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TARIQ Quaddus says that there is plenty that he can learn from his first round fight.
The Swindon-based super-middleweight secured a 58-56 points decision over Welshman Jamie Ambler on the undercard of Kelvin Young's dramatic defence of his IBO inter-continental title.
Having returned to the sweet science back in March after five-and-a-half years away, Quaddus had not dropped a round in any of his three previous fights.
But on Saturday against Ambler, the 23-year-old had to deal with a Welshman looking to catch the referee's eye in the final 30 seconds of the rounds.
And he did on a couple of occasions, in the second and fifth rounds, but Quaddus had usually done enough in the first two minutes to secure the session.
In improving his record to five wins and one defeat, Quaddus was managing to gain punching around Ambler's defence big spiteful hooks to the mid-section.
But the Aberystwyth man was durable and took them, even the shots that went straight throw his guard to catch him flush in the face.
"That was my toughest fight date," Quaddus said afterwards. "It was six rounds as well so I felt the pace, it is all about building on this, I'm moving up and up.
"I got some success around the sides with some body shots, but he was like a punchbag and didn't budge from them, so fair play to him.
"I think the best time to catch and hurt him was when he was throwing, which is what I'll remember for other opponents.
"It is a learning curve. You are going to have tough fights when people are ranked above you and he is ranked above me, so it is not going to be all my way all the time."


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Despite new incidents of violence during the reporting period, leaders of both the Muslim and Christian communities and the Maluku provincial government continued to demonstrate their commitment to easing religious tension and to rebuild the community.
The Maluku Governor, Pattimura Military Commander, Maluku Police Chief, MUI chairman, and the head of the Maluku Synod visited Masohi for a dialog with social leaders, religious leaders, and youth leaders following a riot in Masohi in December 2008. The riot started after an elementary teacher allegedly made a comment insulting Islam. Reverend John Ruhulessin, the chairman of the Maluku Synod, announced that if the blasphemy allegation is true, he apologized on behalf of all Christians in Maluku.
During the reporting period, the Maluku Police Chief visited mosques and churches to promote community reconciliation among Muslim and Christian communities. Several government projects to replace damaged churches, mosques, and homes continued during the reporting period. The local government implemented economic recovery and conflict rehabilitation programs using a $300 million (2.3 trillion rupiah) presidential allocation. The Maluku government took steps to strengthen coordination with civil society around social problems arising from local conflict and terrorist violence during the reporting period.As in the previous reporting period, there were no major incidents of violence in Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi. Police cracked down on and arrested several suspects accused of terrorism and other violent crimes related to interreligious strife in Central Sulawesi during previous reporting periods. Local police in Central Sulawesi protected local churches and prayer houses during religious services. Local residents expressed optimism that the cycle of violence has slowed.
Citizens and religious leaders in Central Sulawesi continued to promote peace and religious harmony in the province. On April 7, 2009, thousands of people from different religions conducted mass prayer in front of Governor's office in Palu and committed to promote peace in Central Sulawesi.
During the reporting period, the Government successfully tried and convicted 13 suspects of terrorism, including individuals on the U.S. Department of State's terrorist watch list. Four of those tried and convicted on terrorism charges were affiliated with Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The remainder of those convicted had started their own terrorist cell, affiliated with JI only through the group's leader, in Palembang, South Sumatra.

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Reuven Shiloah, chief of the Israel delegation, told the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine today that the Tel Aviv government wants the whole Palestine question debated by the United Nations General Assembly, which opens its session in three weeks.
Mr. Shiloah said that his government had agreed that the frontier issue in particular should be debated and that the Arab states, the British and United States Governments and "all other interested parties" should be "compelled" to state their territorial demands and plans for Israel. Hitherto, Israel has shown a strong disinclination to have these questions brought before the Assembly.
Israel's formal reply to the Commission's questionnaire regarding frontiers and refugees was handed to the Commission today by Mr. Shiloah. The reply, a three-page document compared with the 20-page Arab reply, restates the case for retention of the entire area at present occupied by the Israel Army and covered by the armistice agreements with Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Israel's reply also states that it does not want the transfer to Israel of any territory belonging to any of the Arab states nor does it require the withdrawal of Arab forces from any territory occupied at present. The reply does not mention the Gaza Coastal strip. It also adds that Israel, like the Arabs, is prepared to enter into negotiations on all matters of detail — a tiny ray of hope which, in the Commission's view, emerges from both the Israel and Arab replies.
Regarding refugees, Israel repeats its previous offer to accept 100,000 Arabs but only as part of an overall settlement of the refugee question. In reply to the Commission's insistence that repatriated refugees should become full citizens, the Israel response is that there is no parallel mention that those resettled in Syria or Transjordan will become full citizens of those countries.
The answer further states that Israel will cooperate fully with the Commission's economic survey group, but reserves the right to refuse to implement any of its recommendations. The Israel Government insists that it is a question of security. It also claims financial support from international funds on the same basis as Arab states will benefit for the settlement of Arab refugees. It also wants this aid extended to Jewish refugees from Arab Palestine.


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Cameras flash in every corner of the room and the sound of reporters overwhelm every ear. I muddled through the crowds of amazon-esque models with extensions to the middle of their backs as some of the most fabulous people NYC has to offer crowded the Hair and makeup stations backstage at the Bibhu Mohapatra show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion week. Entering the organized chaos of makeup and hair extensions, nothing can compare to the intense excitement backstage during fashion week. We caught up with L'Oreal Hair Stylist Amit Abraham to get the inside scoop on Fall/Winter 2012 hairstyles as well as a few Spring/Summer trends we can implement in the warm months ahead!
Before we got into the styling tips we talked with Amit about the overall direction of the Mohapatra show. Abraham explained that the show was inspired by early 20th century Chinese Opera. Asian inspiration was clearly reflected in the styling of each models flawless coif. Using L'Oreal Professionals products including L'Oreal Mythic Oil, Infinium 4 Hair Spray and an amazing flat iron, Abraham created a smooth and sophisticated look. All models wore their hairpin straight with low ponytails, knotted at the base. Using extensions ranging 18-22 inches in length provided dramatic statement. Abraham stressed the importance of the look not being too "greasy or sleek" but rather more like "natural, beautiful hair. Amit spent on average 35-40 min on each model, with 18 models total in the show! We asked Abraham what to expect in spring for hair. He explained that "workable and wearable" right out of bed hair is the thing to do now but things are changing for the fall "and it's [bleep] great!" More "sexy and polished" strands are popping up on runways from Mohapatra to Phillip Lim and Rachel Roy. So break out your flat irons and get prepared to be sleek and fabulous next Fall/Winter 2012.
After we wrapped up with hair we headed over to the makeup team to see how to work face in Fall 2012. Maybelline make-up artist, Gato, worked feverishly to create a flawless face to compliment the elegance of the pieces in the Mohapatra collection. Each model displayed a dramatic and theatrical elegance. Using white eye shadow as a base with no mascara, Gato created a captivating look accented by a sophisticated plum lip with lots of gloss. Gato explained that for Fall/Winter 2012 we can expect to see lots of metallic's and bold, rich color. But for the warm months of Spring/Summer 2012 that are now approaching, Gato advises blue and green for the eyes and fun, playful lips.
Inspired by Indian traditions and his mother, designer Bibhu Mohapatra enlisted the help of Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments to create bright and original nail colors to enhance the Asian themed collection. A bright red, Rekah, was used on the left hand and a nude color, Parveen, on the right to represent a tradition of his mother based of the Indian custom to eat with the right hand. Adding a sparkling topcoat for shine and shimmer on the runway highlighted the nude color.
Overall the show was streamline, polished and flawless. Mohapatra created looks that sophisticated fashionistas would die for. Bold greens and read accented by beautiful prints and enough glitter and sequins to shine bright in the dreary winter months.
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The fall of Saigon: what lessons learnt?
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Evacuees are helped aboard an Air America helicopter perched atop the then U.S. embassy in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, in 1975.
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Three decades ago, the US and Australia bailed out of an unpopular war, vowing it would never happen again.
On the evening of February 14, 2003, about 150,000 people took to the streets of Melbourne to protest against what was then still only the prospect of a United States-led war against Iraq. It was inevitable that the comparisons would be made with the anti-Vietnam war marches of the 1970s. And while one Age reporter indifferently described the crowd as "overwhelmingly young", there was more than just a sprinkling of older protesters: grey-haired grandmothers, suited businessmen on their way home from the office, parents with children. Even the more prominent protest leaders from the 1970s - including Jim Cairns and Jean McLean - were there in number.
The first of seven rallies around Australia that weekend attracted more than 500,000 people opposed to the war. It was an early marker of what many Australians thought about the country's involvement in another distant war at the behest of a great and powerful ally. It also briefly reactivated some of the political passion of the Vietnam era - an era that reshaped Asia, Australia and the West more generally. A month later after the mass rallies, the US-led invasion of Iraq began and the mood for protest was swamped by a war of seemingly rapid victories that became bogged in a mire of terrorism and insurgency from which the US, and Australia, have yet to extract themselves. Small wonder that US Senator Ted Kennedy, a legislator through both conflicts, has dubbed Iraq "George Bush's Vietnam".
Today is the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, an event that signalled the end of 30 years of war that left an indelible mark upon that nation and many others besides. The way in which Americans thought about their government and their nation's place in world was altered. Vietnam was an unthinkable military defeat, at a cost of 58,000 American lives. In Australia, the repercussions of the Vietnam war were also dramatic. It was the longest war in which Australian forces had been engaged. From the time that the first Australian training advisers arrived in July 1962 until the last service personnel left a decade later, about 50,000 Australians from the army, navy and air force served in Vietnam. According to the Australian War Memorial, some 520 died, and almost 2400 were wounded. About 40 per cent of those who served - and half of those killed - were young conscripts, drafted into the army on a ballot system. Conscription alone divided a nation that had explicitly rejected it during the Great War and placed a premium upon voluntary overseas service in World War II.
More broadly, the war eventually spelt the end of more than two decades of conservative rule. It politicised a generation born after 1945 that had grown to adulthood in the shadow of the Cold War. The short-lived Whitlam government, which abolished conscription within days of coming to power, won its mandate on the back of this shift. Whitlam set new agendas of social policy that reshaped the political landscape in a dramatic, if not always enduring fashion.
In the region, the Vietnam war did immense damage in the longer term to the influence of Western nations in Asia. Australia earned some honour by becoming a haven for those who sought to flee, sometimes by boat, the newly communist southern Vietnam. But a deep distrust of Western - and Australian - involvement continues to shape regional relations.
Outside Vietnam itself, the scars of the war run deepest in the US. That nation's enduring shame has seen the 30th anniversary largely ignored by both the media and the Bush Administration despite the fact that more than 3 million American troops served there. The US reluctance to commit forces overseas to assist its allies endured until the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Vietnam and Iraq are vastly different conflicts. But the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the commitment of thousands of American (and Australian) troops overseas is shadowed by the spectre of Vietnam. The latest Gallup poll in the US has found that 53 per cent of Americans do not believe "it was worth going to war in Iraq". Almost half believe sending US forces there was a mistake. With the children of the Vietnam generation among the 140,000 coalition troops serving in Iraq, the 30th anniversary of the end of that unpopular war again resonates loudly. Having begun a military process it claimed would "deliver" democracy to Iraq, the coalition now faces the question of how long it must remain in order to realistically achieve an enduring peace.


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Boston (UPI) May 09, 2007
Scientists are zeroing in on discovering vaccines to control malaria, tuberculosis and HIV in poorer nations, say health experts involved in the effort. The diseases kill more than 6 million people each year and impact hundreds of millions of lives, many of them children in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, Tadataka Yamada, president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told United Press International.
"Knowing the impact of the death of one child on one family, it is too much," Yamada said at the BIO International Convention held this week in Boston.
Within a couple of years, vaccines against malaria and TB will be brought to the developing world for final-stage testing, while advanced trials of a few HIV vaccines are already under way in Africa and China, experts said.
The vaccines are specific for the strains of HIV found locally in those regions, said Seth Berkley, president and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
"We are most proud of our clinical trials in Zambia, Rwanda and India. We are seeing extraordinary enrollment rates," Berkley said.
The treatments are likely to be only moderately effective, he said. But given the large number of people with HIV and the devastation of the disease, even a small reduction in its incidence is worth going forward, he added.
In the meantime, scientists will keep searching for a more potent vaccine. In the laboratory, they have their sights on a form of a simian immunodeficiency virus, which attacks monkeys, that is altered to be harmless.
"We know it works better than anything else so far. We should have focused on it long ago," Berkley said.
Non-profit foundations, rather than the private sector, are largely leading and funding the vaccine effort against malaria, HIV and TB, said Christian Loucq, interim director of the Malaria Vaccine Initiative. Big drug companies see the small profits to be made on vaccines in developing nations and thus have not taken the initiative to develop them, Loucq said.
"It's viewed as a problem of no market," Loucq said. Malaria is especially challenging in attracting private companies, he noted.
"It's a slightly bigger problem to raise interest in malaria because it doesn't affect the developed world; it's mainly (a disease of) poor people."
However, the non-profit groups are moving to fill the gap, having raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars so far.
The Malaria Vaccine Initiative has raised about $275 million from the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and USAID. The initiative gives the funds to drug companies such as GlaxoSmithKline to develop the vaccines.
Within a year the initiative is preparing to bring a malaria-prevention vaccine to 16,000 children in Africa, Loucq said. It is one of 10 possible anti-malaria vaccines in various stages of development.
Malaria, a blood parasite transmitted by mosquitoes, infects 300 million to 500 million people each year and causes the death of 1 million, mostly children.
The group's goal is to have a vaccine by 2015 that prevents malaria in 50 percent of people for at least one year, he said.
On the TB front, the group hopes to have that disease under "global control" within 15 to 20 years, said Jerald Sadoff, president and chief executive officer of Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation.
To that end, the foundation will bring a tuberculosis vaccine for final testing to South Africa and the south of India by 2008, Sadoff said.
TB is an airborne bacterial disease that infects 8 million people a year and kills 2 million, many who also have HIV, he said.
Sadoff noted that some TB strains have become resistant to treatment, including the deadly XDR strain. It was found in South Africa last year, when 51 of 52 people infected with it died within 20 days, he said.
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For the first time, some of the vivid watercolors by the renowned mariner, Paul Erling Johnson, are collected and displayed in full-page views. The bright, colorful plates are suitable for framing.
Many of Johnson's sailing friends and admirers have heard of his paintings, but only a few have seen them. Some of the works included in this book have been lost at sea in a shipwreck in the Pacific.
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I went to the cinema earlier today and had myself a little viewing of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I will be providing my thoughts here and proving my review of the film. Please note that I watched the film in 2D (I have a very difficult time seeing 3D images) and at the standard frame rate. I have read the book (as well as the Lord of the Rings) and watched the first Hobbit film (I even wrote a review of it a year ago) the LotR films, even the cartoon movies from the late 1970's and love all of them. Also be aware that while I tried to keep it spoiler free there may be some SPOILERS in this blog as I'm going to use specific examples for my complaints and my compliments.
The Desolation of Smaug is part two of a trilogy of Hobbit films. While in the long run I will be happier that it is indeed a trilogy of films right now I have far more mixed emotions on the subject. This film, even more so than the first is very much not the complete story with pretty few plot threads introduced here given closure with far more plots introduced. Varying from An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug feels energetic, and that more is going on but it is still the middle section of a larger story.
First and foremost, I enjoyed this film a lot more than its predecessor. I had two major complaints about An Unexpected Journey. The first was the inconsistent tone of the film with some moments like the song "That's what Bilbo Baggins hates" being silly while shortly after the very somber and moving dwarf ballad The Misty Mountains Cold was in stark contrast and fit the universe better I felt. This time around there are a few moments of silly but they are so much more downplayed than the over-the-top switches of the first that the film feels more consistent tonally and is more in line with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The second complaint I had with An Unexpected Journey was that a lot of the dwarfs never really did anything or were memorable in anyway. This time around the cast of dwarfs feels fuller because they aren't always all on screen at the same time. This allows for more development of the individual characters and makes them stand out more and hold more value.
With more characters getting development it also means that Thorin Oakenshield isn't front and center at all times this go around. His character still gets a lot of screen time and he is certainly central to the plot but the broader focus means he doesn't feel quite as much like the main character of the movie anymore. It feels more like an ensemble film.
In An Unexpected Journey I had also said that I was a little disappointed with the CGI for the goblins. It looked starkly different to the prosthetic they had used for the orcs in the LotR trilogy. The orcs in this film "felt" better. IT is quite possibly just the distinction between the goblins and orcs that made it appear so different or perhaps the orc designs at WETA really were fine tuned for this entry. Either way it is an improvement!
The acting was solid all-around the board. Martin Freeman as Bilbo showed some great transitions of what the ring is already doing to him and how he deals with these situations. The dwarfs with more to do stand out on their own and feel worthwhile. Ian McKellen as Gandalf is perfect as always. It's the new additions to the cast who deserve some real praise though. Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman does a great job. Lee Pace looks stunning as the elf king and has an almost ethereal quality about his portrayal. Manu Bennet does an outstanding job voicing Azog. All of the different languages spoken in the film which are pretty substantial are done so well that you believe beings really do communicate with them. There are three other characters in particular that I want to go into more depth about though.
Orlando Bloom returns as Legolas from his portrayal of the character in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You can tell from watching this that Legolas has to be one of Peter Jackson's favorite characters. Some of his fight scenes are brilliantly realized and hearken back to the "really?!" moments he had in the previous trilogy such as using bodies as sleds while still killing everything he wants. Frankly he didn't have to be in the film but his inclusion in the story is one of the best changes to the source material and a brilliant connecting thread between the two trilogies.
Evangeline Lily's character of Tauriel is somewhat of a mixed bag for me. No, it is not because of her acting. She does mostly fine though there are a few instances where rather than looking like a graceful being with perfect balance and precision flying around a battlefield she looks a bit wire-fu. That is but a minor complaint and not why I have reservations about her character. No, why I have reservations is because throughout the course of the film she is involved in two love plots. They aren't bad and actually fit into the story well. Why then would this disappoint me? She is about the only female character in the entire story (okay, Galadriel's voice is there as is a beggar woman and Bard's daughter but still) and the thing they do with her is make love stories. For an ass kicking she-elf, she lets her heart swoon a lot >.<
The last major character I want to talk about is Smaug. Benedict Cumberbatch does an outstanding job as the character. His baritone voice and gravitas help bring this monstrous dragon to life in a truly threatening manner. Another thing I was not expecting was the amount of screen time Smaug would have. It is far more elaborate and expansive than I anticipated which was a true treat. During the sequence you also get to see a lot more of Erabor, a dwarven homeworld which was such a treat. In Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring we see a few barebones areas of the ruins of Moria. Here we get to see a lot more of what a dwarven city really was and it does not disappoint!
In the trailers for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey we got to see Gandalf in the ruins of Dol Guldur though this never came to pass in the film. The trailers for The Desolation of Smaug also show this but this time we actually get to see how it plays out. The Necromancer storyline has some big payoffs and is visually brilliant. I have to compliment Peter Jackson on that segment. I couldn't resist but have a huge grin watching what was unfolding on screen.
Now I want to talk about a few of the sections that I didn't live as much. The section with Beorn was quite a letdown for me. Not because the set wasn't lavish or the buildup but because it just felt so underutilized and didn't carry the weight I was hoping for. Perhaps more scenes in the extended edition will help this. Another section I was disappointed with is in the Woodland Realm there is an important scene with Tauriel talking to Kili. The scene itself is fine but you hear the sounds of a festival taking place and Tauriel talks about it but it is never shown. For some this won't matter but for me I was really interested to see Peter Jackson's take on how elf's party. This is another section that I hope makes it into the extended edition! For my final complaint I want to speak of the ending. This film ends on a major cliffhanger that is rather frustrating truth be told. Rather than a film which typically wraps up story threads to a degree within itself even if it is part of a larger story, this one is flat out a tease. It reminded me a lot of the major cliffhangers some TV shows do on a season finale and pick up at the start of next season.
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is an improvement on its predecessor in nearly every way. It is visually striking with better action, a more consistent and darker tone more reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and characters are more fleshed out and add value to the story. The points elaborated on or created specifically for the film make it shine all the brighter and make this a film that can rival the beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy, something its predecessor could not. I rate this film:


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June 2016 - – The falling exchange rate continues to affect sterling tobacco prices badly. Unfortunately Brexit will see further increases. The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now starts at £7.00 (9.00 euro) depending on where you shop. Some shops with old stock are selling tobacco at competitive sterling (only) prices. 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £5.00 (6.20 euro).
April 2016 - – Exchange rate affecting sterling tobacco prices. The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £6.50 to £6.70 (9.00 euro) depending on where you shop. Some shops with old stock are selling tobacco at competitive sterling (only) prices. 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £4.70 (6.20 euro).
March 2016 – Exchange rate affecting sterling tobacco prices. The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £6.45 to £6.60 (9.00 euro) depending on where you shop. Some shops with old stock are selling tobacco at competitive sterling (only) prices. 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £4.60 (6.20 euro). In Luxembourg GV costs about £6.02 (8.20 euro), BH Gold is only £4.30 (6.00 euro). The UK Golden Virginia costs £18.58, and Benson and Hedges Gold costs £9.55.
Some big increases are expected in Belgium tobacco prices in 2016. A packet of cigarettes will increase by 70 centimes, rolling tobacco will increase by 1.85 euro a packet (50 grams)
February 13th 2016 – Taxes up! The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £6.20 (9.00 euro). 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £4.60 (6.00 euro). In Luxembourg GV costs about £6.02, BH Gold is only £3.99. The UK Golden Virginia costs £18.58, and Benson and Hedges Gold costs £9.55.
February 2016 – The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £5.85 (8.20 euro). 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £4.30 (6.00 euro). In Luxembourg GV costs about £5.43, BH Gold is only £3.69. The UK Golden Virginia costs £18.58, and Benson and Hedges Gold costs £9.55.
September 2015 – The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £5.60 (8.00 euro). 20 Benson and Hedges Gold still costs £4.35 (6.00 euro). In Luxembourg GV costs about £5.43, BH Gold is only £3.69. The UK Golden Virginia costs £18.08, and Benson and Hedges Gold costs £9.30.
June 2015 – The price of Golden Virginia in Belgium is now £5.40 (7.80 euro). 20 Benson and Hedges Gold now cost £4.35 (6.00 euro). In Luxembourg GV costs about £5.43, BH Gold is only £3.69.
March 25th 2015 UPDATE! – Falling exchange rates see the price of Golden Virginia in Belgium go up to £5.15 (7.40 euro).
March 18th 2015 - UK Budget – Cigarette prices have increased by 16p a packet in the U.K.
March 2015 UPDATE! – Improving exchange rates see the price of Golden Virginia in Belgium drop to £5.05 (7.40 euro), Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.30 (6.00 euro)
March 2015 – Improving exchange rates see the price of Golden Virginia in Belgium drop to £5.15 (7.40 euro), Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.40 (6.00 euro)
Mid February 2015 – Improving exchange rates see the price of Golden Virginia in Belgium drop to £5.25 (7.40 euro), Benson & Hedges Gold still costs £4.50 (6.00 euro) - although the euro price (if you pay with a credit card and not sterling cash has gone up 30 centimes).
February 2015 – Improving exchange rates see the price of Golden Virginia in Belgium drop to £5.30 (7.40 euro), Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.50 (5.70 euro).
December 2014 – A tax increase on Golden Virginia sees prices in Belgium go up to £5.65 (7.40 euro).
September 2014 – A tax increase on Golden Virginia sees prices in Belgium go up to £5.30 (7.00 euro).
July 2014 – A better exchange rate sees prices drop in Belgium and Luxembourg for sterling buyers. Golden Virginia now costs £5.08 a pack (6.60 euro) in Luxembourg. Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £3.90 (5.00 euro) a pack of 20. In Belgium Golden Virginia now costs £5.20 a pack (6.80 euro). Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.50 (5.70 euro). In the U.K. GV costs £17.48, Benson and Hedges Gold now costs £8.53.
May 2014 – Golden Virginia now costs £5.35 a pack (6.80 euro) in Luxembourg. Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £3.87 (4.80 euro) a pack of 20. Tax increases in Belgium mean that Golden Virginia now costs £5.45 a pack (6.80 euro). Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.50 (5.70 euro). In the U.K. GV costs £17.26, Benson and Hedges Gold now costs £8.87.
February 2014 – Golden Virginia now costs £5.35 a pack (6.80 euro) in Luxembourg. Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £3.87 (4.80 euro) a pack of 20. Tax increases in Belgium mean that Golden Virginia now costs £5.45 a pack (6.80 euro). A pack of Benson & Hedges Gold now costs £4.50 (5.70 euro). In the U.K. GV costs £16.92, Benson and Hedges Gold now costs £8.38.
In other words buy the guidelines (3Kg GV and 800 cigarettes) and save £874.60 in Luxembourg, £835.40 in Belgium, and £481.76 in France.
March 2011 – GV now 6.75 euro. Buy at it at the airport and it could cost you up to 8.44 euro (it is legal to have different prices in Spain). 49 euro for Marlborough (200).
January 2011 – Amber Leaf 10x50g = 63.50 euro. Golden Virginia 10x50g = 67 euro Lambert and Butler 200 = 42 euro.
December 2010- Big increases in Spanish tobacco prices announced. JPS Black now 36 euro, Marlboro 46 euro, Superkings 41.50 euro, Drum 64 euro, Amber Leaf 63 euro. www.bbc.co.uk
United Kingdom budget 2010 (April) – Tobacco duty increased from 25th March by 1% above inflation and then increase by 2% in real terms each year until 2014. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk
According to our calculations this means that a packet of cigarettes previously costing £5.60 will in 2014, after the last 2% increase cost 9.33% more in real terms or £6.12. Remember to add in the inflation increase automatically incurred every year.
June 2010 – Price increase in Spain! Drum now 46 euro, Golden Virginia 49.50 euro.
March 2010 – Superkings now 35 euros, Lamberts 34.50, Bensons 37.00.
September 29th – From a shopper. Golden virginia was 48.50 euro in the tabac on costa brava and 60.50 euro at Girona airport today.
September 2009 – Superkings 33.50 for a sleeve. GV 45.00 Euros
June 2009 – Ouch! Once again prices have risen in Spain. Golden Virginia has gone up from 3.50 euro to 4.85 euro a pack (it happened a few years ago, but prices quickly dropped back once sales declined). Drum is up from 3.00 to 4.60 euro. Benson and Hedges is now 3.40 euro.
May – Check your receipts. We hear stories of Customs seizing goods because the receipts are not correct.
Compared to England, tobacco is cheaper in France (tobacco in France), cheaper still in Belgium, and much cheaper in Luxembourg and Spain. However it is even cheaper in many other E.U. member states such as Poland and Greece.
We get quite a few e-mails about what you can safely bring back – see our message board for the great debate and other visitors tips.
(January 2014 – Save £482 in France, £835 in Belgium, £875 in Luxembourg and stay within the limits! SAVE from 55% up to 184%!)
This web site is dedicated to the free movement of people and goods between European nations (whatever HM Revenue and Customs may wish, whose tactics, attitude, assumptions, threats, intimidation and behaviour we condemn as illiberal, against the spirit of a National Treaty guaranteeing the free movement of goods and services between European States and against common sense).
Following on from recent price hikes in France and Belgium on tobacco products, many people are going further afield to places like Spain and Luxembourg to get their tobacco. With careful planning you can pick up really cheap air fares and still save substantial amounts of money buying your basics abroad.
Weekends – Spanish Tabacs often close at 1.30pm on Saturday and only re-open on Monday.
Tabac or Airport? We hear that airports shops often charge as much as 3 euro extra per sleeve.
In Spain, unlike France and Belgium where the Government sets a single price for tobacco, there are two prices; a maximum and a minimum price. Expect to pay more at bars and airports, and get the lower prices at tabac's.
January 2009 prices – Benson and Hedges £28.75. Golden Virgina £32.50.
Official Spanish prices (latest). www.cmtabacos.es (Cigarettes) (Tobacco)
How to avoid being tripped up by HM Revenue and Customs
Tobacco Price Survey • Tobacco in; Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain, E.U. Countries • HM Revenue and Customs • UKBA • Shelf Life of tobacco • Buying tobacco over the internet • Supermarkets in Belgium
Route 66 Tobacco in Luxembourg
Although Day-tripper.net is mostly about shopping in France and Belgium we are developing this page for our visitors as a result of e-mails enquiries. If you have recently returned from abroad please let us know what you paid for your tobacco – Contact
Careful – the Canary Islands are NOT part of the E.U. You may only bring back 200 cigarettes. C and E target these flights – you have been warned!
– Useful web site. www.idealspain.com
Airport shops charge more than the official high street tabac's.
April 2010 (Canaries). GV 10x50g 43.00 euro, drum 10x50g 33.00 euro, LandB 21.60.00 euro /200 or 36.00 euro /400, superkings 21.60 euro/200, newral 4.90 euro/200 (cheap but also a decent smoke)!! richmond 19.00 euro /200
January 2010 – Silk cut 36 euro, lambert 34.50 euro, jps black 30 euro, benson 36.00 euro.
June 2009 – Drum has gone down in price to 4.50 euro a pack of 50g. JPS Red / Silver / White / Green are now 27 euro and JPS Black still 28.50 euro. Ronsons (25) went up to 33 euro.
May 2009 – JPS Blue 23 euro, Samson 50g 30 euro, Golden Virginia 12.5g 0.90 cents
January 2009 – Regal are 31 euro a sleeve.
August 2008 – Black Sovs were 23 euro and 10x50g GV 35 euros
July 2008 – Golden Virginia 35 euro, Drum 35 euro, old Holborn 35 euro, Cutters Choice 25 euro, Amber Leaf 25 euro.
July 2008 – Canary Islands (NOT IN E.U.). Royals =10.50 euro, Desert Gold 4.75 euro, Embassy = 16 euro, Domingo 9.50 for 10, Turner = 10.50 for 10, I was amazed that GV was 37 euro compared to 35 in mainland, Cutters was more expensive too. Drum was 28-30 euro!!
June 2008 – Reus Tabacs are now selling GV at 3.50 euro per 50grams.
April 2008 – Marlborough now 30 euro in town 33 euro at the airport.
January 2008 – All JPS brands are now 23 euros. West is now 23 euros. Drum up 1 euro to 39 euros. Amber Leaf still 23 euro everything else still the same price.
October 2007 – GV £4.50. superking £30
June 2007 – If arriving at Malaga the train to Torremolinos cosys 1.15 euro for a single ticket. a 5 minute walk away (5 minutes) is the San Miguel Tobacco shop. The opening hours are Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 1.30pm, then 4.30 to 8.30pm.
Prices as of 9th June 2007 in euro – Bensons and hedges – 31.00. JPS Black – 23.00. JPS White – 22.00. Silk cut and 100 – 31.00. Royals red and white – 23.00. Golden virinia (10x50g) – 43.00. Drum (10x50g) – 38.00
May 2007 – Superkings 30.00 euro. At the airport they cost 2 euro more.
March 2007 – jps black 23.00 euro, lambert 29.50 euro, superking 30.00 euro, GV 43 euro, drum 38 euro.
Prices – Marlboro Red were euro 2.95 a packet. I think they've gone up a bit, as I'm almost sure they were 2.75 in September 2006 in Málaga. United Kingdom brands should be more or less in line, price-wise. i.e. much cheaper than here!
One more thing (also mentioned before on this site). Prices at Barcelona airport are more expensive – 10% or so – therefore buy in the city if you can. Also, if you're after rolling tobacco, they only had Drum original, Old Holborn and Golden Virginia at the airport, I think."
August 2006 – Price reductions! benson now £31 was £36. embassy £31 was £36. jps black £23 was £25. lambert £29.50 was £35. superking £30 was £35. GV still £43. drum still £38
Latest May 9th. Benson £36. Berkley £35. Camel £24. Drum £38. Dunhill International £35. Embassy £36. Fortuna £22. Gauloises £24.50. Golden Virginia £43. John Player Black £25. Lambert £35. Lucky Strike £22. Marlboro £27.50. Mayfair £31.50. Old Holborn £43. Regal £36. Rothmans K.S. £35. Royal £23. Samson £38. Silk Cut £36. Sovereign 25. Superking
17th March 2006 – GV £43, Drum £38, Old Holborn £43, JPS Black £25, Benson, Regal £36, Lambert, Superkings £35, Richmond £31
Benson and Silk Cut now £36.00 which is an £8.00 rise per carton. Sovereign now £25.00
Latest February 2006 – Prices have gone up, and some have come down.
JPS Black now 20.00 £ / Marlboro 27.50 £ / Mayfair 24.50 £ / Superkings, Lambert, Berkley 27.50 £ / Regal, Bensons and Embassy 28.00 £ / Sovereign 15.00 £ / JPS Silver, White, Red, 17.50 £ / Winston, Camel, Dunhill have risen also.
Golden Virginia 39.00 £ / Drum 35.00 £ /Turner 18.50 £ (40g) / Domingo 17.50 £
Spanish brands have gone up a lot and in many cases are now more expensive than foreign brands.
Latest October 2005 – Some prices increased from 1/10/05. Lambert 27.50 euro. Benson / Embassy / Regal / Silk Cut 28.00 euro. Superkings 27.50 euro
GV 39.00 euro. Drum 35.00 euro. Old Holborn 39.00 euro
September 2005 – Lambert now £26.50. Superking / Regal / Embassy £27.50
Latest – Following are the price increases today (31/1/05). No. 1 – 30.00 euro. ALL S/Kings – 29.00 euro. Lambert's – 28.00 euro. Regal – 30.00 euro. Gold Leaf – 24.00 euro. GV – (500g) 38.00 euro
January 2005 – Cigarettes; LandB 2.65, Regal 2.85, S'Kings 2.85. Bacci; GV 39.0, Drum 32.0, Turners 17.0.
Latest 1st August 2004 – Benson and Hedges Gold 2,85. Benson and Hedges Silver 2,70. Berkeley Blue 2,75. Berkeley Menthol 2,75. Berkeley Superkings 2,75. Blend N.o 1 2,70. Embassy N.o 1 2,85. Kensitas Club (King Size) 2,75. Lambert and Butler Gold. 2,65. Lambert and Butler KS. 2,65. Lambert and Butler Menthol. 2,65. Mayfair King Size 2,50. Mayfair Menthol 2,50. Mayfair Sky Blue 2,50. Mayfair Superking 2,50. Regal KS 2,85. Silk Cut Blue 2,85. Silk Cut Purple 2,85. Silk Cut Purple 100's. 2,85. Silk Cut Silver 2,85. Silk Cut White 2,85. Sovereign King Size 2,55. Superkings 2,75
Cigarettes – Official tobacco shops; Superkings and Bensons 26.00 – 27.00 euro, Lambert 26.00 euro.
Rolling – GV and Old Holborn now 36.00 euro, Drum 34.00 euro (50g) – Malaga and Benidorm – 29.50 Euro in Airport
Embassy Regal 28 Euro – Benidorm
Date provided – April 2004.
Remember please to buy your supplies from a registered tabac, the retail sale of tobacco in Spain is a state regulated monopoly, and get a proper receipt from them stating IVA y Impestuous incluido (Tax and Duty paid). This will avoid any problems with the Spanish authority's.
If you buy at the airport airside (Duty Free shops) the price is about ten percent more and they will not sell you more than the MIL as one single purchase; but you can makes as many separate purchases as you like. These will carry a tag saying intra community sale.
Tobacco Shops selling United Kingdom tobacco.
Eurotabaco Nº 6, Avda. del Mediterraneo, 66 Lc.35 – Edificio Coblanca VIII, (Rincon de Loix) Benidorm, Alicante Spain. Tel: 0034 96 586 20 96. www.eurotabaco.net
Eurotabaco Nº 15, Avda. Juan Fuster Zaragoza, Edif. Aquarium III Lc. 9 (Rincon de Loix). Benidorm. Alicante Spain. Tel: 0034 96 586 16 21.www.eurotabaco.net
Alicante Airport. A Tobacco shop has recently opened called Maria Corral Sanz (Aeropuerto). It is just beyond Alicante Airport building exit door/s and just past the taxi rank; coach parking area and local bus service area. This shop is open from 9am until 8pm, seven days per week.
LOCAL TRANSPORT LINKS. www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com
Tobacco Cigarettes Shop. Doctor Joaquim Pou, no. 2 local 1. Barcelona. Spain 08002. Tel; 933026580. www.tobacco-cigarettes.com
Tobacco shop Gimeno on the Rambalas. This shop also has a pukka selection of cigars. Tel: 3 18 49 47 / 3 02 09 83.
Lloret (70 km north of Barcelona). "For about £100 will get you 3 nights all inclusive in 1 of the top hotels (Royal Beach, Royal Star and the Casino Royal). You can get bargain Self Catering apartments for about £20 night. I don't bother with the tabacs in Lloret, I phone Carlos in Tossa de mar (about 10 miles away) who will deliver to your hotel in Lloret and you can pay him in sterling and get better rates than home. Tel: 0034 972 340 599 is his shops phone number."
February 2007 – Tips from a regular
"The bus from the airport is now euro 3.90 and terminates at Plaça de Catalunya, which is at the top end of the Rambla. If you go to the Tourist Information desk at the airport on arrival, they'll find you a hotel which meets your budget if you need one. They do make a charge – my room was 37 euro and they charged me about 10% for finding it. I looked at booking online, but I think you'll get a much better price doing it my way. Hotels are not expensive there – I went to Amsterdam once and had to pay double that! There is also another Tourist Information place in Plaça de Catalunya – down the steps.
If you want to buy a quantity of cigarettes or tobacco, I recommend Gimeno (which has been mentioned here before) – they are likely to have quite large stocks of United Kingdom brands. I was told that there is another quite large tabac in the Cathedral square just round the corner from them, but I didn't need to go there this time.
If you go to the smaller tabacs you might get a few cartons (unless you are buying Fortuna) and it could take all day to get your 3200 or whatever! Also their prices can sometimes be a bit higher.
Gimeno is situated on the Rambla, roughly opposite the market at la Boqueria, within easy walking distance from Plaça de Catalunya. They take debit and credit cards. If you take Catalunya to be at the north end, then Gimeno is on the east side of the Rambla.
Barcelona Tourist Guide. www.publintur.es
The bus from the airport (terminal 1 and 2) is service A1 and leaves every 8 minutes (easy to find) and costs 4.05 euro single! It takes you right to le Rambles. The journey time is about 25 minutes each way.
If you land in Girona there is a bus that coincides with Ryan air flights outside the terminal. They run about every 30 minutes and cost about 8.95 euro to Barcelona.
(Airport prices are 2.70 euro more dearer for 200 cigs on every brand)
July 2004 – I've just done an Easyjet daytrip – Gatwick to Barcelona – to stock up with a supply of cigarettes. While prices are 2 euro higher in the airport terminal A duty free shop, there is a state 'Tabac' in the domestic terminal B (next door) at normal prices, but the range is small. Marlboro lites 26.50 BandH 27.50. It is a bit of a rush to get downtown if the outbound flight is delayed!
Bilbao – Clotes D Inglis department store sells tobacco.
Girona – TABAC Augusti is recommended. Tel: 0034 972 20 64 74.
January 2008 – "Get the bus from Gerona aiport to the bus station. Walk through the train station and through a small park. There is a tabac about 50 yards on the left. Very helpful people – if they haven't got the brands you want they will get them for you that day. I was there yesterday. Drum 34, GV 36, Superkings 26, Bensons 26 euro.
August 2008 – Paid 55 euro from airport for the taxi and 50 on the return.
Granada – Just got back from granada this morning. The bus from the airport is 3 euro and takes you directly into the centre there are 4 tabacs within 200 yards of each other so getting your stuff is no problem but dont even bother trying to phone any of them because hardly anyone speaks english in granada which caused no end of problems. your best bet is to jump on the bus and get off outside "El Corte Ingles" and there are two on that street about 150 yards apart and there is one at the back of the store if you walk thru and out the other side. Just a few words of warning, keep your wallet out of sight as pickpockets are in force.
1 – "Go to the top of the Gran Via on the crossroads, there is a little pavement tabac there by the doors to a theatre / cinema. The guy here speaks resonable english and will order anything he hasn't got in stock, don't be decieved by the size his little kiosk as his stock is kept underneath the kiosk!"
2 – "There is a tabac in arrivals at the airport, small but does have english brands nearest to the airport is one stop on the metro to barajas which is also the name of the airport, the metro is attached to the airport and takes about 5 – 10 minutes to reach it from arrivals hall. When you exit the metro at Barajas turn right and head up the main road for about half a mile where all the shops are and the tabac is on the left hand side next to a bar, if you are on a day trip this is the best place to go if the arrrivals hall tabac hasnt got enough stock. The other tabacs i know of are situated in Puerto del sol (sol) on the metro, this can be reached by the metro from the airport but you have to change at least once, or get the airport bus to Plaza Colon and get the metro again, you will have to change lines again even though the journey overground if you have a map is only 10-15 minutes away. There is an El Cortes Ingles also in Puerto del sol which is a main tourist area with plenty of pensions, this is close by the Gran Via.
3 – Calle San Bernardo, which is just off Gran Via, between Callao and Plaza de Espana Metro stations. The shop is called Estanco San Bernardo. Staff speak and understand English. Tel: 0034 915314655
Map of underground in Madrid. www.metromadrid.es
Palma Airport – there is a Tabac near the departure gate selling cigs at the Tabac price rather than the airport price.
Recommended; Hotel Honalulu in Palmanova (pay about 21 euro a night)
Malaga -There are two tabacs near the Hotel las Vegas; the one on the same side of the road as hotel %5Babout 50 yards away%5D is English speaking, they will get any quantity of anything british same day if they don't have it in stock, plus loads of freebies (The Las Vegas is on the main road at the side of the bullring heading towards the sea).
JAUN DE HERRERA, Nr 17. 39002 Santander. Tel: 0034 942 31 31 25. Mobile number; 0034 655 993 944. E-mail: info at cigarsantander.com
Directions; Find Cathedral Square in centre. Cross main road and carry on up side street 100 yards and it's there in front of you.
Salou – At the bottom of Avda Carles Buigas on the sea front next to the traffic lights. All the stock you need and the larger woman is a lovely girl who is very helpful. The telephone number is 0034977383584.
Torremolinos – There are 3 or more Tabac shops in and around the main Plaza.
San Migels being the main one, he has the best selection of Tafs and Bacci. However if you further down the road (main road to the right) you will see a slip road go off, if you take that road you will come to another Tabac shop. He will give you discount and free gifts with bulk buying. There are a few more tabac shops on the sea front.
Current prices (January 2005) – Prices in euro. Regal 2.85, Superking 2.85, LandB 2.65. Bacci; Drum 32, Turner 17, G V 39.
Every August a Tobacco fiesta is held in the town of Jaraiz de la Vera dedicated to tobacco and Cayenne pepper. Tourist Office telephone number is 0034 927 17 05 87.
– We really like what this group is doing challenging Customs and holding them to account. "A blog on issues and experiences of U.K. Customs and Smoking Ban. Guest posts welcome. Note:- We use the term U.K. Customs for simplicity of understanding, their official title is HMRC and are under U.K. Border Agency now.". Please remember though, that any tobacco brought back from a trip, must be solely for your own personal use (small amounts may be gifted). nothing-2-declare.blogspot.com
February 2012 – Fightback! Our friends at Smoking Hot continue with their great work. Why not print these leaflets and give them to fellow shoppers / leave them on the ferry etc?. nothing-2-declare.blogspot.com
We found it easier to download the pdf (opens up after download) – Back / Front.
– HMRC Is Shite. This blog is "dedicated to the taxpayers of Britain, and the employees of the HMRC, who have to endure the monumental shambles that is Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)." Do a search for articles under "tobacco" – scary stuff. hhmrcisshite.blogspot.com
– Madrid-on-line. www.madrid-on-line.com
– Barcelona-on-line. www.barcelona-on-line.es


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When chef/owners Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski opened Cochon in 2006, mere months after Hurricane Katrina and levee failures ravaged New Orleans, the restaurant received a hero's welcome. With its burly, modern Cajun/Southern menu and lively, urbane indoor picnic vibe, one couldn't help but cast the place as a beacon of hope in the city's grim outlook. Opening was proof that the New Orleans' food culture not only survived in the face of disaster, but that the ambitious chef/owners felt there was some ass-kicking to do in return.
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The Sony NEX-VG series had been an annual release, but the last one was in 2012: the VG30. Has anyone heard numors about a new model incorporating the features that have been added to the still cameras since then? Pro video is a big deal for Sony, so I doubt they're abandoning ILC camcorders, but it's weird they skipped a year.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) gave NASA credit today for improved cost and schedule performance in its major acquisition programs. Nevertheless, it cited several programs that need continued monitoring. GAO reviews NASA's major acquisition programs every year as requested by Congress.
GAO said that the portfolio of NASA projects it reviewed "saw cost and schedule growth that remains low compared to GAO's first review." Not that every project is doing well, though.
In all, GAO reviewed 19 programs spanning robotic and human spaceflight in its 104 page report. It did not make any recommendations, but cited several programs that require continued monitoring. One is the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, ICESAT-2. GAO said the cost of the satellite's single instrument -- Advanced Topographical Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) -- being developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will grow by at least 15 percent and the spacecraft will miss its 2017 launch date. GAO said that NASA traced the problem to immature systems engineering analysis and consequently replaced the project management team and added more expertise.
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20. Preston Who? Oct. 11, 1969. Just-acquired Preston Ridlehuber threw a 45-yard halfback option pass to Haven Moses for a touchdown to lift the Bills over Boston, 23-16.


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