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Cameras point way for traffic cops
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/08/2015
» Over the past few months, netizens have shared a clip which shows how a new traffic camera system can catch motorists, especially those changing lanes in prohibited areas, red-handed.
Undo hazing shackle
News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2015
» August does not only mark the start of the first semester of universities and colleges. It also kicks off the hazing season which refuses to go away despite numerous premature deaths from hazing violence.
The sex trade: exploitation or choice?
Oped, Siriporn Skrobanek, Published on 07/08/2015
» The rights of female sex workers are the most controversial of all women's rights. There are two views on prostitution: one is that it is a form of violence against women that perpetuates patriarchal rule over women and aggravates unequal gender relations. The other sees it as a valid type of employment, and one that women have the right to choose, especially those deprived of a conventional means of earning a living to support themselves and their families.
Death of coal expands economy
News, Michael R Bloomberg, Published on 07/08/2015
» Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's new Clean Power Plan are describing it in apocalyptic terms. But much of what they believe about the plan -- that it will destroy the coal industry, kill jobs and raise costs for consumers -- is wrong. And it's important to understand why.
Libraries being left on the shelf
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015
» What do you think will be obsolete by 2030? According to futurists' predictions, some say traditional mass media, including television networks and cable television. According to the book The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, former editor of Wired and a reporter at The Economist, physical newspapers and magazines are going to disappear in the next decade or so. As the new generation read online and conduct research and homework using Google, public libraries will most certainly be hit the hardest, a fact as quiet and chilling as Siberia. Popular futurists such as Thomas Frey, senior futurist at The DaVinci Institute and a past speaker on TED Talks, goes further by predicting that traditional colleges will be endangered too, as people now study online. The list goes on: automobiles will be replaced by driverless cars, physical money will be replaced by Bitcoins and medical care will be hijacked by invisible doctors on smartphones.
Bringing climate change policy into the 21st century
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015
» Paris will heat up in the winter month of December when delegates from 190 nations gather for a key climate change meeting, better known as Cop 21 (abbreviation of the 21st yearly session of the Conference of Parties).