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Thanks. That is the correct address. I have a friend who has e-mailed them on their site for a while with no response. Does anyone else get responses from their e-mail system?

No sure how it was exposed as it is clearly visible for all to see. It is not a blip. We just added a banner management area to the site and will be adding in more things in that area in the coming months. One nice thing we added that I like is on each profile, it shows the last 50 to view that profile. Just an easy way to view other profiles. There are several things on the To Do list that we have for the programmers and are excited about adding them to the site. We also hired a new group of programmers to improve the speed of the site and optomize it. All of this cost money and the banner ads will help us to cover these expenses. We also have plans for the future to add a pay area to the site. No one has to pay for the forums, viewig profiles, blogs, photo galleries or other areas. However, we will add many full featured videos to an area that is for paid only as they will cost us when someone views them. The things you now see for free are remaining free.

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A friend of mine from Ireland was there last night and only in Pattaya for 2 days and said he had never experienced anything like that before. He had no idea what was going on but left the area and decided to head on to Chiang Mai early. I'm sure the papers will cover this event. If so, please keep those of us in other lands up to date. Thanks for the info GB.

Ben is not banned here. He is always welcome to post. To my knowledge he is not banned at the other site either. Perhaps he doesn't post as he is worried that others will not stick to the topic of that thread but go back to the drama of before. I don't know. I do know the he is smart enough to think over things and when he is ready to post, he will. I have seen few escorts who can take the heat as much as he and Scott have over the years but they do a great job at moving forward. My question is not where is BN. My question is where is Sanjaya? Are they together? I have not seen him on any shows lately. I worry about him.

Clinton supports Thai patent-busting New York (BangkokPost.com compiled from agency reports) "No company will ever die because of the high price premium for Aids drugs in middle-income countries," said former US president Bill Clinton, with Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla at his side. "But patients may." _____________________________________________________ Full story: Former US President Bill Clinton, standing next to Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla, has endorsed recent decisions by Thailand and Brazil to break patents held by American pharmaceutical companies. Mr Clinton said prices charged by drug companies are "exorbitant," despite claims by the companies they are reasonable. "No company will ever die because of the high price premium for Aids drugs in middle-income countries," he said - "but patients may." "I believe in intellectual property ... but that need not prevent us from getting essential life-saving medicines to those who need them in low- and middle-income countries alike." Mr Clinton unveiled a deal with two Indian drugs firms to cheaply produce HIV/Aids drugs for 66 countries. Mr Clinton said seven million people in those countries were in need of treatment for HIV/Aids, but could not afford it. The Clinton Foundation's agreement will cut the cost of what are known as second line anti-retrovirals by 25-50%. "Our announcement today responds directly to these challenges and sets the foundation not only for treatment for many more people but treatment that is more equitable, more affordable and more effective," he said. Second line drugs are used when cheaper and earlier forms of treatment fail. Mr Clinton says the prices of second-line treatments negotiated by his foundation will fall on average by 25 per cent in low-income countries and 50 per cent in middle-income countries. His foundation has also negotiated a deal allowing the one-pill-a-day, first-line treatment to be made available for less than $US1 a day for developing countries, a 45 per cent saving on the current price in Africa. "This drug represents the best chance that science has to offer," he said. United States trade officials last week put Thailand on a watch list for countries inadequately safeguarding the intellectual property rights of American companies, noting the overriding of drug patents. Tido von Shoen-Angerer, who leads the campaign by Doctors Without Borders for access to medicines, said he was unsure whether the recent developments would encourage developing countries to exercise their rights under international trade rules more freely to make or import generic drugs. “There’s a strong chilling effect from the U.S. action,” he said. Drug company officials yesterday strongly defended their policies of charging better-off developing countries more for Aids drugs than they did for poor countries, as well as the role of patents, which give inventor companies a monopoly on the sale of a drug, in stimulating the development of new drugs. Jennifer Smoter, a spokeswoman for Abbott, said patents were needed “to ensure innovation in the future” but declined to respond to Mr. Clinton’s comment that “Abbott has been almost alone in its hard-line position here over what I consider to be a life and death matter.” http://bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=118628

The students who come to Harvard graduate and striptease instructor Busakorn Vorameth are mostly educated, upper-middle-class career women between the ages of 20 to 50, who have found that erotic dancing helps reduce stress levels. For foreigners visiting Bangkok, it is hard to avoid a tour of at least one of the capital's many night entertainment strips, such Patpong, Nana Plaza or Soi Cowboy, where the chief attraction is scantily-clad women go-go dancing. The Thai "stripper" has therefore become ingrained in Bangkok's somewhat notorious international image. However, that image is a foreign one to many Thais. Thai society, at least at the middle and upper strata, is deemed quite conservative, and sexually suggestive dancing is definitely frowned upon. "Thai society is extreme. One side is very conservative while another side is very open," said Busakorn Vorameth, 36, owner and chief instructor of Rumpuree Dance Studio, located on the fifth floor of the upmarket Amarin Plaza, in central Bangkok. "I believe that conservative people want to express their emotions as well but they can't," said Busakorn, who graduated with a Masters Degree in design management from Harvard University in the United States. Busakorn, who works as an architect during the day, decided to open the Rumpuree Dance Studio less than a year ago to share her passion for dancing with others at night. Six months ago she began offering classes in erotic dancing and striptease, which she had taken classes in for fun while working as an architect in New York. "At first I didn't dare to open a striptease class because I was not sure if Thai people could accept it," said Busakorn. "It could have drawn criticism." Instead, her classes drew a lot of media attention and plenty of interested customers, mostly educated, upper-middle-class career women between the ages of 20 to 50 who have found that erotic dancing helps them reduce their stress levels. "I'm learning striptease because I love dancing," said Kewalin Sukapiboon, 33, a nurse at a leading private hospital. "It is fun, like I am playing a role. In daily life, I never do that, so my stress is released. I feel relaxed. Besides, this kind of dancing is a good exercise because it uses a lot of muscles." During the first half hour, Busakorn relaxes her students with soft music and dim lights in the room while teaching them to stretch their muscles. Then the music is turned up in tempo, and she starts teaching her pupils how to make sexy dance steps and enticing movements in front of the mirror. There was plenty of laughter as these career ladies watched themselves in the mirror. "The striptease I am learning is not like what saucy nightclub entertainers are doing," said Reiko Sakamoto, 36, a manager at the Senju Metal Trading Company. "They do something a bit similar with the expressing of sexiness but it's not the same." In Busakorn's opinion, women are sexy when they feel relaxed. "Sexiness is always from inside. Nobody can pretend to be sexy. Especially, in such a plastic world today, it is hard to get back to the nature," she opined. "This is why this dancing is different from others. Striptease isn't only about learning a pattern of body movement but emotional expression which is sexually explicit," she said. "This is the principle of the striptease. To get people to feel free to express themselves," she said. Busakorn insisted, "Striptease is an art, not just a dirty dance to arouse man's sexual desire. Striptease makes a dancer feel more comfortable to their bodies and also has psychological benefit. Many women are not self-confident, feeling uncomfortable to express their feeling, but inside they really want to do so. Striptease makes them think that to release their emotion is not a bad thing." Busakorn's striptease philosophy, unfortunately, may be lost on the thousands of go-go girls engaged in erotic dancing in Bangkok for a living, rather than as a hobby. Busakorn said she understood that these women were dancing for money, and probably couldn't afford her classes at 300 baht (8.50 dollars) an hour, but she refuses to call what they do art. "I don't think Thailand has a real striptease, even at Patpong. I don't see girls in Patpong dancing, they just move their bodies a bit," she said. http://bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=118609 Chalermkwan Jiramonai, dpa

The website address I have for this place is now gone. I think they let it expire. Does anyone else have a new one?

The Kentucky Derby weekend has always been a special weekend for me. Going back 30 years, my family took a trip to the Derby. It really was something special to see. The excitement in the air and could be felt and I remember the Goosebumps on my arms as the race began. Back then, I was just a tot and I had a beautiful horse named Trigger. No, not the one from the Long Ranger but as you see, growing up on a farm we watched all the western TV shows and movies. After the races I really thought Trigger and I would one day be in the race and win. I didn’t really realize that Trigger was WAY too old and I was WAY too young. (BTW: I keep a picture of Trigger with me on most trips and returning once from overseas customs stopped me and asked me who the cute YOUNG blond boy was and why I had a picture of him. I smiled and said it was me when I was 10 and that is Trigger. Thanks for thinking I am cute." They let me pass.) But, ever since that day, I have watched with anticipation the Derby. I have been lucky enough to see races at all the Triple Crown tracks. I was reminded of how special this time was when I overheard a little boy in the grocery store today telling his friend not to call during the running as his family will not answer the phone. I have long since lost my desire to race but I still love riding. http://www.churchilldowns.com/

Thailand has been in the press of late with its decision to bypass patents on drugs for HIV. Now, Brazil is doing the same thing for the first time. It is bypassing the law to offer Efavirenz to its people. Here is the CNN article. BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took steps Friday to let Brazil buy or produce an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. despite the U.S. drug company's patent. Lula da Silva issued a "compulsory license" that would bypass Merck's patent on the AIDS drug efavirenz, a day after the Brazilian government rejected Merck's offer to sell the drug at a 30 percent discount, or $1.10 per pill, down from $1.57. The country was seeking to purchase the drug at 65 cents a pill, the same price Thailand pays. It was the first time Brazil has bypassed a patent, but Lula da Silva said Brazil would consider doing so again on any drug sold at unfair prices. "Between our business and our health, we are going to take care of our health," he said after signing the decree. "We're profoundly disappointed with Brazil's decision to expropriate our intellectual property. They are sending a chilling signal," said Jeffery Sturchio, Merck's vice president for corporate responsibility, in a telephone interview. "We are considering our course of action but that will take some time." A compulsory license is a legal mechanism that allows a country to manufacture or buy generic versions of patented drugs while paying the patent holder only a small royalty. Brazilian law and rules established under the World Trade Organization allow for compulsory licenses in a health emergency or if the pharmaceutical industry uses abusive pricing. After Thailand moved to override patents on three anti-AIDS drugs, including those made by Abbott Laboratories and Merck, the United States placed Thailand on a list of copyright violators. In Thailand's capital of Bangkok, AIDS activists rallied outside the U.S. Embassy on Thursday to protest the decision, calling the Thai government's move to slash the cost of pricey U.S.-made AIDS drugs a "lifesaver." The president of the U.S.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Michael Weinstein, called Brazil's action a "victory," saying in a statement, "We salute the courage of countries such as Brazil, Thailand and Mexico who are fighting to ensure drug access for AIDS patients the world over. "Drug companies will go down in defeat every time they place themselves in the way of justice for AIDS patients," he said. But the U.S.-Brazil Business Council said the decision was a "major step backward" in intellectual property law and warned it could harm development. "Brazil is working to attract investment in innovative industries ... and this move will likely cause investments to go elsewhere," the council said in a statement. Brazil had threatened several times to bypass drug patents, but the country had always reached a last-minute agreement with drug manufacturers. Brazil provides free AIDS drugs to anyone who needs them and manufactures generic versions of several drugs that were in production before Brazil enacted an intellectual property law in 1997 to join the WTO. But as newer drugs have emerged, costs ballooned and health officials warned that without deep discounts, they would be forced to issue compulsory licenses. Efavirenz is used by 75,000 of the 180,000 Brazilians who receive free AIDS drugs from the government. The drug currently costs about the government about $580 per patient per year. The Health Ministry says that a generic version of efavirenz would save the government some $240 million between now and 2012, when Merck's patent expires. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/...s.ap/index.html

One of the first things you learn at drag queen bingo is that if you can't take being picked on, you keep your mouth shut. Yes, this is bingo, the game of blue-haired grandmas and church-basement fundraisers, but a drag queen is a drag queen, and if in between N-36 and I-18 your table is being rowdy, she'll be rowdy right back. "Straight guys, calm down, this isn't Bennigan's," sassed Ginger, a short blonde in a black dress slit up to the waist, on a recent Wednesday night. My friends and I were at Lips, a Manhattan restaurant that turns into a bingo parlor midweek with drag queens — those over-the-top, tell-it-like-it-is men dressed as women — plucking balls from the bingo cage. Ginger took turns calling numbers with Yvonne, the establishment's owner, who in a short straight wig and long velvet jacket, had a Louise Brooks vibe — a sharp contrast to the beehive hairdos and animal-print outfits of Lips' other waitresses, who looked to have come straight from the set of a John Waters movie. Ginger and Yvonne's cutting back-and-forth of mostly unprintable comments about Clay Aiken, Michael Jackson, and Weight Watchers spared neither each other nor the bingo players. When the first winner went to the front of the room to get her card verified and forgot to bring her card, Ginger shot out: "Good thing she's cute. She's not that smart." Bingo and drag queens. Where, you might understandably ask, did this ever come from? Seattle, as it turns out. In the early 1990s, as director of development for the Chicken Soup Brigade, a support organization for people with AIDS, Judy Werle was charged with dreaming up fundraising events. "I checked out places where people gathered and spent money, because I figured if you had that, you could redirect the money to a good cause," says Werle. That logic led her to bingo halls. "They were totally full of obsessed people," she says. "But it was also extremely boring. So we decided to liven it up in the way that only gay men can." To see full article go here: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,85...=rss-topstories By BARBARA KIVIAT

Posted: May 3, 2007 - 2:07 pm ET (Washington) The House of Representatives passed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act Thursday, just hours after the White House said aides would recommend President Bush veto the measure. The House voted 237 to 180. A parallel bill is working its way through the Senate. The Shepard Act, also called the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, would allow the Department of Justice to assist local authorities in investigating and prosecuting cases in which violence occurs against people based on their sexuality. For full article: http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/05/050307hatevote.htm

I have experienced the opposite. It is faster for me. Anyone else have slow speed issues?

What is your current carrier?

I have not used her for Thailand as I use my own airline and pay full fare. But, I did use her once on another flight and was very happy with it. She not only does flights to Thailand but everywhere. Give her a call if you are heading somewhere exotic or erotic and I bet you will be happy with that.

I have read a few stories about the changes of the Thailand Elite Membership Card. One of the major perks of the card is a 5 year visa. I have also been viewing their website and it is getting ready for some new changes. I have found all the privilages there but missing is ANY information on Visas. I do wonder what that means if anything? Also, I would be curious to know how this affects others who have purchased the cards. I have one friend who purchased the card last year and has been very happy with it. But, he purchased it for the reasons other than the visa.

One of my favorite Lady Boy bars in on Soi 6. There is currently a crackdown going on. Here is the article from the newspaper. http://www.pattayacitynews.net/news_03_05_50_3.htm

Finally a full blackberry with keyboard and it has a 2.0 megapixel camera with it. http://www.blackberrycurve.com

I hope this is not the case. If it is, my sympathies to his family.

A good service. The boy is sexy as well. 15m pounds? OMG No way to hold off a few months?

I love the openess of the Thai culture. The fact that the ad is a gay ad is a true testament of how open things are in that country.

I have been trying to practice up on my Portuguese to talk to the boys down there. I found this nice program that offers news and voice translations via News. It is very cool and helpful and offers many language options. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home...ewsbrowser.html

Thanks for the heads up on the bypass page. We are looking into that. Glad the site is faster for you now. Yeah!

Perhaps the ladyboys are there for the BF's of the farangs. I know my boys were never interested in the guys on stage but always wanted to go to the bar with the sexy ladyboys. I think a good mix of boys and ladyboys is the best way to do it. Everyone should be able to get a little of what they want. I think a perfect example of this is Jimm Jimmy James. They always have a good mix. When Lucky 7 was at its peak, that was always a fun place as well. I also do enjoy seeing the ladyboys on stage and it does not bother me at all. I think it adds to the uniquness of Thailand and the bars there.

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