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Who's keeping Thailand's beaches clean?
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Every week there are volunteers heading to the beaches of Phuket to pick up rubbish, mostly washed ashore and landing on the beaches. Some of it has washed out Phuket's drains and just making its way back to shore. Other rubbish comes from passing boats and fishing fleets.
One group, Clean The Beach Bootcamp, organised bi-weekly by Phuket expat and businessman Krix Luther, has been operating for four years and picked up hundreds of tonnes of rubbish. Plenty of other community and school groups organise regular clean ups. But should expats and tourists be the ones picking up the rubbish off Thai beaches?
PHOTO: Clean The Beach BootCamp
Ironically, the OrBorTors and Provincial Hall also organise occasional volunteer beach clean-ups, the very people who should be organising and budgeting to keep the beaches clean in the first place.
Why is one of Thailand's main tourist attractions and resources – it's beautiful beaches – left to volunteers to clean whilst the authorities care little until it gets so bad a post in Trip Advisor or Facebook spurs them into shame-induced action?
Why don't the locals, the major beneficiaries of the income from tourism, do something about keeping their own beaches clean?
Over on the Gulf of Thailand, Daily News is reporting that two Swiss tourists were going the extra mile to clear up the beach at Samui this week.
But two local officials had a go at their litter tossing compatriots saying they should be ashamed that tourists were clearing up their mess.
The media met up with the two Swiss ladies who they called 23 year old Fabian and 31 year old Jamin.
Fabian said they love Samui and were spurred into action as trash blew along Ban Beach, Mae Nam and washed in from the sea. So they asked the bungalow where they were staying for bin bags and picked up the rubbish over a five kilometer stretch.
Their haul included plastic, foam and bottles.
Local officials Phumin and Thepasak called in Daily News and were also on hand to help. They gave the ladies some refreshing coconut water to thank them for their efforts.
But they condemned the locals in Koh Samui who they said should be ashamed of themselves to see tourists who had come so far having to act as trash collectors after they had messed up their own. environment.
Daily News praised the tourists calling their actions "very impressive".
So who should be keeping Thailand's beaches clean? Shouldn't OrBorTors invest in beach-cleaning machines and make it a priority rather than expecting tourists and volunteers to keep the beaches clean?
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Heavy rain across the country this weekend – local forecasts
Heavy rain is expected across much of Thailand over the next few days, mostly as a result of the intensity of a tropical storm crossing into Vietnam today, 'Noul', from the South China Sea. The low pressure cell will help intensify the effects of the south west monsoon too. But the remnants of the storm won't "slam" into Northern Thailand as one news site claimed – rather it will be a lot of rain and increased winds. The storm is expected to cross into Thailand around the Mukdahan province some time early tomorrow,
Around the country, Saturday will be the worst with rains easing during Sunday. Thailand north east 'Isaan' provinces will be the worst affected as they are in the direct track of the storm as it crosses Vietnam, into Laos, and then crossing Thailand's borders in the upper north east in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
Whilst tropical storm 'Noul' has been packing winds from 80 – 120 kilometres per hour as it reaches the central Vietnam coast areas, including popular tourist locations like Da Nang and Hoi An, the storm will continue to dissipate as it moves inland. The storm has been tracking across the South China Sea this week, gathering strength, in a west northwesterly direction.
Residents in the coastal town of Hoi An report that it rained continuously last night, with strong winds, and that they expect widespread flooding to be reported during the day.
The forecast for heavy rain in Bangkok will probably dampen some of the enthusiasm for tomorrow's anti-government rally to be held in and around the Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus.
Here are the forecasts for Saturday and Sunday around the country…
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Samui charity battles to feed island's remaining residents
by Ann Carter
As around 2,000 Thai workers have reportedly left the island of Koh Samui due to the Covid-19 economic fallout, 'Sisters on Samui', the island's largest charity is changing up the way in which to help feed those remaining residents. Keyt Topcu, co-president of SOS, says the effort involves cutting out bags as the organisation realised that they could save over 500 USD by having those receiving aid bring their own bags.
"We hand out rice and other goods two times per week, but the bags alone cost 4,000 baht per week. If we cut out bags, we can put that money towards more food for the island's residents in need."
The first three months of feeding islanders since Covid hit included many Burmese people that were out of work. Now, those receiving handouts is mostly comprised of Thais as a lot of Burmese left the island after being put out of work.
"Those that are left are the ones that maybe had savings and could survive without work, and they are now our main clients that we serve."
Wai, a Thai mother of 4 on Samui, says she has been unemployed for 5 months and struggles to feed her children on a daily basis. Recently, she started working again but says the money isn't enough.
"I only get 300 baht per day and my mother is 65 years old. It is not easy now."
As Covid hit, many people on Samui have lost their jobs and have resorted to finding new ways to make ends meet. Mr. O, a taxi driver, now sells oysters and seaweed in a roadside stall after receiving only a few clients per day in his taxi.
"Now, many people have left the island after living here for 15 to 20 years. It is hard for me now to make a living only selling street food."
"Sometimes, I get money and other times I get nothing."
Sisters on Samui is continuing their fight to help those on the island who are still here but struggling. This Thursday, they will start the bag-free handouts in order to save plastic and money with the hopes of putting the money saved back into the community's mouths.
"We have a handout at Chaweng Lake this Thursday, September 17, in which we ask everyone to bring their own plastic bags. Also, if you want to help the cause, we are accepting monetary and food donations. A 1,000 baht donation will get us a 40 kilogram bag of rice to give out."
Apart from rice, the organisation says they need other items like eggs, noodles, milk, formula, vegetables, and tin fish to help stock their emergency stash. Yvonne Roberts, co-president of the charity says the effort to reduce plastic waste and spend the money elsewhere came about after receiving more and more volunteers to help the cause.
"As the operation slowed down a bit, we were able to logistically cut down on handing out bags as we had more volunteers to help distribute the food. In the beginning, we were trying to just get the food out as quickly as possible as it was a dire need."
As tourists make up over 90 percent of Samui's economy, the situation is grave. Sisters On Samui remains the largest charity on the island and has largely helped keep the residents afloat. To donate to SOS, you can visit their GoGetFunding page or visit the SOS website.
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Lights are out on Ibiza – the world's party islands go dark
"The party scene, by its nature, is all about getting together, dancing, celebrating 'closeness' and being social – the antithesis of social distancing and staying away from other people in the Covid-era."
Some of the world's tourist islands are suffering badly from the lack of travel, it's not just Bali and Phuket. The Spanish party island of Ibiza is also described as a "ghost town" at the moment without the tourists and the thump thump of the all night parties. It's still summer season on Spain's Balearic Islands, just off the coast of Valencia in the Mediterranean. If it wasn't for a world pandemic, the party music would still be breaking the silence, with young Europeans stomping on the sandy beaches, bars and mega clubs of Ibiza. Instead, the islands remain quiet and devoid of tourists.
"There's no tourism at all, now. Just a few people coming just for a few days. We had a very bad summer.Now we will have a very, very bad winter." – Ibiza's tourism director, Juan Miguel Costa.
But thanks to a summer of Covid quarantines, muted nightclubs and cancelled flights, the Balearic Islands are suffering from the worst hangover they've ever experienced. Now, the situation is prompting locals and businesses, who rely on income generated by the nightlife, to reconsider a future without it.
Ibiza has attracted celebrities arriving on superyachts, and planeloads of young British and German tourists looking for a good time. An underground dance party scene that started in the 1980s had matured into an internationally renowned tourism powerhouse. But, after re-opening in July with dancing banned, and no venues allowed to stay open past 2am, the world's capital of clubbing took a huge hit.
The pandemic forced Ibiza's larger venues to stay closed and it is feared that some may never reopen. The party is over for now as tourism officials try to reinvent the industry and focus on the island's bohemian heritage, rather than its hedonistic party scene.
Even though some moderation of the excesses of the islands' party scene were already on the cards, Covid-era restrictions put everything on hold. A series of laws designed to curb alcohol excess in the tourist hubs of San Antonio, Ibiza, Magaluf and Playa de Palma on Mallorca, including banning happy hours, party boats promoting drunken cruises and pub crawls, were introduced by the regional government at the start of the year. But the Balearic Islands never got to test drive the new party restrictions when the tourism was almost completely stopped.
Rosana Morillo, general director of tourism for the Balearic Islands, says that the current situation is being used to "reset" the island's tourist industry and change the destination's reputation. But others hope that the thumping, bumping nightclubs will return, but balanced along with other cultural highlights.
Like the world's other party island destinations, the future of Ibiza lies in the balance. From Magaluf, Mallorca, just next door, to Ios and Santorini in Greece, Patong in Phuket, Hvar in Croatia and Kuta in Bali, the situation is similarly bleak. The world's mood has moved from luxury and hedonistic travel breaks to focus on home, family, financial survival and work. And even when the travel bans lift, will the party islands be a priority in people's Covid-era travel plans?
But the summer of 2020 wasn't a total write off for the Spanish islands, even though northern Europe lockdowns and travel bans, particularly in Germany and the UK, kept most of their regular tourist traffic away. But by July, the introduction of travel corridors made weeks away in Spain, Greece and other European countries a possibility for UK travellers ready to run the gauntlet of a Covid-era flight. The Balaeric Islands managed to rack up 1 million visitors during July, still a long way from their usual tourist traffic but at least a promising start.
But, as has happened in numerous spots eager to re-open their doors, the situation changed quickly in the face of rising figures in some Spanish regions. The British government re-imposed a 14 day quarantine on all travellers returning from some countries, including Spain. Without much notice, travellers scrambled to get back home, and scheduled trips had to be cancelled. The German Foreign Office then advised against travel to Spain, etc, etc. Since the end of July the flow of travellers to the islands has been back to almost zero.
Now the lights are out in Ibiza's mega clubs.
Around the world the plight of the most popular tropical island destinations is the same. In Thailand, both Koh Samui and Phuket face another challenge. Whilst the south East Asian country has been able to successfully suppress the ravages of Covid-19, the ongoing border ban means that its most popular island destinations, whilst absolutely safe and ready to accept tourists, are stuck in a Twilight Zone – no flights and no international tourist dollars.
But even if they opened, the ability for the world's travellers to get to Thailand's tropical destinations is hampered by a lack of flights. Even a pilot program to re-open Phuket to tourists from the start of October, has now been shelved. In both cases, the Thai islands are around 90% dependent of the tourist dollar.
Indonesia's Bali started loosening restrictions in July, starting with a restart of on-island tourism then followed up with a reopening to domestic travellers. Before this Bali had had relatively few cases. At the start of August, Bali's total Covid-19 cases stood at 3,448. That number has since nearly doubled as of yesterday, with 6,834 cases. The island's chief of police said that the reopening of tourism across Bali "has resulted in a considerable number of young people going on excursions after months of being under quarantine".
Costa Rica, not an island, but relying on tropical and party tourism, is taking a different approach. Despite a growing number of cases, (as of September 12, Costa Rica has 53,969 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 583 deaths) the government has decided to start gradually reopening for tourism, as Costa Rica's economy is also very dependent on tourism. The island's government has taken a very different approach to that of the Thai islands by opening up, despite the growing numbers of cases.
The party scene, by its nature, is all about getting together, dancing, celebrating 'closeness' and being social – the antithesis of social distancing and staying away from other people in the Covid-era. How the world's party destinations pry open their doors and start the discs spinning again is a major challenge as health authorities and business owners struggle to strike a balance.Keep in contact with The Thaiger by following our Facebook page.
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Irish Arts Center Celebrates with Spirit of Ireland Gala
Friday, October 13 was full of good auspices at Cipriani on 42nd Street as the Irish Arts Center celebrated with its Spirit of Ireland Gala. This year's event honored: Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award winner Steve Martin; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon; and Co-Founder and Former CEO, Martha Stewart Living and Vice Chair, American Ballet Theatre, Sharon Patrick. Special guests included Senator George Mitchell, Liam Neeson, Cassandra Wilson and many more.
Theater Pizzazz's JK Clarke was on hand to capture the exciting red carpet arrivals.
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Smaller councils are suffering as a result of a shortfall in government cash handed out to local authorities, it is claimed.
Warwickshire County Council has warned it is £4 million short of the money it was expecting from the government. But its rise was double that given to the districts and boroughs.
Cllr Bernard Kirton (Ind, Whitnash) who sits on the county council and Warwick District Council, said: "It is the districts that are missing out again.
"It shows those councils that spend the most money get the most money."
His figures show Warwick district and north Warwickshire borough councils have been given a
2.4 per cent compared to 2.3 per cent for Rugby borough and Nuneaton and Bedworth borough.
Councils and police authorities have to set their budgets by March 11 ready for the new financial year starting on April 1.
The Evening Telegraph revealed yesterday how people living in Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire were likely to face big hikes in their council tax next year.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council said its part of the bill could soar by 10 per cent before assessing how much extra the county council and police authority would need to raise.


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They say when the student is ready, the teacher appears.
Except students are never ready.
You are never ready to level up, to try something you have never done before.
You are never ready to hold your child for the first time or to start a new venture.
Conditions will never be optimal, timing is never perfect.
You just do.
Often quite badly at first.
And with time you get better.
If you are waiting for a teacher to give you instructions on where to start or what to do next, you are going to be waiting for a very long time.


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Here's the amazing text of Daddino's I've-no-doubt-it-was-superb EMP presentation on Muzak/elevator music. If you'd like some more, here's some thoughts on the subject from John Cougar Cunningham, me reminiscing about the greatest easy listening station ever, and the entry on "beautiful music" from Wikipedia.
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The Advice Place is a free, professional, impartial and confidential advice service for students at the University of Edinburgh, operated by Edinburgh University Students Association. The service is very busy and operates drop-ins and appointments, with phone and email consultation available as well. The service deals with a wide variety of topics (finance, accommodation, academic and personal issues) and provides basic information as well as more complex casework advice, advocacy and support. Service usage data is used to inform campaigns and the constant development and assessment of University policy.
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Christopher Hitchens, April 13, 1949-December 15, 2011
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Enemies vilified Mr. Hitchens as a godless malcontent. His onetime colleague at the Nation, Alexander Cockburn, called him "lying, self-serving, fat-assed, chain-smoking, drunken, opportunistic [and] cynical."
Mr. Hitchens was a raffish character who constantly smoked and drank, yet managed to meet every obligation of a frenetic professional and social schedule. A writer for the Observer newspaper in Britain described him as "at once resolute and dissolute."
Friends and enemies alike marveled at how the hedonistic Mr. Hitchens, after a full evening of drinking and talking, could then sit down and casually produce sparkling essays for Vanity Fair, the Nation, the Atlantic, Slate.com and many other publications without missing a deadline.
"Writing is recreational for me," he said in 2002. "I'm unhappy when I'm not doing it."
"It's the fags that'll get me in the end, I know it," he said once, at one of our lunches, tossing his pack of Rothmans onto the table with an air of contempt. This was back when you could smoke at a restaurant. As the Nanny State and Mayor Bloomberg extended their ruler-bearing, knuckle-rapping hand across the landscape, Christopher's smoking became an act of guerrilla warfare. Much as I wish he had never inhaled, it made for great spectator sport.
David Bradley, the owner of The Atlantic Monthly, to which Christopher contributed many sparkling essays, once took him out to lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. It was—I think—February and the smoking ban had gone into effect. Christopher suggested that they eat outside, on the terrace. David Bradley is a game soul, but even he expressed trepidation about dining al fresco in forty-degree weather. Christopher merrily countered, "Why not? It will be bracing."
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Hitch on Christmas:
As in such dismal banana republics, the dreary, sinister thing is that the official propaganda is inescapable. You go to a train station or an airport, and the image and the music of the Dear Leader are everywhere. You go to a more private place, such as a doctor's office or a store or a restaurant, and the identical tinny, maddening, repetitive ululations are to be heard. So, unless you are fortunate, are the same cheap and mass-produced images and pictures, from snowmen to cribs to reindeer. It becomes more than usually odious to switch on the radio and the television, because certain officially determined "themes" have been programmed into the system. Most objectionable of all, the fanatics force your children to observe the Dear Leader's birthday, and so (this being the especial hallmark of the totalitarian state) you cannot bar your own private door to the hectoring, incessant noise, but must have it literally brought home to you by your offspring. Time that is supposed to be devoted to education is devoted instead to the celebration of mythical events. Originally Christian, this devotional set-aside can now be joined by any other sectarian group with a plausible claim—Hanukkah or Kwanzaa—to a holy day that occurs near enough to the pagan winter solstice.
Hitch's Zingers
" To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid."
"She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director."
"Nothing optional—from homosexuality to adultery—is ever made punishable unless those who do the prohibiting (and exact the fierce punishment) have a repressed desire to participate."
"Why are women, who have the whole male world at their mercy, not funny?"
"The political rhetoric of Obamaism, alas, is even more bloviating at times than Camelot was."
"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are god."
—The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer, 2007
"[George W. Bush] is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is unusually incurious, abnormally unintelligent, amazingly inarticulate, fantastically uncultured, extraordinarily uneducated, and apparently quite proud of all these things."
"One of the many problems with the American left, and indeed of the American left, has been its image and self-image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring."
"Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers."
"The laugh here is on the polished, sophisticated Europeans. They think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious, and ignorant and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American, someone who actually embodies all of those qualities,"
—MSNBC's Scarborough Country, May 2004
"In this country, it seems that you can always get an argument going about 'race' as long as it is guaranteed to be phony, but never when it is real."
"If [Falwell] had been given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox."
Zingers courtesy of The Daily Beast
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Hitchens on Michael Moore
"If Michael Moore had had his way, Slobodan Milosevic would still be the big man in a starved and tyrannical Serbia. Bosnia and Kosovo would have been cleansed and annexed. If Michael Moore had been listened to, Afghanistan would still be under Taliban rule, and Kuwait would have remained part of Iraq. And Iraq itself would still be the personal property of a psychopathic crime family, bargaining covertly with the slave state of North Korea for WMD. You might hope that a retrospective awareness of this kind would induce a little modesty. To the contrary, it is employed to pump air into one of the great sagging blimps of our sorry, mediocre, celeb-rotten culture. Rock the vote, indeed."
Hitchens on war
"Cluster bombs are perhaps not good in themselves, but when they are dropped on identifiable concentrations of Taliban troops, they do have a heartening effect."
"I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged."
"Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely."
"The death toll is not nearly high enough … too many [jihadists] have escaped."
Hitchens on Bush and the War on Terror
"Should the electors decide for the President, as I would slightly prefer, the excruciating personality of George Bush strikes me in the light of a second- or third-order consideration. If the worst that is said of him is true–that he is an idiotic and psychically damaged Sabbath-fanatic, with nothing between his large Texan ears–then these things were presumably just as true when he ran against Al Gore, and against nation-building and foreign intervention. It is Bush's conversion from isolationism that impresses me, just as it is the parallel lapse into isolationism on Kerry's part that makes me skeptical … The President, notwithstanding his shortcomings of intellect, has been able to say, repeatedly and even repetitively, the essential thing: that we are involved in this war without apology and without remorse. He should go further, and admit the evident possibility of defeat–which might concentrate a few minds–while abjuring any notion of capitulation." — The Nation, October 21, 2004
Hitchens on America and the Constitution
"Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would have been no French proclamation of The Rights of Man. Without his brilliant negotiation of the Louisiana treaty, there would be no United States of America. Without Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there would have been no Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, and no basis for the most precious clause of our most prized element of our imperishable Bill of Rights – the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."
Hitchens on the New York Times
"When the New York Times scratches its head, get ready for total baldness as you tear out your hair."
Frontiersman's penultimate quote reminds me that according to my daughter, certain elements are effectively trying to write Jefferson out of history. If that's so, words are unequal to express my horror.
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Bentley Continental GT First Edition Meets 007
For 2020, the Bentley Continental GT First Edition fits with the creative vision that Ian Fleming was well-known for. Beauty, power, and the gadgets makes this third generation number one.
For 2020, the Bentley Continental GT First Edition fits with the creative vision that Ian Fleming was well-known for. Beauty, power, and the gadgets makes this third generation number one.
SVJ 63 Roadster, the most exclusive open top Aventador ever produced: a collaboration between Lamborghini's design and Ad Personam teams, shown at Pebble Beach along with the Huracán EVO GT Celebration: A homage to the American race victories.
The distinctive design of Lincoln Nautilus midsize utility vehicle maintains its unique, sleek shape, offering a harmonious aesthetic and aerodynamic efficiency.
The lean, sculpted beauty of the new 720S provides the perfect starting point for owners to be creative and the specification of this MSO 720S 'Velocity' showcases a taste of the customisation options that are possible.
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Offering a small incentive to prepaid card users to put some of their money into a savings "wallet" doubled uptake of the wallet.Read more
These tough new rules would cover payday loans, auto title loans, deposit advance products, and certain high-cost installment loans.Read more
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is mulling restrictions on lenders that would prevent them from repeatedly collecting payment from customers' bank accounts without thoroughly verifying the ability to repay.Read more
Using celebrities to endorse lending products — prepaid cards, reverse mortgages and payday loans, to name a few — is a popular method for marketers to gain the trust of potential borrowers.Read more
Many consumers stopped making payments to the original lenders after having paid hundreds of dollars in fees.Read more
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Over one eleven-month period between 2012 and 2013, the scheme's operators issued $28 million in payday "loans" to consumers, and, in return, extracted more than $46.5 million from their bank accounts, the FTC alleged.Read more
They're awful and impossible to regulate. That's the gist of John Oliver's detailed, angry and spot-on take on the payday loan industry on HBO's Last Week Tonight.Read more
Investigators found that ACE used harassment, false threats of lawsuits or criminal prosecution to pressure overdue payday loan borrowers into taking on additional debt they couldn't afford.Read more


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Modesty's a funny thing. When you're young, you guard it with your life (as you should). By the time you've changed clothes a thousand times in the communal dressing room at Loehmann's or had to wear a hospital gown for any length of time, your sense of propriety isn't quite so strict. I say, go ahead, look (believe me, they don't want to). And despite how you'll be dressed when you don this beauty of eggplant dyed jade and an antique coin, the fellow on the coin is not -- I repeat -- not going to put his clothes on, it seems.
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Like any developing country, Pakistan has had its fair share of crime. Though statistics may prove otherwise, a new kind of fear wave has now hit Karachi in Pakistan. Several women have been attacked in Pakistan by what is now being known and talked about as the Serial Knife Killer of Karachi. It is not just one woman but several who have either died or have severely been injured by the hands of this serial killer.
Serial Knife Killer and Curfew for Women
This serial killer roams the streets of Karachi on a motorcycle and covers his face conveniently with a helmet. Due to the lack of surveillance on the streets of the city, the killer is at an advantage as he can get away with attacking the women that he targets. So far no progress has been made in the capture of this man who attacks women travelling alone in the late hours of the evenings. The fear in the hearts of the residents is so high that most women refrain from traveling alone after 7pm. Authorities have found that this serial killer has no particular preference in the women that he attacks because he has attacked girls as young as 14 and women as old as 55.
The only consistency that can be found in his attacks is that he attacks the women on either their waists, hips or thighs.
History of Serial Killers in Pakistan
Pakistan has had several serial killers over the course of the last few decades. With little effort made on the officials' behalf, women and men alike have been living in this country in fear. Mothers say goodbye to their children and husbands without knowing whether they will see them again.
The infamous Chhalawa gang and the Hathora (Urdu for a hammer) group terrorized the residents of Karachi in the 80s and 90s as they killed their victims by smashing their skulls with hammers. In the 90s, there were reports of men who slit the wrists of women outside of a major mall in Karachi simply because these women dressed indecently, according to personal accounts of the victims who survived these attacks. This is referred to as an honor killing in Pakistan. It is such a prevailing issue in this nation that the Punjab Minister Zille Huma and social media starlit Qandeel Baloch were murdered over it.
Development on Efforts to Catch the Serial Knife Killer
So far the only development that the police officials have made on the case of the serial knife attacker is the fact that he uses his left hand for attacking women from behind as he uses his right hand to steer the motorcycle. Another fact to back up this theory is that all of the women who were attacked were attacked on their right side from the behind. He is 5'7 to 5'9 in terms of height and drives a red colored motorcycle.
The victims claim that they felt as though somebody had slapped them on their body only to find out that they were gushing warm blood from their waist down. It all happens too fast for any of the victims to identify the perpetrators.
Copycat Killer
This particular serial killer case has proven to be a bigger problem for the police department of Karachi as several copycat killers have emerged with their own agendas. The latest victim of a copycat killer was a 28 year old woman who was attacked from the front whereas the real serial knife killer's modus operandi has been to attack women from the back. This copycat killer has not been caught to date and he is still very much out there just as the real serial knife killer is.
Lack of Psychological Profiles
The reason why it becomes so difficult for a country like Pakistan to catch a serial killer is its lack of people capable of generating psychological profiles for these killers. Serial killers have a history of abuse in their childhood and their behavior growing up can very easily be an indication of what they grow up to be. It is almost predictable.
Dr. Elizabeth Yardley who is the director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University deduces that there are certain reasons that drive people into becoming serial killers. A serial killer is either a power junkie, manipulator, egotistical bragger, superficial charmer, or an average Joe. Kids who suffer through sexual, physical and emotional abuse in their childhood also have a 90 percent chance of becoming serial killers. How many among us walk who are psychopaths but we don't just identify them due to the lack of our knowledge?
Until this killer and many just like him are caught, women living in Pakistan will always remain in fear. It is up to the authorities to make sure that these killers are caught so that innocent lives remain safe.
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The Thurgau-based rail vehicle construction company Stadler Rail made a successful start on the SIX stock exchange in Switzerland on Friday. After opening, Stadler shares are trading at just over 42 francs. The market value therefore currently stands at 4.2 billion francs, as explained in a press release from SIX.
All 35 million shares that have now been placed as part of the basic offering were previously directly or indirectly controlled by President Peter Spuhler. The banks in charge were afforded a greenshoe option of approximately 5 million shares. Up to now, Spuhler held a share of 80 percent in Stadler Rail. Following the IPO, his stake will fall to 39.7 percent, provided that the greenshoe option is exercised. Spuhler will remain anchor shareholder and President of the Supervisory Board following the IPO.
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People may be inclined to argue the point, but there is a real lack of good, authentic Chinese cuisine in the Crescent City. Of all the Chinese restaurants I've experienced since moving here, Jung's Golden Dragon is the closest I've come, that is until I dined at Bao & Noodle.
A few months back, my friend Anne and I ventured out into Bywater to get a taste of Chef Doug Crowell's take on Chinese cuisine. When we arrived at the baby-blue building that looked as if it once might have been a corner store, the restaurant was empty of diners. We walked straight up to the front counter (a.k.a. fold-out table) and picked up a paper menu before a woman appeared from the back all smiles, offering to help us order.
We grabbed a table near a window and sat down to order what seemed like most of the menu and then waited patiently for our feast to arrive. We began with a plate of fried, local shishito chilis drizzled with black vinegar that we gobbled hungrily, enjoying the sweet flavor of the peppers against the tart vinegar. We also shared some crispy, scallion pancakes with a dipping sauce made from a mixture of soy and vinegar.
We oohed and aahed when the feature arrived, two, gorgeous steamed and fried pork bao,
delightfully sweet and savory at the same time and served with the same soy and vinegar mixture for dipping. We enjoyed these so much, that while waiting for our entrees, we debated whether or not to try the baked bao, too (the bao won!).
Now, to be perfectly honest, I completely forgot what Anne got as an entree, but I clearly remember mine! I ordered the tea-smoked duck breast and it was so freaking juicy, tender and delicious (and gluten-free!) that I almost inhaled the whole plate before offering Anne a bite.
We did order dessert as well, but I am pretty sure they weren't ready for that request because when we got our custard-filled mooncake (doesn't that sound awesome?), it was still partially frozen. By that time we were so full of lovingly prepared Chinese food, I doubt we would have properly enjoyed the dish anyhow. Maybe I should warn restaurants ahead of time so they'll be sure to have dessert ready?


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Limerick football manager Billy Lee strongly considered pulling his team from last night's Munster SFC quarter-final against Clare after an administrative error prevented one of his players from being involved.
Clare overcame Limerick 1-23 to 0-14 at the Gaelic Grounds, with the Treaty boss castigating board officials after the game over their failure to send the correct panel to Croke Park midweek.
Jim Liston was not included in the panel sent to Croke Park and therefore could not feature during yesterday's game. Such was Lee's annoyance with the mistake, he contemplated forfeiting the fixture as close as 10 minutes to throw-in.
Billy Lee
"Some of the stuff I have had to put up with this week from our County Board has been shocking, absolutely shocking," the manager claimed.
"As late as 10 minutes before throw-in to the game, there was a game of Russian roulette being played because I wasn't prepared to come out on the field with the team. It was gone to that extreme.
"I threatened before we left Newcastle that if Jim wouldn't be on the bench then I wouldn't be in Limerick. I did that, yeah.
"I told the administrators that I wouldn't be letting the team out. The chairman of the football board, the chairman of the county board and the secretary of the football board approached me in the tunnel there and I said, 'Look, lads, is anyone going to sort this out? Make a call to Croke Park'.
"It was an error. It's frustrating, to say the least. They changed it some bit, but at half time they came again and said if we won this game we would have to forfeit the game."
The issue stemmed from an administrative mistake on Wednesday.
"I am going to call it straight, the wrong email was sent to Croke Park. Mike (O'Riordan, county secretary) was on holidays and he put no contingency in. He looked at the first email, which was from the County PRO and he fired that onto Croke Park instead of checking. That is shocking. [Jim] was distraught.
"I left here Wednesday night and from here to Newcastlewest, I was on the phone the whole time talking to officials to get their act in order.
"As an organisation in Limerick, we need to pull ourselves together fairly fast. It is up to the leaders to lead.
"John [Cregan] has a job ahead of himself to sort out this kind of stuff. I really don't mind what they think of me. I am trying to do my best for the players. They are the ones who represent Limerick, not the officers. The officers administrate and they need to do their job.
"Now, that doesn't excuse us losing the game but that's the bulls**t we have to put up with. It is so infuriating, people have no idea. It's madness.
"We had a young fella there busting his arse to get on the field and I had to tell him afterwards why he didn't get on. I've to tell the rest of them what is going on."
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Thirteen poachers of the endangered one-horn rhino have been sentenced to jail in Nepal, in South Asia on Thursday reported Daily Times on June 21.
Six poachers were arrested three years ago while the other seven were convicted but not present, noted Tikaram Paudel, a staff member at the Chitwan National Park, home of most of Nepal's rhinos.
All thirteen were convicted of poaching a rhino in a community forest in Nawalparasi district in March 2009.
Paudel said eight convicts were handed a 15-year prison sentence and a 100,000 rupee ($1050) fine for killing the animal. Rhino poaching in Nepal carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail.
"The rest have been sentenced 10 years in jail and fined 50,000 rupees," he added, explaining that they were found guilty of watching the others slaughtering the rhino.
Paudel said that the court asked police to arrest the convicts who are still on the run.
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I don't know about other regions of the U.S but here in southern Utah its getting pretty grim. Cost of everything is rising and there is NO work. I own a commerical HVAC company thats primary work is schools, medical building and multi story office buildings. For over 25 years, our company has been the go to guys when customers wnated it done correct the 1st time. For the past 5 months we have been working at 25% of capacity and I only see it getting worse. I have employees that depend on me for their lively hood and I take the obligation pretty seriously but I'm about out of ideas.
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Archive for January 2010
Advance Patchwork
Would parliamentary procedures allow the Senate "patch" legislation to be passed on a provisional basis? (ie., it only affects legislation that hasn't been passed in the house yet, and would therefore be moot if the House doesn't pass it).
In other words, maybe one way to let cooler heads prevail, and placate House liberals, is for the Senate to quickly put together and pass (via reconciliation) a "patch" bill in advance of a House vote. That way, there's no "Lucy removing the football" fears on the part of House Democrats.
Weather and turnout
I think everybody seems to agree turnout is a critical factor tomorrow. I've heard one or two comments to the effect that the sloppy weather predicted for Tuesday across most of the state favors Brown, by holding down turnout.
But I think bad weather clearly favors Coakley, myself. As a Massachusetts resident following this race very closely, my sense is there's a huge spike in interest and enthusiasm from a lot of independent (we call them "unenrolled" here in Massachusetts) voters. I could be wrong, but the bulks of these voters strike me as being usually not particularly involved in politics. Brown needs a healthy turnout from these people to counter what I expect to be a larger than expected turnout of committed (and scared!) Democrats and liberal independents. I can imagine many a low information Brown supporter getting up tomorrow with the intention of hitting the polls on the way to work, and then realizing the roads are pretty crappy and thinking "Hmmm, maybe I should go to work first and vote on the way home." Not all of them will make it — especially if they're overconfident in the porn star's chances. City lefties like me can walk to the polls even in a blizzard.
Martha could still pull this thing out. The wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of the right wing would be enough to stave off my seasonal depression for the remainder of the winter.
Should Dems ditch ObamaCare?
I've been hearing lots of speculation and commentary that the healthcare bill is primarily what is to blame for tomorrow's shocking GOP victory, and that Democrats would be well-advised to dump the legislative effort and focus on other things.
Needless to say I don't agree.
If voters are really that pissed off about ObamaCare, aren't they simply going to vote for the real McCoy, a Republican, no matter what? Why even consider voting for a member of the party that came pretty damned close to shoving Socialist medicine down our throats when we can have real, manly, rugged individualist proponents of freedom like Scott Brown?
Seems to me savvy Democratic law-makers will quite rightly recognize that some of the angst on display in Massachusetts flows from the perception that the Democrats are ineffective. What we see on display is a preview of what it will be like for Democrats to go before the national electorate without a substantive accomplishment under their belts, exactly like in 1994. Passing a bill will remedy this.
It's also clear to me that the perception of what ObamaCare is now, before it is enacted, is likely to be significantly more negative than the perceptions of what the legislation actually is, once it's passed, and people are protected by guaranteed issue and community rating, and death panels mysteriously fail to materialize. As a number of pundits have noted, there is very little support in Massachusetts for getting rid of that state's existing universal health care bill. Turns out voters like health care security once they possess it.
Some largely overoptimistic thoughts on tomorrow's election
There are Republicans, Democrats, and independents (unenrolled) here in Massachusetts. The first of these will have a huge turnout, but they're only 13% of all registered voters. I'm guessing registered Republicans might cast something like 22% of the votes tomorrow. Democrats account for something like 35% of the electorate. They won't turn out in the same percentage as the GOP, but they should nonetheless turn out in higher percentages than independents; I don't think it's out of the question about 45%-48% of the votes cast tomorrow could be by registered Democrats. If Coakley does slightly better than expected among Democrats (most polls I've seen suggest Brown will pick up at least 25% of the Democratic vote) — perhaps holding onto a full 80% of this cohort — and Democrats get to the polls in greater numbers than independents — it could get interesting.*
*I'm thinking one possible scenario that would be less than the worst case would be a very narrow win for Brown. If he beats her with, say, 50.9% of the vote, a somewhat more leisurely certification process will look a lot more justified than if Brown wins pretty convincingly and Coakley calls to concede at 9pm. And that just might buy enough time to produce and score a melded bill and get the cloture vote out of the way. I half wonder if Brown himself — despite vows to the contrary — might not actually welcome the chance to avoid being blamed for killing the healthcare bill. If he's smart, he'll have already begun to think about 2012.
Anyway, this is all probably wishful thinking because, though my head tells me by rights it should be a close contest and Martha's still got a shot, my heart (and my eyes — you simply don't see any Coakley signage even here in Boston) tells me Martha's numbers are collapsing and Brown could thump to a huge — approaching or surpassing 60% of the vote — victory.
I certainly hope I'm wrong.


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Hear from President of Mountain Division at Vail Resorts, Pat Campbell and Senior VP and COO at Whistler Blackcomb, Pete Sonntag.
As Whistler Blackcomb's ambitious $66 million investment project nears completion, the future of the mountain is bright. Come hear Vail Resorts describe its vision for Whistler Blackcomb as a leader in its global mountain community, and get the latest take on where Vail Resorts and Whistler Blackcomb are heading next. Always our most popular Power Lunch of the year, this annual holiday tradition will kick off the festive season in style with a classic turkey lunch and all the favourite fixings.
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Pete Sonntag is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Whistler Blackcomb. A life-long skier, Pete has held many key leadership positions within the Vail Resorts portfolio including roles at Beaver Creek, Vail and Keystone. Most recently, Pete served as the Senior Vice President of Vail Resorts' Tahoe California region and Chief Operating Officer of Heavenly. Pete began his ski career as an instructor for the Beaver Creek Ski and Snowboard School. A proud hockey dad, Pete and his family already have a strong connection to British Columbia where his children attend the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna.
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Pat was appointed President, Mountain Division in August 2015. Previously, she was Executive Vice President since October 2013 and has been Chief Operating Officer of Breckenridge Ski Resort since October 2009. Prior to that, Pat was Chief Operating Officer of Keystone Resort for three years. Pat joined the Company in July 1999 as the Director of Ski School at Breckenridge and she has more than 30 years of expertise in the ski industry and senior management, holding various roles from her start as a Ski School Instructor at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in 1985. Pat serves as a member of the board of the National Ski Areas Association and of the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. When not travelling to all of our resorts, Pat and her husband Nick are raising two teenagers, Phoebe and Phin, in the mountains of Colorado.
The Whistler Chamber AGM will be held after the Power Lunch on November 22, 2018 at 2.15pm at The Four Seasons Resort Whistler.
As a result of the Director vacancies that will be created at the end of 2018, the Whistler Chamber of Commerce in accordance with its Bylaws, sought nominees for Board of Director positions to fill for a three year term of office commencing January 1, 2019. Nominations were accepted from Wednesday, September 26 to Tuesday, October 23, at noon. The Whistler Chamber board has four Director positions to fill and received six nominations in total.
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The formal business of the Annual General Meeting will include the report of the Board, consideration of the financial statements and the appointment of the auditor. The membership at large will also vote to confirm the 2019 Board of Directors and meet the members who will represent the Whistler business community in 2019. Following the official business of the AGM, the CEO and team will report on highlights from the 2017-18 year and what to expect from the Whistler Chamber in 2019.
December 2017 AGM Minutes
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Its everywhere in our daily lives—sometimes elegant, other times shabby, but generally ubiquitous. How often do we stop to examine and contemplate its form and style? Stopping for that contemplation offers not only the opportunity to understand one's daily surroundings, but also to appreciate the connection that exists between architectural forms in our own time and those from the past. Architectural tradition and design has the ability to link disparate cultures together over time and space—and this is certainly true of the legacy of architectural forms created by the ancient Greeks.
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The Higher Learning Commission, a Chicago-based non-profit that accredits universities and colleges, told the school it no longer meets accreditation requirements, threatening its ability to offer a master of architecture degree, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation said Thursday. The school, with locations at Taliesin West in Scottsdale and Taliesin in Wisconsin, will retain its accreditation through 2017. But it must find an accredited institution to partner with in the next 2 1/2 years to offer an advanced architecture degree and maintain accreditation, said Sean Malone, foundation president.
"I'm disappointed. I'm frustrated," Malone said. Malone said an academic partnership is possible before the next accreditation cycle in 2017 so that the school never loses its ability to offer a master of architecture. 1 of 11. Bing. Website: Home. Frank Gehry's Sydney business school completed ahead of 2015 opening. News: Frank Gehry has completed his first building in Australia – the Dr Chau Chak Wing building at Sydney's University of Technology, set to open in early 2015 (photos by Peter Bennetts).
The 85-year-old architect, who is based in Los Angeles, designed the building to provide teaching, research and office accommodation for the UTS Business School, as part of £612 million overhaul of the university's facilities. Joining Denton Corker Marshall's recently completed engineering faculty on the university's city campus, just south of Sydney's Central Business District, the Dr Chau Chak Wing building has a partially wavy structure that has been likened to rumpled paper bags. These fluid shapes appear similar to those of Frank Gehry's previous buildings, like the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Bilbao, but here they have been created using 320,000 custom-designed bricks that had to be laid by hand.
"I think when the university hired me they expected a shiny metal building," he said. Zaha Hadid Architects. Architecture Design for Architects. Record Houses 2005. Kobe, Japan Hiroaki Ohtani Starting with a tiny lot in Kobe, Japan, Hiroaki Ohtani turns rough, stacked concrete beams into the striped and shadowy Layer House By Naomi Pollock In Japan, people have a predilection for white: white rice, white cars, white houses.
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By contrast with the front facade's relationship to the site line, the opaque side and rear walls stand as close to the adjacent houses as possible, making the most of the site's 9.5-foot width. As important as the solids, the voids are what make this concrete shell a habitable home. Want the full story?


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Continuing with my reviews of the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas based on the stories of M.R. James, I'm going to look at "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral."
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The name Siphiwe Tshabalala will forever be etched in the memories of South African fans following his heroics in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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LOS ANGELES -- Theatre West Youth Theatre begins its second season Sept. 27 with the world premiere of DogMusic, a musical aimed at children ten to fourteen. With book and lyrics by Mark Masi and music by Jess Platt, DogMusic tells the story of Ozzie, a puppy who runs away from an abusive master, is hit by a car, and ends up in the pound.
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Paper: 205
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Full Marks: 90
Time: 3 hours
1. Write True or False: 1x5=5
a) A shareholder is an agent of the company.
b) The power to issue share at a premium need not be permitted by the Articles of Associations.
c) A mortgage of land is an example of fixed charge.
d) A member of a company having no share capital can also appoint a proxy.
e) A company is a legal person. Therefore it acquires citizenship.
2. Fill in the blanks: 1x5=5
a) A company incorporated in India but its all members are foreigners, then it will be a _______ company.
b) _______ companies are not required to have any Memorandum and Articles of Association.
c) The _______ may appoint an additional director.
d) Share warrant is a _______ instrument.
e) The _______ is the proper authority to convene annual general meeting.
3. Write short notes on: (any four) 5x4=20
a) Registered Company.
b) Memorandum of Association.
c) Reserve Capital.
d) Annual General Meeting.
e) Qualification Share.
f) Share Certificate.
g) Floating Charge.
4. (a) Define Company. Discuss its major features. 2+10=12
(b) Define private company. Explain the procedure for conversion of a private company to a public company. 3+9=12
5. (a) Explain the provisions of the Companies Act relating to share transfer. 12
(b) What is Share? What are the differences between Equity Share and Preference Share? 4+8=12
6. (a) Distinguish between Fixed charge and Floating charge. When Floating charges are converted to a Fixed charge? 6+6=12
(b) What is Charge? Which charges need compulsory registration? 3+9=12
7. (a) What is Annual Return? Discuss the particulars needed to be furnished in Annual Returns. 4+8=12
(b) What are the particulars to be recorded in a register of members of a company? Under what circumstances and who can rectify register of members? 7+5=12
8. (a) Discuss the statutory provisions of the Companies Act, relating to the appointment of a Managing Director in a company. 12
(b) Discuss the provisions of the Companies Act, regarding the removal of director of a company. 12