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If you're going to purchase an HTC phone, get the Hero. It's Android (not Windows) and runs much faster.

I just got one a few days ago in HK (where it's a couple of thousand baht cheaper) and it truly is an amazing device. I also have the HTC Touch, HTC Tytn2, and had the brand back when it was known as Dopod.

The hero is very fast. One of the best features is Google Maps (showing where you and your friends are on the map) and Layar (augmented reality, overlaying search results from Google Maps as you point it).

Thanks much for the recommendations.

I've contacted one and think I may go forward with them, at their hourly rate of 5,500 baht per hour.

Any recommendations for a law firm that can handle a sexual harassment lawsuit?

I'm looking for the best firm in Bangkok. Cost is not an issue, although of course I don't want to be ripped off.

check out http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/befor...avel/visaHealth

Ginger will give a very deep warmth, as will Plai - Lavender will also give off a warm feeling when used for massage, whats the purpose?

Lemongrass House have the best massage oils IMO, but I'm biased.

Lavender tends to stick to clothes and fabric and eventually 'stink', even after washing. But I love the smell, initially.

Dental Hospital on Sukhumvit Soi 49 (before Samitivej) seems to be one of the most recommended here. (Perform a search)

I've used a few different dentists in Bangkok (Silom Dental, Thantakit, and others) and I think Dental Hospital is the best. All of their doctors speak very good English. One that I know of speaks it perfectly (as she was trained in the US)

Good luck!

You're probably looking for more of a cream, perhaps something with menthol.

I've used a few Thai massage creams that have this effect but I don't know the name. I believe it has something like Tiger Balm inside

This is great news for the police.

Now the law can NOT be enforced remotely instead of on-site!

Saves a lot of time.

they moaned about camera's in the uk ,but when they stop bombers and crime everyone likes them,will be the same here ,i think its a good idea in this day and age.........

It is *assumed* that CCTV 'stops crime'. Here is one of many articles about research pointing to just the opposite.

Good policing helps to prevent crime, not cameras.

Does Thailand have good policing?

It should also be noted that different nationalities may have differing opinions on what constitutes a 'fight'.

A "fight" to me (being from the most peaceful USA group of peaceful states with peace-loving peoples) may be just a minor altercation to that country with all those violent football hooligans. Maybe the food and sex are very bad, so the frustration has to come out somehow? (mostly kidding)

It should be read as such:

From this survey (as of now), Thai respondees are the most violent, with 100% of respondents having been in a fight (8 of 8).

In second place, Australians/NZers, with 47.6% having been in a fight (10 out of 21).

In third place, British with 45.45% (45 out of 99)

In fourth place, other with 35.48% (11 out of 31)

The most non-violent of respondees are North Americans, with only 21.62% having been in a fight (8 out of 37).

Of those who fight, which group of respondees is the most violent?

Thai, with 37.5% having been in more than five fights. Australian/NZ with 19%, British with 15%, North American with 10.8%, and other with 9.6%

I used to use a Mac and PC laptop side-by-side for work. The Mac was always having problems and crashing. Same for 2 of my co-workers (who were Mac fanatics, but didn't care that their computers actually sucked).

Too bad Apple has a very noisy fanbase more focused on what's "cool" that practical.

I recommend the Asus S6F, which is a work of art. Sure, you pay more for the leather trim but it's a very well-made machine. It's a bit smaller than 12" but the screen resolution is excellent. I used to have the ~12" Acer but it started giving me problems after a year or so. The Asus works like a charm.

You could always marry somone like Michael Clarke Duncan that huge coloured guy from the film The Green Mile or Pierluigi Collina the bald Italian referee. Pretty sure you'd be safe with either of those 2 at your side

Good that you know his name and how to spell it, but even better if you knew that it's called "black", not "coloured".

In the movie he's "coloured". In real life, he's "black". Amazing transition!

This is great news for the police.

Now the law can NOT be enforced remotely instead of on-site!

Saves a lot of time.

Guilty until proven innocent?

Just because a newspaper reports that he 'appeared drunk' does not make it so.

How about a sobriety test at the time of arrest, or does 'appearing drunk' suffice?

I've had good experience with Moga in Emporium (3rd floor, I think, on the same level as Books Kinokuniya).

The shampoos are definitely worth the 700 (for men), if nothing else. They seem to cut women's hair pretty good, too. (Yes, I tend to watch sometimes. Creepy!)

Thanks for the tip on the Polaris. It sounds like the phone I want to wait for.

I have had one of HTC's older smartphones with an OMAP850 CPU for a couple of years and, until a couple of months ago, was still one of the most advanced phones in the market. (Imagine people gawking at the same cell phone for 2 years straight!) It has worked like a charm, even after dropping it a number of times. Its quality is superb.

I will snap one of these up as soon as it comes out.

I think it might be a good idea for the Thai government to set up a "Common Sense" department and all of these new rules and regulations would have to pass through and be approved...Maybe it would stop some of this knee jerk reaction laws that we see..

OBVIOUSLY, you don't know your history.

The first crackdown ever instituted was a crackdown on common sense.

I think it worked pretty darn well.

You're probably right.

In my previous life, I used to make sure banks reported it correctly.

Maybe you could start a money-laundering consulting firm, charging just 2%. Just kidding.. but really!

You need Eraser to wipe the data off the disk.

I was just going to recommend Eraser.

Formatting doesn't actually do the job.

You actually need to overwrite the sectors with new data.

thots

I see you visited the US Treasury website. That's fine, but you've misinterpreted the quote from the money laundering guide.

The guide you quoted says nothing about wires. It talks only about cash. And that's because that's what CTRs are about - CASH, not wires. Go ahead .. read it again.

You're probably right. On the form itself at http://www.fincen.gov/forms/fin104_ctr.pdf (Part II item 30) is a box for wire transfers. But the form itself is for currency transactions. Banks probably don't use this form for wire transfers because the US authorities (thanks to SWIFT) would have it in their database.

All international transactions using the SWIFT/BIC system (which is most banking and equity-related transactions) are reported to US authorities. SWIFT is a cooperative in Belgium, but the database is also mirrored in the US.

Although they have access to this interbank data, it cannot be assumed that it's also reported to the IRS. However, the ability is there.

For a CTR, there is a certain algorithm that is used. Sending $9,900 of course will cause a flag. But so might two transactions of $5,000 each within a two-week period. Note that structuring transactions to avoid a CTR filing is illegal if it can be proved that it was done for no legitimate business reason.

If you send $5,000 from one bank and $5,000 from another bank in the same day you may not be subject to the reporting requirement. Check Title 31, U.S.C. § 5313 for more info.

According to Money Laundering: A Banker's Guide to Avoiding Problems:

Most vendor software systems include standard suspicious cash activity reports that

typically filter cash activity in three forms: 1) cash activity

including multiple transactions greater than $10,000; 2) cash

activity (single and multiple transactions) just below the $10,000

reporting threshold (e.g., between $8,000 - $10,000); and, 3)

cash transactions involving multiple lower-dollar transactions

(e.g., $3,000) which over a period of time (e.g., 15 days)

aggregate to a substantial sum of money. Such filtering reports,

when implemented either through the purchase of a vender

software system or through requests from the information service

provider, will enhance significantly a bank’s ability to identify

and evaluate unusual cash transactions.

Note that banks also generally keep records of purchases of cashier’s checks, money orders, and traveler’s checks in amounts over $3,000 to make sure that you're complying with the reporting requirement. Non-customer wire transactions and Pay Upon Proper Identification (PUPID) transactions are, of course, more closely scrutinized.

I think in practice, however, only transactions over about US $500,000 really raise flags. There are simply too many small-dollar transactions everyday to keep up with. (FYI, SWIFT processes about $6,000,000,000,000 -trillion- per day in transactions) Safety in numbers, I suppose.

[The above information has been provided for your reference only and is not intended to supply you with information on how to break or circumvent any laws.]

people make and lose money with 'forex' all the time without knowing it.

open up a multi-currency account and spread your eggs around. keeping all your cash in one currency is not the best thing to do.

And then there's Malaysia's 'My Second Home' program. But then again a lot of people here wouldn't consider Malaysia

When I first came to Thailand my tgf told me that I complained too much.

After 3 years of traveling around to different countries, both Western and Asian, she now complains more than I do when she comes back to Thailand! (She admits this and finds it funny) I don't complain so much now, and she complains more. Go figure.

(btw this thread is crap! punctuation is crap, too, for good measure)

I've flown it.

just check different dates. or sometimes scroll down further.