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  • LEARNING

    Children on the margins

    Outlook, Vasana Chinvarakorn, Published on 07/01/2010

    » There is light in the eyes of these children as they laugh. It shines out of the darkness that surrounds them. Under the fluorescent glare, the youngsters are giggling or convulsing with laughter at the performances of their peers. One by one, they take turns staging one-of-a-kind shows - shadow and hand puppetry, a live theatre and singing skit, and even traditional ethnic Shan dances during which some appreciative audience members present the amateur performers with small cash gifts. The memorable night will no doubt be cherished by the youths for years to come. It's a rare opportunity for the 30 stateless children in Chiang Mai to spend three days learning the basics of art and producing this unique "festival" together.

  • LEARNING

    A very weighty matter

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/01/2010

    » I caught my dear friend Evil Neil going through his New Year's presents last week as I paid him a visit in his office.

  • LIFE

    Indian millionaire weddings key niche

    Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/02/2010

    » The Indian wedding business could bring in 30-40 billion baht to Thailand, says Satish Sehgal, president of the India Thai Business Association.

  • TECH

    Internetsite of theWeek

    Gotfried. K, Published on 10/02/2010

    » I'm not sure this week's Internet Site of the Week is even a good idea, and it's still in beta stage, but nonetheless one might find it amusing.

  • LEARNING

    Bayer hosts ecological 'bootcamp'

    Learningpost, Published on 23/02/2010

    » Once again, the Bayer Environmental Envoy Program, the organiser of worldwide Eco-Camps and a Germany-based intensive study tour - presented in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) since 2004 - is a smashing success!

  • TECH

    What's in a name? On the net, who knows

    Database, James Hein, Published on 03/03/2010

    » How much can you trust an Internet Domain? When you go to, say, http://www.reliableshopping. com, how much can you find out about it? Theoretically when a domain is registered it should have information on who did so. You can use tools like http://www.whois.net to do a quick check. In the case of the site above, I found it is owned by godaddy.com. Trying http://www.internic.net to look it up found even less info, but I did ascertain that the domain will expire soon.

  • LIFE

    Pattaya takes action to ensure smooth run of music festival

    Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 05/03/2010

    » Pattaya City is ready to deal with any possible political incident affecting the 9th Pattaya International Music Festival 2010 scheduled for March 19-21, says Mayor Itthiphol Kunplume.

  • TECH

    WiMAX - dead or alive?

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/03/2010

    » In the same week that NEC announced that its first commercial mobile WiMAX network had gone live in Taiwan, Cisco has announced that it was withdrawing from the WiMAX market to focus on the IP network cores as it has been doing up until it bought Navini.

  • LEARNING

    Native tongue twisters

    Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/05/2010

    » All around my Los Angeles neighbourhood are hand-written signs tacked onto lofty palm trees: ``ACCENT ELIMINATION''. The two words are followed by a local telephone number, which to my surprise doesn't begin with 555. Accent Elimination _ how intriguing.

  • LEARNING

    Constructing a good test

    Learningpost, Edward Roy Krishnan, PHD, Published on 18/05/2010

    » For most international schools, exams are now just around the corner. Teachers and administrators spend a significant amount of time constructing, putting together and analysing test papers. For some others, the exercise is not as daunting because they rely on question banks from textbooks and/or past test papers.

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