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Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
Main amenities
- 88 guestrooms
- On a private beach
- 3 restaurants and 3 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool and outdoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Fitness center
- Beach umbrellas
- Business center
- Airport shuttle
- In-room childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
What's around
- In Maret
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- Wat Lamai (1.8 mi / 3 km)
Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 88 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child (11 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding, but may not be eligible for free breakfast
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Children's club *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Ferry terminal shuttle *
- Area shuttle *
- Shopping center shuttle *
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In the hotel
- Children's club (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Free buffet breakfast
- 3 restaurants
- 3 bars/lounges
- Snack bar/deli
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Barbecue grills
- On private beach
- Beach sun loungers
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Fitness classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Beach umbrellas
- Children's pool
- Steam room
- Beach towels
- Sauna
- Business center
- Meeting rooms 2
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 2010
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Library
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Pillow menu
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Private pool
- Private plunge pool
- In-room massage available
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Separate dining area
- Separate sitting area
- Patio
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Bidet
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 40-inch LCD TV
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- IPod docking station
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
Banyan Tree Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
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On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Fitness classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui's small print
Also known as
- Banyan Tree Hotel Samui
- Banyan Tree Samui
- Samui Banyan Tree
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: THB 14000
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 7000 (from 4 to 12 years old)
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for THB 7500.0 per day
Children's club access is available for an extra charge
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of THB 2500 per room (one way)
Ferry terminal shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
Area shuttle and shopping center shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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Nelya Koteyko, PhD (Birmingham)
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I received a PhD in Applied Linguistics/English from the University of Birmingham and spent several years working on research projects focused on: political discourse in Russia; media representations and public perceptions of emerging infectious diseases, probiotics, and, most recently, climate change (at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham). I have held fellowships and joint grants from the ESRC, The AHRC, German Academic Exchange Service, the Swedish Institute, the Centre for International Mobility in Finland, the Open Society Institute and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to my appointment at QMUL I was a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester.
Ongoing and recent projects/grants:
2013-2015: Principal Investigator – ESRC standard grant 'Chronic illness and online networking: expectations, assumptions, and everyday realities'. Co-I: Prof B Gunter.
2013-2015: Visiting Researcher/collaborator on LINGCLIM Project. 'Linguistic representations of climate change discourse and their individual and collective interpretations' funded by SAMKUL-programme, Research Council of Norway. PI: Prof K. Flottum.
2013 –2018: Work Package Leader - AHRC funded program 'Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery: Connecting Communities for Mental Health and Wellbeing'. PI: Prof. P Crawford.
2011-14: Co-Investigator on the research project 'From Greenhouse Effect to Climategate: A systematic study of climate change as a complex social issue' funded by the ESRC and NWO ORA fund.
2008-2010: Co-Investigator on the ESRC-funded project "Carbon compounds': Lexical creativity and discourse formations in the context of climate change'. PI: Prof B Nerlich.
BAAL Special Interest Group 'Health and Science Communication'
I am Convenor of 'Health& Science Communication' SIG of the British Association for Applied Linguistics
- Koteyko, N., Nerlich, B., Hellsten, I. eds. (2016). Climate Change Communication and the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities for Research. London: Routledge.
- Koteyko, N. (2014). Language and Politics in Post Soviet Russia.Palgrave Macmillan.
- Harvey, K. and Koteyko, N. (2012). Exploring Health Communication: Language in Action. London: Routledge.
Book reviews
- Koteyko, N. (2009). Review of 'Applied Linguistics as Social Science' by A. Sealey and B. Carter. Language Awareness, 18(2), 220-222.
Book chapters
- Koteyko, N. and D. Atanasova (in press/2016).Discourse analysis approaches for assessing climate change communication and media representations. Oxford Research Encyclopedias.
- Koteyko, N. and D. Atanasova. (in press/2017). Metaphor and the representation of scientific issues: climate change in online and print media. Routledge Hanbook of Metaphor and Language.
- Koteyko, N. (2015). Corpus-assisted analysis of Internet-based discourses: From patterns to rhetoric. In J. Ridolfo and W. Hart-Davidson (eds). Rhetoric and Digital Humanities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Koteyko, N (2014). Critical studies of health and illness discourses. In C. Hart and P. Cap (eds). Contemporary Studies in CDA. London: Continuum. Pp.545-559.
Koteyko, N. (2012). Mining the Internet for Linguistic and Social Data: An Analysis of 'Carbon Compounds' in Web Feeds. Reprinted in J. Hughes (ed.), SAGE Internet Research Methods. London: Sage.
Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2009). 'MRSA - portrait of a superbug: A media drama in three acts' in A. Musolff and J. Zinken (eds), Metaphor and Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 153-173.
Journal special issues
- Koteyko, N. and Hunt, D. (guest editors). Special issue 'Discourse analysis perspectives on online health communication: examining the practices of information and support provision, self-presentation, and patient advocacy'. Discourse, Context & Media.
- Koteyko, N., Nerlich, B. and I. Hellsten (guest editors). 2015, June. Special issue on: Climate Change Communication & the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities for Research. Environmental Communication: Journal of Nature and Culture.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
- Koteyko, N. and Hunt, D. (2016). Performing health identities on social media: an online observation of Facebook profiles. Discourse, Context & Media.
- Atanasova, D. and Koteyko, N. (in press). Obesity frames and counter-frames in British and German online newspapers. Health : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine.
Hunt, D. and Koteyko, N. (2015). '"What was your blood sugar reading this morning?": Representing diabetes self-management on Facebook'. Discourse and Society, 26(3).
- Pearce, W., Brown, B., Nerlich, B., Koteyko, N. (2015). Communicating climate change: conduits, content, and consensus. WIREs Climate Change.
- Hunt, D., Koteyko, N. and Gunter, B. (2015) 'UK policy on social networking sites and online health: From informed patient to informed consumer?'. Digital Health.
Atanasova, D. and Koteyko, N. (2015). Metaphors in Guardian Online and Mail Online opinion-page content on climate change: War, religion, and politics. Environmental Communication.
- Koteyko, N., Hunt, D. and Gunter, B. (2015). 'Expectations in the field of the Internet and health: an analysis of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature'. Sociology of Health and Illness, 37(3): 468-484.
Fløttum, K, Gjerstad, Q, Müller Gjesdal, A, Koteyko, N, Salway A. (2014) Representations of the future in English language blogs on climate change. Global Environmental Change, 29: 213–222.
Touri, M. and Koteyko, N. (2014). Using corpus linguistic software in the extraction of news frames: towards a dynamic process of frame analysis in journalistic texts. International Journal of Research Methodology.
- Gunter, B., Koteyko, N., & Atanasova, D. (2014). Sentiment analysis: A market-relevant and reliable measure of public feeling? International Journal of Market Research, 56(2), 231-247.
- Koteyko, N., Jaspal, R. and Nerlich. B (2013).Climate change and 'climategate' in online reader comments: A mixed methods study. The Geographical Journal, 179 (1): 74–86.
- Atanasova, D., Gunter, B., & Koteyko, N. (2013). Ways of seeing obesity: A visual content analysis of British and German online newspapers, 2009-2011, The International Journal of Communication and Health, 1, 1-8.
Jaspal, R., Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2012). Contesting science by appealing to its norms: Readers discuss climate science in The Daily Mail. Science Communication, 35(3): 383–410.
Atanasova, D. , Koteyko, N. and B. Gunter (2012). Obesity in the news: Directions for future research. Obesity Reviews, 13: 554–559.
- Koteyko, N. (2012).Managing carbon emissions: A discursive presentation of 'market-driven sustainability' in the British media. Language and Communication. 32: 24–35.
- Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2012). Crying wolf?: Biosecurity and metacommunication in the context of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Health & Place. 18(4), 710-717.
- Armstrong N, Koteyko N, Powell J. (2011). 'Oh dear, should I really be saying that on here?' Issues of identity and authority in an online diabetes community. Health : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 16(4), 347- 365.
Nerlich, B., Evans, V. and Koteyko, N. (2011). 'Low carbon diet': Reducing the complexities of climate change to human scale. Language and Cognition, 3–1, 45–82. link
- Koteyko, N. (2010). Mining the Internet for linguistic and social data: An analysis of 'carbon compounds' in web feeds. Discourse & Society, 21 (6):655-674.
- Koteyko, N. (2010). Balancing the good, the bad and the better: A discursive perspective on healthy eating and probiotics. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 14(6): 585–602.
- Koteyko, N., Thelwall, M. and Nerlich, B. (2010). From Carbon Markets to Carbon Morality: Creative Compounds as Framing Devices in Online Discourses on Climate Change Mitigation. Science Communication, 32(1): 25–54. A brief summary can be found in Science for Environment Policy.
- Crawford, P., Brown, B., Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2010). Nutritional altruism and functional food: lay discourses on probiotics. Sociology of Health & Illness, 32(5), 745-60.
- Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2010). Carbon gold rush and carbon cowboys: A new chapter in green mythology? Environmental Communication, 4: 1, 37- 53.
- Nerlich, B. Koteyko, N. and B. Brown (2010). Theory and language of climate change communication. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change: Perception, Behaviour and Communication of Climate Change, edited by L. Whitmarsh and M. Hulme. Vol 1, January/February, pp. 1-14.
- Koteyko, N. (2009). 'I am a very happy, lucky lady, and I am full of Vitality!' Online promotional strategies of probiotic yoghurt producers. Critical Discourse Studies, 6:2, 111-125.
- Koteyko, N. and L. Ryazanova-Clarke (2009). The path and building metaphors in the speeches of Vladimir Putin: Back to the future? Slavonica, 15 (2), 112–127.
- Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2009). Carbon reduction activism in the UK: Lexical creativity and lexical framing in the context of climate change. Environmental Communication, 3 (2): 206 - 223.
- Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2009). Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change communication: The case of 'carbon indulgences'. Global Environmental Change, 19: 345-353.
- Currie, G., Koteyko, N. and Nerlich, B., (2009). The dynamics of professions and development of new roles in public services organizations. The case of modern matrons in the English NHS. Public Administration, 87(2), 295-311.
- Brown, B. Nerlich, B, Crawford, P., Koteyko, N, and R. Carter. (2009). Hygiene and biosecurity: The language and politics of risk in an era of emerging infectious diseases. Sociology Compass, 2, (6): 1–13.
- Koteyko, N., Brown, B. and P. Crawford. (2008). 'The dead parrot and the dying swan: The role of metaphor scenarios in UK press coverage of avian flu in the UK in 2005-2006', Metaphor and Symbol, 23(4), 242–261.
- Koteyko, N., Nerlich, B., Crawford, P. and N. Wright (2008) "'Not rocket science' or 'no silver bullet'? Media and government discourses about MRSA and cleanliness". Applied Linguistics, 29, 223-243.
- Koteyko, N. and R. Carter. (2008). Discourse of 'transformational leadership' in infection control, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 12(4), 479-99.
- Koteyko, N. and Nerlich, B. (2008). Modern matrons and infection control practices: aspirations and realities. British Journal of Infection Control, 9(2), 18-22.
- Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2008). Balancing Food Risks and Food Benefits: The Coverage of Probiotics in the UK National Press. Sociological Research Online, 13(3).
- Brown, B., Crawford, P., Nerlich, B., and Koteyko, N. (2008). The habitus of hygiene: Discourses of cleanliness and infection control in nursing work. Social Science and Medicine, 67(7), 1047-1055.
- Crawford, P., Brown, B. Nerlich, B. and Koteyko, N. (2008). The 'moral careers' of microbes and the rise of the matrons: An analysis of UK national press coverage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Health, Risk and Society, (17): 331-347.
- Koteyko, N. and Nerlich, B (2007). Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Probiotic Web Advertising. The International Journal of Language, Society and Culture, 23, 20-31.
- Koteyko, N. (2007). A diachronic approach to meaning in corpus linguistics: the use of English loanwords in Russian opposition discourse. Corpora, 3: 65-95.
- Koteyko, N. (2006). Corpus linguistics and the study of meaning in discourse. The Linguistics Journal, 1(2): 132-157.
Invited talks
2016. Keynote 'Health and illness identities on Facebook'. International symposium 'Language and Health Online: Typing yourself healthy, University of Basel, Switzerland, April 15-16. https://language-health-online.unibas.ch/?Symposium_LHO_2016
2016. Invitation accepted. Keynote at Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines/CADAAD, University of Catania, Italy. 22 August.
2015. Computer-mediated health communication: analysing online interaction and networking. Invited Colloquium, British Association for Applied Linguistics, Aston University, 3rd September.
- 2015. Performing health and illness identities on social media: an online observation of Facebook profiles. Research seminar, University of Brescia, 13th April.
2015. Online reader comments on climate change: A discourse analysis perspective. COST Action workshop 'Media Discourses': Adaptation, Resilience and Mobility in the Context of Climate-induced Migration. Università degli studi di Napoli L'Orientale. 9 April.
- 2015. Diabetes organisations on Facebook: Analysis of discursive strategies and communicative affordances. Department of English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, 24th February.
- 2015. 'Personalising diabetes: Organisational messages on Facebook pages'. The University of Newcastle, Critical Discourse Group. 11th February. (with D Hunt).
- 2014. Corpus-assisted analysis of 'user generated content' on climate change. Invited panel member. BAAL, University of Warwick, 6th September.
- 2014 'Metaphors in the field of the Internet and health: A review of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature'. Metaphors in Health Communication workshop, Lancaster University, UK, 14th February.
2013. Studying social and linguistic representations of climate change in online spaces: the case of reader comments. Individual and collective representations of climate change: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Workshop organized by the Paris Research Consortium Climate-Environment-Society. Paris, 8th March.
2013. Corpus-assisted analysis of Internet-based discourses: From patterns to rhetoric. Research seminar presentation, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 24 January.


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I have a special friend who I would like to take for a birthday
dinner . This would most likely happen on his actual birthday which is a Thursday. I am considering seafood as I know that is a favorite of his. Looking at mr. Shrimp in belmar.. Belmar is a little far for a person with work the next day but will go if you all think it's worth the drive. (45 minutes). I am open to other cuisines if closer as he is fairly adventureous food wise . This does not have to be a fancy place. Infact casual atmosphere is preferred. But good fresh food is the number one priority. Price is not an issue. Nothing too trendy just good solid food. Can you give me any help? Thanks.


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This story takes place shortly after the SPN s2 ep Folsom Prison Blues. The Winchesters have slipped through Henriksen's fingers once again and the FBI isn't amused. This time they decide to call in a specialist to eliminate Sam and Dean. That specialist is named Marcie Ross and she just so happens to be invisible (to most people anyway).
Added a little addt'l explanation since Marcie Ross only appeared in one episode of BtVS (1.11 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight). She played a Sunnydale student who became invisible after feeling ignored by everyone. In the end, she was taken away by two FBI agents who placed her in a special school (filled with other invisible students) where she was to learn 'assassination and infiltration'. Fun stuff. Anyway, I played with Marcie's age a little. If she were Buffy's age, I think she'd be a little older than Sam, but for the purposes of this fic, I'm pretending they're the same age. You'll see why.
"I'm tellin' you Sammy," Dean argued as he lay face down on the motel bed. "A horny, invisible ghost chick was tryin' to put the moves on me."
Sam shook his head and started digging through the pockets of his brother's discarded jeans, looking for the keys to the Impala. Only his brother could be half out-of-his-mind with a fever and still manage to be a horndog.
"Dean, there are no ghosts in here," he repeated for the millionth time. "I've laid salt lines. I've run the EMF. There's nothing dude. You're just imagining things because your brain is cooking."
"S'not," Dean mumbled. "She was here Sam…pressed right up against my back. She had boobs and everything."
Sam ignored his brother and dropped the jeans he was holding with a sigh. He scanned the room, still searching for the missing keys. He finally spotted them peeking out from under an empty burger wrapper on the dresser.
"Sam. You listenin?"
"Well at least you like boobs," he replied absently as he snagged the keys and dropped the wrapper in the trash (Dean could be such a slob). "Things could be worse," he added. "You could be haunted by Elvis… big, sparkly Vegas Elvis."
"Screw you," his brother managed to reply before he was racked by a fit of coughing.
Sam winced in sympathy. The coughing had to be painful, especially since this had been going on for over a week. If he didn't show improvement by tomorrow, Sam was dragging him to the ER. Even if he had to knock him out to do it.
"Dean, I'm going to the store to get you some more medicine. Please, just lay there and try not to get too frisky with your new girlfriend. Okay?" When he didn't receive an answer, Sam reached over and shook his shoulder. "Seriously dude, do you hear me? Don't be a jerk. Stay put."
"Fine," he grumbled in reply. "Bring me some Coke."
As Sam crossed the motel parking lot, he noticed a girl standing beside the Impala. There wasn't anything particularly remarkable about her, but he immediately felt uneasy. She had short red hair, was average looking, and probably about his age. What bothered him was the way she was staring at him. Her gaze was intense, appraising, and very cold. She didn't even seem to be trying to hide it. Apparently, she didn't care if she got caught staring.
"Can I help you?" Sam asked as he drew closer.
The girl nearly jumped out of her skin when he spoke to her. It was weird, because she obviously knew he was headed that way. The sound of his voice shouldn't have been that big of a surprise, but the girl appeared to be completely shocked.
"Are you okay?" Sam asked when the girl just stood there and continued to stare at him with wide eyes.
"Uh… I… yeah," she stammered. "Fine. I'm fine. S-sorry. I thought you were somebody else."
Sam frowned as he stared after the girl, who had bolted across the parking lot like she couldn't get away from him quickly enough. She looked back over her shoulder at him every few seconds as she walked. The whole encounter was very strange. Maybe she was drunk or something?
"The hell?" Dean mumbled as he tried to adjust his eyes to the bright fluorescent light above him. Where was he? And why was he lying on cold, hard concrete? He couldn't seem to think straight. It felt like his head weighed a ton and his mouth had been stuffed with cotton. Something was definitely wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. His brain was mush and everything seemed out of focus. He tried to reach up and rub at his eyes, but realized he couldn't move his hands. They were tied… no, scratch that - they were cuffed behind him. His feet were tied together too. He briefly hoped that he'd gotten drunk and gone home with a girl who was into bondage, but his gut told him these restraints were not meant to be recreational. He was in real trouble.
"You're awake," a female voice remarked. Huh, maybe this was a bondage thing after all?
Dean felt a hand touching his shoulder and swore he could hear someone breathing above him, but he couldn't see anybody.
"I almost broke my back dragging you in here," the voice continued. Whoever this was, she sounded annoyed. "You better be worth all the trouble."
"What the hell are you talkin' about lady? Where am I?"
The girl snorted. "Nowhere good. I can tell you that much. But trust me. Things could get much worse if you don't tell me what I want to know."
Her threat was delivered in a soft whisper as she leaned down close to his ear. Dean knew this because he could feel her breath and the brush of her lips against his ear, but he still couldn't see her.
"Wait!" he exclaimed as his scrambled brain finally made a connection. "You're the ghost chick. You were tryin' to get in my pants! What the hell?"
Dean felt a stinging slap across his cheek. Ouch, this ghost was pretty solid.
"I'm not a ghost," the girl's angry voice replied, "but guys like you sure treated me that way. Don't flatter yourself," she continued on in an acid tone. "I wasn't trying to get in your pants. I just wanted to mess with your head a little. How does it feel?"
"Pretty damn annoying," he snapped back at her. Ghost chick or not, she was a bitch and she was starting to piss him off. "What the hell is your deal?" he demanded.
"I ask the questions," she replied coldly. "Starting with – how can your brother see me?"
"What? How do you know my brother? You better stay the hell—," Dean was cut off by another slap to the face.
"You're not very smart, are you? What part of 'I ask the questions' did you not understand?"
"Bite me."
"Yeah, you'd like that wouldn't you? Let's try again," she suggested cheerfully. "How-can-your-brother-see-me?" she asked, emphasizing each word.
"I-don't-know-bitch," Dean replied, echoing her tone. "Why shouldn't he be able to see you? Why can't I see you? That's my big question, cause that ain't normal. What the hell are you anyway?"
"I'm a person," she hissed. "A real, live person. At least I was until guys like you treated me like I didn't exist."
Dean groaned. "What is it with all this 'guys like me' crap? I don't even know you, lady. I haven't done jack to you."
"I know your type. You were Mister Popular in high school. If a girl wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen, you didn't give her a second look. Sound familiar?"
"High school," Dean repeated with a laugh. "Who the hell remembers high school? Just so you know, sister, I wasn't exactly President of Student Council. I went to three different schools my senior year and I still didn't graduate. Wow. You know you've really got some unexplored issues. I recommend Oprah."
Dean was rewarded with a closed-fist punch this time. He was really getting tired of this 'whatever she was'.
"Who cares what you think. All you need to know is that I'm here to kill you… you and your brother. But, don't take it too personally. I'm only doing my job." She pressed a large knife against his throat before continuing. "Luckily for you, this job came with an unexpected bonus. That means you get a choice that most of my marks don't get. You can go easy or you can go slowly and very painfully. So, one more chance... How can your brother see me? And does it have anything to do with the man with the yellow eyes?"
Dean felt his heart leap into his throat, but he stayed silent. Shit. This bitch had something to do with Yellow Eyes and she was after his brother. Maybe she was another one of 'the kids'? The ones that always seemed to have some freaky superpower and usually turned out to be evil. Except Sam of course, there was no way Sam was going dark side. No way.
"Oooh," the girl rejoiced. "Now we're cookin'. You know something about the yellow-eyed man that visits me in my dreams, don't you? I can tell by the look on your face."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Dean lied. "Go screw yourself."
"I knew it," she continued, ignoring the insult. "I felt it when I saw him. He's like me. The man told me I'd meet someone special."
Dean forced himself to laugh. There was no way he was telling this thing anything. "Well, aren't you just buckets of crazy," he observed sarcastically.
That might have been a little much, because he felt the knife biting into his flesh. He was pretty sure she'd drawn blood.
"Looks like somebody likes it the hard way," she purred with obvious enjoyment.
Sam had spent about five minutes being frantic after he'd returned to find his brother missing. His mind had first jumped to the cops. They shouldn't be staying in a motel. There was too much heat on them right now. But it was squatting in vacant, unheated houses that had caused Dean to get so sick to begin with. That was why he'd taken the chance and gotten them a room (against his brother's wishes). In any event, it didn't take him long to determine that the cops had nothing to do with this. If it had been the cops, they would've waited around to catch him too.
So, where was Dean? Surely he wasn't stupid enough to go wandering around without a car. His fever hadn't been high enough to make him that delirious and there was nothing nearby anyway. Sam briefly considered his brother's ghost theory, but decided it was ridiculous. There was no evidence for it and the whole story sounded a whole lot like something Dean would make up just to mess with him. A horny, invisible ghost chick… right. That sort of thing only happened in porn. Still, it wouldn't hurt to do another pass with the EMF to be safe.
Then it hit him. The creepy, staring girl had something to do with this. It had to be her. The way she'd acted was just way too fishy to be a coincidence. More importantly, his instinct was telling him he was on to something. There was something about her he couldn't quite place. All he knew was that she made him feel very uneasy. The problem was that she didn't seem to make anyone else uneasy, mostly because he couldn't find a single soul that even remembered seeing her. It didn't make sense. The motel was mostly full and it was broad daylight. It just didn't seem possible that he was the only person who'd seen her. Then again, hunters were more tuned in to their surroundings than most people. The things that slipped by the average person were simply amazing sometimes.
Sam's thoughts were cut-off by a sudden and very intense pain in his head. It was the sort of pain that made him double over in agony, clutching at his temples. It was also the sort of pain that happened right before he was about to get one of his psychic visions.
He flashed on a sign. It was neon and a few of the letters weren't lit up, but he could still see that it read - 'The Pack Rat: Secure Self Storage'. There was also a number – '212'. Then he saw his brother. Dean was on his side, lying on a floor. It looked like his hands were secured behind him and his ankles were tied together with nylon zip ties. His eyes were dilated and he looked very confused, like he was drunk or drugged. He was also bleeding from the nose and mouth. The girl - the one from the parking lot – was kneeling by his head and she had a knife to his throat. She appeared to be looking up at him. Looking him right in the eyes. Her mouth moved like she was talking, but he couldn't hear anything over the roaring in his head. Then, she placed a hand on Dean's forehead, jerked his head back, and slit his throat. The cut was sure and practiced. Blood gushed in a large puddle that spread and spread across the concrete floor…
When Sam came back to himself, he realized he was kneeling on the floor of the motel room. He half-walked/half-crawled to the bathroom and emptied his lunch into the toilet. Then he leaned his back against the tile wall and tried to make sense of the swirling images in his head. The pain was still interfering with his thoughts, but he knew he needed to move. He had to find Dean before it was too late.
Sam crept toward storage unit 212, holding his gun pointed toward the ground as he walked. There was no lock on the unit, but the sliding door was pulled down. He knelt down and grabbed the handle with his left hand and tugged on it with all of his strength. The door rolled up to reveal his brother lying tied on the floor and the girl kneeling by his head. It was exactly like his vision.
She smiled at him like she was happy to see him, then opened her mouth and said, "There you are. I bet you'll be more helpful than your brother. How can you…?"
Sam would never know what she was trying to ask. He would never know anything about her. Not after his bullet hit her between the eyes. When she fell backwards, he stood staring for a long moment. He'd just killed a human. He couldn't believe it. It had just happened. He'd flashed on the vision of Dean getting his throat cut and the next thing he knew, the girl was falling over dead. Finally the sound of his brother's voice broke through the shock and the ringing in his ears.
"I had to kill her," Sam heard himself saying. The sound of his voice was unreal to him. This couldn't be happening. "She was gonna kill you, Dean. I saw it."
"Trust me dude, I'm not arguing. Just get your ass over here and untie me. I think that bitch drugged me. I can't see straight."
Sam unfroze and went to help his brother. First he pulled him a few feet away so the expanding pool of blood from the girl's head didn't touch him. He ended up picking the lock on the cuffs. He couldn't bear the thought of digging through the dead girl's pockets for the keys. He couldn't bear to even look at her.
Dean sat up and rubbed at his raw wrists. There were bruises and cuts all over his face. The girl had obviously beaten him up, but Sam couldn't imagine why.
"You did what you had to do, Sam," his brother said seriously. "She was gonna kill me. You didn't have a choice."
Sam just nodded mutely and continued to kneel beside his brother.
Huh," Dean remarked as he looked over toward the body. "That's what she looks like."
"Nothing," his brother said as he shook his head. "My vision's just starting to clear up is all." He held out a hand. "Help me up Sammy, I'm kinda drunk here."
Sam was still in a state of shock as he drove them out of town. He felt guilty, because Dean had ended up taking control of the situation and he wasn't exactly in the condition to do so. He'd made sure to wipe down any prints they could have left behind and smashed a couple security cameras. After that, they'd gone back to the motel, but only stayed long enough to pack their stuff and hit the road.
"I saw it happen," Sam said after they'd driven a few miles in silence. "Dean, I saw it. She killed you."
"Sam, you have to quit beating yourself up. I believe you. The woman was crazy. You did what you had to do."
"But…" Sam paused, he was afraid to even say what he was thinking.
"But 'what'?"
"It's just that… Dude, you know I only have visions about the other kids… the ones like me. What if? What if she was one of them? That kind of freaks me out, Dean. Cause she was pretty clearly not somebody you'd want to be friends with. Don't you think it's kind of disturbing that the vast majority of these so-called 'special kids' end up going dark side?"
Dean sighed. "She wasn't a 'special kid'," he scoffed. "I don't know who she was. She was just some nutbag with a twisted thing for me. These looks are a curse," he joked, but he grew more serious when he saw his brother wasn't buying his bullshit. "Seriously Sam, I don't know why you had a vision. I'm just glad you did. Quit worrying about it. You and your giant freaky brain overanalyze everything. Why can't we just celebrate the fact that I'm not dead and move the hell on?"
"Fine," Sam agreed reluctantly. "Guess I'll never know."
"That's right. We'll never know, so there's no point getting your panties in a wad."
"You're a jerk, by the way," Sam said with a light laugh.
"How's that?"
"For a minute or two, I actually thought you'd been abducted by a 'horny, invisible ghost chick'."
Dean forced a laugh. "You're gullible, Sammy. Can't believe you bought that."
"Yeah well, laugh it up. Because next town we hit, you're going to the emergency room."
"Pfft… yeah, right."


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Today is September 24, 2012. Three days ago was the worst day of my life when I received the phone call that has now changed my life forever. My sister Faith was 35 years old. She lived overseas with her family and was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma almost two years ago. She was married with three beautiful daughters, age 12 and the twins age 8. Although I didn't see her, we always talked on the phone and Skyped. Just hearing her voice made me feel like she was right next to me. We talked about music, books, cooking, the kids, religion, her illness and life and death. She has always been my best friend. Faith fought to the end but she had recently told me her body was giving out. She had done everything-chemo, radiation, medicine. She had long beautiful red hair that you could never buy out of a box and eyes of blue standing five foot ten. Her skin was like snow. My sister never went out in the sun because it made her sick and she developed tumors under her skin that took over her body when finally her white cells were not reproducing. I have been going through every emotion and even worse when I spoke to my niece, Sarah. How to explain something to a 12 year old child when you don't understand yourself. Faith had told her sister-in-law even two days before "I'm not going to die from this, am I?" I had got to talk her when she slipped into a coma and heard the monitor moving faster. Shortly after my mom and I talked to her, she went to sleep.
I stayed strong until the next day, then it all set in. I wanted to hear her voice. I wanted to talk to her. I wanted to tell her I loved her. Regret, guilt, sadness.
The one thing I do want to do is to get a petition going for dna testing to for melanoma patients. I believe that melanoma patients should be tested for the gene. If Faith would have been tested, it could have possibly saved or prolonged her life. She had taken the biopsy just a few weeks ago, but did not have the money to send for the test. By then, she was already in the hospital because her white cells weren't reproducing. Something needs to be done to save a life because no one deserves to go through this kind of pain. I am in mourning. I don't think the pain will ever go away.
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What to bring
Warm, waterproof clothes, hat, gloves, hiking boots or other good waterproof shoes/boots.
Private computers, cameras, video recorders, adapters to connect to data projectors, etc., specialized art materials and tools, as needed.
European citizens are advised to bring a European Health Insurance Card.
How to get to Seyðisfjörður
Many airlines travel to Iceland from all parts of the world. The Icelandic airlines are Icelandair www.icelandair.com, and WOW Air www.wow.is, both of which fly to the international airport Keflavik.
When arriving in Iceland at Keflavik Airport, Seyðisfjörður is still a small journey away.
You will first have to make the transit from Keflavik International Airport to the Reykjavík Domestic Airport:
You should calculate at least 2,5 hours for the transfer between the two airports.
The Flybus airport bus will take you to the BSÍ central bus station. You can either take a taxi from there, or, if you have booked a Flybus+ ticket, you change here to a smaller bus, which takes you to the domestic airport. You can book the bus tickets either online or at the ticket office at Keflavik Airport. https://www.re.is/flybus/
From Reykjavik Domestic Airport you fly to Egilsstaðir. Air Iceland operates this flight several times a day and it takes one hour. http://www.airiceland.is
The local bus Egilsstaðir–Seyðisfjörður will then take you over the mountain pass (approx. 25 min): http://www.visitseydisfjordur.com/project/local-bus-schedule/
Watch out: there is a summer schedule and a winter schedule for the bus on this website, be sure to check the right one for your journey.
It is highly recommended to coordinate arrival times in Egilsstaðir with the local bus from Egilsstaðir to Seyðisfjörður – which operates two times a day and not on Sundays/holidays. This could mean that it is better to stay in Reykjavik for one night after your arrival in Iceland, rather than trying to do the whole journey in one day.
There is a possibility to book accommodation in Reykjavik via the Icelandic Artists association www.sim.is. Minimum stay: 2 nights. There are also plenty of hostels and guesthouses to choose from. Booking early is necessary, especially in the summer tourist season.
We regret to say that we don't have the capacity to pick up our artists from the airport, as this involves a 50 min return drive over the mountain. If linking the flight to the bus schedule is impossible, you could take a taxi, which will cost around 12.000 ISK (70 Euros) one way. Taxi contacts: Guttormur 00354-6594828; Jón 00354-8982625
It is also possible to travel to East Iceland by bus and see more of the landscape (Reykjavik Excursions, https://www.re.is), but you will have to spend one night in either Akureyri or Höfn on the way. The weather and road conditions can be difficult in winter, so taking the bus is not really recommended in that period.
Another way to come to Seyðisfjörður is by ferry: The Norröna ferry, operated by Smyril Line www.smyril-line.com , sails directly to Seyðisfjörður from Hirtshals in Denmark.
Happy travels!
How to get around in Seyðisfjörður
Since the town is small (population of 650) and it only takes a few minutes to get from one end of the town to the other, there is no public transport within Seyðisfjörður.
Our residencies are located in different houses throughout the town. All can be reached from the Skaftfell main building in a 5 min walk. See the map at the bottom of this page.
The residency apartments have wireless internet, with a download limit of 150GB per month. There is also free WiFi at the Skaftfell Bistro and many other locations in town.
Other artists-in-residence and guests
Artists in an exclusive residency are alone in their house or with their own group/family. Artists in a collective residency have a private room but share the house with one other artist.
In the exclusive residency a guest can visit for a short period. The collective residencies do not allow for guests staying overnight.
There are usually 3 or more artists on the residency program at the same time.
Shopping and supplies
There is only one supermarket in Seyðisfjörður. More extensive (and cheaper) shopping can be done in Egilsstaðir.
There are no specific art supply stores in Seyðisfjörður. In Egilsstaðir there is a hardware store "Húsasmiðjan" with a small paint, brush, and canvas section. The stationary shop "A4" sells paper and basic drawing utensils. The printshop Héradsprent in Egilsstaðir also has a selection of paper, paints, and basic tools, and offers a large format printing service. Furthermore it is relatively easy (although costly) to have supplies sent from shops in Reykjavík. See the SÍM list of art supplies and for printing, development and equipment in Reykjavik. The Skaftfell creative hub also sells paper at a small cost.
The town has a post office, a bank, and a cash machine (ATM).
Art-related facilities and sights
The Creative Map of Seyðisfjörður points out places that could be of relevance and inspiring during the residency period.
Artists-in-residence can propose to an exhibition or open house near the end of their stay. We also arrange artist talks, lectures, workshops and other activities, upon request. Artists-in-residence are also encouraged to engage in the Art Class held by Skaftfell for the older primary school children in town.
Confirmation fee
The full residency fee is required upon confirmation. In case of cancellation it is not refundable.
More information about the town and its surroundings can be found at www.visitseydisfjordur.is


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Two deadly armed robbers have escaped death by the whiskers after they were thoroughly beaten to a pulp and set ablaze only to be rescued.
Two armed robbers were beaten to a pulp and nearly burnt to death in Akute, Ogun State after angry mob set them ablaze for allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old man to death with a poisoned knife.
The deceased identified as Wale Adekoya, had visited a friend, identified only as Femi, in the neighbourhood on Monday when the incident happened.
It was gathered that the robbers identified as Umar Muhammed and one Ali who came to the area to snatch a motorcycle from a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called okada rider, around 10pm, stabbed Adekoya in the buttock and left him in a pool of blood.
According to Punch, the okada rider called for help, prompting them to flee. The deceased, a barber in Ikorodu, responded to the distress call and gave the robbers a chase.
It was while he was running to confront the robbers that he got stabbed. It was gathered that he threw a stick at the robbers which forced one of them to fall down. As he wanted to nab the robber, he tripped and fell. When the robber saw that, he brought out a poisoned knife and stabbed him.
A resident, who identified himself only as Omo Alhaja, said the thieves were beaten to a pulp, after they were apprehended, Wale was rushed to a private hospital in the area, where he died.
The mob became more infuriated when news spread that the barber had died of the poisoned knife wound. The angry mob located a tyre and set the armed robbers ablaze.
The robbers were however saved as policemen from the Ajuwon divison intervened before they could burn to death.
Omo Alhaja said: "Wale came from Ikorodu to visit a friend, Femi. He was eating noodles at a canteen when he heard the okada rider shouting for help.
"He chased them with a stick which he threw at them. He had almost reached where one of them had fallen when he also fell. It was in the process that he was stabbed.
"When people learnt he was dead, they became very angry and set the robbers ablaze. If not for the policemen, who rescued them, they would have been burnt to death."
The robbers were taken away by the police while the remains of the deceased were deposited in a morgue.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident, adding that the suspects came from the Magodo area of Lagos.
He said, "The suspects are with us. They attempted to rob the motorcyclist of his motorcycle. One of them stabbed the deceased while he was chasing them. They were almost lynched when the police arrived at the scene and rescued them from the mob."
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text: Spotify simply does not have the infrastructure (or, as noted, the scale) to make this play. With every day that goes by, Pandora's head start -- its "first mover advantage" -- becomes more of a problem for Spotify. If Spotify ever gets a viable salesforce off the ground, it will need to chip away at the well-established leader in Internet Radio and one of the leaders in mobile advertising revenue. (See Absolutely Fantastic News for Pandora for those details). Like Netflix, I'm not sure Spotify can stay solvent long enough to sniff Pandora, let alone become a serious challenger. That's why I argue that private equity is throwing its money into a black hole with Spotify. The venture firms better hope they can dupe retail on the IPO because, if and when Spotify goes public, the offering is not going to be a pretty sight. Follow @rocco_thestreet --Written by Rocco Pendola in Santa Monica, Calif.


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China Stocks Open 1% Lower After MSCI Snub, PBoC Yuan Fix
The Shanghai Composite Index and the Hang Seng Index opened 1% lower this morning.
You can blame MSCI, which decided to delay China A-shares' inclusion into its benchmark indices for the third time. But investors never expected much initial inflow anyhow.
You can also say today's yuan fix does not look good. The People's Bank of China set its yuan fix to 6.60, the lowest since 2011 and a good 210 pips below yesterday's fix.
In general, risk sentiment is off. More polls are coming out to suggest Brexit may become a reality.


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Ever since Games Workshop obtained the licence to produce Lord of the Rings long time fans and fanboys of Warhammer and Warhammer 40k have been divided. Which always saddened me a bit as I love 40k but i think the best miniatures and fantasy system is Lord of the Rings, It has been turned into a tournament scene, but really it was a story driven system that allowed gamers to play casually, just like when i started doing this in the 1980s. Don't get me wrong, i love tournaments as well, but they are not the be all and end all.
Well, this incoming month LOTR player haters are going to have to sit in a darkened room for a while. February sees what looks like a complete re-launch of the system. New miniatures and a re-jig of the rules which looks like it includes the combination of both the LOTR and WOTR rule books into one. This re-launch begins on 4th February.
Many thanks to Heresy Online, Warseer and Dakka Dakka for doing all the hard work so i can get an easy blog post :)
So, what's coming out?
- Lord of the Rings Rulebook,
- Mines of Moria box set
- The Watcher in the Water (10cm high and 18 cm long), Finecast
- Great Beast Gorgoroth (a kind of Rhino with a lot of ugly orcs of Mordor in the hump), Finecast
- Cataphracts box of 6 minis (plastic) and includes dead cataphracts .
- Dragon Knight (hero of The Horse), blister Finecast
- Militant Priest (cleric of the East Riding) Finecast
- Amdur, Lord of the Sword (foot and horse), Finecast
- Grôblog king of the deep, Finecast
- Ashraka, related to spiders (a goblin shaman), Finecast
- Raider Worg (a wolf billet with 3 riders in the hump goblin), Finecast
- LOTR daed warriors from various races
- Rohan Command (2 heroes, standard and musician), Finecast
- Dwarves Command (2 heroes, standard and musician), Finecast
- Galadhrim Elf Command (hero, magician and musician banner), Finecast
- Commanders of Gondor (2 heroes, standard and musician), Finecast
- Dweller in Darkness, Finecast
There will be 5 'army' books that cover ALL armies. The books will cover
- Realms of Men (Arnor, Gondor, Rohan)
- Forces of Mordor (Mordor, Isengard, Moria/Misty Mountains Goblins)
- Free folk of Middle-Earth (Elves and Dwarfs )
- Fallen Realms (Harad and Easterlings)
- a Forgotten Kingdoms one to sums up the rest.
These Books will contain updated rules for ALL LotR Miniatures. Sadly, for me it seems that WotR is to vanish from stores and become a specialist game (That's it killed off then).
So, February is dominated by Lord of the Rings with a lot of new or re-launched models. Smaug is also rumoured but being tied to The Hobbit i really can't see him coming out before December.
One issue is that Games Workshop will be withdrawing all the old figure packs, reducing the numbers and re-launching. Now overall the pack will cost less, but with fewer figures that means the per figure cost will go up.
And just to whet your appetites for the film out on 14th December


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|Aye, Captain. 2-1-0-0.
|~ Turnbuckle
Turnbuckle is one of the supporting antagonists in the 2002 animated Disney film, Treasure Planet, and he is one of the pirates in John Silver's crew.
He is voiced by Rodger Bumpass who also played Ronald Grump and David.
He is a gray octopus-resembling alien bearing two long tentacles for each of his arms and legs. He served as the helmsman to Captain Amelia, though he may have maintained his position as such during the mutiny. He is one of the last two pirates (the other being Blinko) to die in the film; during the collapse of Treasure Planet, as he and Blinko instantaneously struggled to escape with their ill-gotten gains, they were caught in the waterfall of gold coins and fell into the lava-filled crevices to their deaths.
- "Aye, Captain. 2-1-0-0."
- "Aye, Captain."
- "We're being pulled in! Ohh!"
- "Poor boy." (his last words)
- In Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, a continuity error is made as in the game, he is still alive and tells Jim "beware" while handing him a piece of dark matter, but in the movie, he falls to his death with Blinko at the planet's exploding core.


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Well, the Dress Rehearsal is over. Looking forward to the real thing next month. Fingers Crossed!
Deputy Health Minister, Ma Xiaowei, said all medical agencies should prepare to treat babies for kidney stones as more cases could be uncovered as the investigation continues.
He ordered all public health authorities and medical institutions give priority to the diagnosis of suspect cases and provide treatment.
"Hospitals should try their best to meet rising demands for diagnosis and treatment because the number of parents who take their children for medical check-ups could rise drastically in the future," Ma told health, finance and food safety officials throughout China via teleconference Tuesday.
All infants who had been fed with Sanlu milk powder for between three and six months in the past year and have shown symptoms of kidney stones should be treated with top priority, added Ma.
An estimated 1,253 babies developed kidney stones after drinking the tainted milk powder. Two died as a result.
China's dairy giant, Sanlu Group, which is at the heart of the toxic food scandal, apologized to the public for its contaminated milk powder."
More Milk Scandal
A baby is held down as he is given an ultrasound scan for kidney stones in a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Monday's resignation came hours after the World Health Organization said the scandal had highlighted flaws in the country's entire food supply chain.
The chemical melamine blamed for causing kidney stones and kidney failure has been detected in formula milk powder from 22 dairies across China.
The crisis was initially thought to have been confined to baby milk powder but tests have found melamine in samples of liquid milk taken from China's two largest dairy producers, Mengniu Dairy Group and Yili Industrial Group, as well as Shanghai-based Bright Dairy.
WHO China representative Hans Troedsson said on Monday quality issues could occur anywhere from the farm to the retail outlet.
He said "it's clearly something that is not acceptable and needs to be rectified and corrected," according to The Associated Press. Troedsson said the WHO was discussing with officials how to strengthen China's food quality system.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called milk manufacturers "heartless" and promised stricter laws to protect the public.
China's Health Ministry said Sunday that about 13,000 children were hospitalized, while another 40,000 had undergone outpatient treatment for illnesses related to suspected melamine-tainted milk products.
The scandal has spread beyond the mainland with melamine being found in three Chinese-made dairy products in Singapore.
The country's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said tests on "White Rabbit Creamy Candy" showed that it was contaminated with melamine and it ordered stores to remove the product from shelves.
Taiwan announced Monday it was banning the importation of all dairy products from China because of melamine contamination in milk supplies on the mainland, Taiwan's Health Ministry said Monday.
And a second child in Hong Kong has been diagnosed with a kidney stone after drinking the tainted milk as worried parents continued to take their children for health checkups, the government said Monday, AP reported.
The 4-year-old boy was in hospital in a stable condition, the Hong Kong government said in a statement. A three-year-old girl was sickened by a suspected melamine-tainted milk over the weekend -- the first known illness outside of mainland China.
The Chinese premier visited Beijing hospitals and a supermarket Sunday to show his concern for the crisis.
"What we need to do now is to ensure that nothing like this happens in the future, not only in dairy products, but in all foods," he said. "Manufacturers and owners of dairy companies should show more morality and social responsibility in these cases. They are heartless, so we have to create strict law and legislation. I'm sorry."
Investigators arrested two brothers who sold milk used to produce the contaminated baby milk powder last week. They could face death if convicted, according to China Daily, a state-run newspaper.
The raw milk had been watered down and the chemical added to fool quality checks, the newspaper said. Melamine is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, fabric coatings, ceiling tiles and flame retardants. Watch CNN visit the company at the center of the scandal »
But anger has been directed not just at the producers accused of adulterating their milk to increase profits, but also at government regulators, Time magazine reported.
"Xinhua was quick to blame the dairy industry for their skewed rules, but what it didn't say was that the government also played a part in that ugly game," the magazine quoted a blogger, identified as sadmoon109, as saying.
Health experts say ingesting melamine can lead to kidney stones, urinary tract ulcers, and eye and skin irritation. It also robs infants of much-needed nutrition.
Thousands of tons of the tainted milk powder have been recalled.
Melamine is the same industrial contaminant from China that poisoned and killed thousands of U.S. dogs and cats last year.
The chemical, a byproduct of plastic manufacturing, can be used to mimic high-protein additives. Learn more about the chemical melamine »
A senior dairy analyst said Chinese farmers were cutting corners to cope with rising costs for feed and labor.
"Before the melamine incident, I know they could have been adding organic stuff, say animal urine or skin," Chen Lianfang of Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant told Time.
"Basically, anything that can boost the protein reading."
More Milk Scares
By Clifford Coonan in BeijingThursday, 18 September 2008
Li Dongyang, an eight-month-old child who suffered from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 17, 2008. China said on Wednesday a third infant had died from drinking milk contaminated with toxic melamine and 6,244 infants were sick as four officials were sacked amid a widening scandal.
Frightened, angry parents took their babies for testing at hospitals all over China today to see if their children have been made sick by the greed of unscrupulous farmers and negligent food companies.
Parents are furious after four children died and hundreds are sick following the discovery of the dangerous chemical melamine in baby milk formula.
Thousands more are at risk, raising fears that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
At Beijing's Capital Institute of Paediatrics hospital, hundreds of worried parents carried their blissfully unaware babies in their arms.
The queue stretched from the administrative building back out into the yard behind the building.
"Of course we're angry – the company should have made routine checks, not just because of the discovery of this chemical," said Song Xuejian, who was minding her 14-month-old granddaughter Miting, while her daughter stood in the queue.
The health scare first emerged after China's biggest dairy, the Sanlu Group, revealed its milk powder contained melamine, which is used to make it look like the milk contains more protein than it really does. A subsequent investigation showed that 22 of 109 Chinese dairy producers, including top brands, made products adulterated with the substance.
Miting had been drinking one of the formula brands on the list of contaminated products.
"I was very frightened and worried when I heard the news first. Like many people, we have only one child in our family, so we're very worried. If she's okay, we'll all be very relieved," said Song.
As well as fear and anger, there is shock. There is something so basic about milk for a baby. If not even the simplest human needs are immune from money-grabbing criminals and corrupt officials, then what is left?
Ji Chuntang, the mayor of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, where Sanlu has its headquarters, , has been fired, , while Sanlu's chairwoman Tian Wenhua has been detained by police.
The scandal took a long time to come to light and the first baby died back in May. Sanlu is 43-per cent owned by New Zealand's Fonterra Co-op.
Their initial approaches were ignored, possibly for fear of souring the Olympic spirit, and New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark, said she ordered her officials to bypass regional authorities and inform Beijing directly.
There have been 18 arrests so far and the Hebei police said it confiscated 300 kilos of suspected chemicals, mostly melamine. One suspect, surnamed Su, told police that from February 2007 to July 2008 he bought 200 20-kilo sacks of melamine, and sold them all to milk suppliers. Which raises the possibility that this has been going on for a lot longer than a couple of months.
In a Beijing supermarket, expectant mother Zhu Weiwei, 31, a maths teacher, said she feels lucky her baby hasn't been born yet.
"If he or she was born a few months ago, I think I would also feed him or her with Yili or Meng Niu milk powder. Those brands are quite famous," said Zhu.
"I feel dismayed about our domestic brands. I heard some officials were fired. But it cannot compensate those poor babies. Money can't do everything. How can those people do such a terrible thing to babies for money? I will of course buy foreign brands in future," she said.
The "Made in China" brand has been badly tarnished in recent years by a rash of food and product safety scares, ranging from lead paint in toys to dumplings laced with pesticide sold in Japan, to toxic fish and poisonous cough medicine.
The government swore it would improve testing and safety procedures after last year's scandals, which culminated in the execution of its sacked food and drug safety czar.
But there have been whispers that authorities tried to cover up the revelations of toxic baby formula initially so as not to sour the Olympic atmosphere. The first baby to die, a five-month-old boy, passed away on May 1, four months before the scandal became public.
Shen Xiaohong, a PR manager, 28, said she is not buying domestic milk anymore.
"I don't want to spend my money to poison myself," she said. "And to think these were "Inspection-free products"."
"Inspection-free" is a special status awarded to the most trusted food producers, and a slogan used by them in advertising. This is one of the reasons why this scandal has really shocked people in China, and the status has been revoked by the government.
Chinese webizens have started using grim sign-offs on their instant messenger programmes to register their horror at the food scandal. After a month of pride in China's national achievements, the food scandal has
reignited negative sentiments about China's abilities to compete internationally.
"We work hard for six months, then suddenly we return to the pre-Olympic era". "Drink a glass of milk a day, wipe out a country!", "Drink milk, kill the next generation" and, perhaps most tellingly, "Foreign milk costs money, domestic milk costs lives".
Melamine found in Milk Powder
According to the AP Newswire 432 children in China have been sickened by infant formula tainted with Melamine.
There is one confirmed death.
Apparently, a Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants knew it contained melamine. They failed to recall the tainted milk products because, "grocers wouldn't return it". Uh, okay? I kinda don't get that either.
In any event. If you or anyone you know and love shops at an ethnic market with any regularity (I do!) please pass this important information along. Although much of the tainted formula has been seized, and many executives are in custody (Yes they did this on purpose) some might have made it's way to other countries.
Cuz, ya' know, the guys who add deadly chemicals like Melamine to milk in order to turn a profit aren't all that concerned about customs laws either.
From the AP:
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday that the dairy, Sanlu Group Col, was ordered to stop production as the number of sick babies rose to 432.
A Health Ministry statement gave no indication why Sanlu Group Co., China's biggest milk powder producer, failed to warn consumers immediately. Employees who answered the phone Saturday at the ministry's news office and at China's product safety agency said they had no more information.
In August, Sanlu's testing revealed melamine in the milk powder, a ministry statement said. Melamine is a toxic chemical used in plastics that contaminated pet food last year.
Remember when the puppies died and everyone was outraged? Please, let's pay attention to what we put into our children's bodies too.
Tell a friend. This one matters.
Travel Sizes
Recipe for ME! (that's about right)
|The Recipe For Stephanie
3 parts Friendship
2 parts Fearlessness
1 part Brilliance
Splash of Savvy
Finish off with whipped cream
Open Letter
As if you didn't know, I am planning to receive a referral for my daughter! I've talked about this for quite a while and it looks like the time has finally come. Pirate is also ready for a sister!
Anyway, I'm very pleased & excited to make this announcement that China is almost at my LID (log in date). There is an itty bitty chance that I will receive my referral in the beginning of October but I am thinking it will be the beginning of November. So, officially, here is a little bit of what I know…and what I don't.
I am requesting a 0-18 month old daughter at the time of her referral. I don't know who she is yet, there are no pre-existing pictures to choose from or anything like that – China doesn't generally do pre-identified adoptions, except in a few special needs or older child (meaning older than 5 or 6) cases. I also have made my final decision on an American name for her, It will be Giorgia (pronounced Georgia with nicknames of Giorgi and/or GiGi) Danette (my middle name too), her Chinese Orphanage Name will become her second middle name, and then we will also share my last name. Most adoptive parents choose to keep her Chinese Orphanage Name as either her full name or a middle name. Our children come to us to us with nothing but their beautiful faces and a name that those who cared for them gave them until they found a family. It's a way of preserving the one little last tie that they have to their birth country. Yes, it's a lot of names but I have decided that when she gets older she can choose to drop one or keep them both. I am fine whichever she chooses to drop or to keep them both.
I just finished the process of collecting the documents FOR THE THIRD TIME!! I started in May of 2005. My documents made their way to China to be translated on January 13, 2006. This is referred to as my DTC date. (Dossier to China) Then my documents are officially registered to the CCAA in China on February 17, 2006. This is referred to as my LID date. (Log in Date) A referral date is the KEY DATE in which the dossiers are processed and the order in which all international adoptive parents receive their referral for a Non-Special Needs Child. When I began this process, A referral took about 6-7 months but as you know, times have changed and I've been already waiting 31 months! When my time comes, my agency will give me "The Call". I will receive basic information and a tiny photo, sometimes 3 and a 1-page medical report. I have 1-2 days to accept the referral. My agency will then mail out my acceptance letter and I will wait for a Consulate Appointment and Travel Approval. I will travel in about 6-8 weeks. I believe I am looking at a December/January Travel timeline.
To China, of course! My Agency has a full time facilitator in China who accompanies all their adoption groups (usually 8-12 families), and their trips are usually 14-16 days. Lucky for me I know most of the adopting parents I am traveling with!!!
One big milestone is the homestudy, which "approves" me to be a parent. My social worker Aileen needed 9 reference letters (from friends, relatives & coworkers), local police clearance, state child abuse clearance, guardianship papers, various health & financial statements, and an autobiography from me. I was required to have two home visits with Aileen and two office visits with Diana. Her report is now written and in my hands (it's 8 pages long). She will also be required to visit us twice after the adoption. I've repeated this process now for the THIRD TIME!
The 2nd biggest milestone is getting INS clearance to bring an "orphan" into the country. There's a specific form required, which I filed with the INS back in May along with copies of my birth certificate. They also took fingerprints from me, which go to an FBI clearance center, and then they needed my homestudy report. I received my first INS form with the clearance in mid-July of 2005, about 2 weeks after they received the homestudy. I've repeated this process now for the THIRD TIME!
Finally, there are the rest of the documents that make up a "Dossier" that gets sent to China. These include new physical forms from my doctor that are in specific formats decreed by China, a specific form for a financial statement, proof of employment, copies of our birth certificates, copies of passports, and an "application" letter to China stating my request to adopt. Counting the homestudy and the INS clearance form, there are 14 documents in all. Almost all of these documents need to be notarized, then certified by the state, then authenticated by the Chinese consulate (I was covered by the one in DC). I also put together selections of 10 pictures of my family at home and doing various activities. They then send the dossier to China, where it gets translated, and then the waiting for the referral begins. The "matching" is done by a government agency in Beijing called the CCAA (Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs) and is a pretty secretive process.
For those of you with Web access, there are a number of sites that discuss "the paperchase process", if you're interested in more details I'll send some sites along.
By the way, travel in China is very safe - even immediately after the US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, adoption groups were traveling and referrals were still made. There is almost nothing in the political world that affects the adoption process, and although the Chinese are not fond of the US government, they are very friendly toward adopting families.
In the meantime, I'll keep you all updated. I'll let you know of progress as soon as I hear anything!
Love, Stephe & Pirate
BabiesRUs Issue
If you return anything without a receipt, you will get the lowest price of that product back...no problem, I get that.
This is my problem.
Example. My best friend went to deliver her second child. I didn't know if it was a girl or boy so I went to Babiesrus and bought 2 outfits. One boy, one girl and had a gift receipt for both. I paid $20 for each. I figured I'd return the one that wasn't needed. She had a girl so I went back to return the boy outfit. I couldn't my receipt anywhere but I figured I'd just use the gift receipt. Well, with the gift receipt they would refund me $7.95 even though the day before I purchased the outfit for $20. They credit you the lowest price the product has ever been including a sale a month ago, even though the purchaser paid full price and had a gift receipt. THIS IS THEIR POLICY. The "Gift receipt" basically only confirms that the item was purchased at a "babiesrus" . I did get my money back because I completely freaked out in the store and made a scene. I was beside myself. I'm not usually that way. Do you realize how many people are getting ripped off from this POLICY!! Okay, sorry. Just wanted to share my dissappointment with BabiesRUs. They are a great "one-stop shop" and I still purchase from there but I when I purchase a gift, I do so with cash and hand them the actual receipt if they need to exchange. I don't think this will work if you pay with a credit card.
Answering Questions
Q: Where is she from?
What they're thinking: She clearly looks different from you - she most likely was born in another country.
A: What you should say: "She's from Delaware (or wherever you live)." When I'm feeling generous of spirit I might add, "but she was born in China, if that's what you mean."
Q: Where are her real parents?
What they're thinking: Who are her biological parents and why didn't they keep her?
A: What you should say: "We are her real parents; where her biological parents are is not your business."
Q: She is so lucky!
What they're thinking: She's lucky she no longer has to live in an orphanage or in foster care.
A: What you should say: "I'm the lucky one, to have been blessed with the perfect child for us. I can't imagine my life without her."
Q: Wasn't it expensive?
What they're thinking: They've heard about the high costs associated with adoption – they can't imagine it's affordable.
A: What you should say: "The expenses we incurred were similar to those our insurance company paid out when our sons were born. I'd be happy put you in touch with our agency and they can go over funding options with you if you're interested in exploring adoption."
Remember … your only responsibility is to your child. When faced with a difficult question or comment, the only response you should give should be the one you want your child to hear. I frequently ask my daughter if she minds me sharing information about her life with others. When the day comes that she says yes, that's when I'll start saying, "I'm sorry, that's a personal question," and I'll just walk away.
A: Gigi's real mom is mom who is raising her, me. She also has birthparents in China who gave birth to her.
Q: Where's Gigi from?
A: She's from Delaware. She was born in China, but she is now a U.S. citizen.
Q: Why doesn't Gigi look like her mom?
A: She was born in China and her mom adopted her when she was a baby.
Q: Does she speak Chinese?
A: No. Gigi came to the U.S.when she was several months old. She was not speaking any language at the time! Children speak the language of the country they are raised in.
Q: Does she eat with chopsticks?
A: Chinese kids are not born knowing how to use chopsticks. In the same way that American kids learn to use spoons, forks, and knives, using chopsticks is learned by Chinese kids. Here in America Gigi will learned to eat with a fork, spoon, and knife, and also with chopsticks.
Q: Will she be a Communist? Buddhist?
A: No. Belief systems are learned (whether by choice or not). We are not born with them.
Q: Any question that is rude or inappropriate...
Q: How much did she cost?
A: She's priceless. Why do you ask? (just in case they're potential A-parents)
A: No, we just hire this little girl here to act as our daughter on weekends. You would not believe the contract her agent negotiated.
Q: Oh, come on, you know what I mean.
A: I'm sorry, what did you say? Did you say that I know you're mean? Well, I suppose I do. I must say, I didn't believe it when the other mothers told me - I prefer to make up my own mind about people - but yes, I guess now I do know that you are, in fact, mean. Pity.
A: For the same reason you couldn't believe it when your mother told you that someday, if you kept on asking offensive questions, someone would put their boot so far up your ass you'd be flossing with shoelaces. It's just one of life's great mysteries.
Q: Are you going to tell her that she's adopted?
A: Yes, we became a family through adoption.
Q: Can you imagine anyone giving up their child?
A: It's complicated.
Q: Was it just too hard to adopt a white/American baby?"
A: Oh, I didn't want a white/American baby."
Q: She's such a lucky little girl!
A: Nope, I'm the LUCKY one!
Q: Why didn't you adopt an American baby?
A: She is an American baby.
Q: With all the children in this country who need good homes, why would you go overseas to adopt?
A: How many adopted children do you have?
Q: I think it's wonderful that some women can adopt, but I could never love anyone who wasn't my blood.
A: Oh, so you married a blood relative?
Q: How much did she cost?
A: How much did yours cost?
Q: Do you know his real mom?
I wish I could just go buy a baby
I thought she'd be some crackbaby or something
It's sad how they just throw them away
Asian chicks are hot
I never thought I'd see the day when you could buy babies on the internet
I just don't think I could raise someone else's kid
· Dancing with baby
· Swinging baby
· Car rides
· Pushing baby in a carriage
· Taking a walk
· Bouncing on a trampoline
· Nursing while walking with baby
· Draping baby over a beach ball
· Comfort sucking: nursing, pacifiers, sucking on the move
· Music, tapes of womb sounds, heartbeats
· Echo baby's cry
· Tape recordings of baby's own cries
· Tick-tock of clock or pendulum swing of grandfather clock
· Singing lullabies
· Vibrating, humming gadgets wrapped in diaper or blanket
· Running water
· Tape of environmental sounds
· Metronome
· Ceiling fan; bathroom fan
· Sounds of vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, washer-dryer, air conditioner
· Show baby your "silly face"
· Magic mirror
· Fire in fireplace
· Gazing at traffic
· Watching parent on exercise machine
· Watching television or video
· Infant massage
· Warm fuzzy
· Neck nestle
· Nestle nursing
· A warm bath together
· Colic carries
· Eliminating bothersome foods or changing formula
· Slowing down mother's lifestyle and changing her expectations
· Creating the most peaceful home environment.
OMG - Bling Water
I've now seen it all and I WANT ONE!!! It's sooo pretty...
How to Stay Calm...
It's the middle of the night (or the middle of the day) and your baby just won't stop crying. You've pulled out all the tricks to try and calm baby down (rocking, checking the diaper, feeding, burping, making baby comfortable, playing soothing music, etc…) but none of them are working. It's during these moments when it's easy to snap and lose it. These crying bouts do take a toll on the mother and can make you anxious.
So, what can mothers do to stay calm during these stressful moments? Here are five helpful hints that you can do to stay calm:
Keep your perspective. Babies cry and this doesn't mean that you're failing as a mother. Sometimes, they just need to cry and there is nothing you can do but ride it out. Don't blow the situation out of proportion.


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Situated in the heart of Guntur, Grand Nagarjuna Hotel offers comfortable accommodation to the leisure travellers. The hotel is located very close to the city railway station. The convenient location and the services offered makes the hotel an ideal holiday destination for leisure and business travellers alike.


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What are the most important things you need for sticking to a diet? (Besides the right foods of course!) Well, you also need to have willpower and you must be able to make sacrifices! But sometimes sacrifices are tough.
What happens when you suddenly break your diet? Your confidence may drop, you start feeling guilty, and chances are you won't get back on that diet for a while. If you do fall off the wagon, don't panic! Here are some mental tips to get you back on the right track to a healthier you.
First, don't feel overwhelmed. Get rid of the feelings of guilt and don't think that everything you've worked for is ruined because you went off track…
Instead try not to have another lapse. Get in control so you don't repeat the mistake. And throw away any harmful thoughts. Thinking "So what, it's just one day. I can make up for it later" can lead to self-deception and only puts more pressure on you.
Remember, there are going to be ups and downs when dieting, so always keep your head up and focus on the positive! It might take time, but the goal is to learn to eat healthy and change your habits for a new, healthier lifestyle.
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Max Armstrong
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Max Armstrong (born June 13, 1953, Owensville, Indiana) is an American agriculture broadcaster from Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Armstrong co-hosts with Orion Samuelson the Saturday Morning Show and formerly Noon Show on WGN radio in Chicago.
He is director of broadcasting for Penton/Farm Progress Companies; co-host of the television show This Week in AgriBusiness, seen across the United States each weekend; and he helps host a weekly hour-long ag program on Chicago radio station WGN.
Since August 2005, Armstrong has been co-host and co-founder of This Week in AgriBusiness, a weekly television show owned and produced with Orion Samuelson.
Since July 2009, Armstrong has also been director of broadcasting for Penton Farm Progress. He produces and hosts the Farm Progress America and Max Armstrong's Midwest Digest daily radio programs.
Broadcast history[edit]
He co-hosts with Samuelson the Saturday Morning Show and formerly Noon Show on WGN radio in Chicago, and This Week in Agribusiness on RFD-TV and in television syndication. Armstrong also hosts a three-minute feature, "Farming America", on the Tribune Radio Network; it is usually paired with Samuelson's National Farm Report.
From 1977 to 2009, Armstrong was the agri-business broadcaster for WGN Radio.
From 2000 to 2012, Armstrong was the voice-over announcer and host of live shows for RFD-TV.
- ^ "Tribune Radio Networks". Retrieved 2010-03-19.


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Ebionitism was an early heresy. The Ebionites were a first century Jewish-Christian sect. They emphasized Jewish law and rejected the teachings of the Apostle Paul. Most considered Jesus to be a man, not God.
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