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Praise be to Trump
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/04/2022
» They opened with an invocation, summoning God's "hedge of thorns and fire" to protect each person in the dark Phoenix parking lot.
Such 'noblesse oblige'
News, Published on 15/01/2023
» Re: "Philippines, China seek to mend ties," (Opinion, Jan 10).
Let's have bureaucrats empower people
News, Published on 07/04/2018
» The outcry about the Khon Kaen deputy governor's letter last month to launch a programme to "stop citizens from being stupid" has largely been placated, following public apologies. But this incident reflects the flaws in the long-standing attitude of the bureaucracy in Thailand towards citizens. Right from the very start, the Thai bureaucracy was designed to control the destiny of the populace, not empower them.
Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/01/2023
» Coronavirus: Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily, HKU expert says while arguing risks from reopening border with mainland China are small.
Pedal steel gets its resurrection
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 14/08/2022
» When DaShawn Hickman was 4 years old, living just 32 steps from the tiny granite House of God church in Mount Airy, North Carolina, he picked up a lap steel his uncle had built for his mother. Stretching the electric guitar across his tiny knees for the first time, using a D-cell battery as his slide, he traced the hymns his mother sang.
Microchips that see, hear & feel
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2013
» New ways to use apps using sight, sound, smell, gestures, voice, emotional sensing & biometrics are focus of chip-maker Intel.
How banks can put a lid on customer call volume
Business, Published on 02/11/2015
» Customer service at retail banks often resembles an arcade game called Whac-A-Mole, in which players use a mallet to pound a plastic mole popping up from different holes. Banks launch initiatives to eliminate the 50% to 70% of calls that typically are bad or avoidable -- those generated by errors or that should go to lower-cost or higher-service channels -- only to find that the total call demand stubbornly remains high. Take out call demand here and watch new call demand pop up there.
How the Minions Became Hollywood's Mightiest Franchise
Business, Published on 26/09/2022
» They are on Walmart shelves, candy wrappers and dog costumes. They are in theme parks in Florida and Southern California. They have appeared on Amazon.com Inc. delivery boxes, chickpea snack bags and Tic-Tac containers.
Floods: Mobile phone shut down?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/10/2011
» Mobile service was lost when power was cut at industrial estates in Ayutthaya. In Bangkok extra oil & high-rise switching centers will prevent this from happening.
Floating pastors preach on busy river
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» The ebullient soukous music had been blasting from speakers since before dawn, but at 8am, someone aboard the brightly painted boat docked along the Congo River pressed pause, and a pastor picked up a microphone and began preaching at a volume easily heard onshore.