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    Please Use Electric Fans As Funeral Wreaths!

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    BANGKOK, Thailand - When it comes to paying last respects, an electric fan is better than a customary flower wreath, an official in Bangkok said Thursday.

    Not only are small fans cheaper, but - unlike wreaths - they don't add to the capital's massive garbage output and can be used afterward by poor Buddhist monks, said City Clerk Nathanon Thavisin.

    Bangkok's Buddhist temples host hundreds of funerals a day. Mourners often send dozens of floral wreaths to show sympathy.

    Nathanon initially made her suggestion on Monday while meeting with senior monks on how to tidy the grounds of crowded, busy temples.

    "There's nothing wrong or strange about an electric fan," Nathanon told The Associated Press. "It can replace the wreath beautifully, both in terms of price and usefulness."

    Decorating the appliances with small dried or paper flowers could make them prettier, she said.

    A small electric fan costs only about $10 - less than half the price of a good wreath, she said, adding that they "are definitely more useful and environmentally friendly."

    The city's monasteries could donate the fans to poor countryside temples, Nathanon said.

    "Many temples, particularly those in rural areas, need the fans to cool off," she said.

    http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/n.../9219291.htm?1c

    Consortium Offers Deal To Keep Picasso In Thailand

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    Thailand was considering a deal to keep in the country a picture reputedly drawn by Pablo Picasso as a raw teenager, an art historian claimed.

    A Thai consortium that owns the pastel profile of a woman has offered it to the nation for 50 million dollars instead of selling it abroad, Professor Winai Phun-numphon of Bangkok’s Silpakorn University told AFP.

    Market experts said the picture sounded similar to Picasso pictures of the era but cast doubts over its value, saying if it proved genuine was likely to reach about 100,000 to 200,000 dollars at auction.

    Independent experts have not authenticated it amid scepticism over the claims and Picasso experts contacted by AFP said they had no knowledge of the picture.

    The piece has been named “Original Carmen” by its owners who claim it was drawn around 1897 when Picasso was 16. They say it is similar to Picasso’s pencil drawing “Carmen”, on display in Barcelona. Businessman Sittha Tianukrit, a member of the consortium, told AFP earlier this year that the picture was given to Thailand’s King Rama V by Queen Maria Christina of Spain during a royal visit to Spain in 1897, just after its completion.

    It was later auctioned and eventually sold to the present group of Thai owners.

    Professor Winai said: “I am 1,000 percent confident that the picture was drawn by Picasso as artists could not hide their strokes even if they changed their style. Their strokes are unique.”

    “The owners are willing to sell it to the government if they are interested, and will sell it for $50 million.”

    Tom Dickson, copyright agent for the Picasso Estate in Australia, said the picture was “not totally out of his oeuvre” and said a picture of its kind would typically sell for 100,000 to 200,000 US dollars.

    General Kasemchart Naressenie, a member of Thaksin’s staff, said he had seen the picture. “In my opinion, the picture is very beautiful and it is antique but I can’t confirm whether it was drawn by Picasso,” he said.

    http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...22-7-2004_pg9_1

    Dublin's Fair City

    in General Topics

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    Four gardaํ were treated in hospital today and a number of people arrested after a series of attacks across Dublin.

    The first attack took place in Summerhill in the north inner city after gardaํ were called to a suspected robbery at a Chinese restaurant.

    A 33-year-old man armed with a knuckle-duster sprayed three officers and a shop assistant in the face with pepper spray.

    The man was arrested and all four were taken to the Mater Hospital for treatment.

    Later, a local man in his 30s walked into a Garda station in the Shankill area of south Dublin and assaulted a senior officer.

    The man attacked a sergeant, biting his face and hand, and was later charged. The officer was treated at Loughlinstown Hospital.

    All three officers were released from hospital after treatment.

    In Blackrock, a woman armed with a steak knife was arrested after she walked into a Garda station and threatened two officers.

    Sukhumvit 50 Room / Helmets

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    On Thong Lo, Suk55, there is a place opposite soi 8 called Big John's that does air-con rooms for about THB350 per night. English style grub as well, pies, pasties, chips etc.

    Tell him the 'pom who gave his girls a cold' sent you. May get you a slap. :o

    Sukhumvit Soi 50 is NOWHERE near Sukhumvit Soi 55(Thonglor).

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