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No first hand experience, but I think the man is a bit of a charlatan (albeit a linguistically talented one).

The online, interactive version of the book is available at http://jcademy.com/package/details/cracking-thai-fundamentals and costs a ludicrous $299.

Every few years the dog of the moment changes. Back 10 years or so, there were lots of chihuahuas. Then pomeranians became dog-du-jour. After that, huskies. The current craze is for the larger Alaskan malamutes

Unfortunately, huskies don't adapt well to the heat. I personally know of two that have overheated and become seriously ill. One was left with permanent brain damage.

Vizury is simple the marketing company working for the airline.

They describe some of the work they've done for them at https://www1.vizury.com/press_release/vizury-s-smart-use-of-data-for-etihad-airways-earns-rewards-wins-a-foma

Enough with the nastiness. Seeing the topic title I thought it was about this:

The names 'Hachi', 'Greyfriars Bobby' mean anything to you?

Well, Greyfriars Bobby was a business stunt. The legend isn't true at all.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-greyfriars-bobby-scam-odd-idUSTRE77347H20110804

FWIW there's a really interesting short series just started on the BBC called "Victorian Bakers". Professional bakers recreate the techniques of commercial baking in the early to late Victorian era with mixed success.

Additionally much of the soy on the market is genetically modified so unless you are getting organic tempeh or organic bean curd better to avoid.

Absolutely nothing wrong with GMO food. Far safer for you than organic. To explain, when organic vegetables are attacked by insects or fungi it provokes a response. The vegetable produces toxic compounds to repel the attacker. These toxic compounds can also be toxic to humans.

No need to divert anything IC, the notion that all UK Muslims are on benefits has been seriously trounced by Table 2 in the government document supplied by Faz, next!

The document is seriously flawed in showing anything of the sort.

(1) "Asia & the Middle East" is lumped together as a single category. This will include highly educated Indian Hindus, hard working Vietnamese, skilled Sri Lankans, alongside the typically less educated, less employable Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.

(2) The document is restricted to DWP, working age benefits. That is only a subsection of the state benefits that can be claimed.

What about the hospitality indusrty? The Asean Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Tourism Professionals awards a certificate for demonstrated tourism skills. The cretificate allows a person to work in any Asean country. English is a requirement for this. If she gets an international degree in tourism or hospitality she could increase her chances for jobs after study.

But poorly paid. But then, money isn't everything.

How about getting her to do one of the free, online career choice tests? That might help her think about what she enjoys doing. For example

http://www.yourfreecareertest.com/

Ive just found this about Korat university ( the same university where the daughter has been offered a place in engineering ) and the family live with in easy reach of that university.

Any comments most welcome .

If there isn't a problem with the translation, that is a graduate programme, so not appropriate.

Would becoming an English teacher hold better future prospects than any thing in the field of engineering ?

Absolutely, utterly, incontrovertibly, categorically, unquestionably, surely and truly not.

All teachers here are poorly paid. Engineers, not so much.

Ortho, preferrably one specializing in hand/wrist

Could be tendonitis, sprain, even a hairline fracture. Carpal tunnel can feature wrist pain though indeed there woudl usually be some numbness or tingling.

If you are in or near Bangkok, PROF.DR.PANUPAN SONGCHAROEN is an excellent ortho specializing in hand/wrist. Phyathai 3 Hispital on Friday evenings 6 - 7:30 PM, or Chao Phya Hospital (not sure of the day/hours - need to call) or Siriraj Thursdays 2 - 3:15 PMhttp://www.siphhospital.com/ortho/index.php/centers/doctor/16

Thank you. Much appreciated.

I've had a sharp, stabbing pain in my wrist for a few weeks now when I pick things up. It's getting worse so I need to see a doctor. With what speciality doctor should I make an appointment?

I suspect it's not carpal tunnel syndrome since the pain is stabbing, rather than tingling, and there's no numbness, but I do spend a lot of time at the keyboard.

It might be gout, but I haven't had an attack for many years (allopurinol keeps it under control, and it's only previously affected my big toes)

It might be physical damage from too much gardening, but that wouldn't really explain why it's getting worse.

So, what else might it be? And who should I see.

Thanks.

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Some "peer reviewed research", yet not a single reference to any scientific paper. No, not one.

Pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo designed to separate the gullible from their hard earned cash.

The scientific illiteracy of the vast majority of the population of pretty much every country in the world leaves it open to the intellectually dishonest (or ignorant) set on stealing from their wallets.

This from ConsumerLab.com..........

Fewer heart disease deaths amongst multivitamin users -- Multivitamin-mineral users were 35% less likely to die of heart disease than non-users over a period of about 20 years.

There is little evidence from clinical trials showing that a specific multi can reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or any other cause.

The conclusion from the previous sentence, however, that there is absolutely no point in taking multivitamin tablets, is spot on.

Naam is not correct. Neither are you because, foreign portfolio investment is not greatly different from foreign direct investment. Either a thai asset is owned by foreign capital or it is owned by thai capital.

If foreign capital is used then thai capital (which would have otherwise owned the asset) can be used for other investement or even consumption (return of capital to owners). Positive for the thai economy.

When foreign investment (including sale of shares) is net withdrawn - ie. the foreigner sells the shares to a thai - then that thai buyer of the shares can no longer use their funds for other forms of investment or for consumption. Negative for the thai economy. Starting to get the picture?

From the point of view of a company, the only injection of equity capital is when shares are issued. What happens subsequently to those shares is largely irrelevant.

Local investors (and for that matter foreign ones) typically aren't deciding between buying shares or investing directly in companies. These are quite different markets. For example, a fund manager typically is going to buy/sell shares which have already been issued which has little effect upon the companies concerned. This is not putting any new capital into companies so is not helping to grow the economy.

New foreign capital comes into the country from the likes of Honda, Telenor, Western Digital setting up (and growing) businesses here - not via the equity markets.

So sorry, your analysis is wrong and Naam is correct.

You don't say where you live but Top Charon is to be avoided.

Indeed. OP, avoid all the big chain shops and less us know whereabouts you live.

A 24% decline in two years mostly attributable to fleeing foreign investors. This does not help Thailand's economic recovery for 2016.

The good news is that investment in Vietnam and The Philippines is looking very attractive.

foreigners buying or selling Thai stocks have no impact whatsoever on the local economy.

In the midst of your vast klingon wisdom, Naam, you occasionally come up with ridiculous statements.

If the flows are large enough, foreign investment or divestment in a country does indeed impact the local economy. Maybe you weren't here in the 1990's.

Even today about 25% of the thai stock market is owned by foreigners.

If a portion of those foreign investors did sell then yes there's going to be an impact on the economy.

Uh, Naam is substantially correct. When a foreigner sells a Thai share it's bought by someone else. There's no impact upon the company itself or the company's ability to be profitable. (Excessive share sales might lower share price and make it harder for the company to raise equity capital in the future, but that's a minor, indirect effect.)

Foreign investment, meaning foreign companies providing direct capital for investment in Thai businesses or setting up new businesses here, is a different matter. Foreign investment is a driver for company and economic growth.

You appear to be confusing the two types of investment.

I very much suspect you won't need to go outside Bangkok to find a breeder. They are extremely popular on my moobaan, with some houses having as many as six.

Anyway, I've got no specific knowledge on the subject, but if you Google "bangkok pomeranian breeder".

You could also check out the previous topic: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/767796-where-can-i-buy-a-pure-bred-pomeranian-dog/

If you have trouble going to tvchaosuk.com, try going to the www version, www.tvchaosuk.com. The latter works for me, the former doesn't.

(This suggestion came from their Facebook page.)

The King's New Year card shows him wearing a jacket with Thong Deang's image embroidered on it.

Let's start with some research from UCL .... Rather than the rabbid rantings of hypocritical expat xenophobes.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-institute/highlights/2013-14/immigration

That paper only covers immigrants from the European Economic Area - not the large numbers of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and northern Africa who are typically very poorly educated, lack employable skills, and are highly dependent upon state handouts.

Baroness Flather is a poster girl for the EDF!

EDF? Électricité de France?

The main reason for this situation was because there grandparents were housed in community ghettos many years ago.

Subsequent generations were born and raised in these local communities with their own schools and the requirement to speak any other language than there own wasn't required. They were never integrated into the general society of English speakers and therefore the opportunities for employment outside of their ghettos is non existent.

(1) They were not "housed in ... ghettos". They chose to live with others of the same origins, often driving out British people from areas by their antisocial behaviour.

I used to find that many of the elderly Muslims spoke English, but of their offspring's only 20% of men and 5% of women spoke English.

(2) Every state supported school is required to teach English from age 5 to 16. I simply can't believe that there are significant numbers of non-English speaking 2nd generation immigrants.

The blame lies squarely with the government for never providing the services to integrate their families into the general population.

No, the blame lies with the Moslems who chose to live in "ghettos" amongst their own kind, who chose to be cut off from British society. Indeed, there is little that the government could do with the poorly educated, tribal peoples inculcated with a distrust of (or even outright disdain for) non-Moslems.