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Saturday, 24 March 2012
Extra Thick Chocolate Egg from Hotel Chocolat
So? Two large milk chocolate egg halves wrapped in thick gold foil and contained in an attractive boutique style box that was somewhat reminiscent of a hat box, I thought. One egg half was covered with a rocky road mixture of crispy puffed rice, cookies and chocolate chunks and the other half with a layer of caramel chocolate. These were enough to satisfy the most voracious of chocolate appetites. The chocolate is the standard house 40%, which although sweeter than I like, is still way ahead of most of the high street chocolate available.
I particularly enjoyed the Billionaires Shortbread which was a lovely mix of caramel, cookie pieces and praline. The Choc Chip Cookie was also fun: milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts and pieces of dark chocolate cookies scattered throughout.
I was thrilled to see three liquid caramels, two of which were my favourite salted caramels, one in a milk chocolate shell and one in a dark one - mmmm.
As well as a solid milk chocolate bunny, there was a really cute little chick (which I had thought was an owl until I read the description). I was still happy to bite its head off and was very glad I did as it contained crushed caramel pieces and Maldon sea salt - another big yum!
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That looks so so good-must order one-for a present-oh what the heck it's going to be for me!!ReplyDelete
I've been instructed to purchase one of these the day after Easter Monday (when they'll probably be half price). Lucky you getting sent one to review: looks veh nice.ReplyDelete
I thoroughly enjoyed this egg, too. You are right, the billionaire shortbread chocolate was very good. My egg is now no more...ReplyDelete
I really really really want this egg for Easter - have been not-so-subtly suggesting this to my boyfriend for a couple of weeks now. Maybe he'll read this and get the hint?! :-)ReplyDelete
OMG I wish I had ordered that now - I tried the sleekster egglets which were very good but this looks better!ReplyDelete
Mmmmmmm! I'm coveting these Ostrich eggs so much! This is my fave, hope the Easter Bunny is good to me this year!ReplyDelete
This looks so luxurious. I would need to be a very good girl to receive one of these.ReplyDelete
Got this for my daughter - her reply was 'This is what I would like next year please!' I didn't get a sniff!ReplyDelete


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Sun Life Financial named as one of the world's most sustainable corporations
By National Underwriter
National Underwriter
By Michael K. Stanley
For the third year in a row Sun Life Financial (Sun Life) has been named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world.
Announced by Corporate Knights magazine yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, their list, the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for 2013 is considered by many to be the paramount measure of corporate sustainability. The list is measured by an array of sector-specific sustainability metrics.
Sun Life was the only North American insurance company to make the list and is one of 10 Canadian companies on the list.
By reducing energy consumption in its offices and data centre; investing in clean and renewable energy products and strengthening its overall sustainability performance by joining forces with networks of compatible organizations focused on progress regarding sustainability goals, Sun Life was able to cement their appearance on the list once again.
"At Sun Life, sustainability means having the ability to assure our customers, employees, distributors, shareholders and communities that we are in business for the long term," said Mary De Paoli, executive vice president of public and corporate affairs at Sun Life.
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The troubled, headline-making marriage of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana had nothing on the tumultuous relationship of Diana's 18th-century ancestor, Georgiana Spencer, and her husband, William Cavendish, the fifth Duke of Devonshire. In The Duchess, we can see some of the genetic origins of Diana's style and spirit, but the late, beloved 20th-century royal's life was idyllic compared to Georgiana's wedlock headlock. I Married an Ass might be a more bluntly accurate title for this feminist portrait of a pre-pre-feminist misalliance.
Keira Knightley, today's reigning queen of the costume drama, is radiant in the title role, despite all the angst. We first meet her as a mischievous 16-year-old in 1774, flirting with a group of young men including the handsome Lord Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper), just before her mother reveals the match she's made for her with the imposing Duke (Ralph Fiennes). Georgiana is delighted with the arrangement, but her husband proves to be anything but a warm, gentle lover on their wedding night. The Duke grows increasingly colder and distant as Georgiana fails to conceive a male heir for him, instead (horrors!) giving birth to two daughters. Meantime, the Duke sees it as no imposition on his bride when he brings his own illegitimate young daughter into the household.
Georgiana finds solace in a close friendship with the plainspoken Lady Elizabeth Foster (Hayley Atwell of Brideshead Revisited), a bond that's broken when she discovers Bess en flagrante with the Duke. Her husband not only continues the affair, but moves Bess and her children into Devonshire House. Ultimately, the Duke does get his male heir—after raping Georgiana in a burst of fury at his ungrateful spouse.
Amidst her travails, the charming and intelligent Georgiana becomes a social sensation, both a fashion icon and a major player in the growth of the progressive Whig Party. One of those rising Whigs happens to be Charles Grey, the love of Georgiana's life. When the Duchess becomes pregnant with Charles' child, the temptation to change her fate is overwhelming. But the Duke has a powerful agenda of his own.
Director Saul Dibb, whose only previous theatrical feature was the contemporary youth crime drama Bullet Boy (2004), has crafted an eye-catching production, abetted by the talented Hungarian cinematographer Gyula Pados and production designer Michael Carlin (The Last King of Scotland). Dibb and co-writers Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, adapting from the best-selling biography Georgiana by Amanda Foreman, tend to soft-pedal the Duchess' documented drinking and gambling; Georgiana seems like the most demure of libertines, the better to maintain sympathy for our heroine. The 23-year-old Knightley proves again that she has the beauty, poise and acting chops to carry a film, while Fiennes manages the more difficult assignment of finding the haunted humanity within the essentially despicable Duke. Atwell is terrific as the conflicted, practical Bess, and Cooper (fresh off Mamma Mia!) makes an appealing suitor when not trapped under an unbecoming wig. Always watchable, Charlotte Rampling lends her timeless grace to the role of Georgiana's formidable mother.
Husbands and boyfriends, be especially diplomatic when accompanying your dates to The Duchess. This lavish look back at a royal pain and his beleaguered bride is a chick flick with anger issues.
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New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is announced before a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)
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In 2013, the New York Yankees put themselves on a budget and missed the playoffs for only the second time in 19 seasons. So, in 2014, the familiar World Series-or-bust Yankees are back, willing to bury the budget and break the bank.
Goodbye, Walmart; hello, Waldorf-Astoria.
In the past, the Yankees' idea of fiscal restraint was to take lobster ravioli off the training table. Then last season, management decided to put itself in a position to get player payroll under $189 million — the cutoff for the luxury tax — but winning only 85 games dashed that impulse.
So, in the offseason, the second-generation Steinbrenners went from penny-pinching to spree-spending. Stumbling along Madison Avenue with some blank checks, this is what they found:
◆ Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka: seven-year,
$155 million contract.
◆ Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury: seven-year,
$153 million contract.
◆ Catcher Brian McCann: five years,
$85 million contract.
◆ Outfielder Carlos Beltran: three years,
$45 million contract.
The Yankees also paid a $20 million posting fee to Tanaka's Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Money can't buy happiness, but — in New York City — it still can buy you Hermes purses, million-dollar condos with no closets and exquisitely expensive Japanese pitching.
On the other hand, the Yankees let Robinson Cano walk away — what, you think he ran away? — to free up fast cash, which they treated like a home-equity loan. And when Americans get a second line of credit, what do they do? They spend, baby!
If George Costanza were still in the front office, the Yankees would be returning to pricier and plush cotton uniforms that breathe.
In addition to their massive free-agent outlays, the Yankees also signed, on the cheap, reliever Matt Thornton (two years, $7 million), infielder Kelly Johnson (one year, $3 million) and second baseman Brian Roberts (one year, $2 million).
All told, the Yankees' offseason free-agent tab exceeded $450 million.
Q. How many Yankees does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None. They'll just buy General Electric.
Of course, spending a lot with just a little in return is a New York entertainment tradition. Earlier this year, the most expensive theatrical production ever staged, the $75 million Broadway musical ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,'' closed after three years of performances, proclaimed a bust.
''Spider-Man'' had similarities to the Yankees: injuries, backstage turmoil and exorbitant tickets that often went unsold.
Actually, to the Yankees' credit, they haven't raised ticket prices this year to cover their nearly half-a-billion-dollar personnel infusion. So a family of four still can enjoy field-level seating to a Yankees game for only $700, plus parking.
The centerpiece of the Yankees' shopping binge was Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in Japan last season.
Tanaka was sought by seven major-league teams, all given a chance to court Tanaka and his agent face-to-face. The Yankees sent an eight-man delegation to Beverly Hills to make their pitch: team president Randy Levine, manager Joe Girardi, general manager Brian Cashman, plus two assistant general managers, their pitching coach, a member of the team's player-personnel department with Japanese ties and the team's Japanese liaison.
They brought everybody but the designated hitter and the Dalai Lama.
I am reminded of comedian Bill Maher's old bit that, with modern technology — email, faxes, video conferencing, et al — there's no reason for business trips anymore. But, as he'd point out, business trips still exist because guys just want to get out of the house.
Indeed, the Yankees could have wooed Tanaka without sending a flotilla across four time zones first-class, but, you know, they just wanted to spend the money.
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Q. If March Madness had existed in 19th-century Germany, would Karl Marx have been too zoned out to create his ''religion is the opiate of the masses'' maxim? (George Brazier, Arlington, Va.)
A. And I guarantee you he never gets around to finishing The Communist Manifesto if he were watching Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless every day.
Q. If Northwestern's football team is a labor union, doesn't that mean Alabama's is a corporation? (Stephen Clark, Richmond, Va.)
A. Nick Saban certainly gets paid like a CEO.
Q. By the original rules of college basketball, the game begins with a jump ball. By the current rules, does every game have to end with the refs looking at a replay monitor? (Don Pollins, Hyattsville, Md.)
A. Pay the man, Shirley.
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Jack the Ripper - Not the First
One long-held misconception is that the murderer popularly known as Jack the Ripper was the first serial killer or the first sex killer. Many theories even go further and claim that serial crimes were unprecedented
and give that as the reason the Ripper remained uncaught. Yet even by Victorian standards, serial murder was not new and Jack cannot claim the title of the first serial killer.
Serial murder has long been a part of society, and although it is uncommon, it was not invented in the later part of the 19th Century. Serial murder, that is a series of murders that have no gainful motive, can find its roots almost nineteen hundred years earlier in Rome with the first known case of multiple homicides by a woman.
Locusta was a poisoner who wreaked havoc around Rome in the first century AD. Under the guidance of Agrippina the Younger and the Emperor Nero, she murdered hundreds of people, including the emperor Claudius. The woman's talents were used among the wealthy to dispose of unwanted family members, spouses or lovers, yet she also used her poison skills for pure hedonistic enjoyment. Locusta opened an underground school where she taught her art to over a hundred pupils. Locusta's poisonous spree and royal protection came to an end when Nero took his own life.
As we continue through the passing centuries, many serial killers may have been forgotten, yet a few of the more aggressive and noteworthy are still known to us.
Gilles de Rais was burned at the stake on October 26, 1440, after confessing, after weeks of torture, to the murders of hundreds of children.
After a career as a noted captain in the armies of Joan of Arc, de Rais led a reclusive life away from the public eye. During this time, according to the court reports, he abducted hundreds of small children who were sodomised or raped before being murdered. Over time, the legality of the court proceedings and the truthfulness of confession have both been questioned, though for de Rais it is too late.
One of the most famous literary characters was in fact based on a real serial killer. Bram Stoker's Dracula was named after the fifteenth century king Vlad Tepes (the Impaler) or Vlad Dracula (son of the Dragon). His enemies called him Kaziglu Bey meaning the "Impaler Prince."
As the middle son of Vlad II, Vlad III was a great warrior who ascended to the throne of Wallachia. Vlad Tepes was a brutal and sadistic man and his claim to the throne was tenuous as best. His best defense was the sight of thousands of his enemies individually impaled and placed along the entries to his crown lands. Many of the victims were brought before the king, who would abuse and torture them before impaling them himself. A contemporary of Vlad Tepes named
Peter Stumpe was a vicious murderer who killed for pleasure, raping and devouring his victims during a twenty-five year rampage. During the period from 1564 to 1589, Stumpe (sometimes called Stubbe, Stumpf, or Stebb, among other spellings) stalked the villages of Bedburg, near Cologne, Germany. He was executed on March 31, 1590, for the murderous bloodthirsty rampage that left at least thirteen children and two women sexually assaulted and dead. Both women victims were pregnant when they were murdered; their unborn infants torn from their bellies and eaten by the vicious killer.
After the execution of Peter Stumpe, another serial killer was captured in France in 1598. Due to the directed destruction of the court files following the man's death, little is known of the killer, known as the Demon Tailor.
Through legend and folklore, including stories of lyncanthropy, we know that the Demon Tailor had abducted young men and women and returned with them to his tailor shop. Once there they were murdered and left to rot in large barrels .
Another serial killer from the sixteenth century was a relation of Vlad the Impaler. Countess Erszebet Bathory, legends claim, would bathe in the blood of her young female victims and use the bodies for witch-craft. While there is some doubt among modern scholars if this was really the case, there is general agreement that her sadistic treatment of her servant girls directly lead to their deaths, regardless of the exact motive. Bathory's procurers were sent to scour the countryside for female victims for their mistress.
The eleven year killing spree came to an end on December 31, 1610, when the Countess' cousin Gyorgy Thurzo, Prime Minister of Hungary, broke into Castle Csejthe and found the dying and dead bodies of over 600 victims.
Bathory's accomplices confessed under torture before being burned at the stake, while the killer countess was bricked into a room in the castle, where she remained until her death on August 21, 1614.
Poisoning continued to be the weapon of choice for many female serial killers throughout history. At the beginning of the 19th Century, Anna Zwanzinger in Bavaria was one who chose poison to dispose of her victims.
Zwanzinger later in life became mentally unstable, and she chose arsenic to win favour and employment. Over the years she was employed as a housekeeper to many prominent judges in Bavaria, often poisoning them with arsenic before nursing them back to health.
By the end of her poisoning career Anna Zwanzinger had killed three people and attempted to murder several others. She was beheaded in 1811 for her crimes.
Andreas Bichel, who mutilated young female victims during 1806-1809, may have been a model for the later crimes attributed to Jack the Ripper. Known as the Bavarian Ripper, Bich enticed young women to his home by promising to tell their fortunes. The victims were knocked unconscious and stripped. When they awoke they were bound and gagged. Bichel then raped and tortured them before killing them.
Like Jack the Ripper's victims eighty years later, the girls were cut open from their pubic bone to their sternum. Bichel's victims, however, were still very much alive when the mutilations began. While attempting to sell the clothes of his victims, Bichel was caught and then executed in 1809.
One of the most sensational series of crimes of nineteenth century Britain was that of body snatchers William Burke and William Hare, which began in 1827. The men enticed people to an inn owned by Hare. Once there, the men and their wives plied their captives with alcohol until they could no longer stand. The victims were then strangled to death and promptly taken to the offices of Dr Knox. The men were paid handsomely and murdered another victim when the money ran out. The murders ended in 1828 with the arrest of both men and their wives. Hare was released after successfully blaming the killings on his partner.
Mary Anne Cotton was one of the most prolific poisoners in British history. She used arsenic to dispense of dozens of family members including her own children. Her murderous career began in 1853. With husband William Mowbray, Cotton gave birth to seven children, but most of them died in infancy. Symptoms of stomach ailments were the most common reason.
Over the next twenty years Cotton killed almost two dozen family members until she was finally arrested. Cotton was found guilty of murder and sentenced to die. She was hanged on March 24, 1873, at Durham Jail.
In the middle of the 19th Century France had a serial killing husband and wife team, Marie and Martin Dumollard. The couple lured young women to their house in Lyon with the promise of work. Once the victims were inside their home they were strangled and their bodies buried around the killers' cottage. The couple's murderous campaign came to an end when a victim escaped and went to police. Martin was beheaded and Marie sent to the galleys.
Eusebius Pieydagnelle was another ripper who predated Jack the Ripper. He stabbed six people to death in Vinuville, France for sexual pleasure.
Jesse Pomeroy holds a gruesome place in the annals of serial crime due to his tender age. The killer murdered his first victim in 1874 but had been attacking and savagely mutilating children since 1871. At the time of his first murder he was fifteen. Pomeroy was found guilty in 1874 of the murders of two children, ten-year-old Katie Curran and four-year-old Horace Millen. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life. The killer spent the next fifty-four years of his life in prison before being released.
Three years before the Jack the Ripper case emerged, another serial killer was murdering servant girls in Austin, Texas. The perpetrator was dubbed the 'Servant girl annihilator' and the Austin Axe Murderer. In total the killer murdered seven women and one man in a campaign that lasted from the last day of 1884 to Christmas Eve 1885. The Austin Axe murders remain unsolved, like the Whitechapel murders, but unlike Jack the Ripper, this killer's crimes have been all but forgotten.
A year before Jack the Ripper began his terror reign, another killer began his own. Johann Hoch was a Bluebeard serial killer. Beginning in 1887, Hoch, born Johann Schmidt, married woman after woman, insuring them for vast amounts of money before poisoning them. One of his brides did not make it past the wedding night. He was executed for his crimes in 1906.
With the long list of prior crimes presented here, which itself only covers the more well known cases, it is surprising that many people still believe Jack the Ripper to be the first serial killer, or even the first sexual killer. Cases of serial murder have been committed for centuries and will undoubtedly continue.
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Book your room at Prince Plaza II
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Located in the heart of Makati, this aparthotel is within walking distance of Ayala Museum and Ayala Center. Also nearby are Makati Stock Exchange and Greenbelt Shopping Mall.
Property Features
Prince Plaza II provides complimentary wireless Internet access, a porter/bellhop, a 24-hour front desk, and a meeting room.
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Prince Plaza II features a seasonal outdoor pool, room service (during limited hours), and a porter/bellhop. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
- Total number of rooms - 127
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New York, summer 1994, the greatest year in hip-hop, a troubled teenage drug dealer trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist intent on living his life to the fullest. The two form an unlikely friendship, but things get complicated when the kid falls for the doctor's daughter.
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23 Things We All Do Whether We Want To Admit It Or Not
Go ahead and deny these. All of them. But the truth will always come out. Always.
Go ahead and deny these. All of them. But the truth will always come out. Always.
kelseyfosho 6 days ago
The uglier the better.
Michelle Regna 6 days ago
Make it your year!
Sami Main a week ago
Here's how it all went down..
Mike Moore a week ago
Lizzie McGuire? Louis Stevens? RAVEN BAXTER?
Lizzie McGuire? Louis Stevens? RAVEN BAXTER?
Lizzie McGuire? Louis Stevens? RAVEN BAXTER?
Lizzie McGuire? Louis Stevens? RAVEN BAXTER?
OliviaRoat a week ago
When you're in love everything feels like it's made of clouds and hugs. When you become single all of that nonsense flushes down the toilet and all that sentiment stuff seems sickening.
Rosina Ayling a week ago
I decided to talk to guys on Tinder using only lyrics from Taylor Swift's Blank Space. Needless to say, most of them thought I was whoring myself out to them.
Because after a while saying jerk just loses all it's meaning. (All definitions provided by the Oxford English Dictionary)
Zakiya Jamal a week ago
This is a pretty definitive list.
Eitanthegoalie a week ago
Because sometimes you just need to slow it down.
AlexisDeCarvalho a week ago
Jenna Marbles: Cool Hair? Check. Cute dogs? Double check. Wisdom that will knock your pants off? Check.
jessmjordan a week ago
Because the name you were given may not be good enough
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Santa 'Claws' is coming to town!
Matthew Young a week ago
We're all freaks but which one are you?
Rebecca Gale a week ago
Meet Shammy the dwarf horse.
GinnyIsaad a week ago
A list of every item of clothing and accessories you need to look fabulous this winter. Disclaimer: While it might sound like this is a mockery of Pinterest winter-wear, I would actually like all of it now, please. After all, they say jealousy is the highest form of flattery.
emmag23 a week ago
another list of nopes and ews
EmilyRizzetta a week ago
It's definitely the strangest Christmas song.
Stacey Grant a week ago
Knowingly or not, you have been the victim or at least seen the phenomenon of "manspreading" in nature. A brave reporter does what we've all wanted to do ourselves: let these guys know that they're taking up too much space.
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It's not easy being overshadowed by NYC, but we know you're there, and we appreciate you
EmilyRizzetta a week ago
My anaconda don't want none unless you start worshipping her.
Jamie Gleklen a week ago
Are you just a filthy movie watcher, or are you a Stephen Colbert?
Are you just a filthy movie watcher, or are you a Stephen Colbert?
Are you just a filthy movie watcher, or are you a Stephen Colbert?
Jackson Vaughn a week ago
I set out to write a post called "In Defense Of Jim Carrey's Grinch Movie" and instead I fell off the edge of reality.
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C'mon — it's the 21st century already!
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Find out which track off NIcki Minaj's new album is the song that reflects your true self.
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They're different, people. Very different.
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The world's full of monsters; some just happen to be giant jack-o'-lanterns.
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As a kid Christmas time in Idaho was quite magical for my large family and me.
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One of the best things that could happen in Christmas! Just watch!
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Traditional match racing isn't always our cup of tea, but even adrenalin-junky/snobs like us have to admit it takes serious boathandling mastery to have even a remote chance of winning any match race, let alone the grand finale of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. In a great video example of this kind of skill, Bjorn Hansen must scrub off a penalty against frenchman Mathieu Richard if the Swede is to keep his hopes of a first World Title alive, and the only way to do that is to nearly stop his boat despite 15 knots of wind coming from behind. Watch it unfold here, with Clean and Simon Shaw on commentary. For a video wrap-up of the penultimate day of Tour racing, go here.
To see if Taylor Canfield and his US-One team can continue to crush their opposition and hold on to become the first American (yeah, yeah, we know) to win the World Match Racing Tour in over a decade, as well as a big chunk of the incredible MILLION F*%KING DOLLAR prize purse, watch the live stream on Livestream, or scroll back up to the top of the page in a few hours.
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November 28th, 2013 by admin
There's plenty of breeze today for the WMRT semi-finals, in huge contrast to yesterday's ultra-light conditions, which saw Simon Minoprio eliminated, leaving not a single one of the top four WMRT skippers in the event. Today Keith Swinton takes on Phil Robertson, while Simon Ferrarese will try to get past Bjorn Hansen. Two more days of live World Match Racing from Sweden, and here are your semifinals.
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Bay Nature's 2014 Local Hero Awards dinner, held on Sunday, March 23 at Scott's Seafood on Jack London Square, honored three local conservation heroes who've made outstanding contributions to the understanding, protection, and stewardship of the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more about our honorees here. Our guest speaker was Michael Brune, the Executive Director of the Sierra Club.
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So after a lot of searching, and help from people on these forums, I have discovered that the "hardware" RAID on my new motherboard is, in fact, no such thing. ...
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Ideas to get around this,
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2/ Buy a small hdd to use as a boot drive. Put only the necessary partitions onto this drive, and keep everything else on the fake-RAID.
I am going to go with option 1.
1/ I would like to hear if option 2 is possible, and, if so, what would I have to put onto the boot hdd? Obviously /boot would have to be there, but what about /etc? Would everything have to go there except for /home?
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What I ended up doing was to make a /boot and a swap partition at the start of one of my 250GB drives, and then use LVM to make one big group out of the rest, plus the entire second 250GB drive. I then partitioned this between /home and /.
The other two 250GB drives I have -- which I intended as the mirror part of my RAID 0+1 -- will be used as a more standard backup. At least now they'll be safe from accidental rm -rf * !!!
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I used to have 4x20GB drives, and I used one for boot and root partitions, and the other three were in a RAID 5. I actually use LVM and have a root partition plus a 500GB /home over the remainder of the two 320GB drives. Works well, if a disk goes you just lose what's on that disk. There's no parity but it keeps losses to a minimum.Registered Linux user #378740
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Dr. Chris Lockwood earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology and his M.S. in Exercise and Sports Science. Lockwood has authored, co-authored and peer reviewed more than 25 research manuscripts detailing the physiological effects of nutritional, dietary supplement and/or training interventions and their respective or combined effects on human metabolism, endocrine function, body composition, human performance and health.
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hi, my 1.6xli autogearbox is finally gone ashes 2 ashes, dust 2 dust, n
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The way from Mae-Sod (แม่สอด) to Umphang is very curvature. The distance is not that far but we finally reached Um-Phang at about 4pm. Then, we headed to local school 'Umphang Wittayakhom'. Actually, this is the second year that we visited this school for this purpose. We wanted to do it on every children day as long as we can arrange our schedule to come here. Children day in Thailand is on every second saturday of January. But we came here in February this year as we couldn't make it in January. And you can see how many boxes that we carry up there. Of course, all of them are not from
We were surprised that some of the kids remember some of us. They seem to be sincerely glad on our visit. This year, school principle and students invited us to have a dinner with them. We didn't want to share some of their food as we know that this school has very limit budget on everything but it's very hard to say no. So, we had dinner with children in the old fashion way. Group of students invited each of us to their table and they asked lots of thing from each and everyone. I was surprised that they have to give a speech about our personal background after the dinner. In brief, we felt so good that we could be an inspiration to these minorities and we were very happy to be back here again.
This year we planned to have one day off at Umphang for travel. So, we decided to visit Ti-Lor-Su waterfall, which is the biggest and most beautiful waterfall in South East Asia. We can have a one-day trip to Ti-Lor-Sue from Umphang. The trip started in the morning with sightseeing by raft. Then, we take a road to the waterfall. Frankly, the road to waterfall is extremely bad. We cannot call it a road. Ti-Lor-Su is much bigger than I thought even though this is a drought season. I cannot imagine how big it is in the water season.
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The next few days passed in a quiet fashion. Éothain went to Angdan's house to help with the mare and foal every day, each morning and evening, checking into the condition of the animals and offering advice. Idrin accompanied him whenever she could, more often than not during the evening when her work at the Houses of Healing finished. She was glad to witness the caring for a foal, and discovered she was looking forward to the time spent at Angdan's stable.
"I never thought I would like being with horses so much," the healer confessed late one evening as she and Éothain made their way back to the upper circles of Minas Tirith. "I have always favoured cats, ever since I can remember, but these past days I've come to realise I have never really taken care of other animals in order to have a true standard for comparison. I think I begin to understand why you Rohirrim cherish horses."
The Rider of Rohan studied her when the little speech ended and then broke the fleeting spell of silence. "You have yet to meet mine." As she promptly turned to look at him with a new spark in her eye, he went on,"If you are not tired..."
A bright expression was Idrin's answer.
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Young stablehands, coming from the small enclosure by the stables on the sixth level which provided an area for exercise for the horses within the city, were leading two destriers back to their stalls. At the sound of soft voices, one of the stallions turned to look at Éothain and nickered. The stablehand leading him paused in his stride, waiting for the Rohir to approach.
Idrin hovered a few paces away, following the brief exchange of words between the two and watching the boy hand the destrier's lead rope to Éothain before departing. She took a moment to size up the big, dapple-grey warhorse boasting one dark foreleg, then walked closer.
The Rider of Rohan turned to her, one hand on the stallion's withers. "This is Dyrstig," he said fondly, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards when the warhorse stretched his neck and leant into him in content as the Rohir scratched a sensitive spot.
"Dyrstig." Idrin tested the new word on her tongue. "What does it mean?"
"It means daring," Éothain answered. "He was an inquisitive foal, not afraid of the unknown, very bold. He still is." He scratched the stallion again and chuckled at the garnered reaction.
"Gód æfen, Dyrstig." Her accent coloured with the lilt of Gondorian tones, the healer bid the destrier good evening in Rohirric, bringing to memory the few words she had learnt when she cared for recuperating Riders of Théoden after the battle of the Pelennor.
Her companion grinned lightly to himself at the sound of his native tongue coming from her lips. He passed a calloused hand over the stallion's neck and withers. "My previous horse was killed by an Orc-arrow during a raid last winter." He tugged at the rope to set Dyrstig into motion. "He is young, this one," he spoke of his warhorse warmly as they crossed the threshold of the stables; "barely six years of age. The battle on the borders of the Entwood was his first."
Idrin had followed the Rider to an empty stall – nose crinkling at the concentrated smell of manure and wet straw – and came to a stop before the gate while Éothain led his horse inside. In the neighbouring stall was the destrier they had seen earlier, the stablehand charged with his care tending to his manger. The healer watched as her companion secured his mount's lead rope, her mind cast back to the report of the encounter between the Riders of Rohan and the Orcs near the eaves of Fangorn as relayed to her by both Éothain and Merry Brandybuck. It was noteworthy how different perspectives could lend such variance to one single event.
And now, studying the dapple-grey destrier, Idrin suddenly realised that, to that moment, her and Éothain's talk of horses had focused on Angdan's mare and her foal. Those few hours they had spent together they had talked of Rohan and Gondor, of their families and fond childhood memories.
She took a few careful steps into the horsebox and held out a hand to Dyrstig. The stallion turned to look at her with big dark eyes, staring for a long moment before his muzzle lowered above the proffered palm. Nostrils flared as he sniffed, and when he looked up at her again, Idrin breathed and reached out.
"The only horse I have ever owned was a pony," she said, scratching the horse's strong neck. "It was a gift from my father for my seventh birthday – a light brown, sturdy animal. I named him Nolwa, because of his colour."
Amusement drew Éothain's lips into a grin, and he spoke before she could continue, "After the spice brought to Middle-earth by the Men of Westernesse." At the healer's look of surprise, he went on, "Morwen Queen brought some of it with her from Gondor. I remember hearing that it's called sweet-wood in the Common Tongue and that the tree producing it is found only about the southern borders of your realm."1
"Yes," Idrin confirmed, once again realising there was more to the people of Rohan than met the eye. Absently, her hand moved towards Dyrstig's ears. She started when the stallion lowered his head and began sniffing at her clothes, uninterested in her touch. As he became more persistent, his Rider chuckled and left the stall, returning shortly with an offering of hay. The warhorse accepted it without so much as a glance at his master.
Éothain turned to the healer. "What happened to your pony, then?"
"I had brought him with me when I came to Minas Tirith to live with my aunt when Mother passed. The change of home affected him much, though – he stopped eating, became dispirited. He was used to the openness and grasslands of Lossarnach; being shut in a city of stone equalled to being deprived of freedom. I agreed with Father that taking him back to my parents' house in Forvarad2 would be best. Now, he is growing old there, with Orien doting on him." Idrin gave a brief smile.
"She takes good care of him."
"Yes," the healer affirmed. "She can even brush his coat herself." The young woman took a breath and released it slowly. "I lack such skills."
"You have never rubbed down a horse?"
A glint flickered in Idrin's eye at the Rider's undisguised incredulity and stare of absolute surprise. She drew herself to her full height. "Learning how to curry horses is not mandatory in Gondor – we have squires for that task."
Éothain was taken aback by her cool tone. He gazed at her without blinking.
After a long moment Idrin suddenly turned her eyes away and looked down at the straw-covered cobbles beneath her feet. "I didn't mean to be so sharp." Her voice came out with some difficulty when she ventured to look up at him.
The Rohir's expression changed slowly. "I forgot I was speaking to someone whose culture is different," he offered guardedly, continuing the quiet study of her face. He could not deny he enjoyed the time spent in the healer's company, but for brief spells he wondered what more there was to her. These flaring reactions he had witnessed baffled him – haughtiness was not a quality he had attributed to her during their first encounters. Now, there were instances when he felt as though his knowledge of her waxed only to wane again, shifting like the flitting steps of a dance.
He noticed Idrin's eyes dart to him with something akin to worry. At length she spoke, "Dressing horses is something I was never taught." She paused and drew breath. "But it is a skill I would like to learn."
Éothain regarded her solemnly for an instant, then took Dyrstig's lead rope and gestured briskly. The healer stared after him as he began making his way to the wide space near the back of the stables where equipment was held, a small frown appearing above the bridge of her nose. She followed despite her daze, thoughts fluttering. She realised it would unsettle her to lose the companionship of this man she had grown fond of due to misguided outbursts of overbearing pride on her part. That vexing remnant from her early childhood was something she had to learn to repress.
A few feet ahead, Éothain had secured his destrier to a post. The boy tasked with the care of the warhorse flew to his feet, abandoning the repair of the saddle he held, but the Rider gestured to indicate he required no help. As the young stablehand retreated farther off, the Rohir retrieved a bucket filled with an assortment of brushes, picked an implement from their midst and turned to Idrin.
The measure of anxiety on the healer's face as she watched him made his lips twitch. The grin softened his features. Perceiving it, Idrin seemed relieved; her countenance relaxed.
A snort and a single stamping sound drew Éothain's attention to his horse. The Rider crouched beside him and ran a hand down the stallion's leg, tapping the back above his hoof. As Dyrstig picked up his foot, the Rohir turned to Idrin. He took a moment before speaking. "Dressing a horse does not only entail the brushing of his coat. Checking the hooves for lodged objects or cracks is equally important, as it helps prevent lameness and infection." He motioned with the hooked, tapered tool in his hand. "A good hoof-pick is essential for cleaning."
The healer stepped closer, watching in fascination as the Rider's words gradually became actions.
* * *
The night outside was cool when they sat to supper. Orien skipped into the dining-room, Espig trotting at her heels. The young girl took a seat beside her mother, fumbling with one hand as the other wrapped firmly around something in her palm.
"Aunt Idrin, I was looking for Espig and found him playing with this in your room." She opened her hand, proffering the contents to the healer.
The young woman shook her head with a grin at the half-grown cat as she lifted the fine chain and broken silver ring it held. "I had forgotten this on my dressing table last night."
Gladhwen turned to her with a look of curiosity. "You no longer wear it?" Then, as she thought to herself, her expression mellowed. "Of course, one year is a long time to mourn."
Sitting by Arvinion, Éothain shifted his attention to the women at those words. Idrin's brothers mimicked him, watching quietly.
The healer met the gaze of Damhir's wife, absently brushing chain and ring with her fingers. "It has been a few months since I last wore it," she admitted. "I keep it in a box, taking it out whenever memory is overwhelming."
Faervel reached to clasp her hand. Next to her, Orien glanced at the sympathetic faces of her relations and blinked.
"But what is it?" she asked softly, unknowingly voicing the Rider of Rohan's question as well.
"A betrothal ring," her mother answered. "It is custom in Gondor for a man to present a woman with a silver ring when he asks her hand in marriage. He breaks it, keeping one half and giving the other to his sweetheart, promising they will be married."3
Orien's eyes glinted with understanding; she looked at Idrin. "Thaldor gave it to you." After a small pause, she turned to her mother. "Do you have one, mama?"
Faervel smiled lovingly at her daughter. "Yes, and I also keep mine in a box, because it was replaced with a wedding band."
The girl nodded. "And Aunt Gladhwen?"
"Yes," Damhir's wife chuckled.
"Papa?" Orien turned to her father.
"Your supper will be cold if you keep this up, child," a firm female voice cut in. The elderly housekeeper – a tall, thin woman with greying hair – placed the last platter on the table.
"Nathes is right," Arvinion agreed, glancing appreciatively at the woman. As his daughter began eating, he added with a small smile, "I do keep my betrothal ring in the box with your mother's."
Orien brightened at the received response and applied herself to her food.
Next to her chair, the tabby cat gazed expectantly up at the table. The housekeeper made beckoning noises. "Come, little one, it is time for you to eat, as well." Espig followed her eagerly to the kitchen.
* * *
Chairs were set round the fire in the drawing-room after the meal, and quiet talk resumed. Orien had gone to bed and, lacking his playing mate, Espig had stretched out on the rug in front of the blazing logs.
"I heard King Éomer's errand-riders returned today," said Damhir. He looked at Éothain. "What news?"
All eyes turned to the Rohir. It was known that, shortly after the great victory of the army of the West against Sauron, Rohan's new king had sent riders to all corners of his realm, seeking to learn the extent of the hurt that had befallen it since Théoden's ride to Gondor.
"The Westfold was hit hardest by both Dunlendings and Orcs," Éothain began. "The land is razed, houses torched, livestock slaughtered; it is doubtful that the fields will yield even little produce this season. The waters of the Isen have been fouled by Saruman's armies; the Snowbourn also." The Rider drew a heavy breath. "Orcs burnt much of the Wold, but did not pass into the southern regions of the Eastemnet or beyond – it is said that Ents stayed them."4 He paused, and a grim semblance of a chuckle crossed his lips. "'Tis a wonder the Entwash was not polluted."
There was silence for a heartbeat.
"Rebuilding will be slow, for both our realms." It was Arvinion who spoke, his voice quiet. There was much to heal in Rohan, and the same was true for Gondor. Only those lands within sight of the southern slopes of the White Mountains had been utterly unaffected by battle. Yet, whatever grain and foodstuffs the southern fiefs could spare had been loaded onto wagons bound for the land of the Horse-lords, a measure of help for those who had aided Gondor in its direst hour.
Gladhwen rested a hand on her growing belly in sudden protectiveness. "Goods can always be replaced," she said; "lost lives cannot be. War has never been kind to anyone."
"No, it hasn't," the Rohir agreed. He considered Idrin, sitting near Espig and unconsciously twirling the broken ring in her fingers as she listened. He seized the opportunity to deviate from the cheerless conversation. "How long did you know one another?"
The healer turned, starting at the unexpected enquiry. Ever since that night in Cormallen, Éothain had asked no questions concerning Thaldor. "Three years," she answered. "His father held land near Forvarad and was a friend to mine." Though the Rider made no further enquiry, she went on. "Thaldor and I met at a dance; began spending time together, and when our parents expressed their content, suggesting we could have a good life together, we entertained the idea. There was attraction, but as we grew to know each other better, it became friendship; those romantic feelings we thought we had fled. Neither of us had found passionate love, or indeed such easy friendship before, and we came to realise that the former might not be meant for everyone. Still, we decided to marry, because to spend life with a person one respects and feels perfectly comfortable with truly is as wonderful. Physical awareness would grow with time, perhaps, but we both cherished the fact that we would live in Lossarnach once we were wed, build a house by the river." Idrin fell silent, a feeling akin to peace washing over her, fingertips caressing the cool silver.
Éothain studied her but could find no words to offer.
"He would have made a good husband, sister," said Faervel affectionately.
"Yes, he would have," the healer concurred, her voice heavy.
Her brothers exchanged a look, and Damhir lifted his glass. "To old friends. And a safe journey on the morrow to the new."
1 Sweet-wood is the English translation of kayu manis, the Indonesian name for cinnamon. Despite Tolkien not making mention of this spice in his writings, by taking into account the optimal growth parameters for the cinnamon tree while consulting Dr Dan Lunt's The Climate of Middle-earth, it appears that the southern regions extending from Pelargir to the northern border of Harad are suitable for its cultivation.
Nolwa is the Quenya name for cinnamon of my invention, literally translated as scented stick.
2 Although the map of Middle-earth identifies only a few towns and cities, Professor Tolkien implied that there were more settlements marking its landscape. Forvarad is my creation, an attempt to bring to life one of those anonymous towns.
3 While the Professor invented customs for the Elves (found in Morgoth's Ring of The History of Middle-earth), he didn't do the same for Men. This Gondorian betrothal custom is of my invention, inspired by the verses of the ballad The Broken Token:
'A ring of gold he took off my hand./ He broke the token, a half to keep,/ Half he bade me treasure.'
4 '. . . [Orcs] came over the [Anduin] and down from the North . . . [they] were more than surprised to meet [the Ents] out on the Wold . . . not many escaped [the Ents] alive, and the River had most of those.' (The Return of the King, Book 6, Chapter VI: Many Partings)
This is a work of fan fiction, written because the author has an abiding love for the works of J R R Tolkien. The characters, settings, places, and languages used in this work are the property of the Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Enterprises, and possibly New Line Cinema, except for certain original characters who belong to the author of the said work. The author will not receive any money or other remuneration for presenting the work on this archive site. The work is the intellectual property of the author, is available solely for the enjoyment of Henneth Annûn Story Archive readers, and may not be copied or redistributed by any means without the explicit written consent of the author.


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You don't have to journey to South America to feel the heat of the equator-some new Havaianas and a taste of Carnaval should do it.
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Whether headed to cheer the national team in a World Cup match or to the beach on a hot summer day, you'll need some proper duds and a pair of Havaiana flip-flops. Local Brazilians flock to Ipanema Girl (28-19 Steinway St at 28th Ave, Astoria, Queens; 718-545-2277, ipanemagirl.net) for all things Auriverde (this Brazilian flag nickname translates to "gold and green"), including jerseys ($20) and Brazilian-flag T-shirts ($10--$25). The store's popular Havaiana sandals—which come in a half dozen hues, including gold and green—start at $18, and go as high as $180 for a Swarovski-crystal-encrusted pair. Tristate-area transplants also stop in Ipanema for the familiar Caf Pilo ($4.99) and scents. "Sometimes people come in from the street just to sniff the soaps and dish-washing detergents," says co-owner Vinny Barone. "They are reminders of their home." For a larger selection of women's fashion, head five doors down to Ax Brazil Boutique (28-33 Steinway St between 28th and 30th Aves, Astoria, Queens; 718-545-0499), where you'll find summer dresses, swimsuits and handcrafted jewelry made from golden grass and coconuts.
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You're decked out in the right threads, ladies, but there's still a part of you that needs a Brazilian touch. Treat yourself to a day of pampering at Bela Brazil Spa (93 Reade St between Church St and West Broadway; 212-240-9434, belabrazilspa.com), where the staff hails from So Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, among other Brazilian states. Manager and Minas Gerais native Claudia Barroso says it's all about expertise: "We have brought these services from Brazil, and we pay attention to the details." Barroso recommends the Brazilian Blow Dry ($33 and up) for a bone-straight 'do; a Brazilian mani-pedi ($42), characterized by its focus on cuticle removal; and, naturally, the Brazilian bikini wax ($50). Grin, and attempt to bear it.
You may not be in the southern hemisphere, but you can still cultivate a Brazilian tan at NYC's answer to Copacabana. Coney Island's beach boasts a touch of South America: Before you stake out a spot on the areia (sand), eye the vibrant, fantastical mural painted in 2005 by So Paulo art duo Os Gmeos (2912 Stillwell Ave at Surf Ave), just opposite the Stillwell Avenue subway station.
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Source:Hyperion Books for Children, Volume 1, New York (2003)
Call Number:Cubb Curr PS3623 .I555 D66 2003
Keywords:American Library Association Notable Children's Bk 2004, Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2003, Bus drivers--Fiction, Bus drivers--Juvenile fiction, Caldecott Honors 2004, Charlotte Zolotow Award: Highly Commended. 2004, Conducteurs d'autobus--Ouvrages illustrés, Juvenile materials, Pigeons--Fiction, Pigeons--Juvenile fiction, Pigeons--Ouvrages illustrés
Summary: No matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say, "Yes."
Lexile measure 120; ages 3-9; book level .9; comedy and humor


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Hi Everybody Missed a few days as there was not much exiting things. I left Volcano a few days ago, early took a 2 hour bus to David and from there another 5 hour to Almirante, and a 30 boat to the Island of Colon in Boca Del Toro. This is my last stop in Panama, from here I will cross the border to Costa Rica. This place is suppose to be one of the highlights of Panama, but honestly it is not much, and in general Panama did not impress me at all. It is one of those places that once is more then enough. So this island is suppose to be the...Jump to full entry
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February 3, 2010 I write less and less. Hhhmmmm, dunno why. Maybe I will think of something later. A few days ago I packed up all (1/2) my shit and took Electra for a run west of the city along the Panamanian coast to a village called Pedasi. A lot of gringo's are retiring here so I thought I would check it out. The last time I was in this area was at New Years Eve when I went to Los Tablas. I bought the mask in Los Santos just north of Los Tablas. I stayed in Pedasi for two nights and explored some of the beaches around the area. There is...Jump to full entry
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We asked the bus driver to be dropped off on the Panamerican Highway at a town named Divisa. From there we took local buses to Chitre, then Las Tablas, then Pedasi. At that point we were looking for a nice beach area to spend our last few days before heading home. After several unsuccessful inquiries, we ran into a wonderful guy named Marco from Italy who told us about this place he was staying at about a half hour away. Marco was in town buying supplies since this place is pretty remote. We made a quick decision to run to the store for 4...Jump to full entry
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One of the most unusual and fascinating displays in Bangkok is at the Museum of Counterfeit Goods located at Tilleke & Gibbins law firm. Here you can learn more about the problems the country is facing when tackling forgery, and even learn how to spot a fake yourself. Sadly, Thailand is well known for the problems it has with counterfeit goods; you only have to walk along Silom Road to find fake DVDs, Khao San for imitation Ray-Bans or Nana for bogus pharmaceuticals. A trip here can change your opinion about the damage that counterfeit goods can inflict.
For many tourists, buying knock-offs is an essential part of a trip to Thailand, but they often think that it is only big corporations that they are harming. Given that the work is all performed illegally with no checks by the government or safety rules – it is harmful for both those manufacturing the products and those who buy them. One of the most horrific things attached to the counterfeit industry is the treatment of the workers producing the goods, which sometimes includes child labour. There are also plenty of products that are also harmful for the health of the user, including imitation medicine, make-up and powdered baby milk formula.
When walking around the museum there are plenty of unexpected goods amongst the T-shirts and sunglasses. Some of the fake goods seem absurd, coffee, biscuits, even washing powder. The products have been marked with either an F or a G to help visitors discern between which are fake and which are genuine. There are different groups of products: fakes which replicate the original and imitations, where they use the same colours and a similar name but aren't an exact reproduction. Sometimes it is very easy to tell, and sometimes almost impossible.
Car parts have also been an issue that Tilleke & Gibbins have had to deal with. Merchants will sell brakes and wheel covers at only slightly less than the cost of the genuine product to dupe customers into purchasing them. It sent a shiver down my spine to imagine my loved ones in a car with parts that hadn't even passed basic safety tests.
Seeing all these products in one room really gives you an idea of the scale of counterfeiting in Asia, and we were lucky enough to be shown around the museum by Hassana Chira-aphakul, an attorney-at-law who works for Tilleke & Gibbins. She explained that the real problem is enforcing the anti-counterfeiting laws. These products are not only sold by the side of the road, but also in shops around the country, and it is almost impossible to stop so many goods flooding the market from China. The firm coordinates with the police as well as the brands involved, but there is still a long way to go to even start making a dent in the issue.
There has been plenty said on both sides about counterfeit goods in Thailand, but a trip here really opens your eyes to the harrowing stories behind the situation. Being shown round the museum by a knowledgeable member of staff enhances the experience, you are sure to have many questions and they are happy to explain. The museum was opened for this purpose, to educate people and encourage them to see beyond the cheap prices. The best way to get to the museum is to take a taxi, it is only 20 minutes from central Bangkok but there is no train stop nearby. Make sure to book an appointment at least 24 hours in advance.
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Bangor Metro Regional Magazine to be Sold to Private Investors
Sister publication Maine Ahead remains for sale.
Bangor Metro, a six-year old business, lifestyle and opinion magazine serving the Bangor, Maine region, will be sold next month to a group of investors within the city—principally Jack Cashman of Cashman Asset Management, a long-time Bangor businessman.
The monthly title has a circulation of 11,000 and is profitable, according to former publisher Mark Wellman, who founded the magazine under parent company Webster Atlantic Corporation. Webster's other publications included Real Maine Weddings, which Wellman says has been bought by two of the company's employees, as well as Maine Ahead, which is still for sale.
Cashman has hired several of the magazine's employees, not including the editor, publisher, a salesperson and the bookkeeper, to create a total staff of six.
"It's been a tremendously gratifying experience to produce something that people truly appreciate," says Wellman. "I'm glad at least two of the titles will continue to be published."
Maine Ahead, a statewide business title published ten times per year, launched in January 2010 and has struggled financially, according to Wellman, who says, "We put a plan together in 2008 to raise $400,000, but we didn't get anywhere near that. We were under capitalized in a difficult time. Even though people loved the magazine and it was extremely high quality, a series of events occurred this past year that forced us to consider selling the titles." A new issue of the magazine is set to hit newsstands next week, but Wellman says he has not committed to publishing additional issues beyond that one.
Wellman and a representative for Cashman declined to release terms of the deal.


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