May 11, 2012

FSCJ President Steve Wallace misses graduation for Rotary Club trip to Bangkok
http://m.jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/adam-kealoha-causey/2012-05-08/fscj-president-steve-wallace-misses-graduation
Turns out he's in Bangkok representing the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, according to Tracy Pierce, FSCJ vice president of student development and community education. Executive vice president Don Green served as commencement emcee.


Thailand's formula for success
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/292754/thailand-formula-for-success
Last year's floods in Thailand were a glaring example of how not to manage a crisis and of ''passing the buck'', and we need to rediscover our team spirit if we want our country to prosper. In my humble opinion and I am indeed humbled by the fact that ...


Rotarians leave Bangkok encouraged to fight poverty and finish the job of ...
http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/120509_IC12_closing.aspx
Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska Rotarians and friends left the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, energized to keep up the fight against polio and to use their ingenuity to help reduce global poverty. The four-day event, which drew to a close ...


Gay Marriage a Distant Dream Around the World
http://www.edgeboston.com/news/national/news/132877/gay_marriage_a_distant_dream_around_the_world_
by Leon Drouin-Keith AP A smiling same sex female couple stand by their cake during a mass wedding at a night club in Taipei, Taiwan. (Source:AP Photo/Wally Santana) BANGKOK (AP) - China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until ...


250 AP tourists stranded in Bangkok
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/250-ap-tourists-stranded-in-bangkok/256463-60-114.html
... have got held up in Bangkok as the management of the hotel in which they checked in, seized their luggage and passports for failing to pay the rent. According to information reaching here, 250 members of Rotary Club went to Bangkok to participate ...


No escape from Alcaraz as Wigan relegate Blackburn | Bangkok Post: news
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/292314/kean-vows-to-revive-rovers-as-venky-get-the-bird
However, a run of six defeats in seven put them back into trouble and relegation brings to an end a miserable campaign for the club, who were Premier League champions in 1995. Despite the knowledge that a win would keep their survival hopes alive, ...


LOW DOWN AND DIRTY
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/LOW-DOWN-AND-DIRTY-30181668.html
Brace for a bass-bin shattering beats session tomorrow night, as Dubway party brings in two dubstep heavyweights, Goth Trad and Greg G, to stun the Bangkok crowd one more time at Club Culture. Both DJs have blazed trails on the underground scene.


Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
http://www.aikenstandard.com/story/051012-ap-gay-marriage-distant-dream
In case your readers didn't know where Club Drive is, it's in Cedar Creek, where you don't have to tend to your own business because ther ... By LEON DROUIN-KEITH Associated Press, Associated Press BANGKOK ? China's government considered homosexuality ...