The Transition of Worldviews: Collective Information Behavior during the 2006 Thai Coup D’´tat e Songphan Choemprayong A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Information and Library Science. Chapel Hill 2010 Approved by: Paul Solomon‚ Advisor Barbara B. Moran Barbara M. Wildemuth Claudia Gollop Laura N. Gasaway Copyright c 2010 Songphan
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In Thailand‚ the growth of a transgendered female population has led the Thai culture to classify a third gender role‚ commonly termed ladyboys. The Thai language also uses the terms “kathoey” or “sao praphet song” (meaning ‘second kind of woman’) to categorize this gender role (Winter 2008‚ 47). A transgendered female is a born male who undergoes a male-to-female identity change. There is much discussion as to why a kathoey thinks of herself as a female even though she is in a male’s body. Though
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Evaluation of the Sweet basil Restaurant in Wichita Ks. Evaluation of The Sweet Basil Rodney Woods DeVry University Evaluation of The Sweet Basil We were invited to an Italian restaurant‚ by some friends to celebrate a friend’s birthday. The Sweet Basil is located in the more upscale part of town. So my expectations were high. Of course we had three criteria’s to meet‚ although most likely normal for most people. First food choices – quality and quantity (I have a big
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Style? Causal naked wedding? Just provide you a new suggestion‚ have you ever thought of holding Thai style wedding? Are you still pondering? Let me first introduce the Thai wedding to you‚ and then compare the differences between Thai and Hong Kong wedding style. In this essay‚ I will first focus on the wedding styles in Thailand and Hong Kong. Afterwards‚ I will examine the general differences of Thai marriage and Hong Kong marriage‚ such as preparation of wedding ceremony‚ the process of wedding
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demand and supply by owning the majority of the shares in some business that has major profit. For example‚ electricity‚ water supply‚ telecom‚ and transportation system. Therefore‚ Thai economic is a mixed between Socialist but is more on the capitalism side. Structure of Thai revenue and it sources. The main income of Thai revenue came from both Domestic activities and incomes from overseas. The sources of domestic income came from agriculture‚ industrial sector‚ wholesale and retail sector and other
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Reflection Paper On the assigned reading of week 2: “Modern Buddhist murals in Northern Thailand: a study of religious symbols and meaning”‚ written by John P. Ferguson and Christina B. Johannsen. The title pretty much says it all. In brief‚ the reading aims to explore some symbolic realms of Buddhist murals located in Northern Thailand (Chiengmai) as an attempt to achieve a better understanding of Theravada Buddhism world view. Founded on the belief that religious graphic art does deliver as
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THE THAI HISTORY 1868–1910: reign of King Chulalongkorn‚ modernization of Thailand * To counter imperialism and sustain Thailand’s independence and sovereignty‚ King Rama V initiated and implemented social infrastructure investment‚ government reform‚ high level diplomatic relations and trade agreements. * He sent his princes to study in different fields in various European countries such as Russia and Germany. These princes‚ then returned to Thailand and were responsible for the reforms
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Thai Elephants and its significant to Thai Culture and History The elephant‚ the giant size animal with enormous power and gentle heart‚ is a living creature that have special place in Thai’s heart. It has been the icon of Thai tradition‚ culture and royal power through centuries since the old Siam. The thousand and thousand years of relationship between Thai people and elephants are even recorded and can be found abundantly on the pages of Thai’s historical book. Because of their long association
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Why is Thailand’s Democracy Susceptible to Dramatic Reversals? Brooke Forbes‚ Yip Tsz Kit‚ Navreen Dhilon Thailand’s unique democratisation process has seen a patchwork of crisis‚ corruption‚ constitution-drafting‚ monarchy allegiance and military coups. In the post-cold war era‚ Thailand is joining a movement across South East Asia and separating itself from autocracy‚ however the process is complex and susceptible to dramatic reversals. Key concepts: monarchy‚ democracy‚democratisation
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tremendous intelligent strength. Two characters Uncle Basil from “You can’t take it with you” and Janie from the book Wake they are both very intelligent because they are good thinkers and are good at coming up with plans. First of the characters is Uncle basil by making people question his intelligence because he is secretly smart. “Uncle Basil lives in a house very small for his money questioned his family” (Wuorio 1). In this quote uncle basil shows he hardly uses money and he uses it in a smart
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