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Final results from the website: http://2012.olympiade-der-koeche.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen.html
I could only find the Thailand Junior Team in all the listings.
They finished overall 5th and won a Gold Medal for their hot meal.
In all other categories no mention of a Thai team taking part in the event.
Although the link to the results of the Military Teams ain't working.
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Thailand with nuclear energy would be like Homer Simpson running a nuke plant, hell they can't even lay a decent pavement or install safe electrical systems.
They are already running a nuclear reactor..
and manage to run chemical plants, oil refineries, car manufacturing plants, natural gas etc without too many problems,,,but I understand what your saying Thai's are only good for picking rice in the paddies...Lesson learned from Co-60 accident in Thailand in January 2000
Thongpraparn T, Chaudakshetrin P, Buranapong P.
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. [email protected]
The causes and consequences of a Co-60 radiation accident in Samutprakarn Province, Thailand, were scrutinized to learn lessons aimed at preventing future radiation accidents. "Orphan sources" may end up in scrapyards.
An out-of-use Co-60 medical teletherapy source, left unattended in a disused parking area belonging to a Medical Dealer, was stolen and sold to a scrap dealer in Samutprakarn Province at the end of January 2000.
Because of its valuable appearance, a number of workers in the scrap trade who were not aware of radiation hazards managed to dismantle all parts.
The Co-60 source was removed and left unshielded among pieces of scrap metal in the yard of the scrap shop.
Some workers immediately became sick. Eighteen days later when they went to a local hospital their symptoms were recognized as radiation sickness and the incident was reported to the Office of Atomic Energy for Peace (OAEP) in Thailand.
The unshielded source, with an estimated activity of 15.7 TBq (425 Ci), was retrieved soon after by an emergency team and placed in safe storage at the OAEP premises. Ten victims developed radiation sickness symptoms, of which three died soon after the accident.
The accident alarmed the public, and has raised national concerns. The accident is similar in some ways to the 1987 radiation accident at Goiania, Brazil, involving a Cs-137 radiotherapy source. If not properly disposed of orphan radiation sources can lead to serious injury or even death.
The accident highlights the need for security of spent high activity sources and the importance of regulatory controls.
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Gaemi is neither a cyclone nor a typhoon.
According to the Hong Kong observatory it's categorized as: severe tropical storm
For the track information:
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Search Google Hong Kong (www.google.com.hk/).
You'll find tons of info on Form-E.
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Article The Nation
Published: 26/01/2011
Pesticide levels pose threat to Thai vegetable exports
Researchers are calling for a reduction in the types of pesticides that can be registered for use at local farms because of concerns the European Union might ban Thai vegetable exports.
The sharp increase in pesticide use by Thai farmers has alarmed international markets.
One researcher said the Department of Agriculure also needed to impose a complete ban on four hazardous chemicals still used in Thailand but not in any developed country.
Rapichan Phurisamban, of Biothai, said the country's record of pesticide use was worrying. Thailand imported 42,089 tonnes of pesticides in 1997 but that figure had risen to 137,594 tonnes in 2009.
Food and Agriculture Organisation figures for 2007 show Thailand had 27,126 agricultural chemical brands registered for use - more than China (20,000), Vietnam (1,743), Indonesia (1,158), Malaysia (917), Burma (818) and Laos (100) combined.
"[it is] not only that the country is consuming a massive amount of chemicals, we have also found that farmers still use agricultural chemicals that have been banned in many countries," Ms Rapichan said.
"They are carbofuran, dicrotophos, methomyl and EPN.
"The department should urgently ban these hazardous chemicals in line with international practice."
The present list of pesticides approved for use should also be reduced. The list of pesticides approved for use is due to expire in August.
The EU recently found prohibited chemicals in imported vegetables including basil, chili, Chinese bitter cucumber and bean. Fears of a possible EU ban on Thai vegetables has prompted the government to order a temporary suspension of shipments.
Dr Pattapong Kessomboon of the Department of Community Medicine at Khon Kaen University expressed concern over the government's alleged ignorance of the uncontrolled use of dangerous chemicals on vegetables.
"We were warned about chemical-contaminated vegetables 26 times in 2009 and up to 55 times last year," said Dr Pattapong, a member of the Thailand Pesticide Network.
"But there has been no quick response from the state agencies concerned. We expect the EU to ban our vegetable exports soon."
He said chemical and pesticide use on vegetables had led to serious health problems including cancer.
Department of Agriculture director-general Jirakorn Kosaisevi insisted yesterday the state's controls on chemicals were on the right track.
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Read the fine print: The 20 Baht price only from 11am-2pm.
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I talked to numerous young Thais. None of them has ever heard of the AEC and certainly doesn't have any information whatsoever. Some answered: new mobile phone?
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Why not going to Super Rich Money changer in Bangkok, always the best rate
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From Patong to the airport 800 Bt, from the airport to Patong 650 Bt??
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"The Sanba tropical storm, which was forming in the Philippines, would probably head to Taiwan and China rather than Thailand, he said"
One suggests he talk to Somjai Yensabai, a senior official from the Mineral Resources Department....................."he said, adding that tropical storm Sanba would be close to Thailand in 10 days and would bring heavy downpours to many provinces in the North and Northeast"
These guys really pull this stuff out their bottoms dont they
Sanba is heading for Japan
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THAI Cancels Koh Samui Service from mid-Jan 2013
by JL
Update at 1750GMT 30AUG12
As per 30AUG12 GDS inventory display, THAI starting 16JAN13 cancels Bangkok – Koh Samui service. The airline currently offers twice daily flights on board Boeing 737-400 since 15FEB08.
Reservation for this flight is closed and removed from the system for travel on/after 16JAN13.
Schedule until 15JAN13:
TG281 BKK0745 – 0850USM 734 D
TG287 BKK1520 – 1625USM 734 D
TG282 USM0930 – 1035BKK 734 D
TG288 USM1705 – 1810BKK 734 D
Source: airlineroute.net
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"Mr. Werner Langen, a member of the European Parliament’s Committee, along with other members..."
Wow! A nice little Thai junket for them. Who paid for it?
He led European Parliament delegations to Myanmar in Feb 2012, Singapore in May 2012 and now Thailand in Aug 2012.
Lot of FF mileage :-)
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Tried 3 times the last hour. Voice message: "Sorry, we have many customers interested in our service. Please try again later."
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"Sorry, we have many people interested in our service. Please try again later"
nice - stiff you all the way these clowns do. Bet the call costs 100 baht a time as well.
Same here.
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What about all the other Thai London athletes?
E.g. Rattikan Gulnoi finished a fantastic 4th in the womens' 58kg weight lifting event, just 1kg short of a bronze medal.
Worth nothing? Zilch? Nada?
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3900 Baht in cash were seized. A few 0's lost in translation or.......
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Took Nok Air from DMK to HKT last week.
100% agree, the airport is no where ready to handle Air Asia with 8 million Pax annually.
If you walk in the terminal it's like walking back in time.
Virtually nothing has changed since 1980's.
Wait....I saw workers slapping on a coats of fresh white paint on the terminal outside walls.
But that was it.
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The Circus is back in town.
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Jobs for the loyal boys.
TG needs aviation professionals to get the airline out of it's mess.
Hire foreign expertise if not avail domestically.
But I guess that's a no go.
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Pesticide levels pose threat to Thai vegetable exports
Published: 26/01/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Researchers are calling for a reduction in the types of pesticides that can be registered for use at local farms because of concerns the European Union might ban Thai vegetable exports.
The sharp increase in pesticide use by Thai farmers has alarmed international markets.
One researcher said the Department of Agriculure also needed to impose a complete ban on four hazardous chemicals still used in Thailand but not in any developed country.
Rapichan Phurisamban, of Biothai, said the country's record of pesticide use was worrying.
Thailand imported 42,089 tonnes of pesticides in 1997 but that figure had risen to 137,594 tonnes in 2009.
Food and Agriculture Organisation figures for 2007 show Thailand had 27,126 agricultural chemical brands registered for use -
more than China (20,000), Vietnam (1,743), Indonesia (1,158), Malaysia (917), Burma (818) and Laos (100) combined.
"[it is] not only that the country is consuming a massive amount of chemicals,
we have also found that farmers still use agricultural chemicals that have been banned in many countries," Ms Rapichan said.
"They are carbofuran, dicrotophos, methomyl and EPN.
"The department should urgently ban these hazardous chemicals in line with international practice."
Dr Pattapong Kessomboon of the Department of Community Medicine at Khon Kaen University expressed concern over the government's alleged ignorance of the uncontrolled use of dangerous chemicals on vegetables.
"We were warned about chemical-contaminated vegetables 26 times in 2009 and up to 55 times last year," said Dr Pattapong, a member of the Thailand Pesticide Network.
"But there has been no quick response from the state agencies concerned."
He said chemical and pesticide use on vegetables had led to serious health problems including cancer.
Department of Agriculture director-general Jirakorn Kosaisevi insisted yesterday the state's controls on chemicals were on the right track.
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Emirates starting 10DEC12 is launching Dubai – Phuket service, its 2nd destination in Thailand.
Service operates with Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
Operational schedule has been loaded in the OAG around 1400GMT and appeared in Amadeus timetable listing in the past 2 hours.
Reservation for this route will be open shortly.
EK378 DXB1245 – 2155HKT 332 D
EK379 HKT0035 – 0435DXB 332 D
Source: airlineroute.net
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Bail for convicts on death row?
You gotta be kidding me.
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This opinion piece was published in The Nation in 2001 !
11 years ago.
Deja vu all over.
Opinion
WELCOME TO THIGHLANDIA
The prime minister is touting tourism as a quick fix for the country’s staggering economy. The consequences are not a matter of prediction; the evidence is there for anyone who wants to look, writes Chang Noi (a pseudonym) in The Nation (30.4.01).
When the Thai economy hits trouble, the government turns to tourism. It happened in the last crisis in the early 1980s. With agriculture slumping and industry moribund, the economic planners seized on services. They sent on 200,000 Thai workers off to the Middle East and doubled tourist arrivals in five years.
As the prime minister [Thaksin Shinawatra] recently said, tourism is quick, cheap, and easy.
The ingredients are already there. Sun, sea, smiles, culture.
Some of these spare resources haven’t even been sold yet.
With better marketing, the returns will jump.
Twenty billion baht more from Chiang Mai.
Ten more from Phuket. Another twenty from everywhere else. All by this time next year.
Amid this enthusiasm, it’s difficult to detect words like “control” or “consequences”.
The consequences are not a matter of theory or prediction.
The evidence is there for anyone who wants to look.
Thailand’s main tourist product is the beach resort, with sun, sea, sand and the S-word, which the tourist planners seem so reluctant to talk about.
The development cycle is clear from the experience of 40 years.
Stage 1: Start with a place of outstanding beauty, which attracts people because it is drop-dead gorgeous. Impose absolutely no controls. Allow get-rich-quick entrepreneurs to encroach on the beach, blow up the rocks, scatter garbage and pour concrete everywhere.
Stage 2: The resort is now popular but rapidly losing its natural charm. Add large quantities of sex and comfort. Build large, luxurious hotels. Import lots of girls.
Stage 3: By now the natural beauty is totally obliterated. The seafront is an essay in bad architecture. The hinterland is a shantytown of beer bars. Develop the remains as a male fantasy theme park. Add anything with testosterone appeal – big motorbikes, shooting ranges, go-kart tracks, boxing rings, archery. Bring in more and more girls (and boys). There you have it: Thighlandia. Then stack it high and sell it cheap. You can travel round Thailand and see this development cycle in action.
Pattaya is long in stage 3. Phuket is hovering on the borderline between stage 2 and stage 3. The island has become a building site. Patong is spreading like a stain. Hua Hin is on the edge between stage 1 and stage 2. The architectural assault on the beauty of the beach-front is complete. Over the last year, Patong-ization has started, and the old fishing village is filling up with girls, bars and the trappings of Thighlandia.
Thailand’s second tourist product is the hill town offering a mixture of mountain scenery, old culture, and exotic people. This has also its development cycle.
The first visitors are attracted by nature and adventure. They climb the hills, paddle the rivers, visit the hill people and experience the temples. They generate little revenue, but they create a reputation.
At stage 2, as the numbers of visitors increase, the original appeal of nature and adventure is swamped. The temples are buried by high-rise hotels. The treks are too crowded to offer any fantasy of adventure. What’s left is buying things to take home.
At stage 3, the place is transformed into an exotic theme park with a huge specialty store. The hill people and other “natural” attractions are arranged like a zoo. The “traditional native products” are manufactured on industrial principles and sold through an ever-spreading flea market. Then add some of the bits of Thighlandia for good measure.
Thailand’s third tourist product is the festival. Mostly these have been marketed domestically. But in the last few years, the tourist authority has started turning these into export products.
Originally, Songkran was a subtle mix of two festivals found all over Asia. The first is an intimate rite of blessing by pouring water. The second is the world-turned-upside-down. For one day only, the hierarchy is upended, and social constraints are removed. Both these festivals have cultural meaning and social purpose. The rite of blessing brings people together. The day-of-misrule is an opportunity to release tensions and adjust hierarchies.
Songkran today has become a water fight. In essence, it’s a blown-up version of a paintball battle, a real world experience of a videogame splat fest. The underlying principle (as with battle simulations and arcade wars) is the exercise of violence, relieved of all its nasty consequences (blood and death). The rite of blessing has disappeared. The drama of misrule has been lost.
The current enthusiasm for tourism is more than Thaksin’s dream of a quick fix in a bad year, a yah bah [methamphetamine] pill for the economy. Last year, the World Bank produced a report on Thailand’s economic prospects after the crisis. Shorn of all the formal language, the report said: everything else is hopeless; turn Thailand into a theme park. The proposal now is to double tourist arrivals in a handful of years. That means another Pattaya, another Phuket, another battered “Rose of the North”, another “Splatkran”.
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and manage to run chemical plants, oil refineries, car manufacturing plants, natural gas etc without too many problems,,,but I understand what your saying Thai's are only good for picking rice in the paddies...
Am I missing something?
Thailand Tourist Arrivals To Hit 20 Million This Year
in Thailand News Headlines
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And how many day traders? (Malaysians, Cambodians, Laotians, Burmese)