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Editor’s Foreword Getting closer to a new year with new hopes, new blessings and maybe more peace on earth. The Eurozone is rumbling. Not all as bright as a year ago. It ZDV H[SHFWHG <RX MXVW FDQ QRW NHHS RQ ÀQDQFLQJ FRXQWULHV that spend money beyond control, contribute towards expensive wars, keep on taking in so-called fugitives or members from other states that can´t wait to become a Eurozone member so they can enjoy social security for which nationals have worked so hard to achieve. Deep respect for the remark Mr. Cameron made in answering a European speaker : ” I represent the British people and we will decide who to allow to enter our country , not the Eurozone Management ! It is true, up to now there has been little economic improvement, only more dependents entering the industrial nations seeking support for the failure of their own system. Brussels , being comfortable tries to implement their traditional dictatorship by supporting these migrant movements. Brussels reminds me of Naples and Sicily. Up to you to give it a name. Here is a letter to the editor from Nicholas Corder : Quote: ” Dear editor, with due respect and gratitude of being allowed to spend my seniority in Thailand and as a retired civil engineer, I have never come to understand how roads are planned and build in Hua Hin. Whereas there are beautifully designed and constructed roads , that road may end in a disastrous quality secondary road with pot holes and sunken spots. I spotted on the brand new Soi 112 concrete road WKDW WKHUH DUH SDWFKHV DW ZKLFK WKH UDLQ KDV ÁXVKHG DZD\ the surplus sand from the badly mixed concrete and left rough spots on that area. Is there no supervision? Obviously there was more sand in that concrete than should be, it will be washed away in no time. Can you please forward this comment to the municipality on my behalf ?, Thank you Nicholas. Will do Nick. From my side as usual no comment…..will move on…. Yours truly GMoss

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His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Personality Proudputh Liptapanlop Merry Christmas at Home Where to Go What to do...? Pomegranate Punica Granatum THE WORLD´s GREATEST INVENTIONS New Year´s Party Beauty Weapons

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Long Live The King The entire APPROACH Magazine Team and our readers wish His Majesty a long life and speedy recovery. APPROACH Dec 2014

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His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej – Rama IX, Monarch of the Chakri Dynasty celebrates his 87th Birthday. Having reigned since 9 June 1946, His majesty is the world´s longest reigning monarch in Thai history. Bhumibol Adulyadej, also called Phumiphon Adunlayadet, or Rama IX Was born on December. 5th, 1927, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.). The ninth king of the Chakri Dynasty which has reigned in Thailand from 1782, He was a grandson of King Chulalongkorn and was born while his father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla, was studying at Harvard University. King Bhumibol is a painter, musician, photographer, author and translator. His book Phra Mahachanok is based on a traditional Jataka story of Buddhist scripture. The Story of Thong Daeng is the story of his dog Thong Daeng. ,Q KLV \RXWK .LQJ %KXPLERO ZDV JUHDWO\ LQWHUHVWHG LQ Ă€UHDUPV +H NHSW D FDUELQH D 6WHQ JXQ DQG WZR DXWRPDWLF SLVWROV LQ his bedroom, which he often used the gardens of the palace for target practice. 7KHUH DUH WZR (QJOLVK ODQJXDJH ERRNV WKDW SURYLGH H[WHQVLYH GHWDLO ² DOEHLW QRW DOZD\V YHULĂ€DEOH ² DERXW .LQJ %KXPLERO¡V life, especially his early years and then throughout his entire reign. One is The Revolutionary King by William Stevenson, the other is The King Never Smiles by Paul M. Handley. Both books are banned in Thailand. His Majesty Bhumibol is an accomplished jazz saxophone player and composer, playing dixieland and New Orleans jazz, and also plays the clarinet, trumpet, guitar, and piano. He has performed with Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton DQG %HQQ\ &DUWHU DQG 3DWWL 3DJH RQFH SHUIRUPHG %KXPLERO¡V VRQJV GXULQJ D SULYDWH DXGLHQFH ZLWK KLP .LQJ %KXPLERO has written 48 compositions, including fox-trots, waltzes, and Thai patriotic music. His most popular compositions are “Candlelight Blues,â€? “Love at Sundownâ€?, and “Falling Rainâ€?, all composed in 1946. King Bhumibol initially received classical music training at school in Switzerland. King Bhumibol started a jazz band, Lai Khram, whom he performed with on a radio station he started at his palace. The band grew, being renamed the Au Sau Wan Suk band and he would perform with them live on Friday evenings, RFFDVLRQDOO\ WDNLQJ FDOOV DQG UHTXHVWV RQ D WHOHSKRQH SKRQH LQ %KXPLERO SHUIRUPHG ZLWK %HQQ\ *RRGPDQ LQ %DQJNRN¡V $PEDUD 7KURQH +DOO LQ DQG ODWHU SOD\HG DW *RRGPDQ¡V KRPH LQ 1HZ <RUN LQ ,Q UHFHQW \HDUV %KXPLERO KDV KHOG jam sessions at Klai Kang Won, his summer palace in Hua Hin. Les Brown and His Band of Renown recorded some of %KXPLERO¡V FRPSRVLWLRQV LQ %KXPLERO ZDV WKH Ă€UVW $VLDQ FRPSRVHU DZDUGHG KRQRUDU\ PHPEHUVKLS RI 9LHQQD¡V 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 0XVLF DQG 3HUIRUPLQJ $UWV 9LHQQD Like his father, a former military naval engineer, Bhumibol was an avid boat designer and builder. He produced several small sail-boat designs in the International Enterprise, OK, and Moth Classes. His designs in the Moth class include the “Mod,â€? “Super Mod,â€? and “Micro Mod.â€? He won a gold medal for sailing in the Fourth Southeast Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games in 1967, together with HRH 3ULQFHVV 8ERO 5DWDQD ZKRP KH WLHG IRU SRLQWV 7KLV DFFRPSOLVKPHQW LV DOO WKH PRUH UHPDUNDEOH JLYHQ %KXPLERO¡V ODFN of binocular depth perception. Bhumibol has also sailed the Gulf of Thailand from Hua Hin to Toey Harbour in Sattahip, FRYHULQJ QDXWLFDO PLOHV NP LQ D KRXU MRXUQH\ RQ WKH ´9HJD Âľ DQ 2. &ODVV GLQJK\ KH EXLOW +LV 0DMHVW\ DQG +HU 0DMHVW\ 4XHHQ 6LULNLW KDYH WKUHH FKLOGUHQ RI ZKLFK WKHLU RQO\ VRQ 0DKD 9DMLUDORQJNRUQ LV WKH GLUHFW successor to the throne Crown Prince of Thailand. However recent constitutional amendments it would allow the reigning king, if he so chooses, to appoint his son or any of his daughters to the throne. The entire APPROACH Magazine Team and our readers wish His Majesty a long life and speedy recovery.

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Proudputh Liptapanlop

Proudputh Liptapanlop a young professional among Bangkok emerging managers.

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treat people,� she says. Among the many ideas Proud is pushing is getting Hua Hin on the international culinary map as it was the case when she organised a charity wine dinner prepared by a chef with Michelin-star credits.

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The Zurich String Orchestra, one of the leading ensembles of its kind, will perform in an evening program organized by the well-known Thai Baritone Khun Mongkol Chayasirisobhonon on Friday, December 12th , 2014 at 7:00 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Hua-Hin.The Zurich Chamber Orchestra is. Regular invitations to international festivals and performances have taken the orchestra to major musical centres of Europe (Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Frankfurt am Main Alte Oper, Brucknerhaus Linz) as well as on extended concert tours through Europe, the United States and China. 1XPHURXV FULWLFDOO\ DFFODLPHG &'V GRFXPHQW WKH HQVHPEOH¡V DUWLVWLF work. The Orchestra continues to collaborate with internationally renowned artists like Giuliano Carmignola, Christian Tetzlaff, Hilary +DKQ 9LNWRULD 0XOORYD 5HQDXG &DSXoRQ DQG 6WHYHQ ,VVHUOLV The internationally renowned violinist Rudolf Koelman and two very accomplished violin soloists, Momoyo Resch and Sachiko Uchida will perform together with local guest harpsichord performer: Alberto Firrincieli and the String Orchestra. Rudolf Koelman studied violin with Jan Bor, Herman Krebbers and Jascha Heifetz. Rudolf Koelman has performed as a soloist with various orchestras, including The Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, Haydn Synfonietta Wien, Innsbrucker Symphonieorchester and the ZĂźrcher Kammerorchester to name a few. From 1996 until 1999 he was the concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is Professor of solo and concert violin at the “ZĂźrcher Hochschule der KĂźnsteâ€? (ZHdK) in Switzerland where he also leads his chamber orchestra ZHdK Strings. He is frequently invited as a jury member at international violin competitions and master classes such as the International Holland Music Sessions and Keshet Eilon in Israel. The orchesta comprises 16 different nationalities of musicians who reside in Switzerland leaded by Maestro Rudolf Koelman. The ZHdK Strings is a young and dynamic ensemble with 16 to 18 of the best students from concert and soloists classes of the distinguished Zurich University. The evening program includes works by: : $ 0R]DUW 'LYHUWLPHQWR IRU 6WULQJ LQ ' PDMRU .9 $ 9LYDOGL &RQFHUWR IRU 7ZR 9LROLQV 6WULQJ DQG %DVVR &RQWLQXR LQ $ 0LQRU 59 2S 1R F.Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.9 in C major (Swiss Symphony) E.Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor Op.20 E.Grieg: Holberg Suite for Strings Op.40 Tickets can be booked through the Hyatt Regency Hua Hin. Contact:

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Merry Christmas at Home HO ! HO ! HO ! Christmas Atmosphere in Hua Hin

It is this time of the year again, and I have joined the Approach A BIT OF ART ON YOUR TABLE: Magazine to bring a little feminine touch for all ladies living in Hua Hin, every month I will be giving you the latests trends for Fashion, Cosmetics, and sometimes Home Decoration, and also ideas to occupy the kids during their free time. For this December Issue I will share with you ideas to decorate and set your table over Christmas Holidays, Gift wraps, and easy Advent Calendar to make with your kids.

Christmas is all about the joy of giving and nothing better to bring this mood in your home with a warm and welcoming country atmosphere. The key to decorate your home in country-style feeling is to use colors and styles that feel comfortable. The good news is you can go natural, casual, rustic or a combination of all three. Your guests will feel cozy in a simple, one-of-a-kind setting, making way for lots of happy memories.

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he wine glass is an elegant, delicate and very easily EUHDNDEOH JODVVZDUH ,W GRHVQ¡W WDNH PXFK WR EUHDN WKH Bring a vintage look to you paper wraps this year. Finish the handle of the wine glass, so it often happens that you need papers with cute motifs, sparkle and other graphic patterns. WR EX\ D QHZ VHW RI JODVVHV EHFDXVH WKRVH \RX KDYH OHIW GRQ¡W match anymore. So what to do with those lovely mismatched Go for Kraft paper and red/white rope used at the post for parcels. Follow the ideas below and make your paper wraps look unique wine glasses? Reuse them as a decorative centerpiece under the Christmas tree. inserting Christmas ornaments, garlands, bows, or painted with a Christmas touch. Your decorations will mix grace and sophistication without any effort by just following these below:

:Recycle your use wine bottles, and set it as a centerpiece on your dining table.

This is also here that you can use toilet paper rolls for your mini gifts boxes.

:Use your toilet paper rolls, by giving them a second life to hold your silverware.

:Folding your napkins as a Christmas Tree.

Instead of using name tags, you can use picture from the person the gift is dedicated for.

KIDS CORNER: It is time to give your kids some art and craft activities, by them making their own advent calendar. Easy and creative to make a countdown till Christmas.

Arrange artfully, Our casual place setting shows simple can be beautiful,Its started with a cleverly folded “pocketâ€? napkin. Some branches and leaves, EH FUHDWLYH LQ WKLV WURSLFDO FRXQWU\ ,¡P VXUH \RX FDQ bring a little of tropic on your Christmas table,Then artfully arrange your silverware.

1- Santa Magic Robe Make cranberry ice: Freeze cranberries in just enough water to cover them; add pieces to your ice bucket.

Hang a one of the kind wreath on your door. One using wine FRUN ZUHDWKV ZRQ¡W FRVW PXFK and you can decorate them any way you like. Another one simply by using paper cups.

2- A Wreath and a Advent Calendar in the same time. Ideal to hang at the bedroom door of your kids

For this last 15 minutes project, start with some great old barn wood, then join two pieces together to make more of a square piece. Draw a star on it with chalk, then screw a rusty, old painted screw into the 5 points of the star. Start at the top, And wrap some ribbon around each VFUHZ DQG WLHG WKH WRS RII ZLWK D ERZ ,W¡V IXQ easy, and a great way to add Christmas cheer.

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THE DATE 6.12.2014

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Where to go? What to do? 1.Hua Hin New Year Celebrations On 31 December from 6 p.m. around Queens Park Hua Hin residents gather every year for the New Year celebrations. Hua Hin Municipality RUJDQL]H WKH &RXQWGRZQ )HVWLYDO WR ZHOFRPH 1HZ <HDU /RFDO RIĂ€FLDOV provide about thousand tables and chair for the public. About one hundred food stalls set up to sell sea food, steaks, padthai and Somtam. On the stage there performances of well known music bands from Bangkok. At midnight Lord Mayor wishes everybody Happy New Year. On the stage nine monks pray and wish Happy New Year to people and bless them with holly water.

7KH .LQJ¡V %LUWKGD\ LQ 7KDLODQG King Bhumipol Adulyadej was born on December 5, and this day LV QRZ FHOHEUDWHG DV )DWKHU¡V 'D\ DFURVV 7KDLODQG 7KDL SHRSOH PD\ JLYH D GRN %XGGKD UXNVD DOVR NQRZQ DV D FDQQD à RZHU WR their fathers and grandfathers on this day. Many people also wear \HOORZ ZKLFK LV WKH NLQJ¡V FRORU 7KLV GD\ LV WKDL SHRSOH FHOHEUDWH this auspicious occasion on a grand scale to show gratitude to their beloved monarch. In Friday, 05 December 2014.

3.Christmas Dinner Buffet at Hilton Hua Hin Christmas Dinner Buffet on 2 Wednesday December 24th -18:30 to 22:30 hrs. 2,800 Net per adult and 1,400 Net per child. ( Includes soft drinks, local EHHUV DQG KRXVH ZLQHV &HOHEUDWH WKH IHVWLYH VHDVRQ ZLWK +XD +LQ¡V %LJJHVW Christmas Buffet with International Christmas delights and local Thai cuisine. Enjoy this Christmas themed dinner with live Christmas sings, Father Christmas and presents for the children.

&HOHEUDWLQJ 1HZ <HDU¡V DW ,QWHU&RQWLQHQWDO +XD +LQ 5HVRUW &HOHEUDWLQJ 1HZ <HDU¡V (YH -R\IXOO\ 7RJHWKHU ,PPHUVH <RXUVHOI LQ 6HDVLGH /X[XU\ Entertained With Performances of Our All-Time Favorite Classic Oldie Tunes. THB 9,800++ per person and only THB 1,000++ for a Beverage Package including selected wines and beers, served until 11:30 pm The party begins with a stylish Chandon Reception and a grand 6-course seated Gala Dinner created by our Executive Chef Patrick Fournes. Enjoy an extravagantly GHFDGHQW 'HVVHUW %XIIHW RI GHOLFDFLHV ZKLOH DGPLULQJ WKH ORQJHVW Ă€UHZRUN VKRZ RI Hua Hin Beach to welcome in 2015 as well as the talents of our famous DJ Nai and a fantastic Fire Juggling show.

5.CRYSTAL PRESENTS YESTERDAY ONCE MORE RETRO MUSIC FESTIVAL at Centennial Park, Intercontinental, Hua-Hin Start : 5.00 P.M. Saturday December 6, 2014 Ticket Price : Platinum 4,000.- , Gold 3,500.- , Silver 3,000.First in Thailand to go many days of happiness. Wake up feeling bustle Reprise music for fun Ice Waves will take you back in the day. Make you smile again. Enjoyed the music played during the music festival that is longer than 8 hours, from 5 pm onwards.

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HUA HIN EVENTS 6. 11th Culinary Classice: Pro Musica Orchestra at Dusit Thani Hua Hin Friday,12th December 2014. 18:00 for registration, concert starts at 18:30. Dusit Thani Hua Hin proudly presents another great evening of spellbinding and mouthwatering dining with WKH HOHYHQWK LQ RXU VHULHV RI &XOLQDU\ 9ODVVLFV WKLV WLPH IHDWXULQJ WKH 3UR 0XVLFD 2UFKHVWUD 7KH DJHOHVV + ( $GPLUDO 0 / 8VQL 3UDPRM RQH RI RUFKHVWUD¡V IRXQGHU PHPEHUV LQ continues to wave his magical baton as he conducts the orchestra. led by special guest performer David Abrahamyan on viola, trough a varied programmed featuring featuring SODFH IURP WKH WKH OLNHV RI 5HSLJKL¡V $QFLHQW $LUV DQG 'DQFHV 3DFKHOEHO¡V &DQRQ DQG %DUWRN¡V 5RPDQLDQ )RON 'DQFHG

7. Vana Nava Hua Hin open this Monday 1 December 2014. 9DQD 1DYD +XD +LQ DV $VLD¡V )LUVW :DWHU -XQJOH WKHPH SDUN ZLOO RSHQ WKLV 0RQGD\ 'HFHPEHU 'DLO\ DGPLVVLRQ WR 9DQD 1DYD +XD +LQ VWDUWV DW 1,000 Baht per adult and 600 Baht per child. A Family Package for 2 adults and 2 children is at 2,600 Baht. Operating time during regular seasons is 10.00 – 18.00 hrs. and 10.00 – 21.00 hrs. during peak season and on public holidays. For more information, visit: www.vananavahuahin.com

8. Hua Hin Vintage Car Parade 2014. 'HFHPEHU 'HFHPEHU &HQWDUD *UDQG %HDFK 5HVRUW 9LOOD 3UDFKXDENLULNKDQ SURYLQFH /HW¡V ZDWFK WKH YLQWDJH FDU SDUDGH IURP %DQJNRN WR Hua Hin and around Hua Hin City. There is also taking the vintage car around the city for charity activity. And you will meet Long Buffet from famous hotels and restaurants of Hua Hin , as well as Gala Dinner night. Contact Details : Prachuabkirikhan provinceCentara Grand Beach Resort & 9LOOD 7HO

9. Celebrate Plearnwan Hua Hin 5 years. The Tina Cassette. Meet Christina Aguilar on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 at. Plearnwan Tickets are 900 and 1,500 baht. Throughout the past three years, over 3 million visitors haven been to Plearn Wan. A living museum of Hua Hin, it features vintage atmosphere of Thailand and classic local culture and tradition of Hua Hin. Besides many interesting shops, coffee houses with vintage style and tasty food, Plearn Wan boasts Thai cultural performances, such DV 7KDL ER[LQJ 7KDL VWDJH GUDPD RU œ/LNHK¡ 7KDL GDQFLQJ DQG RXWGRRU ROG 7KDL PRYLHV 7KHVH are the major selling points of Plearn Wan. Currently, Plearn Wan has its own accommodation, ´3LPDQ 3D 3OHDUQ¾ RI ZKLFK WKH LQWHULRU LV GHFRUDWHG ZLWK YLQWDJH DQG FODVVLF LWHPV 9LVLWRUV can go there and celebrate the 5th anniversary of Plearn Wan with the new Trok Wan Suen from 6 December onwards.

10. 11th Anniversary Preserve Hua Hin Charity Music Festival For preservation of the urban mangrove forest in Hua Hin. Another Night of Classic Rock, Pop, %OXHV &RXQWU\ $W +LQ /HN )DL 9LHZSRLQW +XD +LQ 'HFHPEHU SP WLOO PLGQLJKW )XQGUDLVLQJ UDIĂ H ZLWK JUHDW SUL]HV IURP ORFDO EXVLQHVVHV $WUZRUN 6DOH 9,3 5HVHUYHG 6HDWLQJ for THB 1,000 includes wine, beer, food and concert T-shirt. Rear Seating for THB 500 includes food and concert T-shirt. Tickets & Reservations : preservehuahin@chivasom.com or Brian 087-146-3258

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Oakley Airwave Goggles If Google Glass looks like it might shatter when it hits the slopes, you might want to sport Oakley Airwaves instead. A small heads-up display in the right-hand corner of the frame displays stats and takes smartphone control out of your hands. Bragging rights are built in: you can also get the distance, height, and airtime of jumps. THB 19,500

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Pomegranate Punica Granatum GRENADINE

The pomegranate or grenadine (Punica granatum) is a plant which is now attributed in further versions of the Lythraceae family (Lythraceae). Consisting of two types, genus Punica alone forms the subfamily Punicoideae (Horan.) SAGraham, Thorne & Reveal, some authors lead they even as its own monotypic family Punicaceae Horan. The home of the pomegranate is in Western and Central Asia. The genus name Punica is derived from Latin puniceus, “Punic� goes back to the Roman name for the Phoenicians. The species name granatum (from the Latin granum, “grain�, “core�, “seed�) was named because of the many numbers of fruit seeds contained in the whole fruit.

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often cultivated as a shrub; he reaches stature heights up to 5 meters, is up to 3 meters wide and can be several hundred years old. The bark is reddish brown to grey. The young twigs are often square. The leaf stalks are 2 to 10 millimetres long. Its mostly opposite, glossy, leathery leaves are - depending on the variety - about 2 to 10 inches long and 1-2 inches wide. Stipules are absent.

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This results in chambers, in which there are angular seeds up to 15 millimetres in size, which are surrounded by a glassy, juicy, plump, deep red to pale pink coloured Sarcotesta that easily burst under pressure. The fruit contains about 400 seeds. The fruits do not ripen after harvest.

7KH SRPHJUDQDWH FRQWDLQV ODUJH DPRXQWV RI à DYRQRLGV n spring and summer it bears on the branch ends, large, such as anthocyanins and quercetin, polyphenols, mainly XUQ EHOO VKDSHG à RZHUV 7KH KHUPDSKURGLWH à RZHUV DUH ÀYH ellagitannins as punicalagin and phenolic acids such as ellagic to nine partions with double perianth. Their colour ranges acid and garlic acid. It is rich in potassium and contains, from orange to light yellow. There are many stamens present. among other vitamin C, calcium and iron.

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Medical importance OYHU VFLHQWLĂ€F VWXGLHV VKRZ WKDW WKH SRPHJUDQDWH FRXOG have a positive effect on cardiovascular disease, cancer and arthritis. However, most studies are experiments with cell cultures or animals. The transferability to humans is questionable. The pomegranate has even compared to red wine and blue berries, exceptional high amount of polyphenols, which may EH UHVSRQVLEOH IRU WKH SXWDWLYH EHQHĂ€FLDO KHDOWK HIIHFWV ,Q pomegranate products, there are considerable differences in quality and content of active polyphenols. On leukaemia cells, the polyphenols act from fermented pomegranate juice: The cells form either to healthy cells back (dedifferentiation) or are driven in a programmed cell death (apoptosis). The polyphenols also prevent that new blood vessels are formed (neoangiogenesis) - which complicates the spread of the tumour. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 45 patients with coronary heart disease, the daily administration of 240 ml of the juice of the pomegranate increased myocardial blood Ă RZ VLJQLĂ€FDQWO\ 3RVLWLYH HIIHFWV ZHUH DOVR FKDUDFWHUL]HG LQ a study of patients with narrowed carotid artery. After one year of pomegranate consumption, the deposits reduced in WKH FDURWLG DUWHU\ E\ ZKLOH LW LQFUHDVHG VLJQLĂ€FDQWO\ LQ the control group. 23

The city of Granada, the province of the same name, and many of the places and parts of the coat of arms of Spain, show the pomegranate in the coat of arms, representing the ancient kingdom of Granada after the takeover by the Christian rulers of Spain. Maybe even the city of Granada is named after the pomegranate. The surrounding countryside is still an important growing area today. In 2013, 44 clinical trials were registered with the US National Institutes of Health to examine effects of pomegranate extracts or juice consumption on a variety of human disorders, including Prostate cancer, Prostatic hyperplasia, Diabetes, Lymphoma, Rhinovirus infection, Atherosclerosis, Coronary artery disease, Haemodialysis for kidney disease, Osteoporosis. Dec 2014 APPROACH

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Irrawaddy Dolphins Festival 1 November 2014 - 30 April 2015 Laem Krad Bay, Trat Tourists will surprisingly with Irrawaddy dolphins, Bottlenose dolphin, Humpback dolphin and Finless porpoise

1 November 2014 - 31 January 2015

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Lopburi The festival is open around November till December in every year because it is the period when the VXQà RZHUV DUH LQ IXOO EORRP 7KH IHVWLYDO KLJKOLJKWV include photography, scenic, train / bicycle in the VXQà RZHU ÀHOG WKH GLVWULEXWLRQ RI 2723 SURGXFWV such as tours of soldiers living in the wild for recreational boating, tires, etc.

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Hua Hin Vintage Car Parade 12 - 14 December 2014 Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan /HW¡V ZDWFK WKH YLQWDJH FDU SDUDGH IURP Bangkok to Hua Hin and around Hua Hin City. There is also taking the vintage car around the city for charity activity. And you will meet Long Buffet from famous hotels and restaurants of Hua Hin , as well as Gala Dinner night.

Chiang Mai Marathon 2014 21 December 2014 Chiang Mai Join the marathon race on the Christmas Day in the most famous tourist attraction in the North of Thailand, Chiang Mai, the city with the unique identity, full of natural spots, historical sites, traditional art and culture, local customs and festivals.

Thailand Countdown 2015 31 December 2014 - 1 January 2015 Throughout Thailand Help ring in the New Year and have a great time with traditional Thai activities by making New Year wishes in Bangkok or elsewhere throughout the kingdom with a roster full of entertainment and activities; such as, FXOWXUDO SHUIRUPDQFHV ODVHU VKRZV DQG ÀUHZRUNV IUHH 7KHQ RQ January, the Thai people will make merit at the temple, which is a tradition of requesting for a prosperous year ahead.

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The Customs Department Import & Export of Goods & Pets GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS The following information broadly outlines what goods are prohibited or restricted and where you can obtain more information and in the case of restricted goods, to apply for permission to import to Thailand.

It is prohibited by law to bring the following items into Thailand.

7KH RIĂ€FHU ZLOO GHFLGH ZKHWKHU WKH SHW QHHGV WR JR into quarantine. Fees may need to be paid in order to complete the application process.

Obscene objects/literature/pictures - Pornographic PDWHULDOV *RRGV ZLWK D 7KDL QDWLRQDO Ă DJ RQ LW Narcotics e.g., marijuana, hemp, opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin and other synthetic drugs. Fake currency, bonds, or coins - Fake Royal Seals/ RIĂ€FLDO VHDOV ,35 LQIULQJLQJ JRRGV H J PXVLFDO WDSHV &' 9'2 FRPSXWHU VRIWZDUH &RXQWHUIHLW trademark goods.

Paperwork Required for Pets Entering Thailand:

The Ministry of Commerce designates classes of goods that are subject to import controls, which usually take the form of permission and licensing.

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This has been such an issue in the UK that many people were using unauthorised schemes to access their pension cash and paying exorbitant fees to middlemen who arranged this for them. Such was the worry that the UK government has now changed the rules to allow anyone with a UK pension to take the whole pension fund as cash. Living in the UK if you want the cash you may have to pay up to 40percent tax. How does this affect me I hear you ask? Well in two ways. Firstly, if you are resident in Thailand and you have a UK pension scheme that you have not transferred out of the UK you need to think about doing this now.

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THE WORLD´s GREATEST INVENTIONS TKH ZRUOG¡V JUHDWHVW LQYHQWLRQV FDPH GLG QRW QHFHVVDULO\ FRPH IURP WKH IHYHUHG PLQGV RI VROLWDU\ JHQLXVHV As you read this list of the inventions that changed the world, note how many of them perfected workable designs.

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3. The Steam Engine Prior to the invention of the steam engine, most products were made by hand. Water wheels and draft animals provided the RQO\ œLQGXVWULDO¡ SRZHU DYDLODEOH ZKLFK FOHDUO\ KDG LWV OLPLWV The Industrial Revolution, which is perhaps the greatest change over the shortest period of time in the history of civilization, was carried forward by the steam engine.

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7. The invisibility cloak 2013 - Nowadays, the optical meta- materials are being researched to achieve the invisibility. These meta-materials have the property of refracting some wavelengths instead of UHà HFWLQJ WKHP +HQFH WKDW¡V ZK\ WKDW WKH\ ORRN LQYLVLEOH This invisibility property of these materials is dependent upon how they are structured, rather than their composition. These materials do not exist but can be created. There are thousands of other inventions that have changed our lives or have an impact on our daily being.

6. The Internet and Computers - Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) at the Dept. of Defense USA. 1969 The Internet, a network of computers covering the entire planet, allows people to access almost any information located anywhere in the world at any time. Its effects on business, communication, economy, entertainment and even politics are profound.

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New Year´s Party Beauty Weapons

JOINING A NEW YEAR´S PARTY?

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socialist government disclosed that there is a black hole in *UHHFHÂ?V DFFRXQWV +H GLVFORVHG WKDW WKH EXGJHW GHĂ€FLW ZRXOG be double the previous government estimate and will hit 12% of the GDPĂœ. *UHHFH SURPLVHG IRUFHIXO DFWLRQ WR FXW LWV EXGJHW GHĂ€FLW DQG LPSURYH WKH TXDOLW\ RI LWV RIĂ€FLDO VWDWLVWLFV DIWHU LWV (XURSHDQ DOOLHV YRLFHG XQXVXDOO\ VWURQJ FULWLFLVP RI WKH QDWLRQ¡V PDQDJHPHQW RI LWV SXEOLF Ă€QDQFHV 7KH QHZV GHOLYHUHG DW D PHHWLQJ RI (XURSHDQ 8QLRQ Ă€QDQFH ministers, came as an unpleasant but not entirely unexpected VXUSULVH WR *UHHFH¡V (XUR]RQH SDUWQHUV 7KH\ DOUHDG\ VXVSHFWHG WKDW WKH JOREDO Ă€QDQFLDO FULVLV DQG UHFHVVLRQ ZRXOG KDYH D PXFK PRUH VHULRXV LPSDFW RQ *UHHFH¡V GHĂ€FLW DQG public debt than had been admitted in Athens. *HUPDQ\ DQG RWKHU FRXQWULHV WKDW HPSKDVLVH Ă€VFDO ULJRXU DUH GHWHUPLQHG WKDW WKH HXUR]RQH¡V VWDELOLW\ ZDWFKHG PRUH FORVHO\ than ever by markets since the eruption of the crisis, should not be jeopardised by the inability or reluctance of Greece and RWKHU OHVV GLVFLSOLQHG VWDWHV WR NHHS WKHLU Ă€QDQFHV LQ RUGHU Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the so-called Euro group of countries, declared: “The game is over. We need serious statistics.â€? 7KH XSURDU RYHU WKH VL]H RI *UHHFH¡V GHĂ€FLW UHFDOOHG DQ LQFLGHQW at the start of the decade, when Greece under-reported its GHĂ€FLW LQ RUGHU WR TXDOLI\ DV WKH WK PHPEHU RI WKH (XUR]RQH in 2001. In September 2010 ,UHODQG¡V FHQWUDO EDQN DQQRXQFHV WKDW WKH cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank, nationalized by the Irish government in January 2009, could reach as much as â‚Ź34.3 ELOOLRQ ELOOLRQ 7KLV SXVKHV ,UHODQG¡V EXGJHW GHĂ€FLW WR 32 percent of GDP. In May 2011 - European leaders approve a â‚Ź78 billion ($110 billion) bailout package for Portugal on the condition that 3RUWXJXHVH RIĂ€FLDOV LPSOHPHQW D VHULHV RI DXVWHULW\ PHDVXUHV In August 2011 - Interest rates on 10-year Italian government ERQGV WRS SHUFHQW DV FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ WKH FRDOLWLRQ OHG E\ ,WDOLDQ 3ULPH 0LQLVWHU 6LOYLR %HUOXVFRQL LV XQGHUPLQHG E\ %HUOXVFRQL¡V SHUVRQDO VFDQGDOV ,WDO\¡V ½ WULOOLRQ WULOOLRQ SXEOLF GHEW falls under increasing scrutiny from investors; at 120 percent RI *'3 ,WDO\¡V UDWH RI LQGHEWHGQHVV LV VHFRQG RQO\ WR *UHHFH among euro-zone countries.

by devaluing the franc and pegging its value to that of the euro. In December 2011 – A war of words erupts between France and the United Kingdom in the wake of the December 9 summit, as markets react with ambivalence to the measures SURSRVHG WKHUH )LWFK ORZHUV )UDQFH¡V HFRQRPLF RXWORRN WR ´QHJDWLYH Âľ DQG 0RRG\¡V FXWV %HOJLXP¡V FUHGLW UDWLQJ 7KH HXUR continues its seven-month slide against the dollar, as analysts cite a lack of decisive action on the part of EU leaders and the European Central Bank for the loss of faith in the single FXUUHQF\ (8 3UHV +HUPDQ 9DQ 5RPSX\ DWWHPSWV WR UHSDLU the breach with Cameron by extending “observerâ€? status to WKH 8QLWHG .LQJGRP LQ WKH Ă€VFDO XQLRQ QHJRWLDWLRQV On December 21 - 2011 the European Central Bank (ECB) extends â‚Ź489 billion (nearly $640 billion) in loans to more than (XURSHDQ EDQNV 7KH ORQJ WHUP UHĂ€QDQFLQJ RSHUDWLRQ is designed to prevent a credit freeze, and it represents the largest such deal in ECB history. The three-year loans are RIIHUHG DW D Ă€[HG SHUFHQW LQWHUHVW UDWH DQG WKHLU ZLGHVSUHDG adoption indicates a radical shift in the mood of the private banking sector, which had long held capital injections from central banks to be anathema Cyprus - In an effort to shore up its undercapitalized banking VHFWRU &\SUXV EHFRPHV WKH Ă€IWK HXUR ]RQH FRXQWU\ WR DSSO\ for bailout assistance. Close economic ties to Greece have rocked Cypriot banks, and their exposure to the troubled Greek economy—through private loans and the purchase of Greek government debt—amounts to some 160 percent of &\SUXV¡V *'3 Where is Germany in all this ? : In the second quarter of this year the German economy shrank by 0.2%. Economists expect it to contract again in the third quarter, meaning that the economy will technically be in recession. Some believe that the economy will not grow until the middle of next year. This has taken some people by surprise 7KH *HUPDQ HFRQRP\ ZDV VXSSRVHG WR EH (XURSH¡V powerhouse. What went wrong? The German economy is powered by exports. Its currentaccount balance (the difference between the money it receives from the outside world and what it spends abroad) is one RI WKH ZRUOG¡V ODUJHVW DW RI *'3 6R ZKHQ *HUPDQ\¡V exports fall by 6%, as they did in August, you know it is bad news. In recent months the global economy has turned against Germany. About 6% of German exports go to China, especially what economists call “capitalâ€? goods such as heavy machinery. &KLQD¡V HFRQRP\ LV VORZLQJ LQ *'3 JURZWK ZDV but this year it will be more like 7%. What is more, China is rebalancing away from investment—which requires capital goods—towards consumption, which does not. Germany has also been hit by slow growth in the 17 other euro-zone countries, where it sends 40% of its exports. To add to this PHVV 5XVVLD ZKLFK WDNHV RI *HUPDQ\¡V H[SRUWV LV IDFLQJ a full-blown economic crisis as low oil prices and Western sanctions hit home.

In September 2011 Switzerland, a non-EU country surrounded by euro-zone economies, has watched its currency, the franc, appreciate dramatically against the struggling euro. With export and tourism revenues falling, the Swiss National Bank stuns the international currency market

Germans should worry about their economy, but so should the rest of the world. In 2013 Germany hauled the euro zone out of recession; the zone could badly do with another boost. The German government needs to ramp up investment. Unless Germany steps up, the problems could get much worse.

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New York – Singapore San Francisco - Madrid Rise of the Super Cities will Generate Double Digit Rental Growth over the next Five Years

Rising new technology industries and economic recovery are

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James Roberts, at Knight Frank, said: “Premium pricing for real estate is found in those cities with the most high value NQRZOHGJH ZRUNHUV ZKLFK FRQVHTXHQWO\ DWWUDFW WKH ZRUOG¡V leading corporations. 7KHVH DUH WKH Âś*OREDO &LWLHV¡ DQG WKH WKH\ DUH VHW WR H[SHULHQFH GRXEOH GLJLW UHQWDO JURZWK LQ WKHLU UHVSHFWLYH RIĂ€FH PDUNHWV due to substantial demand and restricted supply of new commercial stock.

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Courtesy of Kníght Frank Bangkok - For further information, please contact: Alice Mitchell, corporate pr manager, Knight Frank, +44 (0)20 7861 5168 John Williams, head of PR, Knight Frank – 020 7861 1738

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Wednesday 24 th December 2014

SOCIAL CALENDAR

from 7.00 p.m. onwards at the Resort Splash Pool Bar Please join in a delightful Christmas eve dinner under the stars and indulge in an exclusive International buffet menu with a welcoming glass of champagne.

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Our Executive Chef and his team will open the dinner with a delicious roasted turkey and the opening of the champagne ceremony with a traditional saber. Sit back and view the variety of dance performances or get into the dance groove with our award winning DJ.

POWER TEE COMPETITION Tee time 12.00 p.m.

THB 2,100.- per person inclusive of caddy and snack following game.

THB 2,100++ per person

Golf carts are optional at THB 750.- (1 person)

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Tee time 12.00 p.m. Free to Qualified Pairs. Limited to 24 pairs

THB 3,500.- per person for non qualified players inclusive of dinner

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GOLF & BBQ DINNER Afternoon golf tournament. Tee times from 12.30 p.m., followed by a sunset BBQ at Mulligan’s Pub.

THB 3,600.- per person inclusive of golf, cart, caddie and barbecue Golf carts are optional at THB 750.-(1 person)

THB 950.- barbecue only

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BANYAN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS The tournament is for members and invited guests to enjoy the activity. Stroke-Play and the low Gross score, in both Men’s & Ladies Division. The respective Champions prizes will include the annual membership fees for 2015 being waived and their names will be added to the “Wall of Champions” in Mulligan’s Pub. Tee time 12.30 p.m. The tournament is for members and invited guests to enjoy the activity.

THB 1,500.- per person (Members), THB 3,500 (Members Guests) inclusive of tournament fees, caddy fees & tournament dinner

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY!

J oin our exclusive “Penfolds Wine Dinner” at The Terrace Restaurant. The evening will commence with Champagne cocktails followed by great food and wine at 6.30 p.m.

Wednesday 31 st December 2014

THB 3,000.- per person

7.00 p.m. - 3.00 a.m. at the Resort Splash Pool Bar

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CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH

Retro theme, dedicated to peace and love, disco dancing, crazy clothing, and groovy music. Let the last day of 2014 be the greatest and wildest start for 2015.

Our Chefs will create a wonderful Christmas Day lunch buffet, featuring traditional roast turkey and all your favorite dishes inclusive of special offers on all Wines from The Cellar. Activity corner for kids.

THB 1,000.-per person, half price for children under 12 years old

Featuring the award winning powerhouse DJ! Michael Jackson Impersonator Show! Top of the rock Break Dancers! The sizzling and Wild Madonna! Pump it out to the 80’s and 90’s vibe, lucky draw and a whole lot more. Lavish International Buffet and bubbly on arrival.

THB 4,500.- per person and half price for children under 12 years old

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0HUF\ KRXVH LV DIÀOLDWHG WR WKH (YDQJHOLFDO )HOORZVKLS RI Thailand charitable foundation. A committee of 7 people share responsibility with Mr. Wichai and Mrs. Wanpen as managers, ZLWK RI WKH ÀQDQFLDO VXSSRUW QHHGHG FRPLQJ IURP 6ZHGHQ and the rest from voluntary gifts donated by individuals and groups interested in Mercy House.

Home, Mercy House, out of compassion for the many needy children in their district. This also included disabled children and those whose parents had abandoned them or were divorced. Many of the children are from the Karen tribe. No child is rejected on ethnic or religious grounds. It was started in a small way with just eleven children in one building that ZDV RIWHQ Ă RRGHG DQG PRVTXLWR LQIHVWHG 6LQFH WKHQ WKHUH Mercy House welcomes visitors and it would be appreciated if has been steady progress and today there are 24 children you contact Mr. Wichai before by telephone (Thai only) or by letter. The telephone number is 032-621905, 081-9411770. at Mercy House. Email: mercyhouse3@hotmail.com A workshop was built in September 2006, enabling the children Address: 18/15 Tessabaan street 1, Tanbon Khao Noi, Amphur to pursue work skills for their future careers. The discipline Pranburi, Prachuabkirikharn 77120 Thailand. of the children is strict and loving like a true family. They are all expected to learn to look after themselves and their possessions as well as share together in work and play.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Ginko Biloba Older than Dinosaurs MAIDENHAIR TREE - ANTI AGING - ANTIOXIDANTS

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Tennis in Thailand Tennis was introduced in Thailand by Europeans. The two most famous Thai Tennis players are : Paradorn Srichaphan, born 14 June 1979) is a former SURIHVVLRQDO WHQQLV SOD\HU IURP 7KDLODQG +H ZDV WKH Ă€UVW PHQ¡V VLQJOHV SOD\HU IURP $VLD WR EH UDQNHG LQ WKH WRS RI the ATP rankings, reaching a career high world no. 9. His nickname is “Ballâ€?. Paradorn started his professional ATP career in 1998. He remained in the lower ranks of the professional circuit for several years. He managed to get into the top 30 after defeating Andre Agassi in Wimbledon. ,Q KH ZRQ KLV Ă€UVW $73 OHYHO VLQJOHV WLWOH WKH +DPOHW Cup. He reached the fourth round in Wimbledon where he ZDV EHDWHQ E\ $QG\ 5RGGLFN +DYLQJ EHFRPH WKH Ă€UVW SOD\HU to defeat Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam, he also reached the fourth round in the US Open. By the end of the year, he was ranked World No. 11 in the ATP rankings.

TKH ÀUVW 7KDL ZKR SOD\HG WKLV JDPH ZHUH VWXGHQWV FDPH back from Europe after their study. The Royal family of Thailand played the major role in the starting development of tennis in Thailand.

Tamarine Tanasugarn, born 24 May 1977) is a professional Thai ladies tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in the world in both singles and doubles.

In 1926 king Prajadhipok founded the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand at Saralom Garden. 2IĂ€FLDO UHJXODWLRQV RI WKH RUJDQLVDWLRQ VWDUWHG LQ $SULO 1927 after a meeting of 12 associations, among others : The Amusement Association and the Railway Association. The decision was made to settle the regulation of the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand as a supreme governing body of tennis in Thailand.

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9DQD 1DYD +XD +LQ ZLOO IHDWXUH 7KH $E\VVÂŒ WKH ODUJHVW slider in the world, imported to Thailand. It accommodates up to six persons on a single ride and is the highlight attraction RI 9DQD 1DYD +XD +LQ $ 7KDLODQG¡V WDOOHVW %RRPHUDQJRÂŒ which takes four persons in a raft ride of heart-stopping and KH KLJKO\ DQWLFLSDWHG 9DQD 1DYD +XD +LQ $VLD¡V ZLWK YHUWLFDO GURSV 7KH VWXQQLQJ 9DQD 1DYD )DOOV ZKLFK First Water Jungle, a 1billion Baht, world-class leisure towering at 31 meters is the tallest manmade mountain with destination from Proud Real Estate Co., Ltd., is ready to waterfalls in Asia. ´:H DUH YHU\ FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW RXU ZDWHU MXQJOH ZLOO VLPSO\ EH open its doors to the public on 1 December 2014. WKH Ă€UVW RI LWV NLQG LQ 7KDLODQG ,I \RX DUH D UHDO ZDWHU SDUN

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What the best Educational Systems are doing right IT IS NOT ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT SCHOOL Fifty years ago, both South Korea and Finland had terrible

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education systems. Finland was at risk of becoming the economic stepchild of Europe. South Korea was ravaged by civil war. Yet over the past half century, both South Korea and Finland have turned their schools around – and now both countries are hailed internationally for their extremely high educational outcomes.

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Finland has a short school day rich with school-sponsored extracurricular. In Finland, school is the center of the community. School provides not just educational services, but social services. Education is about creating identity. Finnish culture values intrinsic motivation and the pursuit of personal interest. A third of the classes that students take in high school are electives and they can even choose which PDWULFXODWLRQ H[DPV WKH\ DUH JRLQJ WR WDNH ,W¡V D ORZ VWUHVV culture, and it values a wide variety of learning experiences. Teachers in Finland teach 600 hours a year, spending the rest of time in professional development. In the U.S., teachers are in the classroom 1,100 hours a year, with little time for feedback. Today, the American and European culture of choice puts the RQXV RQ SDUHQWV WR Ă€QG WKH ´ULJKWÂľ VFKRROV IRU WKHLU NLGV UDWKHU than trusting that all schools are capable of preparing their children for adulthood. Their obsession with talent puts the RQXV RQ VWXGHQWV WR EH ´VPDUW Âľ UDWKHU WKDQ RQ DGXOWV¡ DELOLW\ to teach them. And the US antiquated system for funding schools makes property values the arbiter of spending per student, not actual values.

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The second question is even more important. Nothing in life has an inherent meaning. As human beings, we have a tremendous power to assign things meaning (eg: suppose a FRXSOH KDV WKHLU ÀUVW PDMRU DUJXPHQW 2QH SDUWQHU EHOLHYHV that the relationship is over, while the other views it as a challenge, that, when overcome, will bring them closer together). The third question is your point of transformation. You are the cause of your problems only you are also the solution. As a Master Life Coach/Strategic Interventionist, Shawn K. Carpenter helps people create permanent transformation and success in life. For a Strategy Session with him, go to http://theollingroup.ca

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The Giant Bookworm Part Eight $ȷɰʙLɈ The Story So Far: When Sal, the last giant living left Reckwood Village with a library in his hand, he had no idea that an orphaned girl named Amelia was sleeping inside it…or that she’d become his librarian. An unlikely friendship has sprouted between them, but Sal has gleaned a suspicion that could change everything…

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you’d I am living with Sal now and not to worry about him attacking Reckwood again, that’s all.” I thought I was making progress, I could see Mrs Better wanting to believe me…until the door to the adults’ private parlour door creaked open, and Madame Cole stepped through.

It was my first day off, and I had asked Sal if he’d carry me over the valley so I could go into Reckwood. I had decided I should tell Madame Cole and the housekeeper, Mrs Better, that I would no longer be living at the orphanage, and to make sure the other orphans weren’t worried about being snacked on by a giant. To my surprise, Sal agreed, and we decided to meet at the edge of the valley at sunset.

“Employed by a giant, are we Amelia?” Not we, I wanted to say, I. “Do you honestly expect us to believe that?” I started to shake. Mrs Better was a bag of nerves with the inability to be still, but everyone knew Madame Cole was the reason why. Madame Cole took one stride over to the table, snatched my satchel off my shoulder and emptied the contents onto the wooden surface. The real gold coins Sal had given me to buy supplies with (“heirlooms” he had called the coins when I asked where they had come from) rolled across the table, and Madame Cole’s hands closed around them.

I actually sighed with relief when I saw that the orphanage was still there, trembling slightly with the pitter-patter of children’s feet running down the halls and bursting outside into the morning sunshine. I saw that the square hole where the library wall used to be, had been unsuccessfully curtained with an old sheet. A group of children were playing DuckDuck-Goose in front of it. As I got closer, one girl with ebony skin leapt from the circle and sprinted towards me. “You’re alive!” Orthella gasped. “Amelia’s alive!” the other children forgot their game to come up and touch me, checking I wasn’t a ghost, and rushing inside to tell the others. I could already hear the whispers of the other children, the beginnings of imaginative rumours: “Do you think she escaped and ran all the way back to Reckwood?” “Maybe he made her his slave and she poisoned his food!” Before I met Sal, I was just another nameless orphan. Now I was a legend, though it didn’t feel like an improvement. “Amelia?” said Mrs Better, she pushed her way through the children and took my cheeks into her wrinkled hands. “Oh my dear girl, you must be exhausted!” Mrs Better hooked her arm under my armpit and hustled me indoors to the kitchen, where she began rummaging about for something – to feed me. “I’m okay Mrs Better. I already ate,” Her eyes narrowed. “Sal, I mean the giant, he didn’t mean to kidnap me. He just wanted the library. He’s really kind too. I am his librarian now, so everything worked out how it’s meant to. I just came to say thank you for looking after me and tell

“He’s paid you to lie to us! Amelia I knew you weren’t very bright, but I honestly didn’t suspect you were an imbecile or that you had so much greed you couldn’t see danger when it hit you on the head.” My insides were boiling. My skin grew red-hot with anger. I pressed my lips together, just holding my rage inside. “I don’t care what that beast has told you, you are staying here.” And with that, I exploded: “I’m better off with Sal than I ever was here!” I wanted to say more. I wanted to tell her that she was a mean person. That she smelt terrible, and that she was greedier than all the orphans put together for stealing Sal’s heirlooms. But I mustn’t have been thinking straight, because all the sudden I was sobbing. “Stress exhaustion?” Mrs Better offered. Madame Cole shook her head. “She just wants our pity, ungrateful child. Lock her in the girl’s dormitory.” I thrashed and squirmed in an attempt to break free, but it wasn’t Mrs Better’s first time dragging unwilling children up the rickety staircase for punishment. When the moon came out, Orthella crawled into bed next to me, and stroked my hair back as if to comfort me. Sunset had long gone, and I hadn’t returned to the valley. What would Sal think of me? What if he didn’t think of me at all?

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50m. away from the beach 4 bedrooms with AC, 3 bathrooms 1 living room + 1 kitchen 1 private pool

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30-50m. away from the beach 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms 1 private pool

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Electric Mango Club Hua Hin When only the best is good enough. Electric Mango is a unique lifestyle concept not found anywhere else in Hua Hin.

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he Electric Mango is situated among a orchard of Mango Trees a bit off set Soi 112 a few hubnder meters before the abandoned Floating Market 1.

You enter the private road to Electric mango from Soi 112 where you turn left coming from town at Cheap Charlie´s opposite Baan Dusita 1 Compound. The open cocktail bar with two pool tables and a large screen TV to watch your F1 race and soccer, rugby events faces an enormous lawn with is partly converted into a large swimming pool with a beach like area to relax. A kid´s playground with slides and swings and plenty of running space. 4 salas equipped with the latest Karaoke equipment crown the culinary establishment. The prices are very reasonable and affordable for families. Khun Namfon , the General Manager overviews the premises with her usual charm and grace.

086 175 1209

Rual Road 2052 Amphoe Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand 77110

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Directory Important Telephone numbers in Hua Hin & Where to go Police Police Emergency Hua Hin Local Police Station Hua Hin Tourist Police – Speak English Ambulance ( Private Enterprise) Fire Brigade Tourist Authority of Thailand Tourist Information ( English Spoken) Information (English Spoken ) Hospitals Bangkok Hospital San Paolo Hospital Hua Hin Hospital Petcharat Hospital - Petchaburi Pediatric Clinic - Dr. Sumet Alternative Medicine –at the San Paolo Hospital Hua Hin Red Cross Transportation & Trains Railway station – Trains to BKK and South Bus station of Hua Hin – VIP bus to Suvannabhumi Airport ( Single trip THB 305) Hua Hin airport - Flights to BKK and Chiang Mai Local Authorities Department of Land Hua Hin office Local Government (Hua Hin) Hua Hin local water supply The Power Board of Hua Hin Red Cross Wild life Rescue Center

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