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a1 Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, Republic of China
a2 Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
a3 University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
a4 Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Objectives To assess whether overweight Asians, assessed on the basis of WHO criteria, are at greater mortality risk than overweight Caucasians, and to determine whether alternative cut-off points (BMI = 23·0–24·9 kg/m2 for overweight and BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2 for obesity) suggested by the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office are appropriate.
Design The cohort was followed prospectively until the end of 2001. All-cause and CVD mortality risks of the overweight and obese group, relative to the reference group (BMI = 18·5–24·9 or 18·5–22·9 kg/m2), were assessed using Cox regression analysis, adjusting for age, smoking and gender. Excess deaths were estimated with a method proposed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Setting National Health Interview Survey (NHIS 2001) and a middle-aged perspective cohort in Taiwan.
Subjects Subjects comprised 36 386 civil servants and school teachers, aged 40 years and older, who underwent a medical examination during 1989–1992.
Results In the WHO-defined overweight group, Asians showed a significant increase in all-cause mortality risk compared with Caucasians. Asians showed risks equivalent to Caucasians' at lower BMI (around 5 units). Every unit of BMI increase, at 25·0 kg/m2 or above, was associated with a 9 % increase in relative mortality risk from all causes. Applying a cut-off point of 25·0 kg/m2 for obesity would result a prevalence of 27·1 %, while the traditional WHO cut-off point of 30·0 kg/m2 yielded obesity prevalence of 4·1 %. Excess deaths due to obesity accounted for 8·6 % of all deaths and 21·1 % of CVD deaths, based on the alternative cut-offs.
Conclusions In this Asian population, significant mortality risks started at BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2, rather than at BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2. The study supports the use of BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2 as a new cut-off point for obesity and BMI = 23·0–24·9 kg/m2 for overweight. The magnitude of obesity-attributable deaths has been hitherto under-appreciated among Asians.
(Received March 21 2007)
(Accepted March 06 2008)
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PTS trustee and alumnus Darrell Armstrong was recently named to serve on a team of individuals to represent the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) at the United Nations. He joins a fellow PTS graduate, Raimundo Barreto, in that role. Barreto, a Brazilian-born Baptist clergyman who earned a Ph.D. from Princeton Seminary in 2006, is the director of the Freedom and Justice Division of BWA. Barreto manages his denomination's witness at the UN.
The Baptist World Alliance is the largest denominational group of Baptists in the world, representing sixteen different Baptist conventions or associations globally. BWA holds special consultative status with the United Nations through the UN Economic and Social Council and the Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO). In their role with BWA, Armstrong and Barreto will advise the body on BWA positions on human rights, freedom of religion, and sustainable development.
"These are issues that I have always cared about as a pastor," says Armstrong, who is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton Seminary in 1999. "I am happy to be able to be a voice for how to promote religious tolerance in places in the world where it is not well promoted. I remain deeply committed to the global call to promote tolerance and freedom of religion denominationally, ecumenically, and inter-religiously.
"I am also very happy that PTS is a voice in the world on issues of justice. As it says in Acts 1:8, we can't be satisfied to only minister locally, but to 'the ends of the earth.' With other denominational offices, we can reach out internationally and ecumenically through the United Nations about issues that affect the human family."
Barreto says he has been "proud to work with other Princeton Seminary graduates and faculty through BWA." Like Armstrong, Luiz Nascimento (Ph.D., 2012) was also a voluntary UN representative for BWA. Former professor Peter J. Paris has been on the BWA advisory committee and spoke at an event about NGOs in consultative status with the UN in 2011. And former professor Luis Rivera-Pagán serves on both the Commission on Social and Environmental Justice and the Commission on Baptist and Muslim Relations.
Armstrong looks forward to attending meetings of UN committees, and hopes that his new role will in a small way increase Princeton Seminary's scope of influence by embracing and working with global ecumenical partners like BWA.
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The role of a headhunter as a part of recruitment industry is often confused with internal recruiters and sometimes with recruitment agencies. However, in reality all these are different in one way or the other.
Internal Recruiters primarily function within the Human Resources (HR) department of a company and look within the company itself for personnel whom they consider fit for certain job roles. On the other side, recruitment agencies match the candidates searching for jobs with firms looking forward to hiring staff.
When it comes to a headhunter, particularly an executive headhunter, he has quite different roles to play.
Defining the Role of a Headhunter
In essence an executive search refers to finding out suitable candidates to fit into middle and senior level executive job positions in certain firms. However, the important factor here is such "candidates" are not actively searching for jobs as they are already working with some companies of good repute and earning lucrative salaries.
Think of it in another way. Companies have some key and specialized positions vacant which they require to be filled by individuals equipped with high levels of talent, skill, and relevant experience in the given field. It is not an easy task to fill these positions as very often the people fit for these positions are already working in other firms as a cream of the crop. Neither do they actively seek for new jobs nor do their employers like to lose them at any cost.
There are some companies that may first prefer trying internal recruitment via their Human Resources (HR) department to determine if any of their existing staff members fits the bill, but more often than not these companies eventually get the services of a headhunter to do the executive search and help them fill the superior job position.
Headhunters are very selective in terms of recruitment which they execute on behalf of the firms that have contracted them and take extreme care to delimit the long list of potential candidates down to those who are the most suitable ones for the listed job.
How Headhunters Work?
It is very common for executive hunters to even conduct a series of interviews and tests to make it sure that the final candidates presented to the company are going to fit both the job requirements and the employer's expectations.
There is no room for mistake here. Headhunting is not simply a matter of paper qualifications- previous job experience, candidate's personality, confidence, communication skills, distinctions, and other factors also play a very important role in evaluating potential candidates as well.
Which Headhunter is the Best for You?
No doubt using a headhunter for the search of candidates to fill high level job positions can really help improve a company. So before anything else you should be looking for a most reliable headhunter to do the recruitment job for you. Initially there may come many to choose from so you should be open to a number of offers but choose only the best one suited for you.
Together with that, look for the past record of headhunters, especially the ratio of positions they have filled so far and see if they are akin to the job positions you are working on. You can crosscheck if the previous companies hiring these headhunters were able to get the right people they were after and whether or not they are actually working in those firms.
It is pertinent to choose boutique executive headhunter, one who tends to specialize in certain industries and sectors and quite often deals in recruitment for senior positions within specific industries. While targeting a specific sector they can then pay attention on establishing their contacts and portfolio of potential candidates in specific fields.
How to Deal with a Headhunter?
After finding the right headhunter, arrange a meeting and provide him with ample information about your own firm as well as the kind of employee you are searching for. Provide useful and enough data so that confusion and misunderstanding about the description of job roles be alleviated. Clearly share your company's goals and the prevalent culture in the office. It is so because a company operating in Qatar, for example, will have a different set of working conditions for employees in comparison with those functioning in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
By now getting the employee you are seeking is just around the corner. You need to keep in constant touch with your headhunter. Get updates if there are any leads or if some candidates are interested. If, at anytime, confusions arise from the job profile or information which you provided previously, they have to be taken care of immediately. Make sure that your headhunter is living up to the service agreement you discussed and signed.
Normally, an experienced headhunter uses his personal contacts in various industries and coax better quality candidates to your company while poaching upon your competitors to deliver a perfect match at your doorstep. Your headhunter will leave no stone unturned when screening the potential applicants before leaving you to conduct the final interview ensuring that you will be inducting the cream of the crop for your company.
Building Lasting Relationships with Headhunters
Since the role of a headhunter is often very specific as compared to employment agencies and internal recruiters, companies prefer building long-lasting relationships with the headhunters that they feel can deliver good results to hiring headhunters once and for all. Going one step ahead, major corporations and big multinational companies have more than one headhunter working on their behalf.
In the nutshell, maximizing the use of a headhunter can facilitate not only your own company but the prospective employees as well. If your company will have a new employee, the employees will be getting new jobs without any active involvement. All said and done, this is how a headhunter plays his or her role and delivers benefits to companies and corporations all across the globe when it comes to filling the toughest job positions.


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Cream Cheese Balls (Jewish)
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This recipe, from The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking, eventually surfaced in the Food Section of the 27 May 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Times.
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- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon whole coriander seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nigella seeds (or black sesame seeds)
- 1 cup cream cheese, chilled
- 1⁄8 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons pistachio nuts, toasted, finely chopped
- In a dry frying pan over medium heat, toast together the sesame, coriander, cumin & nigella seeds 3 to 4 minutes or until fragrant, stirring or shaking the pan often.
- Grind the seeds with a mortar & pestle or process BRIEFLY in a coffee grinder (but not so long that the sesame seeds release a lot of oil).
- Oil your hands to prevent the cheese from sticking, then roll the cheese into 1-inch balls & chill uncovered on a greased baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, mix the sesame seasoning with the salt & chopped pistachio nuts, then roll the cheese balls in the mixture until well covered.
- Serve immediately, or cover & chill on a wax-paper-lined baking sheet until ready to serve.
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Mmm, what a wonderful bite-sized treat! The great flavour combinations and lovely presentation make this the perfect party food. But the recipe is also easy and quick, so what's not to love?! :)
My sis and me had this with crudites as a light dinner and loved it. YUM!
The only change I made was to use chopped pumpkin seeds in place of pistachios as I was out the latter. They added a nice earthy note.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this winner with us, Syd!
Made and reviewed for PRMR Tag Game January 2012.
Yum! The toasting of the spices along with not grinding them too much gives this a wonderful nutty / slightly crunchy texture on the outside which was great contrast against the cream cheese center. I used raw pistachios so toasted them whole along with the herbs and then ground them all together in the mortar.


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Japan-Brazilian youths confidently making their mark nationwide
Posted by rparente in Entertainment, Music on May 15, 2014
While language and cultural barriers have limited many Brazilians in Japan from actively participating in the wider community, the younger generation, fluent in Japanese, is rising to prominence in a variety of fields.
Cultural ties between Japan and Brazil began over a century ago with a 1907 treaty that paved the way for hundreds of Japanese, mostly farmers, to migrate to the South American country.
When the flow began reversing in the 1990s, the children and grandchildren of the first generation of Japanese-Brazilians moved to Japan in large numbers.
Justice Ministry records indicate that there were more than 190,000 Brazilian nationals living in Japan by the end of 2012. While an estimated 100,000 or more returned to Brazil after the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, they remain the fourth-largest population of foreign residents in the country, after some 650,000 Chinese, 530,000 Koreans, and 200,000 Filipinos.
The number of Brazilians in Japan shot up in the 1990s when changes to Japan's immigration laws opened the domestic labor market to Japanese-Brazilians of up to the third generation. Most of the newly arrived settled in just five prefectures — Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka, Gunma and Gifu — where large numbers of auto plants and related manufacturers provided a ready supply of work.
Paulo Issamu Hirano, a 35-year-old third-generation Japanese-Brazilian, is one such immigrant. Now a resident of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, he publishes a free newspaper that promotes Oizumi's "Brazil Town" area, which contains many Brazilian restaurants and shops.
"I want to build closer ties between (Brazil Town) and Japanese people," Hirano said, referring to the reason whyhe began publishing the quarterly paper four years ago under the title "Bem-vindo!" which means "welcome" in Portuguese.
Read the entire article here.
Yes, you can still go to the World Cup – IF
The recent protests in Brazil have pushed the government into making some changes and listening to our requests, but now it is crucial that we focus on specific points of pressure, and this is what this video aims to do. For more information and to take action and support the groups that are active in the protests regarding the World Cup, please check the following websites. Thank you very much.
Related links:
- – http://esporte.uol.com.br/ultimas-not…
- – http://www.conectas.org/en/artigo-1/r…
- – http://www.apublica.org/2013/03/comit…
- – http://comitepopulario.wordpress.com/…
- – http://www.streetnet.org.za/show.php?…
- – http://www.apublica.org/2012/04/copa-…
- – http://copadomundo.uol.com.br/noticia…
- – http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brazilia…
ColdFusion Job Opportunity in São Paulo, Brazil
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ColdFusion Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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BR Conference 2010 is the first event held in Brazil on RIA (Rich Internet Application) and ColdFusion.
With the support of Adobe Systems Inc's and the participation of some of the best and most renowned professionals in the world the tools and technologies ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, Flash Media Server and LiveCycle, BR 2010 Conference is an event created by developers for developers.
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Perpetuum Jazzile Baroque Samba
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Perpetuum Jazzile singing Baroque Samba:
Perpetuum Jazille Só Danço Samba
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Archie Manning: Peyton disappointed Polians let go
Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 9:45 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS — Archie Manning says Peyton Manning was disappointed that Bill Polian was let go during the Indianapolis Colts' leadership shake-up but remains committed to coming back next season.
The elder Manning spoke after presenting the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year awards at a hotel in the French Quarter ahead of Monday night's BCS title game between LSU and Alabama.
Archie Manning says Peyton Manning's priority is his health, and the quarterback hasn't given much thought to how the upheaval in Indianapolis will affect him. Manning missed the entire season after a third operation on his neck.
The father of the Colts' quarterback also said "without a doubt" that Manning and Andrew Luck could co-exist if Indianapolis chooses the Stanford quarterback in the NFL draft.
The Colts have the first overall pick after finishing 2-14 this season.
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Awww thanks Ruby for that vote of confidence! I guess I reallly don't know what I will do until the time comes. I hope I am never faced with that decision. I hope that all of the cancer is gone and I can enjoy the rest of my life without having to go through all this crap again. Once is truly enough. I admire women like you that have faced this beast a multitude of times. You are all true warriors!
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A Yoga Journey for Autumn
Autumn has arrived, and with it, I always feel the need to turn within to find balance between the lightness I felt during the warm summer days and the sudden desire to stay cozy and warm inside, as the temperatures cool outside.
Watching leaves float to the ground is a reminder that our lives are a mirror of nature's cycles and that everything is in a state of impermanence. Autumn is a time for letting go and releasing things that no longer serve us.
How to Live a Miraculous Life
Many of us long for a life of happiness and peace, but we don't believe we can have it. The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.
If we want to live a miraculous life, we must raise the volume on the loving voice within us and turn down the volume on our fear.
Is Oneness Really the Right Path?
Many Eastern and modern spiritual traditions claim that oneness is the pinnacle of spiritual achievement. In this sense, oneness means to connect to — and ultimately become absorbed into — a great numinous matrix. This can be likened to a drop of water returning to the ocean, as Zen traditions claim.
However, oneness can also be realized as the loss of individuality when memories and experiences become information within the Akashic records. In all of these cases, the individual that once was a human being no longer exists upon the death of the body. The essence of one's experience and being is simply absorbed into the fold of a higher level of reality, or into a greater whole.
In the classical sense of oneness, each individual is advised to reject or remove the ego. This enables an easier assimilation into the great numinous state of oneness. This results in the loss of who you are, and all that you have gained, as an individual. However, this is not the only option open to us. We can retain our individuality and still become part of a greater whole.
A Lesson in Compassion
In the east end of my city is a methadone clinic, a safe place where opiate addicts can ingest a less harmful substitute under the supervision of doctors and addiction specialists. This clinic is new, operating out of a pharmacy in a residential area.
Concerned residents, led by a university student who lives in the area, are outraged that a methadone clinic was opened without consulting the neighborhood, though it adheres to the city's bylaw that clinics in residential areas serve no more than 40 people.
The group has taken to photographing the addicts as they come and go, which has, of course, created an environment of fear and shame among those who use the clinic, already prone, as addicts often are, to fear and shame.
These protesters insist that they're only taking photographs so that "if crime increases," they'll have shots of the "likely criminals."
The media story around this has inspired equal anger on the parts of many citizens, who have sent e-mails filled with threats and accusations to the protesters. An eye for an eye, it would seem.
How Far We've Come
There is a quote that sums up my experience heretofore with yoga better than anything else I've ever read. I don't know from whom or where the quote came, or I would totally give the person mega props and a huge, bear-like, electronic hug. The quote goes a little something like this:
"My yoga practice is no longer the battlefield of a long-waged self-improvement project by an overachieving person. It has become what I always hoped it would be — a place for love and acceptance."
I think this quote embraces the yoga journey for many of us, because let's be real here: How many of us started yoga because we wanted a thinner waist and perky yoga butt? How many of us, in the beginning, saw yoga as something we would conquer rather than embrace? How many of us saw someone in Crow Pose and said to ourselves, "I can do that shit."
Over time, however, as we dove deeper into our practice — no doubt bumbling, grunting and falling along the way — our hardened layers begin to peel away, and we were left with the lingering feeling that yoga is something more than a way for us to gain strength, flexibility and balance. As we emerged from Savasana, time and time again, we began to realize that something else — something besides exercise — is going on here.
Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou Hopeful?
I'm a 43-year-old Romeo. Seriously. At the ripe, sweet age of 43, I'm playing the star-crossed lover in the Shakespeare classic. It was a surprise to me when the director casting this production asked me to play young Romeo. When I stop to think about it, it cracks me up. I mean, this character typically is seen as a horny, brash teenager on the brink of becoming a man and discovering true love.
Ah, true love! It's a common enough phrase and yet I do believe it's not actually all that common in our world.
Help: Not Your Average Four-Letter Word
I consider myself to be pretty independent, taking pride in all that I have because I've worked hard for it.
If you asked those closest to me, they would probably tell you I'm a little too headstrong, preferring to do things myself rather than seek help. I never really considered it like this, thinking instead that I am just successfully self-sufficient. However, in the past year or so, I've had to soften to the experience of seeking and accepting help. For the first time, I'm learning to lean on others more than makes me comfortable and to rest easy with accepting help.
Thinking that I've been doing a good job with this practice, I was shocked to feel genuine discomfort when I had to ask for help from my boyfriend recently. We're moving in together, and we have a very solid relationship, so you'd think that asking for a little assistance would be a no-brainer…
Give Gifts a Good Reception
With the holidays approaching, no doubt many of us are making a list and checking it twice. Ensuring that we find just the right gift to give to those we cherish in our lives.
Yet the giving is only half of the equation. We'll undoubtedly be receiving gifts, too. And while many of us are world-class givers, can we say the same about receiving?
Sweet Little Lies
When is the last time you told a lie? Nothing major, just a little white lie? If you're anything like me, you lied yesterday about why you were late, or you stretched the truth about the extent to which you read a book, or perhaps you weren't honest about what you did or didn't eat. You are not alone. We all do this EVERY DAY.
I've spent the past five years in a deep self-inquiry and this is one of the most interesting discoveries I've made. It sounds simple but at the most subtle level I've started to notice the vibrational quality of these lies when they enter my mind and leave my mouth. It feels much different than when I am moving from a place of love. There is a complete lack of integrity and I find myself out of alignment with my sankalpa, my deepest intention, which is to speak my truth.


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From the Headlines: March 23, 2011
Selected reports from the press in central Europe
Mlada Fronta Dnes: Junior Coalition Government Party Faces Mutiny
As many as eleven out of 24 backbench lawmakers of the Public Affairs party, or VV—the smallest member of the ruling coalition government—have threatened to leave the party's caucus because they disagree with the party's policies. The mutineers may join the ranks of the other two coalition parties.
Sme: Slovak Peugeot Unit Faces Shortage of Parts Shipped from Japan
The Slovak subsidiary of French car maker Peugeot PSA says its Diesel engine production is likely to be affected by the shortage of component supplies from Japan.
Index.hu: Malev Warns of Strike Wednesday, CEO Resigns over Pay
Most pilots and flight attendants of Hungarian airline Malev will go on a two-hour warning strike Wednesday from 0900 GMT over rest periods and seasonal employees, grounding a few flights and probably causing slight delays for several other flights. Meanwhile, Malev Chief Executive Martin Gauss has resigned, refusing to accept the public-sector wage cap that kicked in at Malev as a result of its renationalization last year due to financial problems.
Magyar Nemzet: Majority of Hungarian Graduates Willing to Work Abroad
Two thirds of male college graduates and nearly 60% of female graduates in Hungary would be willing to work abroad, hoping to get better pay than at home, shows a poll by AIESEC and business weekly Figyelo. Meanwhile, 82% of the graduates would be willing to move to the Hungarian capital or its suburbs for a good job.
Vilaggazdasag: Large Budget Deficit Dashes Hopes for Lowering VAT on Food
Hungary's budget deficit of the first two months of this year amounted to 81% of the full-year deficit target, dashing hopes for the government to lower the value-added tax on foodstuffs.
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna: Poland Starts Building Liquefied Gas Terminal
Poland began the construction of a liquefied gas terminal which in 2014 is expected to help the country meet its demand for natural gas without the current reliance on Russia's Gazprom.
Gazeta Wyborcza: Poland Resurrects Plan to Build New Central Airport
The government is once again working on a plan to build a new airport for €3.1 billion. Its opening in 2020 would mean the Okecie airport in Warsaw, currently the country's busiest, would be closed.
Dow Jones & Co. hasn't verified and doesn't vouch for the accuracy of the central European press reports.
Margit Feher in Budapest, Leos Rousek in Prague and Marcin Sobczyk in Warsaw compiled this report.


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Hong Kong— Manulife (International) Ltd. (MIL) announces the appointment of two new senior executives to its Individual Financial Products (IFP) division. George Chew joins Manulife as Vice President, Individual Financial Products, and John Law is appointed Assistant Vice President, Marketing Actuarial, Individual Financial Products.
George Chew will head Manulife's IFP business in Hong Kong, assuming overall management responsibility for the growth and development of individual financial products and services, including individual life insurance, general insurance and credit-card business.
Manulife's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Hong Kong, Michael Huddart said: "We are delighted to welcome George aboard. He has a strong background in both distribution management and product management and will be the key figure leading the development of our individual financial products business to the next stage of its ongoing expansion."
Mr. Chew said he is looking forward to the challenge offered by working with one of the leading insurers in the world and expressed the belief that his long experience with industry leaders in his native Singapore — where both the social and market conditions are most similar to those of Hong Kong — would stand him in good stead for this exciting new role.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Chew was Sales Director for an UK-based insurer in Singapore. He has run his own online insurance business and been managing director of a timber company, as well as holding various senior posts with a number of other major multinational insurance companies.
Mr. Chew is a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
John Law joins Manulife as Assistant Vice President, Marketing Actuarial, IFP. He will take charge of product pricing and development for the company's business lines including IFP and Wealth Management and play a key role in formulating and supporting Manulife's IFP marketing strategies.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Law held senior posts with the retirement-services division of a multinational insurer, in both Hong Kong and Japan, where he specialized in annuity product development and bancassurance. Previously, he worked for major international insurance and consulting firms in Canada, the U.S. and Hong Kong, with experience in investments, financial reporting, pricing and consulting on new ventures into Asia, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Law is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and holds a Bachelor of Mathematics Degree with Distinction from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
About Manulife (International) Limited
Manulife (International) Limited is a member of the Manulife Financial group of companies. Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$410 billion (approximately HK$3,016.4 billion) as at June 30, 2007.
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Devil's Due, a horror film, is a heart-thumper and room-shaker in the DIY mode of Paranormal Activity. "Found footage" is the name of these post-Cloverfield exercises in run and scream. Characters are no longer wedded to handheld camcorders but, much niftier, lapel-badged with mini-lenses.
The newly wedded hero and heroine (Allison Miller, Zach Gilford) share an "Adventurecam", allowing them to record such things as weddings, Dominican Republic honeymoons, satanic victimisations (their own) and, back home, levitating furniture. For the last half-hour, courtesy of an evil intruder, their whole house is bugged with hidden cameras. The found-footage genre means anyone can now make a horror film. Whether anyone will want to watch it is another issue. This one, allowing for Rosemary's Baby borrowings, is medium-crafty and well crafted.
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(1) GG's tale has me determined to talk to my delightful IT support bloke (when he comes to deliver my new printer) about Linux. I've had it in the back of my mind for yonks!
But I feel compelled to say this: Bill Gates "hell's empire"? If it weren't for him we'd be in a different place. And it's those wot followed him that turned things into the chaotic patch-this-then-patch-that mess, not him. I find Apple a far worse corporate stink, meself: having been into Sydney's main Apple store to try to get my iPod repaired, I realise that there is no such thing as 'repair' within that organisation. You hand it over, they hand back a replacement and charge you whatever your object's battery is worth! - talk about dreadful carbon footprint ...!
<Oh, there you are, GG!: looks like we're next to each other down here on the ground, having lost our footing(s) on our sopaboxes, eh?>
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The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
The Pearl Chapter 2 Summary
- Now that we've met the people and started the storyline, Steinbeck figures he'll tell us where all this is taking place.
- The town is located on the beach of an estuary; canoes can be seen coming in from Nayarit, which means we're in Mexico and probably near the tip of the Baja Peninsula.
- Once again we see the area isn't too densely populated, since wild pigs and dogs roam the beach looking for food.
- It's also very dreamlike, the narration tells us explicitly. (Just picture the "copper haze" over the water and the blinding reflection of the sun—this, we are told, is why the townspeople feel there is no certainty in seeing.)
- Kino and Juana make their way with Coyotito down to Kino's canoe, which is "the one thing of value he owned in the world." It's old and once belonged to Kino's grandfather.
- Meanwhile, Coyotito is getting worse; the swelling from the sting has moved up from his shoulder and toward his face. Juana puts a poultice of seaweed over the wound, which is "probably better than the doctor could have done."
- Juana prays silently that Kino will find a pearl in the water big enough to pay a doctor.
- Once in the canoe, Kino paddles them out amongst the other pearlers already in the water.
- The oyster bed below them is littered with cracked, opened shells, the pearls of which once made the King of Spain wealthy.
- Pearls, we are told, are made when a grain of sand irritates the inside of the oyster; the oyster simply coats the foreign body with layer after layer, which over time builds up a pearl. Finding one is an accident, simply good luck from God.
- Kino dives to the bottom with the help of a heavy rock. Once at the water's bottom, he fills a basket with unopened oysters and while he works hears another song, this time "The Song of the Pearl That Might Be."
- Kino is skilled and can stay under water for two minutes, expertly choosing the best oysters.
- And then… he sees one huge oyster, slightly opened, alone on an overhang. The oyster is opened ever-so-slightly, and Kino sees something gleam inside it.
- Grabbing this shell and his basket, Kino kicks for the surface.
- Juana senses his excitement and so looks away; expecting too much might drive away the luck.
- Kino doesn't want to start with the big Papa Bear Oyster, but after opening one pithy pair of shells with his knife he looks at it again.
- Now he starts to doubt; maybe he only saw the gleam of the shell's iridescent interior; after all, "in this gulf of uncertain light there were more illusions than realities."
- Juana tells Kino, in her own gentle way, to open the big oyster already.
- Kino does, and in case the cover of your book or the blurb on the back hasn't already informed you, inside is the greatest pearl ever, the supermodel of all pearls, the big cheese, the pearl we've all been waiting for. It's as big as a sea-gull's egg.
- Juana draws Kino's attention to Coyotito; the swelling has gone down and it looks like the poison is leaving his body.
- Kino howls emotionally, which leads to all the other canoers paddling over to his boat. Probably not the greatest move when you've got the world's most valuable pearl in your hand.


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Pears are a wonderful fruit to bake with because they become tender very quickly and get even sweeter when they spend some time in the oven. The problem with pears is that they're so tasty on their own, it's often difficult to sacrifice a whole bunch of pears into one dessert – no matter how delicious. One of the reasons that I like to make ... Read More »
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Swedish DJ Avicii thanked his Belfast fans for being with him for his last weekend of shows before his imminent retirement.
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Swedish DJ Avicii thanked his Belfast fans for being with him for his last weekend of shows before his imminent retirement.
Londonderry-born singer Neil Hannon has said he has finally found his "personal foreverland" living on a country estate and helping to run an animal rescue charity.
You Me At Six have announced a headline show at Belfast's The Limelight in October.
A stunning light show illuminated the night sky over Belfast's Titanic Quarter last night as Irish pop legends The Corrs took to the stage at Belsonic.
English singer Ed Harcourt presents new album Furnaces, Benjamin Francis Leftwich returns with After The Rain, and comedy legend David Brent releases his debut, Life On The Road. We catch up with the week's CD releases.
Funeral arrangements for musician Stevie Martin, who was known as Rainy Boy Sleep, have been released.
Co Down comedian Shane Todd's latest video of a night out in Belfast has become an overnight sensation.
Female drumming duo Rattle share their eponymous debut, American rockers Of Montreal present Innocence Reaches and Swedish group The Amazing celebrate their fifth record, Ambulance. We round up the best of this week's CD releases.
The sights and sounds of Games of Thrones will be brought to life for a new concert tour.
David Bowie has been nominated for the Mercury Prize for his last album Blackstar almost seven months after his death.
Indie kids Blossoms present their debut, rockers Wild Beasts return with Boy King, and theatre fans can enjoy the original cast of Funny Girl - including Sheridan Smith - on the soundtrack to the musical. We round up the best of this week's CD releases.
He isn't even sure what Paris buns are, but Suggs, the charismatic frontman of the hugely popular hit-makers Madness, bursts into song about the Belfast delicacies at the drop of a pork-pie hat, which used to be his band's trademark.
Nude photos of Orlando Bloom on vacation in Italy with girlfriend Katy Perry have been posted online.
Continuing on the exciting wave of new electronic artists emerging from France, here's s a r a s a r a.
One Direction star Niall Horan attracted a few new golfing fans to the NI Open Pro-Am at Galgorm Castle in Ballymena after hordes of teenage girls arrived to see the star tee off.
Beyonce and Adele are the top nominees at the MTV Video Music Awards, where they will compete against Kanye West's controversial Famous for video of the year.
Ash are set to become the latest recipients of the Oh Yeah Legend award followed by a live performance at the Mandela Hall in Belfast.
The final acts have been confirmed to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Avicii at Tennent's Vital music festival this summer.
A building that is home to one of Belfast's leading music and arts venues has been put on the market.
Absolutely Fabulous has stormed the box office with the biggest opening weekend for a British film this year.
Beyonce has issued a warning ahead of Saturday's Croke Park concert - you're going to have to live in the moment because iPads are banned.
Apple has fought back against Spotify's claims that the US tech giant had hampered competition in music streaming by rejecting an update to the Swedish service's iPhone app.
Rick Astley has added a date in Belfast to his '50' UK tour where he has added six shows due to phenomenal demand.
More acts have been added to the line-up of Moira's first music festival this summer.
Biffy Clyro fans with tickets to their Belsonic gig on Saturday will be able to watch the big Euro 2016 match against Wales at the original Titanic fanzone.
Hollywood star Meg Ryan has told how the "single-minded focus" needed to be a director was the hardest part about getting behind the camera for her latest movie.
A Los Angeles jury has found that Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening bars of their biggest hit, Stairway to Heaven, from a lesser-known band of the era.
Travel chaos and delays have hit revellers arriving for the first day of the Glastonbury Festival.
The Who's Roger Daltrey is to be honoured for his contribution to the music and entertainment industry with a prestigious award.
Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers are battling it out for the number one spot on the Official Albums Chart.
David Bowie will be celebrated at Glastonbury with the festival's first ever classical music headliner.
The Voice contestant Bo Bruce paid tribute to her late mother at her wedding by wearing the same dress she got married in.
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has revealed his satisfaction at becoming a father again at 69 - even serenading his newborn twin daughters on guitar.
It is "sad" that Madonna is "obsessed with being so young", according to Welsh singer-songwriter Donna Lewis.
The late David Bowie will loom large at Glastonbury Festival where tributes to the pop star will take centre stage.
Radiohead have said their "hearts go out" to fans attacked during a listening party in Istanbul.
Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones has told a court his bandmate Jimmy Page never revealed he had five albums by the American group he is accused of copying when he wrote Stairway To Heaven.
The similarity between Stairway to Heaven and a song that members of Led Zeppelin are accused of copying can be found in music dating back 300 years, a court has heard.
Rick Astley has claimed his first number one album since his debut nearly 30 years ago.
Rock star Meat Loaf is recovering in hospital after collapsing on stage during a concert in Canada.
Composer Hans Zimmer is among the winners of the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication for his work on the film Interstellar.
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Shivaji Samanta wrote:
> I have been using an IBM 360716X SDLT Autoloader with BENW 9.x for a
> couple of years. It is an OEM version of the Quantum Superloader
> device, with one SDLT drive and a 16 tape library in a 2U form
> factor. Tape capacity, as per specs is supposed to be 160GB/320GB
> uncompressed/compressed. Of late, after my backup data size
> increased due to additional devices, I am finding that the my weekly
> full backups go to the next tape even though the total backup size is
> only 120 GB or so.
> Should this be happening ? Even with NO Compression, should I not be
> getting all 120 GB to go on to one tape ?
> I am using the latest version of BE 9.2 with the latest drivers on a
> Dell PowerEdge 2450 server running OES Netware sp3 with the tape
> drives connected to an Adaptec 29160 Ultra SCSI adapter.
First of all - never expect to see the same results that are advertised
by hardware vendors. Having said that, it does sound like compression
isn't working in your environment. Is compression enabled on the
volumes that you are backing up (in other words, is the data compressed
before it's backed up)?
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Harrah's Cherokee Casino on the Cherokee Reservation offers gaming and live concerts by national recording artists.
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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with all of its scenic wonder, is Fontana Village Resort's backyard. Accessible by foot across TVA Fontana Dam, by boat across beautiful Fontana Lake, or by car along the entire loop surrounding the park, the National Park is truly one of America's greatest treasures. With visits to the park and a home base nestled in the mountains and featuring S'mores every night, Fontana Village Resort will provide you with an amazing Smoky Mountain vacation that you'll never forget.
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A Williamsburg man was arrested Saturday night after his sister said he tried to shoot her during an argument.
Darrick Brown, 27, was out of the Callaway County Jail by Sunday night. He faces armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, domestic assault and felony resisting arrest charges.
Brown was picked up at his home Saturday after his sister called 911 to report that he had fired two shots at her during an argument in the 9000 block of County Road 134.
He was released Sunday on $18,000 bond.
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U.S. jitters over the prospect of dwindling world energy supplies are mounting daily. "Peak oil" and similar concepts are entering our everyday language. In socialist Cuba the outlook is somewhat different. Cubans know what an energy crisis is. Oil supplies there peaked 16 years ago and then, with the fall of the Soviet Union, plummeted by 50 percent.
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Boulder exploring "utility of the future"
Research from the City of Boulder indicates that the creation of an unregulated municipal utility could mean lower average rates for 20 years, greenhouse gas reductions and solid reliability.The city looked at several options for meeting is future energy needs, using the Xcel model in existence today (without changes) as the baseline.
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The research results identify several forms a new utility could take without compromising its desire for cleaner and greener energy with rates and reliability comparable to or better than those provided by Xcel Energy without a loss of local control and decision-making.
Under some of the options analyzed, a municipal electric utility would meet the Charter metrics related to rates, revenue sufficiency and reliability, greenhouse gas reductions and increased renewable energy sources and have a high likelihood of being able to offer residential, commercial and industrial customers lower rates over 20 years; maintain or exceed current levels of system reliability and emergency response; reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent and exceed the Kyoto Protocol target in year one; obtain 54 percent or more of its electricity from renewable resources; and provide a test-bed for emerging technology, creating a model public electric utility with leading-edge innovations in reliability, energy efficiency, renewable energy, economic development and customer service.
The city's research results don't necessarily have to mean the separate creation of its own utility to the detriment of Xcel Energy. Other options could help the city achieve its goal of creating "the electric utility of the future," such as a partnership with Xcel, for which the city has also done its research and provided ideas to Xcel. The utility has expressed an interest in meeting with the city to discuss the ideas.
"What we are looking to do is move beyond a 19th century approach to providing energy and create a forward-looking, innovative and consumer-friendly utility model that reduces our reliance on fossil fuels," said Heather Bailey, executive director of energy strategy and electric utility development. "Xcel Energy has served us for decades, and in many ways, done an admirable job. It is possible they could help us meet our objectives. We would welcome their involvement in a meaningful, timely and transparent discussion."


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Whilst having coffee on the terrace in Brisbane, I saw a faint shimmering out of the corner of my eye. Taking a closer look, I found this beautiful spider lounging in the middle of its magical golden web. The combination of colours, the direct sunlight and the gentle blowing of the wind made the web glisten and glow. It almost made me forget my arachnophobia.
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Europe's Stocks to Watch: Lloyds, BSkyB, Schroders
With most of continental Europe on holiday Thursday, the U.K. corporate scene will attract the majority of today's attention.
Lloyds Banking Group PLC gave the latest indication that it's on the road back to health.
It said profit before tax, adjusted to strip out one-off costs and provisions, rose 22% to £1.8 billion ($3.04 billion), as bad loans fell and the U.K. economy improved.
Net adjusted profit for the quarter was £1.15 billion, down from £1.53 billion in the same three months last year when there was a one-off gain from the sale of gilts.
The progress comes after a lengthy restructuring that involved the bank shedding large parts of a lumbering business formed by the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS amid the financial crisis. The U.K. government has started cashing out its stake in the bank, with two share sales since September, cutting its holding to 25%.
Shares in Lloyds climbed 2.5% in early trade Thursday.
"Lloyds is often seen as a proxy for the U.K. economy, and although they are inextricably linked, both are beginning to prosper after a long period of austerity," said Richard Hunter, Head of Equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
British Sky Broadcasting Group recorded Thursday a fall in profit as costs for technology and television soccer rights dented earnings, but demand for new products pushed up revenue.
The U.K.-based satellite broadcaster and pay-TV giant's net profit in the nine months ended March 31 fell to £623 million ($1.05 billion) from £736 million in the year-earlier period.
Operating profit before exceptional items—a measurement of business performance—fell 9% to £910 million, slightly beating expectations. Revenue rose 7% to £5.67 billion, slight missing expectations.
The number of products its existing customers use, including broadband and high-definition TV, jumped by 764,000 in the third quarter. In total, its customers use more than 34 million products.
And it's that jump in revenue and number of products in use which investors are focusing on, and the company's shares price trades 4% higher.
""A specific concern for investors going into the nine-month results was that this would be the quarter where BSkyB would finally see a decline in TV numbers, if not for the overall TV base," said analysts at Citigroup. "As it happens, overall TV adds have not only surprised positively but have doubled from a year ago."
BSkyB is 39%-owned by 21st Century Fox Inc., which until June last year was part of the same company as The Wall Street Journal parent News Corp.
Finally, U.K.-based asset manager Schroders Thursday posted a 3.4% increase in first-quarter pretax profit after assets under management rose to a record high.
Pretax profit in the three months to March 31 was £118.9 million ($200.2 million), up from £115.0 million in the first quarter of 2013. Revenue increased 11.1% to £358.8 million.
Assets under management rose to £268.0 billion from £262.9 billion on Dec. 31 as Schroders posted net inflows of £3.8 billion.
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Your European travels bring you to bustling London, with all its diversity, culture, history, and entertainment. You watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, enjoy the theater, and visit the vast array of museums, galleries, and monuments, and now you're probably ready for a quiet side trip away from the crowds.
Head southwest from the center of London via automobile, subway, bus, or boat (in summer) to the 300-acre Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the south bank of the River Thames. This research institution houses outdoor and indoor plant collections, including several gardens with herbs, as well as gift shops, restaurants, a bevy of greenhouses (or "glasshouses"), and landscaped trails for wandering and picnicking.
The tube, or subway, is probably the easiest way to get to Kew, about a thirty-minute trip from the center of London. Travel to the Kew Gardens station, then walk through the charming village of Kew with its shops, cafes, and inns. From the station, it's a short three-block walk to the gardens' Victoria Gate entrance, one of four entrances.
If you don't have the entire day and are primarily interested in exploring those gardens or glasshouses with herbs, you'll want to explore the East and North sections. The West section features a trail that rambles along the Thames, great for leisurely walking.
The Kew Gardens are open year-round (closed only on Christmas and New Year's Day). The outdoor gardens feature seasonal plantings; however, the glasshouse displays stay relatively unchanged throughout the year. Especially noteworthy are the Palm House, with its exhibits of useful plants and rainforest species, and the Princess of Wales Conservatory, showcasing ten different climates and the plants that live there.
Kew offers guided tours, themed tours, concerts, and adult education courses. A visit to the Kew website (www.kew.org) will provide you with information about upcoming activities.
In the warmer months, you'll be overwhelmed by the fragrant smells as you walk outside from garden to garden; the scents of the Rose Garden behind the Palm House are especially intoxicating. Informative signage identifies each plant in the gardens; however, you might want to bring a book that translates the plants' botanical names into common ones.
According to the folks in Kew Gardens' Living Collections Department, the areas in the list below feature herbs or other herbaceous plants. When you arrive at the botanical gardens, you'll receive a "Welcome to Kew" brochure, which includes a trail map that marks the dozens of gardens.
• The Queen's Garden, behind the Kew Palace, features mainly herbaceous plants whose roots, leaves, or flowers have been used in medicines. Part of the Queen's Garden is the Nosegay Garden, which highlights remedies taken from Gerard's seventeenth-century Herball and other old herbals. The rest of the garden is a parterre, with beds of different sizes and shapes.
• The Princess of Wales Conservatory commemorates both Diana, Princess of Wales, and Princess Augusta, the mother of George III, the woman who founded the gardens at Kew in 1759. Tiny orchids, cacti, water lilies, and fish are featured in this glasshouse.
• The Rock Garden, which resembles a mountain valley in the Pyrenees, features herbs that require lots of moisture.
• The Grass Garden, best visited in late summer or fall, features cereals and grasses, some exotic.
• The Woodland Garden, southeast of the Princess of Wales Conservatory, uses herbaceous plants to illustrate the change between forest and alpine zones.
• The Duke's Garden is a walled-in area that contains informal beds. The Duchess Border runs along the wall just outside the Duke's Garden and features the Lavender Trail, one of the newest features of the gardens. It displays lavender species from around the world.
• Between the Ice House and Secluded Garden, you'll find one of Kew's oldest trees, a Ginkgo biloba that was planted in the 1700s.
According to Kew literature, the land for the garden came from two bygone Royal Family estates—the Richmond Estate and the Kew Estate. In the mid-1700s, Augusta, George III's mother, designated a portion of her estate as a botanic garden. Buildings such as the Orangery, the Pagoda, and the Ruined Arch were constructed then, and they still stand today.
After Augusta died, George oversaw the botanic gardens with the help of Sir Joseph Banks, who sent assistants searching for plants throughout the world. But in 1820, both men died; the gardens were ignored, so in 1840 the British government took over the gardens. The royal family donated surrounding land, and the garden acreage grew to nearly two and a half acres. Sir William Hooker was appointed as the first director.
In 1847, Hooker created the Museums and Department of Economic Botany; in 1852, the Herbarium and Library were created. The gardens continued to grow. In 1965, the Royal Botanic Gardens began to lease Wakehurst Place, a woodland garden in West Sussex that Kew still manages and leases today. Wakehurst is the site of the Millennium Seed Bank—where seeds from the world's most endangered plants are stored.
Kew and Wakehurst have a total of 40,000 different plants. Kew is funded by government grants via the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, by income from commercial activities, and by visitor revenue and foundation fundraising.
Lee Anne Peck is a freelance writer from Fort Collins, Colorado, and is currently studying for a Ph.D in Journalism Ethics at Ohio University in Athens.
You can travel to Kew via automobile, subway, train, bus, or boat. Boats to Kew Gardens leave from Westminster, April through October, and the one-way trip takes about 90 minutes. Call the Westminster Pier for more information: 0207 930 4721.
Look for brochures in your hotel that explain transportation options and also include a coupon toward Kew Garden's admission charge. More details on Kew can be found at its official website, www.kew.org.
For opening times and prices, call 0208 940 1171; for the event line, call 0208 332 5655. E-mail Kew at email@example.com.
There are four eateries with cafeteria-style food at the gardens. They offer salads, sandwiches, hot meals, pastries, and beverages. If you are on a budget, bring a sack lunch. In the warm-weather months, plenty of benches for sitting and picnicking are scattered throughout the gardens, especially along the River Thames.
Head south toward Gatwick Airport and East Grinstead (West Sussex). The nearest railway station to Wakehurst is Haywards Heath. From the station, you can get to the gardens, which are six miles away, by bus. But take note that the bus runs every two hours and not at all on Sundays. If you have a rental car, you can get driving directions to Wakehurst by calling 0144 489 4066.
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LANGLEY. B.C — The Everett Merchants used timely hitting and strong pitching to shut out the Langley Blaze in both games of a Pacific International League baseball doubleheader Sunday night.
The Merchants won the first game 6-0 and captured the nightcap 5-0.
In the first game, Everett scored all six of its runs with two outs. Dan Schmidt had two RBI and Seafth Howe faced two more batters than the minimum 21 on his way to improving to 3-0 this season.
Howe allowed just three hits, struck out five and issued no walks in a complete-game performance. The contest lasted just 90 minutes.
In the second game, the Merchants' offense was stalled until the top of the final inning. In the top of the seventh, Everett scored five runs off a combination of four hits, three Langley errors and a hit batsman to clinch the perfect day.
Pitcher Kyle Swannack (2-0) picked up the win for the Merchants, striking out seven batters. Bobby LeCounte hit an RBI triple and David Amberson and Greg Monson added RBI singles in the seventh inning that put Everett up for good.
Everett improved to 10-1 in the PIL and 13-2 overall.
The Merchants take on the Bellevue Honkers in another PIL doubleheader Wednesday at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle.


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Now you see it, now you don't. That's the logic behind the vanishing spray being used at this year's World Cup in Brazil.
If you watched Thursday's opening Brazil-Croatia match, you may have seen it: Before a free kick in the first half, a referee pulled a spray can out of a holster and squirted a white line on the field.
No, the World Cup refs aren't wannabe graffiti artists. For the first time, FIFA referees are using the special spray to paint a temporary white line 10 yards from the free kick spot, marking the safe area into which opposing players cannot encroach.
The spray disappears after one minute.
This, although somewhat awkward to watch, addresses a problem for referees and players alike: Although they're supposed to remain 10 yards away, opposing players have frequently crept closer to the free-kick taker in an effort to disrupt the kick, starting countless arguments about fairness.
The vanishing spray, which was an immediate hit Thursday on Twitter, is the brainchild of Argentinian journalist and entrepreneur Pablo Silva.
"It started seven or eight years ago when I was playing in a championship played amongst former school members," Silva told Reuters.
"In the 88th minute, we were losing 1-0 and won a free kick on the edge of the area. When I took the kick, the wall (of opposing players) was three meters away. The referee didn't book anyone and didn't do anything. We lost the game and driving home later, with a mixture of anger and bitterness, I thought that we must invent something to stop this."
The spray is called 9:15 Fairplay, or 10 yards expressed in meters. It's already been used in games the past several years by Major League Soccer.
"We find the vanishing spray to be extremely useful and very effective in ensuring the defenders are 10 yards from the ball," said Paul Rejer, training and development manager for the Professional Referees Organization, which supplies officials for MLS.
"The spray makes it clear where the ball is to be placed and where the defenders have to stand. Since the use of spray we experience very few problems in achieving the ... (minimum) distance."
Rejer said the spray has been welcomed by officials and is no hassle for them to carry during games.
If nothing else, Silva and his spray already have some high-profile supporters, including Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
"I think it's a great idea," he said in a testimonial on the 9:15 website. "Use a spray to mark the distance between the barrier and the kicker can be a great help."
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Frank O'Dowd's life spanned almost 3 different centuries. Born in County Sligo, Frank O'Dowd is the owners' grandfather. He was a very colorful character, a beer and whiskey connoisseur, and an avid golfer late into his nineties.
There was no better way to celebrate Frank O'Dowd's life than to name the Pub in his honor. Available at the Pub is Frank O'Dowd's Ale, a special brew.
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In the world of gaming, the two most recognizable icons in the world are Mario, and Sonic the Hedgehog. But they both come from separate companies, one of which has been around for 123 years, the other for 72 years. Who am I talking about? Nintendo and Sega of course. But in the days before the Italian Plumber and the Blue Hedgehog stormed onto the scene, what were Nintendo and Sega up to?
Did you know that Nintendo ran a line of "love hotels", a taxi company, a TV network, and instant rice manufacturing? According to Wikipedia, they also made handmade Hanafuda playing cards. While they were up to all those diverse business interests, Sega took a more somber conservative business approach with coin-operated jukeboxes and slot machines.
In the end, it is Nintendo who seems to be on top, with double the annual revenue, double the annual net income, and almost double the number of employees. With that kind of cash, I should move to the Mushroom Kingdom and get into the Italian plumbing business.
Our infographic today shows the evolution of both Nintendo and Sega, charting their progress from the beginning, and what they managed to accomplish along the way.
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