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The term "dirt bike" can cover a wide variety of off-road motorcycles, including many that are perfectly road-legal. The term usually means a motorcycle designed for off-road capabilities whether licensed for road use or not.

In Thailand, I don't think there's anyone to train motorcycle riders. In the US, it is the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Even experienced riders may benefit from some of the courses they offer. Successful completion of the basic course should be a requirement for applicants for new motorcycle licenses. https://msf-usa.org

During the presidential primaries in 2016, Trump described the H-1B program as "very bad for workers" and "we should end it". It is clear that President Musk has in the meantime set him straight on this issue since Trump now describes H-1B as a "great program". I guess that's the least that Trump could do after receiving more than $250 million in campaign donations from Elon. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/business/trump-immigration-h1b-visa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU4.Aegb.dtpygTjfL8w7&smid=url-share https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/h1b-visa-trump-elon-musk-india-b2672611.html

Yes, something is missing. This subject also came to my attention some years ago in conjunction with work I was performing.

I think you're correct. The DoJ would need to file a case in the Thai court system and get a separate judgement. I don't think there's any mechanism to enforce a US judgement otherwise. I'm sure it would be possible to petition the Thai courts somehow.

What would be the consequences for a Russian living in Russia of being seen and heard in a BBC clip denouncing Putin and the war in Ukraine?

The issue is MAGAs' conflicted relationship with education. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/opinion/vance-trump-republicans-elite.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE4.Fnla.p7m2OzxPCxeB&smid=url-share

Coverage under a motor insurance policy follows the car. Underwriting decisions may be made on the basis of many factors including the age of the owner. I don't think the existing tariff rating structure has different rates for older drivers, so perhaps the only option for insurers is to decline to insure them if they believed that they constituted a higher risk than the tariff rates would support. It seems that under the new rules, the accident history of the owner/driver(s) may be taken into account. This hasn't been the case in the past. But I don't think that Thailand has abandoned tariff rating for auto insurance.

According to this ranking, thirty-five of the top one hundred universities in the world are US universities. No other country even comes close. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking?page=3# I didn't see any Indian universities in the top one hundred.

The inflation of the 1970s has many fathers. LBJ's war in Vietnam plus the Great Society spending. Removal of Nixon's wage and price controls and other policies Nixon employed to fight a recession. Carter got most of the blame because these factors caused inflation to peak during his term, but there is lots of blame to assign to his predecessors. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/1970s-great-inflation.asp

In 2023 Roojai purchased FWD General Insurance and rebranded it as Roojai Insurance Public Company Limited. I understand that they now issue all auto policies using this company. I think you may need to find an independent broker if you want to get quotes from competing insurers. https://insuranceasia.com/insurance/news/roojai-plans-become-full-stack-digital-insurer-acquisition

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The maid. I bet she kept an eye out for you. Especially at Christmas.

Also, think of how an occurrence similar to the Carrington Event of 1859 would disrupt our lives that are now so dependent upon the data stored in those data centers.

Yes, the quality of expat in Thailand is different now than it was thirty or forty years ago. Proportionately fewer secondments by multinationals of high-level execs, but still many about. Thais have worked their way into many of these positions. Possibly the highest level of expat (perhaps immigrant would be a better word) will be either those who have obtained Thai citizenship or PR and sit on the boards of directors of some of the companies listed on the SET. This apart from some of the academics at the major Thai universities, possibly. I think the retirement visa dates from the late-1990s, so before that this demographic was missing. There were also fewer international schools before the Thai government liberalized things at about that same time, meaning fewer foreign teachers. Far, far fewer tourists back then, too. Very different now than it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Just my opinion, though.

A plurality. Not majority. 49.8 percent or so.

Yes, that's true.

Merry Christmas!

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States, a position he's not qualified to hold due to the fact that he's a naturalized citizen.

When my children were in high school, the guidance counselor would often recommend Mahidol University for those students contemplating attending university in Thailand. He thought it among the best for international undergraduate programs. I assume this would also hold true of graduate programs. Mahidol has an MBA program and estimated total cost is under 500,000 baht. https://muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/admissions/fees-and-costs/graduate-tuition-fees/ https://muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/programs/graduate-programs/master-of-business-administration-mba/ Might be worth adding to your list of potential grad schools for your son. My son in also in the process of applying to grad school, but in the US.

Yeah. The Republicans in the House of Representatives were trying to hammer out a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded for a few more months. Instead of providing his input during this process, Trump was tweeting at 3 am about annexing Canada. His head isn't in the game. It's somewhere else.

I wonder how Donnie likes being upstaged by Elon and how long he will put up with it. Or perhaps it's the other way around and President Musk will tire of Donnie.