Category - From my fans

Culture of reading is worth sharing

June 23, 2011

In this week issue of LIFT magazine, I wrote a column about situation of library in the Kingdom in related to reading culture of Cambodian.Recently, under supervision from their teacher, year I students in batch 10 at DMC have been to Kampong Cham province to meet with hundreds of children telling important of reading and encouraging them to read by providing some reading materials.

Dareth Rosaline, one of the DMC year I, has written a reflection piece to describe activities she and her classmates did during the community field trip.

Since the original post is in Khmer, so it takes time to translate into English. I will publish another version of this post in English after finishing translation. Cheers,

នៅក្នុងសង្គមកម្ពុជា វប្បធម៌នៃការអាន ត្រូវបានគេមើលឃើញថានៅមានកម្រិតទាបនៅឡើយបើប្រៀបធៀបទៅនឹងប្រទេសដទៃទៀត។ ដោយមើលឃើញពីចំណុចខ្វះខាតយ៉ាងនេះ និងដើម្បីចូលរួមលើកតម្កើងវប្បធម៌នៃការអានដល់កុមារា និងកុមារី និស្សិតមួយក្រុមនៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យភូមិន្ទភ្នំពេញ ផ្នែកប្រពន្ធ័ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ និងសារគមនាគមន៏បានបង្កើតនូវសកម្មភាពជួយសហគមន៏ ដោយមានការសហការជាមួយនឹងលោកគ្រូ សំបូរ មាណ្ណារា ដែលជាអ្នកមានបទពិសោធច្រើនឆ្នាំក្នុងកិច្ចការជួយ សហគមន៏។ គម្រោងសកម្មភាពដែលពួកយើងបានបង្កើតឡើងនៅពេលនេះគឺសម្រាប់កុមារ៉ា កុមារីនៅស្រុកនគរក្នុង ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម ដោយយើងបានជ្រើសរើសយកបរិវេណក្នុងវត្តនគរក្នុងធ្វើជាទីតាំង និងមានការចូលរួមពីកុមារប្រហែលជា១៦០ទៅ២០០នាក់។ លើសពីនោះ យើងក៏ទទួលបានការចូលរួមពីសំណាក់អាណាព្យាបាល ក៏ដូចជាមេភូមិផ្ទាល់ផងដែរ។

Community activities

សកម្មភាពចាប់ផ្តើមឡើងដោយ និស្សិតទាំងអស់ត្រូវបានបែងចែកជាក្រុម ដោយមួយក្រុមៗត្រូវចែករំលែកនូវចំនេះដឹងដល់កុមារចំនួនប្រហែលពី១៥ទៅ២០នាក់។បន្ទាប់ពីការចែលរំលែកចំនេះដឹងដល់កុមារ យើងក៏មានការសួរសំនួរចម្លើយយករង្វាន់ ក៏ដូចជាសកម្មភាពផ្សេងៗទៀតជាច្រើនដើម្បីផ្តល់ការសប្បាយដល់ពួកគេ។ នៅចុងបញ្ចប់នៃសកម្មភាពទីមួយ ក្រុមពួកយើង និងកុមារា កុមារីទាំងអស់គ្នាបាននាំគ្នាសំអាតសហគមន៏រួមគ្នាដោយម្នាក់ៗបានរើស សម្រាម ហើយនិងប្រមូលកាកសំណល់ផ្សេងៗដាក់ក្នុងថង់ធំៗ រួចយកវាទៅដុតចោល។

ក្រោយមក សកម្មភាពទីពីរក៏បានចាប់ផ្តើមឡើង ដោយពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាបានបន្តដំណើរទៅកាន់សហគមន៍មួយទៀតក្នុងស្រុកតំបែរខេត្តកំពង់ចាម។ លើកនេះយើងត្រូវអនុវត្តសកម្មភាពជាមួយនឹងកុមារដែលមានអាយុចាប់ពី៨ឆ្នាំទៅ១៦ឆ្នាំ។ មិនមានលក្ខណៈខុសពីទីតាំងទីមួយប៉ុន្មានទេ ព្រោះថានៅទីនេះយើងក៏មានការ លើកយកនូវរឿងនិទានល្អៗមកអាននិងបង្ហាញដល់កុមារទាំងអស់ ដើម្បីឱ្យពួកគេចាប់ផ្តើមមានគំនិតស្រលាញ់និងចូលចិត្តអានសៀវភៅ ។ការច្រៀងចម្រៀងផ្សេងៗ ក៏ដូចជាការសម្តែងរឿងជាលក្ខណៈអប់រំ ក៏ត្រូវបានធ្វើឡើងបន្ទាប់ពីមានការនិទានរឿងឱ្យពួកគេស្តាប់។ដើម្បីជាការលើកទឹកចិត្ត និងជំរុញឱ្យពួកគេមានគំនិតស្រលាញ់ការអានសៀវភៅ និស្សិតទាំងអស់ក៏មានជានំចំណី និងរបស់របរសិស្សាបន្តិចបន្ទួចសម្រាប់ក្មេងដែលបានចូលរួម។ ភាពសប្បាយរីករាយ និងស្នាមញញឹមដាក់គ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកយ៉ាងស្និតស្នាល ក៏បានកើតមានឡើងទាំងសម្រាប់អ្នករៀបចំកម្មវិធី ទាំងសម្រាប់អ្នកចូលរួមផងដែរ។

នៅម៉ោងប្រហែលជា៦ល្ងាច រាល់សកម្មភាពនៃការចែករំលែកទាំងអស់ត្រូវបានបញ្ចប់ ដោយបន្សល់ទុកឱ្យអ្នករៀបចំកម្មវិធីម្នាក់ៗ នូវការពេញចិត្តចំពោះសកម្មភាពដែលខ្លួនបានធ្វើ ដោយហេតុថាវាជាការរួមចំណែកក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គមជាតិ ទោះជាតិចក្តីច្រើនក្តី។

បន្ទាប់ពីធ្វើសកម្មភាពស្ទើរពេញមួយថ្ងៃរួចមក ពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នានិងលោកសាស្រ្តាចារ្យមានការអស់កំលាំងគ្រប់ៗគ្នាប៉ុន្តែពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាមិនទាន់អាចសំរាកបានទេព្រោះយើងនូវមានកាតព្វកិច្ចចុងក្រោយសំរាប់ថ្ងៃនោះគឺការចំអិនអាហារពេលល្ងាចតាមក្រុម។ដោយសារតែពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាបានត្រៀមរួចជាស្រេចនូវមុខម្ហូបនិងគ្រឿងផ្សំនៃម្ហូបទាំងនោះ ពួកយើង បានចាត់ចែងធ្វើម្ហូបយ៉ាងរហ័សរហួនតាមក្រុមនីមួយៗ។

សកម្មភាពក្នុងពេលចំអិនអាហារត្រូវធ្វើឡើងដោយលាយឡំនឹងការសើចសប្បាយរីករាយពីសមាជិកនៃក្រុមនីមួយៗ បានបង្ហាញនូវការចុះសម្រុងនិងការចេះជួយគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកដើម្បីសម្រេចនូវគោលបំណងរួមមួយ បើទោះបីជាពួកយើងកំពុងហត់នឿយយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ។

Dinner

រយះពេលមួយម៉ោងបានមកដល់ក្រុមនីមួយៗក៏បានធ្វើរួចរាល់នូវមុខម្ហូបដែលពួកគេ បានរៀបចំ។ក្រុមនីមួយៗបានយកម្ហូបរបស់ពួកគេមកដាក់ជុំគ្នារួចអធិប្បាយបង្ហាញពីម្ហូបតាមក្រុមទៅកាន់សមាជិកនៃក្រុមដទៃទៀត។ក្រោយពីបញ្ចប់នូវការអធិប្បាយមកពេលវេលាដែលពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាទន្ទឹងរង់ចាំបានមកដល់។ មុខម្ហូបជាច្រើនបានតម្រៀបគ្នានៅចំពីមុខពួកយើង។ដោយភាពអស់កម្លាំងនិងនឿយហត់ ពួកយើងបានញុំាអាហារទាំងអស់នោះគ្មានសល់ក្នុងរយពេលដ៍ខ្លី។សំណើចនិងភាពសប្បាយរីករាយរបស់ពួកយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាក៍បានលេចឡើងក្នុងពេលកំពុងញុំាអាហារជុំគ្នាផងដែរ។ក្រោយពេលបញ្ចប់ការញុំាអាហារវាគឺជាពេលដែលពួកយើងទាំងអស់អាចសម្រាកដើម្បីយកកំលាំងសំរាប់សកម្មភាពនៅថ្ងៃស្អែក។ដោយសារតែការអស់កម្លាំងតាំងពីថ្ងៃសមាជិកពួកយើងខ្លះបានលង់លក់យ៉ាងស្កប់ស្កល់ តែអ្នកខ្លះទៀតបានអង្គុយនិយាយគ្នានិងលេងល្បែងសប្បាយៗជុំគ្នាស្របពេលដែលពួកគេកំពុងរង់ចាំចូលបន្ទប់ទឹកដើម្បីងូតទឹកសំអាតខ្លួន។រហូតដល់ពេលអាធ្រាតបន្តិចពួកយើងរៀបចំរួចរាល់អស់ហើយក៍នាំគ្នាចូលគេងទាំងអស់គ្នាតែម្តង។ពេលវេលាគេងរបស់ពួកយើងគឺពិតជាខ្លីមែនទែនបើប្រៀបធៀបទៅនឹងពេលធ្វើសកម្មភាព ព្រោះពួកយើងត្រូវក្រោកពីព្រលឹមរៀបចំខ្លួននិងញុំាអាហារពេលព្រឹកអោយបានមុនម៉ោង៨ព្រឹក។បន្ទាប់មកពួកយើងបានជួបជុំគ្នានិយាយអំពីអ្វីដែលយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាទទួលបានក្នុង

កំឡុងពេលដែលពួកយើងធ្វើក្នុងសហគមន៍រួចពួកយើងបានបន្តដំណើរទៅធ្វើសកម្មភាពចុងក្រោយគឺការចាប់ក្តាមនៅវាលស្រែ។ក្រោយពេលការចាប់ក្តាមបាន បញ្ចប់ពួកយើងក៍បានរួសរាន់ធ្វើដំណើរត្រលប់មកទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញវិញ។

ក្នុងដំណើរត្រលប់មកវិញភាពរីករាយនៅតែមានហើយការអស់កំលាំងក៍នៅតែសល់ទើបនាំអោយមានអ្នកខ្លះគេងលក់នៅក្នុងឡានស្របពេលដែលអ្នកខ្លះទៀតកំពុងច្រៀងដើម្បីបង្កើតបរិយាកាសរីករាយក្នុងឡាន។ក្រោយចំណាយពេលប្រហែលបួនម៉ោងក្នុងការធ្វើដំណើរពួកយើងបានមកដល់ភ្នំពេញវិញហើយក៍បានបំបែកគ្នាទៅផ្ទះរៀងៗខ្លួនជាមួយនិងទឹកមុខញញឹមស្រស់ស្រាយ។

ក្រោយពីបានបញ្ចប់នូវសកម្មភាពជួយសហគមន៍របស់ពួកយើង ខ្ញុំអាចយល់បានថាវាគឺជាពេលវេលាដែលមានតម្លៃនិងមានសារសំខាន់បំផុតសំរាប់ខ្ញុំផ្ទាល់ សំរាប់សហគនម៍ និងសំរាប់សង្គមផងដែរ។វាគឺជាពេលវេលាមួយដែលអាចអោយខ្ញុំបានចែករំលែកនូវចំនេះដឹងដែលខ្ញុំដឹងនិងភាពសប្បាយរីករាយអោយទៅដល់កុមារាកុមារីតូចៗរស់នៅជនបទដាច់ស្រយ៉ាល។មិនតែប៉ុណ្ណោះក្នុងកំឡុងពេលនោះដែរ វាអាចអោយខ្ញុំស្វែងយល់ពីតម្រូវការជីវិតនិងការរស់នៅរបស់ប្រជាជនក្នុងសហគមន៍នោះផងដែរ។ចំនុចដែលសំខាន់មួយទៀតនោះគឺអាចធ្វើអោយខ្ញុំដឹងពីការធ្វើអ្វីដោយឯករាជ្យ ការចេះជួយទៅវិញទៅមក និងការសហការគ្នាយ៉ាងល្អដើម្បីសំរេចនូវគោលការរួមមួយជាមួយគ្នា។សកម្មភាពចុះសហគមន៍នេះគឺជាពេលវេលាដែលខ្ញុំមិនអាចបំភ្លេចបាន និងចង់បន្តធ្វើវាជាបន្តបន្ទាប់នៅពេលអនាគត។

សកម្មភាពនោះវាមិនត្រឹមតែមានតម្លៃសម្រាប់ខ្ញុំនោះទេ តែវាក៍មានតំលៃសំរាប់សហគមន៍នោះផ្ទាល់ផងដែរ ព្រោះថាវាអាចធ្វើអោយមានភាពកាន់តែជិតស្និតរវាងប្រជាជន រស់នៅក្នុងសហគមន៍ដាច់ស្រយ៉ាលនិងប្រជាជនទីក្រុង។ក្រៅពីនោះពួកគេទាំងអស់គ្នាក៍អាចទទួលបាននូវពត៌មានផ្សេងៗអំពីទីក្រុងនិងអាចបង្ហាញប្រាប់ពួកយើងវិញនូវតម្រូវការរបស់ពួកគេដល់យើងទាំងអស់គ្នាផងដែរ។

លើសពីនោះទៅទៀតសង្គមក៍នឹងអាចទទួលបាននូវការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ដោយសារសកម្មភាពរបស់ពួកយើងដែរ ព្រោះថាសង្គមបានទទួលនូវការយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ពីសំណាក់យុវជនខ្មែរដែលជាទំពាំងស្នងឬស្សី។ពួកយើងអាចបង្ហាញអោយសង្គមដឹងពីផលិតផលដែលប្រជាជនមាននិងតម្រូវការរបស់ប្រជាជនក្នុងសហគមន៍នោះ ដូច្នេះសង្គមនឹង ចាត់វិធានការជាមួយនិងសហគមន៍យ៉ាងល្អ។វាក៍ជាវិធីដែលផ្សាភ្ជាប់ទំនាក់ទំនងរវាងសង្គមនិងសហគមន៍តាមតំបន់ដាច់ស្រយ៉ាលឱ្យកាន់តែមានភាពជិតស្និត មិនមានគម្លាតឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នាពេកនោះដែរ។

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23/06/2011

English text by: Dara Saoyuth

Khmer text by: Dareth Rosaline

10 Reasons Teachers Shouldn’t Be Facebook Friends with Students

June 14, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

From my fans

Kelly Kaplan, one of Student Blog readers, has just sent me an article which I hope all of you also like to read it. I’ve posted the full article here, and if you’d like to read from the original site, feel free to click the link at the end of the post. Cheers,

From: Original post

You can find just about anybody on Facebook these days. People are becoming Facebook friends with old classmates, long lost cousins and the neighbor across the street. Teens especially seem to have a tendency to add almost everyone to their friends list that asks. So, if one of their teachers should send them a friend request, they’re likely to accept it. If they randomly came across a teacher’s profile on Facebook, they might also send a friend request too, without thinking much about it. A teacher, however, should give the situation some consideration. There are some very good reasons why a teacher should NOT be Facebook friends with their students.

Privacy – The teacher’s privacy and the student’s privacy are compromised when they become Facebook friends. A student (and that student’s friends) may learn things about their teacher that they otherwise wouldn’t have access to. This could be detrimental in the class setting.
Harassment – Again, this can go both ways. If the relationship between the teacher and the student is not a positive one, or deteriorates in the classroom, Facebook connections could be used to harass one another outside the confines of the school building.
Work vs Home – Teachers often had a hard time drawing a line between work and home. Since Facebook would be something they would use more for their personal lives than their work, becoming Facebook friends with students just further blurs that already fuzzy line.
Favoritism – Since teachers have many different students each day, if they were Facebook friends with some of their students and not others, they would likely be accused of showing favoritism to those students they had befriended on Facebook.
Intimidation – Some students might see a teacher’s Facebook friendship intimidating. They may be hesitant to accept the friendship because of not wanting their teacher to be privy to their conversations with friends. At the same time, they may fear saying no to a friend request from a teacher, for fear that they will offend the teacher and negatively affect the teacher’s treatment of them.
Age appropriate – Since a teacher would be an adult, there may be postings from friends on their Facebook page, which would not be age appropriate content for their students to be reading or viewing.
Bullying – School bullies love to tease other kids about having friendly relationships with their teachers. Being Facebook friends with students may make them a bigger target for that type of bullying from other students.
Prejudice – As much as teachers try not to allow outside knowledge affect their treatment of their students, it still can have a subliminal effect. A Facebook friendship may cause a teacher to see the student in a whole different light than they did in the classroom previously.
Misunderstandings – Online communications are often filled with misunderstandings about what a person meant by something they typed or did online. A teacher/student friendship on Facebook could create more opportunities for these types of misunderstandings.
Expectations – A student who has a teacher as a Facebook friend may expect special treatment from that teacher. The student may also expect the teacher to answer questions regarding assignments and homework via their Facebook friendship, that should be reserved for the classroom.

If you’re a teacher and haven’t given this situation any thought, now is the time to do so. The easiest solution is to simply make it a matter of personal policy to not be Facebook friends with any student at your school. That way, no one can be offended by your rejecting their friend request, and you can’t be put in a position that you may later regret.

14/06/2011

From: Student Blog reader

Original site: 10 Reasons Teachers Shouldn’t Be Facebook Friends with Students

CNN AND NOKIA ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

June 4, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

From my fans

Image via Wikipedia

CNN’s news content to be supported by Nokia’s mapping services

Espoo, Finland – CNN and Nokia today announced a multi-level international collaboration where Nokia becomes a key part of CNN’s roster of mapping providers, delivering its rich mapping services to the international news network. The collaboration harnesses the companies’ strengths in global newsgathering, user-generated content, mapping technologies, and location-based services. The collaboration debuted with the use of Nokia’s 3D Maps across CNN’s platforms in its recent coverage of the British royal wedding.

“This collaboration is a great fit for us as both companies share a similar philosophy on connecting people beyond borders through the combination of compelling news content and highly sophisticated technology,” said Tony Maddox, Managing Director, CNN International. “The international scale of each of our businesses makes the scope of the collaboration particularly exciting.”

“Nokia and CNN share the belief that news is now mobile, powerfully democratic, and can immediately be shared by people around the world,” said Jerri DeVard, Chief Marketing Officer, Nokia. “We are pleased that CNN wants to use Nokia’s innovative mapping services for its international news platforms, and we are excited to work with CNN to deliver a compelling news service to users of Nokia phones.”

The collaboration also includes the CNN App for Nokia which provides mobile access to CNN’s world, business, sport, entertainment and technology reporting, as well as live streaming video. The app also allows users to share CNN’s news via their own social channels, and participate in the reporting process with direct access to CNN’s participatory news community, iReport. The CNN App for Nokia is available in Ovi Store.

Original Text by NOKIA Company

Released on 26 May 2011

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Cultural Relativism Impedes Human Right Promotion

May 13, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

Academic Writing, From my fans

The Second World War marked the most horrified period which was remembered every time by European as well as people around the world. At that time, millions of people were killed and regardless of their right. Nevertheless, since the end of such world war, the world especially the United Nation Organization has turned to pay more attention on human right issues and even regarded it as the main core concern in its actions. However, serious human right violation took place everywhere, for example ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo, widespread and deliberately provoked famine in Somalia, genocide in Rwanda, and systematic discrimination against women by the Taliban in Afghanistan (Mingst and Karns, 2000). To respond to these profound problems, the passage of “the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” has been adopted by the General Assembly on December 10, 1948. The aim of the Universal Declaration of Human Right is to give the complete right to the individuals. In other words, every individual has the right to life, liberty and security, freedom of thought, conversation and religion, freedom of opinion and expression and so forth. Regardless of their races, languages, religion and etc, people have the right to do whatever they want with the respect to others. But then there come a question that does every person really can exercise their right as he or she wants? As we know, in Asian countries, people are justified with their cultures which sometimes down play the importance of human rights. This controversy, then, brought the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cultural Relativism into a serious debate.

While the Universal Declaration of Human Right tries to globalize human rights by giving the equality to every individual, Cultural Relativism argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is imposing them to the Western values. And such Western value is way too far different from Asian value that Asia can’t find the way to accept it. For instance, Muslim women are supposed to wear mask most of the time. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Right, women, of course, can take off the mask whenever they want because they have their rights to decide how they dress and wear. But in the view of Cultural Relativism, women who do not wear mask show the sign of disrespect to their culture and religion. Or we can say that they want to break away from Muslim society. Moreover, in Asian culture, women are supposed to obey their parents; they have to listen and take their parents’ advices. Differently, European children can deny doing so when they reach 18 years old. This no boundary of right of European can lead women in Asian to lose sign of their morality and the status as women in Asian culture. So Cultural Relativism thought that the Universal Declaration of Human Right creates chaos in Asian society.

In addition, Cultural Relativism argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Right tries to promote democracy rather than human right. And some countries especially Malaysia cannot adopt democracy as it model governmental system because there are so many different ethnic groups inside Malaysia. And If Malaysia turns to adopt democracy and forgo the system of Federal Constitutional Monarchy as it is today, the whole Malaysia will break into pieces. As we know, giving the complete right to all those ethnic groups, it will serve as the motivation for them to get up and revolve against the government of Malaysia because no one would like to live in the lower status than the others at all. As a result, anarchy will be unavoidable. So in order to prevent that to happen, absolute right should not be given to the individuals according to Cultural Relativist view.

Not only that, Cultural Relativism claimed that the Universal Declaration of Human Right tries to intervene into their domestic affairs. It just uses humanitarian intervention as the springboard to get involved with internal issues of some countries and weaken those countries’ sovereignty, for example in the case of Burma. The United Nation wanted Burmese government to release Aung San Suu Kyi who was a political prisoner of Burma. This action of the United Nation was regarded by Burmese government as the domestic intervention. The government of Burma thought that the real purpose of the United Nation was to enter to Burmese politic and promote democracy only.

The Cultural Relativism also raised up a point that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is putting all its effort to promote civil-political right without even know that what it should do is to focus on social, economical and cultural right. Everyone knows that most of Asian countries are developing countries, so it is impossible for civil-political right to be promoted in such an unstable condition. People are having a hard time trying to survive; therefore, what they wish for is the help for food and the improvement of social status not the right of civil-politic. Thus, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should take action to reduce poverty and improve the economic in those developing countries first before turning back to the promotion of the civil-political right.

In conclusion, human right isn’t yet practically globalized although it is claimed to be so by the liberal doctrine of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The reason is that whenever the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is raised as the topic, the Cultural Relativism will accompany it and block its ideas. With the reality showed by the Cultural Relativism, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will always remain a wish to give the full right to every individual internationally.

References

– Mingst, K. A. & Karns, M. P. (2000). The united nations in the post-cold war era

(2^nd ed.). US: Westview Press.

– http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia?wasRedirected=true

Written by: Sovinna Som
Email: sovinna_cat@yahoo.com
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Sovinna Som is a fan of and a contributor to Student Blog. She is currently a sophomore at Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL).

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Nokia starts measures to align workforce and site operations with new strategy

April 28, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

From my fans

The Start screen of Windows Phone 7 / Image via Wikipedia

Espoo, Finland – To deliver on its new strategy, Nokia today announced plans to align its global workforce and consolidate site operations. These measures are part of Nokia’s target to reduce its Devices & Services non-IFRS operating expenses by 1 billion euros for the full year 2013 in comparison to the full year 2010, as announced last week.

Earlier today, Nokia announced plans to form a strategic collaboration with Accenture that would result in the transfer of Nokia’s Symbian software activites, including about 3,000 employees to Accenture. In addition, Nokia also plans to reduce its global workforce by about 4,000 employees by the end of 2012, with the majority of reductions in Denmark, Finland and the UK. In accordance with country-by-country legal requirements, discussions with employee representatives started today.

Nokia also plans to consolidate the company’s research and product development sites so that each site has a clear role and mission. Nokia expects the expansion of some sites and the contraction or closure of others.

All employees affected by the reduction plans can stay on the Nokia payroll through the end of 2011. Nokia expects personnel reductions to occur in phases until the end of 2012, linked to the roll-out of Nokia’s planned product and services portfolio. During this period, Nokia intends to ramp up its capacity for the development of Nokia smartphones based on the Windows Phone platform, the company’s broad range of mobile phones and its services portfolio.

“At Nokia, we have new clarity around our path forward, which is focused on our leadership across smart devices, mobile phones and future disruptions,” said Stephen Elop, Nokia president and CEO. “However, with this new focus, we also will face reductions in our workforce. This is a difficult reality, and we are working closely with our employees and partners to identify long-term re-employment programs for the talented people of Nokia.”

Nokia is launching a comprehensive social responsibility program for employees and the communities likely to be affected by the personnel reductions. The program will be led locally, with local partners and stakeholders, and senior management support.

“We are offering those who are losing their jobs a range of options, from individual re-employment support and re-training to making investments to promote innovation and working with a variety of partners to create new opportunities,” Elop continued.

Original Text by NOKIA Company

Released on 27 April 2011

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Nokia and Microsoft Sign Definitive Agreement Ahead of Schedule

April 25, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

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Key contributions to new global mobile ecosystem agreed and significant progress made on engineering of new products

Nokia Corporation
Stock exchange release
April 21, 2011 at 13.10 (CET +1)

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Espoo, Finland and Redmond, US – Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement on a partnership that will result in a new global mobile ecosystem, utilizing the very complementary assets of both companies. Completed ahead of schedule, the definitive agreement is consistent with the joint announcement made on February 11.

In addition to agreeing to the terms of their partnership, including joint contributions to the development of the new ecosystem, Nokia and Microsoft also announced significant progress on the development of the first Nokia products incorporating Windows Phone. With hundreds of personnel already engaged on joint engineering efforts, the companies are collaborating on a portfolio of new Nokia devices. Nokia has also started porting key applications and services to operate on Windows Phone and joint outreach has begun to third party application developers.

“At the highest level, we have entered into a win-win partnership,” said Stephen Elop, President and CEO of Nokia Corporation. “It is the complementary nature of our assets, and the overall competitiveness of that combined offering, that is the foundation of our relationship.”

“Our agreement is good for the industry,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. “Together, Nokia and Microsoft will innovate with greater speed, and provide enhanced opportunities for consumers and our partners to share in the success of our ecosystem.”

The relationship is structured around four broad areas:

1. A combination of complementary assets, which make the partnership truly unique, including:

– Nokia to deliver mapping, navigation, and certain location-based services to the Windows Phone ecosystem. Nokia will build innovation on top of the Windows Phone platform in areas such as imaging, while contributing expertise on hardware design and language support, and helping to drive the development of the Windows Phone platform. Microsoft will provide Bing search services across the Nokia device portfolio as well as contributing strength in productivity, advertising, gaming, social media and a variety of other services. The combination of navigation with advertising and search will enable better monetization of Nokia’s navigation assets and completely new forms of advertising revenue.

– Joint developer outreach and application sourcing, to support the creation of new local and global applications, including making Windows Phone developer registration free for all Nokia developers.

– Opening a new Nokia-branded global application store that leverages the Windows Marketplace infrastructure. Developers will be able to publish and distribute applications through a single developer portal to hundreds of millions of consumers that use Windows Phone, Symbian and Series 40 devices.

– Contribution of Nokia’s expertise in operator billing to ensure participants in the Windows Phone ecosystem can take advantage of Nokia’s billing agreements with 112 operators in 36 markets.

2. Microsoft will receive a running royalty from Nokia for the Windows Phone platform, starting when the first Nokia products incorporating Windows Phone ship. The royalty payments are competitive and reflect the large volumes that Nokia expects to ship, as well as a variety of other considerations related to engineering work to which both companies are committed. Microsoft delivering the Windows Phone platform to Nokia will enable Nokia to significantly reduce operating expenses.

3. In recognition of the unique nature of Nokia’s agreement with Microsoft and the contributions that Nokia is providing, Nokia will receive payments measured in the billions of dollars.

4. An agreement that recognizes the value of intellectual property and puts in place mechanisms for exchanging rights to intellectual property. Nokia will receive substantial payments under the agreement.

With the definitive agreement now signed, both companies will begin engaging with operators, developers and other partners to help the industry understand the benefits of joining the new ecosystem. At the same time, work will continue on developing Nokia products on the Windows Phone platform, with the aim of securing volume device shipments in 2012. The scale of the mutual commitment from both companies is significant and is in keeping with the intention to build a new ecosystem based on a long-term, strategic partnership.

Original Text by NOKIA Company

Released on 21 April 2011

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Nokia E7 now available in Cambodia

March 23, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

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Phnom Penh, Cambodia –Nokia Cambodia announced the arrival of a latestbusiness smartphone modelNokia E7 in the Kingdom at agrand launching eventyesterday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Held at Studio 182, above Topaz Restaurant, the event ignited excitement among some 60 participants including members of the local media and prominent corporate people from both local and international companies. They were all fascinated about how powerfulNokia E7was in meetingtheir professional and private needs.

Nokia E7 is equipped with a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display featuring Nokia’s ClearBlack technology. Business users will find that it is the perfect shape and size to work on documents, review spreadsheets, or read and edit slides. With Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on board, the Nokia E7 provides direct, real-time and secure access to corporate email inboxes and other personal applications.

The device captures High-resolution photos and HD video with the its 8 megapixel camera and dual LED flash and provides a wide range of music, games and socials apps. It also supports 3G networks and Wi-Fi connections.

“People are continuing to look for solutions that suit both their work and personal life; in business circles this is known as the ‘consumerization’ of IT. The Nokia E7 gives people the confidence to bring their own smartphones to the workplace to connect securely to corporate messaging servers,” said Mesbah Uddin, Business Development for Nokia Cambodia and Laos.“On the other hand, whether you are an artist or entrepreneur, the Nokia E7 is the only smartphone you will need to handle your work, to conduct your dailypersonal lives,” he added.

During the launching event, Daniel Parkes, Country Manager for CB Richard Ellis (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, who is a user of Nokia E7,enthusiastically shared with the audience that Nokia E7 was key to having a successful day in or out of the office. “It is a perfect device for me. Having it with me, I feel that my office is where I am. Being on the move, I am still able to open and read corporate emails that I have received, make a response, edit attached office documents, etc.” “You don’t have to scrutinize screen as it is wide, giving bigger display of characters. Typing is fast with its QWERTY keyboard,” he said.

PreapSovath, Cambodia’s most well know pop star, who also runs salon and restaurant businesses in Phnom Penh laid out how useful Nokia E7 to him. “I spend most of my time singing and performing. But I have to manage my business too. I am really excited about Nokia E7 and to my view it is a small laptop. Not only does it enable me to access all my emails, but it also my home of entertainment: watching movies, listening to music, playing games, just to name a few. What I find amzing is its HD camera that you take pictures and make a video of high resolution, edit it and share it with colleagues and friends connecting it with HDMI cable.”

DanielParkes and PreapSovath, as well as the rest of the participants, were particularly impressed with Nokia E7’s high capabilities of safely keeping important work files and protecting important data with remote device management options.

Estimated retail price at US$650, Nokia E7 will be available from 19 March 2011 in two colors, black and silver andaccording to Nokia’s representative, Nokia would present a Nokia Mobile Holder, a Nokia Mobile charger and a pouch to the first 100 corporate consumers for every purchase of Nokia E7.

Original Text by NOKIA Company

Issued on 12/03/2011

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The Reflection of Wealth and Poverty into Our Society

January 24, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

From my fans

A rich man is donating money to some beggars along riverside / by: Dara Saoyuth

Wealth and poverty represent two things that are completely opposite to each other. Wealth is the state that everyone likes and wishes to get. In contrast, poverty is the nightmare everyone rejects. But both of them are commonly seen in every society. There is no society, no matter which political ideology it adheres, that its people live in the same position and with the same property. The wealthy and the poor have a close relationship. They can be the help-providers to each other. The wealthy can use their money to build the social infrastructures such as schools, roads, orphanages, or they can make investment to provide the job to the poor. In return, the poor can provide them the labors, securities, reputations or even the power. However, poverty also results in many problems. Some poor people, because they can not support their living, involve in illegal activities. They can robe or even kill someone in favor of getting money or some properties. Sometimes, they also involve in some illegal business such as drug trafficking or weapon smuggling. In some cases, because their self-esteem fall down, they think their society does not care of them and reject them. So, they happen to do something to harm their own society; they become gangsters and provoke many fights. Because poverty is an obstacle to developing our society, some vital strategies should be set up. The question is how can we reduce the poverty and try to eliminate such inactions in our society. It is hard to solve this problem, and especially it needs a strong commitment from both the government and the rich or the wealthy. In our society as the example, some of the wealthy are behind those social inactions. No doubt, they have no willing to eliminate the poverty because it is the poor who are the dynamic forces to help them to get success in their illegal business. If they eliminate poverty, who can work for them? In addition, such inactions in our society can not be completely rooted out, for most of the criminal are poor and are prevented by the wealthy. Those criminals can not be arrested, for they are the significant witnesses of many crimes and illegal businesses. Moreover, some of the wealthy are ones who cause the poverty. They invest in casinos or lottery corporations. Thus, some people, because addicted, sell out their poverty to take risk with gambling. Sooner or later, they fall deeply into poverty. Again, to reduce the poverty, it needs a strong commitment from the government and the contribution from the wealthy. Government must enforce the implementation of the law to ensure that all criminals and their bakers, no matter who they are, are arrested and sentenced. Anyway, government should ensure that the poor can also get profits from the economic growth. Along with this, the wealthy also play an important role. They can use their money to make investment and provide many kinds of legal jobs to the poor or establish vocational training schools to provide the poor the exact skills. In sum, the wealthy and the poor are the two important elements in a social process.

Written by: Ty Phearom, a senior student of English Literature at Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL)

Email: ty_phearom@yahoo.com

Why people are living longer now?

January 22, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

From my fans

Topic: “In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and detail to develop your essay.”

Jeanne Calment of France died at the age of 122 and 164 days, and Shigechigo Lzumi of Japan died at the age of 122. Along with this, Gertrude Bains, a 115-year old American, is still alive, and Kama Chinen is now living at his age of 144. I am very surprised when I heard this news from my radio. I think that these people are ones showing that the world has stepped into a new era when people tend to live longer and longer. In the past, rarely did people live up to the age of 50 or 60; however, presently, living up to age seemingly becomes normal. Comparing to more than one hundred years ago when the life expectancy for people was just 22 for males and 25 for females, the life expectancy in 2008 is 64.3 and 68.35 for males and females respectively. This tendency does not naturally occur. In deed, there are many factors causing it.

First of all, advanced medical care and education of health contribute so much to prolonging people’s lives. Scientists, nowadays, are seeking new medicines that effectively cure many grave diseases. The health care centers are established throughout the world to meet the physical and mental needs of people. Along with this, many high-tech medical equipment such as X-ray scanner, disease analyzing machine and operation equipment have been produced to enhance the quality of medical services. Unlike people in hundred years ago who could lose their lives even just they had a cold, people on these days can receive health care services whenever they get sick, or even when they feel uncomfortable. Plus, people now become well aware of how to take care their health, and they can prevent themselves from infectious or even epidemic diseases, for they can get enough information from health agents or advertisements on radios or televisions. As a result, when any epidemic disease breaks out, everyone is alert, and each nation tries to take an urgent action to prevent it from spreading worldwide. For instance, in 1976, when the swine flu broke out, there were approximately 40 millions people infected, but this horrific event can not happen again today. Recently, when this virus just broke out, each country took an action immediately, and we all got enough information about it already.

Besides, food stability helps reduce the number of people who die of hunger. In primitive time, people practiced poor agriculture such as slash-and-burn farming that depended much on weather. If the weather was friendly, the crops would grow well, and people could gain enough food for that season. Unfortunately, if the weather became harsh, drought or flood, people would face a starvation, and thousands of people could die of food shortage. In contrary, people these days know

how to store water for farming. Many huge dams and irrigation systems are built, containing millions of cubic meters of water to support their agriculture and make their cultivation less dependent on nature. Because of a possibility to do farming two or three times a year by using of high-tech cultivation, people today can ensure the stability of food for themselves, which is a main factor that can help lengthen their lives.

A decrease of wars and political unrest also enable human beings to live longer. Before twenty-first century, the world seemed disorder in politics, economy and society. Rarely was any international law enacted. Most countries at that time were led by monarchy, dictatorship or colonialism. Wars and rebels were usually seen, and millions of people were involved; thus, thousands of them were killed and injured while other thousands were living with fearfully every day. For instance, during World War II, there were around forty million people falling victim, and about fourteen million military personnel died. This situation caused their physical and mental security to become weak, and this was the main point making their life expectancy short. However, the world now becomes safer and more convenient. Each nation is trying to promote democracy and effective law for its people’s welfare. National and international organizations are established to maintain the human rights and social welfare and to promote peace around the world. Generally, wars are replaced by face-to-face negotiations. As a result, people can build their confidence on their lives and live harmoniously until they get old.

In short, although life expectancy keeps increasing, we should not feel too prod. We must know that when more and more people are loaded into our world, many problems, especially those concerning with environment, will become much more harmful to our lives in the future. However, I strongly believe that if our world can still ensure food stability, improve medical care, and reduce or eliminate wars or political unrest by using proper policies, people will still live longer.

Written by: Ty Phearom, a senior student of English Literature at Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL)

Email: ty_phearom@yahoo.com

10 Famous Films You Didn’t Know Were Allegories

January 12, 2011

Dara Saoyuth

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Dear Student Blog visitors!

I’ve recently receive an e-mail from one of Student Blog fans, Emma Taylor, informing me of her new post: “10 Famous Films You Didn’t Know Were Allegories”.

Since she gave me permission to publish her post, I hope some of you might be interesting in it. Cheers,

Just a short Note: For some of you that have written something either it was already published or not yet publish, please feel free to send them to me and I would be happy to post for you into Student Blog.

January 11th, 2011

Most avid film professionals,students and aficionados probably already know that many of the following selections are allegorical in nature. They probably already know that plenty more exist than just these as well. This article isn’t for them. It’s for people who enjoy the cinematic arts, but prefer to enjoy them as fun, escapist fantasies they don’t have to obsessively dissect. As with all fictitious narratives, no matter the medium, movies can shed light on cultural and universal truths through the use of allegory. Some of the finest — and, interestingly enough, most popular — works tell stories on multiple levels, enhancing the viewer’s pleasure and giving plenty of incentive to watch them over and over again with an increasingly sharper eye.

Metropolis (1927) Directed by Fritz Lang: Considered one of legendary German Expressionist filmmaker Friz Lang’s finest works, Metropoliscontributed much, much more to the cinematic arts than one of the most famous gynoids of all time. Film scholars and aficionados both enjoy delving into the movie’s bleak take on class and class relations, and while not explicitly Communist (or even sympathetic to the cause) it still contains a few narrative elements easily interpreted as such. David Edelstein at Slate notes that the acclaimed director also channeled his fears of mob rule into the story. Fear of technological innovation and architecture’s ability to both bolster and squelch human potential factor heavily into the exceptionally influential, celebrated film as well, providing even more layers to an already thought-provoking work.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming: Anyone who didn’t know that the beloved musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s classic is a satirical allegory for the Gilded Age keeps pretty good company — neither he nor director Victor Fleming knew, either! Yetacademics frequently hold up both works as parables of populism in the Gilded Age all the same. The theory actually stems from the essay The Wizard of Oz: A Parable on Populism by educator Henry M. Littlefield, written in 1964. He undoubtedly finds plenty of convincing parallels, which easily explains its eventual memetic state, but almost no evidence exists to suggest that such a highly detailed allegory was either Baum’s or Fleming’s intent. Regardless, though, Littlefield’s musings offer up an intriguing lens through which people can view the film, one that doubles as a neat little lesson in American history.
Gojira (1954) Directed by Ishiro Honda: The horrors that resulted from the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 eventually inspired an entire science-fiction subgenre. Known as kaiju (“strange beast”), these films center around the now-iconic depictions of monolithic monsters raging through cities in an orgy of apocalyptic devastation. Ishiro Honda wrote and directed one of the first and undeniably the most influential of these films asa direct response to the atomic assaults almost a decade earlier, though his original intent has been lost thanks to the subsequent onslaught of parodies and imitators.
The Seventh Seal (1957) Directed by Ingmar Bergman: Set in Sweden during the Black Plague, Ingmar Bergman’s magnum opus concerns a knight who renounces his faith in any sort of deity after becoming cynical from frequent exposure to war, pestilence and ignorance. As he sits and plays that famous game of chess with Death itself with his ultimate fate a dangling question, the heavily allegorical narrative unfolds. Bergman meant for the film to explore mankind’s relationship with religion, pondering whether or not any sort of god or gods exist to distribute rewards and punishment. It sounds like a simple premise, but such content automatically comes prepackaged with subjectivities and shades of gray. The director himself grew up in a fiery fundamentalist home, but his later artistic sensibilities often clashed with such an upbringing — adding yet another intriguing (and personal) layer to an already philosophical classic.
Blade Runner (1982) Directed by Ridley Scott: Even though it took more than a few liberties with Philip K. Dick’s original 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the Ridley Scott interpretation of the narrative still sparks plenty of provocative questions regarding the relationship between technology and humanity. Androids known as Replicants appear no different from humans on the outside, in terms of either aesthetics of mannerisms, and laws want to shut them down completely. But their uncanny ability to feel and express emotion bring pause to one blade runner tasked with turning them in to the government, providing viewers with an interesting allegory on self-discovery and defining humanity once the lines between inorganic and organic become indistinguishable. Actor Rutger Hauer, who played Replicant leader Roy Batty, also makes a compelling case for a religious interpretationon his blog.
The Wall (1982) Directed by Alan Parker: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters penned the music and screenplay for the legendary prog-rock album and film after his frustration with fame and over-zealous fans resulted in a complete emotional retreat. “The Wall” in question serves to completely separate him from friends, family, collaborators and audiences and prevent further disillusionment. In the brutal, intense movie, central figure Pink realizes the blind fanaticism with which the world follows him grants fascist, dictatorial power — easily abused, manipulated and exploited — and illustrates the extreme dangers of unquestioning adoration. These days, Waters also thinks the struggles depicted in The Wall can easily represent other major isolating rifts, particularly between nations and religions.
Fight Club (1999) Directed by David Fincher: Jim Emerson with Chicago Sun-Times sums up many popular reactions to the controversial 1999 movie better than anyone when he quips, “…to say ‘Fight Club’ is about fist-fighting is like saying ‘Taxi Driver’ is about cab driving.” Beyond the explicit violence and sex lay an immensely dark comedy laden with metaphors regarding everything from consumerism to contemporary perceptions of masculinity to the conformity of nonconformity. These days, Fight Club has finally received the recognition it deserves as an intelligent, ironic dissection of American society’s values, beliefs and actions. Project Mayhem, the domestic terrorist organization that rampages through the last half of the film, claims their anarchic actions are meant to shock the populace out of their closed-minded complacency. But the more they push their limits, the more they resemble those they ostensibly condemn.
The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003) Directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski:One of the most enjoyable elements of this blockbuster film trilogy is watching it with friends and debating what it all means. Everyone will probably come to different conclusions, most of them viable enough interpretations. Some may make comparisons to Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” while others see protagonist Neo as a Messianic figure. Considering the prevalence of both ancient narratives in “Western” literature, film and art, it makes perfect sense that the Wachowskis would merge them with cyberpunk aesthetics and philosophies for one of cinema’s most triumphant, influential science-fiction series.
X-Men (2000) Directed by Bryan Singer: Iconic supervillain Magneto’s tragic adolescence as a Holocaust victim perfectly underscores the intent of the entire X-Men franchise. Comic book creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby launched the young team in 1963 as a rumination on marginalization and the anxieties of growing up. “Mutants” have, over the years, served as allegories for minorities, LGBTQIA, teenagers and anyone else feeling out of synch with the prevailing cultural hegemony. This sentiment carries over into the first movie, which involves Magneto’s misguided plot to turn baseline humans into mutants for the sake of equality. It argues that acceptance shouldn’t be forced through violent or extreme means, but fighting fairly and civilly.
District 9 (2009) Directed by Neill Blomkamp: To be fair, much to-do has already been made over Neill Blomkamp’s effective, evocative use of allegory in the phenomenal District 9. However, many audiences unfamiliar with South African history may not have caught the Apartheid metaphor the first time around. Science-fiction lends itself nicely to commenting on soundly real issues, and this lauded film uses aliens as a stand-in for the minorities forced into ghettos during European rule. A bureaucrat tasked with moving the “prawns” to a new area slowly begins seeing the perspective of those marginalized for no logical reason, culminating in an intriguing, ambiguous end.

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