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White-sand beaches flank the cliff-side cottages at this couples-only resort on Antigua's southwest coast.
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Looking for panoramic waterfront views? The all-inclusive Cocos Hotel, perched on a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea, delivers it in spades. But you'll want to select your room wisely: the 26 cottages are set among the palm trees, and the higher the cottage, the greater the view. Inside, there are dark wood floors and wispy white curtains; furnishings—such as four-poster beds and comfortable deck chairs—were crafted by local artisans. The adults-only policy means that the feeling is quiet and serene, and the private beach is often empty—ideal for the couples and honeymooners who frequent the hotel. Though the Serenity Cottage spa isn't full service, there are a range of pampering treatments, such as a sea salt body polish and hydrating wrap.
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Guests staying three nights or more receive a complimentary, 30-minute spa treatment at Serenity Cottage
The all-inclusive rate includes three meals a day at the Cocos Restaurant, where the signature dish is a crab meat-stuffed mahi mahi served in a garlic-tomato sauce.
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Where to Eat: East restaurant serves fusion cuisine influenced by Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan techniques. Don't miss the spicy curries, tandoor-baked mahi mahi, and miso-roasted sea bass.
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Three men were arrested after police stopped a car which was being driven erratically in the early hours of Sunday (December 30) in Greenways Road, Yate.
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Progressives have completely missed the ball in dealing with tax policy. Republicans are fanatical about taxes and will sacrifice anything and everything else to lower them for rich people. Just in recent days they've said that they will allow nothing, absolutely nothing, to take place in the U.S. Senate unless the Bush tax cuts for the rich are extended. Since then they've filibustered a defense spending bill, a bill to pay the medical expenses of 9/11 responders, and the DREAM Act. They previously filibustered extension of unemployment benefits, something they now say they'll let pass if the rich first get a big holiday treat. They are obscenely fixated on one thing and that thing is giving hundreds of billions of tax breaks to the rich.
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But when it comes to tax policy, we tend to just yawn . . . until very late in the day when we realize that Republicans are here to rob the bank. And by that time, they're usually out the door with the money.
Why is it that we don't seem to care -- or even pay much attention to –- where the money that we want to spend comes from?
Maybe it's because we don't really care about budget deficits. At the federal level, Keynesian economics tells us that budget deficits grow the economy, and since growing the economy is generally good for all of the folks we care about, we're OK with that. So we want to spend money, and the question of whether or not there's any tax revenue to pay for it seems almost irrelevant.
Unfortunately, that attitude lets us get played. Republicans also don't care about deficits. But they know that deficits can be used to scare large numbers of Americans and opinion makers into demanding budget cuts. And with budget cuts, bigger tax cuts seem reasonable. So they pretend to care about deficits, the better to enable them to cut programs and then the taxes that they say will no longer be needed to support them. For Republicans tax cuts are the (distorted) mirror image of our spending programs; they want stuff from the government too, but it's not a check for worthy programs, it's a lower tax bill.
So what's the end result of all this? The right relentlessly pushes tax cuts, rich people wind up with far more money than they need and social programs go on the chopping block. The latest round of this pattern is now unfolding in front of our dumbfounded eyes. This will be the year the filthy rich get richer. Next year will be the year of the chopping block.
At the level of state government, this pattern of using taxes as a dam to stop social spending is even more insidious. State and local governments are constitutionally prohibited from running deficits. So every dollar of expenditure has to be paid for in the year that it's made. In boom years, tax revenue rolls in (along with federal aid), so it's possible to pay for good stuff like increased support for education. And we've had some good years recently. But now it's crunch time, the economy has gone to hell, the feds are about to cut their aid, and to maintain social spending taxes will have to be raised.
But the rich have rigged the tax game at the state level. Under the PA Constitution, all taxes must be uniform. Therefore state income tax rates are flat (with just a slight break allowed for the working poor.) That means to raise revenue for the poor, taxes on the near poor and middle class must increase. So when the rich argue that the Democrats want to "tax and spend", they mean the Democrats want to spend but then tax their own working class base. The base gets confused at best, very pissed and inclined to vote Republican at worst. Tax rates stay put, no matter how much damage that does to services.
At the level of Philadelphia government, the picture is even worse. Here we have huge expenditure obligations that have been pushed onto us by the Philadelphia-hating state legislature. The major tax we rely on to pay for the mandates is the wage tax. That tax must also be levied at a flat rate, and cannot be imposed on interest and dividend income. High mandate levels and a limited wage tax base could only result in one thing, sky high rates. But then the pressure to reduce the rate, even at the cost of reduced services, became enormous. And, indeed, the rate has been cut every year since 1996. A slow, real, but nearly undiscernable reduction in services has followed.
Worse has come to even worse as far as the wage tax is concerned. Hated as the wage tax is, a deal came along a few years ago which no one could refuse. Build two casinos in Philly, tax the receipts and use them to reduce the wage tax rate further. The deal was done. The small print on this Faustian bargain actually makes it all but impossible for the City to raise the rate now even if we could find a politician suicidal enough to propose it. So, if and when the state slashes subsidies to the City further –- in other words soon -- the wage tax won't be raised to compensate.
The City does have other choices, primarily the business tax and the property tax. But each of them is problematic as a vehicle to raise more revenue when the City needs it.
The property tax is regressive, based on arbitrary assessments, and widely unpopular. Nevertheless it was increased 10% last year. It's unlikely it's going up again.
Then there's the business tax. That requires a whole separate blog that will be coming soon. But here's the bottom line on all of it: the left has no coherent message on taxes at the federal, state or local levels. Unless we find one, almost everything else we care about is headed to life support.
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I don't really think Keynes had any idea that debts could get as bad as they have gotten, but... that aside...
I agree,it is a problem. It's tough to get folks excited about taxes. In part, I think, because no one likes them, and frankly a lot of the most powerful liberals are rich.
The only way that folks can possibly be excited about it is by couching it in the concept of class war, but that never goes over that well. During my years at the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, I never stopped being amazed at the folks who have nothing and still cling to the idea that they might end up rich one day.
The myth of everyone having a shot at real wealth, I think, is one of those things slowing us down.
I don't know what to say. Progressives have missed the boat on this one and I'm not sure that's going to change.
This Too Will Pass, adventures by the season.
We just need to keep talking about it.
It's what I do to the point of resenting my own obnoxiousness. I think I've made some headway though. And it's the way the right does it. They talk and talk and talk and talk as if they believe the crap they're talking about, and pretty soon it becomes acceptable. Progressives, on the other hand, start out actually making sense. So it shouldn't be quite as hard to break through. Not easy, but perhaps not impossible.
By way of further reply
We win on Foxwoods, and we should all cheer the demise of an atrocity. But then we have to deal with this. And the political pressure to replace the Foxwoods atrocity with another just as bad will continue unless we find and support a tax with substitute revenues.
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its tough to couch the argument in terms of class war when there is such a huge divide between middle class private and public sector workers. in the last city budget, after the cuts were made but before the property tax increase , the budget was balanced except for money set aside for wage increases. hence the 10% increase in property tax went 100% for public sector wage increases . its hard to get solidarity among the middle class when private sector workers who had lost their job and were unemployed had to dig into their pockets and pay higher taxes so city workers could get raises. in the depression it was the absolute reverse situation. for example in the early 30s boston school teachers took a 2% pay cut and that money went to fund programs for the unemployed and people in poverty, whereas today the money is flowing in the opposite direction where the unemployed and private sector workers who have had their pay cut are paying higher property taxes to fund pay raises for city workers.in other words its tough for us in the private sector who have had their pay cut , frozen or lost their jobs to feel much solidarity with public sector workers.
"It's Wall St., stupid"
Is what we should really be saying, Ian. Wall St put the City's pension fund in the toilet, killed the local economy, and caused the fiscal crisis here and across the country. But
Wall St is trying to demonize working stiffs like City workers to deflect attention from themselves. Thanks for helping, Ian.


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When you cruise down the Li river in Yangshuo, Guilin, the West Street should be a destination you can never miss. Completely covered with marble, the street resembles the letter "s" with a length of 517 meters and a width of 8 meters. On each side of the street, cafes, bars, various restaurants, shops and hostel make the West Street in Yangshuo an extremely prosperous and busy hub.
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As published authors, should we be concerning ourselves with the plethora of vanity publishers popping up, seemingly a new one every week or so?
To begin with, let's first examine what vanity publishers are and what they are not: They are not like the publishing houses we've all been accustomed to—where we write a book or a proposal, send it to a publishing house—and they either accept it and make a monetary offer, or reject it. They do not charge us money for reading it. They do not charge us money for publishing it. Instead, they pay us an advance against the royalties they expect our book to earn. Once our book has earned enough money to "pay back" the advance the publisher has given us, we begin to get royalty checks. That is the way it has been for many years.
Those are qualities a new breed of vanity publishers lack, and practices they do not adhere to.
Of course, vanity publishers have been around for many years. They've advertised in the backs of magazines, on match-books, and more recently, on the Internet. And yes, they have their place. If you've written a family or local history of little interest to anyone outside your immediate community, and can afford the fee, then that can be a fine way to go. You pay them to put your book into print so you can give/sell it to the limited number of people who might be interested. A fairly large number of fiction books have even been published in this manner and a few have gone on to become best-sellers and picked up by major publishing houses. They are, however, in the minority. Vanity publishing is not going to go away—nor should it.
Recently, though, something new has been added to the publishing picture. Some publishing houses that have traditionally only been interested in manuscripts submitted by authors or their literary agents, who have traditionally gone to contract and paid the author, are now venturing into a practice many see as dangerous not only to new, hopeful writers who have books in which they believe, books they feel deserve an audience, but to the industry as a whole. The would-be published writers may be right in their evaluation of their work. But what, in the opinion of many other writers, is not right, is the way some major publishers are cashing in on these people's dreams solely to increase their bottom line by offering to publish the new, naïve, and hopeful author—for a fee. Quite often a large fee.
Some of these well-known publishers claim to be using this system as means to "discover" new authors, and advertise that this is a possibility. These vanity publishing arms of regular publishing houses are saying, in effect, "If you pay us to read your book, we may, in time, decide we really want it, that we believe in its viability as much as you do, so we might decide to pay you for its use." What they are essentially doing is creating a "slush pile" of books the authors have paid to get into, instead of relying on the old standard slush pile of books writers have sent to them, books that could easily have been rejected after the first read. Only now, these books are not being rejected. They are being accepted and, regardless of the quality of the writing, published. And the publishing houses are making money from them. No, not from the sale of the books, but from the fees paid by the writers who are so eager and desperate to see their work in print they are willing to mortgage their futures to make it happen. In doing so, they risk ruining whatever chance they may have had of being published in the old way and making money in the bargain. Writers work hard. They deserve to be paid for the fruits of their labor. They deserve recognition–but not when they are asked to pay for it.
These victims (and I use the term loosely, because in this particular way, one can only be victimized with one's own permission), refuse to listen to the warnings of those who have gone before them. Many who are willing to pay for publication consider detractors of this practice "jealous", because we had to do it the "hard way" or "selfish," because we're in and want to keep them out. We have been accused of "fearing the competition" these newcomers provide.
So back to the original question: As published authors, should we be concerning ourselves with this new venture being entered into by recognized publishing houses? I think we should. The reading public has come to trust certain publishers to provide a standard of quality. Will that standard be met when the vanity published books, quite possibly poorly edited, if edited at all, hit the market?
If the quality is low, will it reflect on all authors published by that particular house, regardless of which arm they are published under? Will public perception of low quality books from one division of a publisher's business have a deleterious effect on the sales of other divisions?
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Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
4 Years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the (total dicks)
All the Stuck-up Chicks
So superficial, so immature
Then When you graduate,
Ya take a look around and you say "Hey Wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from,
I thought it was over, Aw that's just great.
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who's got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did!
And how did Mary Kate (lose all that weight?)
And (Katie had a baby so I guess Tom's straight!)
And the only thing that matters,
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35
Reese Witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen
Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
I want my money back!
The Whole (damn) World is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who's (in the club and who's on the drugs)
(And who's throwin up before they digest)
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
(And you still listen to the same shit you did back then)
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
High School Never Ends
The Whole Damn World is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and (who's having sex)
Who's got the money. Who (gets the honeys)
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess
And I still don't have the right look
And I still have the same 3 friends
And I'm pretty much - the same as - I was back then(hold en)
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
High School Never Ends
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
Here We Go Again
Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh, Oh Oh Oh-Oh
Me laughing through the song!!! | Reviewer: thatkid | 2/12/14
That is exactly what happens in high school. See one kid is trying to take notes while the other dude is spit-balling him. Now i am only in 7th grade,but i watch a lot of teen dramas. Obviously mean girl vs new girl happens more than it should. Scrawny taking down the quaterback happens a bunch. I'm the spotanious wierd kid so nobody really picks on me or my friends. But we need to learn to forgive and forget or something. I can't for a high school education!!!!!
Great song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/8/13
This song is very good, because it shows insecure people can be mo matter if you're 16 or 35. I am going into high school in three months, and I am probably going to try to scare as many people as I can.
EXACTLY (sorry about the swearing, I'm like that) | Reviewer: spicychicken | 1/24/13
I'm a country girl, so they complain about horse poop.
I'm a bookworm so people take my book and put the bookmark in randomly.
I'm not at all popular, but I have my own friends.
I'm in Tae Kwon Do so people kick me and ask why I didn't block it.
I am a person who sits in the back and controls herself when there's a sub.
I can shove you on your arse with my pinkie so people ask me why I don't.
Our shower has maybe worked 2 weeks this year and people say to my face that I smell like "shit on a shingle". Makes sense if I'm the only one that breaks a sweat in Phys. Ed.
IT,S SO COOL!!!!!!!!! | Reviewer: sasuke | 12/21/12
it's the best song i ever heard!!!!! . you know i almost drooling
when i hear this song . i love this song forever . and we cannot be proud of ourself just because we popular isn't it right you guys . and i'm a malaysian girl
BOWLING FOR SOUP IS AWESOME! | Reviewer: jennifer | 10/21/12
i love every song from u guys i know im 8 but i luv u guys when we die,high school never ends,girl all the bad guys want and punk rock 101 are the songs i heard i knew u on the 3 one i wrote right now
Okay... | Reviewer: Christie | 6/16/12
Okay , so every school has their outcasts , their clichés , jocks , nerds (no offence) , snobs and stuff , but no-one is really that different. All those cheerleading meanys ( no offence to the ones that are nice) have just got to accept that we can't change our appearance , we can't change our voice , we can't change who we are . PEOPLE WHO ARE MEAN TO OTHERS 'COZ THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE BETTER THAN EVERYONE: Calling someone fat doesn't make you thin.
Calling someone ugly doesn't make you pretty.
Calling someone dumb doesn't make you smarter.
Calling someone a bitch doesn't mean you aren't one.
Personaly , I class myself as an outcast. I have purple hair , twenty odd piercings , I always sit at the back of the class , I don't have any friends , I never talk to anyone in my school , oh , and I'm British . It doesn't matter who we are , because we are original , we can't be replaced
High School Sucks! | Reviewer: Grace | 4/16/12
This song is so true. I'm the cute unpopular girl who is a total outcast;I only have a few friends because I just don't want to be popular because the majority of those girls are all so shallow and the deepest thing that they can talk about is the major factors of split ends,or how it's so important to be dating or go to prom. I really like boys and get a crush on a cute guy every now and then,but I just don't really care about that kind of stuff.
Just another outcast | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/1/12
I would have considered myself an outcast in school, I was the one who got beat up on the playground and picked on. I look back at it though and realize that it still happens now I'm just not the one getting the worst of it anymore. It's pretty ridiculous. Why people feel the need to make others feel poorly about themselves is just silly. It never changed no matter how old you are, you just learn to surround yourself by the people who matter. "those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
love the music video and the song even more! | Reviewer: orgy | 7/6/11
I was totally stoked to this song when I first heard it on kerrang! a week ago!
found it completely relate-able!
In school, me and my friends are the outcast, the indies, the nerds, the emos, the rockers (or whatever you'd define us as)
we're the ones that get teased for no apparent reason(which sucks) but hey! at least we don't give a damn!
we have our own friends outside the mixed up world of our school, whom are also outcasts.
i just like the message in this song! totally awesome!
we aint gonna conform to anything(thats for sure)
i'd rather be the sad kid in the back of the room, always being teased, than be the socially prying kid, trying to fit in
1st kinder 2nd elementry 3rd jr high school 4th HIGH SCHOOL | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/9/11
im in elementry school and its kinda weird cause i dont like sayin this but its weird that stuff in the song relate to my life in reality like i still have the same 3 freinds like i did back then and my freind mike people says he gets the hotties and ayona people say that shes gonna be the future prom queen (alot of people like her but i dont me and my freind inmarie think she is ugly) whos just a mess is john cause he is such a weirdo he goes every were talkin to random people !well i cant say anything else so um...um...BYE!
SO TRUE. | Reviewer: India | 2/27/11
I love this song.
It's so true.
I'd be the girl that walks around with her "indie" clothes and has older friends. Kind of the outcast, but more on the not wanting to fit in to the cliques rather than being left out...
Love it | Reviewer: That Dorky Girl :) | 2/16/11
I'm that dork that's sitting in the corner of the library reading lord of the rings with her big fat black-rimmed glasses. The one who's laughing her head off in the middle of Geometry cuz the teacher got the example problem wrong. I'm the one learning to speak Na'vi, because I'm just that awesome.
I choose to stick out and do what I want, and I'll never change. I'm proud of this, and it's just the way I'll be. :D
Zach is the total dick in the song | Reviewer: Amaya Sakaruta | 2/15/11
look im not in high school im in middle school and i just want to say that 1 i dont agree with the "all-rejects-grow-up-to-be-rich-boses-of-the-kids-who-picked-on-them" theory because im going to grow up to be a badass writer and i'll be damned if i turn out to be a software maker. yes im the reject of teh school, and people dont give you shit they try to make you feel like you're an inferior person. if you think that anyone who gets picked on, gets picked on because its their fault and they deserved it because they're just peices of shit for not fitting in and following the rules you made, you've never been picked on. the school system is a shitty place where kids are locked in a power struggle for six years of their lives. i mean, if not bowing down to what's exected of you makes you deserve to get trampled on by the ones who make teh expectations, we'd all be ruled by some monarch. the outcasts are the rebels who question the rules, otherwise we'd still be in teh dark ages.
peace out yo
Wow!! | Reviewer: Evelyn | 12/29/10
Everything in that song is true, I'm a senior and my boyfriend is a jock, my brother is a nerd, I'm a cheerleading and my boyfriend friend make fun of my brother plus I don't do anything because if I do they'll kick me out of the squad so I don't know....? And my new friend is emo girl and the cheerleading squad says that I can't hang out with (and they said it like this) You can't hang out with no emo bitch. So I stop hanging out with her and one day she told me why I won't hang out with her and I screamed at her "DON'T TALK TO ME YOU CUTTING UGLY BITCH" because the cheerleading squad was there. The Next day, She died because I said that to her and I feel so terrible. :)
Don't judge :) | Reviewer: Jasmine:) | 11/18/10
Guys, the song isn't taking a stab at jocks, or nerds, or prom queens, it's just stating that everywhere you go the stereotypes stay the same... If you were classed as a "nerd" or a "jock" or anything in between, the stereotypes generally stick, but they really don't have to... High school is the time in your life where you need to really just accept people for what they are, because miss prom queen might never know what she's missing out on in the drama department, and sir jock over there may just find perfection in the captain of the poetry club :) don't judge people before you know them, stereotypes are silly :) <3


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I have received more phone calls than I can count regarding the lack of participation of the Glen Cove Road Panthers Car Club in the Memorial Day parade. To make it short, the parade committee did not invite us this year.
It seems the parade committee does not think we are veterans or relatives of veterans. Just let me say that my father served on an aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic during World
War II. I had an uncle that landed at Normandy, a second uncle that was at Pearl Harbor when it was hit, and a third uncle who was in both France and England. These were my mother's brothers. I also had two very close cousins that served in Korea. I spent eight months in the Reserves and was within three hours of being deployed to the Bay of Pigs by President Kennedy.
Hot rodding started when our WWII veterans returned home from the war and started to modify the old cars they had left behind. They opened gas stations, parts stores, and machine shops, etc. and the performance industry was revitalized. Our veteran relatives shared their hobby and livelihoods with us and we are passing on this knowledge to our children, nephews, cousins, and friends with pride. By parading our cars from time to time and show them off whenever we can, it is with pride that we do so and it is because our military ancestors taught us and helped us. It is only with great respect, so if anyone thinks that parading our cars in the Memorial Day parade has nothing to do with the honor and respect we have for our heroes, they are greatly mistaken.
In closing, I will say the Glen Cove Road Panthers parade their cars with respect and pride for our military veterans past and present and if that is not good enough for some people, well…so be it.
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Never let the bullies win!03 February 2012
I received the following email from a librarian in Wyoming today:
Our school is currently considered junior high school grades 7-9, but next year we will have only grades 7-8. We are currently going through the process of defending your book Lord Loss to allow it to stay on our library shelves. A parent picked up the book and looked at the cover, read the back, and immediately decided that it "promoted inappropriate values" and was not "school appropriate". The parent filled out a form requesting that the book be removed from all our school libraries in the district. He feels the age group for this book is "18+ out of educational system"; however, all of your books are widely enjoyed by our school population. The first step is a meeting with the parent, principal, and librarian. That meeting has taken place and the parent is still forging ahead with his challenge. He questions the judgment of the librarians to have the book in the library, and he questions the reviewers summaries. Furthermore, he questions who determines you being labeled as a young adult author. The next step in our process is to again have the parent, librarian, and principal in a meeting, but to also include a second parent and English teacher to the committee. I am asking if you have any resources I may print out to take to our next meeting. Also, if you have anything else that you think would help support us in keeping your book on our shelves please send it to me. Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
I sent the librarian some of the many hugely supportive emails that I have been sent over the years by parents, teachers and children, all of whom considered my books not only appropriate but beneficial. I hope that helps get this disruptive parent's objections overruled, not because I want to see my books stay on the shelves, but because people like this should never be given their own way. This guy is a bully, trying to force his view upon others, to make everyone toe a line of his drawing. I've no problem with parents deciding my books are not suitable for their children -- in fact I wish that more parents would spend more time keeping in touch with their child's reading habits, guiding and encourage and, where they deem necessary, censoring. But how dare someone try to decide what is suitable for other people's children?!? That's insulting and insensitive. Unfortunately, bigots like this often shout loudly and hammer away at the system, knowing that although librarians very rarely crumble, principals and local governors sometimes do. We need to fight them at every step, never let them ban a book, never let them set OUR reading agenda, never let them drag us down to their level of happy ignorance. This librarian is fighting the good fight, and if any of you ever find yourself in a similar position (whether as a parent, teacher, librarian or student) I hope that you will fight the good fight too, stand up for what you believe in, and not just slink away and let the bullies enjoy another win. No country can ever be a "land of the free" if small-minded thugs are allowed to chip away at our freedoms and force their views on the young of the community.
I simply can't understand how the man can judge your book when he hasn't even read it - how can he decide whether it is "suitable" when he is judging it so easily. The quote "never judge a book by its cover" comes to mind..
From your big fan, Kathryn Winstanley :)
First of all, I'd like to say that I'm a hugh fan and I love you're books so much. Second of all, I think it's wrong for a parent to decide what their kids or other kids should read. This person really is a bully and I hope someone stood up to him. Finally, I think that this was a great story to share. I hope you keep writing more books
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My mum and my step-dad, both looked at the book and didn't find a problem with it. And I am complete on your side, this guy is a 'bully'. He has not right to tell people what there children can read.
Keep up the good fight.
I'm having issues keeping the neighborhood 4th graders from having sex and keeping their parents informed when one of them runs away. But it's not the books that encourage this behavior... it's the parents that don't care and who raise their kids to be what they wanted to be. Maybe he should take a look at his kid's classmates and judge their age appropriate behavior.
i started the demonata series when i was 12 and enjoyed it immensely! It wasnt in anyway inappopriate, in fact it gave me a greater appreciation for reading...
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At least this person proved something positive about your books-the cover was obviously very eye catching to get them to pick it up!
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I am a 13 years old girl, who is in love with Darren Shan's books! but my dad wont allow me to read his books because he "believes" i am too young to read such stories.
so i started buying Darren's books, and hide them so my dad wont see them.
The problem is, why wont adults read through the pages and then judge if its appropriate or not! it's not really fair, my dad also keeps on saying that girls aren't supposed to be reading those horror stories, it's not my problem that I am insanely in love with Darren Shan's writings, right?
Long live horror!
That man is totally selfish. It alright if he dont want his childrens to read ur books. But other parent kids!!! Now that is a crime to any bookworm.
Oh dear, if I EVER sold a book on THAT I wonder what parents may think. lol
What it wrong with that parent?! My friend introduced me to your books a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked and on book 4 and I LOVE it!! How could someone hide that from kids? Wow!
I dont think they can give several hundred students detentions. that would create quite a problem. wouldn't it? ;)


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Faster than I read it–maybe even faster than I am able to read it! Another stunning performance by The Modest Agnostic. Thank you for, as always, making me sound better than I actually am!
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Creole / Cajun / SouthernPrice: $30 and under
Harold And Belle's Creole Restaurant
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.haroldandbellesrestaurant.com/
- Phone: (323) 735-9023
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Daily: 11:30AM - 4:00PM,
Dinner: Sunday - Thurdsday: 4:00PM - 10:00PM,
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- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Seafood, American, Creole / Cajun / Southern
- Executive Chef: Ryan Legaux
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Harold & Belle's can provide off-site catering customized to your specific event. We can also bring our Food Trailer to you. For more information please contact Sean Cunningham, our Special Events Manager.
- Entertainment: Monday night Live Music from 5-10pm
- Special Events: 45th Anniversary ALL YOU CAN EAT BLOCK PARTY. Saturday, July 5, 2014 from 12:00pm - 6:00pm. Live Music, and Entertainment, $5 drink specials! Laissez bon temps rouler!!!
***The event takes place outdoors. There is no re-entry or food to go. Seating is first come first serve.
A word from Harold And Belle's Creole Restaurant
Harold & Belle"s is Los Angeles's premiere Creole dining experience. Family owned and operated for over 45 years, the restaurant has received numerous awards for its southern style cooking. Specialties include File Gumbo, Crawfish Etouffee, Jambalaya, and Fried Seafood. Come hungry because Harold & Belle's is known for serving up generous portions. A full bar is also available as well as mouthwatering desserts such as Louisiana Bread Pudding and Peach Cobbler. We also have Happy Hour daily from 4-7pm.Continued
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25 reviews since July 30, 2014
- Food3.7Service3.8
- Ambiance3.3Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (12)great for lunch (11)fit for foodies (9)good for groups (9)special occasion (6)kid-friendly (3)great for brunch (3)romantic (3)hot spot (2)notable wine list (1)late-night find (1)Show More
- Fried chicken and fried catfish ...TranscoupleDined on 11/1/2014You like FRIED FOOD? This is your place. The gumbo is ok but this place is known for their FRIED CHICKEN and FRIED CATFISH. Is it "creole" ... Hmmm I dont know. I love creole and cajun food thats why my husband and travel to NOLA (New Orleans, La.) all the time but I didnt get the taste and feel that I was longing for.Special Features:
- OverAll a Great Upscale Creole spotClentBowersReviewsFoodDined on 10/7/2014This used to be the best kept secret in town- a wonderful upscale family run-for generations-Creole-American restaurant. Huge portions of very good food. However on my last few visits some of the portion sizes have diminished. For instance, I love the jumbo fried shrimp dinner or the jumbo fried shrimp salad (no longer on the menu- but you can ask for it). I remember a huge pile of whole shrimp now they limit it to six and cut them in half to make it look like more...not the same and crab cakes were mostly meal & filler. But chicken-wing app -huge as was the salad. Fish & steaks - excellent, gumbo and jambalaya also very tasty. Big corn on the cob, red beans & rice, cabbage the works & lots of fresh garlic toast. Service always 1st ClassSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Southern SoulFatGirlSlimVIPDined on 9/14/2014I've been to this restaurant multiple times in the last 15 years and the menu is still the same. Fried chicken, fried fish, rice and heavy sauces. Time for a change, time for some lighter options like grilled fish, greens, ligther starches, salads with something more interesting than a house. The drinks are still strong and the bread is still crispy and buttery! Definitely appreciate the many years of servicing the community, just need some upgrades to the menu keeping the same old school classics and its all good..Special Features:
- Shirley's BirthdayOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/14/2014We had a nice time. The food was enjoyed by most of my party. Serving are large and almost everyone had a to go bag.Special Features:
- First timerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/6/2014Everything was great although I prefer my fish not cooked so done because it gets hard when reheatedSpecial Features:
- Try the Crawfish EtoufeeNikkiDined on 8/30/2014Crawfish Etoufee was amazing. Perfectly seasoned with the right amount of kick. Portions are decent sized for the price. The gumbo was alright. The sausage had a texture to it that was unfamiliar to me. Still, seasoned well. I am sure my boyfriend enjoyed the leftover. Only complaint- the table bread could be better. Could definitely pass on that. But that's not why I was there so i live. Would go back to sample other entrees.I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointedBigDerek75VIPDined on 8/24/2014Came here quite a few years ago and the food was really good. Came back this past weekend and it seems like the mighty have fallen. The chicken was re-fried and the beans that accompany the Jambalaya were very bland. And the place looks dated. Time for renovations.
- Birthday CelebrationwendyDined on 8/16/2014We went to this old standby for my favorite Fried Chicken & Shrimp/crawfish etofee. I've been visiting there for the past 25 years and other than 1 time always had exception food. service was great, Mocha served us! the food was good but seem to be alittle not up to normal standard for the chicken & etofee, even my daughter mentioned that. BBQ gulf oysters were the bomb! Still would go back, sometimes they are off most times they are on.Special Features:
- Great Food; Questionable ServiceGuardian82Dined on 8/1/2014To begin, the food was phenomenal! We were greeted by a very friendly hostess who happily explained the history of the restaurant and what they're known for. Then we waited...and waited...and waited. It must have been more than 10 minutes before our waitress came to take our order. Once we ordered, our food took a long time to reach us. I ordered a Coke and my salad made it to the table before my Coke did. When the food did arrive, it was VERY good! The wait staff was very friendly, but exceedingly inattententive. Slowest service I've ever had.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 128 reviews are from the Harold And Belle's Creole Restaurant reviews archive.
- Do Not Go to this placeFoodie1975Dined on 7/26/2014I selected this place to celebrate my best friend's birthday because open table suggested it. we walked in everyone looked at us (they were all Afro-Americans) made us wait after our reservation time and the place had plenty of tables. Food quality is just "BAD" we acknowledged on open table and to our server we were celebrating a birthday and the did "NOTHING" I ordered the shrimp appetizer ($15) I got served Costco quality frozen shrimps. we asked for coffee at the end and we were told 'IS NOT FRESH DO NOT ORDER COFFEE HERE" we asked for the chocolate dessert server was honest and said "its nasty frozen chocolate cake" do not order that. our check was $159 for 3 main courses and one appetizer.
- Great foodOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/19/2014Food is always amazing.. But this time there was hai r in mysSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- **Phenomenal Creole Cuisine**HRHBiancaDined on 6/15/2014My sister and I decided on Harold and Belle's for Father's Day and we are thankful we did! For starters, we ordered the fried oysters and crab cakes. Both were delicious. The crawfish etouffee was amazing! The bowl was full of plump craw fish and seasoned to perfection. My dad and sister raved about their "Shrimp Ryan" and shrimp scampi entrees. The manager, Sean, suggested we try the bread pudding. We were full, but he won us over with his description of this decadent dessert. It is absolutely hands down the BEST BREAD PUDDING ON EARTH! Thank you Sean! We will be back!Special Features:
- An LA IconLAfoodloverDined on 6/15/2014An all-star Cajun restaurant known to generations of Los Angelenos. Best food and service at very reasonable prices.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 5/20/2014Food is moderately priced but the portions are hugeSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- My Favorite L.A. ResturantSoGoodDined on 5/17/2014Frim my first time visiting in 1987, Harold and Belle's has been my favorite resturant in L.A. Whenever I am in town itbis a must that I get some food from there. Portion sizes are great. You can feed two people from one meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best of LA in LAWinghopDined on 5/10/2014LA, as in Louisiana, is the home of Creole/Cajun cuisine. LA, as in Los Angeles, is the home of Harold & Belle's, the undisputed home for this type of food outside its home state. The flavor of the food, service and presentation, and family-friendly ambiance of this place make it an absolute destination every time you get a fix for the finer side of delta cooking. All of the dishes are prepared with care. The ingredients are all selected to be the finest and tastiest specimens. In over 20 years dining here, the flavor has never varied, nor have they had a single bad day. The bar is also a good scene. It's intimate (tight) but the drinks are made generously, as the perfect complement to the amazing food.Special Features:
- Long time favoriteE2E4UDined on 5/10/2014When you need the gumbo or seafood fix Harold & Belles is your Los Angeles spot. It's a Los Angeles institution!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wasn't worth itNoSoupForUDined on 4/27/2014This was our first time at Harold and Belle's and we both were disappointed. Although they gave you TONS of food, I felt that it was overpriced and the taste wasn't as good as I was expecting either. It was blah. Although the staff was very friendly and nice, the service was SUPER SLOW - which surprised us seeing as though the restaurant wasn't that crowded. All in all, we left unsatisfied and disappointed.
- Great food!FoodieDined on 4/26/2014This is the first time I've been back in about 15 years; I went with 3 friends who had never been- all foodies. The food was excellent; almost like being in New Orleans. Peach cobbler- fabulous! Service was good, however, drinks were s l o w in arriving.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OverPricedJaeFoodieDined on 4/21/2014Food does not meet the standards of the menu pricing. $25 for 1/2 chicken? Really? Server was ok but the live music was extremely loud and gave us a headacheSpecial Features:
- WaiterOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 4/20/2014Trenton was very nice. Great service. Restaurants need more like him.Special Features:
- Long time customerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 4/14/2014Short of going to Louisiana Harold and Belles is the spot.Special Features:
- Great food as usual. I hadMPSmithDined on 4/10/2014Great food as usual. I had the lobster scampi. The service was slow. This is not the first time that service is slow. We love Harold & Belle's but the service staff spend as much talking to their peers as they do taking care of the customer.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous food & service. LookOpenTable Diner Since 2004VIPDined on 3/11/2014Fabulous food & service. Look forward to returning for a special occasion.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- I have been dining at HaroldOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 3/9/2014I have been dining at Harold and Bells occasionally for years. The food wasn't as good as I remember from previous visits, which is the reason for the "fair" food rating.Special Features:
- Australians are LOUD!etreezeDined on 3/8/2014I brought a long time business associate from Australia to Harold's and Belle's because he's expressed an interest in trying soul food. Having grown up coming to Harold's and Belle's , I knew this was the best place to giving then a taste of my culture. Everything was delicious! The portions were huge. And our server Stephanie , was incredible. The atmosphere was loud but colorful. My friends will definitely have a great story to tell about a wonderful evening when they get home.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Service and food was excellent!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 3/8/2014Service and food was excellent! I will be going back again.Special Features:
- resting on their laurelsJamesVIPDined on 2/27/2014I've been to this restaurant many, many times, both to eat in and to take out. The food has become mediocre and the service indifferent. My gumbo was watery with inedible crab, and the étouffée was mostly beans, without that thick seafood roux. The caesar salad didn't have a hint of garlic or anchovy. The fried oysters though were delicious.Special Features:
- Good as always!Tdr2014Dined on 2/22/2014Had a great time. Love the food been coming here for years!Special Features:
- Nasty service! Get it together!!!JetSettinDiVaVIPDined on 2/15/2014We had an 8:45pm dinner reservation. When we arrived, we were not greeted. An older lady was standing there; she wore a black suit - salt & pepper bobbed cut. She kept her eyes downward, facing the computer screen. Instead of welcoming us, she asked in a sarcastic tone, how can I help you"? I told her we had a reservation. She tried to act as if she couldn't locate it. Finally, she told us there'd be a 20 min freakin wait, that we could sit in the lounge if we wanted. Her nasty attitude made me want to walk right back out of the restaurant, but my fiancée was craving their catfish, so we stayed. Once seated, we waited another 20 min before a server acknowledged us. The nasty tap or perhaps the food sparked a stomach virus the next morning.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Service please!rnbiiiDined on 2/15/2014I had a 6pm reservation and didn't get seated until 35 minutes after expected time. In addition to that, a couple of parties that arrived after me were seated before mine. When I inquired I was greeted with an insincere apology and the person I spoke to tried to place blame and say she wasn't there long and asked if I was checked in. After finally being seated it took a while to receive service and food didn't arrive to the table until 715 for a 6pm reservation.Special Features:
- Not what it used to beB52girlDined on 2/12/2014Long time patron. Went for birthday dinner and was disappointed. Subtle changes to menu, food & presentation have major impact. Shrimp scampi used to be served with an amount on the shrimp and the rest on the side. Now its all dumped on the shrimp. It's too rich for that. House salad used to contain the freshest and most crisp ingredients; now its just okay. Our server was good but overheard another diner complaining about watching others being served and not receiving service. Hostess lacked enthusiasm. Restaurant displayed high standards for many years, but not now. Not coming back anytime soon.
- The service was great, theOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 2/5/2014The service was great, the waitress was very good and attentive to our requests. The only issue was the table, and the surroundings, there were so many people with very loud conversations a few times my sister and I had to raise our voices to be heard. Other than that everything was really great. It was a great deal of food and I could not eat it all but that is usual with any sized platter if you add a salad.Special Features:
- Friendly People!ForrozVIPDined on 2/1/2014I had been wanting to try this restaurant for years. I think my expectations were high. It was good but very pricey. Huge quantities of under seasoned food. Nice people, happy to help but not the service found in restaurants of this price range. Crab cakes were excellent! Everybody should try this restaurant at least once and decide for yourself. It is a neighborhood favorite!Special Features:
- Still Pretty GoodcoastallifeDined on 1/28/2014I have not been here for a few years. They still do a bang up job on fried foods. They still give you enough to take home for lunch the next day. They have scaled back on their menu offerings. It is not like before, but still good for the most part.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Losing its charm!foodtravellerDined on 1/4/2014I've visited this restaurant on several occasions and I must admit that my last visit the food was sub-par! The fried fish was greasy and the fries tasted like fish. I sent the meal back and the staff apologized repeatedly. The shrimps were good, the greens were overcooked, the shrimp scampi was oily. By the end, the entire meal was less appealing; however, the margarita was good. This gem has lost its luster! Needs revamping and a new cook!!!!!!Special Features:
- Handsdown the best CreoleSistaLynnVIPDined on 11/3/2013Handsdown the best Creole Seafood Restaurant Ever!!! Nice waitess and waiters!!! Great Service!!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Harold and Belle's is the best !tootooDined on 10/31/2013As always Harold and belle's delivered . The food was excellent the service was great our waiter was outstanding . I took my husband to celebrate his birthday and everything was delicious. We couldn't even eat everything there is always soo much food !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The File Gumbo and catfishBabyblommerDined on 10/18/2013The File Gumbo and catfish were outstanding on Friday night. We were seated as soon as we arrived. We were entertaining out of town guests and they enjoyed their meals too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always PleasedMsblcDined on 9/22/2013Food is good and plentiful portions. I will always return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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- Using key risk indicators and control environment factors can help OR frameworks to be very similar to those of market and credit risks. How to build models to handle those.
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