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Breaking down taboos
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/09/2012
» Kasetsart University (KU) is well known for its agricultural programmes and already home to enclosures of chickens, pigs and fish, so it should have come as no surprise when it decided to set up a facility for water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) almost a year ago.
Forked tongues, or simply some little white lies?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/09/2012
» Just about everyone has had their say on Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong, who admitted to telling some ``porky pies'' concerning the projected export growth for the Kingdom.
Pipe dreaming
Spectrum, Published on 19/08/2012
» Early on in Steven Martin's prodigiously researched and at times painfully honest memoir Opium Fiend: 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction, he explains his nostalgia for opium's past. The way he sees it, the historic substance _ a 2000 Vanity Fair article by Nick Tosches referred to it as a "medicine and holy panacea older than any known god" _ suffered an ignoble decline in the face of post-colonial globalisation.
Sonny Bill to fight 'White Buffalo'
AFP, Published on 18/08/2012
» New Zealand rugby star Sonny Bill Williams will fight South African Francois Botha in Durban on November 17, a promoter said Saturday.
Two Turinos at Rossini's
Life, Published on 17/08/2012
» The Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit's Rossini's restaurant will play host to two celebrated Italians from Turin _ Michelin-star chef Alfredo Russo and sommelier Giulio Saverino, from Thursday until Sept 1. The epicurean masters will combine their knowledge to present an unsurpassed dining pleasure for Bangkok's food and wine connoisseurs including two special wine dinners next Friday and again on Aug 31, each priced at 3,900 baht per person.
Top-quality produce
Life, Published on 15/08/2012
» The Royal Project Foundation and CentralWorld are organising an annual showcase of products from a dozen well-known projects under HM the King's royal initiative. "Royal Project 43" will be running on several floors of CentralWorld from Aug 28 to Sept 3.
Discover the Milky Way
Life, Published on 14/08/2012
» Here's an udderly delightful event dairy lovers will milk for all it's worth.
Lord of the Jungle
Life, Smith Sutibut, Published on 30/07/2012
» Yesterday _ July 29 _ was Global Tiger Day, as designated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). But how many people are aware of that, considering you only hear about tigers being hunted or trafficked, or only see them in zoos?
Better living through technology
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 29/07/2012
» A brace of new devices designed to make your life easier
The death of tradition
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/07/2012
» Life for 58-year-old Sanong Cherdchoo back in 1987, like many others living in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district, was blissful simplicity.