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By jpreyss in The Land of the Gods
TRIVANDRUM — After three hours of shuffling luggage, paying baggage overage fees and watching security thoroughly pick through our carry-on luggage, my Rotary Group Study Exchange teammate Janine Campbell looked at me and uttered, "This is how you know God ...
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Victoria County Commissioners to discuss filling County Judge No. 1 seat
By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog
Victoria County Commissioners will meet 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. The meeting includes a closed session to discuss additional interviews to fill the County Court at Law No. 1 judges seat. Media February 19, 2013 Agenda Packet by mcrowe5038
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City to call special election for District 3 council race
By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog
The agenda for Tuesday's city council meeting looks jam-packed. Along with the city's plan to sell the 6-acre Navarro Del Norte property to a Houston developer (which you can read about in Monday's Advocate) the council will call a special ...
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By jpreyss in The Land of the Gods
Today is my last full day in Trivandrum before traveling back to the United States. It's hard to believe that I'll be home Sunday, and this experience in India will be over. There are mixed feelings surfacing at the close ...
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How do we balance public good vs. private toll?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
This is an early look at my column planned for Sunday: Grief is the most personal of emotions. We can never be prepared fully to deal with such deep loss, particularly when it comes suddenly and unexpectedly. Those close to ...
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This one time, in India, I met a king
By jpreyss in The Land of the Gods
When the birds crowed Wednesday morning and I was preparing for the day, there was no indication that my evening would be spent at a palace chatting with a king. When does that happen in real life? Never. But apparently, ...
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By jpreyss in The Land of the Gods
I was finally released from the hospital yesterday, and it was nice to spend the day with my team again. We were scheduled to meet the Maharajah of Travancore, Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, at the royal palace yesterday at 10:30 ...
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Is that water tainted? Groups urge EPA to look again
By dwray in The nature of things
When the Barnett Shale started booming about a decade ago, people were lining up to have companies like Range Resources drill in their North Texas backyards. However, that all changed when some of those living on top of the Barnett ...
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By ftilley in Advocate Photo Blog
Today marks 35 years with the Victoria Advocate. It's been an interesting venture punctuated with the earmarks of technology, like the pencil marks on the doorway recording various heights through one's youth. Black and white film was the standard before ...
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This patient will self-destruct in 30 seconds
By jpreyss in The Land of the Gods
TRIVANDRUM — I was supposed to be discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon, but at the last minute doctors decided to move forward with additional tests. So against my wishes, I was forced to stay another night in this hospital ...