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Famous Scams: Therese Humbert - 17/08/2009

The life of Thérèse Humbert is yet another tale of a rags-to-riches tale fraudster, this time in 19th century Paris.

When Thérèse Daurignac was born into a peasant family in Languedoc, France, in 1856, nobody could have imagined her future life would make her the subject of a 1983 TV movie. The little Thérèse was clearly a natural at the confidence trickster game, and even as a child would convince friends to lend her their jewellery in order to convince others that she was wealthy.

Fabulous story about one the best scams in French history.

TomTom for iPhone Appears in New Zealand App Store

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TomTom for iPhone Appears in New Zealand App Store

Sunday August 16, 2009 09:25 AM EST; Category: iPhone
Written by Eric Slivka


iPhoneclub.nl reports [Google translation] that four regional versions of TomTom's much-anticipated iPhone GPS application have appeared in Apple's New Zealand App Store: U.S. & Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Pricing is as follows (Users should set their iTunes Store to "New Zealand" prior to clicking the App Store links.):

- U.S. & Canada [App Store]: NZ $124.99 (US $84.41)
- Western Europe [App Store]: NZ $179.99 (US $121.55)
- Australia [App Store]: NZ $104.99 (US $70.90)
- New Zealand [App Store]: NZ $119.99 (US $81.03)

The App Store application prices obviously include only the iPhone application and not the companion car kit that will integrate a car mount, enhanced GPS receiver, built-in speaker, and power cables. The kit will also include an audio output jack, as well as a microphone to enable use of the iPhone as a Bluetooth speakerphone. A package supposedly containing both the hardware and software components appeared for pre-order early last month priced at £99 (US $163.39) plus taxes at UK retailer Handtec, although the legitimacy of the offer remains unclear.

It is unknown whether the applications' appearance on the New Zealand App Store is the first phase of a rollout to multiple countries or if the release was a premature addition.

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iPhoneclub.nl reports [Google translation] that four regional versions of TomTom's much-anticipated iPhone GPS application have appeared in Apple's New Zealand App Store: U.S. & Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Living the HIGH life... - The itchy foot & wheely case

We’re pretty spoilt in Dubai but it’s nothing like the holiday-makers at the resorts we’ve been staying in this week. All inclusive hotels dot the coast of Negril and feed the whims of mostly American tourists looking to taste Jamaica from a silver spoon. It’s a costly business but everyone gets their money’s worth. Free flowing drinks, endlessly available food, live entertainment in the evenings, massage classes, jewellery making… you name it, you can do it. Yesterday there was even a tarot card reader in the main restaurant area, dishing out relationship predictions by checking who was and who wasn’t wearing a wedding ring, probably.
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The day I became a diver… - The itchy foot & wheely case

Yesterday I became a certified PADI open water diver. Sounds pretty cool to type that! It was facing a fear as much as it was learning a new skill – at some point between the ages of 10 and 29 I developed a mysterious fear of putting my face under water – something I’m sure sprung from an early viewing of a drowning scene in some scary film I wasn’t supposed to be watching. Jaws, probably. But anyway, if you could see the sea here, you’d probably think the same thing I did. There’s something about the flat, calming Caribbean waters that make you want to get right to the bottom of what makes them so blue.
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Candle Powered Lava Lamps from Mathmos.

Fireflow O1 - The first Tea-Light powered lava lamp
Fireflow O1 is a completely new type of lava lamp. The lava bottle is suspended within a mouth blown glass which in turn sits on a simple cast metal base containing the candle. The design makes visible the physics that enables the heat given by a tea light to create the mesmerising chaotic movement of the lava liquids. Fireflow O1 can be used for 3 hours at any one time; the average burn time for one tea light.

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Breil Eros BW0309 gents watch at a fantastic price of 160 Watch and Jewellery Shop News

Breil Eros BW0309 gents watch at a fantastic price of £160

This rose gold gents watch is one of the most popular and stylish in the Breil range. It is a full chronograph with a screw down crown that gives better waterproofing characteristics.

Quartz analogue movement
Chronograph stopwatch accurate to 1 second
Wooded effect dial with Rose gold plated batons

Rose gold pvd plated stainless steel case

Rose gold logo Breil buckle
Screw down crown
100m water resistant

Breil 2 year manufacturers guarantee

Breil box

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Passengers allowed back into LaGuardia after evacuation

A man is in custody in connection with the evacuation, and Port Authority police and the New York Police Department bomb squad were searching his bag, Port Authority spokesman John Kelly said.

Earlier, flights were not allowed to land or take off from the airport. As of shortly before 9 a.m., it was not clear if flights had been allowed to resume.

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