, we do nothing to tramp down the grass along the way. How will anyone even know we've been there? For as in Adam all die, but in Christ we are made alive. And we weren't made alive to just enjoy the serenity of the path that is grassy and wanting wear. We were made alive to walk down it.
I'm with James on this one. Knowing that there is a path and choosing it in our minds is nothing. It is faith without works, and it is so very, very dead. Belief without action is pretty useless. I know that some would say that Paul says we are justified by faith and not by works. I don't dispute that, but I'm not talking about some sort of justification here. I'm talking about life and living it so it does somebody some good besides you. After all, only worrying about you is rather selfish if you stop to think about it.
Look at Paul's life if you think he meant that faith alone is enough. He didn't sit on his faith; he went everywhere he could, preaching about it and telling people how to live better lives. And in the end he paid the ultimate price for doing so.
For that matter, the Man that he believed in and called Lord did the same thing. Jesus, as the Son of God, didn't have to do anything, but he did. He didn't just pick an interesting path; he walked down it. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, forgave the sinners and ultimately walked the path to his crucifixion.
This Man who could calm a storm, walk on water, and change water into wine didn't have to prove himself to anybody. He was from God and going back there. He did what he did to show us that if we truly want to follow Him, if we really believe that we are justified by faith, then we have to do more than just talk about it. It's not enough to shout hallelujah or believe quietly in our hearts that we are saved and then slink off timidly down the sidewalk.
We need to walk boldly down the path we choose. We need to ignore the signs that say "Keep off the Grass," and walk on it, stomp on it, wear it down and wear it out. Jesus will walk down that path with us; He's been there before. Then and only then does choosing the path less traveled make all the difference.
By: Dennis Bates
I coughed in her ear.
That's all! I coughed in her ear.
Is that a sin in any religion?
Did I come home late
Smelling of another? No.
Did I forget our anniversary,
her birthday, our first date?
No. I coughed in her ear.
We were lying next to each other
and I coughed; an accident,
I didn't do it on purpose
or out of spite
I coughed, and her ear
was there.
Had we been pressing
each other's warm flesh
it might not have happened,
but we don't press each
other as much anymore.
Too old,
too tired,
too full,
too fat.
not two.
I coughed in her ear
And I haven't heard
anything from her since.
It was only a cough
and I didn't try to,
but somehow
it dioesn't matter.
In the twilight kingdom
under the fading star
lips that would kiss
form only a broken jaw
and avoid speech
somewhere where Eliot's shape
has no form
and shade has no color,
where all we do
is grope together with a whimper
somewhere between
the motion and the reality.
And all because
I coughed in her ear.
And so it will be.
But does it have to?
In the larger scheme,
and I believe there is one,
isn't a harmless cough
something to be ignored
or at least forgiven?
In youth it would have been
so that the joy of being close,
the warmth,
the breathless excitement,
the soft love of
a sweet sensual touch
of flesh and soul
could be enjoyed
and magnified.
All of it.
But those things got replaced
because of familiar repetition
that we chose to view
as an annoyance
rather than something
to be cherished
like it used to be.
Too soon there is no cough
and only the creaky silence
of abject loneliness prevails,
and it doesn't cough.
It just sits and stares
like a cat with no purr,
a barkless dog,
a bird with no song, or
a sullen child
not allowed to speak
because it is better
to be seen.
Then the only screams
in the night are your own,
and there is no one
to hold you when you are
comfort you when you are
or turn on a light when
dreams of darkness
It may not be much,
but at least I coughed,
not because I sought to annoy,
but to be near while
I still can.
By: Dennis Bates
One of my favorite lines from the play "My Fair Lady" comes from the slightly pompous and very proper Professor Henry Higgins when he rails about how different nationalities speak. When he gets to the French, he has this to say: "The French never care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly." Something about the tongue-in –cheek nonchalance of that sentence has always tickled the British genes in me. Almost anything that pokes fun at our cousins across the channel usually does.
As with any truly classic British humor, however, the statement takes on a bit of itself as well. That's why the statement fits so well in an American play about an uppity Englishman. It's a joke within itself, poking fun at the very thing it seeks to make fun of. Professor Higgins is more concerned with proper pronunciation and diction than he is the substance of the statement he seeks to pronounce correctly. In fact, he bets his best friend that he can turn an ordinary flower girl from a working class area of London into a proper lady just by teaching her how to speak correctly, which is to say, as he does.
Of course, anyone who is familiar with the play knows that by the end of the play he has passed her off as a lady in all the proper circles, and her proper manners and speech has no doubt been the key to her success. In fact, ultimately the Professor himself realizes that he is in love with her and his loveable, but quite proper mother applauds Lisa for being able to force her son to finally grow up. Would she, however, been quite so thrilled if her son had brought home the rag tag flower girl Henry first took in, whose speech was barely intelligible? For that matter, would Henry himself have fallen in love with Lisa the flower girl, had she not cleaned up well?
While outwardly different at the end of the play, I have always had the sense that inwardly Lisa hadn't really changed that much. Her heart overflowed with love, but it always had. Her vulnerability when Higgins was unkind at the end was just better camouflaged but none the less the same as she felt when she was overlooked on the streets, even though she spoke of being a "good girl," when her virtue was challenged.
If anyone really changed, it was Henry. Although he still showed shameless chauvinistic tendencies to the very end, in some small way, he learned how to love who Lisa was and what she did at least as much as, if not more than the way she pronounced it. At least, I hope so. That's what was always the most important as far as I'm concerned.
I feel the same way about society in general and churches in specific today. With all the whirl of technology and all the glitz and glimmer of multimedia gadgets, have we let the medium become the message? Has televangelism phonetics translated unassuming flower girl Christians into proper ladies who look good, but only pronounce things properly? Is a mega church with a full orchestra, and cameo appearances by famous people necessary to praise the Lord?
Or was Lisa right in the very beginning when she said all she needed was a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air where things would be loverly and real, regardless of how you pronounced them?
By: Staci Stallings
You know, there are some things about writing that are just kind of odd. Like when you pick up the phone and someone says to you, "It's 2008." Uh-huh. I knew that. "Well, where's the book? It says here it's coming out in 2008. It's 2008. Where's the sequel? I want to read it NOW!"
This was an actual conversation on like January 12th of 2008. I can get a verifiable reference from the person who made that call (and who is right now laughing hysterically as she reads this!) that this call actually took place. The truth is, I've gotten a lot of strange calls like this. For example, the time I picked up the phone and the caller said, "I'm going to slap you silly. You did NOT write that book. I could not put it down…"
Those kinds of calls tend to stick in your mind long after you've gone on with your life. But today, I fondly remember that January call because I can now officially announce that "Reunion"–the sequel that the caller could not wait to get and read has been officially released.
I wanted to put said caller's endorsement on the back, but others won out. However, here is what she said about "Reunion" upon reading an advanced copy (sometimes you just have to bend the rules):
"Reunion"–a sequel well worth the wait. It ties up all the loose ends, and it was so good. I loved it. Staci Stallings definitely knows how to get your attention and curiosity to its peak. This book shows you how true the saying is, "Good things come to those who wait"!
I think she liked it. And now you can too.
Just go to:
And I also want to give a big shout out of thanks to Ash Arceneaux for the awesome cover design! Wow! What in the world was I worried about? ;)
Finally, let me just say that God is VERY good and VERY faithful. There were times, especially with this one and "Dreams" that I wasn't at all sure I would ever see either one in print. But there's no doubt in my mind that He had it all planned–even all the bumps along the way. The publication of this book strengthens my faith that I never have to worry. All I have to do is follow and do what He says, and my dreams will work out in His time, in His way, in His perfection.
How very comforting and restful that is to know that I don't have to because He will…
Now onto the next step He's got waiting for me!
Peace to all my readers and friends. I really couldn't do this without you!


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Week 13: Baltimore VS Cleveland
Winning 24 – 10, the Ravens had their way with AFC North opponent, Cleveland Browns. Ray Rice had a record day rushing for 204 yards on 29 carries, also getting himself a touchdown. 94 of those yards set himself a personal record, for yards after contact. Rice's performance allowed Flacco to do very little, going 10/23 for 158 yards 0TD, 0INT. With this win, the Ravens improve to an AFC best, 9-3 on the season.
Key Stats
Flacco – 10/23 158YDS 0TD 0INT
Rice – 29 CAR 204 YDS 1 TD
Dickson – 3REC 47YDS
Boldin – 2REC 32YDS
Obviously you have to give MVP of the game to…
Ray Rice
As I've mentioned in previous posts, this guy is a beast. How long is it going to take for Cam Cameron to realize this? Ray Rice is just the 3rd player this year to get more than 94 YDS after contact in a game.
We are not a passing team. We are a run-run-run it down your throat, and cause turnovers kind of team. Joe Flacco is the best quarterback we've ever had, but he has not shown enough consistency to get away from our great running back in RAY RICE.


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Tam Giang – Hue during Festival season
During the colourful Hue Festival days, there is also an opportunity to discover a Hue of poetic rivers and folk festivities in the outer regions of the city. Located at the northwest of hue city, Tam Giang be longs of Quang Dien, a scenic spot which possesses natural ecological features and maintains the simple lifestyles of the local people.
The first place you should stop at is Dinh Thu Le village, an ancient historical site which is also purely a farming village of Quang Dien district. The small community is surrounded by the Sea and Dien Hong rivers.
The name of the village means "politeness" in Chinese. Most of the village's historic materials record that the village was set up before the regime of Lord Nguyen Hoang who came to rule the Thuan Hoa region. Thu Le is still preserved its folk festivals well which are typical of the sporting spirit of Tam Giang. Festivities include racing, folk stories, kites flying and folk song festivities.
Next to Thu Le is My Thanh village where there are many fishing instruments are displayed, and where collections of shrimp and fish species along with artisans demonstrating the art of making fishing nets. The president of My Thanh fishery association is happy to show visitors artifacts and how to knit nthe net by themselves. Although Tam Giang people no longer live on the water, their life still is very effected and influenced by nature. They lead an unaffected and simple life almost as if they choose to ignore the bustling of the outside world.
Tam Giang lagoon stretching out in front of My Thanh village is the result of a confluence of three major rivers flowing through the village peacefully before pouring out at the mouth of the Thuan An and Tu Hien rivers. It is possible, therefore, that Tam Giang carries the qualities of all three rivers: the gentleness and temptation of Huong Giang river, the danger and strength of Bo, and the surprising eminence of the O Lau river.
Leisurely travelling by bike, you can stop by the fresh vegetable gardens of the villagers to talk with the gardeners or help them water their plants. The local people are extremely friendly and sincere. They are happy to tell you about their gardens varieties, planting processes, crop calendars and vegetables dishes. You only need to continue on for a few more minutes to reach Thuy Lap knitting trade village where you can learn how the locals create manual objects such as bamboo baskets and cradles. Even better is having the opportunity to try and make one of the handicrafts yourself and to experience the challenges faced by the local artisans.
Visitors then get on a boat passing through the lagoon to reach Con Toc station in Quang Ngan. Here there is a chance to integrate into the life of the fishing village by investigating the fish traps (pillar shaped traps made of bamboo), finding Tria (a water sow), and visiting tents on the lagoon. Everyone can then look forward to a meal on the boat likely consisting of fish out of the lagoon or boiled meat served with a sour shrimp dish and accompanied by a famous local wine from Chuon village.
If you have time, you should also head to the Tam Giang Local people's houses to be an audience for the unique Nap dance. The Nap dance is an original piece, also known as the Light dance, performed by a number of boys. Finally, you must pay a visit to the Bao La bamboo knitting cooperative to buy some bamboo souvenirs.
The two-day Tam Giang festival named Song Nuoc Tam Giang (Water and Waves of Tam Giang) was first held on May I "and 2nd, 2010 in Quang Dien district. The centre of the festival lies on the lagoon. Locals and visitors participating in the festival have an opportunity to take tours and enjoy the natural beauty of the lagoon as well as observe daily life in the region. They are also free to take part in folk games, or try their hand at several of the traditional handicraft vocations of communities living nearby the lagoon. Additionally, many other community and sea tours to see local cultural heritage sites are available during the festival.


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Kids may be spending too much time in front of computers and television, but are interventions designed to curb that working? An analysis of several reports finds that some do, but improvements may be needed.
A meta-analysis of 47 studies targeting intervention programs to curb screen time among children younger than 12 found that 29 showed programs were successful at getting kids away from the television, computer and video games.


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Have you ever tried something out in game that at the outset sounded really bad? For us it started when one of our players found the old Complete Guide to Unlawful Carnal Knowledge netbook. It's possibly the most useless RPG book we every came across but it got a few ideas flowing.
by Stefan Hundhammer at Flickr
Our first foray into the world of bad ideas was making all the characters retired. The idea being that they had the skills but not the body to use them in the same way they used to. It sounds like a complete non-starter doesn't it? Warriors no longer being able to lift their swords and falling over from the slightest bump. Mages known everything there is to know about magic but not having a body capable of controlling and channeling the magical energies required to actually cast anything. Rogues that can't climb up a set of steps never mind a drainpipe.
Where we took this story instead was well away from the combat. In fact I can't think of a single round of combat that the players actively took part in. Oh sure there were fights going on but not one of them involved a player directly. Everything became about getting one over on the other players. Not in a nasty way of course but playing tricks or beating them at competitions became the common theme of sessions.
Over the years I'd actually forgotten about this campaign until I watched an episode of Still Game called 'Cairds' where the story closely followed one of the funniest sessions we played. Our characters had fell foul of the local band of young ruffians and being to weak to fight them off decided to pay someone to do the fighting for them. In order to get the cash for this however they had to fix a game of cards. It took the combined skills of all the players to come up with a workable plan and follow it through. From the mage's mathematical skills being used for counting cards to the rogue's sneaky card tricks they had that angle all covered but the problem was that it was only the slightly dim warrior that was allowed into the card game.
I think maybe I should
steal borrow a few story lines from Still Game for another session like this.


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Looking for something fun to do with the kids this weekend? Pack up a blanket, chairs and some snacks and join Patch at the Saturday, May 12.
Acme Outdoor Movies will show "A Dolphin Tale" beginning at sundown. Land O' Lakes Patch will have the jolly green Patch RV parked there to collect canned foods and pass out free swag.
The movie is free to attend. The Patch RV will be onsite at 7 p.m.
Stop by and pick up some goodies. Bring a can or two and we might even hug you!
The community center is located at 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd.


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Trading Standards
Newport City Council's Trading Standards service enforces a wide range of consumer protection and fair trading laws controlling the advertising, marketing, production, distribution and supply of goods and services throughout the manufacturing, importation, distribution and service delivery chain.
Watch Newport Trading Standards in action on this short YouTube Trading Standards film (opens new website)
What do we do?
- check that descriptions on packaging and in adverts do not mislead
- check that food is not being sold past the use by date and that legal limits are met
- check that any goods, including toys, electrical goods, cosmetics, cars etc, new or second hand, are safe to use
- advise traders on what is permissible under the Consumer Credit Act. Read about and apply for a consumer credit licence (opens new website)
- investigate complaints that contract terms may be unfair
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Formal day! We dress to impress this morning to visit global health care giant, Johnson & Johnson. The location is about 40 minutes outside of Rome and is a manufacturing and business campus, complete with football field (soccer).
Johnson and Johnson's corporate mission is highly regarded and studied by international businesses. They maintain a focus on people and care before profit and bottom lines. In many scenarios, they have lost money in order to do what is right. This corporate mantra translates well across international boundaries and was illustrated well in the presentations we heard today. The speakers talked about J&J's definition of value:
- Quality & innovation
- Transparency
- Accompanying customers
- Developing partnerships
These pillars their business shape and mold employees to perform their work with care and influence the manner in which work is performed. To measure their success, J&J takes frequent climate surveys, using the results to dictate their business decisions. Students learned how J&J's marketing strategy consistently focuses on images and phrases central to humankind, such faces and body movements that promote the marketing message of better health and lifestyle.
After a full morning of this special opportunity from one of the world's leading companies, we were treated to lunch and discussion. I believe the students gleamed much from these intelligent and outspoken professionals.
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- Melt the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and cayenne pepper, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Increase the heat to high, and add the shrimp and white wine. Bring to a boil, and cook until the shrimp are no longer transparent in the center, about 3 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and sweet paprika before serving.
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I am from Spain and Pil Pil in dishes mostly means having parsley. You could just add a tbs of chopped fresh parsley, to see if it's closer to what you enjoyed there.
I would cut the garlic in half next time. I did not have sweet paprika, only regular paprika. I didn't know if this was the same thing so I was afraid to put in 3 whole tablespoons of it. I used a 1/4 tsp of paprika. It made a nice little sauce to add over fettucine. One kid liked it, one definitely did not (too spicy) and I'm sitting on the fence.
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Give this a try with the listed ingredients and you will not be disappointed.
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- There's "no-turn-on-red" signs onto Moreland from Glenwood in both directions, but motorists routinely ignore them.
- Sensors under the street trigger the traffic signal that controls the motor vehicle flow headed east on Glenwood. But too often they don't work properly and you see frustrated motorists run the light to cross Moreland, cut through the parking lots on either side or back up a little in an attempt to trigger the sensors.
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Ways of working details the development of workshops for primary age children focusing on the giving and receiving of feedback during selected tasks. This is the first stage in work on peer coaching skills with this age group. The paper discusses the rationale for the chosen tasks and the changes made to the workshops through the experiences with different groups of children. The paper ends with reflections on the process by the researchers from different backgrounds and suggests ways of moving forward with this area.
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Jay-Z Goes Back to Brooklyn in 'Where I'm From' Documentary
From 560 State Street to the Barclays Center. Jay-Z takes us along the epic journey to the opening of Brooklyn's billion-dollar venue in his 24-minute documentary "Where I'm From," which premiered on Life+Times.
The triumphant trek starts a year ago, leading up to the grand opening of the stadium in Brooklyn, where the Nets now play. Jay rehearses with his band for his eight sold-out shows and rides the subway with his fellow New Yorkers including one unsuspecting lady. It concludes on stage at the new Barclays Center, just steps away from where he grew up.
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Im looking to change my old style symphony radio with the cassette player in my 04 A3, to the new style symphony out of a 2008 A3 are they a direct swap without any mods? Thanks!
Im looking to change my old style symphony radio with the cassette player in my 04 A3, to the new style symphony out of a 2008 A3 are they a direct swap without any mods? Thanks!
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You will need a quad lock adapter and modify this to get power to the unit
You will also need to change your antenna in the boot as it uses a different system
Apart from that it is a straight swap
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I have a symhony double din stereo, quadlock adaptor, fakra aerial adaptor and stereo keys for sale. Pm me if interested.
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i have a concert unit from my S3 with the chrome buttons. It boxed up in my room, Not sure what its worth but if you PM me an offer you think is fair we can go from there.
Here's a picture of it installed:
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sorry to op!
but does anyone have a concert headunit for sale?
Audi A3 2.0 tdi sport..many mods to follow...just too fussy when it comes to making decisions!
Just a quickie are the newer Symphony (none tape version) MP3 disc players too???
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The symphony that I have for sale plays mp3 too. Looks just like the concert one pictured but says symphony accross the top. Don't know what the actual differences are though.
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Symphony has a multi-disc changer. Concert has a single disc player.
Other than that... identical.
'Symphony' is code for "with changer" 'concert' is code for "without changer"
Cheers, the one that I have for sale looks just like the one pictured in this thread then but with a multichanger.
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The Warren School is a public elementary school in Warren, Vermont. Constructed in 1972 and enlarged in 1980 (and again in 2012), the school was designed to be home-like. The 2012-2013 fall enrollment was 191 students, with an average K-6 class size of 17. There are pre-school classes for 3 and 4-year-olds, and the Kindergarten program is full-day.
The curriculum provides each student with instruction in art, music, physical education, and technology and library skills. French is taught in grades K-6. Support staff in cludes a Nurse, School Counselor, Technology Coordinator and Librarian, all of whom are part-time, a full-time Speech/Language Therapist, and 2.8 Learning Support teachers (Special Education, Remedial and Title 1). Daily after-school childcare is available at a moderate fee, and from time-to-time, after-school enrichment and recreation programs are offered. In winter, children in grades K-6 go skiing or snowboarding on Friday afternoons; primary students have swimming lessons in May. The school operates its own buses, and breakfast and lunch programs.
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Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard announced in August that he hired Frank Sparaco, a Rockland County legislator, as the department's new part-time constituent services assistant.
Sparaco started working Aug. 27 in the $75,000-a-year position. The 25-hour a week position does not include benefits: medical, or vacation or sick days. As a legislator, Sparaco receives medical benefits.
At the December Nanuet Civic Association meeting, Ballard addressed questions residents had about Sparaco's position. In Patch's first post, Ballard explained why the position was needed, how he came to his decision with choosing Sparaco
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During Hurricane Sandy, Clarkstown Police and the Highway Department produced a shared internet document (through Google) to input current reportings and works-in-progress during the storm and the clean up efforts. This "live" document was viewed by multiple town departments as well as the O&R representative stationed at the police building command center. The report included data such as outages, downed poles/wires/transformers, downed trees and hanging limbs, fully and partially blocked streets and was updated 24/7.
"Frank was the one doing the work with the Google doc on behalf of the Highway Department at the police department taking in information from the field and keeping me apprised during the storm," said Ballard. "During the first and second week of the storm, he worked over 95 hours. He made himself available when he was needed, which I knew he would when I hired him."
This document, as a management tool, enabled the best use of labor, equipment and materials for the opening of roads on a priority basis, he added.
"With regards to the storm response, I will be submitting a portion of his salary to FEMA, I'm highly confident that it will be paid for. With my experience along these lines, I know there are always opportunities to cover expenses and save taxpayers' dollars. I believe that I make major decisions every day involving million dollar decisions. For example, the $3.8 M that I submitted to FEMA for the Town of Clarkstown, I'm not expecting to receive all that money because it is an estimate and they'll negotiate me down. However, in the past we have received a significant portion of what I requested."
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"I've been a highway superintendent for 15 years and I believe I deliver really good service. I streamlined my department. I ask that next time I have to run for re-election that you not consider just one thing that you may disagree with that I did, but all the things I've done in the 15 years I have been in office. I hope that for that next election, I can come in here and show you more of the true value that Mr. Sparaco has brought to the Highway Department."
With the county in financial stress, at one point, the county had stated that due to their being a budget constraint, they're looking to give towns more roads to take care of.
"To be able to have a person like Frank Sparaco that can walk in there, who knows the people and knows the issues, it's far better than (someone who is not familiar with all the different levels of government)," said Ballard. "I need someone that can take a situation and understand it, not just take it one or two steps, but take it to completion."
"I'm sorry if any voter disagrees with any decisions I have made," he added. "I will always work as hard as I can to gain back the confidence of the constituents of the Town of Clarkstown."


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Recommendations for lunch and dinner in Charleston, SC
My husband and I are going to Charleston for the second time and are looking for a few good places for lunch and dinner. We went last year and had a really good dinner at Fig and another one at Hank's. We were going to go to SNOB but our plans changed.
We are thinking about trying Cypress and not sure about Cru Cafe. Would you suggest lunch or dinner? We would like a couple of really nice dinners and then a couple of relaxed, dinners (and easier on the wallet). As far as lunch goes, I heard that Hominy Grill is good. Any thoughts on that or other suggestions? Thanks for your help!
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Perhaps after you've reviewed that link you could be more specific about what it is that you're looking for?
Hominy Grill is great at any time of day. Try the okra beignets .If it's nice sit out on the patio. It has a parking lot if you don't care to walk.
Cru Cafe is nice for lunch. Sit inside if the aroma of horses bothers you-it's just across from the Carriage headquarters. I always sit at the bar by the kitchenand watch the staff do their thing.
re: Sue in Mt P
Thank you very much for your help! We have decided to have dinner at SNOB and CYpress and try Hominy Grill and Cru Cafe for lunch. We may stop to check out Virginia's as well. I have read come good things. We may try for a brunch somewhere as well!
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New Media & Society . London: SAGE Publications.
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- Gunkel, D. J. (2003) Second thoughts: toward a critique of the digital divide
- Wellman, B. (2004) The three ages of internet studies: ten, five and zero years ago
- Etling, B., Kelly, J., Faris, R. & Palfrey, J. G. (2010) Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent
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When his former professor is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, a career-obsessed sportswriter plans a visit that grows into a life-changing weekly event.
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