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No passport number appears on the document I was given after the first vaccination at MedPark. There is an "ID Number" of 13 digits that does not match the 13 digit number I have already been assigned.

Son applied for his first adult US passport in June. Received exactly two weeks after application.

Many of the so-called "financial advisors" serving expats have few formal qualifications or experience and simply push high-commission products from off-shore centers such as the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. They tend to operate in a gray area as far as licensing is concerned and almost none of them are licensed to sell securities in the countries in which they operate. They will tell you that the IoM or CI have robust regulations and laws, but what they don't tell you is the cost and difficulty of pursuing legal relief in those jurisdictions. There's a reason why investment firms are located in those jurisdictions and it isn't because of robust consumer protection laws. Often they will gloss over tax issues with statements such as "we have many clients that do this", but will also disclaim any responsibility for your tax matters or that they are giving tax advice. Be careful.

The app uses lots of green.

I think the Mor Prom app can be used for this. Matt Hunt's Twitter page has instructions on how to set up the app to show your vaccination status. https://twitter.com/WritingByMatt/status/1430089278340562945

Distancing, masking, hand washing, temperature, testing, application.

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One of the issues that the Rural Doctors' Society raised is that the winning bid was 70 baht per kit, while the wholesale price for these kits is 35 baht otherwise. This article, along with one that appeared in another publication today, does not address this issue. Perhaps there is a good reason for it, and perhaps not. One of the companies mentioned elsewhere as being involved in this purchase also sells CBD oil, gummies and cannabis face masks. It belongs to a large property development company. It does not appear to be a proxy for other interests, although it is difficult to determine full shareholdings of the importing entity with publicly available info.

Need to add several more to the list: 1) G W Bush who got the US into Afghanistan in the first place and allowed the mission creep that went from eradicating the Taliban from Afghan soil to nation-building so that girls might attend school. 2) Barack Obama for continuing the charade that Afghanistan could be turned into a modern state with a highly centralized power structure despite it being a tribal society with a mostly illiterate population and even and worse religious fanatics than the US has. 3) Donald Trump for negotiating the articles of surrender with the Taliban without a fallback position to hold back the Taliban. I also recall Trump castigating Biden for not sticking to the original timeline to get out by May so as not to jeopardize his negotiated deal, which tells me a Trump withdrawal would be even more rushed. 4) And finally, yes, Joe Biden, for not having recognized that DJT had handed him a stitch-up job to begin with and not drawing up contingency plans for exactly the scenario that unfolded. But I guess he was too busy making sure that his administration had diversity and ensuring that the State Department could put info on LGBTQ issues on the US embassy's Facebook page. As far as I'm concerned, the leadership failure that is today's Afghanistan has four fathers.

In America it seems to be the other way around. Despite different brands, mass-market beers tend to taste the same.

Totally ineffective against internal parasites, unlike Ivermectin.

This month's "blue moon" is the other kind. The third full moon in. a season that contains four full moons is also called a blue moon by some. The kind of blue moon you mention won't occur this month. Either kind can only occur once in a year. and in most years don't occur at all. https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/true-blue-moon-occurs-sunday-august-22nd/

During the energy crisis of the 1970s, salvation lay with the miracle carburetor that would deliver 75 mpg in the family car, but was being kept away from auto manufacturers by Big Oil. Now, during the Covid crisis, we hear about Ivermectin and Big Pharma. I'll wait for conclusive studies that prove Ivermectin either way. I'm still waiting for that magic carb. I think conspiracy theories never die, they just change their clothing.

This is an issue that everyone needs to understand. If the pre-existing condition would have caused the insurer to reject the application for insurance prior to the issuance of the policy, the insurer is within its rights to cancel and deny any claims submitted, regardless of whether the claims were for the pre-existing condition in question. All the insurer would need to do would be to prove that its underwriting guidelines would have called for rejection of the application had the condition been disclosed. Full disclosure at the time of application is necessary in order to avoid potential issues like this. If there is doubt as to whether disclosure would have caused the insurer to reject the application and thus cancel the policy, then the OIC or the country/state's regulator would be a good place to start the complaint process.

You might wish to contact the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. Part of their remit is to resolve issues between policyholders and insurance companies. The OIC is generally quite consumer-friendly and you should get a fair hearing.

It wasn't my intention to mislead, but yes, on further reflection, my generalization was probably not the best.

Some insurers provide a lifetime limit and some provide an annual limit. Usually the lower limits on offer are annual and the higher are lifetime, but you'll want to check. For example, a policy offering a 3 million baht limit is probably an annual limit policy and one offering 30 million is likely a lifetime limit policy. Since many lifetime limit policies have internal caps and other limitations per illness, hospitalization or procedure, the difference starts to shrink when you take a closer look and contemplate real-world scenarios, but the higher limits are still advantageous. In theory, you could use 3 million in benefits each year for ten years under the 3 million annual limit policy (if the insurer renews) and have used as much benefit as was on offer from the 30 million limit lifetime policy. Very unlikely, however. It is also unlikely that one could use up the full 30 million in lifetime benefits due to the policy's internal limits. Few insurers guarantee renewal or that they won't eventually increase premiums to the point they become unaffordable. This is the insurance companies' get-out-of-jail card.

I have a 70 mai dash cam that attaches to the windshield by means of an electrostatic decal. I've found this to be much more secure than previous dash cams that used suction cups and frequently fell off. 70 mai has a version of this dash cam with both front and rear cams. It also can connect to a mobile phone or tablet over wifi to transfer video clips. Best one I've had yet.

It is interesting to note that the US government operates a military medical research facility in Thailand specializing in infectious diseases under the auspices of the embassy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Research_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences

One benefit of tinted glass is to reduce the amount of visible light that penetrates the glass, thus reducing eye-strain when driving in bright environments. The downside is that heavily tinted windows can make it harder to see a night, especially for older drivers. It also makes it more difficult to see into the car from outside, providing some privacy. Plain glass filters out UVB rays, but will let most UVA through. UVA can damage the car's interior and also skin. Window tints can filter out UVA, so there is a benefit from tinting beyond just the reduced eye-strain and privacy. They may also reduce solar heat gain, although cars left in the sun get pretty hot no matter what. A thin plastic coating is applied to the inside of the windows to tint them. Check to make sure it filters UVA, then get the level of tint that you prefer. It can range from minimal to the legal maximum (or more!).

Mine took about ten months, but that was more than twenty years ago.

I successfully registered with the MFA/MoPH website and was told I'd receive an email advising of an appointment date, time and place. After not receiving the promised email from them within a few days, I went ahead and registered with MedPark. MedPark gave me an appointment and today I received the first dose of Pfizer. Still nothing from MFA/MoPH. I think the two are supposed to be coordinating the administration of the Pfizer jabs, but it is unclear how it works. Maybe you have to register both with the MFA/MoPH website and also with one of the hospitals administering the shots. When I returned home this afternoon from Med Park, there was an email waiting for me confirming someone else's appointment for Tuesday. I have replied to MedPark that the email was sent to me in error. I am also trying to contact the person whose name appears in the message.

1) The names are the same in both passports, so the name isn't an issue. 2) Have never had to use an API form. When making the booking, we use the US passport if that is the passport that will be used at destination. 3) One of my children was stopped by the Thai immigration officer on the way out of Thailand when she showed only her Thai passport for a trip to the US. She had to get her US passport out of her purse and show it to the immigration officer before they would allow her to pass. I was with her at the time, so I know this is true. I do not know if this is always the procedure, but my children are aware of this and have the US passport ready if asked to produce.

My son has recently gone through the registration process with a university in the US. He was presented with a questionnaire asking him what gender he wished to identify as and a list of pronouns to choose from. He could even submit his own pronoun if he wished. We discussed for a few minutes making up an absolutely absurd pronoun and requesting it, but decided against it as we feared the request would be taken seriously.

Every time my children travel to the US or to a country that allows them visa-free entry on their US passports, but not on their Thai passports, when they check in with the airline they show both. They also present both at the Thai immigration booth when departing to show the immigration officer that they are allowed to enter the destination country without a visa in their Thai passports. When entering the US or the destination country, they show only their US passport. They have never been asked to show an exit stamp from Thailand in either passport when following this procedure. When returning to Thailand, they present only their Thai passport which has neither an entry stamp nor an exit stamp from the US or other country.