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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Production and Sales of Nazi Logo Clothing continues weeks after scandal and appears extensive in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai Sacred Heart Nazi Sports Day Event. Photo from Pattaya Daily Mail.

Chiang Mai Market 10-11
 Photo Credit  FarmerRicky use by permission only
Chiang Mai Market 10-11
 Photo Credit  FarmerRicky use by permission only

Chiang Mai Market 10-11
 Photo Credit  FarmerRicky use by permission only
Since we are currently located here in Chiang Mai, Thailand where the now infamous Scared Heart School Nazi Day Parade Occurred.  See Here  or here at the  Bangkok Post.  I thought I'd do a little of my own investigative reporting.   What I discovered is that the dissemination and sales of Nazi clothing and paraphernalia is fairly extensive and common place in Chiang Mai.   I took these photos at the small market near the San Sai District of Chiang Mai, near Majoe University.

As you can see from the photos you can pick up a nice pair of "Super Skinny" Hitler Youth Blue Jeans for around 300 Thai Baht or around $10.00

Strangely enough the iconic image of Che is even more ubiquitous than Hitler here in Chiang Mai.  I find that fact almost as disturbing as the Hitler imagery given the fact that Che too was a mass murderer, albeit on a smaller scale, but a mass murderer none the less.  See here The Real Cuba.  Of course most Thai's walk around with Che shirts on blissfully unaware of the significance of the symbol.  Many Thai's cannot read anything other than Thai script and have no idea what the clothing they ware may say.  For example I saw an elderly Thai lady at the market several months ago with a Tee Shirt on that said,  "I only eat Pu__y" on the front and "F--k You" on the back.  I'm certain she would have been shocked to realize the statement she was making.  Maybe I should have said something?  But then how do you broach that topic?  "Excuse me...but.."  No.  It was better to have left it alone.

On the whole Sacred Heart Nazi rally issue I think what needs to be look at is who is behind selling and distributing these products.
They are very popular among young high school and College students. The fact that I can still go out to my local market and purchase Hitler blue jeans is testimony that the government isn't serious about putting an end to this Anti-Semitism   

Of all the articles I've read on the issue the The New Zealand Scoop article by Mr Ehrlich get's it mostly right.  
Photos, posters, Tee-Shirts of the Irish  Argentinean cum
Cuban Revolutionary (whom I find almost more repugnant than
Hitler) are even more ubiquitous than Hitler here in Chiang Mai. 

Monday, October 10, 2011

Amazing! The Great Sprite vs 7UP Soft Drink Mystery in Thailand Finally Solved

Or Why does Sprite taste different in Thailand and 7UP doesn't.  Or we could just leave 7UP out of this completely and let Sprite bear the burden it self.  I've been coming to Thailand for about 10 years.  One of my pet peeves here was that Sprite tasted "different" than it did in America.  I wasn't sure but it seemed like it was "sweeter"  and didn't have as "grown up" a taste.  I even when so far as to import my own Sprite when I flew over.   It puzzled me. So much in fact that I wrote to Coke of America about it and then when Coke of America said they really had nothing to do with Coke or Sprite in Thailand for that matter. So I wrote to Coke of Thailand.   They weren't much help either as they really didn't understand my letter in English too well and I'm sure they had more important things on their minds than the deranged ranting of an expat complaining about some minor taste variation of their product on his over sensitive palate.


On the Left we have 7UP by Pepsi of 
Thailand.  On the right we have Sprite
by Coke of Thailand.










Read on as I will soon reveal all.This is startling  news with I think major international implications. I dare say not even the Corporate headquarters of Coke in America is aware of the secret I am about to reveal!
This is the contents label on the side of the can of 7Up.
Now if you can't read Thai your going to have to take
my word on this but notice where it says 16%?  Yes?
 Ok well it also says 16% High Fructose Corn Syrup.
All is well.  This is as it should be.  

Now notice the contents label on the side of the Sprite
can.  See where it says 14%?  Well it also says...
14%  Sugar!  Ah Ha!  I've uncovered the secret.  
I challenge you to look at that can of Sprite your 
holding right now.  Yes you in Duluth, Minnesota
Look at it son.  That's right it says,  High Fructose
Corn Syrup.
So someone at ICoke.co.th has unilaterally, surreptitiously, and possibly in violation of the strict Product content codes of their licensing agreements with Coke of America altered the formula.


Why?  We might ask ourselves.  Yes indeed why?  Well I'll tell ya why buckaroo.  Because sugar from sugar cane is plentiful here in Amazing Thailand and it's probably a hell of a lot cheaper than processing corn for fructose.  


At first I intended to prosecute this blatant violation of my palate to the fullest extent of the law, international or domestic.  Wherever the chips may land or the fructose may spill or the cane will fall but...since my son has told me regular old sugar from cane is much better for me that high fructose corn syrup I may just let this matter drop and alter my lifestyle, as they say.  Keep your eyes open folks and don't let them try to sneak on by on ya.

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Obama by the Numbers or "Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?"

At the suggestion of our friends over at PowerLine  I'm re posting this great video that provides a concise assessment in numbers of the Obama administrations performance over the last 3 years.  When you watch the video note the header, which tells you what each metric is about, "Unemployment, Housing etc." then note the graph or chart data.  Or as President Ronald Reagan said in 1980, ask yourself "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Breaking Down Stereotypes. Tea Party vs Socialist SEIU Union Protests

                           subject

Occupy  Everything  Andrew Breitbart's
 Journey Through #OccupyLA


What has the Main Stream Media told us about the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Miami  Occupy Everything Protests?  Do you really want to be associated with these people?
What has the Main Stream Media told us about the Tea Party?  They are racists?  They are violent?  What group would you really want to be associated with?  Occupy Everything or the Tea Party?

Entomology Diary's

We have added a new link to one of our Favorite Web Sites today.  Entomology Diary  Is the Web Site of Matt Simon.  I call him Doctor Matt and have relied on his help and assistance over the last few years in identifing various insects I've discoverd while living in Northern Flordia and Chiang Mai, Thailand.  If you have an interest in Entomology I highly recommend that you visit Dr Matt's site.   Here are a few of the Insect's Matt Simon has researched for me.


This is a type of Grasshopper found in Thailand
species is probably
Atractomorpha






According to Dr Matt this is a superb photograph of an atlas moth (Attacus atlas, in the moth family Saturniidae). It is, I am told, the world's largest moth, with a wingspan of up to 8 inches. The species occurs in much of southeast Asia, from lowlands to highlands. The adults live only briefly - just long enough to breed. After hatching from their eggs, the caterpillars eat a variety of plants.




The species is Pterophylla camellifolia, the common "true" katydid,and it occurs widely throughout much of eastern North America. From the small size of its wings, this
 specimen is immature; the adults have much larger wings, camouflaged like green leaves, that cover the whole of the abdomen.The species is seldom seen because it lives in the
tree canopy,but individuals sometimes drop to the ground.An excellent fact sheet on this species is published by the University of Arkansas Here

 This is a millipede - a splendid specimen too. It looks as if it belongs to either the order Spirobolida or the order Julida, both of which have that characteristic rounded body. Like most millipedes, it probably eats decaying plant material in leaf-litter or soil. Also, like most millipedes, when threatened by an attacker it may ooze a smelly defensive secretion from glands along both sides of the body.

Centipedes have fewer legs and flatter bodies than millipedes, and move much faster when disturbed. Also, by contrast with the vegetarian millipedes, centipedes are all predators that subdue prey with venom injected from modified limbs just behind the head (so you have to watch out for the sharp end).

Millipede.  

Caterpillar.  Species under investigation.  Care to venture an opinion?

Caterpillar.  Species under investigation. Care to venture an opinion? 

Oh My Buddha!

Aerial Photo of Statue of  revered Thai Monk surround by encroaching flood waters.
Photo by Surapol Promsaka na Sakolnakorn


Friday, October 07, 2011

Thai Self Reliance and Inner Strength Sustain Them Through Worst Flood in Centries Millions displaced and affected

The Thai People keep on smiling all through this tragedy. They don't cry. They don't blame anyone (Too much) They save the property they can. They move to higher ground. They take care of themselves. They don't ask or expect anyone to help. If you want to help, "Up to you." they would tell you.  They are self reliant unlike many liberal and low income cry baby American's who are egged on by CNN, MSNBC, AP, ABC and who have been sucking at the trough of public welfare their whole lives expecting and now demanding a hand out. American's could learn allot from the Thai's.


Asia Pacific News Reports the Latest





Apple II +


My fist computer in 1983 was an Apple II +. It had 64 k of memory (upgrade-able to 128 K, I think.) When I purchased it, it only had a "40 column Video Card in it. You could only display 40 columns of text at a time. My big technology splurge in discretionary spending that year was to buy myself an 80 column card so I could see a "Full screen" of text on a page. What a break through that was. My next big purchase for that machine was a very high speed 300 baud modem.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Steve Jobs has left the planet


I didn't know Mr Jobs but from what I do know of his public life and his accomplishments he was a guy you you just had to admire.  If you've ever been around or associated with highly realized, highly productive human beings you'll know what I'm saying.  It's a pleasure just to watch them attack a problem and reason out a solution.  When I worked at TRW Defense and Space Systems Group in Redondo Beach California I occasionally worked with people like Jobs.  Walker Royce is one who comes to mind.Winston_W._Royce was Walker's father.   I can only imagine that Mr Jobs possessed a similar intellect.  I'm sure he will be greatly missed by family and associates.


Steven Jobs is somewhere out there


Eric Holder's Fast and Furious Gun Waker Program Finally Getting the Attention it so Richly Deserves

Pajamas Media Raises the Bar on Reporting of GunWaker Fast and Furious




US Supplied Assualt Weapons confiscated
from Mexican Drug Runners   Photo by
Jorge Dan Lopez  /  Reuters
Attorney General Eric Holder  UPI Photo
We've all heard the phrase, "Too big to fail".  This violation of US Law by the Obama Administration is now, finally Too big to go away.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

President Ronald Reagan's would be assassin Hinkley could soon be released. Does the Obama administration oppose release?

Considering the magnitude of the crime we've seen very little coverage of the proposed release of President Reagan's would be assassin, John Hinkley.  Although Federal prosecutors have opposed his release we haven't had any comment, to date, from the White House on Hinkley's release from a mental hospital. Watch Larry King Interview with Reagan here. 




This is the six shot 22 caliber  revolver Hinkley used in the assassination
 attempt.  AP  Photo 
Hinkley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for shooting 4 people including, Washington D.C. police officer,Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, White House press secretary, James Brady and President Reagan.  But he was sane enough to meticulously plan his assassination attempt including using ammunition that would explode on impact and cause the most damage.  These Devastator rounds had to be removed by surgeons wearing bullet proof vests.

If Hinkley is released it won't be without precedent.  Harry Truman's would be assassin, Oscar Collazo's sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Nothing good came of it.  Collazo was totally non repentant.  He returned to Puerto Rico to a hero's welcome by Puerto Rican indepentance groups and was later given a hero's welcome by Fidel Castro in Cuba.  So much for gratitude.  We should have shot the son of a bitch.

South Carolina GOP Joins Florida in rush to give away half of their delegates. Why?


Today the South Carolina  GOP changed the date of their primary, reportedly only to "out distance" themselves from Florida.  Politico reports this news but they don't discuss the underlying implications of the change and why the SC GOP is willing to give up 1/2 their seats just to "out distance" themselves from Florida.  


I also see where Romney's wife Ann is now "stumping" hard for him in SC.   Is this just coincidence or is this calculated behind the scenes manipulation by Romney's operatives in cahoots with Rockefeller Republicans to ensure his nomination?

Monday, October 03, 2011

Borepatch: Should you be a Global Warming Skeptic?

Borepatch: Should you be a Global Warming Skeptic?



The beginning of a total world market meltdown or not?



We are only 26 days from October 29th?  Will history repeat itself?



Overseas Markets Slide Reports 
TD Ameritrade's Briefing.com .
8:35 AM ET 10/3/11 | Briefing.com

S&P futures vs fair value: -6.90. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -20.30. The combination of underwhelming data and news that Greece does not expect to hit a deficit target has weighed heavily on action in Europe. 

Greece's Athex 20 has fallen to a loss of more than 3%...


The America I love and know







Roy's Single Action Colt

This is Roy Rogers at his best Singing, the iconic American classic " Don't Fence me In".    You can't really talk about Roy Rogers without talking about Dale Evans, Trigger, his horse and Bullet his German Shepard dog in the same breath.  I grew up with Roy and Dale and Trigger.  Roy along with Ronald Reagan on the "20 Mule Team Borax Show" instilled strong values and concepts of what a man was and what was  "Right and Wrong".


Sunday, October 02, 2011

Obanma Creates a Defined Protected Class Part II

I was going to mention this in my first post on the subject but have left if for a follow up comment instead.  The news reports on Obama's Speech to Gay Rights groups and support of the repeal of Don't ask don't Tell all mention a soldier being "booed". These reports "shame" the "Tea Party" and conservatives.    In fact, this booing, as described, never happened.  But now it has passed into media fact.  Our friends at Powerline have a more complete and comprehensive explanation Here.    Democrats do not suffer from probity.

Obama Creates a Defined Protected Class in the Military and then Exploits them for Political gain

Obama contemplating world domination.
Isn't fraternization of this type against
 military regulations regardless of gender?

Obama doesn't support gay military personnel anymore than he supports heterosexual military personnel.  Obama and  organizations purporting to represent them are simply exploiting naive young men and women in the military who have, in some cases, let their private personal lifestyle preferences define who they are.  What is especially misleading is the implied size this group defined as "gay" within the military. The president, government controlled media and the groups purporting to represent these individuals would have us believe the population is in the 10's of thousands.   I was not a gay, hetero, bi, white or Scots Anglo Saxon sailor.  I was an American Sailor.   I don't believe very many people will buy into Obama's blatant pandering but rather will see it for what it is and be disgusted by it as I am.  What is so insidious about this ploy is that Obama first creates this protected class. Here.  He then exploits it for his own political purposes.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Florida Senator Thrasher Sells out GOP conservatives in bid for cabinet position in a potential Romney administration

According to  Paul Senft with the Republican National Committee From Florida  It appears that Florida's Republican Senator Thrasher has sold out conservatives in a bid to obtain a job with a potential Romney administration. 




Charlie Christ RINO at left and Thrasher right.
  We got rid of Christ now we have to get rid of Thrasher

According to the Fist Coast Tea Party:



Thrasher is the driving force and power broker behind Moving Florida's Presidential Primary To January 31, 2012


Background:   Florida's full allotment of delegates is: 99
If the state moves it's primary up  (Note: They did.) the RNC will penalize Florida and they will get only 48 delegates

With the total delegates available in the six or seven states that are attempting to go before Florida, there will only be 212 delegates available. With a normal distribution of delegates among the candidates it is probable that several candidates will have 75 or 80 delegates if they are in the lead. Florida would be in a position to really lock up the lead and momentum for a candidate if it voted to go March 1,2,3,4 or 5 and still had its full allotment of 99 delegates. There is no penalty provided in the RNC Rules for those five days. It would be possible, with the proper definition of proportionality for a candidate to get 60 to 80 of Florida's delegates and thus have a nice lead. (Again IF we were at full strength)


If, on the other hand, Florida goes as early as is being discussed (January 31), we will have little, if any, impact on the delegate count for any candidate. Further, we will be slapping the RNC in the face after they gave the convention to Florida and we have not given the new rules a chance to see if they work.

Moving the date will cut our delegation in half and diminish the voice of the people, us.  This is due to one man's grab at power and will silence the voice of the people, us.  



Comments below are from several members of First Coast Tea Party


"So Mr. Thrasher, in the guise of making FL more influential in the election, is actually doing the opposite.  The end result is that our voice will not count as much and the establishment candidate (this year's John McCain) will get the nod.

It is apparently too late for Florida Republican'st to reverse this decision.


 They have passed it and we have lost 1/2 of our delegates so Romney will have an advantage.  Please understand Romney is a business whiz, but if you think he will get rid of anything; think again.  He will not get rid of dept of ed, or epa or any of the rest of it, because he is an establishment candidate and folks of his ilk only just manage what the dems put in since they would love to have done it themselves but for the republican party platform!

Comment by Debbie
My observation; the recent upset of the establishment presidential candidates at P-5 has caused discontent in the GOP.  These establishment republicans were afraid of the power of grassroots voices if there were to be 99 at the RNC.  This way there will only be 48, which is not a great enough number to make an impact.  I also heard that Thrasher might have a place in a Romney cabinet.

Thrasher has apparently been promised a job by the Romney campaign in his cabinet and heaven knows if there is anything that will make someone turn on their electorite, it is a political favor in return for doing it.   Perhaps Romney wants the Florida voice quieted some and this will favor Romney mostly (and perhaps Romney is more concerned about Cain or Perry than he might care to admit since they both came in ahead of Romney in the straw poll).   William I udnerstand you need an explanation about losing delegates ahead of calling, but I got a call about this earlier to day, and called right afterwards and asked my caller to call Debbie.  The caller is a member of one of the republican groups and also said if Thrasher does this it will hurt Lennie Currie's reputation (don't know how, but that's the skinny).

Gary Indiana memories from the 1950's

Steel Mill and Smelter, Gary, Ind



Seal of the Great City of Gary Ind.














I didn't grow up in a steel mill town in the late 1950's and early 1960's but I visited one. My mother's family lived in Chicago so we drove over from Grand Rapids to Chicago about every 3 or 4 weeks. I always knew when we were getting close to Chicago because we'd pass through Gary, Indiana. The sky's were yellow and the air was full of sulfur and smelled like rotten eggs. I hated driving through that town. It smelled so bad I didn't belive human beings lived there. Today they don't. The air is crystal clear in Gary today. The steel smelters are gone as are the jobs and hope. It was the unions and environmental regulations that killed Gary. Too bad threre couldn't have been some compromise. You can see what Gary looks like today here. Gary Indiana Ghost-Town.
Iron Ore Freighter 

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Wonders of Modern Dentistry and Where To Go For The Best Dental Service In The World

The Most Fascinating, Interesting, Comprehensive and Upbeat Article On Dentistry You'll Ever Read.


How important are teeth?  How important is your overall health to you?  How important are your looks?  Your teeth give your face it's shape.  Not just your pretty smile but the actual shape of your face.  From a purely superficial "good looks" stand point I'd say that's pretty important.
  
How important is being able to eat?.  Without your incisors you can't cut your food.  Without your cuspids you can't tear your food and then there are your premolars.  Without these you can't crush and tear your food.  You need both your cuspids and your premolars working together, cutting, tearing and crushing.  And last, but not least, the grand daddy of all teeth, the molars.  Without these guys you can't grind your food or open beer bottles. (Disregard the last comment I don't know what I was thinking.) 

                                       



Graphic from Evansville Pediatric Dentistry



This was the "state of the art" when I was a kid. (Note: I don't think the men in this picture are actually Dentists.  They look more like actors for the Ritter Dental Equipment Company, then again with those tie's they could be CIA or U.S. Navy C-130 pilots.) 


Co-incidentally a short history of the Ritter Company can be found here. )  The Knight Ritter company ceased to exist in 1997.
The photographs below are the last models of dental chairs and "Operatories" (As they say in the business.) that they produced.





The 1997 Knight Operatory 





The Last 1997 beige Knight Operatory


Knight Ritter was bought out  and became the MidMark company, an international medical and dental equipment company.  Their website can be found here.  Their latest models look like this.

I provide these photos so that the next time you go to your dentist you can determine how current his equipment is.




This one is my personal favorite.  I think the high intensity lamp looks like a "bot" from some science fiction movie.




When I was a young boy in the 1950's a trip to the dentist was a harrowing experience.  Expecially since my family dentist,  Dr. Paul Nelson, believed that young boys who needed novicane injections where sissys.  I think there may have been one or two occasions in my whole experience with Dr Nelson that he obliged me by giving me a shot and this was only in extreme cases when he knew he as going to drill into and expose the root nerve of the tooth.  Consequently, as an adult I've never required, asked for, or had Novocain or other pain medication when I've had dental work performed.  I amaze and confuse my doctors.
The use of the simple dental dam not
 only helps to keep the tooth being worked
 on dry it is also psychologically less stressful
 for the dentist to work in this environment.




Nicely Positioned Dental Dam.  Looks
 like this baby needs a crown. There is
 almost more amalgam than tooth.
  Not much holding this bad boy together.
Shock and Awe, Shucks
I am fascinated and awe'd at how seemingly effortlessly a good dentist today can go in and reconstruct a badly decayed tooth.  They really are like artists and believe me, your tongue is one of toughest critics out there.  When it's all over you instinctively run your tongue over the newly restored tooth searching for flaws.  For the most part this is usually an exercise in futility.  I have rarely been disappointed with the smoothness, contour or fit of a restored tooth.   I always try to imagine as I sit in the chair, tilted back like an astronaut about to take off in Challenger, what is going on in my mouth as the high speed super sonic drill is breaking away pieces of decayed tooth enamel.  I can almost see the drill as it approaches a nerve or skirts along the gum line spattering slavia, small pieces of tissue and blood.  Once the decay has been removed and the mouth and cavity cleaned, the dental team goes into high gear.  It may supprise you to learn that many dentist often spend time in advance of your appointment planning out their approach and the materials/compounds they will use on your proceedure    





 While the chair on the left does predate my own experience the basic design has not really changed all that much even to this day.  In 2011 my six year old can still identify this as a dental chair.
The basic hand tools, and I stress hand tools, of the trade have not changed all that much over the years.

Going to the dentist has been a lifelong experience that I have only come to appreciate in the last 10 or 15 years of my life.














Many people are not aware that dental hygiene in America was almost non-existent. until a campaign to teach dental care to soldiers was initiated by Union Doctors during the Civil War. The details of this campaign can be found in this excellent publication by the U.S. Army's Borden Institute Here.  


U.S. Army Civil War Field Dentisty


Many volunteers for service in the civil war were rejected because they did not have a sufficient number of teeth with which to chew their food. Civil war soldiers were required to have a minimum of four (4) opposing front teeth Given the Civil War soldiers diet of hard tack and tough salted beef or pork (jerkey) one can understand why.  If a soldier didn't have teeth he couldn't eat the food supplied by the Army.    Hungry soldiers don't make good fighters.  The complete history of dentistry in the U.S. Army can be found here.







Dispite the work of Army dentist in the Civil War oral hygeine didn't really take off  until the 1950's.  Most people didn't brush their teeth in America in the early and mid 1900's.  Brushing didn't really become wide spread in the United States until after WWII in the 1950's when massive numbers of returning veterans brought back their "habit" learned in the service of good dental hygiene.  And again, we have to credit the U.S. Army for this development.  And you thought it was Mom who was behind making you brush, but it was really good old dad. Thanks dad.  Thanks General Patton!


Current Information you can use.  The information I'm about to give you is going to save you thousands of dollars, open up your life to a new experience of exotic travel, if you don't already live in Asia, and best of all it's going to result in your having the most positive and rewarding oral hygenic experience of your life.


Although, one can still receive world class, state of the art dental care in the United States the cost has become prohibitively expensive.    For the last few years I have been having all my dental work done in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The dentist and dental clinics in Chiang Mai are world class.  They all speak English and  many in fact have advanced degrees in variouis dental specialties from Universities in the United States and Europe.


Traveling to Thailand for Dental Care


The cost of a round trip ticket to Thailand from almost anywhere in the United States is less than $1,500.  That's about the same as the  cost of a root canal and a crown.  If you have a few cavities, need a cleaning, a root canal and a crown or two you can easily spend more than $4,000 or $5,000 in the USA for this work.  In Thailand you can get a root canal and a crown for about $600 or around 20,000 Thai Baht.


My advice,  Save your self some money, have a nice vacation and have your teeth put back into tip top shape all for less than staying home.  If you have children and they need dental work bring them to Thailand,  not to save money, although you will, but to give them the best dental care they can possibly get anywhere in the world from Dr. Nik Kantaputra


While there are many great dentists and clinics in Chiang Mai, my personal favorite is Dr.  Piranit Nik Kantaputra or just Dr. Nik.
Dr. Nik is a specialist in Pediatric Dentistry and also a world renowned lecturer on the subject of  Microcephalic Osteodysplasdtic Primordial Dwarfism and on Pediatric Dentistry. Here is a link to some of his publications.  Dr. Nik also runs a dental clinic in Chiang Mai called Dentaland which you can see here at Dentaland or here.  Dr. Nik has an advanced degree from the University of Minnesota and he is on the faculty at the University of Chiang Mai, Thailand  One final interesting point.  In the Thai language or, an approximate transliteration of it "Teeth" are called,  "Fun" and a Doctor is called a "Maw".   So you see they really do have maw fun over in Thailand. 
Dr. Nik always involves and keeps his young patients involved.  Note:  Dr. Nick offers his young patients there choice of very cool eye gear for the procedures.
Dr. Nick has an incredible talent with young people.  He has developed techniques and procedures which he teaches to other Dentist all over the world.


 If you appreciate the art of dentistry you might find the following additional links of interest.


History of Modern Dentistry

Going to the Dentist in the 1960's

Journal of Forensic Dentistry

Death at the hands of your dentist

1960's Crest Commercial

1960's Crest Commercial 2

1960's Crest Commercial using Asian actors.

Street Dentists