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• Karl Eikenberry and the lessons of Vinegar Joe

  
  Jottings from the Granite Studio — Authority: 103
  President Obama is flying to Asia this week with much on his mind : Should the US commit another 40,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan as stories of official incompetence and political corruption leak daily from the capital of Kabul ? If Britain’s curse was her imperial ambitions, the United States is its ...
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• China: Past, Present, and Future

  
  tdaxp — Authority: 471
  Until Deng Xiaoping , there had been no wise Chinese leaders in the 20th century… only misguided idealists. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sums it up well (h/t Tom Barnett ) Prior to 1949, China was a deeply riven and unequal society. There was a reason for the civil war and the multiple invasions ...
  2 days ago

• Veterans Day, V On ABC And An X-Men Bar Bet In Todays Twitter Report

  
  Splash Page — Authority: 725
  Even though Veterans Day doesnt give your kid a day off from school ( Neil Gaiman checked), the Twitter Report joins all of the creators in our feed today acknowledging the risks taken and sacrifices made by service men and women alike. Not all of the Vs in todays posts belonged to Veterans Day, though. Now in its ...
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• Chiang Mai, Thailand – Marvelous Mystical City in the Jungle

  
  Pattaya Hotels Booking and Travel Guide — Authority: 133
  Author: Michael A. AllenbrSource: ezinearticles.combrbrWhether you want to chill out, immerse yourself in history or simply check out the smoking hot nightlife, Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand, has a little bit of something to please everyone.Like most of the cities of the north, Chiang Mai is far more laid back than ...
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• Thai Cabinet approves Bt100 billion hi-speed rail

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 147
  Cabinet approves Bt100 billion hi-speed rail construction planBANGKOK, Nov 11 (TNA) Thailands business ministers meeting approved an investment plan to build a high-speed railway with a Bt100 billion budget for four main routes linking the Thai capital to the countrys four regions.According to Deputy Prime Minister, ...
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• Μοντέλο ντυμένο παραδοσιακά - Thai Model in Traditional Clothing

  
  ???????? - People — Authority: 106
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• Veranda Chiang Mai, The High Resort

  
  YapThomas - The Ultimat3 — Authority: 126
  Hey peeps. How is it going there? It’s mid week already! Woot! Now, let me continue from my earlier Chiang Mai, Thailand sneak peak. I’ve got lots of comments on how beautiful Chiang Mai is, base on the pictures I put up of course. I would say, it is beyond beautiful. It’s just bliss… There is one reason ...
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• Thai Rainwater no longer safe to drink

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 147
  Rainwater no longer safe to drinkRainwater in Thailand is no longer safe for consumption, especially in the coastal provinces in the East, due to rising level of acidity caused by toxins from factories and traffic smog.Citing a study sponsored by the Department of Pollution Control, a Kasetsart University lecturer ...
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• Chiang Mai, Thailand

  
  Matt and Debz — Authority: 119
  Our travel plans to Chiang Mai did not go quite to plan. After forgetting to get money from an ATM we arrived at the border with no money to buy our overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. We foolishly thought we could buy a ticket that evening but after a 5 hour bus journey [...]
  4 days ago

• World economy

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 136
  The world and the financial crisis II ; G20 Summit ; China and the world economy ; Europe and the EU ; Global Economic Crisis and the Informal Economy ; Wednesday-Night.com - economy ; G20 (Pittsburgh): The World Is Watching And now for the G20’s next trick … (FP) On one level, the G20 seems to ...
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• Kung Fu Saturdays: Slice of Death

  
  Old School Scholar Hip Hop Culture and Music — Authority: 124
  We got Lo Lieh back again this week with another vicious portrayal of the greatest villain in kung fu movies, Pai Mei! Old White Eyebrows is gearing up for another attack on Shaolin for the Qing Empire. You got to love this mad man!
  6 days ago

• and i ran, i ran so far away

  
  transplanting me — Authority: 119
  it is possible that it only felt like i ran so far away because i had to wake up so very early this morning and i was doing this run without the aid of performance enhancing drugs – you know, like caffeine.  really it was only a 3.5 k, which is just over 2 miles. every year the seventh grade at the kids’ school ...
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• Emerald Buddha in Thailand

  
  Thar She Goes — Authority: 160
  The Emerald Buddha is a model of a sitting Budha, that’s the is the palladium of the Dominion of Thailand. The Buddha is made from green jade, suprisingly not of emerald, dressed in gold is roughly forty five cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is found on the grounds of the ...
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• Παρουσιάζοντας τα καλλιστεία - Presenting the Yi Peng beauty contest

  
  ???????? - People — Authority: 106
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• Emerald Buddha’s travels

  
  puritanpub.com — Authority: 158
  The Emerald Buddha is a model of a sitting Budha, that’s the is the palladium of the Dominion of Thailand. The Buddha is made from green jade, suprisingly not of emerald, dressed in gold is roughly forty five cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is found on the grounds of the ...
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• CM Law Firm/Lawyer

  
  TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum — Authority: 164
  Looking for a law firm/lawyer who can resolve a condo title in CM. Any recommendations?
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• Photo Essay – Thailand’s Loy Krathong Comes but Once a Lunar Year

  
  Matador Nights — Authority: 468
  Loy Krathong is celebrated on the twelfth full moon of the Thai lunar year, and is meant to venerate both Buddha and the Thai water goddess Phra Mae Kongka. Chiang Mai is host to some of the most spectacular festivities in Thailand, where thousands of sky lanterns and fireworks fill the air in the days surrounding the ...
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• Contradicting district histories

  
  Changwat, Amphoe, Tambon — Authority: 423
  When I recently added references to the Wikipedia article on Wiang Pa Pao district in Chiang Rai province, I had problems matching the history as taken from amphoe.com with the Royal Gazette announcements. amphoe.com writes ...
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• Time Travelling Opinion Pollsters

  
  Thailand Voice — Authority: 155
  There seems to be something fishy about reports that the government’s support has suddenly tripled in a new poll released by ABAC.* In the Nation’s report, the dates of polling were not even mentioned, suggesting that this is some kind of spontaneous outpouring of support for the government in standing up to the ...
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• Contradicting district histories

  
  Thailand Voice — Authority: 155
  When I recently added references to the Wikipedia article on Wiang Pa Pao district in Chiang Rai province, I had problems matching the history as taken from amphoe.com with the Royal Gazette announcements. amphoe.com writes ...
  1 week ago

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