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...that obliges all business owners in Amsterdam's red-light district to disclose their financial records when they apply for permits and licenses; anyone suspected of criminal activity can have their application suspended or refused, whether or not the charges have been proved. The strategy has sent a chill through De Wallen, where long-time building owners - some nearing retirement age - have little stomach for long legal wrangles...
...Kafe Meze, tel: (61-7) 3844 1720, I'd go to the Lychee Lounge, tel: (61-7) 3846 0544. It's a dimly lit, moody place. After that, I might go nearby to the Rumpus Room, tel: (61-7) 3846 1323, which is a great place to just chill out. Occasionally late at night I'll go to one of the nightclubs in Fortitude Valley - probably to Family, tel: (61-7) 3852 5000, which is a very high-energy nightclub on McLachlan Street...
Homegrown terrorism is a chill ing idea. No country likes to believe that violent mayhem has taken root in its backyard. After all, foreign killers can be weeded out; domestic terrorists draw strength from, and corrupt, their native soil...
...alert!] their old boss Skinner (Mitch Pileggi). Just as important is the film's location in the Great White North. The first five seasons of The X Files were shot in British Columbia, which was a good fit for a show that wanted to leave its fans with a chill. In its pensiveness and good manners, its immersion in desolate wastes, its search for eccentricity, even dementia, behind the blandest Anglo face, the show was devoutly Canadian. For the movie, which is set mostly in West Virginia, Carter took the crew back to Vancouver for one of its snowiest episodes...
...Ernst & Young in London, says U.K. house prices - which have dropped about 8% from their peak last year - could fall another 10%. Deutsche Bank figures the total drop could be closer to 25% by the end of 2010. Whatever the eventual decline, housing woes are already casting a chill on spending. For example, says Mehta, there has been "a dramatic fall" in sales of household goods such as dishwashers and refrigerators in the past six to eight months because people aren't moving as often. But real estate is an intensely local business, and in many markets it remains robust...