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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music, By Roby Young
Upwards of 600 pages long, fanatically engrossed in its subject matter, covering a century of native musical culture in the minutest detail, Electric Eden has a symbolic high point that can be dated to 1975. With the entity known as "progressive rock" (Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes etc) grown tediously overblown, and punk the faintest of stirrings on an unregarded horizon, this was the annus mirabilis of the English folk-rock group, Steeleye Span. A six-part BBC television series saw the band beamed out from a selection of historic country houses. Their stage shows became, as Rob Young puts it, "increasingly flamboyant". For "Lyke Wake Dirge" they trooped on stage wearing medieval space suits woven from priests' cassocks.
Come year-end the single "All Around My Hat" – bucolic harmonies with a back-beat borrowed from Status Quo – had spent nine weeks in the UK Top 40. Purists may have sneered, but provenance and framing were startlingly authentic: the song's roots lay in an early 19th-century "broadside", the lament of a cockney costermonger whose lover is about to be transported and who sports a willow-sprig as a remembrance.
It was, alas, the summit of Steeleye Span's career. After the over-ambitious and ruinously expensive album Rocket Cottage, they disbanded in 1978.
Young's aim, in this consistently absorbing study, is to map out a journey which, though it ended alongside Tony Blackburn and the Wombles on Top of the Pops, began in the Sussex back-lanes nearly a century before. Here, in other words, is a history of modern British folk music, starting with the transcriptions of Cecil Sharp, author of English Folk Song: Some Conclusions (1907), proceeding by way of Delius, Holst, Vaughan Williams and the "English Music" of the pre- and post-Great War era, to the more militant protest songs rescued from the hedgerows by AL Lloyd and re-invented by the 1950s folk stalwart Ewan MacColl. Its heroes – at any rate before the advent of rock and roll – are antiquarians, socialist visionaries and backward-looking simple-lifers, but also ordinary people bent on keeping ancient traditions alive – the Copper family from Sussex, for instance, whom Young marks down as a "rare instance of a Victorian working-class dynasty that cared for and archived its own store of folk songs and singing styles rather than leaving the job to a more privileged middle-class collector."
What transformed "British folk" from the sparse, shantyish and occasionally rather Stakhanovite flowerings of the MacColl era was not simply the electric guitar but the psychedelia that came with it. The Incredible String Band, Young's particular heroes from the late 1960s, offered an eclectic mix of Eastern-style instrumentation and mystical reverie. The guiding forces were even older, and Young makes out a good case for the guitarist Davy Graham, whose influences included Greek rembetika and Miles Davis, as the grand-daddy of them all.
If one pastoral strain went back to Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows and pipers at the gates of dawn, another dealt in pre-Christian trauma. As you might expect, Young is alert to the significance of Robin Hardy's cult film The Wicker Man (1973), while supplying fascinating details about the long-forgotten Comus – name taken from Milton's masque – who specialised in lurid neo-pagan gore-fests such as "Song to Comus" ("Hymen-hunter, hands of steel, crack you open and your red flesh peel") and "The Bite", which involves the lynching of a Christian.
Though Electric Eden has an agenda to pursue, or rather a line of descent to follow, most music fans will simply use it as a source-book for all the weird and wonderful music committed to vinyl between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s in the name of folk. Acts as various as Fairport Convention, Gryphon, Fotheringay and Richard and Linda Thompson are given their due. The inevitable dozen pages on Nick Drake are as sharp a dissection of that angst-ridden troubador's three-and-a-bit albums as I have ever read.
On the other hand, there are ways in which the book's chronological sprawl, its necessary selectivity and the sheer brio of the approach work against it. Quite a lot which is, or could be, central to Young's argument is only gestured at. Take his treatment of the Victorian idea of "Faery", which begins with some remarks about Richard Dadd's elf-strewn miniatures, but ignores George Macdonald, Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" and indeed one emphatic musical connection, which is Queen's "The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke", named after one of Dadd's paintings.
Then there is the faint desultoriness of the post-Steeleye Span coda. Lots of space for such recent expropriators of the old folk texts as Kate Bush and Talk Talk, but nothing about Wiltshire's XTC, whose re-imagined ruralism – see albums like English Settlement (1982) and Mummer (1983) - not only built on the folk tradition but used some of its personnel for backing.
Finally there is Young's habit of overdoing the stylistic flourishes. Of the 1960s chanteuse Anne Briggs: "All the while, though, she continued to act as an invisible catalyst, sprinkling traditional songs and her own compositions among more prominent artists like gold dust." As for Richard and Linda Thompson's decade-long career as a duo, it apparently "spanned the period when the hulking Avro Lancaster of folk-rock was shot down in a pall of smoke by punk's speeding Messerchmitts".
In mitigation, it's a mark of Young's diligence that he manages to tease out some connections between early 1970s folk and late 1970s punk – Squeeze, for instance, making their debut at a 1973 free festival with a piece of hippy whimsy called "Tomorrow's Children" - that no previous music historian seems ever to have spotted. After decades of opportunistic reportage, the modern publisher's catalogue positively crawls with big, serious and thoroughly well-intentioned books about "English pop". This is one of the best.
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The Adventures of Henry Thoreau
A Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden Pond
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Henry David Thoreau has long been an intellectual icon and folk hero. In this strikingly original profile, Michael Sims reveals how the bookish, quirky young man who kept quitting jobs evolved into the patron saint of environmentalism and nonviolent activism.
Working from nineteenth-century letters and diaries by Thoreau's family, friends, and students, Sims charts Henry's course from his time at Harvard through the years he spent living in a cabin beside Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts.
Sims uncovers a previously hidden Thoreau—the rowdy boy reminiscent of Tom Sawyer, the sarcastic college iconoclast, the devoted son who kept imitating his beloved older brother's choices in life. Thoreau was deeply influenced by his parents—his father owned a pencil factory in Concord, his mother was an abolitionist and social activist—and by Ralph Waldo Emerson, his frequent mentor. Sims relates intimate, telling moments in Thoreau's daily life—in Emerson's library; teaching his neighbor and friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, to row a boat; exploring the natural world and Native American culture; tutoring Emerson's nephew on Staten Island and walking the streets of New York in the hope of launching a writing career.
Returned from New York, Thoreau approached Emerson to ask if he could build a cabin on his mentor's land on the shores of Walden Pond, anticipating the isolation would galvanize his thoughts and actions. That it did. While at the cabin, he wrote his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, and refined the journal entries that formed the core of Walden. Resisting what he felt were unfair taxes, he spent the night in jail that led to his celebrated essay "Civil Disobedience," which would inspire the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Chronicling Thoreau's youthful transformation, Sims reveals how this decade would resonate over the rest of his life, and thereafter throughout American literature and history.
Michael Sims is the author of the acclaimed The Story of Charlotte's Web, Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, and editor of Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories and The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories. He lives in western Pennsylvania.
A new biography reveals that young Thoreau took quite a few detours on his path to Walden. A gossipy young man who loved eating popcorn, ice skating and listening to his music box, schoolmates and neighbors found him standoffish and regarded his fascination with plants and Indian relics as downright odd. More at NPR.org
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"Sims creates a sensuous natural environment in which to appreciate his subject." —Kirkus Reviews
"[A] surpassingly vivid and vital chronicle of Thoreau's formative years. As Sims portrays a solemn boy nicknamed "the Judge," we gain fresh understanding of Thoreau's choices and convictions on his way to becoming a seminal environmentalist and civil-disobedience guru." —Booklist"[A] lively biography . . . Nature lovers will revel in the vivid descriptions of Thoreau's adventures and mishaps, fromplaying the flute to a mouse, to boat trips on the Concord river . . . Sims explores the development of a bookish and sometimes prickly young man into the icon he is today." —Financial Times"An amiable and fresh take on the legendary sage of Walden Pond . . . an animated portrait. Sims has once again proven himself to be a distinctive writer on the subjects of human nature and humans in nature." —Bookpage"An affectionate and lively recreation of the world that surrounded [Thoreau]." —Christian Science Monitor, picked as one of the 10 Best Books of February"I confess I picked up this biography not because of a burning interest in Thoreau . . . but because I loved Michael Sims' previous book about E. B. White and the writing of Charlotte's Web. Sims made White's youthful world of 1920s New York come alive and he does the same thing here for Thoreau's Concord. . . . The Adventures of Henry Thoreau is a rich, entertaining testament to the triumph of a young man who never comfortably fit in, but who made a place for himself, nonetheless." —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air"A well-researched and richly detailed portrait . . . The Henry David Thoreau portrayed here is no 'marble bust of an icon.' He's restless, prickly and possessed of a relentless intellectual curiosity—a complex, fully realized human being. With this picture in mind, anyone who admires Thoreau's life and work will view him with fresh eyes." —Shelf Awareness"Sims offers intriguing sidelights and memorable details . . . [he] helps us to see Thoreau as a colorful, crotchety human being." —Washington Post"Sims gracefully captures what he calls Thoreau's 'ecstatic response to nature.'" —Wall Street Journal"[A] highly readable book . . . draws from an impressively broad range of early writings from those who knew Thoreau personally, and the result is indeed a very human 'Henry' as opposed to, as Sims notes, 'a marble bust of an icon.'" —CHOICE


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Do you think Lawrence has a panhandling problem?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on November 7, 2008
"No. There are cities with much larger homeless populations, and I think Lawrence does an admirable job helping those in need."
"Yes. Coming from Johnson County, I think Lawrence would be a lot nicer with less panhandling. It's hard to even go out to eat here with your family without being harassed. I think something needs to be done."
"I do, but I'm not sure what else can be done. They already have rules on the books about it, and the people who are panhandling seem to abide by them."
"I do not. The ones who ask me are polite enough and don't bother me any further if I say no."
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woodenfleaeater 6 years, 2 months ago
The only change I have expericene with is from Tuesday night....da da tss
IrishCat 6 years, 2 months ago
Call me a party pooper, but I'm a single mom raising two kids on my own..I currently have TWO jobs, why can't they get up off the street and get ONE? I also grew up in an area of California where they allowed pandering on the streets...it just became more and more easy for people not to have to work and hang out on the street corner, in front of businesses, and in the center median of busy traffic areas. One guy in particular passed himself off as a wounded Vet that couldn't walk...I had seen him in front of this store in a wheelchair for years and usually gave him something when I passed him...then one day I was at the bank and saw him WALK in, yes WALK in, with a roll of bills in his hand that would make a bank robber jealous..I said so....looks like your legs are working pretty well today huh? His eyes got real big and he turned around and left, wad of bills still in his hand. I say that downtown has to keep an eye on the numbers or it will eventually increase so much that the merchants downtown will suffer from a lack of customers because of it...I'm just sayin....
lance1jhawk 6 years, 2 months ago
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Flap Doodle 6 years, 2 months ago
""You'd better hope that exactly that happens as what you suggest is the only way that Downtown will survive as a viable economic entity."Speaking from experience?"Good one, TOB.
d_prowess 6 years, 2 months ago
I think everyone agrees that the musician/performers are totally seperate from the panhandlers and hopefully if the city does do something they recognize that. I have always seen the street performers as working individuals. They are actually doing something in hopes that it creates a financial gain for them; it just happens that their workplace is outside on the street.
Tony Kisner 6 years, 2 months ago
I don't think so, I've had pretty good luck here. It could be better if the college kids would not use all of their money to get drunk, although who am I to judge. I not sure the music play is the way to go, probably too many people in a confusing market.I do pretty well in Lawrence, no problems for me.
northsider 6 years, 2 months ago
jonas opines, yes, losing "the maracas girl" would shatter Lawrence's music culture. Have you heard her play "flight of the bumbblebee"? You would think with so much extra time, they could actually get better. There are so many good musicians downtown that have homes and talent, it's too bad we can't listen to them uninterupted.
jonas_opines 6 years, 2 months ago
Goodness, northsider. Hostile, much?Now, if you could tell us your plan for leaving the good musicians free to perform, such as the sax guy and some of the guitar folks, and getting rid of the maracas girl (who I have not heard yet) and the others who are, contrasting your words, talentless and homeless, then I'd be interested in hearing it. Are you proposing that we ask for an address and brief demonstration prior to allowing them downtown?
jumpin_catfish 6 years, 2 months ago
Of course there is and we all know it even if we don't want to acknowledge it. Money for nothing and get your drugs for free.
tonythetiger 6 years, 2 months ago
Not at all. What I am concerned about the most is; Where is Waldo ( I assume Waldo street in Salem, Oregon)?Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?and...Who dated Daphne Griffinth in Junior High back in 1984?
jonas_opines 6 years, 2 months ago
tony: You don't have to go all the way to Salem. There's a Waldo in KC, around 75th and Wornall area, if I recall correctly. It's a district, not a street, but isn't that Better?
tonythetiger 6 years, 2 months ago
Okay, them maybe Jill Koch from KJHK production staff could tell me what is wong then?
PapaB 6 years, 2 months ago
"No. There are cities with much larger homeless populations, and I think Lawrence does an admirable job helping those in need."- Kristen Colahan-Sederstrom, clerk, LawrencePer capita, she's wrong. Just by the fact that we make it so nice for them with our thriving downtown and its nearby homeless shelter, homeless people come to Lawrence where it's easier. A few years, a friend of mine in City Hall said it was common knowledge that a town or two in western Kansas give their homeless a one-way bus ticket to Lawrence. I'm fine with the nice and polite panhandlers, but Lawrence has more than its share.
hoss99 6 years, 2 months ago
Yes i think there is a problem, i live a few block off mass, several times a week i have drunken bums knocking on my door to beg or occasionaly passing out in my yard. And how many times is the same guy going to be at a different store telling you he ran out of gas and needs a few bucks. i won't give them change but i have offered a few of them a job mowing my yard or raking leaves for they can earn some money and so far not one taker.
Deja Coffin 6 years, 2 months ago
I guess I'm not downtown enough to notice. Wasn't there some festival for street performers that I missed? Well have classes at the shelter that teach fire eating and card tricks and then they could earn their money. That crazy fire eating bum would become a loved member of the community. You gotta work for my dollar!
S0uPnAzi 6 years, 2 months ago
Yes, and as wildsun pointed out, the problem grows worse the more time you spend in downtown. I too, don't have a problem saying no, but there are some very aggresive panhandlers downtown, and I think that is way out of line. I have a job that I work hard at, they need to get one too.
Richard Heckler 6 years, 2 months ago
No. What downtown does have a problem with is the local chamber and local government flooding the retail market = negative impact = economic pollution = less dollars for each retailer = more taxes for local residential property owners. Some day current retailers need to come to the conclusion there are only so many retail dollars available in Lawrence,Kansas. Then become very vocal and stand up for themselves. Local governments primary focus is keeping developers happy not current retailers or taxpayers.
beatrice 6 years, 2 months ago
"Damn gutterpunks"Didn't I see the Damn Gutterpunks open for the Meat Puppets once? I don't have a problem ignoring people asking me for money when I walk the street. What I do have a problem with are all the smokers standing outside blowing smoke in the faces of those who pass by. Take it inside already, damn patio-area punks.
Crossfire 6 years, 2 months ago
No it is no problem at all....whenever I need a little extra money i just put on my hobo clothes and go down town and mooch.
jonas_opines 6 years, 2 months ago
Man, it's sad to see JoCo corrupt one that is so young. No, we don't. It's only a problem if you allow it to be one. There's hardly a large concentration of them, and in general they stay off on the side. And, in general, all it takes is a very simple three word combination to get by."no, no change.""no, got nutn""no, sorry man""no, go away""no, get lost""yes, here's some"If you eliminate the panhandlers, you likely eliminate the musicians, too. I like the musicians. (cast)
Topside 6 years, 2 months ago
Right on papaB. I would hate to see per capita statistics. For no bigger than Lawrence is its rediculous. Lawrence creates a great environment for the homeless/panhandlers though.
sunflower_sue 6 years, 2 months ago
I don't think the maracas girl is all that needy. Every time I see her, she looks as though she has been outfitted by Patagonia. All expensive "shabby chic." Is panhandling a problem? Well, there is definitely way more than when I moved here umpteen years ago. During the day, it's not a big deal. In the evening, it's annoying to have the drunks hit on me or my 14 year old. (Although, oddly, it never seems to be a problem when the hubby is along.)
hawklet21 6 years, 2 months ago
Personally, no. They ask for money, I say I don't have any, I walk away. I have never, not even once, been repeatedly asked for money on Mass. There are a lot of gross, creepy, weird bums downtown, but who cares? Turn the other way.
woodenfleaeater 6 years, 2 months ago
I asked a panhandler for some change once to use the pay phone, and he said he didn't have any. And he said that while holding a small coffee can full of change. After I got rejected by them, I don't feel so bad using the "I don't have any" line.
northsider 6 years, 2 months ago
Demo tape perhaps. Ha! You're right, I am confusing my homelessness arguement with my panhandling arguement. I like the working people, homeless or not.
beatrice 6 years, 2 months ago
It appears that preventing panhandling is the problem, but panhandling itself seems to be going gangbusters.TOB, I was afraid that the Meat Puppets might have been too obvious. Maybe I should have gone with the Bad Livers for greater believabilty, because Damn Gutterpunks is a pretty good name.
jonas 6 years, 2 months ago
and your sarcasm detector needs its batteries replaced. Or recharged, if you're going green.
sustainabilitysister 6 years, 2 months ago
No there is not a problem of panhandling. People are poor and live in our town. People are also not tolerant to others and don't want to see poor people trying to survive. This seems to be a "nuisance" to some but it's a representation of the economy and the lack of distribution of wealth. We can't make them go hide in the woods, they're being evicted from those places. We need to work towards taking care of ALL people, not just some.
bombshell 6 years, 2 months ago
wildsun22 - i agree with you. i have no problem with those who ask for change politely and respectfully back off when you say "no." I am also much more inclined to give change to someone who is at least doing something - one guy will tell you a joke for change, at least the lady with marakas is shaking those marakas, and others play music for a dollar here and there. however, i do get annoyed when i feel someone is being abrasive about it - i've seen one guy on multiple occasions screaming obscenities at people who just walk by him and this is in the middle of the day on mass street with lots of children around. also, i haven't seen them for over a year, but there was a young couple who always seemed to be posted up right out front of zen zero and asked me for my leftovers on more than one occasion - i gave it to them the first time, but after that i had to say no because at the time, as a college kid and paying my way through school, i didn't have a lot of extra money either and a leftover dinner was a means of stretching my limited funds as much as possible.... and a zen zero dinner can substitute as three meals if you get that heaping portion of drunken noodles- making it three $3 meals.on the other hand, working downtown at a coffee shop, i've made friends with some of the nicest homeless people i've ever met. some of whom have never once asked me for one penny, but will gladly accept a bowl of soup if you offer it to them. as far as i am concerned, these people in particular can stay in lawrence as long as they want because they are peaceful and uplifting.
Bone777 6 years, 2 months ago
I remember when the closest thing to panhandlers were the local drunks that just seem to eat out of the trash and cuss passerbys. In paticular, two brothers that had big reddish brown hair that rode bikes all of the time... Now Lawrence is starting to look like a talentless Boulder, Co.
Bosch13 4 years, 4 months ago
The kid from Johnson County WOULD say Lawrence has a panhandling problem...not enough Pottery Barns in Lawrence to deter them I guess
frank regnier 4 years, 4 months ago
On the issue of Panhandling. Awhile back it used to make me feel uncomfortable so I tried to figure out why. My conclusion was it made me feel "fear, sadness and anger" at the same time. But with more thought, I understood that the fear was that it could happen to me also. The sadness was that I hated to see anyone have to beg for money. The anger was that I felt they should get a job. But the truth for me was that, "nobody wants to be reminded that it could happen to them so it is easier to ignore or have lack of compassion for these individuals" I now give if I can afford and try to have sympathy toward them instead of all these mixed emotions. Hey bloggers, remember, this is only my opinion. I know others may feel different about this but I think our country could use a bit more empathy, sympathy and understanding right now.
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What's new in business news: November 22, 2013
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- Writer: Jon Fernquest
Low-cost airlines fight over lowest fares, Russians threaten to cancel flights & search for effective English teaching projects.
Emergency workers attend to Russian tourists involved in a bus crash in Sri Racha district, Chon Buri, on November 15, 2013. One among many recent bus accidents with buses carrying Russian tourists.
Low-cost airlines fight over lowest fares
A price war between low-cost airlines has started. Thai Lion Air, a newcomer to Thailand's low-cost carrier (LCC) market, on Tuesday unveiled an aggressive marketing strategy with cheap tickets which undercut those offered by Thai AirAsia, the country's largest LCC.
Thai Lion Air is launching three cheap flights from Bangkok's Don Mueang airport to Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta next month. Thai Lion Air cut its Bangkok-Chiang Mai fare to 500 baht. Thai AirAsia hit back by offering 390 baht. Thai AirAsia's fare for Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur starts at 1,050 baht (against Thai Lion Air's 900 baht) while the Bangkok-Jakarta fare starts at 1,490 baht (against Thai Lion Air's 1,900 baht). These fares are available for booking from now until Nov 24 for travel from Dec 1-April 30, 2014.
Thai AirAsia cited high flight frequencies on the three routes as an advantage. Along with its sister airlines - Malaysia AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia - Thai AirAsia provides 12 daily flights on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai route, 10 daily flights between Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and two per day between Bangkok and Jakarta.
While Thai Lion Air has said their low fares are standard and not one-off promotions, AirAsia rebutted by saying that AirAsia's promotional offers come out every two weeks all year round, especially for popular routes such as Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Thai AirAsia is also entering its 10th year of operation, and by the end of the year the airline will have a total of 43 routes in its network (18 domestic and 25 international destinations), totalling 238 flights per day.
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Russian tourist organization threatens to cancel charter flights
Local tourism operators expressed their concern after the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI) recently threatened to cancel charter flights to Thailand during the coming December-March high season if the country still lacks concrete safety measures.
The announcement came after the latest major road accident in Thailand in mid-November, which saw more than 30 Russian tourists injured. Charter flights from Russia to Thailand now number about 1,000 a year. Tourism industry experts believe the RUTI is ready to move charter flights to other countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia if Thailand continues to ignore safety issues.
The tourism sector itself is facing political risk as well as a potentially significant drop in Chinese tourists next year after their government passed a law controlling outbound tourism. Russian authorities have repeatedly issued warnings on bus, road and waterway accidents in Thailand, as accident statistics in Thailand rise every year. The government should improve tourist safety or else the tourism revenue target of 2 trillion baht by 2015 may not be reached, operators warn.
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Search for effective English teaching projects
In a recent study, a lecturer in the faculty of education at Silpakorn University, collected data from five countries - China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, including documents from the education ministry, academic journals, newspapers and interviews with students and teachers in each country. The study is aimed at finding projects for teaching English that have worked.
The researcher said Thailand should learn from China's English Corners programme conducted in schools and also from its English proficiency exit tests that are needed to get a college degree; Singapore's extensive reading programme to help primary school learners and their parents gain the foundations of English reading, and work in Vietnam to raise the standards of teaching and professionalism among English teachers.
Malaysia's 10-year policy on teaching math and science with English will be ended because although it helped students in English subjects, the students suffered in math and science, so Thailand should not pursue such a programme. Some policies in Thailand are not pursued in a consistent or serious manner such as the policy of speaking English in school every Monday which was suddenly stopped following a change in education minister.
The 2013 English proficiency index of Education First, has three countries ranked first for their proficiency in English: Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. In Asia, the ranking was Malaysia, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan and China with Thailand coming last.
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academic: relating to education - เชิงวิชาการ
advantage: a benefit; a good feature or quality that something has - เป็นประโยชน์, เป็นคุณ, เป็นผลดี
aggressive: determined to win or succeed and using forceful action to achieve victory or success - เริ่มต่อสู้ ซึ่งมีความมั่นใจสูง
aim: to have as your purpose or goal - มีเป้าหมาย มีจุดมุ่งหมาย
announcement: a spoken or written statement that informs people about something - การประกาศ
authority: a person or government agency who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
book: to buy a ticket in advance; to arrange to have or use something on a particular date in the future - จอง
cancellation: a decision to stop something that has been arranged from taking place - การยกเลิก
carrier: a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air - บริษัทขนส่ง (โดยเฉพาะสายการบิน)
charter: a boat, plane, or bus that is available for hire, especially for use by a group of people; to hire a boat, plane or bus - เครื่องบินเหมาลำ, การเช่าเหมาเรือ, เช่าเหมา
cheap: costing little money or less money than you expected - ถูก
cite: to mention something as an example - กล่าวถึง
collect: to gather together a group/set/amount of things, often of the same sort - สะสม, เก็บรวบรวม
concern: a worry - ความกังวล
concrete: based on facts, not on ideas or guesses - ที่เป็นรูปธรรม, ที่ทำให้เป็นจริงได้
conduct: to carry out — - ดำเนิน
consistently : continuously; happening again and again in the same way - อย่างต่อเนื่อง
continued: happening or existing for a period of time without interruption - ซึ่งติดต่อกัน, ซึ่งต่อเนื่องกัน
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degree: the qualification obtained by students who successfully complete a university or college course - ปริญญา
destination: the place where someone or something is going - จุดหมายปลายทาง
document: a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an official type - เอกสาร
domestic: inside the country being talked about - ภายในประเทศ
effective: producing the result that was intended - ได้ผลดี
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extensive: great in amount; covering a large area - กว้างขวาง
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fare: the money that you pay for a journey - ค่าโดยสาร
foundation: supporting structure - รากฐาน
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ignore: to intentionally not listen or give attention to - ทำเพิกเฉย
index: a number that shows the price, value, or level of something compared with something else - ดัชนี
injured: hurt in an accident or attack - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
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interview: a meeting (often a public one) at which a journalist asks somebody questions in order to find out their opinions, experiences, etc. - การสัมภาษณ์
issue: a problem that needs to be considered - ประเด็น
issue: officially announced - ออกประกาศ
journal: a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or profession - นิตยสาร, วารสาร
lack: to not have something needed - ขาด
launch: to start selling a new product or service to the public - เริ่มวางขาย
lecturer: a teacher at a university or college - อาจารย์ผู้บรรยาย
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major: very large or important - สำคัญมาก
manner: way - ลักษณะท่าทาง, กิริยาท่าทาง, วิธีการ
measures: actions that are intended to achieve or deal with something - มาตราการ
ministry: a government department that has a particular area of responsibility - กระทรวง
network: a large system of connected parts, organisations, people, etc. - เครือข่าย
offer: to make something available or to provide the opportunity for something - เสนอ
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operation: a business activity - การดำเนินการทางธุรกิจ
operator: a person or company that runs a business - ผู้ดำเนินกิจการทางธุรกิจ, ผู้ประกอบธุรกิจ
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potentially: possible in the future - ที่อาจเกิดขึ้นได้
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rank: to put someone or something into a position according to their success, importance, size etc - จัดลำดับ
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recently: not long ago - เมื่อไม่นานมานี้, เมื่อเร็วๆ นี้
repeatedly: happening, said or done many times - อย่างซ้ำๆ
researcher: a person who carriers out a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it - นักวิจัย
revenue: income from taxes or business activities - รายได้
risk: the possibility that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen - ความเสี่ยง
route: the roads, paths, waterways, etc., used to go from one place to another - เส้นทาง
search: looking somewhere or through something carefully in order to find something - การค้นหา
sector: a part of a country's economic or business activity - ภาค (เศรษฐกิจ)
significant: large or important enough to have an effect or to be noticed - ซึ่งมีความหมาย
standard: a (high) level of quality - มาตรฐาน
statistics: a collection of information shown in numbers - วิชาสถิติ
strategy: a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time - ยุทธวิธี, แผนการ
study: a project that looks at some subject in great detail and produces a report to share the information - งานวิจัย
suddenly: quickly and unexpectedly - อย่างกะทันหัน
target: a particular number or amount that you want to achieve - เป้าหมาย
threaten: to say you might or will do something bad or harmful, especially in order to make someone do something - ขู่
undercut: when a company offers lower prices than other companies they are competing against -
unveil: to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time - เปิดเผย, ประกาศให้รู้ทั่วไป
warning: an action or statement telling someone of a possible problem or danger - การเตือน
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No injuries reported in 2 fires at high school in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials have canceled classes for the rest of the day after two fires were set at Lincoln High School in the capital city. Concerns over smoke in the building led to the cancellation on Thursday morning. No injuries have been reported. Students and school workers were evacuated twice. The first time was after someone started a fire in a trash can. The second time was after someone set fire to wrestling mats stored in a hallway near one of the gymnasiums. District operations director Scott Wieskamp says officials hope to let people back into the building later Thursday to collect personal items.
Yellowstone oil spills fuel arguments over Keystone line
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As Congress presses the Obama administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, government records show oil pipeline accidents have become increasingly frequent in the U.S. An Associated Press review shows accident numbers growing steadily since 2009, reversing a decade-long decline. Keystone would go from Canada to the Gulf, passing near where 30,000 gallons of crude spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River earlier this month. The recent breach became the latest in a string of spills to highlight ongoing problems with maintenance of the nation's crude pipeline network. After the U.S. Senate voted Thursday in favor of Keystone, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state cited the increase in spills in calling for Obama to veto the measure. Keystone supporter North Dakota Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said building it was preferable to using older pipelines.
Renters could benefit from Nebraska property tax measure
Renters could benefit from Nebraska property tax measure LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Renters and some homeowners could end up saving money under a proposed income tax credit in the Nebraska Legislature. Senator Kate Bolz of Lincoln presented the bill to a legislative committee Thursday as part of the ongoing debate over property taxes. The measure would create an income tax credit that residents could claim once their property tax bill reaches a certain percentage of their income. Renters could also claim the credit based on a percentage of their rent. Renee Fry of the OpenSky Policy Institute, which supports the bill, says most of the tax reductions would go to low- and middle-income residents. Mark Intermill, a lobbyist for AARP Nebraska, says the bill provides additional cash to those who need it most to cover basic necessities. The bill is LB186.
Nebraska Gov. Ricketts stands by ag director reappointment
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Nebraska marriage fee proposal still waiting for vote
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal to raise the cost of marriage licenses issued by Nebraska counties has yet to reach a vote in the Legislature. The bill continued to face opposition Thursday from Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, who has promised to prolong the debate until the measure is withdrawn. Lawmakers adjourned for the day without voting on the bill. Opponents say the proposed increase from $15 to $50 amounts to a tax increase of more than 300 percent for couples getting hitched. Senator Kathy Campbell of Lincoln has said the current $15 fee doesn't cover the cost of collecting and filing marriage licenses. The new fee was proposed by the Nebraska Association of County Officials, which notes that the fee hasn't been changed in 20 years.
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Nebraska plant giving away tons of rotten sugar beets
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Western Sugar Cooperative officials say the co-op must dispose of 10,000 tons of rotten sugar beets and has offered them free to livestock feeders. The co-op's Jerry Darnell told television station KDUH that the problem cropped up at its Scottsbluff plant in November, when temperatures dropped from 40 degrees to minus 20. Piles of beets outside froze, trapping warm air inside that led to the rotting. Darnell says the co-op wants "to process everything we buy and make it into refined white sugar. This year Mother Nature has not cooperated, and it's throwing us a curveball." He says the loss will affect growers, because there are fewer beets to process into sugar and, thus, less sugar to sell.
Omaha man pleads no contest for strangling girlfriend
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder charges for strangling his girlfriend and leaving her in an empty grave. The Omaha World-Herald reports 20-year-old Mikael Loyd entered his plea deal Thursday. He was charged for choking 19-year-old Melissa Rodriguez in August 2013 and later dumping her body into a grave. Police say the murder occurred just after Loyd had left a mental health institution. They say Loyd had an outstanding arrest warrant for making comments about wanting to kill his mother, but they didn't take him into custody before the murder. A message left for Loyd's attorney was not immediately answered. Loyd faces 20 years to life in prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for April.
Omaha man convicted of first-degree murder in party slaying
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been convicted of first-degree murder in connection to a shooting death at a party following a Miley Cyrus concert last year. The Omaha World-Herald reports 24-year-old LaRon M. Jones was found guilty Thursday in the March shooting of 21-year-old Brandon Samuels. He was also convicted on two weapons charges. Police say a fight broke out at the house party, and when the fight escalated, Jones and others got into cars to leave. They say Jones returned to the end of the home's driveway and began firing shots into the air and then at the house. Jones faces a life term in prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Man accused in 5-year-old Omaha girl's death takes plea deal
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The 21-year-old man accused in the shooting death of a 5-year-old Omaha girl has taken a plea deal. KETV-TV reports Vincent Hicks pleaded no contest Thursday to second-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. He had previously been charged with first-degree murder and other weapons counts in connection to the January 2014 killing of Payton Benson. A sentencing hearing for Hicks has been scheduled for April 3rd.
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see all 6 commentsAngry Birds Trilogy coming to Wii, Wii U
Angry Birds Trilogy will be releasing for the Wii and Wii U sometime this year, Activision and Rovio have announced.
READ MORE >Angry Birds Rio free through January 24
Angry Birds Rio is free this week for iOS devices. The offer lasts through January 24.
READ MORE >"actually, Rio came out before either AB:Space or AB:Star Wars"
see all 4 commentsAngry Birds Trilogy gets $5 'Anger Management' DLC
Angry Birds Trilogy has gotten an "Anger Management" DLC pack, which packages 130 stages for $4.99.
READ MORE >Angry Birds Star Wars now on Facebook
Angry Birds Star Wars has launched on Facebook as a free-to-play game with in-app purchases.
READ MORE >Angry Birds movie coming in 2016
Rovio has announced that it will produce, finance, and retain creative control over an Angry Birds movie adaptation coming in 2016. John Cohen (Despicable Me) and David Maisel (Iron Man) are serving as producer and executive producer, respectively.
READ MORE >"If Angry Birds is what it takes to get my mom to play video games, it's not worth it."
see all 21 commentsAngry Birds Star Wars trailer shows much more gameplay
A new Angry Birds Star Wars trailer gives a much longer look at gameplay, including new characters and powers, and the Angry Birds Space-styled stages.
READ MORE >"Should be called "Angry Cows" cause they're milking it dry. That said Day 1 please. :p"
see all 6 commentsAngry Birds Star Wars trailer shows first gameplay
We got our first brief glimpse of Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay today in a new trailer.
READ MORE >"Where's the high fantasy one since every freaking game has to be that nowadays"
see all 10 commentsFake Bad Piggies PC app installs adware
A fake Bad Piggies application for Google Chrome promises to let users play the game for free, but instead installs adware and potentially compromises security.
READ MORE >"Actually you can get the original Angry Birds on Chrome for free, legitimately, so it's not too ..."
see all 3 commentsAngry Birds Star Wars revealed, coming in November
Angry Birds Star Wars has been revealed, set for a release date of November 8.
READ MORE >"Reall? People here spend most of their day making dick and fart jokes. What are you talking about?"
see all 32 commentsBad Piggies hits #1 in App Store in three hours
Rovio's "Bad Piggies" reached the top spot in the iOS App Store in just three hours, a new record for the company.
READ MORE >"♪♫ Bad pig bad pig Whatcha gonna do when they squeak at you ♪♫"
see all 9 commentsBad Piggies to taunt Angry Birds on September 27
The Angry Birds franchise has been slipping a bit lately, so developer Rovio hopes to reinvigorate the series with Bad Piggies, a game from the perspective of the enemy.
READ MORE >"The rest of the story is that the pigs stole their dwagons babies. I'm pretty sure that would ..."
see all 11 commentsAngry Birds partners with Philadelphia Eagles
Angry Birds is partnering with the Philadelphia Eagles football team to offer a new themed stage each week during the football season.
READ MORE >Angry Birds Trilogy to sell DLC on top of $40 price tag
Angry Birds Trilogy will offer two DLC packs, Activision has confirmed.
READ MORE >"I hate to be "that guy" but do they seriously expect to be able to charge $40 for a game whose ..."
see all 6 commentsAngry Birds Space: Red Planet expansion out now
Angry Birds hit space earlier this year and they have followed NASA's Curiosity Rover to the Red Planet in an update that is now available on iOS and Android.
READ MORE >"This series is impressive because of how ridiculously good value the games are. A fucking ..."
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A Look At Halle Berry's Absolute Worst Embarrassingly Bad Movies Of All Time
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