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A new year and a new experience
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/01/2012
» At my age, any new sensation tends to be an ache or a pain, but this year on New Year's Day, I was up and about at six in the morning, which was definitely a new experience. I hasten to add this wasn't because I hadn't made it to bed after a night's revelry. Admittedly in the past there have been occasions when I've seen dawn rise on Jan 1 before hitting the sack. But this was a genuine early rise and shine occasion. Some explanation is needed for this unnatural behaviour.
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Actions last year ensure more perils in 2012
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 17/01/2012
» Last year 2011 will be remembered as the time when many ever-optimistic Americans began to give up hope. President John F Kennedy once said that a rising tide lifts all boats. But now, in the receding ebb, Americans are beginning to see not only that those with taller masts had been lifted far higher, but also that many of the smaller boats had been dashed to pieces in their wake.
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Screwing tight the bolts of connectivity
News, Stephen S Roach, Published on 31/01/2012
» Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its internet community is expanding at hyper speed, with profound implications for the Chinese economy, to say nothing of the country's social norms and political system. This genie cannot be stuffed back in the bottle. Once connected, there is no turning back.
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Happiness as a choice in life
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/02/2012
» The dark side of Facebook is not only its celebration of triviality _ it causes us to have to wait for friends to post photos of our food before we can eat it, for example _ but the social networking tool sometimes also brings to us unexpected news, that a friend from a long time ago has passed away ... long while ago without our knowing it.
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So you're allegedly drunk at work?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 02/03/2012
» Late last Friday night, while the sun slept and the moon tried to shine bright through the polluted, smoggy skies, our ever-trustworthy government was working tirelessly for the citizens of this miracle land. Participating in two days of parliamentary debate over draft amendments to the constitution, the MPs gave up 32 hours of their life they'll never get back, for us, the people. We should relish in this beautiful moment, a moment which demonstrates democracy at its finest, a moment which cannot be tainted...
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If it's boutique then it must be good
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/03/2012
» Sitting in the obligatory Bangkok traffic jam the other day, I found myself staring at a sign advertising a ''car boutique''. It didn't really sound right, but was another reminder of how the word ''boutique'' has spread its Gallic wings in the last 40 years to become an essential part of international language.
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The dark side of tablet PCs and new media
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/03/2012
» If things go as planned, almost a million tablet computers will be distributed to young first graders across the country before the new semester starts on May 15.
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With great blotting comes great responsibility
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/04/2012
» While the sun continues its raging party over Bangkok, inviting no-good friends such as smog, humidity and pollution to further get things out of control, those of us who didn't RSVP to the grimy gathering are struggling to find ways to cope before we melt into a puddle of fleshy goo.
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Let's enjoy a safe Songkran
News, Published on 13/04/2012
» Never mind that fuel prices have jumped again or that busloads of red-clad followers of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra are streaming across the borders with Laos and Cambodia to greet him or even that the National Happiness Index has taken a dip due to rising commodity prices and the situation in the South.
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Democracy undermined
News, Published on 28/04/2012
» Regarding ''Moribund Elite Card rises like a phoenix,'' (BP, Business, April 26).
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