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  • LEARNING

    Climate change

    Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 05/01/2010

    » You will struggle to find anyone who has not heard the terms "climate change", "global warming" and "greenhouse effect". Recently, there was a climate change conference in Copenhagen. It was attended by many world leaders, who sadly didn't achieve much in the way of future reductions of carbon emissions. But what exactly is climate change? Let's explore the question.

  • TECH

    Apathy reigns as Thailand continues to fail to embrace its potential

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/01/2010

    » After so many years of writing, I have ended up with a 'why bother' attitude when it comes to the more controversial news which should matter. Anyone remember the not-very-smart ID cards that cost 888 million baht and which, to this day, are not fully utilised?

  • TECH

    DTac raises ambitions but lessens footprints

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/01/2010

    » By using solar power, each DTac base station spares the environment 20 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year, as well as being silent.

  • 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

    In tough times, French take English immersion classes at home

    AFP, Published on 12/01/2010

    » A rural French village might not be the first place a student would think of visiting to improve their English language skills, but 17-year-old Mathilde Berthelot is doing just that.

  • TECH

    Software innovation expands domestically and internationally

    Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/01/2010

    » Software Park Thailand will join forces with alliances and provincial parks to achieve its 2010 mission of "Differentiation of business with IT innovation".

  • TECH

    A small price to pay

    Database, Published on 20/01/2010

    » Your TOT board put huge red Xs across all the recent auctions and three billion baht worth of contracts to build a fibre-optic network for broadband Internet, and vowed to call new contracts; the decision followed remarks by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over the high prices of some of the bids, and your TOT will be certain to write new terms of reference for new auctions; the rather complicated auction was run in portions, for various parts of the country, but luckily for TOT turned out to total 3.03 billion baht, a full 0.01 billion below the budget; now they will have to do it all again, and despite what Mr Abhisit says, prices do go up, don't they?

  • LEARNING

    Ready for anything

    Mylife, Anjira Assavanonda, Published on 21/01/2010

    » Being a nanny is not an easy task. It requires knowledge, skill, love, tenderness and a lot more. Rosalie San Juan, 36, learned this when she helped her sister find a nanny to take care of her niece a few years ago.

  • 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.

  • LEARNING

    Better approach to training urged

    Learningpost, Steve Graham, Published on 26/01/2010

    » The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Padi), as well as the British Army, uses this System Approach to Training for its instructional requirements, so there's a good chance it could work for Thailand's education sector too.

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