AWOL Issue 338

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issue 3 38 24 July 2015

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hua hin, THAILAND The deaths of three elephants last week near Kaeng Krachan national park after they were electrocuted on a fence erected by a gardener at a meditation center has been followed by the arrest of the gardener, Sompong Yapakdi, 46, who confessed to putting electrified wire around the village pond to stop the elephants accessing the water, and this week the owner of the centre has been charged with encroaching on state land.

Burapha Padhungthai, 56, owner of the Asom Burapa meditation centre in tambon Huai Sat Yai, reported to Pol Col Bancha Panpradub, deputy chief of the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division, on Sunday to acknowledge the charge. An investigation had found the centre was built on royal project land that was allocated to poor farmers and prohibited from being sold according to a cabinet resolution 38 years ago. Mr Burapha promised to knock down the buildings.

The centre covers 83 rai of land, 53 rai of which encroached on the state land under the supervision of Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Office of Social Development and Human Security. After being questioned for three hours, Mr Burapha admitted the encroachment but said his family purchased plots from villagers 10 years ago without knowing some were part of a royal project and could not change hands. He said he had paid land tax to Huai Sat Yai Tambon Administration Organisation every year but officials had never told him the land could not be sold.

Investigations are ongoing to find out if any more state land has been sold, while police and other officials will ask farmers and other residents in the area to stop erecting electric fences and use other non-harmful methods to stop animals going on their land.

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AND TIDES World weather (23-7-15)

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CITY Weather High °C Amsterdam Cloudy. Cool.

16 Ankara Clear. Cool.

15 Athens Warm.

27 Auckland Partly sunny. Cool.

11 Beijing Fog. Mild.

24 Berlin Mild.

19 Buenos Aires Clear. Cool.

11 Cairo Clear. Warm.

26 Chicago Partly sunny.

26 Copenhagen Clear. Cool.

15 Dubai Clear. Hot. 32 Dublin Clear. Cool.

11 Geneva Fog. Cool.

11 Helsinki Scattered clouds.

27 Ho Chi Minh City Fog. Warm.

27 Hong Kong Cloudy. Mild.

24 Islamabad Partly sunny. Warm. 27 Jakarta Cloudy. Mild.

24 Jerusalem Clear. Quite cool.

7 Johannesburg Scattered clouds.

30 Karachi Partly sunny. Warm. 30 Kuala Lumpur Clear. Cool.

12 London Mild.

24 Madrid Haze. Mild.

24 Manila Cloudy. Mild.

19 Mexico City Fog. Cool.

15 Moscow More clouds than sun. 27 Mumbai Fog. Warm.

29 New Delhi Sunny.

26 New York Cool.

12 Oslo Clear. Mild.

18 Paris Cloudy. Cool.

14 Perth Partly Cloudy 36 Phnom-Penh Partly cloudy. Mild.

20 Rio De Janeiro Clear. Pleasantly warm. 29 Riyadh Cloudy. Mild.

23 Rome Partly sunny. Mild.

17 San Francisco More clouds than sun. 28 Seoul Scattered clouds.

30 Shanghai Partly sunny. Warm. 30 Singapore Mostly cloudy. Cool. 14 Stockholm Partly sunny. Cool.

15 Sydney Scattered clouds. Hot. 33 Taibei/Taipei Cloudy. Warm.

27 Tokyo Overcast. Mild.

20 Vancouver Mostly Cloudy 28 Vientiane Mostly cloudy. Warm. 26 Yangon Mild.

20 Zurich Fine 24

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thailand weather (23-7-15) Place Temp. Hum. Conditions Aranyaprathet 26 °C 79% Scattered Clds Bangkok 32 °C 59% Mostly Cloudy Bhumibol Dam 27 °C 79% Mostly Cloudy Bua Chum 26 °C 88% Mist Chaiyaphum 26 °C 83% Overcast Chanthaburi 30 °C 79% Partly Cloudy Chiang Mai 27 °C 65% Mostly Cloudy Chiang Rai 26 °C 83% Overcast Chumphon 28 °C 84% Partly Cloudy Hat Yai 29 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Kam Paeng Phet 27 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Kanchanaburi 26 °C 79% Scattered Clds Khanom 31 °C 70% Mostly Cloudy Khlong Yai 30 °C 79% Partly Cloudy Khon Kaen 28 °C 74% Scattered Clds Ko Lanta 29 °C 74% Scattered Clds Ko Samui 32 °C 66% Mostly Cloudy Ko Sichang 30 °C 70% Scattered Clds Krabi 29 °C 74% Scattered Clds Laemchabang 30 °C 70% Scattered Clds Lampang 26 °C 83% Mostly Cloudy Lamphun 27 °C 65% Mostly Cloudy Loei 25 °C 94% Light Rain Lop Buri 32 °C 59% Mostly Cloudy Mae Hong Son 26 °C 74% Mostly Cloudy Mae Sariang 24 °C 92% Light Rain Mae Sot 23 °C 97% Partly Cloudy Mukdahan 28 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Nakhon Phanom 28 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Nakhon Ratch. 27 °C 74% Overcast Nakhon Sawan 27 °C 77% Overcast Nakhon Si Tham. 30 °C 74% Partly Cloudy Nan 26 °C 74% Overcast

Place Temp. Hum. Conditions Narathiwat 30 °C 79% Partly Cloudy Nong Khai 27 °C 79% Mostly Cloudy Pattani 30 °C 79% Partly Cloudy Pattaya 31 °C 62% Scattered Clds Phayao 26 °C 83% Overcast Phetchabun 27 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Phetchaburi 31 °C 66% Clear Phitsanulok 27 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Phrae 27 °C 74% Overcast Phuket 29 °C 74% Mostly Cloudy Prachin Buri 32 °C 59% Mostly Cloudy Prachuap K.khan 31 °C 66% Clear Ranong 28 °C 84% Partly Cloudy Rayong 30 °C 83% Scattered Clds Roi Et 29 °C 70% Mostly Cloudy Sakon Nakhon 29 °C 74% Mostly Cloudy Sattahip 31 °C 62% Scattered Clds Satun 29 °C 84% Mostly Cloudy Songkhla 31 °C 66% Mostly Cloudy Suphan Buri 28 °C 74% Mostly Cloudy Surat Thani 29 °C 79% Scattered Clds Surin 27 °C 89% Overcast Tak 27 °C 79% Mostly Cloudy Takua Pa 29 °C 74% Mostly Cloudy Tha Tum 28 °C 86% Overcast Tha Wang Pha 26 °C 74% Overcast Thong Pha Phum 24 °C 95% Mist Trang 29 °C 74% Partly Cloudy Ubon Ratchathani 29 °C 74% Partly Cloudy Udon Thani 28 °C 79% Partly Cloudy Uttaradit 27 °C 79% Mostly Cloudy Wichian Buri 26 °C 87% Partly Cloudy

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Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 22 You will come closer to your own elemental nature this week when a sudden lance of white-hot plasma reduces you to your component atoms.

Leo Jul 23 – Aug 22 You were never certain whether or not life is better with a little bit of mystery until you figured out exactly what that smell is.

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Libra Sep 23 – Oct 23 Your joy at discovering that there is indeed meaning and purpose to life is short-lived when it turns out to involve a bunch of difficult stuff that isn’t a lot of fun.

Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 21 You’ll revolutionize the dating industry when you combine advanced physics, chemistry and genetics to ensure that you are in fact the last man on Earth.

Sagittarius Nov 22 – Dec 21 In outer space there is in fact no such thing as “up” or “down,” so it’s not clear if you’ll be falling forever or rising forever through the universe.

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A section for all you budding etymologists where each week the origin of a word or phrase is investigated.

This week it is..... Life begins at forty Life begins to be better in one’s middle age.

The notion that ‘life begins at forty’ is a 20th century one; prior to that it was more accurate to say ‘death begins at forty’ as most people didn’t live much beyond that age. Life expectancy in mediaeval England was around 25 years and only reached forty sometime around the turn of the 20th century. By the 1930s many, in western societies at least, could expect a decent spell of reasonably affluent retirement, free from work and the responsibilities of childcare. Household gadgets like washing machines and vacuum cleaners were becoming more widely used and had begun to relieve women’s drudgery and offer them increasing amounts of leisure time as compared to their Victorian mothers.

In 1932, the American psychologist Walter Pitkin published the self-help book Life Begins at Forty. Pitkin stated confidently: Life begins at forty. This is the revolutionary outcome of our New Era. Today it is half a truth. Tomorrow it will be an axiom.

Pitkin is often credited with coining the phrase and, while it is true that his popular book was the cause of it becoming part of the language, he wasn’t the first to express the idea, or even the phrase itself. The take-up of the idea was rapid and ‘life begins at forty’ appears many times in newspapers and other printed records from 1932 onwards. This was propelled further into the American consciousness in 1937 via a recording of the song ‘Life begins at Forty’, written by Yellen and Shapiro and sung by Sophie Tucker.

However, we need to go back a way to find the origin of the phrase. The great 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer came close to it with his view: “The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary.”

In keeping with the reduction of the toil of domestic work and child rearing that began freeing up women’s free time to some extent at the start of the 20th century, the first reference to life beginning at forty refers specifically to women.

Mrs. Theodore Parsons was Physical Director of Schools in Chicago and, in 1912, wrote Brain Culture Through Scientific Body Building. It wasn’t a runaway best-seller, but the arrival of the USA in the First World War in 1917 gave her views a new lease of life. In April of that year The Pittsburgh Press printed a feature on Mrs. Parsons and her no-nonsense opinions about the benefits of a brisk exercise programme that she acquired from her soldier husband (Mr. Theodore Parsons was, sadly, recently deceased - presumably from exhaustion): “The average woman does not know how to breathe, sit, stand or walk. Now I want women to train for the special duties which may devolve upon them in war time. Death begins at thirty, that is, deterioration of the muscle cells sets in. Attention to diet and exercise would enable men and women to live a great deal longer than they do today. The best part of a woman’s life begins at forty.”

What special duties Mrs. Parsons had in mind, stationed as she was in Chicago, isn’t clear. The paper was good enough to include a graphic of the dynamic couple, demonstrating their method in action, so you can give it a try and see if it works.

Life expectancy has continued to move on and forty now seems no age at all. In 1991, the New York Times printed this opinion: All our age benchmarks, which used to seem solid as rocks, have turned into shifting sands. ‘Life begins at 40? More like 60’.

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The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the €100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the €100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmers’ Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the pub.

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The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything. At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the €100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.

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Mike, feeling guilty, finally confesses to the priest, “My friend is sleeping with your wife right now, so he asked me to keep you occupied.”

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Property for sale large house and land near Cha Am for sale; 200 sqm living area on 2.5 rai just 4.8m baht. Also adjacent land of 0.7 rai available for 480,000 baht or make an offer for both. Contact 089 530 8771 or go to luckyhuahin.com for photos and information.

POOL VILLAS on small development at great prices in Hua Hin; from 3.49m baht. Go to luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details.

Fully furnished villa 3 bed off Canal Road; 5.7m baht. Go to www.awolonline. net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. european style villa, 3 bed, 2 bath between Hua Hin and Cha Am; 5.2m baht. Go to www.awolonline.net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. stunning L shaped Borfai bungalow; 6.9m baht. Go to www.awolonline.net/ property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. large bungalow near town centre; 4.5m baht. Go to www.awolonline.net/ property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. villa on large plot near Cha Am; 3.5m baht. Go to www.awolonline.net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details.

POOL VILLAS on small development at great prices in Hua Hin; from 3.49m baht. Go to luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. attractive house on small gated village; 3.6m baht. Go to luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details.

Four Bed Villa On Stilts 4.9m baht. Go to www.awolonline.net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details.

Fully furnished villa 3 bed off Canal Road; 5.7m baht. Go to www.awolonline. net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. pool villa overlooking lake in Hua Hin, 2 bed; 6.9m baht. Go to www.awolonline. net/property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details. large house/land near Palm Hills, 4 bed; 4.5m baht.Go to www.awolonline.net/ property or luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771 for details.

Property wanted I am looking for a 3 bedroom villa on a secure private, completed development, with a swimming pool, close to Hua Hin and the beach, budget no more than 5m baht.

For sale by the owner only. Contact 080 100 4194 long term rental properties wanted, particularly pool villas in good areas. Please contact Lucky Real Estate on 089 530 8771 or realestate@luckyhuahin.com

commercial property sunrise coast commercial properties - we have a variety of land, resorts and other commercial opportunities available in the Bang Saphan area. Contact 089 530 8771 for details.

TownHouse for rent, Great location (5km West of town), 2 bed, 2 bath, fully furnished, fully fitted kitchen (fridge, hob, oven, microwave) internet, cable TV, ready to move in. CALL JA ON: 083 316 6424 Price 10,000 baht a month Rooms available in family run guesthouse from 3,000 baht a month. Apartments now available 7,000 baht a month. Weekly and daily rates available. Tiks Place at VIP Condo just north of Hua Hin airport, opposite Palm Hills. Please call David on 092 927 7207 or email davidhodgins@ymail.com for more information Well equipped 1 Bedroom condo for rent in Hua Hin. Condo newly renovated has A/C, washer/dryer, conv oven, microwave, refrigerator, induction cooker and many cooking utensils. King bed, two recliners, Plasma TV, dvd stereo, computer desk, glass shower and washer/spin dryer. 12,000 baht monthly or 10,000 baht per month for longterm lease, 6 months minimum. Reply to info@hua-hin-real-estate.com or call 089 740 1781. lovely House for rent on Palm Hills golf course; 20,000 baht per month (min. 6 months). More details on www.luckyhuahin.com or call 089 530 8771

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Come and join us in our new Hua Hin Hobby Cooking Members group

The cooking sessions are once a month. Each member has a chance to host the group in their home and make dinner for them. There are no guidelines as far as what to cook, as long as the meal is homemade and they provide the recipes. Costs are shared and each member brings their own drinks.

My idea was to regularly gather people who have the same passion; cooking. As there are many nationalities it will be exciting to discover new food cultures and to share recipes. A cooking group is also a social event; cooking together is fun and is an opportunity to make new friends.

You do not need to be a chef in order to join the group.

Whatever your level of cooking is, most important is that you like cooking, are open to new ideas and are prepared to participate regularly at the members’ cooking sessions.

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investigation nation Some of you might have seen the BBC’s ‘Masterchef’ programme, or its’ spin off ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ If you haven’t don’t panic, you’re not missing too much and it isn’t essential to this story, which is more to do with our perceptions of vegetarianism.

On a recent edition of Celebrity Masterchef, the contestants were given assorted ingredients from which to create a meal. One of them had to make a vegetarian meal, and opted for vegetable stew with suet dumplings.

Until than I hadn’t realised that you can get vegetarian suet, which somehow doesn’t seem quite right. Like those terrible vegetarian sausages. There is nothing wrong with people not wanting to eat animals, but why do they feel the need to eat things which are made to look like animal products but aren’t? I mean - have you carnivores ever felt the urge to eat a steak made to look like a vegetable? Of course you haven’t.

But I was reminded of a story from Thailand, when a customer at an eatery not too far from you ordered a veggie burger. When it arrived the burger was clearly made from beef, so the customer brought the problem to the attention of the waitress, who replied ‘It OK. Cow eat grass.’

England has been seeing a spate of anniversaries recently. 10 years since the London bombings, 30 years since the Live Aid concerts (where has the time gone!) and also 30 years since that often overlooked fire at Bradford Citys’ football ground, Valley Parade, which claimed 56 lives.

One Bradford City fan in the ill fated wooden main stand that day was 12 year old Martin Fletcher, who had gone to the match with his father, brother, grandfather and uncle. Martin was the only one of that family group to go home again. Just four years later, on April 15th 1989, he was also able to walk away from the Hillsborough disaster.

It wasn’t until 2000 that Martin began to fully investigate the facts surrounding the Bradford City fire, and his book on the subject, ‘56: The Story of the Bradford Fire’, was published earlier this year. Although Martin leaves the reader to reach their own conclusion, the facts are disturbing.

In 1983, two years before the fire, local businessman Stafford Heginbotham had bought the club for just £20,000. Bradford City hadn’t been doing very well. Its’ only major trophy win had been the FA Cup in 1911.

But by the time of the fire, at its’ final home game of the season against Lincoln City, Bradford had already secured promotion to Division Two. The promotion meant that long overdue improvements to the ground would finally have to be made. Not least to the 74 year old wooden main stand, which West

Yorkshire County Council, amongst other authorities, had expressed safety concerns over just a year earlier.

Heginbotham had financial difficulties. Bradford City FC was just one of his businesses. Eight other similar fires had occurred at other properties which he owned, and by January 1986 his toy factory was wound up with debts of 5 million pounds in todays money. In total Heginbotham received insurance payouts from assorted fires equivalent to 27 million pounds today.

Meanwhile the Valley Parade ground was rebuilt after the fire using money from other sources. Grants from West Yorkshire County Council and the Football Grounds Improvements Trust, plus a fire insurance payment, which combined actually left the club in credit. In 1987 Heginbotham sold his stake for 450,000 pounds, and retired into tax exile in Jersey where he died in 1995.

We often criticise investigations carried out by the Thai authorities, forgetting that in the UK investigations can often be sadly lacking. It took many years of campaigning by the families of Hillsborough victims before that case was re-opened, which in March this year saw the then Chief Superintendant in charge at the Sheffield/Liverpool match finally admit that he had been at fault. One of the people instrumental in having the Hillsborough enquiry re-opened was the MP Andy Burnham, who is now calling for a fresh investigation into the Bradford fire.

Of course no amount of new evidence or fresh investigations will bring back the victims, which could account for our farang interpretation of the ‘Thai way’, in that Buddhism places a whole different meaning on death. It’s happened, it was meant to happen, and nothing will change that so let’s just get on and not waste time. And there is some sense in that way of thinking. But there is also the ‘saving face’ element in Thai justice which there can be no doubt influences the British justice system as well, and that is what we farang have difficulty with. Because we want to be able to have complete faith that our own systems always work. But although the Hillsborough outcome has been a step in the right direction, there is clearly still a long way to go.

‘Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire’ is published

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alfrescos, Sam Roi Yod; Every Sunday from 1pm until gone 99 baht Traditional Sunday Roast, good food with live music.

Baan Silapin artist village, Pala U Road; Jazz Jam Session every Sunday from 7pm.

Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102.; Free Bar B Que every Friday from 5pm. when spend 180 bt. Sunday Roast - spend 200 baht on drinks and get it free!.Now extended and available from 12.30 to 6.30pm. British Breakfast all day, Only 99 bt.

Captain Dougs, Khao Takiab; Every Friday from 7pm BBQ plus a beer just 300 baht. dizzy dolphin, Soi Samorphong; Happy Hour every day from 1 - 7pm - Samsong + mixer 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, large domestic beers 65 baht. Live band every Saturday from 8pm.

Dream Restaurant & Bar, Soi 88; Every Friday from 6pm Buffet featuring Swedish, Thai and European food, just 279 baht. Also have pizzas and kebabs. johnny’s 56, Soi Selekam/Poolsuk; Last Thursday every month fun pub quiz from around 7.30pm. passport cafe, Samorphrong; Now open for Breakfasts, Freshly baked bread, Daily Specials and more (see ad p11) say cheese guesthouse/restaurant, Amuaysin Road; Live Jazz every Monday 7 - 10.30pm

Send information to submissions@awolonline.net Sunset Boulevard, Khao Takiab; All video, home made fun pub quiz. Third Tuesday of every month (next one 18th August). Bookings for teams of up to 6 are recommended as it is very popular and usually full.

10 rounds including 2 audio visual and 2 table rounds.

Complimentary food at half time (chip butties and stew).

Call Mike 084 3769438 for more info and for bookings.

Sunset Boulevard is 150 metres past the Ibis hotel going south on the Takiap Road. the admiral bar & grill, Damnoernkasem Road; Every month The Comedy Club - contact venue for details and tickets the fat cat, Naresdamri Road; Live Jazz every day (except Sunday) from 7 to 9 pm. Old songs played on cornet and double bass, plus special jazz food menu.

TK Roadhouse, Khao Takiab; Monthly Pub Quiz; Pie & A Beer 150 THB special during the football.

Uncle Bryn’s (2km past Palm Hills north along klong road. Turn left and 200m on left.); Large Chang 55 baht, large Leo 58 baht. Open daily 7am-late. 085 405 6976 (T) 080 197 2072(E) urban fuzion, Soi 61; Happy hour every day 3 to 8pm; Beer Buckets - 5 local beers 350 baht; Daily specials.

British style Sunday Roasts: Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102 ChaAam Pub & Restaurant Coco Beach Club, Naresdamri Road (reservations, call 032 908080 after 4.30pm) Hua Hin Miss You, Soi 80 Jungle Juice, Soi Selekam Lin’s Cafe, Phetkasem Road between Sois 80/78 Orchid Restaurant 94, Soi 94 Palm Bistro, Soi 88 (032 828144) Seajays Resort, off Pala-U Road. 083 311 1787 Ye Olde Buffalo Tavern, Chomsin Rd Zab Wer, Soi 112.

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RESULTS 15th July 2015 Majestic Creek A & B Bogey 33 entered 1st Ronnie Thorley 5 up (19) 2nd Michael O’Hehir 2 up (22) 3rd Timo Ripatti 1 up (06) 4th Richard Denyer All Sq. (12)

Results 21st July 2015 Sea Pines Stableford 24 entered 1st Darren Sellars 40 pts (11) 2nd ‘Mod’ Rea 36 pts (18) 3rd Thomas Pagden 35 pts (01) 4th John Rea 34 pts (29)

Held every Friday at Palm Hills. Thanks to Robin Heath and Nigel Guest for results.

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17th July 2015 No results available

13th July 2015 Lake View BC Strokeplay 8 entered 1st Peter Hayes 83 - 11 = 72 2nd Dana Lilja 84 - 09 = 75 3rd Gerry Paget 82 - 06 = 76 4th Geoff G Batt-Rawden 85 - 06 = 79

Fixtures 27th July 2015 Lakeview A&B Stableford 29th July 2015 Black Mountain Stableford

17th July 2015 Palm Hills Stableford 25 entered 1st ‘Mod’ Rea 36 pts (18) 2nd Enrico Carosi 35 pts (19) 3rd Robert Bird 33 pts (17) 4th Malee Russell 33 pts (24)

Results 17th July 2015 Stableford Course BC 1st Peter Tucker (10) 33pts 2nd Mike O’Brien (15) 33pts 3rd Mike Lord (12) 32pts

fixtures 28th July Springfield. A/C or A/B Captains Day 31st July Majestic Stableford

20th July 2015 Stableford Course CA 1st Steve O’Brien (12) 32pts 2nd Michael Daly (21) 31pts 3rd Mike Lord (12) 30pts

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results Week 4 17th July 2015 Clansmen (19) 7 - 1 (6) Jaew Bar Coopers Beer Garden (8) 1 - 7 (18) Kom Hom Hua Hin Miss You (7) 1 - 7 (19) Lucky Shot A Johnnie’s 56 (6) 1 - 7 (18) Squealing Pig Lucky Shot B (16) 6 - 2 (11) Master Cues Maria Bar 2 (20) 8 - 0 (7) Pa’s Beer Garden Sunset Boulevard (6) 1 - 7 (19) Maria Bar 1 TK Roadhouse (7) 2 - 6 (17) Infinity Bar League Table Team Maria Bar 1 Clansmen Squealing Pig Kom Hom Lucky Shot A Infinity Bar Maria Bar 2 Lucky Shot B HHin Miss You Sunset B’vard Master Cues Jaew Bar Pa’s Beer Grden TK Roadhouse Johnnie’s 56 Coopers Br Gdn

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P W D 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 0 4 3 0 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 0 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4

+/18 14 16 12 12 8 8 -4 -6 -8 -8 -8 -10 -8 -10 -26

Pts 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0

fixtures Week 5 24th July 2015 Coopers Beer Garden v Maria Bar 2 Infinity Bar v Hua Hin Miss You Jaew Bar v TK Roadhouse Kom Hom v Lucky Shot B Lucky Shot A v Pa’s Beer Garden Maria Bar 1 v Johnnie’s 56 Master Cues v Sunset Boulevard Squealing Pig v Clansmen

results Week 5 16th July 2015 Bobby’s Birds 12 - 8 Bobby’s Boys Drink & Shelter v Exotic Bar n/a Lanla Bar 15 - 5 The Dream Maria Bar 12 - 8 Muan Bar 1 Muan Bar 2 17 - 3 The Kiss Mucky Duck 12 - 8 JJ Sport Bar Sasa Bar 10 - 10 Anytime Bar TK Roadhouse v Vinyl an Rose n/a

Contact Andy on 086 178 1550 Email: aknabe@gmx.net 27/3 Poolsuk Road, Hua Hin

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results Week 9 16th July 2015 Hua Hin Bar v Dara Bar n/a Jaew Bar 9 - 11 Coopers Beer Garden Komhom Bar 9 - 11 Clansmen MasterCues Bar 12 - 8 Casanova’s Monica’s Bar 6 - 14 Bar 80 Saloon Pit’s Cafe 12 - 8 Squealing Pig

League Table P W L 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 4 0 4 4 0 5 4 1 5 3 2 4 2 1 5 1 4 5 2 3 4 2 2 5 0 5 5 0 5 4 1 2 5 0 4 3 0 1 3 0 3

+/54 42 24 38 4 4 20 -12 -12 -12 -32 -32 -14 -40 -6 -26

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Fixtures Week 7 30th July 2015 Bobby’s Birds v The Dream Drink & Shelter v Bobby’s Boys Lanla Bar v JJ Sport Bar Muan Bar 2 v Anytime Bar Mucky Duck v Maria Bar Sasa Bar v Vinyl an Rose The Kiss v Exotic Bar TK Roadhouse v Muan Bar 1 Team Lanla Bar Maria Bar Mucky Duck TK Roadhouse Bobby’s Birds JJ Sport Bar Muan Bar 2 Muan Bar 1 The Kiss Vinyl an Rose Bobby’s Boys The Dream Drink & Shelter Anytime Bar Sasa Bar Exotic Bar

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Pts 77 71 62 59 52 52 50 44 44 34 34 34 33 30 27 17

League Table Team Clansmen Pit’s Cafe Squealing Pig Monica’s Bar Bar 80 Saloon Komhom Bar Coopers Br Gdn Jaew Bar Dara Bar MasterCues Casanova’s Hua Hin Bar

P W D 9 9 0 9 6 1 9 5 0 9 5 0 9 5 2 9 4 0 9 3 1 9 4 0 8 3 1 9 3 0 9 1 2 8 1 1

L 0 2 4 4 2 5 5 5 4 6 6 6

+/78 16 18 14 6 6 -16 -18 -2 -26 -42 -34

Fixtures No games scheduled until 6th August

Week 7 31st July 2015* Clansmen v Maria Bar 1 Hua Hin Miss You v Jaew Bar Johnnie’s 56 v Master Cues Lucky Shot B v Coopers Beer Garden Maria Bar 2 v Lucky Shot A Pa’s Beer Garden v Infinity Bar Sunset Boulevard v Kom Hom TK Roadhouse v Squealing Pig *Please note that this is a Buddhist holiday and the bars will be closed - rearrange fixtures between teams

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Pts 147 111 109 107 105 101 89 89 86 83 73 66

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results Week 22 20th July 2015 Jaew Bar v Monicas n/a JNB Bar 11 - 7 Dara Bar Muan Bar 13 - 5 Kom Hom Sa Sa Bar 9 - 9 Bobby’s Birds The Clansmen 6 - 12 TK Roadhouse The Connection v Sunset Boulevard n/a The Squealing Pig 14 - 4 Waring Bar

results Week 34 22nd July 2015 Aussie Bar v The Squealing Pig n/a Beach Hut Bar v Bobby’s Beauties n/a Bobby’s Bangers v TK Roadies n/a Maria’s Bar v Monica’s n/a Muan Bar v Jaew Bar n/a Saloon Bar 80 v Clansman n/a Sunset Boulevard v Casanova’s n/a TK Roadhouse v The Bridge n/a P 31 31 30 31 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 30 31 30 30 30 30

W 29 23 22 22 18 16 16 12 15 11 10 9 7 7 6 2 3

D 1 3 4 2 2 5 3 10 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 2

L 1 5 4 7 11 9 12 9 12 16 16 18 20 20 19 24 25

+/196 116 138 106 40 20 24 -20 41 -6 -52 -60 -81 -56 -100 -152 -154

Pts 59 49 48 46 38 37 35 34 33 26 24 21 18 17 17 8 8

Fixtures The season is over. Final results and table will appear in our next issue on 7th August, and details of the new season will appear here when available.

Team Squealing Pig Muan Bar Dara Bar JNB Bar Bobby’s Birds Sunset B’vard Kom Hom Waring Bar The Clansmen Sa Sa Bar TK Roadhouse Monicas The Connection Jaew Bar

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results Week 15 22nd July 2015 All Nations GH 14 - 5 Jungle Juice A Buckleys 13 - 6 Chon Bar JW Red 10 - 9 King Bar A Jungle Juice B 11 - 8 JW Black Sabai 7 - 12 Pink Panther Tiger Bar 7 - 12 Limelight League Table

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League Table Team Clansman Sunset B’vard Maria’s Bar TK Roadhouse Squealing Pig Muan Bar Saloon Bar 80 Dara’s Bar Monica’s Beach Hut Bar Bobby’s Bngrs The Bridge TK Roadies Bobby’s B’ties Aussie Bar Casanova’s Jaew Bar

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P 22 21 22 21 22 20 22 22 22 19 20 21 20 20

W 18 18 14 10 9 9 8 10 9 8 5 5 5 4

D 2 1 1 5 3 2 4 0 2 2 4 2 1 1

L 2 2 7 6 10 9 10 12 11 9 11 14 14 15

+/- Pts 96 38 139 37 36 29 12 25 -22 21 12 20 -6 20 -15 20 -28 20 6 18 -46 14 -50 12 -60 11 -74 9

Fixtures Week 23 27th July 2015 Bobby’s Birds v The Squealing Pig Dara Bar v The Clansmen Jaew Bar v The Connection Kom Hom v Sa Sa Bar Monicas v JNB Bar TK Roadhouse v Muan Bar Waring Bar v Sunset Boulevard

Team Buckleys Pink Panther Jungle Juice B Limelight King Bar A All Nations GH JW Red Jungle Juice A Tiger Bar Sabai JW Black Chon Bar

P 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

W 13 13 11 11 9 9 6 6 5 5 1 1

L 2 2 4 4 6 6 9 9 10 10 14 14

+/- Pts 73 26 53 26 27 22 23 22 29 18 23 18 -15 12 -43 12 -17 10 -21 10 -57 2 -75 2

Fixtures Week 16 29th July 2015 Chon Bar v JW Red Jungle Juice A v Buckleys JW Black v Sabai King Bar A v Tiger Bar Limelight v Jungle Juice B Pink Panther v All Nations GH

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results Cup 21st July 2015 Johnny’s 56 v The Clansmen n/a Robins Rest v Hua Hin Miss You 2 n/a Hua Hin Miss You 1 v URS TREFF CHA AM n/a Jungle Juice v Blue Lagoon n/a League Table Team Blue Lagoon Kom Hom URS TREFF Jungle Juice Johnny’s 56 The Clansmen Mojo’s HHin Miss You 2 HHin Miss You 1 Robin’s Rest

P W D 9 8 0 9 7 1 9 7 0 9 5 1 9 3 3 9 4 1 8 2 0 9 2 0 9 2 0 8 1 0

L 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 7 7 7

+/38 32 82 20 18 -16 -30 -42 -48 -54

Pts 16 15 14 11 9 9 4 4 4 2

fixtures Week 10 28th July 2015 Blue Lagoon v URS TREFF CHA AM Hua Hin Miss You 1 v The Clansmen Johnny’s 56 v Hua Hin Miss You 2 Jungle Juice v Kom Hom Mojo’s v Robin’s Rest

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The “mystery” signing Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will be making this summer looks to be Juventus’s 30-year-old Spanish striker Fernando Llorente. (Daily Mirror) The Red Devils want Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, 29, and goalkeeper Keylor Navas, 28 - or £28m in cash - in exchange for keeper David De Gea, 24. (Marca) Real Madrid president Florentino Perez will have talks with Ramos, who has verbally agreed on a salary with United were he to move to Old Trafford. (As.com) Meanwhile, United’s Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, 31, will see out the remaining year of his contract, despite the imminent arrival of Argentina international Sergio Romero. (Daily Star) Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm admits striker Thomas Muller, 25, could follow Bastian Schweinsteiger to Manchester United after the Old Trafford club were linked with a move for the Germany international.

(Evening Standard) Paris St-Germain have stepped up efforts to sign winger Angel Di Maria, 27, before the Argentine flies to the United States to begin his pre-season preparations. (Telegraph) Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri, 28, has condemned the “stupid” fans who booed new signing Raheem Sterling, 20, on his Manchester City debut in a friendly against Roma. (Manchester Evening News) Liverpool defender Kolo Toure, 34, believes the £32.5m signing of Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, 24, will transform the Reds into serious contenders in the Premier League this season. (Liverpool Echo) Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has conceded that Chelsea may have to pay extraordinary money for Everton’s 21-year-old

centre-back John Stones. (Daily Mail) Newcastle United have not written off their hopes of signing Marseille winger Florian Thauvin, 22, this summer. (Newcastle Chronicle) West Ham are close to signing midfielder Manuel Lanzini, 22, on a season-long loan deal from Argentine side River Plate. (Evening Standard) The Hammers could also move for veteran midfielder Esteban Cambiasso, 35, who has announced he will not be accepting Leicester City’s offer of a new contract. (Mirror) Roma are in talks with Arsenal’s Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, 25, over a one-year loan move, with a view to a permanent deal. (Talksport) The Gunners look like missing out on forward Julian Draxler, 21, after Juventus made a bid of around £17.5m to Schalke for the German.

(Goal.com) Tottenham have made a bid of £7m for Lyon’s 21-year-old forward Clinton N’Jie who scored eight goals for the French side last season. (Daily Star) Middle East side Al Ahli have offered £6m to Swansea for 29-year-old striker Bafetimbi Gomis and could offer the Frenchman a hefty contract. (Daily Mirror) Watford are set to announce the signing of Napoli defender Miguel Britos, 30. (Watford Observer) Norwich boss Alex Neil says attracting players to his newly promoted side has proved “difficult” this summer. (Norwich Evening News) Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, 25, is thought to be on the brink of a move to Crystal Palace after being pictured in London with the Eagles’ head of sports medicine, Zafar Iqbal. (Croydon Advertiser)

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results 19th July 2015 Globlex TWD 2 - 2 Hua Hin City FIXTURES 26th July 2015 Hua Hin City v Nonthaburi Thai Division 2 Central & Western Region League Table TEAM Samut Sakhon Simork Hua Hin Thonburi City Krung Thonburi Raj Pracha J.W. Police Grakcu Tabfah Globlex TWD Phetchaburi Pathum Thani Ratchaphruek Nonthaburi

P 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 15 15

W 11 8 8 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 2

D L GD 2 2 +20 6 1 +15 5 2 +13 1 5 +11 4 3 +8 4 4 +6 4 5 0 4 6 −3 4 8 −9 4 8 −10 3 8 −20 1 11 −13 2 11 −18

PTs 35 30 29 28 28 25 19 16 13 13 12 10 8

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shock and awe Australian cricket team deported under anti-terror legislation

england The Australian cricket team has been deported under anti-terror legislation, we can report this morning.

The government is reported to have rushed through a legal amendment last night identifying the greatest threats to Britain as al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the Baggy Greens.

The move came after the Kangaroos devastated an England team who were described as ‘completely harmless and had done nothing to provoke such an attack’.

The team was rounded up in a dawn raid after evidence emerged they were planning further ‘shock and awe’ atrocities at Edgbaston next week.

“The defining feature of terrorism is that it strikes fear and misery into the heart of an

Left: Mitchell Johnson contemplates another terrorist plot involving shoving and places where the sun doesn’t shine unprepared foe”, we were told.

“That totally applies to what Mitchell Johnson did to poor, poor Joe Root.”

“We’ve asked for a UN resolution declaring his fast bowling a weapon of mass destruction.”

The security services have been criticised for failing to see the attack coming, with critics pointing out that Australia have form including an arson attack on a wicket in 1882.

It is now hoped the England team can begin the process of recovery by sloshing wildly at anything which looks vaguely like a ball.

Anti-terror experts have claimed members of the Australian team were radicalised after witnessing their countrymen get their arses thrashed off them during the 2012 Olympics.

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