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perfect thank you

I am pretty sure this topic has already been spoken about in full please delete and point to the thread If anyone knew these questions my wife and I have about stupid things our government is currently doing Candle would. What are some of you guys doing with this situation not being able to communicate with family anymore. What apps are ready to take up the slack? thanks

the guy who posted this pic said in 2007 he sat on a train next to this woman, who was this soldiers wife. she had a family album with a few interesting pictures.

here is a shot i dont think too many has seen http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4372/unrealshot.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us

are there sim cards in any cdma phones or only gsm phones?

from my findings the only way a verizon or sprint cellphone will work in China is if the phone is a hybrid gsm/cdma. being that sprint and verizon run on cdma only available in the US. t-mobile and at&t run gsm. i plan on bringing my wifes at&t phone and switching sim cards after i unlock it.

i ended up calling att for an unlock code yesterday and surprisingly, they emailed me exactly how its done with the codes. i tried to use my verizon last may in beijing, and it just didnt connect. i guess only gsm phones can connect in china not cdma phones. is this right?

and for those who dont have the sat hooked up you can view it online... http://pages.tvunetworks.com/channels just download the spyware free little program. the new version finally works with vista

nice.. China has so many beautiful spots

amazing shots Bob...

a new frontline.... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vi...mp;continuous=1

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grilled mahi on the barbi with a cajun blackened seasoning rub might as well wrap some tators up as well throw them in there too!!

Praxis Language out of ShangHai has finally put together a English learning site. seems excellent for someone who already has basic english skills. for those of you who dont know who Praxis Language is they are Chinesepod Italianpod Spanishpod and now Englishpod http://englishpod.com/ the first week is free but i think if its anything like chinesepod its well worth the 29 bucks a month.

this one in orlando is great, we are there every week buying something or other, they have a great fish market in the back. its bigger than the local supermarket (publix) between kirkman and hiawassee on west colonial SR50 http://www.1storiental.com/

there is an hour long program focused around tankman. basically saying he was a big part of what is China today

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vi...tml?s=frol02p7b this is even better. i never knew some of these details behind the tankman.

you went to China and you cant eat chinese food? wow!!

I posted the chinese... the first character is literally to "pay"... but the phrase actually originates from cantonese; and mandarin made a character 'loan' of changing to the 'pay/buy/money' character. In my wife's home town, you never say "xiao jie", as this is slang for the ladies of the evening... so one has to know the local useage. When we were in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, we rarely heard 'fu wu yuan' but more likely to hear 'xiao jie' or 'xiao mei'... xiao mei sounds like some type of dumpling.... hmmmmm....... he said dumpling........

Some people have a real gift with the written word. I guess everyone wants to see the beef. why thank you Jesse. im not sure if thats what Eunice meant.

Any textbook (almost any) learning method would have both the Chinese characters and English text. Check with the Rosetta folks to se ifthey offer a textbook, or buy one at Amazon or anywhere else. i think rosetta comes with the pdf files like pimsluer

if your just starting out i highly recommend at least trying out chinesepod for a week... its free the first week. i can not stress to you how good it is and how much ive learned from it this is a great chart to use... http://chinesepod.com/resources/pronunciation ive used so many different software's and different ways to learn and this one is by far the best for me personally

First of all this is only my opinion and I¡¯m sure I¡¯m going to get thrown to the dogs again for stating my beliefs among so many non believers. But oh well the Bible says I will be persecuted for my love in Jesus. I believe one of the big issues why Christianity always get the bad name is everybody is grouped together. Not only that but the roots come from the Jewish people who have ties with the Muslims 1000¡¯s of years ago who I just can not understand their thinking no matter what¡­.. That¡¯s a completely different thread. Anyways the Baptists are mixed in with the Methodists and the Methodists are mixed in with the Catholics and so on and so forth. Every Christian religion is so worried who is right and who is wrong they forget about what it means to be a Christian to begin with.Going to Church every Sunday doesn't mean your a Christian. If everyone would just realize, that living like Jesus or as close to Jesus Christ as physically possible is key to happiness and contentment. People strive all their lives to make money and to be successful and it¡¯s never enough. They always feel there is something else that they need. But with Christ, it¡¯s all that is needed. He fills the empty space. Now with that said, I¡¯m not sure on how many variations of Buddhist beliefs there are. Correct me if I am wrong but a Buddhist believes you continually reincarnate over and over until you become enlightened. Then you go to a place called nirvana. Is that right? And in order to become enlightened what do you have to do. Follow 4 steps of some sorts¡­ Are there other basic beliefs like that, that differ? Ok So far other than the reincarnation part it sounds a lot like what I believe. I¡¯m not saying reincarnation doesn¡¯t exist. I believe there is so much of the spiritual realm around us we have not even scratched the surface. I¡¯ve seen programs on discovery concerning these ideals and they were pretty convincing. But the ones that usually have any recall of past lives they have lived had some type of massive death too early or something odd happened when they died. There is so much we don¡¯t understand as humans you cant just knock something as a nice story or a myth. the one big difference between the 2 religions revolves obviously on the cultures and how outspoken the western people are in their thinking in the way they are always right whether it is towards not believing in any higher power at all or believing in Jesus Christ. I¡¯ve seen one as loud as the other. It will be interesting to see how the Chinese Religions evolve in the next 50 years if religion is able to be continually be practiced, don¡¯t forget religion for so many years was hidden in the back rooms of homes only practiced within families. So they are not going to be that outspoken to begin with. Chinese thinking however is based around respect and i think they are very aware of others feelings or at least my wife¡¯s family is. My mother in law practices Buddhism and she has her prayer area in the corner of her home. It¡¯s set up with her candles, red cloth, her Buddha statue, incense and so forth. She was very concerned about offending my mom and dad when my parents came over with us. So she covered it up. She knew that my parents were devout Christians maybe not offending them but she just didn¡¯t want them to feel uncomfortable. I told my parents and my mom made a point to tell her how beautiful her prayer area was and had her remove the cloth she had covered it up with. Now I¡¯m not saying my mom is rude but when her parents came to my parent¡¯s home. Do you think they covered up the big picture of Jesus that hangs in the dining room.. of course not, the thought didn¡¯t even occur to her. So the thinking is completely different. But if you get right down to the roots of beliefs, I believe they are very similar. Sure the Christian says unless you believe in Christ you wont go on to heaven. Who says nirvana and heaven are not the same place. Who says the Buddhist who finally reaches the state of Nirvana when he dies doesn¡¯t walk past Christ into heaven. Who says the person who lived a great life and never had the opportunity to know who Christ was during their life, passes by Jesus when they die and immediately understands who their maker is. We don¡¯t know. I¡¯m sure glad I don¡¯t have to make these decisions.

aint gonna happen in florida. it took forever for us even with her here. social security wasnt good enough they wanted to see florida i.d. as well.