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3 hours ago, lvr181 said:
"Christians" were never a religion of peace.
An apostasy from Jesus' teachings was foretold both by Jesus as well as by the Christian Bible writers. Less than 70 years after Jesus' death, Bible writers were already identifying apostate teachings and antichrists. So "Christianity" has for most of its existence not represented the peaceable teachings of Jesus.
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When a native English speaker reads the phrase, “Many were suffocated...,” naturally the person understands this to mean that people died, since the primary definition of suffocate is “to die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe”.
The secondary definition “to have or cause to have difficulty in breathing” would not normally be used in the passive voice (“were suffocated”). Examples:
• [no object] he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa (past progressive)
• [with object] you're suffocating me—I can scarcely breathe (present progressive)
• (as adj. suffocating) : the suffocating heat.
Apparently these are subtle differences lost on non-native speakers.
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I have asked my wife and various other Thais about testing of drinking water quality. The usual response is something like - its drinking water so you can drink it !!! Typical Thai response. If I ask if anyone - e.g. government inspector - ever tests the water quality - I have never met anyone who ever even considered the possibility or who knew anything about it.
Does anyone ever test the water? Is it possible to get water independently tested? - any drinking water. Does anyone know how or where to do it?
Most Thai people do not consider the possibility because doing so would give a person wrinkles, headaches, and all the other woes brought on by thinking too much.
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"Only 6% of vending machines displayed water quality test, and only 7% had water filter replacement."
"concerned government agencies care very little on impact unclean water would have on consumers." CONCERNED?
"The definition of concern is something that is of interest, important or worrisome." Try a different term, but not concerned.
They apparently meant "relevant" government agencies; "concerned" was a poor word choice in this context.
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Though these laws were already in place, I believe the impetus of stepping up their enforcement was the bombing... the country having no idea who and where these terrorist were living and no/incorrect records in immigration to aid in their search. If they all would of left immediately, they probably would of gotten away with it. (if indeed these were the perps)
Do they really think that a foreigner with intentions of planting a bomb, who enters the country off the record by bribing an immigration official at the border, would then comply with the reporting requirement once inside the country? The law-abiding foreigners are the ones who will comply (if they are even aware of the requirement). But enforcement is so inconsistent that it would be easy enough for a terrorist to get around this policy, even without bribery of a local official, homeowner, or guest house owner.
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Does anyone have any info on this unprovoked attack on what appears to be a small child.
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According to the video description, the incident took place in Shanxi, China, in front of a restaurant owned by the victim's family, who along with some of the customers rushed outside once they realized what was happening. The attacker was schizophrenic and was arrested.
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Does his family have enough influence/money for him to become a monk for a few months?
RIP little ones.
The value of a human life seems to be appraised differently in various cultures. I honestly don't know what HG had in mind with his post. However, I took his comment to mean that regardless of the circumstances of a person's death that influence or money seem to be able to buy people impunity in some societies.
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This is a quote from the ICAO website: "A significant safety concern (SSC) does not necessarily indicate a particular safety deficiency in the air navigation service providers, airlines (air operators), aircraft or aerodrome; but, rather, indicates that the State is not providing sufficient safety oversight to ensure the effective implementation of applicable ICAO Standards."
So the ICAO is not rating the various airlines from each country, only expressing concern about safety standards in those 14 countries.
Of the 14 countries about which the ICAO has significant concerns, only 3 countries have airlines that fly to Korea. There are 6 carriers from those 3 countries, four of which are Thai, one is Indonesian, and one is Kazakh. The article is not giving the full picture, only the Korean perspective.
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The four are Thai Airways, Thai AirAsia X, NokScoot and Asia Atlantic Airlines
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Slightly off on a tangent, but this article regarding antibiotics given to livestock is frightening............
Following the same tangent, here is a video you can share with any Thai friends regarding the dangers of factory-farmed food and antibiotics:
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The local media aren't touching it as it is now showing thailand in a bad light. A very bad light. It has become a sensitive topic now with evidence of police incompitance, sinister forces and the realisation that the B2 are innocent and the real murderers are still at large. It is potentially very embarrassing for some extremely powerful people who endorsed the polices work initially and in fact rewarded it.
This story is not bringing hapiness back to the people.
Remember the story of the chinese tourist killed at chiang mai zoo zip lining recently was withheld a few days because a certain someone was visiting chiang mai at the time and they didnt want to spoil his "bringing happiness" visit with bad news.....
I think they are spending this time furiously thinking of ways to finish this without important people losing face, certain people not being implicated (after all, thats been paid for already) and have the simplest excuse to declare a mistrail and a low ranking guy take the fall for screwing up.
Or they might just rush through a guilty verdict, its only 3 judges decision after all, show the world a big middle finger, execute them on the quiet or lock them up forever and just carry on as normal. That wouldnt surprise me one bit unfortunately.
I just finished reading the article in the Thai edition of Khaosod to see if any of the information in their English article appears in the Thai version. Anyone reading the two articles would think they were reading about two completely different cases, one case that is airtight (Thai Khaosod story) and another case that is a travesty of justice (English Khaosod story).
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From what I have observed, farang and SE Asian children get it the worst, SE Asian adults likely have some immunity already.
I blame min on my 4 year old "grandaughter" who has had it for almost 2 weeks.
It does not help that viruses are almost universally blamed on “the weather” and therefore virtually no isolation or quarantine measures (like staying home from work or school) are taken
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Now I've got it...
Sorry to hear that. If it is the same virus, it has been passed around in Thailand for months now, and it hits some of us harder than others. Within the same household, it seems like everyone will come down with symptoms, but one person may have it much worse (like me and meatboy) than other family members. Since I was unable to sleep or lie down at all without fits of coughing, I ended up staying awake all night for two or three weeks. By early morning, maybe 5am or 6am, I was exhausted enough that taking some cough suppressant pills or syrup would help enough to fall asleep for maybe 6 hours.
I hope you have a light case like my husband did!
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Yes I think we all know this already, I guess it is about how your body handles cold and flu and where you are, for many in Bangkok for instance bacterial infection following a long heavy cold is very likely. I guess you are less effected. Certainly a bout of sinusitis is a misery for me, why suffer?
Over-prescription has been going on for years possibly decades- the balloon went up on the current crop of antibiotics and it won't come down again.
The real problem was always people not taking the full course, and evolution of course as even microbes mutate, so human stupidity and nature, not things that will ever be stopped.
From the Centers for Disease Control:
“If You Have a Cold or Flu, Antibiotics Won't Work for You
Are you aware that colds, flu, most sore throats, bronchitis, and many sinus and ear infections are caused by viruses? Did you know that antibiotics do not help fight viruses? It's true. For the overwhelming majority of common respiratory infections, antibiotics are not helpful.
Antibiotics cure bacterial infections, not viral infections such as:• Colds or flu• Most coughs and bronchitis• Most sore throats• Runny nosesTaking antibiotics for viral infections will not:• Cure the infection• Keep other individuals from catching the illness• Help you feel betterAntibiotics Can Cause More Harm than GoodTaking antibiotics when you have a virus may do more harm than good:• Taking antibiotics increases your risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection later.• Antibiotics kill the healthy bacteria in the gut, allowing more harmful bacteria, such as C. difficile, to grow in its place. Although this infection is more commonly found in hospitals, it also occurs in clinics outside of the hospital. Read more about C. difficile.• Antibiotics cause 1 out of 5 emergency department visits for adverse drug events. Antibiotics are the most common cause of emergency department visits for adverse drug events in children under 18 years of age.It’s important to only take antibiotics for bacterial infections since they can put you or your child at risk for harmful side effects and antibiotic-resistant infections.”http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/about/should-know.html
This is a misinformed rant against antibiotics in general.
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives. Yes of course they are not to be prescribed for purely viral illness. And they have been over prescribed, to the point where some are redundant, and the rest going that way.
But you are missing the point: for a person in Thailand, suffering a prolonged infection, it is good form to prescribe antibiotics as a preventative or curative measure. So when you had that bad broncho virus, that went on a few weeks, it would have been perfectly prudent to take a short course of antibiotics.
Actually, I am in favor of antibiotics. And my misinformation is from the CDC.
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Yes I think we all know this already, I guess it is about how your body handles cold and flu and where you are, for many in Bangkok for instance bacterial infection following a long heavy cold is very likely. I guess you are less effected. Certainly a bout of sinusitis is a misery for me, why suffer?
Over-prescription has been going on for years possibly decades- the balloon went up on the current crop of antibiotics and it won't come down again.
The real problem was always people not taking the full course, and evolution of course as even microbes mutate, so human stupidity and nature, not things that will ever be stopped.
From the Centers for Disease Control:
“If You Have a Cold or Flu, Antibiotics Won't Work for You
Are you aware that colds, flu, most sore throats, bronchitis, and many sinus and ear infections are caused by viruses? Did you know that antibiotics do not help fight viruses? It's true. For the overwhelming majority of common respiratory infections, antibiotics are not helpful.
Antibiotics cure bacterial infections, not viral infections such as:• Colds or flu• Most coughs and bronchitis• Most sore throats• Runny nosesTaking antibiotics for viral infections will not:• Cure the infection• Keep other individuals from catching the illness• Help you feel betterAntibiotics Can Cause More Harm than GoodTaking antibiotics when you have a virus may do more harm than good:• Taking antibiotics increases your risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection later.• Antibiotics kill the healthy bacteria in the gut, allowing more harmful bacteria, such as C. difficile, to grow in its place. Although this infection is more commonly found in hospitals, it also occurs in clinics outside of the hospital. Read more about C. difficile.• Antibiotics cause 1 out of 5 emergency department visits for adverse drug events. Antibiotics are the most common cause of emergency department visits for adverse drug events in children under 18 years of age.It’s important to only take antibiotics for bacterial infections since they can put you or your child at risk for harmful side effects and antibiotic-resistant infections.”http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/about/should-know.html
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OP, I think it would have been the flu jab, probably H1N1, aka, swine flu.
But what you describe doesn't sound like the flu, more the bad broncho virus/bronchitis, there isn't a jab for that.
In Thailand, antibiotics are routinely prescribed for upper respiratory tract infections, even viral ones, because of the risk of bacterial infection following a cold or bout of flu.
It is true that antibiotics are routinely prescribed for URTI, not just in Thailand but also in the USA, Australia, and elsewhere. Doctors often either anticipate or give in to patient demands for antibiotics. When patients start feeling better, they credit the antibiotics rather than the body’s immune response. However, “preventive antibiotics” (antibiotic prophylaxis) are contributing to an increase in stubborn pneumonia and staph infections and “flesh-eating” bacterial infections (necrotizing fasciitis). Even if a test for a bacterial infection is positive, infections in healthy individuals will usually go away without antibiotic use. It’s a matter of taking a long-range view of the problem vs wanting a quick solution that is actually contributing to a life-threatening problem. I, for one, want the antibiotics to work when I truly need them, but that will depend on the cooperation of the world population to stop asking for and prescribing antibiotics for every cold, flu, and minor infection.
From the Mayo Clinic:
“MRSA is the result of decades of often unnecessary antibiotic use. For years, antibiotics have been prescribed for colds, flu and other viral infections that don't respond to these drugs. Even when antibiotics are used appropriately, they contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria because they don't destroy every germ they target. Bacteria live on an evolutionary fast track, so germs that survive treatment with one antibiotic soon learn to resist others.” (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mrsa/basics/causes/con-20024479)
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I intended to post a response to an earlier thread, but the thread was closed by the OP before I had the opportunity.
My comment was that a few months ago, I had the same symptoms as the OP: dry, unproductive cough that was much worse at night but easily triggered during the day by speaking or inhaling too suddenly/deeply. My husband's symptoms were not as severe, more typical of a cold. We think we both caught the same virus but it just manifested slightly differently. I was unable to sleep all night long because as soon as I would lie down, the coughing would begin. I tried pills, syrups, and home remedies but with limited effect. Since I was awake all night, I could hear that all my Thai neighbors were having the same problem, coughing all night long. A Thai friend told me that the local health agency (anamai) was encouraging everyone to come for in shots because of this outbreak. However, I was never able to verify what kind of shot (flu shot? other immunization? antibiotics?) they were providing. It would seem that they would have to know what they were dealing with in order to provide appropriate immunization or medication.
For anyone that recommends antibiotics, these are only effective for bacterial infections. In our case, it was evidently a virus, in which case taking antibiotics is not only completely unnecessary, doing so aggravates the global problem of multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Please do not ask for or accept antibiotics from your doctor or pharmacist (in Thailand, Australia, the USA, or anywhere else) unless you have tested positive for a bacterial infection that is unlikely to resolve on its own.
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The Africans will work for half of what most other teachers make. It's a sign of the times ....
12k a month ... lol , I spend that in 3 days on food, drink & leisure.
Just met an African teacher yesterday. He came to Thailand because of promises of a good salary that did not materialize. He was in a predicament, so he accepted the first position with a salary of 15,000 per month. However, he did not renew his contract because, as he explained to the school, he is supporting a family back home. Now he is at a new school with a better salary, but he is just as frustrated with the lack of interest and motivation among his students as the NE teachers on TV. He said all the students are interested in is Facebook.
Ultimately, it does not matter whether the teacher is a native English speaker or not if the students are not interested in learning English. Generally speaking, Africans place a high value on knowledge and education despite the corruption in their home countries. So if the lack of motivation in LOS is due to the fact that real knowledge and skills are not rewarded here, then it is a bit of a mystery why Africans whose countries are arguably as corrupt if not more so remain so highly motivated to bettering themselves through learning.
What price a little girl's life? One million say family, too much says dog owner
in Thailand News
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That's very true. And if the actual outcome for each person were determined by what each person believed in (reincarnation, heaven/hell, when you die you're dead, etc), that might be of some comfort. The question is, how is a person who is a firm believer in cause/effect, consequences, and accountability supposed to react to real dangers, injuries, or death that result from someone else's belief in fate or karma?