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Please read the following terms and conditions that form a legally binding agreement carefully and make sure that you fully understand its contents. If you have any doubts about your rights and obligations resulting from the acceptance of this agreement, please consult a legal professional in your jurisdiction. You agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement by viewing, using and playing in the website. If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, you may not view, use or play in the website.
The Operator operates a gaming platform that is accessed by end users (the "Player"). The Player uses the Gaming Platform for data settlement and visual gaming purposes, and an intermediary (the "Intermediary") for all payment issues relating to their use of the Gaming Platform (the "Payment Service"). For the avoidance of doubt, the Payment Service is subject to a contract between the Player and the Intermediary to which the Operator is not party and therefore the Payment Service is not covered by these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions govern the Player's use of the Gaming Platform and their relationship with the Operator. The Player should read these terms and conditions carefully as they affect their rights and liabilities under the law. If the Player does not agree with these terms and conditions, they should not use the Gaming Platform. If the Player has any questions about these terms and conditions, they should contact the Operator.
The Player agrees that they will only use the Gaming Platform for their personal entertainment and will not use it to conduct a commercial business. The Player's use of the Gaming Platform is subject to these terms and conditions. By agreeing to use the Gaming Platform, the Player agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. If there is any inconsistency between these terms and conditions and any document incorporated by reference, these terms and conditions will prevail.
The Operator reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions (including rectifying errors or mistakes discovered on the Gaming Platform) without prior notice. However, the Operator will ensure that any significant changes to these terms and conditions will be notified to the Player by an appropriate method (for example via a prominent notice on the Gaming Platform). The changes will apply to the use of the Gaming Platform after the Operator has given notice. If the Player does not wish to accept the new terms and conditions the Player should not continue to use the Gaming Platform. If the Player continues to use the Gaming Platform after the date on which the change comes into effect, the Player's use of the Gaming Platform will be confirmation of the Player's agreement to be bound by the new terms and conditions.
It remains the Player's responsibility to periodically check these terms and conditions to ensure that they continue to agree with them and Players are advised to do so each time they use the Gaming Platform. The Player's continued use of the Gaming Platform will be confirmation of their acceptance of any changes to these terms and conditions. Any bet received (but not settled) prior to the time of amendment and notification of the amended terms and conditions will be subject to the pre-existing terms and conditions.
To access and utilize the Gaming Platform, the Player must be at least eighteen years of age or the legal age required for gambling in the Player's jurisdiction, whichever is the greater. The Player must establish an account with and in accordance with their agreement and/or arrangement with the Intermediary (an "Account"). The Player should ensure that any details provided by them in order to establish an Account (i.e. the details provided to the Intermediary) or at any time thereafter are correct and complete and must inform the respective Intermediary immediately of any changes to their details by updating their Account in order that any communication or notice issued by the Operator can be communicated to them effectively. Know Your Player checks will be carried out by the Intermediary in its provision of the Payment Service. However the Operator reserves the right to request the Player's identification documents (e.g. passport or identity cards) from the Intermediary for verification purposes pertinent to the Player's use of the Gaming Platform, should such verification be required by the Operator (for example, without limitation, to enable the Operator to comply with the Operator's regulatory requirements).
A Player wishing to place a wager on the Gaming Platform should note that there may be specific laws in their country, place of residence, or the place where the Player accesses the Gaming Platform which prohibits gambling. The Player warrants to the Operator that they will not access the Gaming Platform from within a jurisdiction that prohibits gambling. Further, the Player warrants to the Operator that they will not access the Gaming Platform at any time if they are a citizen of a nation state that prohibits its citizens from participating in gambling (regardless of their location).
It is the Player's responsibility to ensure compliance with their applicable local or national laws before establishing an Account with the Intermediary and/or before placing wagers on the Gaming Platform. The Player is encouraged to seek legal advice before establishing an Account and/or placing any bets or depositing any money to verify that their proposed dealings on the Gaming Platform are not contrary in any way to such laws. The Operator does not accept any responsibility for a Player's breach of any applicable local or national laws.
Without limiting Clause 3.3, the Operator does not accept bets originating from the United States of America, Turkey and the Kingdom of Cambodia and, accordingly, the Player warrants that they are not resident in these jurisdictions, nor will they use or access the Gaming Platform when they are in these jurisdictions.
The Player will be provided with a log-in code and password for their Account on the Gaming Platform (which will be relayed to them by the Intermediary). In order to prevent fraud, the Player must keep this log-in code and password confidential and not disclose it or share it with anyone. The password will be kept in an encrypted form on the Gaming Platform and will not be accessible by the Operator. If the Player knows or suspects that someone else knows their log-in code and/or password or that any other personal information has been stolen or otherwise accessed without their authority they should notify the Intermediary immediately.
If the Operator has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the Gaming Platform, it may require the Player to change their password or it may suspend the Player's Account.
The Player will not allow any other person or third party (including, without limitation, any minor) to use their Account. The Player is solely responsible for all use of the Gaming Platform through their log-in code and password. Unless caused by the Operator's negligence, any unauthorised use of the log-in code and password will be the Player's sole responsibility and deemed the Player's use. The Player will therefore be liable for any such unauthorised use and will not be re-credited by the Operator for any resulting losses from their Account on the Gaming Platform, regardless of whether or not the third party who participated had the Player's consent.
If an Account is inactive for 6 months or longer, the Operator reserves the right to cancel the Account and notify the Intermediary accordingly.
The Operator may suspend or cancel the Account immediately at its absolute discretion including if the Player breaches any of their obligations under these terms and conditions.
The expiry or termination of a Player's Account for any reason will not affect:
- any rights, obligations and/or liabilities accrued before the date of termination or expiry; or
- any rights, obligations and/or liabilities expressed to continue in force after and despite expiry or termination.
The Operator reserves the right not to open an Account for any applicant without having to provide any reason whatsoever. The Operator further reserves the right to refuse/reject and suspend without prior notification any Player who is suspected of cheating, hacking, attacking, manipulating or damaging the Operator's normal gaming operations (including the Gaming Platform).
The use of artificial intelligence or "bots" on the Gaming Platform is strictly forbidden. Likewise, any application that uses any or all of the data contained on the Gaming Platform for purposes (including but not limited to commercial purposes) other than participating in the Gaming Platform (e.g. via screen scraping) is prohibited. The Operator will take measures to prevent and detect the use of programs that are designed to enable artificial intelligence (non-humans) to utilise or benefit from the data contained on the Gaming Platform. Any attempted or actual use of artificial intelligence by the Player will lead to termination of their Account in accordance with clauses 3. 9 and 3.11.
The Player can cancel their Account at any time in accordance with their agreement with the Intermediary. However, the Player should inform the Intermediary prior to cancelling their Account in order to ensure that valid Gaming Credits (as defined in Section 5 below) are returned to them in full. If the Player does cancel their Account, they must stop using the Gaming Platform.
The suspension or cancellation of the Player's Account will not affect either party's statutory rights or liabilities.
A Player may open only one Account. The Player should be aware that, in accordance with their agreement with the Intermediary, where the Intermediary discovers that a Player has established multiple Accounts, the Intermediary may immediately cancel or cause to be cancelled such multiple Accounts.
The Operator grants the Player a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to install and use its software required for the use of the Gaming Platform (the "Software"). The Player may use the Software solely for participation in the Gaming Platform.
The Gaming Platform and all pictures, graphics, photographs, animations, videos, music, audio, text and live feeds on the Gaming Platform and the Software are and will remain the property of the Operator and are protected by intellectual property laws, including copyright. They may not be reproduced without the Operator's prior written consent.
Except as permitted by these terms and conditions, the Player may not copy, use, modify, create derivative works from or distribute the Software or written materials associated with the Gaming Platform, decode, reverse engineer, dissemble, decompile or otherwise translate or convert the Software or any part of it or transfer, loan, lease, assign, rent or otherwise sublicense the Software or do any of the above to any copy, adaptation, transcription, or merged portion of the Software. Without limitation, the above activity includes any form of denting, hacking, attacking, manipulating or damaging of the Gaming Platform.
Statistical data representing the credit granted to a Player by an Intermediary ("Gaming Credits"), in the amounts notified to the Operator by the Intermediary, will be displayed in the Account of the Player and may be used by the Player to place bets on the Gaming Platform. However, the Gaming Credits simply reflect the credit extended to the Player by the Intermediary (as affected by the Player's agreement for credit with the Intermediary, the Player's betting (i.e. winnings and losses) on the Gaming Platform and any cashing out via the Intermediary) and, while displayed and processed on the Gaming Platform, Gaming Credits are in no circumstances claimable from the Operator.
Gaming Credits will be updated automatically as the Player bets on the Gaming Platform. In addition, in order to reflect any further credit extended, or payout made, to the Player, the Gaming Credits will be frequently reconciled by the Operator and the Intermediary, which will be reflected in the Player's revised Gaming Credits balance. The Player is not allowed to place a bet greater than these reconciled Gaming Credits. Any winnings (or losses) are therefore reflected in the Gaming Credits in the Player's Account and Gaming Credits may be cashed by the Player only through the Payment Service with the Intermediary in accordance with any agreement the Player may have with the Intermediary and not via any method otherwise displayed on the Gaming Platform.
The Player may only deposit and receive money through an Intermediary registered with the Operator and authorised by the Operator to act as an Intermediary. Failure to adhere to this clause may result in the Player's Account being suspended or terminated.
To maintain a high level of security to protect the Player's Account, the Operator performs random security checks. The Player hereby accepts that the Operator maintains the right to obtain additional documentation from the Intermediary in order to verify the identity of the Player in the event of such a security check. Where the Intermediary fails to provide the Operator with such additional documentation, the Operator reserves the right to suspend or cancel the Player's Account at its absolute discretion.
The Player has the responsibility for checking their available Gaming Credits before or after each gaming transaction and prior to departing from the game session. If the Player suspects any errors, they must report it immediately to the Intermediary in accordance with Clause 5 before participating in the next or another game. Failure to do so will result in the Player waiving their right to raise future disputes and acceptance of all previous game records as true and correct.
Should Gaming Credits be credited to or debited from a Player's Account in error, it is the Player's responsibility to notify the Operator of the error without delay in order for the sum to be rectified in accordance with a reconciliation of the amount processed through the Payment Service. Any Gaming Credits credited to the Player due to the error will be deemed invalid, are not available to bet with and the Operator reserves the right to void any transaction involving such Gaming Credits. If the Player believes that the Gaming Credits displayed in their Account do not accord with the amount processed through the Payment Service, they should address this issue with the Intermediary as the Operator cannot be held responsible for any available Gaming Credits that are erroneous as a result of the Payment Service.
The Player must inform the Intermediary and the Operator as soon as reasonably possible if they believe that their Account information is being misused in any way by a third party so that appropriate steps can be taken by the Intermediary to suspend their Account. The Operator will not be held responsible for any misuse of the Account and/or any loss suffered by the Player due to any delay in such suspension.
Any applicable taxes and fees in connection with any awarded prize are the Player's sole responsibility. Prizes cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for any other prize.
Unless, otherwise stated in these terms and conditions, no bet can be cancelled once confirmed by the Operator. All bets stand once confirmed whether the Player is online or offline. The Operator reserves the right to refuse any bet.
The Operator will only credit Gaming Credits into the Account of the Player that placed the winning bet.
The Operator reserves the right, at its reasonable discretion, to suspend payment out of Gaming Credits, pending a full investigation (including providing details to the relevant law enforcement agency where appropriate), where it suspects that Gaming Credits have been credited, and are attempted to be withdrawn, by a Player for the purposes of money laundering. An example of where this might occur includes where a Player's Account has been credited with a substantial sum and then the Player attempts to withdraw these Gaming Credits having only conducted minimal betting activity on the Betting Platform. Full repayment of the actual funds represented by the Gaming Credits will be made to the Player by the Intermediary where the investigation reveals no evidence of money laundering.
In making a bet, the Player will determine the amount of his own stake, subject, to the following:
- the restrictions on bets set out in this Clause 7.1;
- the minimum and maximum amount of any bet will be as indicated on the Gaming Platform;
- in the event that a Player gives instructions which the Operator considers ambiguous, the Operator will be entitled to treat the entire bet as void. In such circumstances, the decisions of the Operator will be final and binding on the Player; and
- if a Player places a bet, the stake for which would exceed any limits adopted pursuant to this Clause 7.1, the stake amount in excess of the limit shall be disregarded and this element of the bet will be void.
If a bet is not made in full or if details of it are missing, the Operator may, at its discretion, deem such bet to be void.
Subject to Clause 7.4, a Player may send multiple copies of the same bet in which case all such bets shall be treated as separate bets. If a Player submits a number of bets (whether identical or different), they shall be dealt with by the Operator in the order in which they are received.
The Player must make their bets as an individual. The Operator will be entitled to reject and treat as void a series of identical bets from different Players or where the Operator suspects that Players are acting in collusion or as a syndicate with any other individual(s) and will be entitled to refuse payment of any winnings.
In making a bet, the Player represents and warrants to the Operator to not knowing nor having any influence over the outcome of the event in respect of which the bet is made. If the outcome is known, the Operator may treat the bet as void.
In order to make a bet, there must be available Gaming Credits in the relevant Player's Account equal to or exceeding the amount of the stake. If the Player's available Gaming Credits do not cover the aggregate stakes wagered at any one time, the Operator will refuse the bets. In these circumstances, the Player must limit their bets to their available Gaming Credits or re-credit their Account through the Intermediary before they can place the bets in full.
Where a manifest error (whether caused by human error or otherwise) or systems failure results in incorrect or erroneous game results, any bet (or part of a bet) made will be void. If such error is noticed beforehand, the Operator will immediately void the game and return all credits to the Player's available Gaming Credits.
Where a bet is settled incorrectly due to, for example, an erroneous result being recorded on the Gaming Platform, such settlement will be invalid and reversed. If the Player has insufficient Gaming Credits to permit such a reversal, they will be required to return the erroneously credited Gaming Credits in accordance with Clause 11.4.
The Operator may, at any time, in its absolute discretion and without giving any reason or advance notice, suspend a game, cease betting on a game, refuse to accept any bet or any part of a bet and/or suspend or close any Player's Account.
Bets may only be placed via the Gaming Platform, unless an alternative prior arrangement has been made with the Operator (the "Betting Method").
A bet is accepted only when confirmed in accordance with the procedures stated in the Gaming Rules
If a bet is declared "invalid" or "void" for the purposes of these terms and conditions, the amount of the bet will be reversed to the Player's Account.
The deadline for placing bets will in each case be determined by the Operator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a bet is placed after the commencement of the event in respect of which the bet is made, the bet will be invalid. Disputes over the times when bets are placed will be finally settled by reference to the Operator's transaction log.
The Player shall be responsible for ensuring that their bets are correct. Bets placed and accepted within the relevant time limit may not be revoked or changed except as expressly provided in these terms and conditions.
The Operator assumes no responsibility for typing, transmission and/or evaluation errors in respect of any bets and will be entitled (after the event, if necessary) to correct manifest errors relating to the reporting of results.
The Operator will evaluate Players' Accounts depending on the result(s) of the bet(s) they place. In doing this the Operator recognises only the official results achieved in the live casino games and the outcome of the randomly generated games for settlement purposes. The Player acknowledges that the Operator's Random Number Generator ("RNG") will determine the shuffling and dealing of cards, spinning of the ball and wheel, the outcome of the games and other randomly generated events that are part of the Gaming Platform and that the Player agrees to accept such shuffling and dealing of cards, spinning of the ball and wheel, and the outcomes of the game and other randomly generated events performed by the RNG, as final and conclusive.
The Operator accepts bets for casino games as displayed on the Gaming Platform. All such bets are subject to the rules specific to each relevant casino game and it is the responsibility of each Player to make themselves aware of all such rules to the extent that it is relevant to any bets they place.
Special rules relating to different types of casino games and which shall apply to bets made on those games are set out in the Gaming Rules. These Gaming Rules may be amended at any time.
The Player represents, warrants and certifies that they have reached the age of 18 or the legal age required for gambling in the Player's jurisdiction, whichever is the greater. The Player also warrants that they will not access the Gaming Platform from within a jurisdiction that prohibits gambling nor will they access (or establish) the Gaming Platform at any time if they are a citizen of a nation state that prohibits its citizens from participating in gambling (regardless of their location).
The Player represents, warrants and certifies that they fully accept that all computer instructions and responses sent over the Internet to and from the Gaming Platform and the Software will be binding on the Player.
The Player understands that by using the Gaming Platform they may lose money on bets placed and they accept full responsibility for such loss. The Player agrees that their use of the Gaming Platform is at their sole risk.
Should Gaming Credits be credited to or debited from a Player's Account in error, it is the Player's responsibility to notify the Intermediary of the error without delay. Any Gaming Credits credited to the Player due to an error will be deemed invalid and in the event there are sufficient Gaming Credits in the Player's Account, such Gaming Credits will be immediately reversed by the Operator from the Player's Account. In the event that there are insufficient Gaming Credits in the Player's Account, the Player shall immediately return the funds representing the erroneously credited Gaming Credits to the Intermediary. Amounts credited to an Account in error are not available to bet with and the Operator reserves the right to void any transaction involving such Gaming Credits. For the avoidance of doubt, where the Player has a credit balance and further Gaming Credits are erroneously added to this, the Player is permitted to transact up to the level of credits available in their Account excluding the erroneously added Gaming Credits. The Player agrees to indemnify the Operator for the return of any amounts representing erroneously credited Gaming Credits that the Player has withdrawn.
The Operator will endeavour to provide the Gaming Platform using its reasonable skill and care. The Operator makes no further warranty or representation, whether express or implied, in relation to the Gaming Platform. Any implied warranties or conditions relating to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose, completeness or accuracy are hereby excluded.
The Operator makes no warranty that the Gaming Platform will meet the Player's requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Gaming Platform or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs, nor does the Operator make any warranty as to the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials supplied by the Operator or results of the Gaming Platform or the accuracy of any information obtained by the Player through the Gaming Platform.
The Player should be aware that the quality of the internet connection to the Gaming Platform varies from player to player and may not be absolutely stable. The Operator is not responsible for any misplaced bets. All bets placed will be based on the bet records in the Operator's system.
The Operator carries out regular maintenance to its the Gaming Platform to ensure, as much as possible, that an optimum gaming experience is provided to the Player. During such maintenance sessions, the Player acknowledges and agrees that access to the Gaming Platform may be limited to allow for such necessary repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. The Operator will make reasonable efforts to notify Players of such downtime in advance of it occurring (whether via an advance schedule of downtime or period notifications on the Gaming Platform) and resume the service as soon as it reasonably can.
The Player agrees that their use of the Gaming Platform is at their sole risk.
The Operator will not be liable in contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise, for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from or in any way connected with the Player's use of the Gaming Platform, whether direct or indirect, including, without limitation, damage for loss of business, loss of profits, business interruption, loss of business information, loss arising from downtime or any other pecuniary or consequential loss (even where the Operator has been notified by the Player of the possibility of such loss or damage). Further, liability for such damage will be excluded, even if the exclusive remedies provided for in these terms and conditions fail for their essential purpose.
The Operator will not be liable or responsible to the Player for any loss or damage incurred or suffered by the Player as a result of any suspension or stoppage (whether temporary or permanent) of the Gaming Platform arising from any governmental order or change in policy by the regulator.
The Operator will not be responsible or liable to the Player for any loss of content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Gaming Platform and the Player confirms that the Operator will not be liable to the Player or any third party for any modification to, suspension of or discontinuance of the Gaming Platform.
The Operator reserves the right to withdraw the Gaming Platform or elements of the Gaming Platform at any time, and will not be liable to the Player as a result of any such action.
The Operator will not be responsible for any breach of these terms and conditions caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Operator will not be liable to the Player for any use of the Gaming Platform that is contrary to the law of the jurisdiction in which the Player is located. The Player should note that where local law prohibits their participation in the Gaming Platform, it is contrary to these terms and conditions for the Player to participate in the Gaming Platform.
Certain statutes, rules and regulations may imply certain non-excludable warranties or conditions and to the extent such are not permitted to be excluded. The Operator's liability for breach of such conditions or warranties and the Player's sole and exclusive remedy will be limited to £1,000 or currency equivalent.
The Player confirms and understands that their use of the Gaming Platform provided by the Operator is for data and visual gaming purposes only. The Player understands and confirms that the Operator is not responsible for the Payment Service (which may be provided for in any agreement between the Intermediary and the Player but does not form part of these terms and conditions between the Player and the Operator) including (without limitation) any liability for the Player obtaining money/Gaming Credits from or depositing money to their Account via an Intermediary (or any other party). The Player agrees and confirms that in no circumstances will the Operator be responsible for the conduct of such Payment Service including (without limitation) any negotiation with the Intermediary over its conduct of the Payment Service, which is outside the scope of these terms and conditions.
The Player acknowledges that any agreement between the Player and the Intermediary is not a contract to which the Operator is party and therefore the Operator is not liable for any element of the relationship between the Intermediary and the Player (including without limitation any act or omission of the Intermediary such as a failure to pay sums due to a Player or adequately alert the Operator to the correct available Gaming Credits for a Player).
The Operator is not responsible for the handling of any issues or disputes relating to the placing or outcome of a bet by the Player. If the Player has any issue in relation to such activity, the Player must submit this to the Intermediary.
The Player agrees fully to indemnify, defend and hold the Operator, and its officers, directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any breach of these terms and conditions by the Player or any other liabilities arising out of the Player's use of the Gaming Platform or use by any other person accessing the Gaming Platform using the Player's Account details.
The Player agrees fully to indemnify, defend and hold the Operator, and its officers, directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any breach of warranties or representations including, but not limited to, the representations that the Player is not a citizen or a resident of a country which prohibits such gaming activities nor will they access the Gaming Platform from a jurisdiction where such betting activity is prohibited by law.
The Player will indemnify the Operator for all losses and damages suffered by the Operator as a result of wrongdoings and/or fraud by the Player or group of Players acting in concert or as a syndicate. "Wrongdoings and/or fraud" will include but not be limited to attempts to breach the single account per player rule, to exceed the betting limits, hacking, use of artificial intelligence or bots, providing false personal information, and/or any actions and/or omissions which the Operator reasonably deems to be a fraud and/or wrongdoings.
The Player further agrees fully to indemnify, defend and hold the Operator, and its officers, directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any claim brought against the Operator by an Intermediary as a result of the breach of these terms and conditions by the Player.
The Player may not transfer any of their rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. The Operator may transfer its rights under these terms and conditions to another business where the Operator reasonably believes that the Player's rights will not be affected.
The Gaming Platform provides content from other Internet sites or resources ("Third Party Content") and while the Operator takes all reasonable steps to ensure that material included on the Gaming Platform is correct, reputable and of high quality, the Operator does not make any warranties or guarantees in relation to Third Party Content and will not be held liable by the Player for any such Third Party Content. If the Operator is informed of any inaccuracies in the Third Party Content contained on the Gaming Platform, it will attempt to correct the inaccuracies as soon as it reasonably can.
The Operator makes no representations or warranties regarding any websites linked to the Gaming Platform ("Linked Sites"), the entities which operate the Linked Sites or which feature on the Linked Sites. The Operator will not accept liability for any loss (including any indirect or consequential loss) or damage the Player may suffer directly or indirectly as a result of using any of the Linked Sites or relying on any material contained therein. The Player acknowledges that the Player's access to and use of any of the Linked Sites is entirely at their own risk.
Except insofar as these terms and conditions expressly provides that a third party may in their own right enforce a term of these terms and conditions, a person who is not a party to these terms and conditions has no right under local law or statute to rely upon or enforce any term of these terms and conditions.
Save for those games specifically detailed as "live" games, The Player fully accepts and agrees that random number generator ("RNG") software will determine the shuffling and dealing of cards, spinning of the ball and wheel, shaking of the dice and other randomly generated events required in the Gaming Platform. If there is a discrepancy between the result showing on the Software and the Operator's server, the result showing on the Operator's server will govern the result of the Gaming Platform. In the event of system malfunction or damage which results in the loss of data, the Operator will make reasonable efforts to recover all historic data and all recovered data will be deemed official.
Where there is any malfunction of the electronic display in live gaming, the result will be settled according to the actual result determined by the live gaming mechanism (e.g. the roulette wheel).
Any failure on the Player's side including but not limited to network connection or computer problems, will not void the game result. Players can check their own bet history in the Report section of their Account to see how any bet was determined.
Any system malfunction and hardware (including computer) failure during a live game will void the play and the particular table will be closed.
The Player understands and agrees that (without prejudice to their other rights and remedies) the Operator's records and subsequent management decision will be the final authority in determining the terms of the Player's participation in the Gaming Platform, the activity resulting therefrom and the circumstances in which they occurred.
Any notice the Operator gives to the Player (save as otherwise set out herein) will be sent to the email address that the Player provided when the Player established their Account.
The Operator recommends that any queries (including but not limited to those set out in Clause 15 (Indemnity) are directed to the Intermediary. Further, the Player should be aware that the Operator is responsible only for the provision of the Gaming Platform, and all queries relating to the provision of the Payment Service should be addressed to the Intermediary.
It is not the Operator's responsibility to communicate with the Intermediary. If the Player wishes to communicate with the Intermediary, they should do so directly.
If any part of these terms and conditions will be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed to be severable from these terms and conditions and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions.
The time stamp on all records either stored in or written to the Operator's transactional database including but not limited to bets (whether accepted or declined), announcements, messages and reports shall be recorded as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus 7 hours.
No waiver by the Operator of any of these terms and conditions will be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of any of these terms and conditions.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in these terms and conditions will create or confer any rights or any other benefits in favour of any person other than the Player and the Operator.
Nothing in these terms and conditions will be construed as creating any agency, partnership or any other form of joint enterprise between the Player and the Operator.
Clause 15 (Indemnity) will continue in force after and despite expiry or termination (for whatever reason).
The Player agrees to be bound by and adhere to the Gaming Rules in their participation in the Gaming Platform. The Operator also reserves the right to modify the Gaming Rules, including table limits and game features.
The Operator may update these terms and conditions from time to time for legal or regulatory reasons or to allow the proper operation of the Gaming Platform.
Any changes will be notified to the Player via the e-mail address provided by the Player on registration or via a suitable announcement on the Gaming Platform. The changes will apply to the use of the Gaming Platform after the Operator has given notice. If the Player does not wish to accept the new terms and conditions the Player should not continue to use the Gaming Platform. If the Player continues to use the Gaming Platform after the date on which the change comes into effect, the Player's use of the Gaming Platform indicates the Player's agreement to be bound by the new terms and conditions.
These terms and conditions, as published in English from time to time, govern this contract. Translations into other languages are made as a service and are made in good faith. In the event of ambiguity between the English version and a translation, the English version prevails over any translation.
These terms and conditions contain the entire agreement between the Player and the Operator relating to the Gaming Platform. The Player confirms that, in agreeing to accept these terms and conditions, the Player has not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in these terms and conditions. The Player agrees that the Player will have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a term of these terms and conditions save that the Player's agreement will not apply in respect of any fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation whether or not such term has become a term of these terms and conditions.
The Gaming Platform is subject to the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Cambodia and any dispute arising out of or relating to the Gaming Platform, Software, the Operator and the developer of the Software will be governed by the laws and courts of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
The Operator is committed to responsible gambling. To see our responsible gambling policy, please click here.
This is the privacy policy of the Operator and explains how the Operator receives, uses and protects your personal information. Protecting your privacy and your personal information is important to the Operator.
Your personal information will be held and processed in the Cambodia pursuant to its data protection laws which may or may not be equivalent to the data protection laws in the country of your residence.
By using this Website, you (the "Player") agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the use and disclosure of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy. The Operator will review this Privacy Policy periodically, and reserves the right to modify and update this Privacy Policy at any time.
Changes to this Privacy Policy will come into effect immediately upon such changes being notified on the Website by a prominent notice. The Player's continued use of this Website following such notification will constitute the Player's acceptance of these changes. The Operator recommends that the Player reviews this Privacy Policy periodically.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Starbuck's Coffee Cake
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I hadn't planned to include this coffee cake in the series I'm featuring this week. I changed my mind because it proved to be very popular at several of the meetings I've attended this month. The cake is very easy to make, so I decided to share it with those of you who have not yet tried the homemade version of this famous crumb cake. I am going to request culinary clemency from those of you who do not like recipe clones or overly sweet cakes. Make no bones about it, this is one sweet cake and it may be off putting to those who prefer European-style pastries. I've made no changes to the recipe which I found at Famous Restaurant Recipes because that seems to defeat the purpose of a recipe clone. Here is their version of Starbuck's Coffee Cake.
Starbuck's Coffee Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Famous Restaurant Recipes
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan. Set aside.
2) Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar, a stick of softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mixture should have consistency of moist sand. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
3) In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Add whole eggs, egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.
4) In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add this dry mixture to moist ingredients a little bit at a time. Add milk and mix well.
5) Spoon batter into prepared baking pan.
6) Sprinkle crumb topping over batter. Be sure topping completely covers batter.
7) Bake cake for 50 minutes, or until edges just begin to turn light brown. Cool. Yield: 12 servings.
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Two Years Ago Today: Corn and Edamame Succotash
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Sour Cream Cherry Coffee Cake - Baking and Boys
Blueberry Almond Coffee Cake - Burn Me Not
Cranberry Kuchen - Amanda's Cookin'
Sour Cream Coffee Cake - The Apron Archives
Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake - Noble Pig
70 comments :
- muppy said...
This looks really delicious, that crumb sounds like it would compliment the cake perfectly.
- April 14, 2011 at 2:09 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
simple recipes, but i bet it taste great!
- April 14, 2011 at 2:19 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
The first thing when I finish lent is to get a big fat piece of coffee cake. You are killing me over here Mary!
- April 14, 2011 at 2:20 AM
- Unknown said...
Hey Mary,
A splendid cake...:)
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/ - April 14, 2011 at 2:31 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Omg, seriously am drooling over that wonderful looking cake,marvellous..
- April 14, 2011 at 3:44 AM
- lena said...
simple and i'm not surprised that it's a favourite to many..
- April 14, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Dulce Caldeira said...
Hi Mary, looks yummy, i defenitely need to try this one, thanks.
Have a nice day, hugs from Lisbon. - April 14, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
DElicous and gorgeous cake Mary.
Have a wonderfull day,
Rita - April 14, 2011 at 4:04 AM
- Laura (TLN) said...
Oh yum!!!
- April 14, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Margarida said...
Mary, how wonderful cake, since I got the recipe for my notebook, I have to try it in my house, I liked it, really, really, of your suggestion, it should be something delicious.
Have a nice day
Kisses - April 14, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Chiara said...
looks delicious Mary!A lovely recipe...a hug...
- April 14, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- Maris (In Good Taste) said...
I would start at the top and eat the top of the whole delicious cake!
- April 14, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Oh my god, it looks amazing..I would love to have a slice with tea this morning!! Great recipe as always!!
- April 14, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Renée said...
My mom makes one that looks a lot like your cake, Mary. It's from LA City Schools and people can't get enough. I'm going to try yours too. It's beautiful!
- April 14, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Tanna said...
That coffee cake looks very good, but it is the corn and edamame succotash (one year ago today) that has me salivating this morning!! YUM! blessings ~ tanna
- April 14, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Pondside said...
My daughter has a part time job at Starbucks, and I think I've tasted just about every treat there, but never their coffee cake. Sometimes a sweet cake is just the thing.
.....and the scones from yesterday were delicious.....just a memory now! - April 14, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- Yvonne @ StoneGable said...
I am having coffee this morning and would LOVE this great coffee cake. Mary you have compiled a treasury of great coffee cakes, like "the best of" coffee cake cookbook! I will work my way through them as soon as the builders put my oven back in my kitchen.
Now my only problem is what to make first...maybe this cake or maybe the sour cream cherry... or.... YUM!
Yvonne - April 14, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Sweet is good sometimes Mary. It is nice to make this at home and then you don't need to limit yourslef to just one slice:D
- April 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- Kim said...
I like this coffee cake to. Of course it looks sweet, but it looks good too!
- April 14, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
I actually printed out the recipe a couple of weeks ago and have not made it yet! Yours look really wonderful. This would be lovely with a cup of hot coffee! Thanks for sharing.
- April 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- Renee Paj said...
I agree...change up the recipe of a clone and it's no longer a clone...lol Looks good though!
- April 14, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Unknown said...
That looks so good...that crumb topping and the moist cake!! YUM! I could go for a slice right now!!
- April 14, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Lord Im hungry now!!! I was raised with delightsome crumb cakes from Bakerys of NY. And wow were they ever scrumptious! Im going to try this one. Have you ever tasted Martha Stewarts one..she has a NY CC recipe in her site but I have not tried it yet. I love the Entenmanns one, sadly Entenmanns has left Texas. :-(
- April 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- PeggyR said...
This looks delicious!
- April 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Karen Harris said...
This is my idea of the perfect cake with the ideal cake to topping ratio. Every once in awhile we all need a little Starbucks treat. How comforting.
- April 14, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Indrė said...
Looks amazing. When i will have time gonna try this one :) thanks for sharing.
- April 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
The crumb looks sumptious and I love simple recipes.
- April 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Unknown said...
I've never had Starbucks coffee cak, but your picture make me want to try it!
Simply lovely Mary. Great job! - April 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- lisa is cooking said...
This would be perfect with a nice cappuccino, and now I'll be craving just that combination for the rest of the morning!
- April 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Michelle said...
This looks perfect! Can't wait to try it!
- April 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM
unless you snuck some tumeric in there, those are some seriously happy yellow yolk making chickens.
- April 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Unknown said...
I have not made this yet...but it is on my "to do" list
Thanks for sharing! - April 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Andi said...
Hi Mary I signed up to recieve your posting but as of yet I haven't rec'd anythin. What am I doing wrong? any help? Thanks Andi http://thewednesdaybaker.blogspot.com/
- April 14, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
This is a seriouly good looking coffee cake Mary. All I need with this sweet cake is a good cup of strong, black coffee!
Have a wonderful day Mary. - April 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Susi's Kochen und Backen said...
I really enjoy a nice coffee cake and this one actually reminds me of a cake my Oma used to make. I will have to add this to my bookmarks. Thanks for sharing :o)
- April 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Clint said...
I have never had the pleasure of tasting this cake, but it sure looks good and it definitely is photogenic.
- April 14, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- DeniseinVA said...
Hi Mary, thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me your lovely comment. I have enjoyed my visit here, so many yummy recipes to try. I've become a follower and I am also going to add you to my blog roll.
- April 14, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Jocie's Mom said...
I like sweet cakes so big thanks from me :) This looks lovely! I won't be able to say its a Starbucks recipe tho or my husband won't eat it. He's unreasonable that way.
Oh and I would LOVE to see your version of Salt Beef Rundown. They make it with fish here as well, you know. Whole fish tho...head and tail and all! - April 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM
I have a friend who loves anything from Starbucks. I'll have to try this out on her!
- April 14, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- Cheah said...
Simple yet delicious. Don't mind having it for my breakfast tomorrow!
- April 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Gerry @Foodness Gracious said...
Buckets of clemency here. Yes I am a Starbucks fiend and I do like a peice of cake now and again so I am pleased to see this recipe. I also have a Starbucks "clone" on my blog, it's the pumpkin/ginger scones which turned out well but I would cut back on the ginger a tad.
Thanks for sharing! - April 14, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- That Girl said...
This looks like the coffee cakes I grew up with.
- April 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Unknown said...
I just love coffee cake, this looks like a good cake to crumb ratio
- April 14, 2011 at 1:16 PM
- Joanne said...
I ate that coffee cake a LOT in high school. I wonder if I would still like it today....looks delicious!
- April 14, 2011 at 1:21 PM
- Renee Paj said...
another beautiful cake, mary! I have to admit to never having a starbucks coffeecake...I guess the chocolaty stuff always beckoned me more! ha ha
- April 14, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Catherine said...
Dear Mary, I love coffee cake! I an sure I would not think it was too sweet! I am longing for a good piece of coffee cake. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Catherine xo
- April 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
No need to evuh apologize to me for something sweet, Mary! Oh, my! That looks so good. I haven't tried their coffee cake (I usually get their vanilla scones), but this looks divine. I always think of my mother and grandmother when I think of coffee cake because they loved it and both could bake a pretty mean one, but yours... oh, yours looks killer good to me!
See you when I return from squiring my British friends around Florida.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sheila :-) - April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
Look perfect Mary and delicious! We were in Starbucks today with my daugther! I love this! gloria
- April 14, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
This recipe looks exactly like one I used to make as a kid. Thanks for the good memory :) Warm Wishes!
- April 14, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Federica Simoni said...
mamma mia deve essere buonissimo! complimenti come sempre!!!!
- April 14, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
Starbaucks has some really good desserts! But I don't think I've ever tasted the coffee cake. They have mini- red velver cakes bites now, and cake poppers on sticks.
- April 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- From the Kitchen said...
As my mother liked to say "strong coffee will cut the sweet taste". I'm thinking strong coffee right now.
Bonnie - April 14, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- Beth said...
Thanks for the link to the restaurant recipe site. I'm looking forward to checking it out!
- April 14, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- Claudia said...
I always reduce sugar in recipes - love sweet but not cloying. Have never had a Starbucks pastry. This does looks pretty tasty and so am wondering about my choice.
- April 14, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- Maria said...
Wow, such a scrumptious cake! This looks fantastic!
- April 14, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- Candace said...
It looks so moist and yummy!!
- April 14, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
As long as it come with a Starbucks coffee (tall no foam latte, for me) . . . then I am all in. Or you can just meet me at Starbucks and give your kitchen a break.
Glenda - April 14, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Unknown said...
looks really beautiful mary :)
- April 14, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- teresa said...
that struesel topping looks amazing!
- April 14, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Jeannie said...
I love the bright yellow look of this cake and the toppings! Absolutely yummy!
- April 14, 2011 at 10:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Mmmmmm I LOVE Starbucks! Looks delicious Mary : )
- April 14, 2011 at 10:29 PM
- Chelsea said...
Oh my gosh. I worked at Starbucks one summer, and we would take home any food that would be "expiring" that day. I was always so excited when this was left over!
- April 14, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- Sue said...
The cake looks so moist and the topping so yummy! Mmmmmm!
- April 15, 2011 at 2:51 AM
- Elaine said...
I have never had the Starbucks Coffee Cake. It sure looks delicious and probably goes perfectly with a cup of coffee.
- April 15, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- Laural (bhealthier) said...
hmm wish I had a piece with my coffee today! Did you plan on doing corn and edamame succotash two years in a row?!
have a nice weekend! - April 15, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Jenn @ Youknow...that Blog? said...
I don't eat much in the way of cakes and pastries, but if I do, it has to be sweet and decadent to make it worth doing. This one looks to fit the bill! Thanks Mary :)
- April 15, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
It's all about the topping, Mary... Lovely cake... now how about the recipe for those maple scones>>???
- April 15, 2011 at 12:50 PM
- Andi said...
Hi Mary thank you for getting back with me. Excited to be getting your post. Just this afternoon I got a request for your post. So I should be ok, I had put my e-mail in last Sunday and never got anything. So I should be ok. Will wait for your next post. You are a wonderful cook, your pics are very nice. Andi
- April 15, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- My Little Space said...
Well, did you mention Starbuck! Guess, I prefer homemade ones. Simply adore the top coffee crust. Yummm..... Thanks for sharing it.
Hope you're enjoying your weekend. Are grandsons joining you too?
Best regards,
Kristy - April 16, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- Lucie said...
Mary, you must have read my mind. I've been craving crumb cake for a while now!
- April 16, 2011 at 7:51 AM

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nteventlog(3erl) | Erlang Module Definition | nteventlog(3erl) |
nteventlog - Interface to Windows Event Log
nteventlog provides a generic interface to the Windows event log. It is part of the OS_Mon application, see os_mon(7).
This module is used as the Windows backend for os_sup. See os_sup(3erl).
To retain backwards compatibility, this module can also be used to start a standalone nteventlog process which is not part of the OS_Mon supervision tree. When starting such a process, the user has to supply an identifier as well as a callback function to handle the messages.
The identifier, an arbitrary string, should be reused whenever the same application (or node) wants to start the process. nteventlog is informed about all events that have arrived to the eventlog since the last accepted message for the current identifier. As long as the same identifier is used, the same eventlog record will not be sent to nteventlog more than once (with the exception of when graved system failures arise, in which case the last records written before the failure may be sent to Erlang again after reboot).
If the event log is configured to wrap around automatically, records that have arrived to the log and been overwritten when nteventlog was not running are lost. However, it detects this state and loses no records that are not overwritten.
The callback function works as described in os_sup(3erl).
start(Identifier, MFA) -> Result
start_link(Identifier, MFA) -> Result
MFA = {Mod, Func, Args}
Mod = Func = atom()
Args = [term()]
Result = {ok, Pid} | {error, {already_started, Pid}}
Pid = pid()
This function starts the standalone nteventlog process and, if start_link/2 is used, links to it.
Identifier is an identifier as described above.
MFA is the supplied callback function. When nteventlog receives information about a new event, this function will be called as apply(Mod, Func, [Event|Args]) where Event is a tuple
stop() -> stopped
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Somali Christian Flees Refugee Camp Under Death Threat
NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Somali Christian Mohamud Muridi Saidi last month fled a refugee camp near Kenya's border with Sudan after Muslims threatened to kill him.
For Saidi, a father of four, the recent relocation of 13,000 refugees from the Dadaab refugee camp near the Somali border to the Kakuma camp, where he had lived since 2002, brought its own nightmare: the arrival of Muslims from Somalia's Lower Juba region who knew of his father's Christian activities in his home village.
After Somalis four times threw stones at Saidi's iron sheet home in the Kakuma refugee camp – once in mid-October, and again on Nov. 17, 21 and 22 – word spread that they intended to kill him. Case workers for a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) service group confirmed the death threat.
"I know the attackers are the Muslims who forced us to leave Somalia in 2002," Saidi told Compass in Nairobi, adding that he was unable to bring his family with him when he fled on Nov. 23. "They are not safe, and that is why we should be out of Kakuma as soon as possible."
Saidi has reported the attacks to the LWF service group as well as to police in Kakuma. Case workers for the LWF service group confirmed that the stoning of his home had escalated to the threat of him being assassinated.
"Saidi has security-related issues fueled by the new refugees from Dadaab," said one LWF service group worker, who requested anonymity for security reasons, last month. "I did some investigation and found out that Saidi's life is threatened."
On one of the occasions in which his house was stoned as his family slept, Saidi turned on a flashlight and neighbors rose up, scaring off the assailants.
He and his family had enjoyed some tranquility since fleeing raging conflict in Somalia, but that ceased with the transference of the Somali Muslims from Dadaab refugee camp to Kakuma in August. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees relocated the refugees to ease congestion in the crowded Dadaab camps of Ifo, Hagadera and Dagahaley, where close to 300,000 Somalis had arrived to sites designed to house only 90,000 refugees.
The influx of those refugees from the Dadaab camp more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) away came with the quickly spreading word that Saidi and his family must be Christian, since his father was a well-known Christian while living in Somalia. A Somali Bantu from Marere, Lower Juba, Saidi's family left Marere in 2002 after strict Muslims sought to kill them when they found out they were followers of Christ.
Saidi's late father had coordinated activities for a Christian charity in Lower Juba. Since the death of his father in 2005, Saidi has been working as a translator for a Non-Governmental Organization. As a translator, he became known to the newly arrived Somalis from Dadaab.
Because of the dangers, Saidi has been forced to abandon his job for fear of exposing himself to other Muslims who might know of his father. He is the sole supporter for his family, including his 55-year-old mother, wife and four children.
"It is not safe for us to continue living in Kakuma – we have to move away, possibly to Nairobi," Saidi said.
As a stop-gap measure, Saidi said he hopes to work as a freelance translator, for which he would need a computer, printer, photocopying machine and laminator.
"This would be a temporary measure – asylum for my family would be a permanent solution," he said.
Despite the relocation of the refugees from Dadaab, overcrowding has not eased due an influx of newly displaced people fleeing fighting in southern Somalia. Earlier this month, radical Islamic al Shabaab militia recaptured three key towns, including the key town of Dobhley, in Lower Juba province along Somalia's border with Kenya. They retook control from the more moderate Isbul- Islam militants as they each try to overthrow the Western-backed Transitional Federal Government of president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed in Mogadishu.


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Thou hast committed
Fornication: but that was in another country,
And besides, the wench is dead.
The Jew of Malta, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Another Country is about British people in France, people who have turned their back on their homeland to settle in the Dordogne. It is about the lives they have built there, the identities they have acquired, and their view of the country they have left behind. But the subtext of these images, and the force driving my interest in this expatriate world, is an exploration of my own motivations for living in France and for spending most of my adult years there. My rejection of Britain, my attraction to France, my sense of social inadequacy – the feeling that I belonged nowhere in Britain – and my self-reinvention and ambition have all been part of this process. Over time, however, I find myself less content to be a foreigner and am increasingly drawn towards the British values that were instilled during my childhood. One day I might be drawn back to Britain itself.
As a child, at the end of each holiday in France, I never wanted to return to Britain. Later on, as I travelled around Asia after leaving school, I had recurring nightmares about caped men dragging me back to my country. As far back as I can remember, I have always wanted to leave Britain. I started preparing my departure when I was fifteen. Simenon's Inspector Maigret novels helped me to perfect my fumbling French: I jotted down words I did not understand, to be crossed off once memorised. It was a mixture of wanting to escape Britain and being attracted to France, which had a culture closer to my way of seeing things.
I have studied and worked, mainly in Paris, since the age of nineteen and have now spent far more of my life in France than anywhere else. I no longer know where my home country is. In Britain, I do not feel British. In France, I am a French photographer with British nationality. Outside both countries, I am an Englishman from France. Now living in Belgium with my French partner, we are both homesick for France. Our daughter, Iris, was born in Belgium and has three different surnames, according to British, French and Belgian legislation. When she is older, I do not know whether she will say she is from her mother's country, her father's country, the country in which she was born, or the country in which she grows up.
Now that France and Britain are far from home, I feel a need to clear up my relationship with both places. I have found that misunderstandings between my partner and myself and the arguments that ensue often stem from our opposing ways of seeing things. British and French people rarely react to a situation in the same way. Even though we have lived together for many years, our daughter's birth and her everyday upbringing have suddenly highlighted our differences. The French tend to be stricter with their children, imposing domestic rules and regulations at an early age. The British, on the other hand, are often happy to let their children run wild to encourage their creativity and development. Indeed, some French consider that the British do not know how to raise their children, which is why they have to send them away to strict boarding schools.
Before Iris was born, French was the common language in our household. For Iris to maintain her dual origins, however, we speak to her in our respective mother tongues. I find myself behaving differently when speaking each language. In English, I am calmer than in French. I often catch myself suppressing emotions, whereas in French I let them go. Discussions in English tend to be pragmatic and an outcome is expected, while in French, issues tend to be abstract and I toy with ideas with no real conclusion in mind. Hence, I can be more British in English and more French in French. This schizophrenic predicament that I find myself in contributes to a growing cultural divide within our small family.
The offer of an artist's residence in the town of Ribérac in the Dordogne gave me the opportunity to spend time with British people living in what appeared to be a similar situation to mine. It was becoming urgent for me to recognise and understand the differences between my partner and myself in order to achieve a common ground between our two cultures. These Dordogne British, I thought, could sort out some of my problems at home by answering my indiscreet questions about how they related to the French people around them. They could give me some answers about issues such as social security, sex, taxes, education, freedom, money, health, love, pressure, Britain, happiness, stress, food, friends and politics, that are dealt with differently in the two countries.
Britain's relationship with France in general is telling. The British have a passionate love-hate relationship with France, yet the French in turn are only vaguely interested in Britain. Bordering Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium, and receiving a stream of immigrants from old African and Asian colonies, France has other fish to fry. This one-way fascination with France says a lot about Britain. An object of desire, France could also be a mirror portraying what is wrong in Britain, revealing a hidden side.
My work has always focused on people living far from my home. I do not speak their languages and we rarely have any cultural links. A translator acts as a go-between, giving me distance and time to observe and assess the situation. In the areas where I have worked previously, such as Central Asia, Africa or Eastern Europe, legislation is different or non-existent, so the documents that normally allow me to reproduce and publish a person's image are not necessary, thereby avoiding the uneasy process of contracts and signatures. In these contexts, personal disclosure is one way. I learn about their lives in situ, but they can only know what I choose to tell them about mine. Working in war zones, I take risks, putting myself in physical danger, but there are no repercussions on my life outside that situation. When the job is done, I can detach myself from it forever. Far from home, nobody is going to threaten my family, confront me with my childhood mistakes, or remind me what I am running from. No-one has ever recognised me or my accent, or known my background well enough to confront me with my incoherencies and contradictions.
In photographing Another Country, this was not the case. A number of links with my past emerged. Jeremy Harris (p. 62) had a brother three years below me at school, in my sister's year. His father (p. 55) sails with my aunt and uncle off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The parents of Louise Ham (p. 45) ran the local pub in the village where I grew up; her sister Katy was my first crush (we used to hold hands in the lunch queue at primary school). Paula Balfour (p. 59) is friends with my brother-in-law's godfather. A close British friend spent four years redecorating a house belonging to the grandmother of Pinky Image (p. 30). Martha Price (p. 96) came with her family from a small town just inside Wales where my father lives. Matt Meers (p. 71) learnt to weave willow with a good friend. Strange coincidences in a country with a population of 65 million.
British identities are much less territorial than French ones. Apart from seeing themselves as Irish, Scottish, Welsh, or English, most of the people I met in the Dordogne could not say quite where they were from. The French, however, generally identify themselves through their particular geographical origins. Physique, accent, food, mentality and dress code are specific to a region. Even local language was very varied until quite recently. Only 20 per cent of people in France spoke French by the late nineteenth century: diverse patois were spoken in each region and French was confined to larger towns and the area surrounding Paris. Even today, national cohesion often comes second to regional allegiance in France.
In Britain, by contrast, there is a strong sense of nation and people identify with coming from the countryside, or from a town, rather than with a particular region. More significant for Anglo-Saxons is social class, as displayed through education, accent, body language, clothes, possessions and behaviour. Houses, especially, play a major part in marking social standing. The British own and love their homes: their house is their castle, a retreat and haven from the rest of the world, its objects and décor an expression of their soul. Peer pressure to have a beautiful home is one of the attractions of moving to France. For years, a beautiful old house in a country setting could be had in the Dordogne for a fraction of real estate prices in Britain. Until the 2008-09 financial crisis and the demise of the pound, a semi-detached house in Kent was worth more than a château just outside Ribérac. It seemed appropriate, then, that the British in the Dordogne defined their neighbours by describing the houses they lived in. Set in an untouched, bucolic, rolling countryside resembling that of Britain in the 1930s, every house is an aesthetic fantasy of an idealised version of Britain on French soil.
Hence, interesting houses found me interesting people. A couple of local estate agents, also expatriates, with a wide knowledge of local real estate and the British social scene helped me enormously by pointing me in the right direction. Those that I appreciated told me in turn about others and I followed the trail, aiming to meet people from all walks of life. To make life simpler, the people in this book all lived within a 30 kilometre radius of Ribérac, the majority in the Dordogne, with some just over the border in the Charente. If anyone showed the slightest reluctance to having their photograph taken, I stopped there. Generous, courageous, open-minded, creative and curious dreamers filtered their way into this book. With nothing to hide, everybody who ended up here said yes without persuasion. I have not sought to include or persuade any of those who were reluctant, or changed their mind at the last moment. As a result, the selection I have made here is not necessarily representative of the whole.
Officially, there are 10,000 British living in the Dordogne, but 30,000 would be closer to the truth. No one is obliged to say that they are there. Ribérac and its environs form one of the densest areas of British settlement in France. Ten kilometres further north, the percentage of British living in the canton of Verteillac is higher than that in any other territory outside the UK. The reason for this is simple: if you drive down from Britain, Ribérac is one of the furthest points south into France that can be reached before nightfall. It is an economical family destination that does not involve hotels, aeroplanes, car hire and exhaustion in getting there. The countryside is like Hampshire before motorways took over. British summer days last through seven months of the year and authentic houses are cheap.
During the short, but intimate time I spent with each of the people in this book, I learned enough to understand how they went about their lives and what made them tick. The setting in each photograph is an expression of the person's character or present situation. Graeme Wallace (p. 95), for example, who has spent most of his life hopping around the world teaching English, wore the elf costume he was given one Christmas. Lizzie Henty (p. 73) wore clothes that are for sale on her website. Her husband Michael (p. 97) wore none; having recently spent so much time in and out of hospital that it was almost second nature for him to be naked. Aaron Blond (p. 85) humoured me by showing the British tendency for loo décor; he acknowledges spending a lot of time reading there. Rachel Evans (p. 35) has been known to watch television in her birthday suit while riding Stanley in the sitting room. Depicting a broken dream, John and Egje Mitchell (p. 38) hug each other in an empty field, following the collapse of their house due to an incompetent British builder. After five years in a Tibetan monastery in India, Jeremy Harris (p. 62) uses a meditation technique at the bottom of his garden.
The photographs were intentionally taken during the winter months as only those who live in the Dordogne on a permanent basis are there at that time. We were also far from the Dordogne cliché of wine and confit de canard on sun-baked terraces, against a backdrop of sunflower fields and verdant hillsides. The title Another Country seemed appropriate for a variety of reasons. On the most superficial level, it reflects the pioneering efforts of the Dordogne British to create their ideal land, one that has perhaps never existed and never will. It is a country inspired by a romanticised version of Britain similar to that of Evelyn Waugh's novels Decline and Fall (1928) and Brideshead Revisited (1945). But the title also has other resonances. The words come from The Jew of Malta, a play written by Christopher Marlowe in 1589 or 1590, and they were used by T.S. Eliot in a quotation to preface his haunting poem 'Portrait of a Lady', in which the narrator finds himself unable to respond to an older woman's advances and so travels abroad. 'Another Country' was also used as the title of a play written by the English playwright Julian Mitchell, in 1982 and the adapted film by Mareck Kanievska with Rupert Everett, in 1984. Loosely based on the life of the spy, Guy Burgess, the play examines the effect of homosexuality and Marxism on the life of Burgess, and the hypocrisy and snobbery of the British public school system. The title refers not only to communist Russia, which is the 'other country', but also to the world of British public schools in the 1930s, which was indeed like 'another country'.
In each of the above cases, the reference is in respect to both a geographical location that is different from the one in which the character grew up, and an emotional context from which he is now detached. The distant echo of the homosexual theme in Julian Mitchell's play also serves here to reflect the dynamic gay scene among the British in the Dordogne. This seems paradoxical in rural France, often considered conventional and conservative, but this scene is apparently widely accepted here, since unlike the British in their native country, the French in the Dordogne care little about what their neighbours are, or what they do.
The Dordogne is an Eldorado where everyone can reinvent themselves. You can be whoever and whatever you want to be: a builder becomes a craftsman, a truck driver becomes an estate agent, a hairdresser becomes the lady of the manor, a shop assistant becomes a real estate mogul, an engineer becomes a film producer, and a company executive becomes a jack-of-all-trades. There is less chance of this happening in Britain, where the predominant class system, based on birth and education, often limits what one can and cannot do.
The British community in the Dordogne is divided into two distinct groups: those who are integrated into French society and those who are not. Some have a strange superiority complex and do not want to have anything to do with the French, nor do they have to, as their income comes from pension funds, rent or investments in Britain. Some are just too lazy to learn the language or make an effort, and live off income generated through the Dordogne British, mostly through building work, or holiday rentals. Some try very hard to integrate, however, and find that it is not easy. The general rule is that the longer a person has been around, the more chance he or she has of being accepted. I heard some British people say that they have little in common with French locals, apart from weather and building techniques, and that conversation topics quickly run dry. Small things can become big bones of contention, such as invitations to a home meal that are not reciprocated, or different responses to the hunting season when anything that moves is a potential target, making afternoon strolls a dangerous venture. There is a clear cultural divide, then, between the British and the local French. With high unemployment, the young locals tend to make a beeline for towns and cities to find work. Those who remain in the countryside scrape a living off the land on smallholdings and are not quite sure what to make of these incoming eccentrics.
The British I came across that had succeded integration within French society were either born in France, or had come when they were young and open-minded enough to assimilate. After a certain age, people seemed to have been instilled with a Britishness that it was impossible to wash out further down the line. Following a violent dispute with his father, Norman Smith (p. 78) ran away to the area when he was seventeen. At that time, there were few young British people around and he was adopted as the local French mascot. Now married to a local French schoolteacher, Norman is an established builder and most of his clients are French. Joel Thomas Grant (p. 80) has a similar story: with problems at home, he came when he was fifteen and was adopted by both British and French communities. The British call him Tom and the French call him Joel. Norman and Tom both made a conscious decision to leave Britain and embrace France. They consider themselves to be more French than British, having given to and taken from France far more than they have with respect to Britain. They came to immerse themselves in the French culture, to learn French, to learn from the French and to be French.
Sara de Bathe (p. 57) is another example of integration. She came from Southsea in Hampshire with her parents when she was eleven years old, went back at sixteen, but then, missing France, she returned in 2004 at the age of thirty-three. Employed as a teaching assistant in Saint Aulaye, she is the only person I met who worked for the French state. Having arrived here twenty-two years ago, Mitt Morris (p. 89) works on architectural projects in the area, alongside French builders working for French clients. Describing herself as 'a wolf in sheep's clothing with tits', she commands respect from French builders, who arrive on time and do the job for the same pay as their British counterparts. The secret of integration here is work. If you work with the French, you have to speak French and you become part of the French system and France. On the whole, though, the British are ardently independent and like to be their own boss, whereas the French want the security of employment and the social benefits that go with it. Equally, many British do not have the fluency in French, or the relevant qualifications, required by a prospective French employer.
The recent financial crisis has changed things dramatically. The pound has dropped by a third against the euro, the London stock exchange has lost a third of its value, interest rates have plummeted and British real estate is in turmoil. France is now more expensive than Britain. Bad news for those living off a sterling income in the Dordogne, but no change for those living within the French system. For the first time, without their buying power and financial complacency the British realise that to survive they must either integrate into French society or leave. Some are returning to Britain, while others are trying to reproduce the same pattern by moving to Morocco, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania, where living and real estate remain cheap.
The British I met in the Dordogne are brave. Most have left everything behind in Britain: family, friends, work and community, to live out their dream and attain a standard of living impossible back home. They are a mirror reflecting what is wrong with their country. The stakes are high: peers think they are either mad or enlightened, and any backtracking to Britain is often deemed a financial and social failure. Proud to be from the same nation as these people in Another Country, I was surprised by their stiff upper lip and the way that they never complain, no matter how difficult their situation may be. I enjoyed their self-derisory sense of humour. They were trusting and generous, potential friends who could be family. With our shared British backgrounds, they were somehow part of me, but I no longer feel that I belong with them. This book has shown me that I am made up of two spheres, each rotating around the other. The two do not mix, but together they keep me standing: one would collapse without the other. To understand the real allegiances of those integrated within French society, I bluntly asked them which camp they would choose if a war broke out between Britain and France. They all said that they would run away. This is how I feel. I cannot take sides. On the one hand, it would mean fighting family and friends, on the other it would be the same. I am no longer British, but I am not French: my identity is both.
The people in Another Country consider that home is where family and friends are; it is not linked to geography or culture. Essentially, the idea of home is up to us, it is where and what we want it to be. I found that I looked forward to going 'home' to Belgium at the end of each stay. I was homesick for Brussels. Instead of finding answers for our differences at home, Another Country has indirectly resolved matters in an unexpected way. Reassured that I am not the only one to dress up as an elf, ride around naked on a donkey, or have a ram for a chauffeur, my partner has written a piece for this book. This is the first time we have worked together on a project. She has also started to speak to Iris in English, and now I often speak to Iris in French.
We are expecting our second child in June.
Rip Hopkins, Brussels, December 2009
"We're not sure where we're from": Rachel Gregory (42) and Philip Oliver (44), with the rest of the Olivers: Ophelia (5), Tallulah (5), Eli (16) and Rubybel (12), known collectively as the 'Ollies', in Rubybel's bedroom. They were evicted from their home in Devon whilst here on holiday in 2002 and having nowhere to go back to, they stayed. Rachel grew up in Dorset and is a sculptor. Philip is a painter. Both Eli (who is applying for French citizenship) and Rubybel want to be language teachers in France. The two eldest daughters are currently studying in Britain. There is too much pressure in Britain, so the family is not going back.


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Korean Airlines, for example, no longer has a Flight 007 in deference to the airliner that was shot down by Russian fighter jets in 1983 after straying into Soviet airspace. Likewise, Delta Air Lines retired Flight 191 after a Lockheed TriStar with that designation was caught in a microburst on approach at Dallas-Fort Worth and slammed into the ground, killing more than 130 people.
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The Times says of the computer foul-up three years ago: "The flight numbers were assigned by a computer ... for sales of future flights, said airline spokesman Rahsaan Johnson. Early Wednesday, airline officials noticed the error and immediately removed them from the system."
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