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Chaplain Outreach
This page is for all chaplain activities. Chaplains, chaplain assistants, prospective chaplains, and those who want services from chaplains will find information. This for both military and civilian chaplains in all institutions, and is open to current and prior military as well as civilians. Chaplains read on. Those who want to be new chaplains, to change their endorsement, or to be lay leaders working with chaplains, skip down for more information.
MAAF is supporting the application of Humanist Society Celebrant Jason Heap for Navy Chaplaincy. View the recent interfaith sign-on letter in support of humanist chaplaincy. Also listed are several statements and resolutions in support of humanist chaplaincy by the humanist community.
Dear Chaplain
Dear Chaplain: This page and the assistance we offer is outreach to help you help military personnel who seek a secular approach and a nontheist community. While MAAF has run into chaplains interested solely in spreading their own ideas or just doing a Sunday service for their own denomination, we have confidence that that is not the norm and that chaplains in general are sincerely interested in providing support to all service members on the terms of that service member. We're here to help with information and materials. You know there are nontheists in your unit. Do they come to you for help? Would you really understand their position and community enough to point them in the right direction? Let us help you. Just as importantly, let us show our community that chaplains are willing and able to support atheists and humanists.
If you are unfamiliar with Humanism, consider the following short explanation: Scientific naturalism sees the lens of science as the best way to understand the world, assigning certainty only according to the weight of evidence. Humanists are skeptical of evidence through any source, especially revelation, tradition, or authority. Right actions follow from an ultimate value of human-flourishing, human-based rational ethics and our evolved empathy and instincts as social animals. Tools such as deontology, virtue ethics, consequentialism, and utilitarianism are used in concert to create a solid foundation for ethical action in any given situation. A humanist makes meaning in life by viewing the world through the lens of scientific naturalism, acting according to human-based, rational ethics, and by seeking lasting personal fulfillment through the advancement of oneself, one's community, and humanity.
Humanists are also atheists, but that's not really the point. Several important stories below lay out issues of belief and policy in more detail:
- Open letter to chaplains, Oct 29, 2011
- Playing Favorites: What beliefs should chaplains support?, Apr 23, 2012
- Humanist Lay Leader/DFGL Feature, Mar 19, 2012
- What do we mean by humanism (FAQ)
- Chaplain services website reform, Sep 22, 2011
- Open letter to chaplain endorsers, Jun 22, 2011
Additional Page contents
Continue reading on for additional resources:
- Additional Resources for Chaplains: demographics, articles, stories, brochures, etc
- Secular counseling: standard, family, and substance counseling support and information useful for nontheists.
- Minimum Statement of Support: equal support for nontheists
- Chaplain Headquarters contact information
- Humanist chaplain – application information to change endorsement, be a chaplain, or to be a lay leader; and our chaplain covenant.
Minimum Statement of Support
The MAAF Chaplain Outreach Program and is intended to be a minimum standard of commitment to equal treatment of all service members as well as respect for religious diversity within the military. Signing onto this statement is a way to communicate to nontheist service members that chaplains will help everyone. Chaplains and chaplain offices are invited to publicly show support by contacting MAAF. MAAF equally seeks feedback from any chaplain unwilling to sign on for any reason.
Nontheistic service members including atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and others identifying as nontheists serve honorably within our nation's military. Chaplains should support nontheistic service members with the same enthusiasm, resources, and services that they provide for theistic service members. Leaders should not use their position to influence individuals or the chain of command to adopt the leader's own personal religion. These are minimum standards of conduct to which all service members, especially chaplains and commanders, should adhere.
Below is a list of current chaplain endorsing agencies that agree in principle to our Minimum Statement of Support or who have acted in accordance with our call for endorser support:
Alliance of Baptists | Interfaith Alliance | Sacred Well Congregation | Coalition of Spirit-Filled Churches | Society for Humanistic Mormonism | Swedenborgian Church | Unitarian Universalist Association
Below are organizations that signed onto a more restrictive 'pledge' version that preceded this 'minimum standard' version:
American Atheists, American Ethical Union, American Humanist Association, Atheist Alliance International, Center for Atheism, Council for Secular Humanism, Institute for Humanist Studies, Internet Infidels, Secular Coalition for America, Secular Student Alliance, Society for Humanistic Judaism, Society for Humanistic Mormonism
Additional Resources for Chaplains
- Chaplain-related stories at the MAAF blog
- View the MAAF Living Well brochure, the MAAF perspective on military spirituality training and recommended reading that chaplains can use to better support our members.
- Military Demographics showing atheists are the second largest non-Christian group and others like Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, and Wicca.
- Chaplain lesson plan [needs update but still valid]: Training to help chaplains to better understand our challenges.
- Clergy Project - [external link] – By former clergy, for clergy struggling with faith and interested in humanism; fully confidential
Secular counseling
Although the military chaplains should be able to service counseling needs, there are a number of services MAAF recommends for the needs of nontheist service members.
- Secular Therapist Project is a growing effort to find and support secular and humanistic counselors and has a referral program.
- Grief Beyond Belief – although just a Facebook group, there are good support and references here.
- SMART Recovery substance abuse counseling.
- MAAF has reviewed family counseling programs and recommends Prepare-Enrich and Gottman Relationships. MAAF is working with Prepare-Enrich to develop dedicated humanist modules. see article
- Consider individual counselors who work with MAAF: Freethought Counseling with Patricia Guzikowski, and Joe Beck, of the Council for Secular Humanism, (716) 912-7055, firstname.lastname@example.com
- In addition to MAAF, Humanist celebrants can have good humanist insights and information: The Humanist Society, UU Humanists, Harvard Humanist Chaplain, and American Ethical Union may be able to refer to a celebrant in your area.
Official Chaplain Headquarters
The following addresses are provided for members and supporters to communicate this program to chaplain leaders to encourage them to contact MAAF for training development, materials, and better support of nontheists.
- Chief of the Chaplain Service, HQ USAF HC, 1380 AF Pentagon Rm 4E260, Washington, DC 20330-1380, 571-256-7729, Maj Gen Howard Stendahl (ELCA Lutheran), as of Jul 2012, Deputy Brig Gen Bobby Page (Texas Baptist)
- Army Chief of Chaplains DACH-ZA, 2700 Army Pentagon Rm 3E524, Washington, DC 20310-2700, 703-695-1133, MG Donald Rutherford (Roman Catholic), as of Jul 2012, Deputy BG (Charles) Ray Bailey (United Methodist)
- Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains, 2000 Navy Pentagon Rm 5E270, Washington, DC 20350-2000, 703-614-4043, RADM Mark Tidd (Presbyterian USA) as of Aug 2010 (Chair of AFCB as of Jul 2012), Deputy Chief RADM Margaret Kibben (Presbyterian USA)
- Armed Forces Chaplains Board, 4000 Defense Pentagon Rm 2E341, Washington, DC 20301-4000, 703-697-9015, Executive Director AF Col Jerry Pitts (Southern Baptist) as of Jul 2012
- Chief, CAP Chaplain Service HQ CAP-USAF/HC, 105 S Hansell St, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332, 877-227-9142 ext 418, Col J Delano Ellis (Church of God In Christ)
Humanist Chaplain and Lay Leader Endorsement Program
View the endorsement guidelines including the chaplain covenant and then complete the application process. Apply as a celebrant (clergy), lay leader, and/or chaplain.
MAAF administers the military and veteran endorsement programs of humanist organizations who hold IRS "church" tax exemptions: Humanist Society
*** MAAF always maintains confidentiality for any current chaplains interested in switching endorsement ***
You can make a huge difference being a leader in the humanist community (and this applies to atheists, freethinkers, and other nontheists). Being a lay leader requires commitment to humanism and a continuing commitment to personal moral, emotional, and intellectual development. As a certified representative, you can work with the military, veterans affairs, hospitals, and other institutions to support atheists and humanists. While this program is tailored for the military, civilians can apply to work with the military. In addition, endorsement can be used for military and civilian institutions.
The Chaplain resources above explain what we are looking for from chaplains and what kind of humanist tradition our chaplains are expected to represent.
Expectation of MAAF leaders:
- Commitment to the MAAF expression and tradition of humanist values, including scientific naturalism and human-based rationalistic ethics as well as willingness to serve fellow atheists and humanists
- Understanding of the MAAF expression and tradition of humanist values as well as the current developments and issues surrounding MAAF, humanism, and humanist thought.
- Leadership experience and capability to carry out duties of any positions held.
- Application: Complete the application process, including membership, fees, questionnaire, and references.
- Department of Defense requirements: Lay leaders require dedication more than anything, but the Department of Defense has stringent and Christian-centric standards including a single 72-hour graduate accredited university degree in a related field, two years of congregational leadership experience, and must be age 40 or lower. Chaplain endorsement can be conferred even if the candidate does not meet Department of Defense requirements, but for now, those interested in military chaplaincy should be aware of restrictions.
Because the Humanist Society has a prior fully-formed endorsement process, MAAF has worked with them to provide administrative support within their existing framework. MAAF also worked directly with the Society to ensure the process reflects the highest standards.
View the endorsement guidelines including the chaplain covenant and then complete the application process. Apply as a celebrant (clergy), lay leader, and/or chaplain. Regardless of endorsement, MAAF or the Society may require additional agreements related to reporting and conduct in certain positions.
MAAF also accepts direct endorsement requests for lay leaders and chaplains, in certain cases. To apply directly, join MAAF and you will be able to present your application. However, the Society process is encouraged.
For any questions, contact MAAF.


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A point I would like to make is that most sites require a minmum post count before you can make your own thread or subject, I think this would clear up a lot of the clutter advertisers come in and do that are not active with the site even if it were just 20 replies they had to make before they could start their own thread.
I think there's things we could do to limit access/funtionality non-members. The tough thing though is I've seen club members do this kind of advertising on the forums too. We had a blow-up over at the Handyman club a few weeks back when a member promoted a product in a bunch of threads and it rubbed the other members the wrong way. I don't think we'll ever be able to do away with it 100%, but I'll stick it on the list.
Thanks E appreciate all your doing.
I`ve been wondering about that myself HB. It just don`t make alot of sense to me that I can use simple HTML code in my siggy yet can`t within my post. It would be much, much easier if we could.
Hillbillyangler,.. actually it's about as simple as it can get.
Just "copy" and "paste" the picture. Go to the picture's hosting site IE: photobucket, etc. right-click - copy,... take it to your message, right-click,.. and paste it.
No [img] tags,.. nadda' !! It's that simple, works with gif's, etc. also,... just as long as they are from a website and not just on your computer.
Most of us done figured out how to post pics here, it`s just a matter of doing it easier, especially if you are putting more than one or two pics in your post.
I don't think we'll ever be able to do away with it 100%, but I'll stick it on the list.
Could you post that List?
I open a e-mail put my words in ----go to photobucket --- copy the picture I want-----paste it in the e-mail then have at it again............then copy the whole e-mail and paste it here............
post it on another site -------------copy the post ----------paste it here !!!!!!!
Hey there Ed,.. how have ya' been??
Tight lines,...
Terry Webster
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That sure is alot of work just to post a picture !! I up load them right from my computer.
open attachments bottom of the post box, click on browse, click on picture in my computer photo file hit open and click attach onces it uploads. you will see a file extention at the bottom of the post box click on the file extention it will open in another page showing the picture copy and paste it to the post boxI never use photobucket don't even have an account there..
I'd STILL like to hear SOME type of LOGICAL explanation as to WHY or HOW my addy / personal info was incorrect....instead of a lame "we're sorry".
And another note on this....ya'all keep hearing about various folks going through various things with the Club. As far as I'm concerned...unless the Club comes out PUBLICALLY and makes a statement fairly soon...sooner or later....they're going to end up with Credibility issues.
There's something else going on there at the Club too. Before I left California back in September I updated My Account with my new address here in Wisconsin...and I have been receiving the mags.
Just now I checked my account....and someone had changed my address and phone #
Don't know how much easier it can get than "Copy and Paste",... open up a couple new tabs in your browser with your pics and have at it.
Don`t know why one would want to do that method when I can open ONE tab on any other site and have instant access to 20 IMG codes in seconds. Them same 20 IMG codes I could post within a minute where as it would likely take me twenty minutes plus to open each pic and copy and paste it as we have to now. Unless of course you now a faster way????????
Been good Terry how is every thing out your way ??? Ready for brown trout and salmon season to strat ?
Hope you have a good season buddy.
As long as it works for you RT that's all that counts.
I would NOT do it that way for two reasons:
1. I think you way is a LOT of work...........LOL
2. Using the NAFC upload they (NAFC) would "own" my pictures , and that was one of the conditions of this new site that took so long for me to come back !!!!!
and as far as not caring about what goes on over at the NAHC it would be wise to care,... that site is where the thread that I started to the club management got noticed by the CEO of all of the club groups, along with Bill Miller and things finally started turning around.
If I recall it was on or about the 18th of February the speed increased dramaticly with other improvements shortly following. So don't be so quick to disregard your sister club and it's members,... we are the ones who saw to it the repairs got underway in the first place!
Thanks for the on going good job E.
I also would like to see the list so we know what may get fixed and if MY own hot ones NOT on it I can whine some more here and hope it gets there.....


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Byrd has made several terrific running catches in the gaps in left and right center in the last week. He made a diving catch in shallow right field after he broke back on a ball hit with a full swing off the end of the bat -- the most difficult type of fly ball to read.
Another bad break on a ball at which a hitter took a full swing cost Byrd a chance to get to a Paul Konerko fly ball into shallow left-center field on Friday, a bloop hit that ended up leading to a run.
(He slipped in an effort to make a diving catch on Saturday, allowing Konerko to reach second with a double.)
"Technically, he has really good breaks and takes good routes to balls and plays a good solid defense," Red Sox outfielders coach Alex Ochoa said. "With a big hitter like (Konerko), when he takes a full swing but hits it off the end of the bat, your first reaction is to go back. Those are things that happen in the game. You can't be perfect. But he's done a good job."
"We all saw how he's broken back on three balls with full swings, which happens," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said. "I don't know if we'll get three full swings on balls off the end of the bat in the next two months."
The speed with which Byrd has tracked down several fly balls in the gaps has been encouraging, particularly given his struggles with his weight last season. Byrd dropped 40 pounds over the winter and came to spring training with the Cubs at the same weight -- 215 pounds -- he played at in high school. It has shown with the way he's pursued fly balls.
"You hear stuff, so you assume, 'Oh, maybe he's slowed down a little bit,'" Ochoa said. "I haven't seen that. It's been surprise in that aspect. But the reports we got from this year were that he was playing good defense, getting good jumps. When he came in, physically, he looked like he was in great shape and I had a feeling he'd be good to go."
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Whether bees or Martians, science or science-fiction, the notion of a hive mind is one that pops up frequently within the realm of psychology, philosophy, theology, science and, last but not least, technology. A hive mind is one that has a collective memory, sharing information from the past and present with every other member of the hive.
This capability (if it really exists) enables incredible resiliency on the population as a whole, because every member of the population has the information necessary to replace another at any moment. This concept has been applied to scaling applications since scaling applications because a necessity. If applications share session state information – usually by sharing a session data base – then any instance can immediately take over for another without disrupting a user session. Like bees, there is no need for on-the-job-training, it just "knows" – as though it tapped into a shared database full of not only standard hive knowledge but of the current state of the hive.
This concept is partially included in many SDN implementations, with varying degrees of success. In the most common, centralized-controller model of SDN a singular entity (the controller) maintains this vault of knowledge but disseminates only partial views of that state to relevant pieces of the infrastructure. Thus it is not a fully participative hive mind, but a partial one. This leads to over-reliance on the controller, which is responsible not just for management of the shared knowledge but of dissemination. Like the queen bee, loss of the controller is devastating to the ability of the controller-focused SDN to function.
Midokura, offers a new model with a more complete collective "hive mind" that inherently supports resilient software-defined networks and alleviates the potential risk of relying on a singular entity through which to disseminate state of the network.
Midokura is a global startup focused on network virtualization. It officially entered the US market in mid-October 2012 with the introduction of its primary solution: MidoNet.
MidoNet virtualizes the network stack for popular cloud platforms such as OpenStack®. Midokura's approach not only adds automation that significantly reduces the human cost (OPEX) of managing the network, but also impacts the overall economics of cloud computing (CAPEX) by simplifying network requirements.
MidoNet is a distributed, de-centralized, multi-layer software defined virtual network solution for IaaS. By taking an overlay-based approach to network virtualization, MidoNet sits on top of any IP-connected network, and pushes the network intelligence to the edge of the network, in software.
Cutting through the marketing speak, MidoNet is a fabric of distributed, software-defined networking services. It requires no specialized hardware infrastructure, but rather turns any Linux-based host running the Open vSwitch kernel module and the MidoNet agent into a node on a fully-meshed, L2-4 virtual network fabric.The network executes on a role-based networking principle, with each node able to execute on a broad set of L2-4 policies based on its assigned role in the flow. By taking an overlay-based approach to network virtualization, MidoNet can be deployed atop any existing network, using traditional L2/L3 connectivity as the means to create and utilize its peer-to-peer virtualized tunnels.
MidoNet applies faithfully the idea of centralized management coupled with de-centralized execution.Traditional edge services are applied at the perimeter of the network using virtual policy execution, and then packets are routed via a tunnel to the designated end-point. Policies are not so much deployed as they are simply applied at the appropriate ingress node. Each node may play multiple roles, guided by the process governing specific flows.
Failure, then, is inherently managed by the ability of any edge node to apply the appropriate policies based on the role being executed. There is no reliance on a controller - commonly associated with SDN implementations – because local agents manage the application of appropriate policies on ingress and egress traffic. It's a "shared session" approach to networking, in which the entire state of the network is stored in scalable database systems and distributed throughout the network. Just as is the case with "shared session" applications, failure in any given node simply means flows are directed through a different node – which has complete knowledge of all the information previously known to the failed node by virtue of sharing the network state database.
Like a hive mind, every node knows what every other node knows – and has known – and it is only the roles assigned to any given node that indicates a difference in how that node executes on traffic.
The difference between MidoNet's architecture and the centralized architecture of a controller-based SDN is in the execution. While both models "share" state and configuration, ostensibly, a controller-based SDN relies on centralized execution. MidoNet does not, leveraging shared state and configuration as a means to enable resiliency.
MidoNet does not come without questions. Any agent-based system brings with it overhead, and MidoNet is no exception. The question becomes how much overhead and does it significantly impact performance of the host system. Similarly, how many roles can a single node assume before it becomes overwhelmed? How well does MidoNet react to failures in the underlying L2/L3 physical network?
And while MidoNet offers a mix of stateless and stateful services, the higher up the stack one traverses, the less robust such services become. Layer 4 load balancing as currently offered by MidoNet is acceptable for simple load balancing, but depending on the application and demand may result in uneven distribution that can make capacity planning and elasticity less efficient and more difficult to perform.
Also problematic with any simple L4 load balancing service are issues with application dependencies on persistence and topological architecture and the resulting impact on load balancing algorithms. Midokura does not refute the unique challenges associated with moving up the stack – nor with the rudimentary nature of its existing L4 services – but believes these challenges can eventually be addressed.
All in all, MidoNet is an impressive adaption of SDN principles into a more resilient, flexible model. The application of a shared session architecture combined with role-based networking is a fascinating twist on the more common centralized control and command model put forth by competing SDN players.
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Some streamside landowners, joined by the developers from whom they purchased their lots, had sued the men saying that they were trespassing by wading the river. The plaintiffs claimed that centuries-old grants from the King of England proved they owned the river bottom (on which they are still taxed).
The anglers claimed that they were simply following the maps published by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. (They hoped the state would join them in their fight, a hope that was in vain.)
The plaintiffs won and the defendants eventually opted to withdraw from the fight rather than to pursue appeals and keep racking up massive legal bills. (And you better believe the plaintiffs racked up massive legal bills, too.)
Although the judge's order prohibiting the defendants from trespassing on the river pertains to those anglers, it sets a precedent. Will anyone else care to challenge the landowners now? Would you?
But plenty of questions remain. For example, what will happen with those DGIF maps? Will the agency alter them by marking as off limits the section that was in dispute in this latest case?
Also, this case was about anglers stepping on the river bottom, not about fishing. Can we still float through and fish? Even though signs erected by the above-mentioned developers state that public fishing is not allowed. Do those crown grants support that (as they were legally found to on sections upriver)? Does the right to "privatize" the water extend to areas where the developers don't own the shoreline, but rather lease it?
Looking beyond the section claimed by the Rivers Edge on the Jackson River developers, what will happen on the rest of the river? Most riverside landowners have been fine with public fishing. Will they be emboldened to now claim the river as theirs? Or will the public still be welcome to float and fish most of the river between Gathright Dam and Covington?
And what about other rivers where streamside landowners can trace ownership back to those crown grants?
A thread on the Jackson that I started this summer has featured some interesting discussion. Some folks are clearly passionate about this, which is understandable. Take two of the most vocal: King George III and Patriot Paddler. Some interesting back and forth between those two!
Much of the discussion on that thread has focused on what has happened. We need to think now about what will happen.
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Dear Hillary,
I was interested in your response to the British chap who had found to his surprise that he was a traveling ATM, and not a soul partner, to the ladies who came for breakfast and stayed. You were quite correct Hillary, that he was in the wrong end of the market, when looking for a lady to look after him in his old age. But here's the essence of the problem - he is in his dotage, getting close to cashing in his chips, while the ready market of nubiles is just starting off on life's journey, and playing the part of carer is not exciting, but can be done for a fee. Don't pay the monthly salary on time and they are out the door, as he has found out. The answer for these old chaps is to stop looking in the commercial area of "One more beer?" and go looking for an older woman to be a friend and carer. Do you agree with me?
Dear Ron,
You are correct, My Petal, but while the concept of an older carer makes all the sense in the world, you will also take away an elderly man's last hopes and make him face the unpleasant side of getting older. He really isn't a "sexy man" any more.
Dear Hillary,
I bought some "copy" shirts the other day and told the girl in the shop that I needed XL size (I am a Farang). She got me four shirts, but when I tried them on at home, three fitted and one was too big. The labels all said XL, can I take the large one back and complain?
Ralph Lauren.
Dear Ralph,
"Copy" shirts have "copy" labels. That's the price you pay for getting a cheap shirt with a man playing polo on the pocket. Never mind, stay here long enough and you'll probably grow into it. Every other Farang seems to self-inflate living here.
Dear Hillary,
As I am now in my early 50's it is becoming noticeable that my tummy is getting that little bit larger. I have tried dieting but that just makes me hungry. Are the gymnasiums round town OK, or do I have to give up drinking as my wife suggests? I only have six to eight pints at night.
Dear Kenny,
Or is that "Kilkenny"? I do think I might perceive a very slight chance that you are just the teensiest bit worried that someone might suggest cutting off the pipeline to the brewery. OK, Kenny, I'll believe you really want to do something and here's the answer. Cut the pints in half, join a gym (the Fitness Centers are better at fat burning than the musclemen types of places), cut your food intake by 25 percent, cut out sugar, drink more water (without the hops) and walk everywhere in town rather than driving, riding or catching baht busses. If all this is too difficult, contact Ralph from the letter above and make an offer on the shirt!
Dear Hillary,
I have been looking to rent long-term a condo or house and I was quite surprised to find that you have to give two months security deposit and a month in advance. Now I am a little worried about getting my 2 months security deposit back as I do not speak a word of Thai and my girl who works at Big C, not a bar is as timid as a mouse when it comes to asking questions with the local business people. She has since said that her cousin has a house and we would be safe renting through him. Upon meeting the cousin at a bar he produced a contract in Thai that my girl read through and was quite happy with and relayed most of it back to me, and better still the cousin would only want 1 month's security deposit but for me this is all going too fast. It seems like a bargain but I would like some independent advice. Should I go with the cousin or am I risking too much? What would you suggest Hillary?
Dear Patrick,
What you need is a minder! Answer me this - would you blindly sign a contract for a studio in Spain if you couldn't read the language? Or for a pension in Portugal? Or a condo in Kosovo? Come on Petal, what are you doing? Are you a man or a mouse? (Along with your girlfriend.) Go to a reputable real estate agency that speaks your language and employs reputable English speaking lawyers to advise you. You are right when you say it is all going a little too fast. You've gone from the checkout at Big C to checking in to Heartbreak House in no time flat. You are setting yourself up for a fall, Petal. Do not do it. Get the correct advice before going another step. By the way, the two months deposit and one month in advance is standard real estate practice in Pattaya.
Dear Hillary,
I am sitting in my lonely room on Valentine's Day, with no friends to visit me, no roses or Valentine's Day cards, no chocolates, nothing. I feel I am in prison, but worse. At least in prison there are people to talk to. What should I do, Hillary?
Dear Jerry,
Sorry you had a lonely St. Valentine's Day. If you had contacted me earlier you could have taken me to a lovely Valentine's dinner, complete with roses, champagne (French and very, very cold) and chocolates. Make a note in your next year's diary to send me a letter two weeks before and you can call it Be my (lovely) Valentine. BTW, you can buy electric bed warmers at the supermarkets.
Dear Hillary,
I am a terrible cook and my Thai GF won't cook for me, saying it's cheaper to eat out at the markets. Maybe it is but really I don't like the market side of the road stuff at all. I just want to eat at home, with some good old fashioned home cooking ready for me after my day at work. This is upsetting the relationship. It's not as if she doesn't have the time because she doesn't work and spends afternoons with her friends from the bar where she used to work, or shopping.
Dear Gordy,
You say you are a terrible cook - perhaps your GF is a terrible cook as well. Have you ever stopped to consider that? Your GF is also used to eating roadside fare, so you are lucky there's not the odd water beetle in the polystyrene take home container. But it is time for you to face just what kind of relationship have you got, Petal. To me it looks as if you have only one thing in common - the one thing that she has been selling and you are currently buying, and that is not enough to keep a relationship going.
Dear Hillary,
Is it safe for us to come to Thailand at present? I follow what is going down through the local Thai papers, as well as BBC, CNN and the like. I get the feeling that it's not quite as bad as I see on the TV, but would like your opinion, as you are one of the few people we can trust from this distance (UK). We generally come over in April, but we should start booking our tickets very soon if we are to get the better fares and hotels.
Dear Marvin,
As you know, I live here and honestly I can say I have not seen one protestor, one army chap or one policeman (other than those doing roadside "checks"). Sure, there are pockets in Bangkok where one should avoid, but that is all. The lady selling noodle soup on the street corner is still selling soup on the street corner and is not in a flak jacket and tin helmet. Book your flight and your hotel - the one good thing that this nonsense has done is to get the Bangkok hotels to offer very cheap packages. And of course Pattaya is still the same, and with the airport being on the south of Bangkok, you don't even need to go into Bangkok at all. Just get a taxi straight down here, Petal.
Dear Hillary,
My uncle came to Thailand last month for a visit. I was excited, as I had not seen him or my aunt for some years. Imagine how I felt when my uncle arrived without my aunt, but he had a girl from Bangkok in tow. He said my aunt did not feel like travelling at her age (they are both in their eighties) but he didn't want to disappoint me by not coming. He didn't say anything about the strumpet he was with, and they were in the same room in the hotel (I only have a very small studio so they couldn't stay with me). Honestly, Hillary, should I tell my aunt or should I tell my uncle he is not welcome here again? I am so confused.
Dear Confused,
Hillary is certainly glad you're not her niece! You seem to be so delightfully judgmental, manipulative and interfering. Be thankful that there is life in the old dog yet and he came to visit you. Petal, if you play your cards right and keep your mouth firmly shut and were exceptionally hospitable to both your uncle AND his companion, your uncle might even remember you in his will. And for that matter, how do you know that your aunt wasn't glad to see the back of the old boy for a while because he snores? Or, heaven forbid in your so morally upright family, that your Aunt may have wanted the opportunity to have it off with the milkman or meet up with a long lost lover. Personal morality is just that - personal, i.e., relating solely to the individual. I suggest you learn to live and let live, practicing mai pen rai and jai yen yen and stop judging people. One day, someone might be just as nastily judgmental about you. I hope they write to me too!
Dear Hillary,
I have a reply for the chap calling himself "Hello Sexy Man" and having a problem with the local "ladies". This is important so pay attention dear fellow. How are you "carrying yourself and attiring yourself?" Now, if you were me and it was a full sun afternoon you would be wearing a brimmed hat to keep the sun off, long sleeved shirts and pants because in Thai society this attire is expected when you are not directly in the beach areas. At night you can forget the hat. The short version is if you are dressed otherwise you are wearing a badge reading: "Here I am come and take advantage of me." On the rare occasions that I have women howl anyway despite my "appropriate dress" I have simply "wai-ed them" and greeted them in Thai and they have wai-ed me back (as a group) and remained silent and embarrassed for having made a fuss over a man who is not available (or desiring) to purchase their time, but who respects their traditions of greeting and expects to be treated as the "elder" I am.
Dear "Elderly" Robert,
I did not know there were any proper gentlemen left in Pattaya, but at least I know how to recognize you - by the hat and being the only farang not in cargo pants. I get the feeling, reading your email again, that you are definitely not a "sexy man", so I think the women howling at you could be considered a definite mistake, my Petal. Forgive them. Question: do you use a stick as well, with the hat and dark glasses? If so, I have seen you at the plaza.
Dear Leroy,
Don t listen at Hillary advice s, she just jelouse (sic) cannot get the money for champagne and chocolate. Now instead, listen to me. 1 million is not a crazy amount, if the lady is good and take good care of you. For example, about 15 years ago, they asked me 2 millions for another good lady (she is university graduate and had not sons, and now work at police). Being a fool, I refused, and until now still regret that choice. Dear Leroy, give, give the million, give even more, you will more accepted and respected. Best wishes and regards.
Dear Phoenix,
I am not swayed by your passionate letter. After knowing the woman for three weeks (who already has a child), Leroy was being led up the path by the proverbial carrot. Dowry should not be paid under Leroy's circumstances. Your circumstances were different, but you were still being asked for far too much 15 years ago. Don't regret your refusal - you escaped! And, for your information - I do not "buy" my champagne and chocolates, but they are freely given by my vast number of followers (well, two or three at least)!


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Successful Dan worked a strong six furlongs over the Keeneland Polytrack June 1 after trainer Charles LoPresti changed his mind about vanning to Churchill Downs due to expected showers and thunderstorms.
The Ontario Racing Commission has suspended trainer Brian Lynch following his recent arrest Woodbine. He was charged with making death threats and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Dark Cove earned owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey a gold tray when he drew off to an upset victory in the $150,000 Elkhorn Stakes (gr. II) on closing day April 26 at Keeneland.
Pool Play will try to add a graded stakes victory on turf to a career resume that includes graded stakes scores on dirt and synthetic surfaces in the $150,000 Elkhorn Stakes (gr. II) April 25 at Keeneland.
Telling, two-time winner of the Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (gr. IT), has had his first reported foals.
Simmard, a grade II winner by Dixieland Band, will stand in 2013 at Anne Morgan and Tim Little's Mill Creek Farm near Stillwater, N.Y.
Trainer Steve Hobby earned the 1,000th win of his career March 1 when Ruthless Empire easily won seventh race at Oaklawn Park, a maiden claiming event, as the 4-5 favorite under jockey Rosemary Homeister Jr.
Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk handicap the loaded Donn Handicap field. watch video
Grade I winners, at ages 8 and 9, respectively, face talented field at Gulfstream.
Favored Csaba ran his stakes winning streak to four and likely stamped his ticket to next month's Donn Handicap (gr. I) with his victory in the $100,000 Hal's Hope (gr. III) Jan. 13 at Gulfstream Park.
Csaba is the best he's ever been, and if he sails through the Hal's Hope Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 13, he'll punch his ticket to his first grade I stakes attempt in the $500,000 Donn Handicap on Feb. 9.
Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) winner Pool Play was scratched from the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) the morning of the race, but not due to tendon issues similar to those he has battled in the past.
Claire and Frank preview the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs Nov. 23. Watch Video
Race | Track | Date |
Santa Ana S. (gr. II) | SA | |
New Mexico State University H. | SUN |