Pattaya Mail - FRIDAY JULY 12 - JULY 18, 2019 (Vol. XXVII No. 28) by Pattaya Mail Media Group

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Repairs to cut TOT phone, internet line to take 3 weeks

Last week road workers knocked out telephone and internet service to about 2,500 TOT customers when diggers cut the utilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trunk line on Central Road. TOT said service will be interrupted for up to three weeks, as the cable cut July 3 by a Provincial Electricity Authority work crew was old copper wire. (Full story on page 2.)

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Asalaha Bucha and Khao Pansaa next week Next week marks the beginning of Buddhist Lent with two of the most important religious days on the Thai calendar, Asalaha Bucha and Khao Pansaa, July 16 and 17. Khao Pansaa marks the start of the monks’ rains retreat, during which they stay inside temple grounds so as not to trample crops during the rainy season. Candles are seen as a way to provide monks enlightenment during their prayers and candle parades are popular. As these are important Buddhist holidays, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues are barred from selling alcohol on both days. From 12.01 a.m. July 16 until midnight July 17, it is against the law for businesses to

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Repairs to cut TOT phone, internet line to take 3 weeks Warapun Jaikusol

Next week marks the beginning of Buddhist Lent with two of the most important religious days on the Thai calendar, Asalaha Bucha and Khao Pansaa, July 16 and 17.

distribute alcohol. This includes bars and restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, department stores, and community retail stores.

An amendment to the decree exempts hotels from the ban. Those caught breaking the law can face up to six months in jail and fines up to 10,000 baht.

Pattaya business leaders bemoan strong baht

Road workers knocked out telephone and internet service to about 2,500 TOT customers when diggers cut the utility’s trunk line on Central Road. TOT said service will be interrupted for up to three weeks, as the cable cut July 3 by a Provincial Electricity Authority work crew was old copper wire. TOT customer service representative Radchadakorn Boonkor said the company was rerouting customers’ connections through its cellular network. The PEA was ripping up the Central Road to lay new underground equipment when workers sliced through the cable at the intersection of Central Road and Soi 14. Customers from Central to South Pattaya are affected, although businesses as far north as the Dusit Thani

Road workers knocked out telephone and internet service to about 2,500 TOT customers when diggers cut the utility’s trunk line on Central Road.

Hotel also lost service. While it supplies virtually all telephone landlines, TOT is not a major player in the consumer internet space. It is, however, a major provider for commercial internet and businesses from Pattaya Memorial and International hospitals to the Hard Rock Hotel are impacted. The line cut provides an opportunity for TOT to upgrade

its infrastructure. The cable that was cut was an older copper line. The utility has been transitioning to fiber-optic cables and, now forced to repair, TOT said the line may be replaced instead of repaired. PEA’s project manager Nawachinnanat Wuthwachinsa accepted responsibility for the outage, saying the contractor will pay TOT for the repairs.

Broken Jomtien swimming buoys to be replaced Jetsada Homklin

Ekasit Ngampichet (inset), president of the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association, said the strong baht is taking its toll on Pattaya tourism.

Warapun Jaikusol The strong baht is taking its toll on Pattaya tourism as fewer foreign tourists come to Thailand and more Thais flex their spending power overseas instead of on the Eastern Seaboard. Ekasit Ngampichet, president of the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association, July 1 blamed the beefy baht – which appreciated more than 5 percent against the U.S. dollar in the first half – on the decline in Chinese tour groups. Ekasit said the strong currency has also made it cheaper for

Thais to travel overseas so many domestic tourists who might come to Pattaya are instead heading aboard. The baht has been Asia’s best performing currency in 2019, supported mainly by the opposing monetary policies of the Thai and American central banks. The Bank of Thailand hiked its benchmark policy rate in December and has remained neutral throughout the year. The U.S. Federal Reserve, meanwhile, is leaning toward cutting interest rates, which is pushing down the dollar.

Thailand’s export and tourism industries also generate a large current-account surplus, which exerts upward pressure on the baht. British nationals have seen the pound decline even faster against the baht due to the economic fallout from the Brexit quagmire. Ekasit said hoteliers need to reduce room rates to offset the rise in the baht and create more interesting tour packages. But he warned that longterm room-rate cuts will damage the industry and suggested the government should step in with subsidies.

Pattaya is replacing swimming-area buoys damaged by recent storms along Jomtien Beach. Environment Department workers collected all the damaged markers July 4. Those that can be repaired will be, while severely damaged buoys will be replaced, the city said. However, no timeline was disclosed when the repaired and replacement markers would be reinstalled along Environment Department workers the boundaries of swimming areas in collect swimming-area buoys damaged Jomtien. by recent storms along Jomtien Beach.

Pumps installed on flood-prone Sukhumvit stretch Jetsada Homklin

Pattaya workers laid pipes and installed pumps to mitigate flooding on Sukhumvit Road.

Pattaya workers laid pipes and installed pumps to mitigate flooding on Sukhumvit Road. Deputy Mayor Pattana Boonsawad oversaw the project at the South Pattaya end of the busy thoroughfare July 3. The site floods every time there is a storm and it’s hoped the additional pumps will make a difference.

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Riviera Group sparkles at Asia Pacific Property Awards 2019 Winners of 14 Top Awards including Six 5-Star honours Following on their phenomenal successes of winning 15 outstanding awards including 3 outstanding 5Star Awards at the prestigious Annual Asia Pacific Property Awards 2018, Winston and Sukanya Gale founders and owners of the Riviera Group led their team to another roaring success at this year’s Asia Pacific Awards 2019 grabbing a whopping 14 top awards, 6 of which earned the most distinguished 5-Star honours. The awards ceremony held on 14-15 May 2019 at the Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Bangkok, saw the who’s who of the real estate industry from many countries in

Asia, Australia and New Zealand, all vying to be recognized for their commitment and achievements in the property industry. The Riviera team attended in force accompanied by Pattaya Deputy Mayor Banlue Kullavanijaya, proving that the city fathers recognize and respect the work and dedication of the Riviera Group to bring honour and fame to the real estate business in Pattaya and the eastern seaboard. Winston said, “Sukanya and I are deeply touched and extremely proud that we are recognized again for our tireless work and determination to build world class

condominiums in Pattaya. Winning 15 awards last year and another 14 awards this year proves yet again that the Riviera Group is recognized the world over for our dedication to creating stunning modern landmarks to Pattaya’s ever changing skyline with a focus on affordable yet high quality living.” With strong financial backing and Winston and Sukanya’s drive and enthusiasm combined with an award-winning team of architects and designers, the Riviera Group aims to become a major force in helping shape the future of the property market Thailand for many years to come.

Grand Opening of Riviera Jomtien to be star-studded affair In preparation for the Grand Opening, the Riviera Group took the wraps off their new Riviera Jomtien project at a news conference and site visit last week. The Riviera Jomtien is a five-star luxury condominium development located on more than six rai of land on Jomtien Second Road between Sois 13 and 14. It features 1,075 rooms and 23 commercial units. Of the residential units, 275 are studios, 730 one-bedroom, 63 two-bedroom and four are duplexes. About 30 percent of the property is reserved for parking. Ubonjitr Thamchop (Min) Marketing Manager (Riviera Group) informed the press corps that the condo faces Jomtien Second Road making it very convenient to access Sukhumvit Road and the beauty of it all is that 80

Sukanya and Winston Gale (centre) are flanked by Ubonjitr Thamchop (3rd left) and Pattaya Deputy Mayor Banlue Kullavanijaya (4th right) and the Riviera team after having won 14 top awards including six 5-Star honours.

Awards garnered by the Riviera Group Apartment / Condominium Thailand 5-Star - The Riviera Monaco Award Winner - The Riviera Jomtien Architecture Multiple Residence Thailand Award Winner - The Riviera Monaco Development Marketing Thailand 5-Star - The Riviera Jomtien Award Winner -The Riviera Monaco Award Winner -The Riviera Wongamat Beach Exterior Lighting Design Thailand Award Winner -The Riviera Wongamat Beach

The Majestic Riviera Jomtien glows in the light of dusk casting her radiance over Pattaya and Jomtien.

percent of the units have a view of the sea. Common-area facilities include four swimming pools, fitness center, sauna, steam room, children’s playground and garden. “The beach is only a twominute walk away,” she said.

Glamorous ladies enjoy a refreshing drink in one of the Infinity edge sky pools.

The press gathers for a group photograph in the luxurious ‘Winston Suites’.

Min went on to inform the guests that the first units will be available at the end of this month and that 87 percent of the project has already been sold. Prices for the units start at 2.8m baht and the luxury duplexes cost around 35m baht. The official grand opening celebrations will be held on Saturday 20 July and remembering Riviera Group’s magnificent celebrations at their other projects, this one will definitely be the grandest and glitteriest of them all. The multi-talented Kla Kripit and the most charming June Savittri will be the MCs of this sparkling affair. Tor Saksit, one of Thailand’s most popular singers will entertain the guests. Other entertainment includes a Fashion Show and the Aqua Light Show. DJ Pakawat Satidpien will ‘spin the discs’ throughout the evening. All are welcome. The party starts at 5pm and ends at midnight. Ladies dress in Glitz & Glam while the men wear Smart & Casual. For more information, Facebook/therivierajomtien. Call 087-499-6551 or 038-231455-081.

Mixed-use Architecture 5-Star - The Riviera Jomtien Residential Development 5-Star - The Riviera Monaco Award Winner - The Riviera Jomtien Residential High-rise Architecture 5-Star - The Riviera Jomtien Award Winner - The Riviera Monaco Residential High-rise Development 5-Star -The Riviera Monaco Award Winner - The Riviera Jomtien

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Jilted lover arrested for stabbing ex Boonlua Chatree

Thanawat Muangwong stabbed his estranged girlfriend when she refused to take him back.

A drunk man stabbed his estranged girlfriend when she refused to take him back, police said. Wassana Ucham, 34, suffered serious wounds to the stomach in the July 2 attack at her house on Boonsamphan Soi 8. Thanawat Muangwong, 49, was waiting for police and surrendered when they arrived. Officers said he confessed that he’d stabbed his girlfriend after she broke up with him and refused to reconcile. He said they’d often argued about her chatting to other men on online messaging apps.

Najomtien beach fouled again by sewage at that spot with officials in May blaming a broken pump amid promises to solve the subdistrict’s sewage problem by hooking up its system to Pattaya’s. That has yet to happen. Mayor Sompong Sainapa promised at the time to routinely pump sewage out of the pipes and lay sandbags to protect the beach. The bags were laid and forgotten and the pumping forgotten. Workers now covered the drainage pipe with a steel plate while officials resume talks with Pattaya to take the sewage off their hands. Damaged sandbags collapsed under the assault from several storms and smelly black water poured on to the sand in Najomtien. Again.

Patcharapol Panrak Damaged sandbags allowed sewage to again soil south Najomtien Beach. The bags had been placed on Beach Road at Najomtien Soi 2 to block water flowing

out of a drainage pipe there. But, neglected, the earthen dam had collapsed under the assault from several storms and smelly black water poured on to the sand. It’s not the first time sewage has blackened the beach

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Nigerian and Thai busted for running online romance scam Teerarak Suthathiwong A Nigerian man and his Thai wife were arrested for running an online romance scam to bilk a lonely woman out of 1.5 million baht. Nongprue and Chonburi Transnational Crime and Illegal Immigration Suppression Center officers apprehended

Uchenna Josep Amujiogu, 40, and Wadsana Kanjeak, 36, July 6. Police seized 17 bank books, mobile phones, 10 SIM cards, clothing wigs, and sunglasses, along with their car. The arrest came after a police complaint by a 44-yearold woman who said she became friendly on Facebook and Google Hangouts with

Nigerian Uchenna Josep Amujiogu and his Thai wife Wadsana Kanjeak were arrested for running an online romance scam to bilk a lonely woman out of 1.5 million baht.

a man claiming to be a U.S. military doctor. When her new foreign love told the woman that he’d arranged a World Bank stipend of US$500,000 payment for her, she believed it. All she had to do was loan him $50,000 to pay the transfer fee. She did and then her “doctor” friend disappeared. On June 24 she went to Nongprue Police. Investigators discovered a Thai woman in disguise hitting various ATMs in the Pattaya area. They tracked her back to Amujiogu and police got warrants to search two properties in Plutaluang. Police said Amujiogu and Wadsana were working for an overseas fraud gang for two years and collecting 5 percent of every take. Both were charged with fraud and the Nigerian with illegally residing in Thailand.

Pensioner dies in Pattaya theater Boonlua Chatree A British man who went to the cinema never left, dying quietly in his seat before the final credits. Bernard Wifred Channing, 78, had gone to see horror flick “Annabelle Comes Home” July 2. When the lights came up, the woman sitting next to Channing Bernard Wifred Channing died quietly in his seat noticed he had died and alerted before the final credits during the horror flick “Annabelle Comes Home”. theater staff.

Illegal job brokers arrested Boonlua Chatree

Suriya Singchart (center) and Panarada Aiyasupa (left) were charged with fraud for allegedly scamming 20 people out of more than 1.6 million baht.

Police arrested a Thai couple for allegedly scamming 20 people out of more than 1.6 million baht by fraudulently promising them high-paying jobs in New Zealand. Suriya Singchart, 49, and Panarada Aiyasupa, 54, were charged with fraud by charging 20 Khon Kaen residents 80,000-100,000 baht for passports, visas, health checks and job placement in New Zealand for jobs allegedly paying 100,000 baht a month.

There never were any jobs and the couple had fled once victims went to police in 2018. Similarly, Chonburi Immigration Police arrested Russian Natalia Nikiforova, 37, for illegally running a job broker company in Pattaya. An arrest warrant had been issued in 2016, but officers never went to her Nesta Asia Group Co. in Naklua until July 2, charging her with working in an occupation restricted to Thai nationals.

Homeowner injured in home fire caused by exploding battery Boonlua Chatree A South Pattaya man was injured when a smart balance wheels battery exploded, setting off a fire in his Soi Land Office house. Firefighters took about 10 minutes to extinguish flames that were confined to the bedroom July 2. Homeowner Korakod Kandee, 39, suffered minor burns in

the fire and was treated at Banglamung Hospital. Korakod said he was charging a new battery for his selfbalancing scooter in the bedroom. He was in the bathroom when he heard the explosion and saw the flames immediately had ignited the sheets and mattress. He tried to put out the blaze, but it spread quickly and he got burned.

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Fugitive ‘attack squirrel’ owner arrested in Alabama chase Killen, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who denied feeding methamphetamine to a so-called “attack squirrel” he considered a pet has been arrested on new charges. The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that 35-year-old Mickey Paulk was caught Thursday night following a chase in which he rammed an investigator’s vehicle. Authorities had been seeking Paulk on multiple felony warrants unrelated to the squirrel he named “Deeznutz,” which was made infamous after police said they were warned about a methfueled squirrel that had been trained to attack. Paulk told The Associated Press last week that he was working on a plan for turning himself in to authorities. The sheriff’s office said narcotics investigators caught up with him while surveilling a motel in Killen. They spotted Paulk leaving on a stolen motorcycle and chased him down. Paulk has been booked into the Lauderdale County Jail on charges of attempting to elude, criminal mischief, receiving stolen property and felon in possession of a pistol after it was discovered he had a .45-caliber handgun in his waistband. It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer. As for Deeznutz, authorities say he couldn’t be tested for meth and has been released.

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Glamor’s Golden Glow! Want to give your ‘lady’ photos that professional look? To be able to do that, you will need to learn the ‘Golden Glow’. The Golden Glow is what emanates from those wonderful photographs of people positively ‘glowing’ with health and vitality. Sickeningly brimming full of goodness, and golden hues just radiating from their every pore. Well, I am sorry to tell you, but like so many things in photography, it is a fraud! A photographic ‘trick’ but one that you can use to give your photos the ‘wow’ factor. And here’s the good news - this trick will cost you about 100 baht for the equipment and three minutes to master!

However, all photographic tricks still have to conform to the basic rules of physics, in particular the rules of light. Light travels in straight lines and will bounce off any non-translucent object. And that, quite simply, is the scientific basis to this trick. The ‘golden glow’ that comes from the subject in the photo, is really just reflected golden light, bounced back on to the subject. People shots benefit from this warm healthy look and when you use the technique properly, and the results can be spectacular. Now in the photographic sense, the natural golden glow comes in the late afternoon, with the sun getting low on the horizon. There are good scientific reasons why this is so, but here is not the place to discuss them. Just accept the fact that late afternoon sun is the “warm” time. Take pictures at this time of day and you will get that golden glow – but our photographic trick will allow

Dear Hillary, Every week there’s another farang that has been taken to the cleaners by one of the beautiful little schemers from their local hostelry. These girls must go to acting classes they are so good at it. Nobody could be so good at it without lessons! Even movie stars have acting lessons. Or do the lies come naturally. If so, how can any of us trust them? And how do you stop falling in love with them. Acting classes again? Roger Dear Roger, Sounds to me that you are the first of this week’s tales of woe yourself. If you are referring to the bar girls, Petal, their job is to empty the punters wallets, as quickly as possible. Time is money, after all. Some of the older ones are very expert at this and can keep several men on the line for years in some cases. The younger ones are too urgent and just milk one customer at a time. Do they have training schools for dramatic art? Yes, they have training schools, this is as in on the job training. The younger ones watch the older and more experienced ladies of the night twist the drinkers around their little fingers and then take them away for intensive therapy, whereupon they return with an empty wallet and then re-appear and beg for more the next day. The lady can oblige by milking the cash machine after getting your PIN number. And so the money wheel is oiled and ready to roll again. I agree with you where you say “how do you stop falling in love with them?” It is difficult, but true and lasting love doesn’t happen with two nights at your bar local bar and bar maids. You have a better chance with mermaids.

you to get that warm golden glow at any time of day – and control it as well, something you cannot do so easily with the sun as your light source! The celestial light technician can hide behind clouds at any time. What you have to do is build a light reflector that reflects that warm color. Go to the newsagent and get some gold foil paper. The sort of wrapping paper you use for wedding gifts. It may be embossed or patterned, and in fact it is better if it is, but must be gold in color. Glue the gold paper on to a sheet of cardboard or polystyrene sheet approximately one meter square. You do not have to be deathly accurate or neat. If the surface gets a little ‘scrunched up’ that is fine too. Your capital outlay is probably around 50-100 baht. Not bad, so far! Now you have a reflector, which if you play with it near a window for example, will shine “gold” on to any subject. You

are now ready to impart that golden glow. The best photos for this exercise are people shots taken outdoors, with the sun behind the subject. This we call ‘back lit’. You will find that the subject’s hair becomes very bright around the edges, almost like a ‘halo’ effect.

Dear Hillary, Do these dating services use photos of the real girls? I’ve replied to a couple which seemed to be in their late 50’s, not early 20’ as advertised. I’m not even sure if they were the ones I picked out. They all say they can speak English, but after “Hello” that’s about it. Gary Dear Gary, What do you expect to find in a dating agency? If a girl is a raving beauty, do you think they have to join an agency? No, they will have been snapped up years ago. For that matter, do you think ladies under 40 are going to look for a partner through an agency? No, they will continue to look around to see what is available, but by the time they get to 50 they will have run out of available men so go to an agency, to look just for you. Oh, the photograph. Yes, they are photos of real girls, but about 30 years ago. And for that matter, if you are like Brad Pitt you wouldn’t be looking at agency ladies either. Dear Hillary, I am being asked for a dowry for the girl who has been living with me for three months now. I enjoy having her around, and we went up to her home town to meet her folks. Her mother looks after her child from a previous marriage. Her father has a small rice farm. My girl is now saying that her parents expect us now to get married and we must go back to her village for the marriage, and that I am expected to pay the dowry for her as well as paying for the monks and the marriage ceremony and party. I asked her how much did they expect and she tells me around 200,000 baht will cover everything. Honestly Hillary, that is a lot of money, being a bit close to 4,000 pounds and the

Now for the addition of the golden glow. To do this, you position your reflector to shine some sunlight back towards the subject (that is why the sun should be behind the subject). Prop the reflector in the best position to give the degree of golden glow you want (I generally

just prop it up with the camera bag, or you can get an assistant to hold it for you) and look through the viewfinder. See what a difference this makes? The ugly chin shadow has gone as the light is coming upwards, and the subject now looks brilliantly glowing and healthy. The one meter square reflector will also impart catchlights to eyes to make them sparkle as well. The end photo has shiny hair, bright eyes and a golden complexion radiating warmth. A fabulous picture. Now, the downside! It is more difficult to get the correct exposure setting in the backlit situation. If your camera has a Backlight button, then use it. If not, walk in close to the subject so that the persons face fills the frame, and take your exposure reading from there. Use the exposure lock, or just memorize the readings and put them in on manual mode. It is worth it.

exchange rate is getting worse every day. I don’t know that I really want to go through this at that sort of money. I understand this may be the custom out here, but I want your opinion on it. I haven’t got anyone else I can ask to get some sensible advice. Will Dear Will, I am so tempted to reply “Where there’s a will, there’s a wont” but I didn’t. The idea of dowries is very old fashioned, going back several decades. It wasn’t money, but pigs, rice and buffalo. Dowries were worked out to reimburse the parents for the loss of a virgin daughter who worked on the family small-holding. In this case 200,000 baht is a nonsense, I’m afraid. She has been married before and has a dependent child which her mother looks after. Your blushing bride will be sending money to her mother each month to look after the child. Don’t get sucked in by all this, Petal. It is a con. The village “marriage” is not a legal entity either, even in Thailand. Run, and never go near that village again. Time to show your GF the door too, I’m afraid. And after three months cohabitation (big word for a Friday) you may need to give the lady a financial sweetener before she jumps of her boy friend’s motorcycle taxi.

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Nongprue ‘Shop, Invite & LGBT groups offer media Taste’ event offers local goods training on sexual diversity

The “Shop Invite Taste” activity is held on the first Wednesday of each month.

Jetsada Homklin Nongprue invited Pattayaarea locals to “Shop, Invite & Taste” to bolster residents’ incomes.

Organized by the Social Welfare Department, the July 3 activity at the Nongprue Health Park promoted products made locally ranging from sweets

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and chili paste to organic vegetables and eggs to clothing and shoes. Thai Itoh Technological College students also were on hand to provide free oil changes for motorbikes. Nongprue workers encouraged vendors and shoppers to use biodegradable products made from natural materials and shoppers to bring their own baskets or cloth bags to reduce global warming and garbage. The “Shop, Invite & Taste” activity will be held on the first Wednesday of every month. Vendors interested in selling products can call 038-933-119 or 038-933-179.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission and Thai Transgender Alliance hosted a training session for the media about how to discuss different sexual preferences and lifestyles.

Warapun Jaikusol The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission and Thai Transgender Alliance hosted a training session for the media about how to discuss different sexual preferences and lifestyles. Titiyanan Nukpor, director of the Sisters transgenderrights foundation, welcomed

participants to the July 5 workshop at the M Pattaya Hotel. Jedsads Taesombat, director of Thai Transgender Alliance, and Ronaphum Samakeekarom, a publichealth instructor from Thammasat University were lecturers. Topics covered the background and significance of media coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and how to create

understanding about sexual diversity. Participants were told that diversity topics should be treated with respect without diminishing the value and dignity of LGBT people. The groups have created a presentation manual to guide media organizations in creating content that correctly explains gender, sexuality and sexual diversity issues.

Pattaya, Khopai cleans Soi Vientiane

Dead dolphin video sends Facebookers into tizzy Boonlua Chatree An online video of a dead dolphin near Pattaya set keyboard warriors into another tirade. The video showed the dolphin floating between Pattaya and Koh Larn. The animal clearly had gotten tangled in a fishing net, with the rope caught in its mouth. The net was cut free by the unknown fishing boat. Netizens said the fishing crew should have helped the dolphin, although it likely was dead by the time the crew discovered it. Online users also claimed, without An online video of a dead dolphin near Pattaya proof, that marine officials did nothset keyboard warriors into another tirade. ing to help or autopsy the dolphin.

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Pattaya and the Soi Khopai Community joined to cut grass and collect garbage on Soi Vientiane.

Jetsada Homklin Pattaya and the Soi Khopai Community joined to cut grass and collect

garbage on Soi Vientiane. Mayoral advisor Nikom Sangkaew and Soi Khopai President Wirat Joyjinda opened the July 3 activity.

Grass was cut on each side of the street and trash picked up from the Vientiane Restaurant through beginning of the Soi Yai Lao Community.

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Another beached Baby Dugong now in care in Phuket waters Baby dugong Mariam, who has become a sensation with many people, will soon have a baby brother after another infant dugong was located in Krabi. The newly found beached dugong was reported to be in distress, requiring officials to feed him with milk before relocating him to the care of the Phuket Marine Biological Center. The 3-month-old dugong weighs 25 kilograms and was tired without the ability to balance himself when located. Severe wounds were found on about half of his body, requiring human assistance to ensure his survival.

After feeding him with milk, the veterinary team has been closely monitoring his condition. The baby dugong has shown improved health, and can now swim by himself without constant guidance. He is currently under close care inside a nursery pool. Meanwhile, the care and development of Mariam continues at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, which has posted regular information on their public relations Facebook page, advisBaby dugong Mariam, who has become a ing that officials at Libong Anisensation with many people, will soon have a mal Sanctuary have been on baby brother after another infant dugong was morning patrol to prevent Mariam located in Krabi. from getting beached again.

Visitor numbers to rise 7% in 2019: KResearch Kasikorn Research Center Company Limited (KResearch) estimates the number of visitors to Thailand in the latter half of 2019 will be 20.1 million, higher than the figure in the first half of this year. The forecast says international visitor numbers will rise by 7% in the remaining half of this year. The overall

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annual visitor number this year is now expected to be 39-39.8 million, a 2-4% increase on last year. Annual spending by tourists in 2019 is expected to be 1.94 - 1.97 trillion baht. This new estimate takes into consideration the ongoing revision of the base figure from 2018, and the changing behavior

of international visitors this year, resulting in lower spending in some tourism categories and shorter trips, as younger travelers now make more trips and visit more countries each year. Price competition from domestic businesses and competition with other tourism countries are also taken into consideration.

For the remaining months of 2019, KResearch suggests business operators make proactive marketing plans for the upcoming tourism high season, such as offering more variations in tourism and accommodation packages to meet different budgets and lifestyles of travelers.

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The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has launched a new daily train service between Bangkok and Cambodia’s Ban Klong Luek border station.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has launched a new daily train service between Bangkok and Ban Klong Luek border station for the convenience of people travelling to Rong Kleua Market. The first train of the new service began operating Monday, July 1. There will be four trips a day, two in each direction.

The new service will facilitate the travels of Thai and foreign tourists wanting to cross the border between Thailand and Cambodia. The route extension is expected to greatly promote border trade between Thailand and Cambodia and once the new service route is established, it is believed the number of train passengers will increase markedly.

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And all that jazz… A good many years ago I used to visit the 100 Club in London’s Oxford Street. In those days, it was a smoky, rather seedy joint in a cavernous dark cellar and well-known for its jazz concerts. I didn’t realize that the club had been founded back in 1942 and over the years it hosted some of the top names in jazz including Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman. Amazingly, the club is still going strong today though I’d guess it has become rather more sedate. As a student I adored the jazz, especially the bright, brash sounds of Dixieland and visiting the club was enhanced by a slight frisson of guilt at being in such bohemian surroundings. Of course I didn’t tell my starchy professors back at the music college who surely have disapproved of such an undesirable place. So I could sympathize with the young French composer Darius Milhaud when he heard jazz for the first time. It excited him so much that in 1922 he set off to America and visited clubs and bars in New York’s Harlem, which

Darius Milhaud c. 1957.

were probably a good deal seedier than the place in Oxford Street. Milhaud (MEEoh) was twenty-four at the time and jazz had an enormous influence on him. As a result of this adventure, he was among the first European composers to incorporate jazz idioms in their music. His first jazz-inspired work, La Création du Monde dates from 1923. It’s not often you come across a restaurant named after a piece of classical music but there’s one in Paris. When Milhaud visited Brazil around 1918 he became captivated by the vibrant

popular music, especially a popular tango entitled O Boi no Telhado, which he translated as Le Bœuf sur le Toit (“The Cow on the Roof”). Returning to Paris in 1919, Milhaud wrote the score for a surrealist comic ballet of the same name, using Brazilian-style popular songs and dances. At the time, he and his professional friends used to meet at a popular artists’ bar in Paris called La Gaya. When the bar relocated in 1921, the owner renamed it Le Bœuf sur le toit, presumably to ensure that Milhaud and his crowd would continue to patronize it. They did, together with dozens of other distinguished customers, hangers-on and camp followers.

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Le Bœuf sur le toit. Orchestre de Paris cond. Alondra de la Parra (Duration: 19:02; Video: 420p) This exuberant, unbridled music is almost a sound-picture

of The Roaring Twenties and will brighten the greyest of days. You get the impression of a selection of scenes pasted together like the contents of a scrapbook and this is where much of its charm lies. A lot of Milhaud’s music is influenced by jazz and popular song and he often used a composing technique known as polytonality, in which parts of the music are in different keys at the same time. It creates a vaguely bizarre effect and was much favoured by Stravinsky. You can hear an example at 00:31 when the flutes are clearly playing in a different key to the rest of the orchestra. The work was premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 1920 with a scenario by Jean Cocteau and stage designs by Raoul Dufy. In 1940 Milhaud emigrated to the United States where among other things, he taught composition at Mills

College in California. Two of his most well-known students were Dave Brubeck and Burt Bacharach to whom Milhaud once said, “Don’t be afraid of writing something people can remember and whistle.” Bacharach later wrote well over a hundred hits, so it was good advice.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Piano Concerto in G major. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno); Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra cond. Philippe Jordan (Duration 29:09; Video 1080p HD) This wonderful concerto was written between 1929 and 1931. The first movement opens somewhat unusually with the so u n d o f a w h i p crack, created by slapping two pieces of wood together. The movement

is a colourful blend of Basque and Spanish musical ideas super-charged with jazz idioms, brilliantly performed with fine precision. The slow movement (08:37) leaves jazz far behind and takes us into a reverie - an elegant, soulsearching melody with a gentle waltz-like accompaniment. The third movement (17:24) returns to a more frenetic world, permeated by the distinct sounds of jazz. The spiky opening theme came to Ravel during a train journey not in France, but between Oxford and London. Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Le Bœuf sur le Toit still exists in Paris in the form of an ultra-chic restaurant which has jazz evenings every Friday and Saturday. It’s on rue du Colisée near the Champs Élysées and reservations are essential. If you decide to give it a try sometime, don’t forget your credit cards.

To watch these YouTube videos, either use your Smartphone to read the QR codes or go to this article online, click on the “live” links and go direct to the videos. If you have a laptop, sound quality can be improved significantly by using headphones or external speakers.

A rich mystery awaits in S.J. Rozan’s ‘Paper Son’ Oline H. Cogdill S.J. Rozan’s affinity for little known facts about Chinese culture has fueled exciting thrillers featuring private detectives Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. Memorable plots include a Jewish settlement in China comprised of refugees fleeing Nazi Germany (“The Shanghai Moon”), political art (“Ghost Hero”) and restaurant workers’ union (“A Bitter Feast”). In the outstanding “Paper Son,” Rozan uses the history of Chinese immigrants who established regular grocery stores serving predominantly black neighborhoods in the Mississippi Delta during the early 20th century to sculpt a story about family, culture, prejudice and community. These businesses took hold because the Chinese laborers’ jobs building the railroads dried up and white grocers who would not sell to black residents. Lydia, a Chinese American who lives with her traditional mother in New York’s Chinatown, had never heard of Chinese grocers nor did she know that she had relatives living in Mississippi until a tragedy happens. Her 23-yearold cousin, Jefferson Tam, has been arrested for the murder of his grocer father, Leland. Despite the strong evidence, Lydia’s mother refuses to believe any relative — no matter how distant — could be a murderer. She wants Lydia and Bill to go to Clarksdale, Mississippi, to prove Jefferson’s

innocence. That alone is a revelation since Lydia’s mother has never approved of her profession and has even less regard for Bill, who is white. With Jefferson’s uncle, Capt. Pete Tam, as their guide, Lydia and Bill maneuver through the morass of bigotry and an economically depressed community overwhelmed with drugs. Although the Tams have lived in Clarksdale for generations, the family still is disconnected from the rest of the town. However, those family members who moved away to larger cities have a different experience, including Reynold Tam, whose father married a white woman and who is running for governor of Mississippi. Chinese families are complicated, as Lydia explains to Bill. While these people are distant relatives, they are still family. Adding to the tangled family tree are those men who are “paper sons” — immigrants who convinced naturalized Chinese Americans to file papers identifying them as a son. In some cases, these “sons” had never met their “fathers.” A bit of money helped. Lydia and Bill were last seen in 2011’s “Ghost Hero,” but Rozan’s intricate plotting and affinity for characterization is seamless, making the reader remember how much we missed spending time with these private detectives. Rozan uses the historical footnote of Chinese grocers as a springboard for a rich, deeply satisfying mystery. (AP)

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‘Spider-Man’ swings again with a successful sequel

Mark Kennedy Los Angeles (AP) - Peter Parker might be forgiven for craving a vacation as “Spider-Man: Far From Home” begins. After an emotional and strenuous last few movies with the Avengers, a break sounds nice. “I didn’t think I had to save the world this summer,” he complains. But, you know the drill: With great power comes great responsibility. So it’s just a matter of time before Parker’s European school trip is interrupted by mayhem that requires a webslinger. We’re just glad the filmmakers didn’t also take a vacation as well. In this ambitious and ultimately successful sequel to “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Parker trades New York’s Coney Island and the Staten Island ferry for such iconic cities as Venice, Berlin, London and

Prague. Seeing him swing from ancient bell towers instead of Manhattan skyscrapers is weirdly thrilling. The first half of “SpiderMan: Far From Home “ could stand alone — Parker juggles trying to romance the toughbut-vulnerable MJ (the always welcome Zendaya) while also fighting giant monsters beside a ragtag group of superheroes. Perhaps it’s a little underwhelming, but it’s solid. Just stick around: Things get positively bizarre in the second half as the film shifts up a few gears, turning into a kind of commentary on filmmaking illusion itself. It goes from sunny pop to acid jazz, from “Saved By the Bell” to “The Matrix.” Speaking of school, viewers who haven’t yet seen “Avengers: Endgame” have some homework to do before watching Tom Holland pull on the red-and-blue suit this time. “Far From Home” takes place immediately after the meta-conclusion of all 22 films in the Marvel Cinematic

This image shows (from left) Tom Holland and Jacky Gyllenhaal in a scene from “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” (Jay Maidment/Columbia Pictures/ Sony via AP)

Universe and assumes you know what happened. Plus, it might be a school night, but don’t even think about leaving the theater before catching the two post-film codas. Director Jon Watts returns, adding to the great work he did in the first film, and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who helped write “Homecoming,” make their own homecoming. So

does Jon Favreau playing Happy Hogan, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Jacob Batalon as Parker’s best pal, who this time ditches the nerdiness to show off a manof-the-world Ned. Borrowed from elsewhere in the Marvel Universe are Cobie Smulders as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill and a snarling Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

Spider-Man gets to play this time with a pair of high-tech eyeglasses that are an advanced tactical intelligence system, much like he interacted last time with his suit’s computer, Karen. (Alas, no cameo this time from Stan Lee, the Marvel icon who died in 2018). Jake Gyllenhaal, who has proven to be an actor of tremendous range, is a newcomer to the superhero genre but proves a comfortable fit despite being asked to wear one of Marvel’s oddest costumes. As Mysterio, he dons a huge cape, Roman Empire breastplate, giant gauntlets and a big glass bubble over his face like an upside-down goldfish bowl. But as Will Smith might say, Gyllenhaal makes this look good. Credit to him and costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, who has concocted four Spider-Man suits, including a “stealth” one that gets him the nickname Night Monkey in Europe. And the trippy

visual effects that stun in the second half connect not to the first film but to “SpiderMan: Into the Spider-Verse” — a huge complement since that one was animated. But let’s be honest: The thing keeping this together is Holland. He is utterly endearing as a goofy, insecure now-16-year-old hero with a cracked cellphone and who often makes things worse, apologizing along the way. Holland’s awshucks naiveté is a 1950-ish throwback even though he is firmly in 2019 — taking selfies while in the air and having to be reminded to not text and swing at the same time. He is indeed a Spidey for Generation Z and its fitting that he hits the reset button for Marvel. “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” a Sony Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for “scifi action violence, some language and brief suggestive comments.” Running time: 127 minutes. Three stars out of four.

A New Day Festival heads back to Kent

mott@pattayamail.com Mt. Ephraim Gardens, with its large house and 800 acre estate is situated in Herne Hill in the center of Kent’s rolling valleys, just fortyeight miles from London and ten miles from Canterbury in southern England. The estate has been cared and attended

for by the Dawes family for the last 300 years. Herne Hill itself is just outside Faversham, an old English settlement that can be dated back to pre-Roman times. Once a year in the first week in August, Mt. Ephraim opens its gates to The New Day Festival, and what a wonderful musical event it is too. Three days of sitting about making new friends, reacquainting with old ones and seeing people from previous years. The two stages are set out at the bottom of two fields, nicely close but The New Day Festival takes place at Mt. Ephraim Gardens in Kent, southern England from August 2-4.

far enough apart to be just right. About a two minute walk between each, the Spitfire and Shindig stages have bands following each other with military precision. As you walk back up the fields, each side is lined with stalls selling everything your heart could desire in

terms of cuisine and refreshments, including a marvelous shop selling all sorts of local cheeses. Clothes, records (vinyl) and CD’s are also for sale in abundance, mostly of the artists appearing at the festival and there is also a fabulous tent in between

the stages where after each band finishes they congregate and sign any merchandise bought by the patrons. At the top of each field are the beer tents with over sixty professional stewards in attendance while the cricket pitch is transformed into a camping/glamping site for

the duration of the event. There is plenty of parking space and the amenities are abundant and impeccably clean. There are also plenty of nearby hotels and inns nearby in cast camping is not for you. With all this, there are some Rock & Roll bands too to enjoy. Last year the line-up was amazing and for 2019 the organizers have gone all out to better it. Each day has a band that could easily headline at any other festival playing in mid-afternoon: on Friday we have Thunderstick, Saturday Kingdom of Madness: Classic Magnum, and Sunday sees Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash take to the stage. In fact, Sunday is headliners all day long. The New Day Festival is a very special event in the musical calendar. Note: Written by Mott the Dog of Fletchers’ Folly on Siam Country Club Road, the Dark Side of Pattaya.

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Hard Rock charity concert raises 1 million baht

The Parkinson perform their hits for the charitable crowd. Pattaya City Council Chairman Anan Ankanawisan, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya GM George Carlos Smith and honored guests helped raise 1 million baht for HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s charity fund and the Hard Rock’s community service projects.

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Tony Malhotra (left) and Kavee Suwannachartpan conduct the charity auction for many valued items, including a signed The Parkinson guitar, hotel vouchers and more.

The Hard Rock Hotel raised 1 million baht at its 16th charity concert for HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s charity fund and the Hard Rock’s own community service projects. Pattaya City Council Chairman Anan Angkanawisai kicked off the July 5 show by The Parkinson for 230 people who paid 3,000 baht each to get in. House band Nakita took the stage first as the curtain raiser and, after the main act, Kavee Suwannachartpan and the Pattaya Mail’s Tony Malhotra emceed an auction for a signed

Parkinson guitar, hotel vouchers and more. The guitar went for 10,000 baht while a four-night stay at Gili Lankanfushi Maldives went for 90,000 baht to a former hotel staffer. The

combined profits from tickets, donations and the auction netted 1 million baht for the royal charity, scholarships under the Rock the School, Rock the Lunch and Rock the Farm.

Hard Rock Café’s house band Nakita kept the feet tapping during the breaks in action.

NASA: Intense work under way on rocket for future moonshots Janet McConaughey New Orleans (AP) — As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing approaches, crews are working around the clock at a NASA rocket factory, intent on meeting a new fall 2020 deadline to test launch a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts to the moon and beyond, a space agency official said. “I came out here in the middle of the night ... talking to people who were working on the engine section, working hard through the night,” NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard said on a press tour at New Orleans’ Michoud Assembly Center. He said the core rocket assembly — or Space Launch System — is 80 percent complete, with one of five sections still under assembly. If all goes well, the oftendelayed Artemis 1 test flight is expected take place in fall 2020, though no launch date

has been announced. Plans call for the rocket to carry an uncrewed Orion capsule aloft before the engines are jettisoned 8 minutes and 14 seconds out. The capsule is then to make a double loop around the moon during 25½ days in flight, NASA has said. Officials said no commercial rocket, current or planned, is as powerful as the Space Launch System, which will carry a load three times as heavy as the space shuttle could handle. They also called it a new approach to reaching the moon, unlike the Apollo missions decades ago. “The exciting part is this is not going to be done like Apollo ... where we put a flag on the moon and left,” said Lionel Dutreix, deputy chief operations manager at Michoud. “We’re going to keep returning to the moon and use it as a technical base and knowledge to go on to Mars. We’ve got to make sure this rocket will meet those needs.”

A man walks underneath the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which they say will carry the Orion spacecraft, and ultimately a crew, to the moon and beyond, at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The rocket isn’t reusable because, under current plans, it would cost more to recover and refurbish the engine assembly than to build anew, Dutreix said. In December, the giant

rocket is to be transported on the NASA barge Pegasus to Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama for testing. When topped with the Orion spacecraft and its fuel tank, it will stand 322 feet (98

meters) high — taller than the Statue of Liberty but shorter than the Saturn V rocket that launched the Skylab space station and the Apollo program that carried men to the moon.

The rocket section currently being assembled at Michoud will hold four RS25 engines of the kind that propelled space shuttles. The engines were visible at Michoud, with bright red covers marked “THIS SIDE FACES AFT” covering their wide back ends. Officials said NASA has another dozen for further Artemis missions, with six more under contract. Asked whether $20 billion to $30 billion was an accurate figure for cost overruns on the program, the deputy administrator said, “I’m not going to stand here and give an exact budget.” Morhard also wouldn’t say whether he expects NASA to get the $1.6 billion 2020 budget addition requested by President Donald Trump for space exploration. “The House added $1.3 billion for science programs. The Senate hasn’t marked up the bill. I’m waiting to see what the Senate does,” he said.

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Party raises 75,000 baht for disabled sailors Nopniwat Krailerg

Disabled Sailing Thailand founder Peter Jacobs hosted the June 30 party for 250 sailors and supporters at the Bang Saray Beach Club.

Over 200 members of Thai and foreign business communities and friends joined the event.

Three Thai national sailing male athletes from Disabled Sailing Thailand and their lovely friends give thumbs up to the great project.

The disabled-sailing project teaches the physically impaired to pilot sailboats on their own using watercraft outfitted with accessible equipment, including the SV 14 model shown here that is used in various competitions.

Thai and foreign businesspeople raised about 75,000 baht for the Disabled Sailing Thailand project at a fundraiser in Bang Saray. Project founder Peter Jacobs hosted the June 30 party for 250 sailors and supporters at the Bang Saray Beach Club that included afternoon activities for children and adults, games and live music from Pattaya Rose and Barry Upton. Later, over a buffet supplied by the beach club, an auction and lucky draw were held with prizes donated by supporters, including a 14foot kayak. Proceeds from the raffle tickets and auction will go to the disabled-sailing project, which teaches the physically impaired to pilot sailboats on their own using watercraft outfitted with accessible equipment. One disabled sailor, Kasempol Hundee, said four men and two women are the first participants in the project, using two twin-set sailboats donated by Jacobs. They trained in the U.S. and Japan before competing in the Top of the Gulf regatta this year at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club, taking first and second place in

Noi (2nd left) from Mickey Aussie Bar & Restaurant in Bang Saray chats with friends during the charity activity.

Nantini â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ninaâ&#x20AC;? Dhoowa (left) is one of the outstanding Thai national sailing athletes.

their category among entrants from six countries. Future competitions are planned in Hong Kong and

Spain, which they hope to join. Their ultimate goal is to compete in the Paralympics Games.

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Chinese singer spins Cinderella story at PCEC

The man who followed his dream, David S. Lee enjoys telling his PCEC audience about how his love for music caused him to give up a lucrative career working for NASA and go on to become a famous Chinese and Taiwanese Rock star.

It was another ‘Words & Music Presentation’ at the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) meeting on Sunday, 30 June, as they welcomed David S. Lee who energetically spoke about “My life as a Chinese and Taiwanese pop star.” David is an International Award-Winning Recording Artist, Producer, Digital Engineer, and Lecturer. His was an amazing Cinderella story about a Chinese born boy, whisked off to America at a time of her glory. Grabbed that glory in music and exported it back to China at a time that was ripe, becoming the father of rock in that country. He has been blessed with talent, glory, money and success. A story only dreamt of by many. He mentioned that his dad, a General in the Taiwanese Army and sensing difficult times ahead with mainland China, scraped up the money to send David to America at that vulnerable age of 13. Much to his dad’s anguish, while living with family in Houston, Texas, David became what at the time was a

Member Judith Edmonds opens the PCEC’s Open Forum, a time when questions can be asked or comments made about expat living in Thailand, Pattaya in particular.

typical American teenager, loving Rock music, growing long hair and participating in some other unsatisfactory activities. Eventually his father moved to America, didn’t like Houston and moved on to stay in Florida with another relative. He said his father called him and begged him not to pursue the music career into which he was too obviously headed. Just two days later David received a call saying his dad had died suddenly. Trying to honor his dad’s wish, David temporarily gave up the idea of a music career and added computer science as well as music to his studies at the University of Houston. He was good at math and with a computer science background; NASA offered him a well-paying job working with communications equipment on the space shuttle. Even that could not quell his yearning to know, write and sing music; American rock at that. While in the cockpit of the shuttle where he was supposed to be working,

event that caused him quit his great job at NASA to pursue his dream, music. Thus, he then began his 5year plan. So, at 23, he opened his recording studio and production company which operated for over 20 years; his clients included producers from Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Billy Joel, and movie sound tracks with Superman, Tender Mercy and more. A wonderful turning point in David’s life came when Michael Jackson’s manager took David by the arm, brought him to a quiet room where they both got down on their knees and pointing upward said that from now

His English album also went onto the Billboard, R&R, Gavin Charts, and his life story was made into cartoon series, autobiography, movie and TV specials. This incursion of rock style into the Chinese music scene was climactic, starting the change in China from traditional music to contemporary. David is often seen as the father of that transition. In China he was nicknamed the “grasshopper”. In 1990, he formed an entertainment and production company in Hollywood which produced and promoted many international major events including the Harlem Globetrotters, Ice Capades, introducing them to the China/Asia and USSR markets. This initiative was almost a fluke. The Globetrotters were scheduled to go to Korea but could not, due to rare circumstances. As a person with some connections in China he was asked if he could arrange booking the Trotters there. He got them into Beijing and that lead to him being a conduit for many other groups going to China.

David is also a writer and in 1995 he released his first book “20 Years of Music in Hollywood,” revealing the recording techniques inside the music industry. It is now one of the most popular text books for the modern music study. From 1997 to 2008 he was President of Grasshopper Music/SONY, where he produced and released recordings by Asian and US artists for over 30 albums, including the New Age Grammy Award winning artist Jamii Szmadzinski. His latest book, published in 2015, focused on the producer’s techniques in today’s modern digital world. Even now he lectures about using a 5 year plan: where will you be in five years and how do you plan to get there. The presentation was followed by announcements and news of special interest groups, then the Open Forum where the audience can ask questions or make comments about expat living in Thailand, especially Pattaya. For more information about the PCEC, visit www.pcec.club.

Showing some of his earlier publicity, David S. Lee presented this slide during his PCEC presentation of himself as a Chinese celebrity singer.

he was listening to and memorizing words from groups like the Eagles. It was during this period that he was attending a party and a close friend asked him, ‘David, what do you want to be 5 years from now?’ Before he could answer, the friend said for him to really think about it before he answered. After some thought, he said that in 5 years, he would like to do music every day. She then mentioned what he should be doing in each of the next 5 years to reach that goal. It was this

on, he would get the glory of what we do. He went on to help David complete his first successful album launching a brilliant career. This led to his first signing with PolyGram/Universal Records in 1982. They were thinking they were signing an American rock star and much surprised to learn that he was Chinese originally from Taiwan. His first Chinese album actually contained 8 songs in English. In 1983, his Chinese album stayed #1 on the pop chart for a continuous 12 weeks.

Member Ren Lexander interviews David S. Lee after his PCEC presentation. To view a video, visit https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WrG1XuRgf8.

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A midsummer night’s feast at Ali Baba

Executives of the Riviera Group and the Pattaya Mail met for their annual get-together at Ali Baba Indian Restaurant recently. They were joined by the management team of GO Property Thailand. During the course of the evening, Peter Malhotra, MD of Pattaya Mail presented a book titled ‘Fat Tony’s Diner’ to Winston and Sukanya Gale owners of the Riviera Group while Dr. Iain Corness presented the epic ‘Mango Rains’ to Mark Hudson and Ubonjitr Thamchop (Min) Marketing Manager (Riviera Group). Both books are written by best-sellJo Klemm International Sales Manager of GO Proprty ing author Daniel M Dorothy who also Thailand together with his wife Kannittha (Noi) enjoy the happens to be the Executive Editor of Prince Malhotra Dep. MD of Pattaya Mail with Nopniwat Krailerg the Pattaya Mail. (Editor of the Pattaya Mail Media Group). evening.

Renaissance Global Day of Discovery sets the heart racing

Victor Wong prepares for an adventure of a lifetime.

Global Day of Discovery is the one day a year when more than 160 Renaissance Hotels around the world activate an elevated, amplified experience, underscoring how Renaissance Hotels is a brand that delivers unexpected experiences beyond the convention of travel. Open to global guests and local residents, the worldwide celebration inspires guests and locals alike to “Discover This Way” with Renaissance Hotels. This year Renaissance Pattaya Resort & Spa also participated in the Global Day of Discovery inviting guests from all walks of

What a life! Basking in the sun on a luxury catamaran.

life to join in a day of adventure and to learn and share cultural traditions in unexpected ways.

Guests enjoying the delightful cruise.

Fine dining on the beach.

Denis Richter, GM of the Renaissance Pattaya Resort & Spa welcomes his guests to the beach fest.

Guest met at the pristine Na Jomtien Beach where they embarked on a cruise aboard a luxury sailboat around the unseen little known islands in the Gulf of Thailand. After a day of adventure on

the high seas the guests returned to shore where they were welcomed with cocktails followed by an exotic beach dinner where they were entertained with stunning beach performances.

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Animated videos: Boy Scouts’ new tactic to fight sex abuse David Crary New York (AP) — Under financial pressure from sexabuse litigation, the Boy Scouts of America are seeking to bolster their abuseprevention efforts with a new awareness program featuring cartoon-style videos that will be provided to more than 1.2 million Cub Scouts across the nation. Targeted at children from kindergarten to sixth grade, the series of six videos aims to teach children how to recognize potentially abusive behavior and what to do if confronted by it. The initiative, announced Thursday, comes as the Boy Scouts face a potentially huge wave of abuse-related lawsuits after several states enacted laws this year making it easier for victims of long-ago abuse to file claims. The Boy Scouts acknowledge that the litigation poses a financial threat and have not ruled out seeking bankruptcy protection. The bulk of the newly surfacing abuse cases date to the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s; the BSA says there were only five known abuse victims in 2018 out of 2.2 million youth members. The BSA credits the change to an array of prevention policies adopted since the mid-1980s, including mandatory criminal background checks and abuse-prevention training for all staff and volunteers, and a rule that two or more adult leaders be present with youth at all times during scouting activities.

The Boy Scouts’ youth protection director, former police investigator Mike Johnson, decided to add the videos to the prevention program after vetting them with parents of Cub Scoutage children and with children themselves. “Parents told me they’re having these conversations with their kids, and they felt the videos would help them have a better, richer conversation,” Johnson said. “The kids are engaged. ... There’s some heavy topics discussed in a child-specific way.” Previous BSA prevention videos featured real people, not animated characters. “The power and magic of animation, and its ability to communicate with kids — I underestimated it,” Johnson said. The videos and related learning materials were developed in 2015-16 by psychologists and other experts recruited by the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, a nonprofit in Rancho Mirage, California, that specializes in helping children affected by abuse. Jon Conte, a University of Washington professor emeritus who helped develop the videos, summarized their purpose this way: “Providing children with the knowledge and skills to identify risk situations and to avoid, escape or disclose abuse before it happens or after it happens once.” The videos target two age groups: kindergarten through third grade and fourth through sixth grade.

This image from video made available by the Boy Scouts of America in June 2019 shows a frame from an animated video which is part of a sex-abuse prevention program adopted by the Scouts. Targeted at children from kindergarten to sixth grade, the series of six videos aims to teach children how to recognize potentially abusive behavior and what to do if confronted by it. (BSA via AP)

Each series features a boy and girl who talk about experiencing abusive situations — for example, with a neighbor or coach — and explain how they used a set of “Protect Yourself Rules” to avoid harm. One of the rules, in case of abuse: “Shout, run, tell.” Another rule is “Safe touch, unsafe touch” — being wary of anyone touching the child on a part of the body that their bathing suit would cover. “Unsafe touches are scary and confusing, because they can seem playful or gentle,” says a character in the video for kindergarteners. The videos for older children extend beyond sex abuse, addressing bullying, domestic violence and online dangers. The accompanying lesson materials will be required for all Cub Scout units. For example, second-graders at the rank of Wolf would be asked to identify five trusted adults to whom

Pattaya School No. 4 celibrates 81 years

School administrators, teachers, former students and students observe Pattaya School No. 4’s 81st anniversary in Naklua.

Jetsada Homklin Pattaya School No. 4 marked its 81st anniversary with nine monks performing religious ceremonies. Vice Principal Ichaya Ola welcomed Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai to the July 1 event.

Nine monks from Wat Nongyai, led by Abbot Samutyongyuth Kemataro, blessed the school and recited prayers. School officials and guests then made merit by offering the monks lunch. School No. 4 is located in Naklua and was called

Prachaban Nongprue 4 School on its establishment on July 1, 1938, opening with just six students who studied in Nongyai Temple’s sermon hall. It now teaches hundreds of students from kindergarten to ninth grade.

they could report an abuse incident. They’d also be asked to demonstrate how they would say “No” to someone making them uncomfortable. John Thoresen, the Sinatra Center’s chief executive, said the videos are used in many schools in the U.S. and abroad, and have been viewed by more than 100 million children since 2017.

Thoresen said the videos’ boy and girl characters are a good fit for the Cub Scouts, which last year ended a boysonly policy and now have about 78,000 girls in the ranks. Within the next year, the Sinatra Center plans to complete animated anti-abuse videos for older youths. Johnson said the Boy Scouts might be interested in using them for its program serving boys and girls aged 11-17. The BSA’s current youth participation of 2.2 million is down from more than 4 million in peak years of the past. In many ways, the BSA’s challenges related to sex abuse parallel those facing the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. Both institutions boast of major progress over the past 20 or 30 years in combatting sex abuse — whether by priests or scout leaders — but both face numerous lawsuits alleging negligence and cover-ups, mostly in prior years. Founded in 1910, the BSA has kept confidential files since the 1920s listing staff

and volunteers implicated in sexual abuse, for the avowed purpose of keeping predators away from youth. According to a court deposition, the files as of January listed 7,819 suspected abusers and 12,254 victims. Until late May, the BSA had insisted it never knowingly allowed a predator to work with youth. On May 27, The Associated Press reported that attorneys for abuse survivors had identified multiple cases in which known predators were allowed to return to posts as unit leaders. The next day, BSA chief executive Mike Surbaugh wrote to a U.S. House committee, acknowledging that the group’s previous claim was untrue. “I have reviewed information that now makes clear to me that decades ago BSA did, in at least some instances, allow individuals to return to Scouting even after credible accusations of sexual abuse,” Surbaugh wrote. “I am devastated that this ever occurred.”

US preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity Lindsey Tanner Chicago (AP) — Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016 — the latest data available — from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. “It gives us more hope that this is a real change,” said Heidi Blanck, who heads obesity prevention at the CDC. The results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The improvement affected youngsters ages 2 through 4 who receive food vouchers and other services in the federal Women, Infants and Children nutrition program. About 1 in 5 U.S. kids that age were enrolled in 2016. An earlier report involving program participants the same age found at least small declines in obesity in 18 states between 2008 and 2011. That was the first decline after years of increases that later plateaued, and researchers weren’t sure if it was just a blip. Improvements in food options in that program including adding more fruits, vegetables and whole grains may have contributed to the back-to-back obesity

A study released in June found U.S. preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of shrinking obesity weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped to about 14 percent in 2016, the latest data available and a steady decline from 16 percent in 2010, researchers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

declines, researchers said. Other data show obesity rates in 2016 were stable but similar, about 14 percent, for children aged 2 to 5 who were not enrolled in the program, Blanck noted. While too many U.S. children are still too heavy, the findings should be celebrated, said Dr. William Dietz, a former CDC obesity expert. “The changes are meaningful and substantial.” Dietz said program changes that cut the amount of juice allowed and switched from high-fat to low-fat milk likely had the biggest impact. He estimated that amounted to an average of 9,000 fewer monthly calories per child.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends lowfat milk for children. It also suggests kids should limit juice intake and choose fresh fruits instead. Further reducing U.S. childhood obesity will require broader changes — such as encouraging families and day care centers to routinely serve fruits, vegetables and whole grains; and employers to extend parental leave to make breastfeeding easier for new mothers, said Maureen Black, a child development and nutrition specialist at the University of Maryland. Studies have shown breastfed infants are less likely than others to become obese later on.

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thirty-four in second place whilst the relatively youthful Chris Delamare took third with thirty-one. Chris also displayed pinpoint accuracy on the parthrees and snared three out of the four, the fourth went to the delinquent fund.

Monday, July 1, Pleasant Valley – Stableford 1st Jimmy Carr (16) 47pts 2nd Robby Watts (9) 44pts 3 rd Mashie Kaneta (16) 34pts We started off a new month of golf with a rainbow format at the Pleasant Valley course. Which was surprisingly in poor shape, in particular some of the greens were very shabby and require a lot of remedial work. Scoring today was exceptional and Jimmy Carr took the win with forty-seven points. It was a remarkable performance tee to green with putts dropping from everywhere. Robby Watts had to settle for second place with forty-four points and an indication of how crazy scoring was, it was a full ten strokes back to find Mashi Kaneta in third place on thirty-four. One near pin each went to Barry Murnin and Gary Smith with Robby taking two.

Friday, July 5, Pattavia – Medal Jimmy Carr.

Wednesday, July 3, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford 1st Gerry Cooney (21) 39pts 2nd Tony Robbins (21) 34pts 3rd Chris Delamare (1) 31pts After several weeks off in the countryside, Gerry Cooney returned to the Bunker Boys today and brought his A game, with him taking first place with thirty-nine points, including twentythree on the front. Another septuagenarian, Tony Robbing, suddenly found some length off the tee and returned a decent score of

1st Paul Smith (4) net 66 2nd Robby Watts (8) net 72 3rd Chris Delamare (1) net 72 4th Stuart Brown (9) net 73 On our arrival at the Pattavia course the rain was still falling and continued for another two hours - the prospect of play didn’t look good. Eventually, at about 1.00pm the rain finally stopped and play commenced under grey skies and with no wind. All the top guns fired today and dominated the winner’s circle. Paul Smith off a handicap of four took first place with a score of two under the stick, including four birdies for a net sixty-six. After a very poor start over the first six holes, Robby Watts recovered to take second place with a net seventytwo, edging out Chris Delamare on countback. The final place in the winner’s circle went to Stuart Brown in fourth place with a net seventy-three. The near pins came from the same group with Chris Delamare and Stuart Brown with one each and Paul Smith took two.

Banks on fire at Green Valley PSC Golf from Siam Country Resort Pattaya Tuesday, July 2, Plutaluang Stableford On Tuesday we went to Plutaluang, where we North and West course was in very good condition with nice fairways and good greens. We had quite good scores today and the main battle was between Willem Lasonder and Patrick Devereux. Willem was the lucky one and won with 39 stableford points while Patrick was one point back in second with 38 and Jonathan took third on 36. The near pins went to Willem Lasonder, Jonathan Pratt (2x) and Stan Rees.

Thursday, July 4, Green Valley Stableford Green Valley was our venue on Thursday and the course

From left: David Lusha, Stuart Banks & Jonathan Pratt.

was in good shape with again nice fairways and greens. After a slow start by Stuart Banks he recovered to post a fine 41 points, three up on

Jonathan Pratt in second on 38 while in third place was David Lusha with 37 points. The near pins were claimed by Jonathan Pratt and Dave Smith.

Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) Roger Awad, Paul Butler and Tim Hake, and (Div 2) Alan Bissell, Bruce Gardner, Frank Kelly and Hanke Manfred. Alan Bissell birdied the 3rd hole on the West course for the sole ‘2’ of the day.

Monday, July 1, Laem Chabang C & A - Stableford Five groups out today with the equal cut at 4-17 and 18+ in the two divisions. Peter Davies, playing off 24 and with no game for four months, recorded his highest score ever as scored 25 on the front nine and 22 on the back to win division 2 with 47 points. Glen Loydall was second 10 points behind with 37 and Hanke Manfred beat John Doyle on a countback after two scores of 33 came in. Paul Young topped division 1 with 34 points, the mad dentist was second one point behind and then there were three 31 pointers in with a back-nine countback placing Roger Awad in third, Pete Seil fourth and Martin Grimoldby just losing out. Near pins went to (Div 1) Martin Grimoldby, Tim hake, Bob Poole and Pete Seil, and (Div 2) John Carlin, Bruce Gardner and Frank Grainger. Frank Grainger birdied C8 for the only ‘2’ of the day.

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Bruce Gardner – winner at Plutaluang

Wednesday, July 3, Plutaluang Stableford Only one division out today and we were playing the North and West nines. Bruce Gardner posted the best score of the day, an evenpar 36 points, to come out on top. Alan Bissell came in second on 32 and then there were four 29 scores in and here Tim Hake finished third and Roger Awad fourth, with John Carlin and Les Smith losing out.

An equal cut today in the two divisions at 12-18 and 19+ and 36 points was the highest score, coming from Tony Thorne to win division 2. John Doyle was second on 33, Hanke Manfred placed third on 32 and the organiser was fourth with a meager 30 points. Marty Rock won division 1 with 36 points, with Colin Aspinall second on 33, Frank Kelly third one point behind Colin and Les Smith taking fourth on countback over Paul Butler and John Carlin, all with 31 points. Marty Rock won 3 near pin prizes in division 1 and John Carlin had one on the 6th hole in division 2.

Weekes signs off in style PSC Golf from The Growling Swan Monday, July 1, Plutaluang – Stableford 1st Sean Millar (28) 39pts 2 nd Steve younger (12) 37pts 3rd Keith Buchanan (12) 35pts 4th Alan Ray (29) 27pts Not a big field but an enthusiastic group of golfers were heading out to play Plutaluang today. Playing from the yellow tees, it was Sean Millar that took the chocolates with a good score of 39 points. Steve Younger came in two points in arrears, with Keith Buchanan and Allan Ray filling the third and fourth spots on the podium.

Thursday, July 4, Greenwood Stableford 1st Rod Weekes (19) 40pts 2nd Sean Millar (28) 38pts 3rd Keith Buchanan (12) 37pts 4th Alex Field (17) 33pts

Rod Weekes (left) with Steve Younger.

Near Pins: Sean Millar, Andrew Allen, Kissy Buchanan. Long Putts: Sean Millar, Allan Ray. Greenwood Golf Course was in good nick today, even with us having to play ‘lift, clean & place’ while carts were not allowed on the course till the course had dried out. We played courses

B & C from the yellow tees. Rod Weekes, playing his last game this tour, posted his best score this tour, 40 points, and thus signed off in style. The inform Sean Miller (also leaving us today) returned in second place, third past the post was Keith Buchanan and Alex Field completed the podium in fourth.

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O’Donovan delivers at Burapha PSC Golf from the Pattaya Links Golf Society had one of his better days and, even though wiping ( blobbing) the last hole, put together 40 points to hold fourth place. Near pins were claimed by Kevin McEntee, Colm O’Donovan, Jacob Cummings and Donal McGuigan.

Monday, July 1, Treasure Hill Stableford 1st Paul Smith (4) 33pts 2nd Dave Hewson (9) 33pts 3rd Paul Chesney (21) 32pts 4th Donal McGuigan (19) 32pts 5th Derek Phillips (16) 32pts The big question today was who won, the golfers or the course? As not one of the twenty-four starters could play to handicap, it must surely go down as a win for Colm O’Donovan (centre) Treasure Hill. Darren Beavers. Paul Smith carried on his Green Jacket form from Friday Wednesday, July 3, to score 33 points in a head to Burapha C & D head with Dave Hewson, scoring the same but beaten Stableford 1st Colm O’Donovan (16) 44pts on countback. Paul Chesney 2nd Maurice Roberts (12) 42pts beat off two other contend3rd Kevin McEntee (11) 41pts ers, scoring 32 points to take 4th Derek Phillips (16) 40pts third place on countback When he arrived for this over Donal McGuigan and trip Colm O’Donovan stated Derek Phillips. Near pins went to John that he wanted to get his Pierrel, Phil Davies and Iain handicap down to 16. Well, he did that with some top Jones.

Friday, July 5, Eastern Star – Stableford 1st Donal McGuigan (18) 38pts with Tip Briney (left) and

scoring and today smashed it again with an amazing 44 points at Burapha. Only one flight today and finishing right behind Colm came some excellent scores to fill the podium. Maurice Roberts has had some good games recently and today’s 42 points, by far his best, gave him second place. Kevin McEntee chimed in with 41 points for third spot while Derek Phillips

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2nd Paul Chesney (21) 36pts 3rd Bernie Stafford (17) 34pts 4th Toby Glass (12) 34pts 5th Jacob Cummings (6) 33pts Donal McGuigan stood out today with a well earned 38 points to take top spot in the one flight. Paul Chesney had a spell in the UK and has come back refreshed and showing good form for his first couple of games, today a very good 36 points.

Bernie Stafford, in a rare appearance at Links, took third place on countback over another in-form player in Toby Glass, both with 34 points. Jacob Cummings, in his final game this trip, filled the last spot on the podium with 33 points. Near pins went to Toby Glass, Derek Phillips, Jacob Cummings and Bernie Stafford.

Gilroy prevails at Pattavia The Tara Court Golf Society Sunday, June 30, Green Valley Stableford 1st Shaun Merriman (11) 36pts 2nd Paul Butler (16) 36pts 3rd Jack Grinvold (3) 35pts 4th Pete Seil (5) 35pts The day at Green Valley was just perfect for golf. We had a small group again and only one flight. Shaun Merriman kept up his steady golf of late and was the winner with thirtysix points. Paul Butler also had thirty-six but he lost out

on the countback to Shaun and had to settle for second place. We also had a countback for the next two places and here Jack Grinvold won out and he came third ahead of Pete Seil, both with thirty five points. We had two 2’s today, from Shaun Merriman and Jack Grinvold with one each.

Tuesday, July 2, Pattavia - Stableford A small group out today and the greens here at Pattavia were a bit slower

than normal, but still hard if you were above the hole. It was tight scoring today and coming out on top was Russell Gilroy (H/cap 16) with a fine 37 points. There were 3 players on 35 points and here a great sand save for a par on the last got Ted Morris (17) the second place on the podium. Craig Hitchens (13) holed a treacherous downhill putt, also on 18, for par to take third place, leaving Shaun Merriman (11) out of the prizes. No one managed a 2 today.

Buchanen best at Phoenix PSC Golf from The Billabong Bar Monday, July 1, Phoenix Golf Stableford Phoenix on the Lakes and Ocean loops today. The scoring wasn’t too bad, with only one golfer scoring below 30 points. There was a countback between Sandy Chapo and Glen Elsworth, both on 35 points, with Sandy having the better back-nine to take third spot. Second went to the little French general, Gerard Lambert, with 37 points, but the day belonged to Dave Buchanen playing off his 1 handicap and scoring 38 points, 2 under off the stick! There was only one birdie 2, coming from Sandy Chapo.

Wednesday, July 3, Green Valley Stableford With 32 golfers taking advantage of the great deal that Capt. Bob has at Laem Chabang, only 6 groups turned up to play at Green Valley today. In the men’s’ competition Selwyn Wegner (H/cap 15) was the star performer, having only one double bogey in his round to finish with 42 points and looking forward to a reduction in his handicap. Auke Engelkes (13) played well but with only 8 points on his

Dave Buchanen, Gerard Lambert and Sandy Chapo.

last 5 holes he could not keep up with Selwyn and had to settle for 2nd place on 39 points. Two double bogies and a blob on the way out stopped Pete Thomas (17) making any sort of a challenge for the top berth, but 3rd place and 36 points was respectable. For the ladies, Miss May (12) is always consistent with her game but today she excelled herself. A birdie on the 1st an eagle on the 7th and a gross score of 74 gave her 46 points and a runnerway victory which she richly deserved. Miss Na (11) had 10 pars for 2nd place, winning on a countback from Miss Nu (15) who only dropped 3 shots on the front nine. We had two 2s today, from Auk Engelkes and Miss Na.

Wednesday, July 3, Laem Chabang Stableford Laem Chabang is known as the premier golf course in this area and is in spectacular condition, even with the amount of rain the course has endured recently. With 8 groups playing the starter gave us a two-tee start to save a little time. The scoring wasn’t too bad with one of the Aussie lads, Deano, taking 5th place with 33 points. Then there was a countback between the Kiwi contingent of John Harper, Graham Bayly and Ralph, all on 34 points, with John taking 4th, Graham 3rd and Ralph 2nd. One of the local lads, Andrew Woodall, took the top spot with 38 points. There were three 2’s, coming from Gavin, John and Andrew.

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Feng birdies final hole for a 1-shot win on LPGA Tour Oneida, Wis. (AP) — Shanshan Feng set a high target for such low scoring at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, and she figured she had done enough. Three birdies in a four-hole stretch had taken her from three shots behind to one shot ahead last Sunday, or so she thought. It was only after she hit 7-iron to 3 feet on the final hole that she saw the leaderboard and realized she was tied with Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn. “I’m like, ‘Oh, no. I have to make that one,’” Feng said. No problem. Leaving the flagstick in, she rolled in her final birdie putt for a 9-under 63 and a one-shot victory over Jutanugarn, who had hit 8-iron to 3 feet for birdie and a 64. Feng won for the 10th time on the LPGA Tour, but her first victory since Blue Bay in China in November 2017. The shootout on the soft Thornberry Creek at Oneida course materialized the way everyone expected. Patty Tavatanakit shot 61 and was part of a five-way tie for the lead before the final two groups even teed off. She wound up in a tie for 15th. Seven players had at least a share of the lead at

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as Hannah Green won. “Overall, my whole week was really good,” Jutanugarn said. “It’s like amazing, because I didn’t expect to play that good at all, so I’m really happy about how I played.” Tiffany Joh birdied her last three holes for a 67 and tied for third withAmy Yang (65) for her best finish on the LPGA Tour. Feng rose to No. 1 in the world

Shanshan Feng of China tees off during the final round of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic on Sunday, July 7, 2019 in Hobart, Wisconsin. (Chris Kohley/The Post-Crescent via AP)

some point in the final round. Jutanugarn, a former world No. 1 still searching for her first victory this year, appeared to be in control with a three-shot lead on the back nine. She holed a bunker shot for an eagle on the reachable par-4 sixth. She closed out her 30 on the front nine with another eagle. But the Thai pulled her tee shot on the par-5 15th, turning a birdie hole into a

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bogey that cost her momentum and the lead. In the group behind her, Feng ran off birdies at the 13th, 14th and 16th holes, the last one a dart into 2 feet that gave her a one-shot lead. Jutanugarn wasn’t finished, however, with her final full shot covering the flag and setting up birdie. Feng had the last word. “Before the round today, I didn’t know what the others

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were going to do, so I was aiming for 30 under,” Feng said. She finished at 29-under 259, two shots shy of the tournament record that Sei Young Kim set last year. Twenty-two players finished at 20 under or better. It was the second close call in three weeks for Jutanugarn, who played in the final group at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine and failed to make a birdie

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toward the end of 2017, but began to chase distance and lost control of her irons, which she considered her strength. “I tried to get more distance and then maybe just messed up the feeling about controlling the ball,” Feng said. “I got that back, so I’m really happy about that. I think this is not the last one, for sure, so as many as I can win.”

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US win 4th Women’s World Cup, beat Dutch 2-0 Anne M. Peterson Lyon, France (AP) — The U.S. won a record fourth Women’s World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 last Sunday night when Megan Rapinoe converted a tiebreaking penalty kick in the second half and Rose Lavelle added a goal. Rapinoe scored in the 61st minute after a video review determined Stefanie van der Gragt had fouled Alex Morgan with a kick to the shoulder while competing for a deflected pass in the penalty area. Two days past her 34th birthday, Rapinoe slotted the ball past Sari van Veenendaal for her sixth goal of the tournament. She became the oldest player to score in a Women’s World Cup final. “Getting to play at the highest level of the World Cup with the team we have is just ridiculous. But to be able to couple that with everything on the field and to back up all of those words with performances and to back up all of those performances with words, it’s just

incredible,” Rapinoe said. “I feel like this team is in the midst of changing the world around us as we live, and it’s just an incredible feeling.” Lavelle, at 24 the team’s upand-coming star, added her third goal of the tournament on an 18-yard left-footed shot in the 69th after a solo run from the center circle. “It’s been a long journey. It doesn’t seem real yet. I hasn’t hit me, it’s so surreal, to be part of this group and to play with these players,” Lavelle said. Fans, many dressed in red, white and blue, chanted “Equal Pay!” at the final whistle, a reminder players sued the U.S. Soccer Federation in March claiming gender discrimination. The sides have agreed to mediate the lawsuit. Rapinoe also called out FIFA on the eve of the championship, suggesting soccer’s governing body was not doing enough to grow the women’s game, pointing to unequal prize money and the scheduling of the final on the same day as the championships of the CONCACAF

United States players celebrate their victory in the Women’s World Cup final between US and the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Sunday, July 7, 2019. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Gold Cup in Chicago and the Copa America final in Brazil. Whether unequal treatment from soccer officials will change is uncertain. The Americans’ dominance in France is unquestioned. They never trailed at the tournament and set records with 26 goals and a 12-game World Cup winning streak

Brazil beat Peru to win Copa América title

when then-president Sepp Blatter was a no-show as U.S. prosecutors investigated corruption in soccer’s governing body. With confidence that some called arrogance — triggering a backlash that the angry response was sexist — this American team established a standard that exceeded the U.S. champions of 1991, 1999 and 2015, becoming a goal for all others to match. Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain were among the former American players who joined the current

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Tales Azzoni and Mauricio Savarese Rio de Janeiro (AP) — Brazil didn’t need Neymar to win another Copa América title at home. With its injured star watching from the stands at a packed Maracanã Stadium last Sunday, Brazil beat Peru 3-1 to win a first South American title since 2007. It was Neymar’s replacement, Everton, who led the team to victory, scoring a goal and setting up another to give Brazil its ninth Copa América trophy, and fifth at home. Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison also scored for Brazil, which has won the title every time it hosted the tournament. “I gave everything I had today,” said Everton, who was voted player of the final and also finished as one of the tournament’s top scorers with three goals. “Who would have thought that Everton would be playing in the final and would be named the man of the match,” Brazil coach Tite said. Neymar, who was ruled out before the tournament because of an ankle injury, sat with his son close to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro among the crowd of nearly 70,000 at the Maracanã. “Neymar is extraordinary, he’s a top 3 player,” Tite said. But “with teamwork we stayed strong.”

dating to 2015. Jill Ellis became the first coach to lead a team to two Women’s World Cup titles, and the U.S. joined Germany in 2003 and 2007 as the only repeat champions. While the U.S. has four titles, Germany is the only other nation with even two. “It’s just chemistry. They put their hearts and soul into this journey,” Ellis said. “They made history.” FIFA President Gianni Infantino handed over the trophy, a stark contrast to four years ago in Canada,

generation for the postgame celebration. Alyssa Naeher, the 31year-old who succeeded Hope Solo in goal, faced repeated questions entering the tournament but allowed just three goals and finished with her fourth shutout. The U.S. had scored within the first 12 minutes of its previous six matches but the European champions sat back to keep their defensive shape and kept the score 00 through the first half. Video review, adopted by FIFA for the men’s World Cup last year, showed its impact when Stephanie Frappart, the first woman to referee a men’s Ligue 1 match, initially did not call the foul on Morgan, then went to the screen at the side of the field, watched replays and signaled toward the spot. Rapinoe, who missed the semifinal win over England with a hamstring injury, became the first woman to score on a penalty kick during a Women’s World Cup final, her 50th goal in 158 international appearances. She ended the Netherlands’ 317minute scoreless streak and matched Morgan and England’s Ellen White for most goals in the tournament, winning the Golden Ball based on fewer minutes.

A general view of the new Olympic stadium is seen during a media tour Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Brazil players lift the trophy after winning the Copa America final against Peru at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 7, 2019. (AP Photo)

Brazilian fans had some reason to worry after Gabriel Jesus was sent off in the 70th minute because of a second yellow card, but Peru couldn’t pull off one last upset after eliminating Uruguay in the quarterfinals and twotime defending champion Chile in the semifinals. “Brazil deserved the victory,” Peru coach Ricardo Gareca said. “We played

better than we did in the previous match. We have improved as a team. We still have to improve more, but we are on the right track.” Peru, which had been routed 5-0 by Brazil in the group stage and barely avoided early elimination, was trying to win its first Copa América trophy since 1975 and just its second overall. It hadn’t returned to the final since ’75.

Tokyo (AP) — Tokyo’s new National Stadium is 90% completed with the opening of the Olympics just over a year away. Media were given a glimpse inside the $1.25 billion stadium last week. It is located in central Tokyo and will be the scene of the opening ceremony on July 24, 2020. It will also be the venue for track and field and some soccer. Organizers say they are planning events in December to inaugurate the new stadium, which was designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.

The new stadium design was first awarded to British architect Zaha Hadid, but eventually the futuristic design was scrapped by the government as the cost soared toward $2 billion. Organizers say about 45,000 of the 60,000 permanent seats have been installed, and the grass surface should be down by the end of the month. The all-weather track will be installed in August and September. Including the stadium, Tokyo is building eight new venues for the Olympics. The other 35 venues for the games are defined as

“temporary” or older buildings that are being reused, which Tokyo organizers say has saved billions. The other centerpiece for the games will be the Olympic Village for more than 10,000 athletes being built on the edge of Tokyo Bay. The Summer Olympics don’t come cheaply, and even existing venues need extensive renovation when the Games come to town. Exact costs — what are, and are not Olympic expenses — are difficult to sort out. But Tokyo is spending at least $20 billion to get ready, 70% of which is taxpayers’ money.

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Crusaders beat Jaguares 19-3 to win Super Rugby title Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) — The Christchurchbased Crusaders beat Argentina’s Jaguares 19-3 in the Super Rugby final last Saturday to win the southern hemisphere tournament for the third year in a row and the 10th time overall. Scott Robertson, who won three titles with the Crusaders as a player, has now won the championship in each of his three years as head coach. He celebrated in the now traditional fashion by breakdancing on the field at the Christchurch Stadium as his players stood around decked with winners’ medals. The 18,000-seat stadium, a “temporary” facility developed in the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, was filled to capacity on a bitterly-cold evening, including by many exuberant fans of

the Jaguares whose coach Gonzalo Quesada guided them to their first final in his first year in charge. Those fans saw Crusaders flyhalf Richie Mo’unga punctuate the game with four penalties and the conversion of the only try, scored by hooker Codie Taylor. “Defense won it again for us,” Robertson said. “It feels like the last three weeks have been finals. “We had to get back to basics, we had to get old school and just plug it into the corners. (Flanker) Matt Todd made 100 tackles and we just found a way.” The Crusaders had 12 All Blacks in their starting 15 and the Jaguares are almost all members of the Argentina national team, bringing a test-match intensity to the final just over two months

from the start of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. For the first 10 minutes, the Crusaders camped in Jaguares territory but couldn’t break a willing defense. For the next five minutes the Jaguares attacked and the first points of the game came in the 15th minute when Joacquin Diaz Bonilla goaled from a scrum penalty. By halftime it was the Crusaders who had to make almost twice as many tackles as their opponents. The Jaguares rushed up in defense and tackled around the legs, putting players on the ground and allowing them to quickly contest at the breakdown. That forced the Crusaders to try and pass out of contact and in frosty conditions they made handling errors, 6-1 in the first quarter.

Noah Lyles runs 19.50 in 200 meters, 4th best time ever Graham Dunbar Lausanne, Switzerland (AP) — Noah Lyles raced to the fourth-fastest 200-meter time in history last Friday, finishing in 19.50 seconds at the Athletissima Diamond League meet. Lyles even ran into a slight headwind on a warm evening, going 0.08 seconds faster than Usain Bolt’s Lausanne track record set seven years ago. Only Michael Johnson among American sprinters, winning the 1996 Atlanta Olympics title in 19.32, has run the 200 faster than the 21-year-old Floridian. “The track here is burning up,” said Lyles, who leaned back and shouted skyward before posing for photographs next to the trackside clock. “It was about getting out strong. There is nothing better than seeing the accomplishments of what you have put in.” Bolt’s world record of 19.19 was set at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. His Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake ran 19.26 in Brussels in 2011. In other world-leading performances last Friday, Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya won the men’s 1,500 in 3 minutes, 28.77 seconds, and pole vaulter Piotr Lisek of Poland cleared 6.01 meters. Lyles had been tied for eighth all-time for his 19.65 set at Monaco last year. “Each year I’m making a huge jump. I’m very satisfied,” said Lyles, who heads to U.S. nationals in three weeks at Des Moines, Iowa, aiming to make the 2019 worlds team. They open Sept. 28 in Doha, Qatar.

American sprinter Noah Lyles poses after setting a men’s 200m meeting record at the Diamond League athletics event in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, July 5.

His season-best had been 19.72 as runner-up to another 21-year-old American, Michael Norman, in Rome one month ago. Norman’s time of 19.70 at the Golden Gala meet had been the fastest in the world this year. On an ideal night for sprinting, two-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann FraserPryce dominated the women’s 100. Her 10.74 performance was just 0.01 outside the world-leading time Elaine Thompson and FraserPryce herself clocked at the Jamaica nationals last month. The 32-year-old FraserPryce, who missed the 2017 season to give birth to her first child, quickly ran clear to finish 0.17 ahead of Dina Asher-Smith, the European champion. Asher-Smith and the 2017 worlds silver and bronze medalists — Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Dafne Schippers — all clocked season-best times trailing far behind FraserPryce, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion. World champion Justin

Gatlin cruised to victory in the men’s 100 in 9.92, breaking clear before the midway point to leave fellow American Michael Rodgers trailing in 10.01. A fast men’s 1,500 saw the first six finishers beat the previous world-leading time this season. Behind Cheruiyot’s meet-record run, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the 18-year-old European champion from Norway, ran a lifetime-best 3:30.16 in second place. A curious men’s 5,000 left Yomif Kejelcha ahead at the bell signaling one lap left after Hagos Gebrhiwet, the Olympic bronze medalist, slowed and saluted the crowd thinking he had won. Kejelcha timed 13 minutes, 0.56 seconds. Running the second-fastest women’s 400 this season, Nigeria-born Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain timed 49.17, just 0.02 ahead of Aminatou Seyni, setting a Nigerian record. Shamier Little of the U.S. won the 400 hurdles in 53.73, third best in the world this season.

Crusaders Codie Taylor dives across the line to score a try as teammate George Bridge is airborne above him during the Super Rugby final between the Crusaders and the Jaguares in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

The first try of the match, in the 25th minute, came from a chance turnover and superb work from the Crusaders tight forwards. Flanker Matt Todd forced a turnover after a high kick. The ball moved quickly to lock Sam Whitelock who dashed down the left touchline, passing inside to Taylor. Jaguares winger Matias Moroni missed a scoring chance near the end of the first half, losing the ball in two tackles near the goal line. The Crusaders broke out late, won a penalty and went to halftime leading 10-3. Moroni had a chance again at the start of the second half when he reclaimed his own

kick on the right flank but his pass to Matias Orlando was lost. The Crusaders were forced again to make many tackles and their defense proved equal to the task. Todd was held up over the line in the 51st minute and, when the Crusaders bulldozed the ensuing scrum, Mo’unga kicked a penalty for a 13-3 lead. As the scales tipped a little in the

Crusaders’ favor Mo’unga goaled for a 16-3 lead after 59 minutes. Moroni, again, had a chance from a cross kick in the 68th minute but the bounce beat him across the dead ball line. That was the last gasp from the Jaguares, who played superbly. Mo’unga landed a long-range penalty in the 75th minute to put the result beyond doubt.

During loss, Fabio Fognini says Wimbledon should be bombed London (AP) — Already on Grand Slam probation, top-10 player Fabio Fognini was in more trouble last Saturday after saying during his thirdround match at Wimbledon that he wanted a bomb to hit the All England Club. During a three-set loss to Tennys Sandgren at tiny Court 14, the 10th-ranked Fognini referred in Italian to the “damned English” and said he wished “a bomb would explode at the club.” More than 1,000 bombs fell in the area during World War II, destroying thousands of nearby homes, and 16 fell on the tournament grounds. One hit Centre Court. At his news conference Saturday, Fognini said his comments came in the heat of the moment. He said he was upset about not playing well and the condition of the court’s grass. “If I offended anyone, I apologize,” Fognini said in Italian. “That definitely wasn’t my intention.” The volatile Fognini, who is married to 2015 U.S. Open

Italy’s Fabio Fognini reacts as he plays United States’ Tennys Sandgren in a Men’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

champion Flavia Pennetta, also bloodied knuckles on his right hand after punching his racket during the match against Sandgren. An All England Club spokeswoman said there was no immediate comment from tournament officials. But the episode will be investigated to determine whether it rises to the level of a major offense, because he is still under a two-year probation stemming from

when he insulted a female chair umpire at the 2017 U.S. Open and got kicked out of that tournament. In October 2017, the Grand Slam Board said Fognini would be suspended for two major tournaments if he commits another major offense before the end of this year. He was docked a thenrecord $27,500 of his prize money at Wimbledon in 2014 for a series of outbursts during a first-round victory.

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Tesla S coming to Thailand? I was passed on the freeway the other day by a Tesla. It passed me so fast I was unable to keep up so I could look at the pointy end of the car. However, I did find a few articles dealing with the latest variation, the Model X Long Range. Forget range anxiety, this new Tesla has a 370 miles (600 km) range. What is more, Tesla announced the new powertrains, are applicable to all Model S and Model X variants. Whilst the battery remains the same as before, more efficient permanent magnet front motors, wheel bearings and tires, amongst other tweaks, have helped to improve efficiency very substantially. The range on each model has increased on the order of 10 percent to 12 percent. For the Long Range Model S, the EPA range rating has increased from 335 to 370 miles! The improved value proposition has been achieved whilst likely reducing Tesla’s internal costs (the new motor is a variant of the existing high-volume Model 3 motors). The Standard Range S and X are also now available

Karting Slalom and Digital Motorsport. “It is something new for not only motorsport followers and future generations of competitors, but also those with a general appreciation of international sport,” FIA President Jean Todt said. The Vallelunga circuit, just north of Rome, will host the

three-day event, which has its origins in the GT Nations Cup, held in November 2018 in Bahrain and won by a team from Turkey. The chances of this new format in motor sport becoming a ‘must go’ are extremely low, in my opinion. Have you heard of the Turkey Team GT Nations Cup? I certainly have not.

British GP (Silverstone) this weekend

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once more, and include the above 10–12 percent efficiency improvements. The new Tesla Model X Long Range, meanwhile, gets a 10 percent range boost to 500 km (EPA combined). Like the S, it is at its most efficient on highway cruises, and will likely get an EPA highway rating of at least 335 miles. That will put it at a full 50 percent greater highway range than the IPACE. Even the Model X Standard Range will likely have at least 260 miles of EPA-rated highway range, putting it 20 percent higher than the I-PACE. The Audi e-tron is even further behind, having an official EPA combined range of 321 km, and likely around 160 km (if that) on the EPA

highway cycle, despite its 95 kWh battery pack. (We don’t yet have the full EPA figures for the Audi, just the EPA combined range of 321 km). This means that even the Tesla Model X Standard Range has likely a 33 percent greater highway range than the Audi, and the Model X Long Range has a 72 percent greater highway range. Q2 of 2019, Tesla is very pleased to announce a record 95,000 cars out the door. For a start-up with no automotive background, Tesla really is a success story. General Motors should have listened to Bob Lutz. Start dry-storing your petrol engine cars now, we’ll all be electric in five years and queuing for gasoline within 10 years.

Bentley GT3 R for sale If you are interested in purchasing a Continental GT3 go to the Join Team Bentley page. (And make sure your credit card is good for about $300,000.) According to Bentley PR, W.O. Bentley promised always to build a “good car, fast car, best in its class” and this is no different with the race car. Development of the new Continental GT3 has been led with passion and innovation by the engineers of Bentley Motorsport’s in-house team based in Crewe, and supported

Austria (AP) — Rome will host the inaugural edition of a multidisciplinary motorsport event in November, with drivers competing for their country rather than individual recognition. The FIA said on Friday the annual Motorsport Games will initially feature six categories: GT, Touring Car, Formula 4, Drifting,

across the car by designers and technicians at Bentley’s technical partner, M-Sport. The new GT3 race car was developed in tandem with the recently launched Continental GT road car, and the performance learnings are many. It utilises a mostly aluminium structure to deliver a much lighter, race-ready weight of significantly less than 1300 kg together with more even weight distribution – ideal for racing. The engine is a new development of the race-proven

One of the best circuits for the F1 circus is Silverstone. Loved by drivers and spectators alike, but now its position on the F1 calendar is in doubt. The Silverstone management has not signed a contract for 2020 and at the time of publication, the 2020 British GP is in doubt. What is the sticking point? Money, as usual. In effect, the 20 million pound fee Silverstone must pay to host the grand prix, which increases each year because of a clause detailing the increments. Silverstone is owned by the British Racing Drivers’ Club and the management rejects suggestions that government support should be possible in Britain as nonsense because government support did not save Turkey, India, and Malaysia which are no longer on the calendar. The British Grand Prix really is the ancestral home of F1, with the first ever F1 GP held there in 1950 (and won by Dr Farina in the Alfa Romeo, for the collectors of F1 history).

Silverstone.

This is a circuit that the drivers universally like, a circuit that allows cars to pass each other (even without the DRS and other buttons or coded messages from the pit wall), and a Grand Prix where it is likely to rain at some point. After all, it is in England, and they cannot possible go three days on the trot without a good drenching from above! The “arena” part of the circuit was used for the first time a few years back and goes from Abbey to Brooklands corners, moving infield and adds an extra 760 m to the track length. You will be heartened to read that Herr Tilke was not involved. Interestingly,

this modification was actually built for the MotoGP series, but now incorporated in the F1 series after Bernie, the patron saint of King Midas the Dwarf Enterprises, gave it his blessing. Yes, that is the same Bernie who has masterminded such yawnfest circuits as Bahrain and Singapore. But don’t start me. Now we have the Liberty Media to blame! God bless America. The Grand Prix will start at 8 p.m. and we watch at Fletchers Folly, Siam Country Club Road (opposite Maxxis and 300 meters before the “Chicken” intersection (Mitkamol). Let us hope we get another exciting race like Austria.

Honda to recall 1.6M vehicles, finish Takata recalls early

Bentley GT 3.

4.0-litre Bentley twin-turbo V8, with a redesigned dry sump system and all-new intake and exhaust systems. Unrestricted power is in excess of 570 bhp, fuel consumption is improved and despite reduced exhaust noise the sound is still unmistakably Bentley. Highly optimized road car intercoolers are used in the Continental GT3 to provide optimum engine performance. Exterior aerodynamic surfaces, based on the sleekly refined lines of the road car, provide additional down force. New suspension and braking systems are also bespoke to the car.

Detroit (AP) — Honda is recalling 1.6 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators, completing its required recalls six months ahead of schedule, the automaker said Friday. When the latest recall is done, Honda says it will have recalled or accounted for 22.6 million inflators in about 12.9 million vehicles. Takata inflators can explode with too much force and blow apart a metal canister, spewing shrapnel. Twenty-four people have been killed and hundreds injured by the inflators worldwide. Honda was Takata’s largest customer. The Japanese company, which was forced into bankruptcy by the troubles, used the volatile chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small

explosion and inflate the air bags. But the chemical deteriorates when exposed to high temperatures and humidity and can burn to fast, blowing apart the canister designed to contain the explosion. The recalls include many Honda and Acura models from 2003 through 2015. All received replacement inflators made by Takata before February of 2017 and were scheduled to be recalled a second time to replace those with inflators made by another company. (Here is the list. Is your car safe?) Affected Honda models include the 2001-2012 Accord, the 2010-2015 Crosstour, the 2001-2011 Civic, 2002-2011 CR-V, the 2011-2015 CR-Z, the 2003-2011 Element, the 2007-2014 Fit, the 2010-2014 Insight, the 2002-2004 Odyssey, the 2003-2015 Pilot and the 2006-2014 Ridgeline. Acura models include the 2003 3.2CL, the 2013 ILX, the 2003-2006 MDX, the 2015 RDX, the 2005-2012 RL, the 2002-2003 3.2TL, the 20092014 TL, the 2009-2014 TSX,

and the 2010-2013 ZDX. Honda said it has completed repairs or accounted for 83 percent of the inflators, among the highest in the auto industry. Some of the inflators have been found in scrap yards or the vehicles are no longer in use. Owners will be notified by letters starting in mid-August, and Honda is urging people to schedule repairs as soon as possible. Nineteen automakers are recalling about 70 million inflators in what has become the largest string of automotive recalls in U.S. history. The recalls are taking place on a schedule set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recalls do not include inflators that have a moisture-absorbing chemical. The government will decide by the end of this year whether those should be recalled. (We have heat and humidity, but no explosions recorded. Hopefully the old local Hondas have the moisture absorbing chemical installed.)