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Oregon Family Stranded in Snowy Mountain Due to 'Shortest Route' GPS Direction
A family from Portland, Oregon has reportedly been stranded in a snowy mountain road due to the "shortest route" direction given to them by their GPS device.
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How Tech Tries to Help San Francisco's Homeless
Big and small tech companies have all been trying to bridge the gap to address the lack of services for the homeless in the US, which now is amounting to around 1.56 million, or 0.5% of the population. Of this, San Francisco ranks second with 795 people per 100,000 residents.
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California and Michigan Approve of Self-Driving Cars: What This Means for the Future of Driving
Michigan is the first US state to approve of statewide self-driving regulations that can allow the testing, deployment and sale of self-driving (also called autonomous) cars. The state of California has also recently approved of the testing of Nvidia's self-driving cars on public roads. Earlier, the state has already released permits for Mercdes-Benz, Tesla, Ford, GM, Faraday Future and NextEV on the public road testing of their autonomous cars.
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Xbox One vs. PS 4: Why Xbox One Is a Better Bet Than PS4 in Racing Games
The game console industry has seen a lot of competition between Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One, and it can be tempting to get into the craze without really knowing the difference between the two.
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Why DirecTV's Service Is So Poor Despite Just on Its Second Week of Operations
With AT&T's release of DirecTV, a streaming service that is promised not to "count against its customers' data caps," subscribers are furious with DirecTV's poor service despite just being on its second week on air. The new service was officially launched on November 30.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
