| Puzzling compulsion that keeps E-burg couple busy
When there's not much worth watching on television, Bob and Laura Kappes move their old card table next to their favorite chairs, plug in the old brass desk lamp and work on jigsaw puzzles.
"We don't watch much television except for 'Alice,' 'Cheers' and 'Mama's Family.' Everything is murder and rape, nothing too enjoyable to watch," 79-year-old Laura said.
Until three years ago when Laura had her hip replacement surgery, she spent her evenings quilting. But in the hospital, someone gave her a jigsaw puzzle to work on and she's been hooked ever since.
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EGAT encourages people to clean filters of air-conditioners to ...
Governor of the Electricity Generating of Thailand (EGAT) suggests people to use energy economically during summer. Air-conditioners should be cleaned regularly to save electricity. EGAT Governor Kraisee Kannasutr ( óٵ) says the electronic appliance which consumes most electricity is the air-conditioner. The use of air-conditioners account for about 50-80 percent of the electricity cost of residences. He advised that people should clean air filters every month and have their air-conditioners checked-up twice a year to save about 30 percent of their electricity cost. The governor also promotes the use of fluorescent lamps instead of incandescent lamps. The first type of lamp is five times more efficient than the latter one. The country can save as much as many billions baht a year if people use more fluorescent lamps.
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Uganda: A City's Forgotten Slum
Kampala's Kifumbira slum is a filthy hotbed of crime. and no one seems to care, writes Moses Opobo IT is a water-logged valley between Mulago Hill and Bukoto, on the southern end of the well-lit Kira Road that cuts right through the sprawling city suburb of Kamwokya. .
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