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South of Broad
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered—and shadowed—by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina's dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.
Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
Praise for South of Broad
"Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage."—The Washington Post
"Conroy remains a magician of the page."—The New York Times Book Review
"Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet."—New Orleans Times-Picayune
"A lavish, no-holds-barred performance."—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A lovely, often thrilling story."—The Dallas Morning News
"A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy's fans."—Associated Press
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About the Author
Pat Conroy (1945–2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.
Hometown:San Francisco and South Carolina
Date of Birth:October 26, 1945
Place of Birth:Atlanta, Georgia
Education:B.A.,The Citadel, 1967
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PrologueThe Mansion on the RiverIt was my father who called the city the Mansion on the River. He was talking about Charleston, South Carolina, and he was a native son, peacock proud of a town so pretty it makes your eyes ache with pleasure just to walk down its spellbinding, narrow streets. Charleston was my father's ministry, his hobbyhorse, his quiet obsession, and the great love of his life. His bloodstream lit up my own with a passion for the city that I've never lost nor ever will. I'm Charleston-born, and bred. The city's two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, have flooded and shaped all the days of my life on this storied peninsula. I carry the delicate porcelain beauty of Charleston like the hinged shell of some soft-tissued mollusk. My soul is peninsula-shaped and sun-hardened and river-swollen. The high tides of the city flood my consciousness each day, subject to the whims and harmonies of full moons rising out of the Atlantic. I grow calm when I see the ranks of palmetto trees pulling guard duty on the banks of Colonial Lake or hear the bells of St. Michael's calling cadence in the cicada-filled trees along Meeting Street. Deep in my bones, I knew early that I was one of those incorrigible creatures known as Charlestonians. It comes to me as a surprising form of knowledge that my time in the city is more vocation than gift; it is my destiny, not my choice. I consider it a high privilege to be a native of one of the loveliest American cities, not a high-kicking, glossy, or lipsticked city, not a city with bells on its fingers or brightly painted toenails, but a ruffled, low-slung city, understated and tolerant of nothing mismade or ostentatious. Though Charleston feels a seersuckered, tuxedoed view of itself, it approves of restraint far more than vainglory. As a boy, in my own backyard I could catch a basket of blue crabs, a string of flounder, a dozen redfish, or a net full of white shrimp. All this I could do in a city enchanting enough to charm cobras out of baskets, one so corniced and filigreed and elaborate that it leaves strangers awed and natives self-satisfied. In its shadows you can find metalwork as delicate as lace and spiral staircases as elaborate as yachts. In the secrecy of its gardens you can discover jasmine and camellias and hundreds of other plants that look embroidered and stolen from the Garden of Eden for the sheer love of richness and the joy of stealing from the gods. In its kitchens, the stoves are lit up in happiness as the lamb is marinating in red wine sauce, vinaigrette is prepared for the salad, crabmeat is anointed with sherry, custards are baked in the oven, and buttermilk biscuits cool on the counter. Because of its devotional, graceful attraction to food and gardens and architecture, Charleston stands for all the principles that make living well both a civic virtue and a standard. It is a rapturous, defining place to grow up. Everything I reveal to you now will be Charleston-shaped and Charleston-governed, and sometimes even Charleston-ruined. But it is my fault and not the city's that it came close to destroying me. Not everyone responds to beauty in the same way. Though Charleston can do much, it can't always improve on the strangeness of human behavior. But Charleston has a high tolerance for eccentricity and bemusement. There is a tastefulness in its gentility that comes from the knowledge that Charleston is a permanent dimple in the understated skyline, while the rest of us are only visitors. My father was an immensely gifted science teacher who could make the beach at Sullivan's Island seem like a laboratory created for his own pleasures and devices. He could pick up a starfish, or describe the last excruciating moments of an oyster's life on a flat a hundred yards from where we stood. He made Christmas ornaments out of the braceletlike egg casings of whelks. In my mother's gardens he would show me where the ladybug disguised her eggs beneath the leaves of basil and arugula. In the Congaree Swamp, he discovered a new species of salamander that was named in his honor. There was no butterfly that drifted into our life he could not identify by sight. At night, he would take my brother, Steve, and I out into the boat to the middle of Charleston Harbor and make us memorize the constellations. He treated the stars as though they were love songs written to him by God. With such reverence he would point out Canis Major, the hound of Orion, the Hunter; or Cygnus, the Swan; or Andromeda, the Chained Lady; or Cassiopeia, the Lady in the Chair. My father turned the heavens into a fresh puzzlement of stars: "Ah, look at Jupiter tonight. And red Mars. And isn't Venus fresh on her throne?" A stargazer of the first order, he squealed with pleasure on the moonless nights when the stars winked at him in some mysterious, soul- stirring graffiti of ballet-footed light. He would clap his hands with irresistible joy on a cloudless night when he made every star in the sky a silver dollar in his pocket. He was more North Star than father. His curiosity about the earth ennobled his every waking moment. His earth was billion-footed, with unseen worlds in every drop of water and every seedling and every blade of grass. The earth was so generous. It was this same earth that he prayed to because it was his synonym for God. My mother is also a Charlestonian, but her personality strikes far darker harmonies than my father's did. She is God-haunted and pious in a city with enough church spires to have earned the name of the Holy City. She is a scholar of prodigious gifts, who once wrote a critique of Richard Ellman's biography of James Joyce for the New York Review of Books. For most of my life she was a high school principal, and her house felt something like the hallway of a well-run school. Among her students, she could run a fine line between fear and respect. There was not much horseplay or lollygagging about in one of Dr. Lindsay King's schools. I knew kids who were afraid of me just because she was my mother. She almost never wears makeup other than lipstick. Besides her wedding band, the only jewelry she owns is the string of pearls my father bought her for their honeymoon. Singularly, without artifice or guile, my mother's world seemed disconsolate and tragic before she really knew how tragic life could be. Once she learned that no life could avoid the consequences of tragedy, she soft¬ened into an ascetic's acknowledgment of the illusory nature of life. She became a true believer in the rude awakening. My older brother, Steve, was her favorite by far, but that seemed only natural to everyone, including me. Steve was blond and athletic and charismatic, and had a natural way about him that appealed to the higher instincts of adults. He could make my mother howl with laughter by telling her a story of one of his teachers or about something he had read in a book; I could not have made my mother smile if I had exchanged arm farts with the Pope in the Sistine Chapel. Because I hero-worshipped Steve, it never occurred to me to be jealous of him. He was both solicitous and protective of me; my natural shyness brought out an instinctive championing of me. The world of children terrified me, and I found it perilous as soon as I was exposed to it. Steve cleared a path for me until he died. Now, looking back, I think the family suffered a collective nervous breakdown after we buried Steve. His sudden, inexplicable death sent me reeling into a downward spiral that would take me many years to fi ght my way out of and then back into the light. My bashfulness turned to morbidity. My alarm systems all froze up inside me. I went directly from a fearful childhood to a hopeless one without skipping a beat. It was not just the wordless awfulness of losing a brother that unmoored me but the realization that I had never bothered to make any other friends, rather had satisfied myself by being absorbed into that wisecracking circle of girls and boys who found my brother so delicious that his tagalong brother was at least acceptable. After Steve's death, that circle abandoned me before the flowers at his graveside had withered. Like Steve, they were bright and flashy children, and I always felt something like a toadstool placed outside the watch fires of their mysteries and attractions. So I began the Great Drift when Steve left my family forever. I found myself thoroughly unable to fulfill my enhanced duties as an only child. I could not take a step without incurring my mother's helpless wrath over my raw un-Stephenness, her contempt for my not being blond and acrobatic and a Charleston boy to watch. It never occurred to me that my mother could hold against me my unfitness to transfer myself into the child she had relished and lost. For years, I sank into the unclear depths of myself, and learned with some surprise that their haunted explorations would both thrill and alarm me for the rest of my life. A measurable touch of madness was enough to send my fragile boyhood down the river, and it took some hard labor to get things right again. I could always feel a flinty, unconquerable spirit staring out of the mangroves and the impenetrable rain forests inside me, a spirit who waited with a mineral patience for that day I was to claim myself back because of my own fi erce need of survival. In the worst of times, there was something that lived in isolation and commitment that would come at my bidding and stand beside me, shoulder-to-shoulder, when I decided to face the world on my own terms. I turned out to be a late bloomer, which I long regretted. My parents suffered needlessly because it took me so long to find my way to a place at their table. But I sighted the early signs of my recovery long before they did. My mother had given up on me at such an early age that a comeback was something she no longer even prayed for in her wildest dreams. Yet in my anonymous and underachieving high school career, I laid the foundation for a strong finish without my mother noticing that I was, at last, up to some good. I had built an impregnable castle of solitude for myself and then set out to bring that castle down, no matter how serious the collateral damage or who might get hurt. I was eighteen years old and did not have a friend my own age. There wasn't a boy in Charleston who would think about inviting me to a party or to come out to spend the weekend at his family's beach house. I planned for all that to change. I had decided to become the most interesting boy to ever grow up in Charleston, and I revealed this secret to my parents. Outside my house in the languid summer air of my eighteenth year, I climbed the magnolia tree nearest to the Ashley River with the agility that constant practice had granted me. From its highest branches, I surveyed my city as it lay simmering in the hot-blooded saps of June while the sun began to set, reddening the vest of cirrus clouds that had gathered along the western horizon. In the other direction, I saw the city of rooftops and columns and gables that was my native land. What I had just promised my parents, I wanted very much for them and for myself. Yet I also wanted it for Charleston. I desired to turn myself into a worthy townsman of such a many-storied city. Charleston has its own heartbeat and fingerprint, its own mug shots and photo ops and police lineups. It is a city of contrivance, of blueprints; devotion to pattern that is like a bent knee to the nature of beauty itself. I could feel my destiny forming in the leaves high above the city. Like Charleston, I had my alleyways that were dead ends and led to nowhere, but mansions were forming like jewels in my bloodstream. Looking down, I studied the layout of my city, the one that had taught me all the lures of attractiveness, yet made me suspicious of the showy or the makeshift. I turned to the stars and was about to make a bad throw of the dice and try to predict the future, but stopped myself in time. A boy stopped in time, in a city of amber-colored life that possessed the glamour forbidden to a lesser angel.
Reading Group Guide
1. James Joyce's Ulysses is brought up several times in South of Broad— Leo's mother is a top James Joyce scholar and she named both her sons after Ulysses's main characters. What's the signifi cance of this? Why did Conroy choose Ulysses to be the all-consuming passion of Leo's mother?
2. Leo's mother doesn't exactly approve of his friendships with Starla, Niles, Sheba, and Trevor, yet without her intervention, it's unlikely he would have met and befriended any of these characters. What do you make of this?
3. Leo is described as being a plain boy from the very start of the novel and his unfortunate nickname is the Toad. Fraser, too, is less than beautiful—she is defi ned by her failure to be fully feminine, by her broad shoulders and muscular limbs. Other characters, such as Stephen, Sheba, Trevor, Molly, and Chad, are described by their physical beauty. What role does beauty play in the book? How are the beautiful characters different from the homely ones?
4. Leo realizes that he never would have inherited "the best house in Charleston" if he had revealed the identity of the boy who made him carry cocaine. Leo's great good fortune was the result of sacrifi ce. Where else do we see this in the book?
5. One of the book's most memorable images is the "crying" smiley face that Trevor and Sheba's father uses as his calling card. How do you interpret this symbol and its prevalence in the book?
6. Leo bonds with his friends when there is almost a race riot on the fi rst day of their senior year of high school. By working together, Leo and the other students manage to prevent violence. Revisit this scene. What does it reveal about the characters and their relationships with one another?
7. Leo is an extremely successful matchmaker for everyone except himself. While Fraser and Niles and Ike and Betty have blissfully happy marriages, Leo's marriage to Starla is unbearably painful for both of them. Why does Leo fail so badly in choosing his own wife?
8. Some of the book's characters are moored in the past: Chad can't overcome his father's legacy, Molly is incapable of imagining a life without Chadworth Rutledge X, and Starla can't conquer her hellish childhood. Why, do you think, are some characters able to grow beyond their backgrounds and others aren't?
9. The fraught scene at the beginning of the novel in which Leo's family lunches with Chad's and Molly's families is called to mind at the end of the novel when these same characters reunite under different circumstances. This time they are trying to weather Hurricane Hugo in Fraser and Niles's house. How has the dynamic between these characters changed since their fi rst lunch together? Who has changed the most?
10. Hurricane Hugo transforms the Charleston that Leo loves into a chaotic, dirty mess, practically destroying his childhood home. The storm comes after Sheba's murder and before the terrible revelation that Stephen was raped by Monsignor Max. What does the storm symbolize?
11. Sheba and Trevor's father seems almost superhuman—he manages to escape detection for decades and attacks his children and their friends at will. Ultimately, though, he is brought down, not by any of the characters, but by the viciousness of Hurricane Hugo. Why did Conroy make the choice to end this character's life with a force of nature?
12. Charleston is practically a living and breathing entity in the book. Which character most closely echoes the "soul" of the city? 13. What's the signifi cance of the dolphin that Leo and Molly save? 14. Leo's mother is deeply critical of Leo and his friends at the beginning of the novel, but by the end of the novel she and Leo seem to have developed a deep and loving relationship. What has changed?
13. Acting is a prevalent theme in this book—from Sheba's movie star fame to her father's ability to change his identity at will. At the end of the book, Leo identifi es himself as the "greatest actor of them all." How do you interpret this? Do you agree with Leo? Does this affect your reading of the book?
14. Were you surprised that Molly stayed with Chad? Do you think she would be happier with Leo?
15. At the end of the novel, Leo tells us that Chad visited him every day while he was in the hospital. Does this change your understanding of Chad? How?
16. In South of Broad, the two characters most associated with the Church are very different from one another. On the one hand there is Leo's mother—a woman who, despite a prickly exterior, is deeply pious; and on the other hand there is Monsignor Max—a charismatic man who uses religion to excuse reprehensible behavior. What is Conroy trying to say about religion?
17. Do you think the revelation that Stephen was sexually abused brings any closure to Leo?
18. We don't find out how Leo's mother reacts to the news that Monsignor Max terrorized her son Stephen and drove him to suicide. Do you think this terrible news would have affected her religious devotion or her decision to reenter the convent?
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SOUTH OF BROAD is set in contemporary Charleston, and follows the life of Leo King and his handful of best friends through the latter half of the last century, roughly the late sixties till the ninties. Like all Conroy novels, this one is full of drama, action and breath-taking prose - no other living southern writer compares. It is shorter and faster moving than Prince of Tides or Beach Music, and offers a realistic portrayal of American Catholicism rare in recent literature, all clothed in typical smart-ass Conroy humor.
I picked the book up on Friday and had a hard time putting it down! The characters, Charleston, friendships all of it was so wonderfully written. The characters were so well detailed right down to emotions that I found myself falling in love with them. It was especially heartbreaking reading about the flooding. Jamestown, Silvercreek are was flooded here in NY and that made it all the more real. I loved the characters and how their lives intertwined through the years and came back full circle. I have loaned it to a friend and raved about it to anyone who would listen. I plan to read it a second time.
This will probably be one of my hardest reviews to write for the simple fact that nothing I write can do this novel justice. Every emotion possible was covered in this book, and for me felt deeply: heartbreak, love, second chances, anguish, loss, sympathy, agony, joy, lust, anger, pride and hurt. I know I'm particularly susceptible to feeling as if I'm there in many of the novels I read but I think I can say with certainty that this was one of the most evocative pieces of work I've ever read and I now understand the editor's note in the front of the advanced copy sent to me. This is the first novel Mr. Conroy has published in 14 years and I can see why so many were anxiously awaiting his next. Never having read his work before, I'm loathe to do so if this doesn't exceed hopes and expectations piled upon each other for this successor to his previous novels. Initially I was intimidated by the florid prose in this very long novel (512 pages). By page 12, I was ready to set it to the side. By page 20, I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down. Not for the sake of being redundant, but the story within the pages tapped into my emotional reserve, and I cried, laughed, gasped, shuddered, and smiled at many, many points within the pages. Nothing of the story was predictable, beyond the expectation of some overwhelming incident lying in wait. In that, South of Broad didn't disappoint. Nor in anything else actually. The tales within the plot tied up seamlessly, even one that was an integral part of the story but not expected to be given a resolution or understanding, and my heart broke for several characters many times over. The ending left me a little drained, and hoping the best for the characters within the book, and not a little disappointment that this which has kept me compelled all weekend has drawn to a close. I fell a little bit in love with the protagonist of the story and would love to see from his perspective again someday. This is truly a must read and one of the most compelling stories I've ever read.
I read this new Conroy novel and must say that it is simply beautiful from the first line. The story, set in the late sixties till the nineties, mostly in Charleston, is centered on the life of Leo King. Born into a devout Catholic family, Leo is haunted by his brother's suicide, and trying to salvage a ruined adolescence with the help of a handful of best friends, who have their own histories and ghosts to deal with. Conroy often writes of salvation through friendship, and this is his strongest novel yet on the subject. It is also an unexpectedly Catholic novel, and at base, a very devout one. The South, and the Low Country in particular, are exalted, beloved, and cherished in prose so fine it breaks your heart. I don't want to spoil the story in any way, but have to say that the last pages did that thing that modern novels seem incapable of doing these days: it lifted my heart, ending on just the loveliest, most affirming word (won't say what.) I Love Yous Are for White People is the only other book that has touched me this deeply this year. I recommend reading both wholeheartedly.
OK, maybe I just don't "get it", but I'm trying very hard to keep reading this book. I'm maybe a quarter of the way through it and I just cannot get into it. It's not pulling me in at all. The characters seem totally unbelievable to me. What kids who were teens in the late 60's actually talked and acted that way? I'm trying to finish this book because of the other really great reviews, but I have to force myself to pick it up.
I've read all of Pat Conroy's books, except for The Boo; I love Pat Conroy's books. I certainly don't hold my breath waiting for his next book to come out, because there have been many years between the last three books. I was delighted to hear that a new book was being released this summer and I bought it immediately. However, I cannot say I enjoyed the book. The story line was implausible to me and I felt it was all over the place and not at all cohesive. Some of the story lines were just too convenient and not at all believable. Many questions were left unanswered.
I've been a fan of Pat Conroy for a very long time. For me, South of Broad failed to deliver on Conroy's ability to tell a great story or generate a quest to keep my nose buried in the book until I was finished. Using Charleston as the setting for the story seemed to be a simple choice for Conroy, since it's the setting for his own life's story. But this "Big Chill" type of narrative was hollow and a bit too cutesy for me. Each of the main characters spoke with the same snippy, sarcastic, and too clever dialogue to be believable. Each time the old friends were all in the same room, you could anticipate the bantering, with no real differentiation between them. There was nothing extraordinary in terms of suspense or anticipation, except that I kept wondering when I'd get through the book. Pretty weak from a writer that's offered much over the years.
Pat Conroy's prose is as lush as ever, but the sad and tired caricatures of Southern gentry and rednecks who populate this book are a disservice to Conroy and the city he obviously loves so much. Even the twin horrors of child molestation and pedophilia lose any possible value as a plot device, becoming both diminished and predictable when inflicted upon nearly every major character. Where was the editor? Do yourself a favor -- skip the disturbing melodrama taking place South of Broad and just re-read The Prince of Tides.
Pat Conroy has been my favorite all-time author for many years. No one waited for another novel with as much anticipation than I! Then I got the book and was very disappointed. very. the characters were card-boardy, stilted dialog.. dumb book. If it had been any other author, I would have stopped reading after 20 pages. nothing could be as disappointing to me except finding out that there is no Santa Claus.
South of Broad centers around Leo King, otherwise known as "Toad' by his friends and enemies alike. Part of the book is set when "Toad" is in his late teens, and he's had a rough life. A family tragedy has caused a huge rift in his family, and caused him to have a mental breakdown. The summer before his senior year of high school he makes an eccentric group of friends, and these friends will be close to him into adult hood. These friends bring their own sets of troubles and problems. I was so excited to get my hands on an ARC of this book. I loved both The Prince of Tides and Beach Music; and was thrilled to see that Conroy had written another novel. Unfortunately, I found this book very disappointing. I'm not sure if it's just that my tastes have changed in the years since he's last published a novel, or if this book truly isn't that good. Don't get be wrong, I did love a few things about it. Some of the writing is beautiful, especially when he describes Charleston and South Carolina. Wonderful imagery of the ocean, tides, beaches. But the plot is so predictable and cliched. You can seen any "secrets" coming way before they are revealed, including the big secret at the end which was probably just about the biggest cliche in the whole book. Then there's the dialogue, which is melodramatic and "cutesy" to the point of being unbelievable (who talks that way in real life??). And the do-gooder main character, who is probably the most unrealistic teen age boy I've ever read about. Also, some of the characters are so stereotypical they are almost laughable: the flamboyant gay, the so-awful-and-insane-it's-cartoonish bad guy, and the token black couple with their "ghetto" speak. Plus, there were a few scenes that were so ridiculous they are laughable. For instance, a scene where adults in their 30s reinact a high school pep ralley, complete with cheers. Vomit inducing. All in all, I'm glad I read the book since I'm sure many will love it and it will be greatly hyped. But, for those who fell in love with his earlier books, it may end being a disappointment like it was for me.
I've enjoyed Mr. Conroy's previous books, but this one is too long and tedious and the characters are unbelievable; they never seem to get out of their high school stage. It's like a bad B movie of the 40s or 50s, and the lead character, in this case Leo, says - Let's put on a show. Am also very tired of Conroy putting his excruciating childhood into every book. Move on. Get over it.
I found this book quite good reading, only took me 2 days to finish. Once I started it I couldn't put it down. The story was very interesting, probably because I could remember those years myself. I particularly liked the relationship between the characters, impressed by the loyalty they had to each other, and the forgiveness of each others faults.
I feel almost sacreligious saying it, considering the literary reputation of the author, but "South of Broad" might actually be the worst book I have ever read. While every once in awhile there was a lyrical Conroy-esque passage, it wasn't enough to save the story. The characters were more like caricatures: Rich guy! Rich girl! Flamboyant gay guy! Black guy! Poor mountain person! Promiscuous, tortured beauty! Jock girl! Honorable nerd! Mentally ill girl! I was never sure what the focus of the book was, because so many "issues" were included: racism! classism! religion! incest! homophobia! I'm surprised one of the characters didn't stand up and shout "Save the Whales!" at some point. But as overwrought as the plot was (I forgot to mention the murderous stalker and the hurricane), the absolute worst thing about this book was the dialogue. Reading it was so uncomfortable. The characters were supposed to be deeply connected, yet most of their conversations were sarcastic, superficial, or sexually inappropriate. Almost all of the dialogue was stilted; the conversational sections were forced and unrealistic. I slogged through to the end because I thought "South of Broad" might have some redeeming points by then. It didn't.
Pat Conroy has long been one of my favorite authors and this wonderful story of a group of unlikely friends is a good example of why I love to get lost in the world shows me. His love affair with words allows the reader to see and taste and feel Charleston, South Carolina, in her beauty, her dank humidity, her elegance and her mean moods. Mr. Conroy's characters are flawed, as we all are, and evil gets it's due, but, on the whole this is a very sympathetic group from diverse backgrounds who are brought together by one very fine fellow. Throw in murder most foul and a road trip to San Francisco and it is a wholly satisfying story and I only wish Mr. Conroy would write more....there is far too much time between books.
This is one of the worst books I have ever read. I loved "Prince of Tides", but my headline says it all - Conroy's writing style has gone south. The writing is dreadful, cliched and in tone - for lack of a better word - just plain icky. His portrait of the one gay character is so unoriginal and cardboard, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought he was writing a parody. And parts of the book are downright stupid. After a major hurricane, workers miraculosly appear 3 days after to repair the homes of the narrators' friends. I can tell you from experience with Hurricane Wilma that not even divine intersession could accomplish repairs 3 days after an event of that nature. Quite frankly, I cannot figure out why so many reviewers gave this book 3 and 4 stars, but evidently they do no know what good literature is.
I had such high hopes for this book and was extremely let down. It was long and drawn out, and I didn't care for the characters. I hoped it would get better by the middle, but that was wishful thinking. I had to force myself to finish reading it. I sure hope Mr. Conroy redeems himself with his next novel.
The opening pages of South of Broad are a hymn to the city of Charleston; I read them with awe at the power of Conroy's writing. His novels are not easy reads: with their foul language, strong sexuality, tragedy, and often brutality, they are emotionally draining. But they're excelleent, and extremly moving. South of Broad affirms friendship. We watch as Leo, the narrator, brings together an unlikely group at a 1969 party: the twins, the orphans, members of the Charleston artistocracy, and the black co-captain of the high school football team. Their frienship begins that night, and is even stronger twenty years later, As we get to know these characters, we come to care about them, flawed and wounded as they all are. Conroy's mastery with language makes that happen. Leo and his unexpected friends will be with me for a long time. So will Charleston, both north and south of Broad.
Conroy has created another gem. As a displaced resident of the Charleston-area, I have to confess a touch of partiality, but regardless of your familiarity with the Lowcountry, South of Broad will take you through every emotion. I laughed; I teared up; I was enraged; I longed for home. Conroy uses his trademark transitions from present to past to give the reader "the whole story." Several tragic endings mark the novel's pages, and I can't say the ending is happy. But it is a satisfying read. (Note of Interest: In Charleston, people who live South of Broad are also referred to as "S.O.B.s". If you live slightly north of Broad, you're just a "S.N.O.B.")
I savored this book, instead of plowing through it like I did with his Beach Music....my favorite. I did not want the book to end. From the first page, as Leo goes about his paper route, with detailed description of the beauty of Charleston and it's people, I knew this would be no disappointment. The characters were unique,and you were really taken back to that time, the civil rights era, when young people were both innocent and the products of their rightous parents. I could have done without the excursion to California, but thankfully we were soon back in Charleston. Mr.Conroy does not sugar-coat the ugliness in life and some if its characters, but that is not what you are left with inside. You are left with a new understanding of the struggles of people who are "different" and life-long friendship, and of course, the love of Charleston. Please, Mr. Conroy, don't let us wait another fourteen years!
This is a book that you can't put down and has surprises, great background and great characters. I bought this book for friends for Christmas and shared my copy with many. Loved the book and didn't want it end.
I anxiously awaited the delivery of this book, expecting nothing less than a Conroy page turner I was not disappointed. From the first intro of characters I was captivated. To say you had me at "hello" is quite the understatement. I read to learn, to enjoy and to be entertained and Pat Conroy accomplished all of this in South of Broad. I think myself intelligent until I read a Conroy book to find words I've never seen or heard, fortunately not many but there were more than a few. At times I found myself joined at the hip with a few characters and far removed from others but totally enthralled to the end. Thank you Mr. Conroy for writing another spectacular book that I have already shared with a dozen or so friends.
I have read Pat Conroy for years and consider him one of my favorite contemporary writers. This novel didn't stack up to my expectations in regards to character development. The writing style is classic Conroy and one that I fully enjoyed. That being said, the plot was exciting at times but became predictable and a bit corny or cliche' toward the end. Overall, it is worth reading but I would not place it at the top of my bookshelf.
Very well written. Suspenseful and sometimes touching. Conroy has conjured up the most disturbed people imaginable and put them all in one school district. I found the plot just too far fetched and the characters over the top. I finished it but don't think I am healthier for the experience.
The characters, the intensity of the story and the lavish description of the beautiful city creates a memorable read from the opening sentence. Pat Conroy has the ability to transport the reader to a place which not only captivates the mind but fills the heart with the passion that the characters share throughout their lives as friends. A very grown up book that connects people on a very special level, at a special time, in a special place.
I think I loved it because I could relate to growing up in the South in the late 60's. Beginning of integration and interaction with all your "best friends" from high school and what happened to them and how we all evolved into the adults we are today. The story telling withing the story telling is supburb.


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The Healthy Benefits of Eating Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo shoots are not simply edible, they're great for your health. They are more youthful walking sticks which are sensitive and also fairly crisp, like asparagus, and they taste a lot like corn. They're constantly a part of Eastern recipes, and have actually been cooked in China for centuries. In your area established shoots taste far better compared to canned equivalents.
Although mostly discovered in Oriental food, the Western world knows with it as a result of Oriental restaurants. Asian markets painstakingly prepare fresh shoots before they're used. Canned and iced up shoots are already prepared, yet again, don't taste like fresh shoots
Benefits of bamboo shoots.
Bamboo fires could assist in quiting lasting bowel issues, and it could assist battle colon cancer cells. Regarding phytochemicals are worried, shoots contain lignas and also phenolic acids. Lignas is terrific against cancer, germs, and also viruses, while phenolic acids are both antioxidant as well as anti-inflammatory. Antioxidants aid in cancer avoidance and also they maintain capillary secure.
Shoots likewise consist of vitamins A, B, as well as C, riboflavin, calcium, fat, iron, carbohydrates, protein and also much more minerals that maintain the body risk-free. The potassium in shoots controls our blood pressure and protects the heart.
Have a look at a few of the benefits of bamboo fires.
1. Much less caloric content
For each one hundred grams of these shoots, you only absorb twenty-seven calories. Considering that it is high in fiber, consuming it will make you full sufficient to consume less of various other high-calorie food.
2. More controlled blood pressure
The high web content of potassium indicates that bamboo shoots are great at decreasing blood pressure. You obtain a fifth of your suggested daily quantity of potassium with every offering.
3. Phytonutrient material
As discussed previously, the phenolic acids are antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Phenolic acids reduce the threat of long-lasting illness like heart disease.
4. Much better cholesterol levels
Current research revealed that ladies that consumed the shoots for 6 straight days had a decrease in LDL levels in the blood, compared with various other women who didn't eat the shoots. Bamboo shoots have actually been shown to regulate cholesterol levels without the side-effects that upkeep medications have.
5. Much healthier digestive system
Research studies revealed a larger quantity and also much healthier high quality of defecation for individuals that consumed bamboo shoots, compared to those that didn't. This results from the shoots being high in fiber. This is an excellent enhancement to your meals considering that the shoots are already reduced in calories and also they even keep you safeguarded from digestive tract problems.
6. Potent antioxidant and anti-Inflammatory homes
The phenolic acids in the shoots are terrific anti-oxidants and also have wonderful anti-inflammatory residential properties which indicates, they extremely helpful in avoiding long-term healths issues like cardiovascular disease. They are likewise understood to deal with cancer and maintain capillary safe.
7. Reliable weight reduction
These shoots have virtually very little quantities of calories, carbs and sugar. Bamboo shoots are quite best for people who want to slim down, and also not starve themselves.
8. Healthier heart
Inning accordance with study, the phytosterols as well as phytonurtrients in the shoots are wonderful for lowering LDL cholesterol levels. This implies a smoother circulation of blood throughout the body.
9. Anti-cancer
The flavone, chlorophyll and also amylase found in bamboo shoots are called phytosterols. Amongst these phytosterols, chlorophyll is the one that exhibits capacities of taking care of cancer.
10. More powerful immune system
The vitamins and minerals, in addition to the anti-oxidants in the shoots are very important in fortifying the body's defenses from the within.
11. High nutritional fiber
Bamboo shoots are filled with nutritional fiber, which is necessary when taking into consideration digestion and also bowel movement. Having the aim for dinner can aid you lose weight, given that it has lower quantities of calories while you have minimal exercise.
12. Great against respiratory problems
A decoction made from the shoots could aid alleviate respiratory problems. Making this preparation, steam the strive 5 minutes, after that steam it once again for 10 mins. Include honey if wanted, prior to eating.
13. (Might be) Great versus poisoning
In Ayurveda, it is believed that remove from bamboo have anti-venom properties, and are utilized to deal with snake bites and also scorpion stings.
14. Better pregnancy
These shoots are used as rather of a medicine in the last month of pregnancy given that it is counted on China, to create contractions in the uterus.
15. Great against tummy problems
The shoots are great versus belly conditions. Bamboo foliage is made use of to treat worms discovered in the digestive tract also.
16. Excellent injury cleanser
The shoots are wonderful at cleaning up wounds and sores.
Some more facts about the shoots
You can discover bamboo shoots in soups, dumplings and stir fried food. It's crispy even after food preparation and also it somehow makes the recipes much better. Pickled shoots prevail in China as a garnish.
It's also vital to keep in mind that not every type of bamboo has delicious shoots The best options are giant lumber, big node, red margin and sweet shoot. Moso-chikus are likewise great.
Shoots are the delicious parts of the bamboo. They are hard on the outside and soft, as well as faintly pleasant inside. Remove the shoots prior to using making them less complicated to soak up.
They can be huge and thick in food. It ought to first experience steaming in water, prior to being sliced. It is likewise recommended that you peel off, after that really carefully slice the shoots prior to leaving them in water for three days. Drain as well as alter the water everyday to obtain eliminate whatever dangerous element there remains in the shoots.
History of the shoots.
Bamboo shoots wased initially expanded in the southerly part of China. The very first tape-recorded use bamboo aims for food remained in the 9th century. It has actually been utilized since. Nowadays, you could locate bamboo trees in Japan, India, Taiwan, Nepal, India and also various other nations in Asia. Various areas in the Northern Pacific, Europe and also Latin America have actually attempted to expand bamboos as well.
Bamboo fires' nutritional value
For a solitary cup (120g) of shoots, you obtain 1g of ash, 1.8 g of healthy protein, 115g of water.
You additionally obtain an overall of 13.2 cal, with 6.5 cal from carbs, 2.2 cal from fat, and also 4.4 cal from protein. You obtain 1.2 g of nutritional fiber and also 1.8 g total carbohydrates.
You obtain 0.3 g total fat content, with 18mg of Omega-3s, 99.6 mg of Omega-6s, 0.1 g each of poly-saturated fat as well as hydrogenated fat.
As for vitamins are concerned, you obtain 2.4 mcg of folate, 0.4 mg of niacin, 0.1 mg of pantothenic acid, 0.1 mg of riboflavin, 0.1 mg of vitamin B6.
For minerals, you obtain 14.4 mg of calcium, 0.1 mg of copper, 0.3 mg of iron, 3.6 mg of magnesium, 0.1 mg of manganese, 24.0 mg of phosphorous, 640mg of potassium, 0.5 mcg of selenium, 288mg of salt, and also 0.6 mg of zinc.
Ways to choose
While we advise getting fresh over canned, if you want to acquire canned, see to it that the cans are not blown. Check out the details such as the brand, as well as expiration date. Likewise note that canned shoots are parboiled.
How to save
You could store the strive around a week as long as it is chilled. Maintain the shoots immersed in water, as well as alter the water daily. Keep it away from the sunlight. The exact same opts for canned shoots
Other wellness advantages of eating bamboo fires.
As pointed out earlier, there is a possibility that these shoots could assist combat poisoning. These shoots are fantastic for digestion, as well as outstanding versus stomach problems.
Soup made from bamboo has actually been known to assist versus measles in kids. It was found to shorten the moment of healing from the disease.
During pregnancy and also childbirth, the shoots have actually been utilized to boost labor. It additionally assists avoid too much loss of blood post-delivery. Bamboo fires can both promote and also handle menstrual cycle.
Shoot juice, when consumed twice daily, can be fantastic against ulcers.
Indonesian, Thai and also Vietnamese cuisines frequently take advantage of bamboo fires. They are very finely cut in Indonesia, as well as prepared alongside veggies, spices and also coconut milk. Sometimes, they're simply prepared with coconut milk. In Vietnam, they're utilized in stir-fried meals.
Pickled shoots are used as a condiment.
In the Indian areas of Karnataka, Jharkhand as well as Assam (among others), bamboo shoots are utilized in preparing curries as well as various other dishes.
You could find them along with dumpling dishes, soups, noodles, and also salads in China.
You could slice the cooked shoots and also consume them together with butter and soy sauce.
When not preparing the shoots …
Bamboo shoots are globe well-known for their healing worth. Typically, in China, they are made use of to deal with wellness issues such as cancer cells, arthritis, and bronchial asthma.
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Tour Guide Maranatha Tours Christian Guided Tours
We have hand picked our guides, and with over 40 years of experience in Pilgrimages we know you will have the BEST. The reason why these guides are the best have some common characteristics. They are great communicators, they understand and have studied the Bible, and they have kept current on 6,000 years of history and have developed an ability to take care of all passengers needs.
Israel Guides
Malcolm Cartier: Biography
Malcolm David Cartier of Russian, Hungarian, Austrian and Welsh descent. The youngest of three brothers, was born March 18, 1948 in London, England to Jewish parents, Marie and Martyn Cartier; just two months prior to the re-birth of the State of Israel. After completion of formal education at Carmel College along the bank of the upper section of the River Thames in the heart of the British countryside, he began to study and work in the furniture industry.In June 1967, outbreak of the Six-Day Israel-Arab War, an awakening and emotional involvement paved the way to help his fellow brothers in the Promised Land. He gave of his time and abundant energy to the security of the Holy Land, by joining Israel's Defense Forces. Soldier Malcolm and friends initiated building the first agricultural defense post in the Golan Heights along the Syrian frontier and later moved to the rural collective farm of Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch on the Lebanese border.
To objectively observe his situation he returned to England but felt unable to fully resettle. An impulse in 1971 inspired extensive travel across Europe which in turn stimulated an involvement in tourism, believing that peace could be obtained and realized through people observing, learning and understanding others. Continued education brought qualifications as a licensed London guide and member of the British Guild of Guide Lecturers, later representing a British travel company in Israel. Whilst becoming a concerned Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem, studies continued about the Bible, the Land, the People and culture resulting in further qualifications as an Israeli Government licensed guide-lecturer in addition a Government licensed Tourist Travel and Agency Expert. Malcolm established an impressively unique working knowledge of the Bible. Since January 1975, he has spent the years shepherding travelers and pilgrims; obviously he loves the opportunity to share with others and has been privileged to lecture several times in over half of the United States of America. He has shepherded innumerable American church pastors of diverse denominations including several past presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention, USA. Several of the church leaders of Great Britain (1977), including the late, former Archbishop of York and Canterbury, Baron F. Donald Coggan.
Married to a Jerusalem Sabra, Levana, they share similar interests of creativity, love ancient and classical art, carpentry and design. On January 26, 1981 their darling daughter Kareen Meira (which means "a ray of light from G-d') was born; October 29, 1982 they were blessed with a handsome son, Eliran Joseph (which means "my G-d sings to me"). On October 21, 1987 and blessed again with another handsome son Eitan Asher (which means "Health and Strength"). Kareen married James Inverne August 1, 2004 and they have a son Doron Eli (which means "a present from our G-d") born October, 1 2005.
Malcolm has been noted as one of the leading lecturers relating to the ancient Promised Land. Israel's folklore and revival into the modern thriving nation of today, where his scholarship, enthusiasm and articulate English enhances the Bible as being live and as exciting as the day it was written.
His great desire is that many will join him and 'Walk about Zion, go round about her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels; that you may tell the next generation that this is G-d, our G-d forever and ever. He will be our guide forever.' Psalm 48. v 13-14
Foteh Mickel: Biography
My name is Foteh Mickel, its a Greek name means light of God, even though its greek but originally i am from Italy my family came to the holy land during the crusader period 800 years ago.
I was born 1982 and I was raised in Jerusalem. I have a BA degree in elctro mechanical engineering from the University of Jordan in Amman Jordan
I worked as an engineer and my profession was renovating old buildings and churches.
I was working mainly with churches till one day I went to my wife Haneen and I told her I do not want renovate old buildings and churches, from now and on I want to renovate the living stones of Jesus Christ and from 2010 I stopped doing engineering and I went to the guiding field Haneen and I have two children, a daughter her name Joelle which means Lord is God,who was born in 2011 and a baby boy. his name Samuel, and was born in 2014 Guiding for me means to bring the bible alive because as a believingChristian the bible directs our life with peace and love.
Andre Shama: Biography
Born in Nazareth in the year 1976 . Married with 2 children .Education :
1999-2001: Certificate of authorized tour guide, Haifa tourism school.
1996-1999: B.A degree in archeology and Studies of The Land of Israel, Haifa university.
Experience : Tour guide, exclusively for the N.E.T Tours Agency since 2006.
Tour guide for different incoming tourism agencies: Emmanuel tours, Rashid tours, 2004-2006 . Tour guide for the Israeli National Parks (archeological sites and nature reserves) 2001-2004. Interpreter for the U.N in 2001 .
Personal details :
I am very interested in the ancient and modern history of the holy land, archeology, theology with a strong commitment to Christianity. I am also extremely sociable.
Languages :Arabic (mother tongue), bilingual in Hebrew, Fluently spoken and written: English and French.
Sam Makari: Biography
My Name is Sam Makari, born and raised in the old city of Jerusalem. My first language is Arabic however am fluent in English, Hebrew, Spanish and can speak and converse in German and French as well.
I am newly married, my wife name is Ala' Maria, she is an accountant in Caritas Jerusalem, also studying for her Master degree in International Communication and Development. We have no kids so far but we certainly hope for some soon.
I started my life as a guide in 1996 when I was only 22 years old and I joined the Archeological Team of Jerusalem, following my passion to excavate the past and share it with others. Nevertheless I do not consider guiding as merely a job, I regard it as a message. I believe in God and I follow his words when He said be my wittnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and all over the world. So as a christian from Jerusalem I took this responsibility to share my faith, became a full-time guide, one of the only three guides that have two license from both ministries of tourism the Palastinian and the Israeli.
I have two brothers living in San Juan Puerto Rico where we own a restaurant. Both of my brothers are working in it. I went to PR in 2002 when the political situation here erupted. I've worked there with my brothers for a couple of year and that's where I've learnt my Spanish.
I came back in 2005, and I've been since here, reading my bible and share my faith with other believers.
Roman Tyutnev: Biography
Born and in 1975 in Volgograd, Russia in a Russian-Jewish family. I have Master's degree in Foreign Languages (English) and Management. I accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior in 1991. I was an active member of the Baptist church in Volgograd, Russia, before Lord has called me to the Land of my ancestors.
Responding to Lord's call I came to live in Israel with my wife and two children in 2005. I graduated the Tour Guide School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. I have been guiding groups of Evangelical Christians around the Holy Land since 2014. I am keen on history and archeology of the Land of Israel but my true passion is for the Word of God. I believe my call is to share my love for the Holy Land with everyone who comes to see it through seeing its beautiful sites, meeting its wonderful people, tasting its delicious food but most importantly by experiencing it through Holy Scriptures that comes alive as we travel through it.
Olga Smoldyreva: Biography
I was born in Russia and got my degrees, got married, and gave birth to my firstborn son there.
Professionally, I started working as a translator for an international charity organization while a fourth year student of the State University, Department of Linguistics. After I graduated I continued with the same company and became Assistant to the Supervisor of two offices. Then my first son was born and I took a long maternity leave, at the same time I was studying Law for my second degree.
In 2002, I was involved in two job activities: first, I was hired as a part-time translator for the Volgograd Chamber of Commerce and, secondly, I held a full-time position as a Human Resource Manager and Legal Advisor at the Volgograd Biscuit Factory. As both of my degrees came into use, I really enjoyed the experience and challenges.
In 2005, our family decided to move to Israel. Like most new immigrants, we have struggled to learn the language, get to know the culture and traditions better, adjust to the climate, and learn the Land. Since our arrival, I've worked as a Receptionist and Office Manager, Translator. Currently I am working at the CMJ Heritage Center as a guide.
Sleiman Rabadi: Biography
My name is Sleiman Rabadi and I am a father of two little girls. I was born into a Christian family in 1971 and lived most of my life next to the holy sites in Jerusalem . My favorite places to play were the old city streets of Jerusalem, the courtyard of the Holy Sepulcher and the terraces of the old city.
While growing up in this ancient city, I started to notice the influx of pilgrims and tourists, even when I was very young. I was captivated by the different people from all over the world who came to the city, all who shared a common interest in visiting the Christian sites. Later on I realized that faith is the common thing between them all and I also began to realize my own spiritually as a result.
Being born in Jerusalem and being able to visit the holy places anytime is an advantage and privilege you only realize later in life. Since Jerusalem is a place for living, studying and working for many of its indigenous people, they live another reality parallel to the pilgrims'. The moment that these two realities intersect you realize how blessed you are to be living in this holy city. You start seeing the very walls and streets differently and you realize that below the current city, 2000 years ago Jesus too lived here and eventually died and was resurrected here. The life of the city inside you moves you in a different direction, on a different journey. In my case I was blessed to join the pilgrims on their journey of faith. Each group I lead is another blessing and experience of faith in the 'path of God'.
Raouf Karborani: Biography
My name is Raouf Jiries Shimon Karborani. I was born on April 10, 1965 in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to a Christian family. I studied and graduated from a Catholic school known as Des La Salle High School. I speak four languages: English, Arabic, Hebrew and French.
I started working with different groups from different parts of the world when I decided that my priority would be to work with American Christian groups visiting Israel. I lead tour groups from different Christian denominational groups.
During the last ten years of Guiding, I have enhanced my own personal theological knowledge of the Bible through diligent study. My love for the Word of GOD and the Lord Jesus Christ has deepened as a result of this study and my work as a guide. Now all of my background enables me to explain the historical, geographical and biblical aspects of visiting the Holy Land so that my tour groups can understand the importance of their visit to the Land of the Bible.
I hope to continue spreading the Word of GOD to all nations, for I have always said visiting Israel will change the personal thoughts and emotions of people. The black and white pages of the Bible will become colorful and vivid for those who visit the land that GOD loves.
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Ruby Azraq – Abu Sada: Biography
About myself:
My name is Ruby Azraq – Abu sada, I am an Israeli Arab Christian. I was born in Jerusalem , the old city , 28 May 1972. My family is a Christian family who lives in Jerusalem since 10 generations . I am married, i have three boys: Issa (yeshua), George, Michael, all of them in the university and they are good Christians , active in the church like my husband, Shibly.
I am a qualified English speaking licensed tour guide from the holy land. I can suite myself to your personal needs and itinerary .
I am expertise in different areas especially biblical, historical and archaeological areas. I am familiar with the places as well as with the Israeli and Arabic culture and customs and I am fluent with both languages : Hebrew and Arabic. I am ensuring an informative commentary that brings each and every place to life. I will accompany you step by step to retrace our Lord's footsteps as well as the biblical characters and kings. We will make every step a living testimony.
We will enjoy together the holiness of this land as well the richness of its history and diversity of its nature and people. I will help you to enjoy and live your heart desire of visiting the holy and at the end of the trip I will leave you with a thirst for a return trip.
I am doing this Job since three years after two years of studying and 120 tours in Haifa University. Before this I had my own office for insurance and accounting. Before it I had my own center for teaching courses for women, empowering the women in our society. I have a bachelor degree in Education, I taught Hebrew as a second language for the Arabs. I worked for six years in Jonathan Kuttab law firm as his office manager. I worked also for one year as a medical secretary in Saint Joseph Hospital. While doing my job, I was a member in the General Catholic Committee as a coordinator between the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian committees.
I speak the Arabic and the Hebrew languages as mother tongue, my English is excellent , I can speak French as well and I am learning Spanish at the moment.
My hobby and addiction is "studying" , I keep studying things, and this job as a Tour guide came as a coincidence, but I believe that God chose me to do this job. I registered to this course just to know more about my country. And I was the only Christian in this course, and I saw what my colleagues thought about Christianity and how they do this job as a job. I decided that when I finish this course and if I passed the exams I will quite my current job and do this mission : to receive my brothers and sisters and accompany them in their pilgrimage and make sure that they will get what they paid for , and make sure that their pilgrimage is not about stones and stories, but spiritual experience.
Hani Awwad –
Julie Baretz: Biography
Julie Baretz has been a licensed Israeli tour guide since 1987. Born and raised in Nyack, New York, she moved to Israel in 1985 after completing a bachelor's degree in English Literature at Union College in Schenectady, New York. She also holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Bar Ilan University in Israel and a professional certificate in horticulture.
Julie's literary training is behind her articulation of history, texts and stories throughout Israel. She specializes in Bible stories and is the author of a forthcoming book on the subject. Many years of experience in informal education have enabled her to hone an interpretive guiding style that probes, questions and leaves pilgrims with food for thought.
When she's not guiding Julie reads voraciously, spends lots of time at the gym, meets friends for coffee and writes. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband, 21-year old twin daughters and Mitzi the cat.
Kavork Hagoplan –
Sam Gorenshten: Biography
For the past five years, i have become involved in guiding pilgrims. before that, I worked as an economist and statistician. I also have an interest in anthropology, theology, archaeology and history. I like to travel and hike, I enjoy trying different cuisines and spending time with my family.
Next time we meet, be ready to explore the land of Jesus and the disciples of the Galilee. We will visit the town of Nazareth and the town of Jesus Capernaum. We will live the experience of Jesus' pilgrimage to the Holy City and we will explore many texts of the Bible in the same locations where they occurred. What I can promise you is a new experience in life that will enrich you spiritually and bring you nearer to the scripture. You are only required to be ready physically and spiritually (We will have long walks on some days} Until then, God bless.
I was born in Israel as a Jew and many years ago I became to be a believer. I love to guide and walk in the footsteps of Jesus and I am proud to be part of the Holyland and the land of Jesus.
I am a Licensed Tour Guide for over 10 years, and speak fluent Hebrew and English. I have in-depth knowledge of Christianity and Judaism cultures as well as history, archaeology, landscapes & borders, and familiar with all the holy sites.
I am a graduate of the Bar-Ilan University and hold a BA degree in Israeli Studies.
I am also registered and licensed by the Israeli Ministry Of Tourism as a tour guide, certified for guiding in Hebrew and English.
Let me know if you'd like me to add anything else.
God bless.
David Manarius:
Yousef Khair: Biography
My name is Joseph khair I have been guiding groups in the last 20 years in the holy land I learned that this profession is like being an ambassador in your own country and should transmit my faith to all visitors , that's what made me love my work .
Beside the English language I also guide Spanish speaking groups. I will be honored the serve you if you ever visit us in Israel


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Renewable Energy Target in UK Will Not Be Reached, Industry Board Says
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In an example of how differing incentive systems produce different results in stimulating growth of renewable energy comes two stories from the UK.
Only 6% from renewables by 2020 with current policies
The Guardian is reporting that the Renewables Advisory Board has said that the UK will miss its target of meeting 15% of its energy needs through renewable sources by 2020, even if significant new policy changes and massive new investment is made. If radical changes are made, perhaps 14% is attainable, but if current policies continue 6% from renewables in more likely.
Green technologies will have little chance of making a significant enough penetration in the heating and transportation sectors by 2020, so the electric sector will have to carry most of the weight, RAB reports. Approximately 40% of electricity will have to be generated renewably to reach the best case estimate of 14% total energy from renewables.
This would mean that in addition to massive increases in onshore and offshore windfarms—increases of 1,850MW to 13,000MW and 394 MW to 18,000 MW respectively—one in every 38 homes would have to install photovoltaic systems for electricity. Last year 270 panels were installed in the UK, while in Germany 130,000 PV panels were installed. This brings us the second part:
Quota system to blame for slow renewable uptake in Britain
If the German deputy environment minister, Matthias Machnig, is correct (and I tend to think he is) a good part of the reason which UK deployment of renewable energy is languishing while it is flourishing in Germany is the differing forms of incentives the two nations have.
Britain has a quota system, wherein electric companies have to generate a given percentage of their electricity from renewable sources. The complexity of the system is such that a whole series of these posts might not be enough to explain how there is actually an economic disincentive in place if too much energy gets produced from renewables.
The really fuzzy sketch version: It's based off an auction of renewable energy certificates, which are given to producers of renewable energy and have to be bought by the companies who distribute the energy to prove how much of their electricity is from renewable sources. Since those two groups are often the same people, and the cost of the certificates decline as more of the electricity is generated renewably, there is an economic benefit to not meeting the goal fully. Is your head spinning yet? I said it would be fuzzy.
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German feed-in tariffs working to stimulate expansion of renewables
You'll just have to look at the numbers to see that something's not working: the UK currently in generates 4% of its electricity renewably. Germany on the other hand produces 15% and the industry is booming, "creating 250,000 and billions of euros in exports a year," according to Machnig.
At the heart of this is the feed-in-tariff system in place, which pays producers of renewable energy an above-market rate for the electricity they produce and then distributes the cost among all consumers of electricity. According to Machnig the cost to an average family is a €2 increase in their bill per month.
The result is that Germany will easily meet the EU target of 20% by 2020 and will likely surpass it by half. Machnig says 30% from renewables by 2020, and 45% by 2030 is attainable.
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Renewable Energy Incentives
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A Florida panther kitten has only been alive for one month but has already had quite an eventful life.
The kitten was found in late January in Collier County while biologists were conduction field research. The one-pound kitten was found curled into a ball and suffering from dehydration and low body temperature. He's now recovering at the Lowery Park Zoo in Florida, and his caretakers expect him to have a long life ahead of him.
Authorities aren't sure what happened to the kitten's mother, though they do think that the mother is still alive.
According to the Sun-Sentinel, the kitten was originally taken to the Animal Specialty Hospital of Naples for emergency treatment. After a few weeks stay their it was determined that the kitten was strong enough to travel to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. He's under constant medical supervision by Dr. Ray Ball, the zoo's director of medical sciences, and being a fed a diet of a milk substitute. In a few weeks he'll be weaned from the liquid diet and fed a meat-based diet.
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The panther kitten will not be put on display during his stay at the zoo.
Because the kitten was not taught to hunt by its mother he will not be returned to the wild. Instead he'll eventually be transferred to the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
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San Diego Miramar College - Quick Facts
Year Established: 1969
Current Enrollment: 12,082
Average Tuition per Semester: $552.00 (in state, 12 units @ $46.00/unit)
Number of Degrees/Certificates Offered: 26
Total Faculty: 108 fulltime/235 part-time
Average GPA: 2.79
Retention Rate: 88%
Student to Faculty Ratio: 34 to 1
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Number of On Campus Clubs: 20
Campus Size: 123 acres
Enrollment: 12,082
Non-Resident (Out-of-State): 2%
Male/Female Ratio: Male 56%, Female 44%
American Indian or Alaskan native: 0%
African American: 6%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 15%
Filipino: 8%
Caucasian: 39%
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Other: 6%
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Official Colors: Black, Teal, and Columbia Blue
Official Mascot: Jets
Conference: Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
Other Participating Colleges in PCAC: College of the Desert, Cuyamaca, Grossmont, Imperial Valley, MiraCosta, Mt. San Jacinto, Palomar, San Bernardino, San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, Southwestern
- Hourglass FieldHouse ("The Hangar"): 2 basketball courts/6 baskets for practice; 3 volleyball courts for practice; permanent and portable bleacher capability.
- Hourglass Park: multi-use facility features flexibility for up to 8 soccer fields and 6 softball diamonds; 1 sand volleyball court.
- Ned Baumer Aquatic Center: 25 yd. x 25 meter, 10 lane competition pool with 1 meter diving board; 12 yd. x 25 yd recreation pool (3-6 ft. depth) with open faced water slide; 8 yd. x 25 yd. kids' pool with 2 slides and water-play structures.
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Local San Diego residents have received letters in the mail informing them that their current Health Insurance coverage must be cancelled and replaced with a new 2014 Affordable Care Act plan. Residents wonder why their current health insurance policies, underwritten by Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, and other reputable companies, which their doctors have gladly accepted in the past, are no longer "good enough" by Government standards. What on God's green earth has changed?
It is what some people liken to a "Government Takeover" of the health care system. The U.S. Government has implemented a new set of rules which includes a mandate for all health insurance companies to create new plans that cover the EHB – the 10 Essential Health Benefits. This means that the majority of current/former coverage is inadequate, sub-par, and in the eyes of elected officials – worth discarding.
Whether individuals and families want or need a plan with all 10 Essential Health Benefits is apparently not important. What matters to the Government is that citizens pay for all ten because they are all considered essential to good health, and these benefits are guaranteed to be included with every new 2014 plan.
Don't worry if you are a single man without a womb, the Government has made sure you will be covered for both pregnancy and delivery just in case you live too far away from an abortion clinic. Yes your premiums may be 200% higher than they previously were, but fortunately you may qualify for a tax subsidy paid for by the 60 yr old widow down the street whose insurance premiums have recently sky-rocketed.
"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." ~ James 1:27 (ESV)
Unless you would rather vote that responsibility onto others and hope it doesn't come back to bite you.
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2. Emergency services
3. Hospitalization, like overnight stays at the hospital
4. Maternity and newborn care, like pregnancy and delivery
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6. Laboratory services, like tests and blood work
7. Preventive and wellness services and disease management
8. Pediatric or children's services, including dental and vision care
9. Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatments
10. Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices to help people with injuries, disabilities, or chronic conditions gain or recover mental and physical skills
Paid for by the friends, neighbors, and relatives of people you know and don't know who can not afford it, may not want it, and will be financially penalized if they are unable or choose not to buy it.
Courtesy of Barack Hussein Obama, Barry Soetoro, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Democratic Party, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, those who voted outside their districts, outside their country, voted more than once, from the grave, and did nothing to prevent it.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Country Tehama County Wedding
October outdoor wedding and it was 78 degrees with no wind! Alisha and Jim made a gorgeous couple on their romantic day. The box floral centerpieces with collectible wine bottles made for a perfect centerpiece. Burlap, roses, orange and purple colors tied this country setting together. Many personal touches down to the menu on an old rustic door.
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Charles Chaplin wrote in his autobiography that during his first tour of North America with a traveling comedy troupe, "the farther west we went the better I liked it." These words were published in 1964, when Chaplin was 75 years old. The journey he was describing, which brought him to the East Coast by ship and then across the continent by train, began when he was 21 years old. Chaplin's autobiography lingers on a particular stop along his tour, an American city which, even from the distance of a half a century on and a continent away, he was able to recall vividly: Butte, Montana.
Several years before he worked in motion pictures, he had traveled across the country with a comedy troupe led by the impresario Fred Karno, a major figure in the history of English music-hall performers and the man popularly credited with inventing the "pie in the face" gag. The theatrical company had begun their tour in the major metropolitan areas of the Eastern seaboard before taking their show to the American West. The spaces between the towns grew farther apart, and urban sprawl gave way to fields, and farms, rolling hills, deserts, and snowy mountains. Chaplin, more used to the environs of the United Kingdom, would admit that he sometimes found the "vast stretches of wild land… drear and somber," though he also wrote that they "filled me with promise." Ultimately, he reflected, "it is broadening. My outlook was larger."
It is easy to imagine that for young Chaplin, who had surely read dime novels about the exploits of cowboys, bandits, and frontier heroes, Butte was a revelation.
The Mining City in 1910, Chaplin wrote, was still rough and tumble, "with miners wearing top boots and ten-gallon hats and red neckerchiefs." He even witnessed a "fat old sheriff shooting at the heels of an escaped prisoner, who was eventually cornered in a blind alley without harm, fortunately." He recorded the event, evidently with relish, as "gunplay in the street."
But the town was far from without culture. It had a wealth of theaters — 14 of them by 1917 — including the Broadway Theater, which contained the highest number of seats west of Chicago, and Maguire's Grand Opera House, which underwent a frantic series of name changes in the early 20th century, becoming first the Orpheum, next the Majestic, and then the Empress before it would burn down in 1912.
The miners, cowboys, entrepreneurs, and working girls who paid their admission to see Charlie and the others perform on one of those evenings in 1911 would have seen a performance that would, later, be recognizable to fans of Chaplin's Little Tramp. They would have enjoyed, well in advance of the nation at large, the same improbably graceful pratfalls, the same mixture of pathos and hilarity, that would make Charlie Chaplin the world's biggest movie star less than a decade later. The show, called "A Night at an English Music Hall," adapted from a play called The Mumming Birds, would in fact be adapted, by Charlie himself, as a short film called A Night in the Show. Though the film was silent, the shows at the Majestic would not have been, ringing instead with the sound of laughter and the clinking of glass on glass.
But it was another of Butte's attractions on which Chaplin would remark in his autobiography. The Karno Company, many of whom were young men in alternating states of adventure-hungry and homesick, were fascinated by Butte's legendary red-light district. Chaplin would remember later that "it consisted of a long street and several side streets containing a hundred cribs, where young girls were installed… for one dollar." The boys in the Karno Company had frequented red-light districts across the country, but Chaplin remarked that "Butte boasted of having the prettiest women of any red-light district in the West, and it was true."
In fact, the women employed in Butte's brothels were a cut above in that they were better dressed as well. "If one saw a pretty girl smartly dressed, one could rest assured she was from the red-light quarter, doing her shopping." Later, Chaplin would offer W. Somerset Maugham advice regarding a character in Maugham's play Rain, about a lady of the evening in the South Pacific. The character, originally, had been made up "rather grotesquely, as I remember, with spring-side boots. I told him that no harlot in Butte, Montana, could make money if she dressed like that." The soiled doves of Butte, Montana were memorable enough in Charlie's estimation that he would bring them up to friends and acquaintances for years to come.
According to A.J. Marriott's book Chaplin Stage by Stage, Chaplin's first stay in Butte lasted six days, from the Saturday, April 15th through Friday the 21st of April. In between theatrical performances and wooing the city's girls, Chaplin and his mates, including his then roommate Stanley Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame, saw the sights.
His autobiography doesn't record what all they took in, but some photographs from the Chaplin archives tell us more. Two in particular are of interest. They show Charlie and his friends, nattily dressed to the nines, standing on the Continental Divide. Three of them, including Chaplin, are seated on a large rock. He appears to be making a comical face, or maybe just squinting into the light. The photograph is labeled, appropriately enough, "In Butte City, Montana." And then, underneath, as if it were necessary to differentiate from all the other Buttes in the world, it reads "U.S.A."
The Fred Karno Company's vaudeville tour of the Americas would last until November of 1913, by which time Chaplin was thoroughly in love with America. Over the course of the company's ramblings, Chaplin would visit Butte a total of four times. In fact, as the Chaplin Office of Paris, France informed me in an email, there is a good chance that the photos of Chaplin at the Continental Divide are believed to have been on different legs of the tour, suggesting that the English music-hall performers were so taken by the sight that they returned to see it again.
According to Chaplin's writings, cities like Billings and Butte "throbbed with the dynamism of the future," and the young man found himself "imbued with it." Though he would return to England for a season in between the tours, he recorded that he "was not too upset at leaving the States" only because he "had made up my mind to return; how or when I did not know." By 1914 he had done just that, joining the legendary comedy pioneer Mack Sennett, creator of the Keystone Cops, to work at his studios. Before long, he was directing his own pictures, and had moreover ironed out the details of his persona — the derby hat and the shabby suit, the shambling gate and the dignified sincerity of the Little Tramp.
Butte, Montana had touched the Chaplin, who in turn touched the world. Eventually, many of those 14 theaters would convert to cinemas in which were projected the flickering image of Charlie Chaplin's films. Some of those laughing in the dark must have remembered, with pride, having seen him, maybe even met him, in person.
Chaplin was not the only artist who found a muse in Butte, America. Some of America (and the world's) brightest and best have found inspiration in her embrace.
One of the first was Mary Maclane, enfant terrible and "wild woman of Butte," whose controversial confessionals like I Await the Devil's Coming and The Story of Mary Maclane shocked and titillated the nation at the turn of the century.
Then Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon and one of the pioneers of the hard-boiled detective novel wrote his own Butte-inspired novel, The Red Harvest, which would eventually influence films as diverse as Kurosawa's Yojimbo and the Bruce Willis action flick Last Man Standing.
Years later, author Reif Larsen made the protagonist of his novel The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet hail from Divide, Montana, about 15 miles from Butte, and lets the town serve as the beginning of his hero's journey.


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