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Finding faith in few words

14/02/2012 : If God is great and benevolent, why does s/he cause pain and calamity to Earth in the form of natural disaster? Those who cannot find answers turn to the probable empirical evidence called science that to some certain extent demystifies natural phenomena.
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14/02/2012 : HP invites interested high-school students to enter the ''HP Smart Magazine Contest'' to vie for scholarships worth more than 200,000 baht and many other prizes.

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Curtain time for romance
31/01/2012 : The curtain is up for Nueng Nai Duang Jai: Soontaraporn the Musical, a romantic comedy with nostalgic songs from the Suntaraporn era, at M Theatre on New Phetchaburi Road.
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The loud (but lost) American
30/01/2012 : In print, the name of Jim Thompson is rarely far away from the word "legend". The outline of his life is well known. He arrived in Bangkok at the tail end of the Second World War as part of the proto-CIA. He gained a reputation as a host, bon viveur, aesthete and art collector. He started a glamorous silk business, that still bears his name, and built a house that remains a major tourist attraction. He disappeared off the face of the earth in 1967, providing the mystery which is essential for any good legend.
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What if JFK lived?
30/01/2012 : There are two aspects to time travel, travelling to another time; making a change before returning to the starting point. That change leads to other changes and those to other changes still. HG Wells noted this in The Time Machine, Hollywood in its Back to The Future series.
Rooftop film fest in Pattaya
30/01/2012 : January has been a great month for cine buffs in Thailand with two international film festivals, one in Bangkok and another in Hua Hin to entertain the public, and with the curtain down on both events it is Pattaya's turn to step into the spotlight.
Photos capture good spirit
30/01/2012 : Are there good aspects of last year's massive floods that devastated the lives of millions of people?
Siam Niramit opens in Phuket
30/01/2012 : Since it opened its doors to Bangkokians and the world, Siam Niramit has earned a reputation for lifting traditional Thai performance art to glittering spectacle on another plane altogether.
In the eyes of a 'TigerGeneral'
29/01/2012 : On the cover it's a memoir, the foreword says the book is indebted to its main subject and the copyright page claims it's a work of fiction. The Tiger General is certainly too accurate in its historical, cultural and espionage details for the characters to be entirely invented, and with a complete absorption in time and place difficult to pull off with such precision in fiction.
Maccabees make an impression in third outing
29/01/2012 : After two less than impressive albums, the London indie rock quintet finally break through with their masterfully produced 'Given to the Wild'
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Font of elegant ideas
28/01/2012 : Fonts are a lot more than just an artful way of rendering the letters of an alphabet. During the golden age of modern typefaces - from the early 19th century to the mid 20th - choosing the right script was like choosing the right headgear. And the advent of script lettering and type has considerably benefited graphic design.
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VIVE LA FETE
27/01/2012 : The 8th year of the much-anticipated annual French-Thai cultural fest, La Fete will feature 25 events over nine weeks in six Thai cities. Kicking things off on Feb 2 will be the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra (BSO) with French conductor Jean-Paul Penin and choir master Henri Pompidor. In the centennial celebration of Alliance Francaise de Bangkok, the opening concert (Feb 2, 8pm. The National Theatre, Rachini Road. Tickets B500, B700, B900, B1,200; B100 for students) will pay tribute to the French repertoire of the early 20th century as the BSO and inter-varsity choir perform compositions by Debussy, Offenbach, Ravel and Faure.