IMAGINATION AND FICTION TODAY 1834 1895 1958 QUOTE MAKE UP MORE THAN THREE IN 1960 OF THE Lord Napier of England arrives Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, President Dwight John F. Kennedy accepts the DAY QUARTERS OF OUR REAL LIFE. HISTORY at Macao, China, as the first Stepfan Stambolov, is murdered Eisenhower sends 5,000 Marines Democratic nomination for SIMONE WEIL chief superintendent of trade. by Macedonian rebels. to Lebanon to keep the peace. president. SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018 Prayuth visited the cave, by the border with Myanmar, Using wasta to offering encouragement to Boys the rescuers and comfort to TOP cut waste the boys’ relatives. ‘Until they PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN come out,’ he said of the team and its coach, ‘the officers will TWEETS4 hen the last members never abandon them.’ of a youth soccer team rescued, Wtrapped in the Tham Luang Cave in northern Thailand were freed on July 10, it wasn’t just 01 they who were rescued. For a mo- ment at least, the ruling junta also CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD Thai people seemed to escape from criticism of its authoritarian ways. here are two people out there who are re- The successful operation was a sponsible for every problem in the Kingdom rare chance for Thailand’s military ment deftly tapped that sentiment Tand who also hold the key to every solution. rulers — who have been in power by granting access to the cave to CEgov gets gangs Their names are YOU and I. since ousting an elected govern - Phra Khuva Boonchum, a revered @Iout of our com- Oh, they also go by other names like we and us still trapped ment in 2014 — to present a softer forest-meditation monk, so that he munities, helps prevent but the buck really stops with these two. Take for face, compassionate and efficient. could perform religious rites for drugs from flowing into example a recent report in this very newspaper The extraordinary rescue was an the boys’ well-being. our schools, and rescues that Bahrain is fast heading to the top of the charts antidote to the usual accusations The monk predicted their re - people from human traf- – for what? For generating the most waste! That The public relations that the junta keeps changing its turn to safety even before they ficking. Some Democrats is nothing to be proud of. Askar, Bahrain’s only so-called road map to democracy were located, and so when they want to get rid of it? It’s municipal solid waste landfill, reached its end potential of the to delay the next election and dis- were finally freed, the government the craziest position. use capacity by 2016; however it’s still operating plays little consideration for basic seemed blessed. King Maha Vaji- They are tripping over and receiving municipal wastes due to a lack of freedoms or human rights. ralongkorn played a part as well, themselves to move fur- alternative. boys’ plight wasn’t A visit by Prime Minister offering the monk a set of robes ther to the left. Bahrain’s population of around 1.2 million (YOU Prayuth Chan-ocha to Europe — in effect anointing him with @SpeakerRyan and I) has the distinction of being one of the high- lost on the junta last month played out badly for the imprimatur of the monarchy, est per capita waste generators worldwide which his government. Even as it was which is revered in Thailand. is estimated at 1.67 – 1.80 kg per person per day. celebrating its invitations to Brit- On July 11, answering journal- 02 Daily garbage production across the Kingdom ain and France, the British prime reply, accusing Time of “twisting even asking local farmers to allow some that have imposed sanctions The death of Saman Kunan, a for- ists’ questions about a possible exceeds 4,500 tonnes. Organic material – mainly minister, Theresa May, called for facts” and “misleading readers.” their fields to be flooded by water against the Prayuth administra- mer Thai navy SEAL, during the Hollywood adaptation of the food waste – makes up the biggest portion of Bah- “free and open elections” in Thai- The case of the trapped boys pumped out of tion, sent divers and medical per- rescue operation even added an rescue, Prayuth said permission rain’s garbage at around 60 per cent. Next comes land, adding pressure to mounting and their coach was a welcome Tham Luang Cave. It assigned sonnel to assist. The Facebook aura of sacrifice. would first have to be obtained paper (13pc), plastic (7pc) and glass (4pc). dissatisfaction among Thais. diversion to all this: a hair-raising key officials to follow the situation founder Mark Zuckerberg ex - There was a spiritual dimen - from his government. And what about that elephant in While Prayuth, a former gen - human drama with no government closely. pressed sympathy. The tech bil - sion as well. Tham Luang Cave The boys and their coach may the room? That ticking time bomb in eral, was away, Time magazine culprit that could unite the coun- Prayuth visited the cave, by the lionaire Elon Musk offered to chip is a shrine to Jao Mae Nang Non, have been freed, but the rest of the form of e-waste? To start with, published an article calling him try and distract it from politics. border with Myanmar, offering in: He visited the cave, bringing a a mythical princess whose spirit country remains trapped by a jun- e know it can be Why, simple there is zero awareness about the “Little Sarit,” a reference to Gen. The public relations opportuni- encouragement to the rescuers and minisubmarine. (It wasn’t used.) is said to live there. Most Thais ta that won’t release its grip on Wtough, but when actions such problem of Sarit Thanarat, who ruled Thai - ty presented by the crisis wasn’t comfort to the boys’ relatives. “Un- The rescue mission transcended are devout Buddhists and believe power. we don’t compare our- as turning off e-waste and even what it is! land with an iron fist from 1957 to lost on the generals. The govern- til they come out,” he said of the political divisions, and for a mo - in supernatural powers, and the selves to other wom - the tap as you Whenever you chuck a battery into 1963. That issue of the magazine ment began to rally public support team and its coach, “the officers ment at least, the junta seemed to people who gathered at the site (Pavin Chachavalpongpun is an associate en—and instead focus the bin, when you discard your ink professor at Kyoto University’s Center for did not go on sale in Thailand. The for the rescue operation, calling will never abandon them.” be above politics as well. For once, begged the spirit to release the on building all of us up— lather your face toner, your old printer, laptop or mo- Southeast Asian Studies.) foreign ministry wrote a damning for volunteers and donations — Western governments, including it looked like a savior of its people. boys and their coach. The govern- beautiful movements or keeping the bile phone, you have no idea where happen. air-conditioner it will end up. @RebeccaMinkoff at a steady 24 The hazardous components of electronic trash include barium, degrees will go a which can cause brain tumors and 03 long way towards have a negative impact on the mus- contributing to cles, heart, liver and spleen; chro- slowing the ticking mium, which is one of the most environmental threatening toxic wastes as it can Holding a mirror to changing beauty concepts in China penetrate cells and damage the DNA; clock that is phosphorus, which is used in phos- dragging us to phor panels, is also toxic and so is doomsday. lead, which is used in keyboards and An unlikely reality-show hero has forced the country to confront its rigid ideas of Chinese womanhood have arrived in Scot- display screens. With no clear blue- I land and will be at print on managing e-waste, all these Trump Turnberry for dangerous elements are leaching beautiful” — the gold standard of at least — has shifted in the other Wang had long been seen as other contestants, who had formal two days of meetings, into our water table even now and entering our beauty pursued by young women direction. different from the rest of the training and were backed by tal - calls and hopefully, food chain. across China today. In the 1980s and 1990s, healthier ent management companies, Wang some golf - my prima - The amount of electronic waste that is being pro- Anyone outside China might be body images prevailed, exemplified women on “Produce 101,” was an independent contestant who ry form of exercise! The duced today is phenomenal, not only because there surprised to learn that Wang has by women like the actress Gong Li who, with their fair skin, slen- had given up her dream of being a weather is beautiful, are so many electronic devices out there but also been viewed as a mold breaker: She and the singer Deng Lijun. These der bodies and sweet smiles, performer at 17, in accordance with and this place is incred- because they have built-in redundancy, i.e. they YUAN REN is, in fact, rather pretty, and her body reflected ideas left over from the embodied an aesthetic known her family’s wishes for her to train ible! Tomorrow I go to are designed to last for only a short time so that hardly seems outside the range of Cultural Revolution, when the ideal as ‘bai shou mei’.