27th Year
Pattaya’s First English Language Newspaper
Established in 1993
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One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind Pattaya Mail turns 26 Pattaya Mail celebrates turning 26 with this very edition. All of us at Pattaya Mail would like to thank you, our advertisers, supporters, readers and contributors, for 26 years of success. We couldn’t have done it without you!
The first page of the first issue of Pattaya Mail comes off the printing press in Bangkok in July 1993.
Forestry officials inspect coveted Sattahip hillside Full story on page 3
A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since. Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity’s most glorious technological achievements. Police aro u n d the world reported crime came to a near halt that midsummer Sunday night when Neil Armstrong proclaimed for the ages, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. (Full story and more photos on pages 14-15.)
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Toddler locked in car Boonlua Chatree Paramedics rescued a toddler suffering from dengue fever who got locked inside his mother’s car. Firefighters and Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation rescuers responded to the frantic call of mother Treerat Panngan, 22, at Pattaya Hospital July 8. Inside the parking garage was her white Chevrolet four-door, engine on, doors locked and 1-year-old “Nong Smart” inside. Treerat said the boy had contracted dengue fever. Treerat was unloading items
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Residents prevail over private firm’s takeover of village market zone
Paramedics rescue a toddler suffering from dengue fever who got locked inside his mother’s car.
from the car when she went back to turn off the engine and grab her son, only to find the doors locked. She tried to get Smart to
unlock the doors, but he couldn’t manage it, so she contacted hospital staff for help. The boy was recovered without incident.
Speed bumps requested for Soi Vientiane Jetsada Homklin
Having cut the grass and picked up the trash, Soi Vientiane residents now want city hall to install speed bumps for safety on their South Pattaya street.
Having cut the grass and picked up the trash, Soi Vientiane residents now want city hall to install speed bumps on their South Pattaya street. Members of the Soi Khopai Community said July 9 that cars speed up and down the street named for the Vientiane Restaurant, creating dangerous conditions for children and pedestrians. Residents have been trying to clean up their neighborhood, launching a sweeping cleanup a week earlier and Pattaya cutting back wild grass and weeds.
Baywatch Soi Wat Boonkanjanaram patched Jetsada Homklin Pattaya patched up Soi Wat Boonkanjanaram July 11 following complaints about potholes. A work crew laid down new asphalt and leveled the surface, which had been damaged by heavy use and flooding.
Nongprue officials met with residents of the Nernplabwan Euarthorn housing project to resolve complaints about private use of the community’s common area.
Jetsada Homklin Nongprue officials met with residents of the Nernplabwan Euarthorn housing project to resolve complaints about private use of the community’s common area. Mayor Mai Chaiyanit chaired the July 10 session called following complaints leveled in June about a private business that took over the common area, preventing locals from using it as a market. Euarthorn Nernplabwan
long has had a common area that had served to house a market for locals to set up booths to sell locally made products. However, that area was lost after it was taken over by a private operator who turned it into a storage area for its temple fair equipment. Adding insult to injury, the operator began charging residents 500 baht a day to use what’s left of the common area after the operator erected a large tent. In the tent are scaffolding, advertising signs,
lights and other equipment for hosting temple fairs. Mai said the subdistrict will intervene and redevelop the area and improve the landscaping at the same time. The mayor also oversaw the election of the village’s first neighborhood commission and its unanimously elected president Somchai Charoenprasartkul. Through the commission residents will have a voice in any decisions regarding future use of the market area.
Pattaya lets stray dogs remain on street after shots Jetsada Homklin Health Department workers rounded up a group of stray dogs, but only sterilized and vaccinated them before returning the mutts to the East Pattaya streets. Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai and Surapong Wongsuttawad, head of the Veterinary Office, inspected a field next to G Garage on Sukhumvit Soi 15 near Pattaya Technological College July 8. Garage owner Sophon Makampom had complained about the pack of soi dogs that lived in the field, saying they bred often and he was worried about them biting children. Dog catchers rounded up the strays and brought them to a shelter where they are
Health Department workers rounded up a group of stray dogs, but only sterilized and vaccinated them before returning the mutts to the East Pattaya streets.
being sterilized, vaccinated and given health care. Then the city plans to return the
wild dogs to the street because neighbors around the feed them daily.
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Coronation volunteers Forestry officials inspect coveted Sattahip hillside receive royal caps, scarves Boonlua Chatree More than 500 Pattaya-area residents received royal caps and scarves for volunteering to work at HM the King’s coronation in May. Banglamung District Chief Amnart Charoensri handed out the gifts to 529 people who joined the “Do Good with Heart” volunteer program. Everyone at the Community Hall wore yellow shirts, hats, and scarfs and posed in front of a portrait of HM King Rama X. With the land nestled between Khao Chee Chan, Yanasangwararam Worawiharn Temple and other prime tourist spots, local officials have their hands full trying to keep this royal land free from greedy developers who repeatedly try to build on it without legal permission.
Patcharapol Panrak Top Natural Resources and Environment Ministry officials last week toured a Sattahip hillside coveted for decades by private investors for personal gain, and by local residents who want to put up a shrine to an 18th century king. Attapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Royal Forest Department, forestprotection chiefs and local officials inspected Khao Malako, 22 “golden” rai nestled between Khao Chee Chan, Yanasangwararam Worawiharn Temple and other prime tourist spots. It has been the subject of repeated encroachment cases over the years, with the wealthy and influential bribing bureaucrats to issue fake land-title deeds or just outright taking the land and claiming ownership. In the past five years alone the government has made several arrests for
encroachment, canceled fake title deeds and rejected bids to build on the land. The ministry recently published a new notice affirming the entire parcel is royal land and cannot be owned or developed privately. Those caught encroaching are subject to up to five years in
prison and a 50,000-baht fine. Residents of Najomtien Moo 6 village have battled against encroachers for years and want the government to be the one to use the land to build a shrine to King Taksin the Great. Attapol did not indicate if the government has any interest in the shrine proposal.
Top Natural Resources and Environment Ministry officials last week toured this Sattahip hillside coveted for decades by private investors for personal gain, and by local residents who want to put up a shrine to an 18th century king.
Demolition order issued for illegal South Pattaya bridge Boonlua Chatree Pattaya issued a demolition order for an illegal bridge across the South Pattaya flood-control canal. Deputy Mayor Pattaya Boonsawad said earlier that the steel bridge linking two parcels of land was built without permission and the construction happening on one side of the waterway also is illegal. City hall issued a stop-work order on June 13 and directed the property owner to remove it. By July 10 the owner had not. Pattana issued the demolition order and assigned officers to block off the property and prohibit construction
Pattaya officials issued a demolition order for an illegal bridge across the South Pattaya flood-control canal and issued a stop-work order and directed the property owner to remove it.
workers from re-entering the adjacent building. Pattaya officials claim the building may be on private land,
but it was constructed without a permit. The building owner disagrees and is currently fighting the stop-work order.
More than 500 Pattaya-area residents received royal caps and scarves for volunteering to work at HM the King’s coronation in May.
Soap opera stars plant trees in Pattaya Stars of a Channel 3 soap opera joined Pattaya residents in planting trees to honor HM the King. Alex Teeradej, Pat Patricia, Max Pavit, and Namnueng of the drama “Nee Rak Nai Krong Fai” (“Love Ends in Flames”) joined Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai at the July 6 event at the 35-Rai Pattaya Public Park on Soi Rachapruk 2. Together the stars, fans of the TV show, city administrators, Stars of a Channel 3 soap opera and their fans students and the public planted joined Pattaya officials and residents in planting 99 golden shower and yellow star trees. (PCPR) trees to honor HM the King.
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Fire destroys closed down pub in Pattaya Dragon area
Fire destroyed construction materials at the failed Pattaya Dragon entertainment complex on Second Road.
Boonlua Chatree Fire destroyed construction materials at the failed Pattaya Dragon entertainment complex on Second Road. No one was injured in the July
11 blaze. Five fire trucks responded to the fire and quelled the flames within 30 minutes. The huge white elephant project, revived and closed three times, is being demolished. Demolition crews
were using a steel cutter on a roof and a spark ignited some sound-proofing foam. The contractor used fire extinguishers and water to control the fire until fire crews arrived.
Factory worker loses arm to plastic crusher
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ONCB warns of packages containing illicit drugs Niyom Termsrisuk, Secretary-General of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), has warned the public that illegal drugs are currently being solicited and sold on social media and the postal service is being used as a means of delivery. The drugs that have been discovered include amphetamines, crystal meth, mitragyna speciosa leaf, marijuana, ecstasy, and cocaine. The extremely dangerous and risky method these drug dealers are using is to list your address as the receiver. People have to be careful of their name being wrongly used as the sender or recipient of a package, by avoiding lending other people their ID cards or any identification documents. Citizens are asked to alert officers at the nearest police station if they notice anything out of the ordinary.
A drug delivery to domestic buyers will bring a charge of drug distribution with the highest penalty being imprisonment for life and a fine of 1-5 million baht.
Niyom emphasized that a drug delivery to domestic buyers will bring a charge of drug distribution with the highest penalty being imprisonment for life and a fine of 1-5 million baht. A drug delivery to a buyer abroad will face a charge of drug exporting while the
drug recipient is guilty of drug possession. People who notice any drug-related offense or a business operator who delivers items that are not allowed to be mailed can notify the ONCB by calling its 1386 Hotline, at any time around the clock.
Body pulled from sea off Koh Rin
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A Burmese laborer lost her right arm when she caught it in a plastic-crushing machine at a Nong Plalai factory. Kin Sun, 29, was unconscious from pain and shock when paramedics arrived at Theppattanarungreuan Co. July 11. Her right arm was stuck in the machine and torn apart. Once extracted from the machine, the bones from her hand to elbow were completely crushed and parts of her appendage remained in the machine.
The body of an unidentified man was pulled from the sea off Pattaya’s Far Islands by a navy patrol boat. The corpse was reported
by a fishing boat and the patrol boat was dispatched to the west of Koh Rin to retrieve it July 12. The dark-skinned man in his 30s displayed no apparent injury or cause of
death, although the body had been in the water for about three days, authorities estimated. The body was sent to Sattahip Km. 10 Hospital for a forensic examination.
Threatened with machete, Sattahip wife turns on husband Paramedics rushed Kin Sun to Banglamung for an urgent amputation after her right arm was caught in a plastic-crushing machine at a Nong Plalai factory.
She was rushed to Banglamung for an urgent amputation.
Coworkers said Kin Sun was loading the machine with plastic to be recycled and got her arm stuck.
Patcharapol Panrak A Sattahip woman whose drunk husband threatened her with a machete snatched it away from him and slashed him across the arm and head. Sompong Deewangyang,
40, was transported to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center with two bloody wounds after the marital altercation at his Sukhumvit Soi 41 home. The intoxicated Phitsanulok native told police that he and wife, Pranom Singsom, 51,
got into a serious argument. He admitted he threatened her with the machete. But Pranom was quicker than her drunken mate and turned the blade on him in self-defense before running away. Police are trying to track her down.
Court sentences German tourist killer to death Bangkok (AP) — A Thai man has been sentenced to death for raping and murdering a German tourist on a popular resort island. The Chonburi provincial court, in a ruling seen last week, sentenced Ronnakorn Romruen to death after he confessed. The court convicted him of rape, murder, concealing the body and driving a motorcycle under the influence of methamphetamine. The court ruled that Ronnakorn raped the 27-year-old victim and then killed her by bludgeoning her head with a rock. Ronnakorn was arrested in April after police discovered the body under rocks and leaves. Koh Si Chang is a popular tourist destination with a population of 5,000 people.
In this April 9, 2019, file photo, Thai suspect Ronnakorn Romruen, center, is escorted by police as he arrives at the Koh Si Chang police station in Chonburi province. (AP Photo)
The island is in Chonburi province, about 65 kilometers south of Bangkok.
Police investigator Somkid Kaensa said at the time of the arrest that a Thai tourist
had notified police after seeing Ronnakorn’s clothes covered in blood, and police then searched the area and discovered the tourist’s body. Somkid said a flower vendor who knew Ronnakorn also saw him in clothes covered in blood and asked him what had happened. The vendor identified Ronnakorn for police, who went to his home, where they found him and his bloodstained shirt, Somkid said. In June last year, Thailand carried out its first execution in nine years. If it had reached 10 years without an execution it would have been reclassified as having abolished the death penalty in practice.
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HRH Princess Soamsawali appointed UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV prevention in Asia and the Pacific UNAIDSAP Bangkok - Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha of Thailand has been appointed as the UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV Prevention in Asia and the Pacific. UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director of Programme and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Shannon Hader presented HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha with the certificate of appointment during a visit to Thailand, noting her commitment to advocating for and expanding HIV prevention and/ bringing services closer to people. During the appointment ceremony held at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital on Saturday 22nd of June 2019, HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha was Minister, Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of Thailand, Dr. Supakit Siriluck, Deputy Permanent Secretary of MoPH, Dr. Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, Director General Department of Disease Control, Chettaphan Maksamphan, Deputy Director General of International Organization Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Sarayuth Uttamangkapong, Director of the Bureau of the AIDS/TB and STIs, Prof. Dr. Praphan Phanuphak, Director of Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Professor Dr.
HRH Princess Soamsawali has been appointed as the UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV prevention in Asia and the Pacific. (Photo courtesy UNAIDS.com)
Suttipong Wacharasindhu, Director of Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, M. L. Srali Kitiyakara, and Mr. Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific. “I would like to recognize all HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha has done and continues to do to provide HIV prevention services to the most vulnerable populations,” said Ms. Hader, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director. For almost three decades, HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha has provided leadership in the HIV response. She has been tireless in her efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and support the roll out of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV testing innovations. Since 2016, through the Princess Fund, HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha has
supported the Princess PrEP program, the first key populations-led model to deliver PrEP to key populations in Thailand. This effort continues to serve as local evidence to scale up PrEP pilot projects within the national health system and to support the development of PrEP roll-out where community-led health services are a critical component. In addition to Princess PrEP, she has supported a variety of projects to strengthen the HIV response in the country, including the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, access to ARV, breast-milk substitute bank, home visits to people living with HIV through the Thai Red Cross and HIV-related nutrition projects. Thailand has set the
Sattahip tells volunteers to go jump Patcharapol Panrak More than 200 village security officers jumped off a 10-meter tower to teach them to overcome fear. Sattahip District Chief Anucha Intasorn oversaw the July 6 tower-jump exercise at the Marine Corps training center. The 215 people from 41 villages in five subdistricts were wrapping up a course that included both classroom and field training. The final hurdle was the tower jump, which forces recruits to overcome fear, such as heights or injury. Before jumping, trainers provided instruction on typical pre-jump postures showing them how to exit the door, jump down 10
More than 200 village security officers, many terrified, jumped off a 10-meter tower to teach them to overcome fear.
meters and land correctly. Anucha said if security officers can overcome fear,
they will do better at confronting drug dealers in their neighborhoods.
global standard for how a country can effectively respond to HIV and the lessons learnt can lead the thinking on how to re-focus approaches in the region. In Asia and the Pacific, AIDS is still not over, and the pace of progress is not quickening fast enough. HIV prevention is the biggest challenge. Despite the availability of a widening array of effective HIV prevention tools and scale-up of HIV treatment, new HIV infections have not decreased sufficiently and are falling short of the 2020 Fast-Track prevention targets. As part of her role as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, HRH Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha will advance political leadership on HIV prevention including PrEP implementation and innovative HIV testing, to fasttrack the HIV response in Thailand and in Asia and the Pacific. HRH Princess Soamsawali will also help amplify the leadership role Thailand is playing towards ending AIDS within the Sustainable Development Goals agenda, by showcasing and promoting Thailand’s achievements and encouraging other countries in the region to
follow its example. “It would be a mistake to let up on the response to HIV. HIV prevention deserves to have continued and sustained attention. With the help of HRH Soamsawali Krom Muen
Suddhanarinatha’s leadership and Thailand showing the way, Asia and the Pacific could become the first region to achieve the Fast-Track HIV prevention targets,” said UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director.
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New technology helps search teams find people in wilderness Audrey McAvoy Honolulu (AP) — Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than 100 other volunteers looking for a missing hiker. She climbed through muddy ravines, crossed streams and faced steep drop-offs in the thick tangle of trees and ferns where her college friend Amanda Eller vanished last month. “You have to search everywhere,” said D’Alessandro, who flew in from Maryland. “You have to go down to that stream bed, even though you don’t want to. She could be down there.” D’Alessandro and others gathered GPS data of the ground they covered, and organizers put it on a specialized digital map to help better understand where to look next. The technology led volunteers to Eller, who was found next to a waterfall and survived for 17 days in the Maui forest by eating plants and drinking stream water. Her dramatic rescue shows how emerging technology helps search teams more efficiently scour the wilderness for missing people. “It kind of led us to search outside of that high-priority area to where we actually found Amanda,” her father, John Eller, said. More U.S. teams are turning to the technology that combines cellphone GPS with digital maps detailing cliffs, caves, waterways and other hard-to-search terrain. It helps manage the work of large numbers of volunteers. The system showed when Hawaii searchers had covered
a 2-mile (3-kilometer) radius around Eller’s car. After that, searchers sent a helicopter farther into the forest, where they spotted the 35-year-old physical therapist and yoga instructor. “We never would have pushed out if we hadn’t searched the reasonable area first. There’s no reason to start reaching further and further out of the box if we hadn’t completely searched the box,” said Chris Berquist, a volunteer search leader. David Kovar, advocacy director for the nonprofit National Association for Search and Rescue, said most search and rescue teams use digital maps. That could mean anything from basic Google Maps to specialized software called SARTopo, which California search and rescue experts used to advise Maui volunteers from afar. Search organizers in Hawaii asked volunteers to download a $3.99 app called GPS Tracks, which draws lines on a map showing where a user has walked. GPS data revealed that searchers were covering the same areas repeatedly as heavy foliage or natural barriers like cliffs blocked their path, Berquist said. Organizers started dropping digital pins on volunteers’ maps to give them targets, pushing volunteers to cover more ground and making the search more accurate. When searchers ran into cliffs or pools of water, Berquist had them place digital pins on their maps. Organizers then sent drone pilots or rappelling experts to the cliffs and divers to the water. Organizers fed the GPS data to the California team, which
This screenshot of a cell phone screen provided by Yesenia D’Alessandro shows the route, as measured by the cellphone’s GPS, taken by a volunteer who was searching for Amanda Eller, a yoga teacher and physical therapist who went missing during a hike in Haiku, Hawaii. (Courtesy of Yesenia D’Alessandro via AP)
used SARTopo to overlay it on topographical maps, allowing everyone to see what areas had already been searched and what still needed to be checked. Matt Jacobs, a California software engineer and search volunteer, developed SARTopo more than eight years ago after noticing teams struggling to match details on wilderness maps drawn by different agencies. What started as a hobby project has grown in popularity in the past couple of years to become Jacobs’ full-time job. Search and rescue teams from Oregon to North Carolina have started using it. Searchers used it in March as 100 volunteers fanned out in a Northern California forest, eventually finding 8year-old Leia Carrico and her 5-year-old sister, Caroline, who got lost near their home. Last month, teams used it to help locate a 67-year-old hiker who had veered off a trail in a state park north of San Francisco. A California Highway Patrol airplane using an infrared camera spotted the man. SARTopo also is becoming available as a cellphone app, which will make it even easier to directly connect the GPS data with digital maps so searchers can view them wherever they are. Government officials are looking at adopting new technology, including in Hawaii. Most large searches are done by volunteers because many places don’t do enough of them to keep official teams on staff. Maui firefighters used handdrawn maps as they looked for Eller over the first three
days of her going missing. That’s because the trail system in the Makawao Forest Reserve where she got lost doesn’t appear on Google Maps. County officials also overlaid aerial searches onto a satellite map. Yatsushiro said the Maui Fire Department would adopt similar technology used by volunteers — who kept the search going after the first three days — if firefighters found it helpful after studying available options. Mike St. John, volunteer leader of the search and rescue unit at the Marin County Sheriff’s Office in California, said GPS tracking of where people have looked is “really critical.” “It’s about using GPS maps and utilizing GPS to make sure you’re hitting your assignment,” said St. John, who was among those in California advising the Maui team. St. John said his search and rescue experts are not set up to offer the same type of help to others that they gave to Maui but are trying to figure out how to do that in the future. Berquist, the Hawaii search leader, visited California this week to talk with St. John about how Marin County’s volunteer program works. He aims to set up something similar back in Maui. After technology helped find Eller, her father is donating software and other equipment to Berquist’s team, developing a search and rescue app and giving $10,000 to support Hawaii searches and rescues. “We saw a huge need. And we feel so lucky with everything everybody did for us, so we’re looking to give back,” John Eller said.
Armstrong’s famous “one small step” quote — explained (AP) - What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon? Millions on Earth who listened to him on TV or radio heard this: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But after returning from space, Armstrong said that wasn’t what he had planned to say. He said there was a lost word in his famous oneliner from the moon: “That’s one small step for ‘a’ man.” It’s just that people just didn’t hear it.” During a 30th anniversary gathering in 1999, the Apollo 11 commander acknowledged that he didn’t hear himself say it either when he listened to the transmission from the July 20, 1969, moon landing. “The ‘a’ was intended,”
In this July 20, 1969 image made from television, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon. (NASA via AP)
Armstrong said. “I thought I said it. I can’t hear it when I listen on the radio reception here on Earth, so I’ll be happy if you just put it in parentheses.”
While it seems no one heard the “a,” some research backs Armstrong. In 2006, a computer analysis of sound waves found evidence that Armstrong said what he said
he said. NASA has also stood by the moonwalker. Armstrong, who died in 2012 at age 82, said he came up with the statement himself. In a 2001 NASA oral history, he said NASA discouraged coaching astronauts, a position reflected in a NASA memo. It cited how “the truest emotion ... is what the explorer feels within himself.” “I thought about it after landing,” Armstrong said about his famous line. “And because we had a lot of other things to do, it was not something that I really concentrated on, but just something that was kind of passing around subliminally or in the background. But it, you know, was a pretty simple statement, talking about stepping off something. Why, it wasn’t a very complex thing. It was what it was.”
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Biting on a bullet! Surgeons can be the ‘prima donnas’ of medicine, if you like. It is the surgeons who get the headlines in the newspapers. It is the surgeons who are the stars in movies and TV. Who can remember the irascible surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (Dr. In The House, 1954) or the young surgeon Dr. Kildare (1961)? Slightly more recent, the American surgeons in M*A*S*H? However, surgeons have been around for many centuries and have their own Royal College. The origins of the first Royal College of Surgeons go back to the fourteenth century with the foundation of the ‘Guild of Surgeons Within the City of London’. There was dispute between the surgeons and barber surgeons until an agreement was signed between them in 1493, giving the fellowship of surgeons the power of incorporation. In 1745 the surgeons broke away from the barbers to form the Company of Surgeons. In 1800 the Company was granted a Royal Charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons in London. A further charter in 1843 granted it the present title of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (of which I proudly say I am a member). We marvel at the surgical advances in the past century, but while I take my hat off to the surgeons, the real praise goes to the anesthetists. Without the advances in anesthetics, brawny assistants would still be holding patients down while surgeons attacked with scalpels and saws and the patient lay there biting on a bullet.
The first anesthetic agent was ether, dribbled on to a mask to knock the patient out and allow the surgeon to take his time and become meticulous in his approach. The first public demonstration of ether anesthesia took place on 16 October 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The anesthetist was William Morton and the surgeon was John Warren; and the operation was the removal of a lump under the jaw of a Gilbert Abbott. While there have been enormous advances since then, I can remember being a medical student and assisting at an operation in outback Australia in 1964. The anesthetic was ether, dribbled on to the patient’s gauze mask by the matron of the public hospital, and it was a Caesarian section for twins. There was no air-conditioning and it was 43 degrees in the theatre, where the fumes were making us all woozy. Amazingly everyone survived the ordeal, mother, twin sons, the local doctor, the matron and me. Despite outback Australia, anesthesia progressed in the rest of the world. Chloroform was introduced by James Simpson, the Professor of Obstetrics in Edinburgh, in November 1847. This was a more potent agent but it had more severe side effects, including sudden death. However, it worked well and was easier to use than ether and so, despite its drawbacks, became very popular. The next major advance was the introduction of local anesthesia – cocaine – in 1877. Things definitely did go better
with ‘coke’! Then came local infiltration, nerve blocks and then spinal and epidural anesthesia, which in the 1900s allowed surgery in a relaxed abdomen, and is still used today, especially in obstetric anesthesia, where the mother can be anaesthetized without the baby being affected as well. The next important innovation was the control of the airways with the use of tubes placed into the trachea. This permitted control of breathing and techniques introduced in the 1910s were perfected in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Then came the introduction of intravenous induction agents. These were barbiturates which enabled the patient to go off to sleep quickly, smoothly and pleasantly and therefore avoided any unpleasant inhalational agents. Then in the 1940s and early 1950s, there came the introduction of muscle relaxants, firstly with curare (the South American Indian poison, but not administered by native blowpipe) and then agents less dangerous. Anesthesia is now very safe, with mortality of less than 1 in 250,000 directly related to anesthesia. Nevertheless, with today’s sophisticated monitoring systems and a greater understanding of bodily functions, the anesthetic profession will continue to strive for improvement over the next 150 years.” On behalf of all patients requiring surgery in the future I thank the anesthetists. No longer do they have to bite on this bullet!
Vaccine no match against flu bug that popped up near end virus. The ingredients are based on predictions of what strains will make people sick the following winter. This season’s shot turned out to be a mismatch against the bug that showed up late. That pushed down the overall effectiveness to one of the lowest in recent years. Since 2011, the only season with a lower estimate was the winter of 2014-2015, when effectiveness was 19%. A mismatch was also blamed then. Vaccines against some other infectious diseases are not considered successful unless they are at least 90% effective.
Mike Stobbe Atlanta (AP) — The flu vaccine turned out to be a big disappointment again. The vaccine didn’t work against a flu bug that popped up halfway through the past flu season, dragging down overall effectiveness to 29%, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The flu shot was working well early in the season with effectiveness put at 47% in February. But it was virtually worthless during a second wave driven by a tougher strain, at just 9%. There was “no significant protection” against that strain, said the CDC’s Brendan Flannery. Flu vaccines are made each year to protect against three or four different kinds of flu
In this Jan. 12, 2018, file photo, a medical assistant at a community health center gives a patient a flu shot in Seattle. U.S. health officials say the flu vaccine has again turned out to be a disappointment. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Vaccine panel gives nod to HPV shots for men up to age 26 Mike Stobbe Atlanta (AP) — A vaccine against cervical and other cancers should be recommended for both men and women up to age 26, a U.S. government advisory panel decided last week. The vaccine protects against HPV, a virus that is commonly spread through sex and can cause certain cancers and genital warts. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ vote in Atlanta raises the recommended
vaccination age for men from 21 to 26, making it the same as the existing recommendation for women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost always accepts the panel’s recommendations and uses them as guidance for U.S. doctors. The HPV vaccine is usually given to 11- and 12-year olds, to protect them before their first exposure to sexually transmitted viruses. Women as old as 26 had been recommended to get a “catch-up” vaccination if
they missed the shots in preadolescence. For men, the catch-up recommendation had applied only up to age 21, because research indicates males tend to be exposed to sexually-transmitted viruses earlier. The panel decided Wednesday to equalize the age recommendations to make it easier for doctors. The CDC estimates that roughly half of Americans ages 18 to 59 had some form of genital HPV. Vaccinations against it first became available
in 2006 and each dose now costs $216. The vaccine is approved for people up to age 45, but the same panel declined a proposal to recommend it for people older than 26. Instead, it settled on a weak endorsement for adults between 26 and age 45, meaning patients and doctors can make the decision together. It’s not clear how many cancers would be prevented in that age group or whether the cost is worth the public health benefit, experts at the meeting said.
But flu is particularly challenging, partly because the virus can so quickly change. Overall, flu vaccine has averaged around 40%. Flu shots are recommended for virtually all Americans age 6 months or older. Officials say the vaccine is still worthwhile since it works against some strains, and it likely prevented 40,000 to 90,000 hospitalizations over the winter flu season. The CDC bases vaccine effectiveness on preventing cases bad enough to send someone to the doctor.
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Crossword No 1355 Medical Insurance Again There’s been a lot of discussion about who doesn’t need medical insurance, so who does? That would be the applicants for an O/A (annual) or O/X (up to ten years) visa at the Thai embassy in their own country. For these visas there is a long list of requirements. But one year extensions of stay granted by the Thai immigration bureau or the 5-20 year elite cards issued here by Thailand Elite do not require insurance. They are not granted by Thai embassies abroad. That’s the key point.
Is Thailand Expensive? The latest international survey suggests more than previously. But Bangkok is still only the 63rd most expensive city for expats to live in, far cheaper than Hong Kong or Singapore. The cheapest cities in Southeast Asia are apparently Manila and Phnom Penh. But be advised that the survey is based on comparing costs in shopping baskets rather than assessing big issues such as accommodation rates or currency fluctuations.
Window of Opportunity The requirement to report your address “every 90 days” continues to cause confusion even after all these years. It applies mainly to holders of one year visas and requires them to report if they have lived in the country for the past three months ... without leaving the country. That last phrase is key. Those who do need to report have a window of discretion - up to 15 days beforehand and up to seven days after the due date. The 90 day report is neither a visa nor a permission to stay.
Vegetable Ending Overheard in a Pattaya venue where two women were chatting. 1st woman, “My husband died on Sunday you know.” 2nd woman, “Oh I’m sorry to hear that, how did it happen”? 1st woman, “Well, he went down to the garden to cut me a cauliflower for our family dinner and had a sudden, massive heart attack.” 2nd woman, “Goodness me, what on earth did you do”? 1st woman, “Well, we had to open a tin of peas.”
Somewhat Contradictory Some keyboard warriors are having a whale of a time claiming that Thailand has never been so quiet on the tourist front. They refer to deserted immigration offices, empty bar stools and bored taxi drivers with nothing to do. Yet the same people also talk of the irritation of huge queues at visa-issuing embassies, particularly in Laos, and enormous queues at Thai airports requiring them to stand for hours before being processed. You can’t have it both ways folks!
End of Visa Runs? That said, there’s a current rumour that Thai authorities are working on a new system of on-line visa applications which will not require any attendance at a consulate or embassy abroad. You would download your paperwork online and, assuming you are successful, you will in due course receive your visa in your inbox to affix in your passport. Such a hi-tech system would certainly have its pluses and minuses, but is said to be several years away from an implementation date.
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Across 1 Suffering from ill health (4) 3 Knitted jacket (8) 9 Apparel (7) 10 Latin-American dance (5) 11 Leader of a Jewish congregation (5) 12 Tight-fitting undergarment (6) 14 Hunting expedition (6) 16 Symbol (6) 19 Capital of Turkey (6) 21 Less common (5) 24 Astound (5) 25 Heartless (7) 26 Sneak (8) 27 Continent (4)
Down 1 Startle (8) 2 Ascend (5) 4 Assault (6) 5 Discourage (5) 6 Polite, refined (7) 7 Corner (4) 8 Elder (6) 13 Food of the gods (8) 15 Type of pigeon (7) 17 Wall paintings (6) 18 Call off (6) 20 One acting on behalf of another (5) 22 Public disturbances (5) 23 Sodium chloride (4)
Last week’s Answer Across: 1 Fasting, 5 Force, 8 Tie up, 9 Tremble, 10 Improve, 11 Deify, 12 Guinea, 14 Fathom, 18 Timid, 20 Undress, 22 Denizen, 23 Tonic, 24 Yield, 25 Partial. Down: 1 Fitting, 2 Sweep, 3 Implore, 4 Gather, 5 Fiend, 6 Rubbish, 7 Elegy, 13 Immense, 15 Auditor, 16 Musical, 17 Turnip, 18 Teddy, 19 Dazed, 21 Ennui.
Ten-Minute Sudoku An easy Sudoku puzzle that should not take long to complete. The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Each row must contain one of each digit. So must each column and each 3x3 box. Answer next week.
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Trotting the Globe Which area of the world provided the most overseas trips in 2018? Perhaps surprisingly, it was still Europeans leading the field with 713 million. Next came the Asia-Pacific guys and gals with 345 million, then the Americans with 217 million. Africans and Middle Easterners trailed the field with only 11 percent of the total. As many as 1.4 billion people went abroad last year, generating income of US$1.6 trillion worldwide. Does anyone know what a trillion looks like?
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Prospects for Tourism Thailand expects 41 million tourists in the whole of 2019. But let’s remember that growth depends on stable fuel prices and affordable air travel with good flight connectivity. The downside factors include geographical and trade tensions anywhere in the world, including any kind of trouble in the oil rich Middle East and Gulf. Of course, it’s always hard to make predictions. Especially when they are about the future.
What a Pile It’s estimated that each person in Thailand uses eight plastic bags a day which equates to 500,000 million for the whole nation. Most end up in the sea where plastic bags account for 16 percent of total garbage there. The government recently announced a ban on all plastic by 2022 including take-away food containers as well as cups and straws. There’s much more to this problem than taking your own shopping bag with you to the supermarket.
Thoughts for the Week On poetry. “My favourite poem is the one that begins Thirty Days Hath September because it actually tells you something,” (Groucho Marx). “Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo,” (Don Marquis). “The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible,” (T.S. Eliot).
Answers next week.
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DSLR use and abuse
DSLR stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex and is the follow on from “film” SLR’s. These days there are some situations where you need a DSLR, and not just a point and shoot (or the dreaded camera phone). The first situation refers to the placement of the image in the frame. This is where the ability to instantly review images in digital photography is so good. Look at the image in the viewer on the back of the camera and see if it can be improved by different placement of the subject within the frame. Remember the ‘Rule of Thirds’ (place the main subject one third of the
way in from either side and one third of the way up or down from the top or bottom of the picture). This is a tried and true rule of thumb and you can try it out so easily with digital photography. It may feel ‘wrong’ initially not having the subject slap bang in the middle of the frame, but try it and you will find you are getting better, more pleasing pictures. While still on the subject of the overall image, don’t forget to take each shot two ways – in the landscape (horizontal) format and the second in the portrait (vertical) format. Again it sounds strange to shoot a landscape in the vertical format, but it gives the viewer a different emphasis, which can improve an otherwise ‘ordinary’ shot. With most digitals having reasonably good zoom lenses these days, experiment with different zoom settings and distance from the subject. A
Dear Hillary, I’ve been reading you for some time and it seams (sic) to me that you’ve got a down on the bar girls. Why? They all speak English and know how to keep a bloke entertained. They’d make a much better wife than the stuck up society girls you are telling everyone to hook up with. Time for you to be a bit more real old gal and stop knocking the working girls. At least you don’t have to get permission from her parents to hold her hand! Pedro Dear Pedro, I think it is time you went through the back copies of this illustrious newspaper, my Petal, and see and note what I have really been saying. However, you are right, the bar girls do speak (some kind of) English, and so I suppose if you are looking for a long term relationship with a woman and you are happy with the in-depth conversations of “Hello sexy man,” and “Sit down please” and “Buy me cola”, then you are in paradise. This depends upon, of course, you having an endless supply of cola at home, plus some cheap Thai whiskey to go with it and a rather large always-full wallet. The “working girls” are just that – they are working and like all good workers deserve their hire. What is forgotten in that heady rush of blood to the brain is that you are doing exactly that – hiring. “Mia chow” (rented wife) expects a monthly salary for her. It is not the more commonly thought of “housekeeping” money. She will demand a salary, which is untouchable. Does this make them a “better wife” as you claim? Each to his own, I suppose, but long term liaisons with working girls do not have a good long term history, Pete. Dear Hillary, What’s the go with the bikini bar girls? I buy one a drink and she always has a friend who wants one too. Take one
‘tele’ setting can give you a very different photograph from the ‘wide’ setting taken closer to the subject. This ability to experiment, at the time of shooting, is one of the biggest plusses for digital photography. One of my standard tips is “Walk several meters closer”, and by doing this you will find that you can make the subject fill the frame (to even overflowing) and get rid of horrible distracting backgrounds. You can also see the difference in the backgrounds between shooting at f2.8 as opposed to f16. The larger aperture (f2.8) gives a blurred background, which is exactly what the ‘portrait’ mode does. Many of the tricky settings are just combining different apertures/shutter speeds, and a general knowledge of first photographic principles will always help your photography too. Photography is in reality ‘painting’ with dark and you
The Decisive Moment.
should never forget this. The position of the subject, relative to the sun (the celestial lighting technician) can make or break your photos. The amount of contrast in any scene can also baffle the digital sensors so they will try to balance out the contrasts which can spoil the effect you were trying to create. If your camera shows you those dinky little histograms, you can soon see if the light is biased in any particular direction.
out of the bar and you are hers for eternity, and look behind you if you ever take another. The first one will be behind you with a sharp carving knife. I thought that was the job, where she looked after the customer. You keep on saying that’s how they make their money. Trev Dear Trev, I’m not really sure what your point is here, my Petal. Do you want a companion or not? When you go to the ‘professional’ end of town, you should expect to pay. Since you are the supplier of the cash, they’re not going to let you go easily, but I think you’re a bit OTT with the carving knife. You are too intense. Relax a little and spread the money around. Dear Hillary, I get different answers to my problem depending on the different people I ask, so I hope you will excuse me for asking you too. This is the first time my husband and I have been posted overseas, and I am told we are expected to employ a maid. The HR people tell my husband that we should pay her “whatever you want”. I don’t want to offer something too low, but I don’t want to go over the top either. Angie Dear Angie, A common question, Petal, especially with newbies. I do understand your problem. The basic wage in Thailand is B. 300 a day so that’s your starting point. Now multiply by many days a week does she work? Now come the add-ons or take offs if you like – does she sleep out, or do you have a dedicated maid’s room? Does she eat in or eat out? Does
What you have to do is try and balance bright or dim light. In low light conditions, try using your camera’s night shooting mode, or increase the ISO to 800 or 1000 to get some detail in low light. Also look at trying to use a tripod, or steady yourself against a wall or pillar to avoid moving the camera. In bright light, try your camera’s Beach or Sunshine mode, or go to manual mode and choose a fast shutter
speed to control the amount of light that comes in. Be careful if you place your subject in front of a bright window or they will become a silhouette. Try placing them off to the side of the window instead, or facing a natural light source. For better photographs indoors, turn your flash off. Try to maximize the light by pulling back the curtains, opening doors and turning on the incandescent lights in the room. Sure, you will have slower shutter speeds and you may have to look at using the tripod, or even just holding the camera firmly on a table, but you will get more natural photographs. Finally, practice getting the ‘decisive moment’ by partially depressing the shutter button when taking candid shots. This means you are not waiting for the camera to focus, before the shutter fires. Or simply set the focus manually.
she do her laundry with your laundry? All these “savings” can be deducted from the basic daily rate then multiplied by the number of days. I know it is a rough guide, but it will get you somewhere in the ball park, and where you are happy with it. Dear Hillary, My friends who have been to Pattaya before tell me that you never lose your girl, you only lose your turn. I’m taking out a real stunner right now and she said she would wait for me, but there is money involved if she’s out of the bar and not earning. What do you think is a reasonable monthly amount that she can live on till I come back in three months? Rick Dear Rick, I don’t know which shower you came down in, but you certainly have been hiding under a rock somewhere. Don’t you read my column with all the terrible stories of lads like you who find the “I’m back in the village” actually means “I’m at a new bar and please send the money soon because my brother broke his leg in a motorcycle accident.” If you have already donated to the leg fund, send the money to the buffalo fund. Please just go back to your home town and never come to Thailand again. Or listen to your friends, who have been listening to me.
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Dogs killing chickens in Sattahip MFA introducing 10-year passport; adopts more security features
Patcharapol Panrak Stray dogs killed 11 chickens, the latest of more than a hundred birds killed by wild canines in Sattahip this year. Najomtien Moo 2 village chief Jarin Samipak and local officials inspected the carnage at the farm on the border of Najomtien Euartorn Village July 6. Chicken farmer Laor Duangprasert, 77, showed them the ravaged carcasses of the cocks at two henhouses broken into by dogs. Laor said she has lost more than 100 cocks to a pack of five local dogs in the past six months. She said she
Chicken farmer Laor Duangprasert (right) shows Najomtien Moo 2 village chief Jarin Samipak and a local official the latest of more than a hundred birds killed by wild canines in Sattahip this year.
wanted to hit the dogs to scare them away, but was afraid she’d be arrested on animal cruelty laws.
Jarin expressed his sympathy, but offered little help other than to join in burying the birds.
Hotel, condo operators drafted into Pattaya war on drugs Pattaya hotel and condominium operators were told how to minimize and report illegal drug use at a seminar aimed at ensuring they’re operating within the law. Deputy Mayor Banlue Kullavanijaya led the July 8 training session for 120 operators of hotels, apartments, condominiums and guesthouses at the Eastern Grand Palace. Workshop topics covered how to apply for all the required permits and licenses, operation regulations and guidelines on preventing narcotics use and how to report cases of drug use. (PCPR)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is introducing a new a generation of passports, offering an option for 10year validity, and including iris scan data for added security according to the ICAO’s requirements. The new passport is set to be available in the middle of next year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Permanent Secretary, Thani Thongphakdi, has revealed that the production of the third generation Thai electronic passport, will be undertaken by the DGM Group, the winner of the contract. It is now setting up the systems required for the manufacture of the new passports, which will shorten the request process for applicants to only 12 minutes, from the current duration of 20 minutes. More passport application centers will be opened, providing services at 500 locations from the current 319. The production of each passport will take only one working day, from the current
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is introducing a new a generation of passports, offering an option for 10year validity, and including iris scan data for added security according to the ICAO’s requirements. The new passport is set to be available in the middle of next year.
requirement of two days. The new passports will have a 10-year validity for persons above the legal age, however a 5-year validity will remain an option. Fees for the two validity options are being determined based on costs and other factors. The new version of electronic passport will include for the first time, the holder’s iris scan data as another biometric form of identification,
in addition to fingerprints collected in the current version of the Thai passport. The new biometrics will allow for more precise personal identification. Safety and anti-counterfeiting features will be enhanced in keeping with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s requirements. The production and roll out of the new passport will start in mid-2020. (NNT)
Pattaya to hold hearing on Bali Hai Pier transport chaos Pattaya hotel and condominium operators were told how to minimize and report illegal drug use at a seminar aimed at ensuring they’re operating within the law.
Dongtan Beach Public Toilets Editor; Months after completion and after lengthy renovations, the first public toilet block on Dongtan Beach, north of the police post and in front of Tui’s Place is still locked up and not available for public use. Write to the Editor:
E-mail: mailbag@pattayamail.com
What is the problem? New toilets that no one is allowed to use. Strange? Maybe the local municipality does not want then to get dirty? Signed, Concerned Beach Goer
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Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh met with tourism and city officials and the head of the Pattaya Baht Bus Cooperative to address complaints from tourists about chaos at Bali Hai Pier.
Pattaya will hold a public hearing to gather input on how best to solve conflicts between public-transport providers at Bali Hai Pier. Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh met with tourism and city officials and the
head of the Pattaya Baht Bus Cooperative July 11 to address complaints from tourists about chaos at the South Pattaya jetty. Ronakit admitted officers assigned to regulate the pier area have been lax and that
has led to complaints about public bus, van, baht bus, taxi, and motorcycle taxis chaos. Ronakit suggested bringing all parties together to craft a new system for public transport at Bali Hai. (PCPR)
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If you spent your childhood years in Great Britain it’s more than likely that you came across a series of children’s books by Enid Blyton which related the summer holiday adventures of four children and a dog. I refer of course to the Famous Five although this name wasn’t used until 1951 after nine books in the series had already been published. Enid Blyton evidently intended to write only six or eight books but their huge commercial success encouraged her to write twenty-one full-length Famous Five novels. She could apparently knock out a book within a week. It often showed, for there was sometimes a good deal of repetition. The child characters were aged about twelve or thirteen but they never seemed to grow up very much. They were frozen in childhood forever. The books are still selling today at a staggering rate of two million copies a year. They’ve been translated into ninety languages. Yes,
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Give me five century. It’s usually a standard quartet (two violins, viola, and cello) supplemented by a fifth stringed instrument. Sometimes a woodwind instrument is added to the string quartet used such as a flute, oboe or clarinet thus providing a pleasing contrast of tone colour.
Franz Schubert in 1824. (Wilhelm August Rieder)
including Thai since you asked. Out of curiosity, I bought one of the Thai versions recently at Big C and wondered what the average kids in Buriram or Surin would make of these privileged, welleducated, middle-class and slightly insufferable British children obsessed with chasing petty criminals. To a classical musician, “famous fives” will instantly bring to mind some of the great quintets. The string quintet can be traced back to early years of the seventeenth
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Quintet in C major D. 956. David Finckel (vlc), Emerson String Quartet (Duration: 48:23; Video: 720p HD) I was about the same age as the children in the Enid Blyton novels when I first heard this work. It was on a Philips recording and featured the cellists Paul Tortelier and Pablo Casals, arguably two of the greatest cellists ever. Unfortunately, parts of the recording were marred by Casals’s characteristic deep-throated groaning. Schubert completed this quintet in the autumn of 1828
but when he offered the work to his publisher the response was lukewarm. Even at the end of his career, Schubert was still regarded as a writer of songs and piano pieces. His chamber music was not taken seriously. This is richly ironic because this quintet is now regarded as being among the finest chamber works ever written. Schubert died just a couple of months after its completion. He scored the work for string quartet plus an additional cello which often enjoys as much of the limelight as the first violin. The presence of the extra cello brings a darker, richer tone to the sound. But the most compelling thing is the sheer expansiveness of the work, the richness of melody and the brilliant use of harmony. Schubert often contrasts lyrical moments with unsettling violent passages. The second theme of the first movement (01:58) has brought a tear to many an eye and the opening of the
sublime slow movement (15:12) takes the listener to some tranquil, heavenly place for removed from the physical world. Then in typical Schubert fashion, the mood is shattered (19:56) by a troubled and disturbed section until the energy gradually subsides and finally returns us (26:01) to the peaceful place where we started. The bucolic scherzo could not offer more contrast and the reflective middle section daringly explores sudden changes of key and has many wonderful magic moments of harmony. The dance-like finale (38:18) offers a wealth of delightful melody.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581. Ruokai Chen (clt), Old City String Quartet (Duration: 30:50; Video: 720p HD) Mozart wrote two major works for clarinet; the concerto and the quintet, scored for clarinet and string quartet. They were both written
for Anton Stadler, one of the leading Viennese players of the day. Mozart completed the quintet in September 1789. Incidentally, both works were originally written for the basset-clarinet which has an extended lower range. This is a brilliant work which draws on Mozart’s enormous skills in melody-writing, drama and harmony. The Larghetto which forms the slow second movement is stunningly beautiful. The last movement has always struck me as a somewhat repetitive set of variations on a singularly banal tune. The lugubrious third variation with its tiresome viola solo sounds like a lapse of taste on Mozart’s part but perhaps he was pandering to the current Viennese fad for all things Turkish. I have the score in front of me and can’t help wondering what he was up to. But perhaps Wolfgang had been taking in a bit too much Austrian wine that day. By all accounts, he was an enthusiastic imbiber.
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‘Last Witnesses’ offers children’s memories of WWII Douglass K. Daniel Does anyone suffer more in wartime than a child? All they know is at risk — parents, siblings, neighbors, homes, schools, even pets. All too soon they learn of hunger, death and inhumanity. Those who survive carry scars on their flesh and their minds — and they have stories to tell, if they can bear it. “I want to forget,” says Liuba Alexandrovich, who was just 11 when she watched German soldiers shoot every third person in her tiny Soviet village, a reprisal for providing support to partisans opposing Hitler’s forces after their 1941 invasion. Later the soldiers gathered those whose children had joined the partisans and beheaded them. She says, “I want to forget it all.” Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich believes such moments must be remembered and gives scores of Soviets an opportunity to tell their stories. Her engrossing book “Last Witnesses” first appeared in 1985, but its English translation is new, the third of Alexievich’s books to come from Random House since she won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015. Readers of the late American writer Studs Terkel, the most celebrated oral historian in the U.S., will recognize the simple but
powerful prose that comes from recording ordinary people’s memories. More than 100 people speak in “Last Witnesses” and many recall similar horrors — planes and falling bombs interrupting playtime, soldiers burning villages and their inhabitants, people fleeing into forests, children burying parents in frigid ground, young ones eating grass or garbage or the family cat to survive. There are hopeful stories, too, serving as streaks of light in the darkness. Some people recall acts of kindness, such as a single woman telling two young orphans wandering the countryside, “You’ll be my children now.” Or a farm family taking in a Jewish girl in spite of fear of discovery and certain death. Except for occasional footnotes for context, Alexievich lets these children of war speak for themselves. One wonders why they would willingly revisit such times. Some, like Oleg Boldyreve, who was 10 when he went to work with his father in a bomb factory, weren’t sure they wanted to. “What’s better — to remember or to forget?” he asked. “Maybe it’s better to keep quiet? For many years I tried to forget.” For Nadia Gorbacheva, who was 7 when the horrors began, the answer was simple: “I remember war in order to figure it out. Otherwise why do it?” (AP)
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In latest ‘Annabelle,’ a babysitting gig goes awry Jake Coyle Los Angeles (AP) - What a spell for sentient toys. A week after the child-crafted plaything Forky found life in “Toy Story 4” and Chucky was reborn in “Child’s Play,” the evil vintage doll of the “Conjuring” spinoff series “Annabelle” is back, too, in “Annabelle Comes Home.” Surely, a tea party must be in the offing. If movie theaters are starting to feel as cluttered as a kid’s play room, that pileup is nothing compared to the growing collection of movies from the extended Conjuring-verse. There have been eight films in the franchise in the last six years, with offshoots for “The Nun” and “The Curse of La Llorona.” Demonic forces turn out to be like Russian dolls. Open one up and out tumbles a trilogy. Almost as a rule, the “Conjuring” movies are slavishly devoted to horror clichés, and it can feel like they’re simply going down a list: Creaking doors, check. Possessed playthings, check. Lots of crosses, check. How about a ghoulish bride? You got it. They collectively worship at the altar of William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist,” aping both its Catholic hokum and title font. These are proudly old-school movies
composed of simple frights and legit craft. They are also, for better or worse, almost comforting horror movies, safely sealed in a trope-filled movie world that doesn’t, like Jordan Peele’s films, claw at our own. That’s especially true of screenwriter-turned-director Gary Dauberman’s “Annabelle Comes Home,” which echoes as much with sincerity as it does screaming. It’s less scary than spooky, and you almost feel as though if these movies keep going, eventually Scooby and the gang are going to solve one of these mysteries. But for now we still have the central demonologists of the movies, Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). They have a calming presence over the whole ordeal. So versed are they in the supernatural that they don’t bat an eye when the clocks start speeding backward or the cemetery dead appear in their headlights. That’s more or less how “Annabelle Comes Home” begins. The Warrens are driving home when it dawns on them that the doll they’ve just acquired — which got not one but two origin stories in “Annabelle” and “Annabelle Creation” — is a kind of beacon for evil. When they get to their Connecticut split-level, they put Annabelle behind glass in their locked room of artifacts, a collection of so much haunted stuff that it’s blessed weekly by a priest.
Japanese collector returns ancient artifacts to Cambodia Sopheng Cheang Phnom Penh (AP) — Millennium-old Cambodian artifacts displayed in a Japanese collector’s home for two decades have been returned to the Southeast Asian country’s National Museum. The 85 artifacts are mostly small bronze items and include statues of Buddha and the Hindu god Shiva, plus jars, ceramics and jewelry. Cambodia’s Culture Ministry says some items were older than the Angkor era, which began about 800 A.D. Others date from the Angkor era or just after it ended in the late 14th century. Cambodia has made intense efforts to recover artifacts looted during its civil war in the 1970s. Prak Sonnara, secretary of state for the Culture and Fine Art Ministry, praised the Japanese collector for voluntarily
returning the artifacts. He said her actions set a good sample for other countries and collectors to follow. The collector, Fumiko Takakuwa, told reporters after the handover ceremony that she and her husband had bought the items in Japan and liked to collect and display them in their home. But she knew they were originally from Cambodia and that is why she returned them. “My husband has said before he passed away that those artifacts have to be returned back to Cambodia, and today I am happy that I did,” Takakuwa said. Prak Sonnara said the 85 items were believed to have been stolen from Cambodia’s temples during the war, when intense looting occurred and valuables were smuggled through neighboring Thailand.
This image shows a scene from the horror film, “Annabelle Comes Home.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
But for much of “Annabelle Comes Home,” Ed and Lorraine are out of town, leaving their 10-year-old daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace) in the hands of her teenage baby sitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman). Judy is a sweet young kid who has inherited some her mother’s spirit senses but, due to her parents’ reputation, is shunned by many of her classmates. She and Mary Ellen are
having a fine time together, but trouble comes in the form of Mary Ellen’s friend, Daniela (Katie Sarife), who shows up uninvited and mischievously curious about the Warrens’ work. She’s also hiding her own grief, having recently lost her father in a car accident. Yearning for some connection to what’s beyond the grave, she’s drawn intractably to the locked room and, naturally, to Annabelle.
You can pretty much guess how things go from there. Pandora’s box gets opened and the three girls suddenly find themselves in a haunted house teeming with all manner of terrors. Dauberman, making his directing debut after scripting the previous “Annabelle” films and the hit Stephen King adaptation “It,” patiently lets things unspool, soaking up the night’s dim and foggy atmosphere and the ’70s wallpaper while steadily
increasing the number of jump scares. What makes “Annabelle Comes Home” rise above its well-trod narrative are the actresses and Dauberman’s sensitive attention to each of them. Grace, in particular, is a standout with an obvious maturity beyond her years. And Sarife artfully combines a teenager’s rebelliousness with heartache. It’s never much in doubt how things will turn out. The evil will, once again, be “contained.” That’s what makes “Annabelle Comes Home” and some of its “Conjuring” ilk oddly soothing. “All the evil in here reminds me of all the good out there,” Lorraine says of the Warrens’ room of artifacts. But she’s also articulating the underlying heart and ethos of these horror films. I’m not so sure. Out here, it takes more than a display case and a prayer to lock evil away. “Annabelle Comes Home,” a Warner Bros. release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for horror violence and terror. Running time: 120 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.
Fans mourn João Gilberto at Rio de Janeiro funeral Anna Jean Kaiser Rio de Janeiro (AP) — Fans from around the world honored bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto last week, filing past his coffin at his funeral in Rio de Janeiro. A small string orchestra and choir performed one of Gilberto’s most famous songs, “Chega de saudade” as his body was displayed in an open casket at the entry of Rio’s Municipal Theater. Dozens of friends and family joined in and sang along, including Gilberto’s daughter Bebel Gilberto, also a singer, who smiled and cried while turning to hug and kiss her younger sister Luisa. “He will stay alive inside us, he will not die, his music will not disappear,” said funeral attendeeJaderCruz,a77-year-old
In this June 18, 2004 file photo, Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
from Rio de Janeiro who’s been listening to Gilberto’s music since he was 16. “He left a mark with that strength he had, that sweetness and love he put while playing, that is unforgettable.” The 88-year-old Gilberto, a
two-time Grammy winner, died of natural causes in his home in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, July 13. A fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova emerged in the late 1950s and gained a worldwide following in the 1960s,
pioneered by Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, who composed the iconic The Girl From Ipanema that was performed by Gilberto and others. His wife Astrud Gilberto made her vocal debut in the song. Self-taught, Gilberto said he discovered music at age 14 when he held a guitar in his hands for the first time. With his unique playing style and modern jazz influences, he created the beat that defined bossa nova, helping launch the genre with his song “Bim-Bom.” By 1961, Gilberto had finished the albums that would make bossa nova known around the world: “Chega de Saudade,” ‘’Love, A Smile and A Flower,” and “Joao Gilberto.” His 1964 album Getz/Gilberto with U.S. saxophonist Stan Getz sold millions of copies.
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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating Marcia Dunn Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since. Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white
He added, “It was a wonderful achievement in the sense that people everywhere around the planet applauded it: north, south, east, west, rich, poor, Communist, whatever.” That sense of unity did not last long. But 50 years later, Apollo 11 — the culmination of eight years of breakneck labor involving a workforce of 400,000 and a price tag in the billions, all aimed at winning the space race and beating
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module “Eagle” during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
The 363-feet Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 crew, launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida July 16, 1969. (NASA via AP)
Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, approaches the Command and Service Modules for docking in lunar orbit. Astronaut Michael Collins remained with the CSM in lunar orbit while the other two crewmen explored the moon’s surface. In the background the Earth rises above the lunar horizon July 21, 1969. (Michael Collins/NASA via AP)
images on TV as Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity’s most glorious technological achievements. Police around the world reported crime came to a near halt that midsummer Sunday night. Astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone in the mother ship while Armstrong proclaimed for the ages, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” was struck by the banding together of Earth’s inhabitants. “How often can you get people around our globe to agree on anything? Hardly ever,” Collins, now 88, told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “And yet briefly at the time of the first landing on the moon, people were united. They felt they were participants.”
the Soviet Union to the moon — continues to thrill. “Think of how many times you hear people say, ‘Well, if we could land a man on the moon, we could certainly do blah, blah, blah,’” said NASA chief historian Bill Barry, who like many other children of the 1960s was drawn to math and science by Apollo. “It really, I think, has become a throwaway phrase because it gets used so often. It gets used so often because I think it had an impact.” Armstrong, who expertly steered the lunar module Eagle to a smooth landing with just seconds of fuel left, died in 2012 at 82. Aldrin, 89, who followed him onto the gray, dusty surface, was embroiled recently in a nowdropped legal dispute in which two of his children tried to have him declared mentally incompetent. He has kept an uncharacteristically low profile in the runup to the anniversary. Many of the Apollo program’s other key players are gone as well. Of the 24 astronauts who flew to the moon from 1968 through 1972, only 12 are still alive. Of the 12 who walked on the moon, four survive. A vast majority of Earth’s 7.7 billion inhabitants were born after Apollo ended,
Tranquility Base and the U.S. flag are seen from a window on the Lunar Module as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin prepare for liftoff from the surface of the moon July 21, 1969. (NASA via AP)
Flight controllers work in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the Apollo 11 lunar extravehicular activity. The television monitor shows astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon July 20, 1969. (NASA via AP)
including NASA’s current administrator, 44-year-old Jim Bridenstine, who is overseeing the effort to send humans back to the moon by 2024. Back in 1961, NASA had barely 15 minutes of human suborbital flight under its belt — Alan Shepard’s history-making flight — when President John F. Kennedy issued the Cold War-era challenge of landing a man on the moon by decade’s end and returning him safely. At the time, the Soviets were beating America at every turn in the space race, with the first satellite, Sputnik, the first spaceman, Yuri Gagarin, and the first lunar probes. JFK’s challenge struck John Tribe, one of Cape Canaveral’s original rocket scientists, as impossible. “I was used to facing up to impossible things. We were in the rocket business, so we were doing some weird and wonderful things back in those days. But, yes, it was an unbelievable announcement at that time,” he said. “It took a lot of guts.” NASA’s Project Mercury gave way to the two-man Gemini flights, then the threeman Apollo program, dealt a devastating setback when three astronauts were killed in a fire during a 1967 test on the launch pad. The pace was relentless amid fears the Soviets would get to the moon first. Cape Canaveral’s Bill Waldron remembers working “seven days a week, 12 hours a day, six months at a clip” on the lunar modules. “You know how we got to the moon as fast as we did is because we burned people out,” said Homer Hickam, a retired NASA engineer whose autobiography, “Rocket Boys,” became the 1999 movie “October Sky.” “Come to Huntsville, go to the cemetery, look at all those young men who are dead down there. They worked themselves to death,” Hickam said. “Or better yet, go to the courthouse and look at all the divorce records. They abandoned their families.” The pressure was so intense leading up to the flight that Collins developed tics in both eyes.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Jr. stands next to the Passive Seismic Experiment device on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
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Crew of the Apollo 11, from left, Neil Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, module pilot; Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to the surface of the moon March 30, 1969. (NASA via AP)
Collins privately gave the mission 50-50 odds of total success. Launch day — Wednesday, July 16, 1969 — dawned with an estimated 1 million people lining the sweltering beaches and roads of what had been renamed Cape Kennedy in memory of the slain president. Among the VIPs: Vice President Spiro Agnew, former President Lyndon Johnson and wife Lady Bird, aviation legend Charles Lindbergh, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov and TV’s Johnny Carson. Civil rights demonstrators who had descended on the launch site to question America’s spending priorities temporarily stood down to gaze skyward.
The firing room was filled with 500 launch controllers and managers in white shirts and skinny ties, including Wernher von Braun, the German-born mastermind behind the Saturn V. The Saturn V stood 363 feet (110 meters) tall, the largest, most powerful rocket ever flown. Unbeknownst to most of the world, just two weeks earlier, the Soviets’ even mightier moon rocket exploded moments after liftoff, destroying the Kremlin’s moon dreams. At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the Saturn V roared off Pad 39A, its astronauts hurtling toward their destination and destiny 240,000 miles (386,000 kilometers) away. The command
From right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin walk to the van that will take the crew to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida July 16, 1969. (AP Photo/File)
Navy UDT swimmer Clancy Hatleberg prepares to jump from a helicopter into the water next to the Apollo 11 capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, to assist the astronauts into the raft at right July 24, 1969. (Milt Putnam/U.S. Navy via AP)
module, Columbia, and the attached lunar module, Eagle, reached the moon three days later. The next day, July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the surface in the lunar module. Collins wasn’t overly concerned about Armstrong and Aldrin getting down to the moon. Rather, he worried about them getting off the moon and back to the mother ship. He kept his fears to himself. “If it was unthinkable, it was unsayable also,” Collins told the AP. “We never discussed or hinted at their getting stranded on the moon. I mean, we were not fools, and we knew darn well that a lot of things had to go exactly right for them to ascend as they were supposed to do.” President Richard Nixon even had a speech prepared in case of disaster: “Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.” As it turned out, descent proved more alarming than ascent. With minutes remaining to touchdown, the Eagle was rattled by one computer alarm then another. Caution lights flashed. But flight controllers had rehearsed that very scenario right before the flight, and so guidance officer Steve Bales knew it was safe to proceed rather than abort.
Then a boulder-strewn crater the size of a football field appeared at the target landing site, and Armstrong had to keep flying, looking for somewhere safe to put down. Aldrin called out the distance to the surface — 75 feet, 40 feet, 30 feet — as Mission Control informed the astronauts of the fuel remaining. Sixty seconds left. Thirty seconds. Finally came word from Armstrong: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” The time was 4:17 p.m. “You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re
People line 42nd Street in New York to cheer Apollo 11 astronauts, in lead car from left, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong, traveling east on 42nd street, towards the United Nations Aug. 13, 1969. (AP Photo/File)
U.S. Air Force Sgt. Michael Chivaris, Clinton, Mass.; Army Spec. 4 Andrew Hutchins, Middlebury, Vt.; Air Force Sgt. John Whalin, Indianapolis, Ind.; and Army Spec. 4 Lloyd Newton, Roseburg, Ore., read a newspaper headlining the Apollo 11 moon landing, in downtown Saigon, Vietnam July 21, 1969. (AP Photo/Hugh Van Es)
President Richard Nixon gives an “OK” sign as he greets Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin in a quarantine van aboard the USS Hornet after splashdown and recovery in the Pacific Ocean July 24, 1969. (AP Photo)
Andy Aldrin, 10, sits on a pile of cordwood in the backyard of his home in Houston while other members of his family listen to the reports of the progress of the Apollo II lunar module carrying his father, Col. Buzz Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong to a landing on the moon July 20, 1969. (AP Photo)
breathing again,” Mission Control’s Charlie Duke radioed back. (He would walk on the moon three years later.) Armstrong descended the nine-rung ladder first, his left boot, size 9½, touching the lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. Aldrin followed him out 18 minutes later. Working in one-sixth Earth’s gravity, they gathered rocks, set up experiments, planted an American flag stiffened with wires to make it look as if it were waving in the windless vacuum and took a congratulatory call from Nixon, who observed, “For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one.”
The moonwalk lasted 2½ hours. The Eagle later reunited with Columbia, and the three astronauts headed home, splashing down July 24 in the Pacific. After spending 2½ weeks in quarantine in case they brought back deadly moon germs, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were given a ticker-tape parade in New York, followed by a frenzied monthlong world tour in which they met kings, queens and Pope Paul VI. Five more missions took men to the surface of the moon — Apollo 13 had to be aborted because of an explosion — before Project Apollo came to a premature end, the last three flights on the schedule scrapped. NASA put the entire Apollo tab at $25 billion, equivalent to more than $150 billion in today’s dollars. The first lunar landing, at least, lifted America’s spirits — indeed, the planet’s — when it needed it. “The Vietnam War, civil strife, racial strife, all kinds of stuff going on that was bad, which I wasn’t paying much attention to because I was working so hard in the space world. The Cold War and all of that,” said JoAnn Morgan, Apollo 11’s lone female launch controller. “It was such a demonstration of the power and the passion of our country.” She added: “I mean, literally, we did exactly what JFK said we would do.”
Apollo 11 astronauts, from left, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong stand in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on the 40th anniversary of the mission’s moon landing July 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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PCEC hears about two mosquito borne diseases and participates in a research study
Bringing it close to home, Dr. Kitro showed this slide giving information on the number of Dengue Fever cases and corresponding deaths for Thailand as a whole, the East Coast, and Chonburi Province where Pattaya City is located.
Three different activities painted the landscape of the regular morning meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club on Sunday, July 7. First up was the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is held the first Sunday of July, second was an opportunity to participate in a University study on Dengue Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, and Zika prevalence among expats in Thailand, and the third an informative presentation by the Study’s leading researcher, Dr. Amornphat Kitro, M.D., about the first two of these diseases, entitled, “Mosquitoborne Disease in Thailand: Health risks and prevention.” The AGM began with PCEC Chairman Roy Albiston opening the meeting, which included the Treasurer’s report given by Judith Edmonds followed by the Chairman’s annual report, whose primary theme was ‘time.’ He mentioned that the Olympics, great sporting and performance events often depend on a small army of volunteers to be successful. He pointed out that it was about those that through volunteering of their time is what makes significant events and activities happen.
Club’s weekly Newsletter, website content, and other activities. Also announced were the new and not so new incoming Governing Board members with 5 having been re-nominated for another two year term and 3 members being nominated for their first term. The incoming Governing Board members are incumbents Anne Smith, Tom Loughney, Richard Smith, Robert Smith, and Darrel Vaught, plus new members Les Edmonds, John Stroosnijder, and Wendy Moore.
Health Seed Grant program to support research in Thailand. Following the AGM, Dr. Kitro gave a presentation on the causes, risks, and prevention of Dengue Fever and Japanese encephalitis, which are widespread throughout Thailand. Dr. Kitro is studying in residency training in Travel medicine and for a Master of Clinical tropical medicine at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. The highlights of Dr. Kitro’s talk included the fact that there were four different strains of Dengue fever
Medical researchers from Mahidol University obtain information and blood samples from PCEC attendees who volunteered to participate in their research study about the prevalence of Dengue Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, and Zika diseases in long term expats in Thailand.
Thus, the successful operation of the PCEC was no different. He then went on to identify the important volunteers that made this happen. Even the speakers, he said, are volunteers devoting their time, which the club has had over a thousand during the past 18 years. Given recognition were the greeters, the tech team, the ‘mic matadors’ who pass around the microphone, the Club’s Thai helpers during the meeting along with a special thanks to Ren Lexander who arranges for the weekly presenters. Also recognized were those that devote their time to the
Taking place before, during and after the meeting, a small group of Mahidol University medical people were busy gathering forms, taking blood samples, blood pressure and sugar readings on many long term expats that wished to participate in a university research study entitled “Seroprevalence of Dengue, Japanese encephalitis, and Zika and risk factors for infection among long term expatriates from non-endemic country in Thailand.” All this effort was going toward a study to determine how many long-term expats had antibodies present for those diseases. The school was thrilled that so much data could be gathered in such a short time and place. The club was promised a report on the results of the study when it was completed later this year. An added plus, participants in the study were compensated monetarily for their participation. This study was being funded by the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center’s Global
(if you got one you could still get another), that the disease had no effective vaccine or cure and can only be passed by from a mosquito biting an infected person then biting someone else. In rare cases the disease can be fatal if one contracts the Hemorrhagic Dengue which causes internal bleeding. If you have had Dengue previously, there is a higher risk of contracting the Hemorrhagic version. Over 100 million cases occur worldwide and the mortality rate is about 5%. Dr. Kitro mentioned that just a couple of years ago a famous Thai star succumbed to the disease. The symptoms are usually high fever (40°C/104°F) plus at least two of the following: headache, muscle and joint pain, pain behind the eyes, nausea/vomiting, swollen glands or rash. Although not usually dangerous in the long term, it can be extremely uncomfortable and is sometimes called “breakbone fever” because of the severe joint pain. However, if you have the symptoms, you
Dr. Kitro displayed this slide showing who should get vaccinated against Japanese Encephalitis, including long stay urban expatriates who may make occasional visits to endemic areas during the high risk period, which is primarily during the rainy season.
should seek medical attention because if it is the Hemorrhagic Dengue, it can be fatal because of internal bleeding. He mentioned an important caution; do not take aspirin or ibuprofen for the fever and headache as they are blood thinners which can increase bleeding if you have contracted the Hemorrhagic Dengue. Paracetamol (Tylenol) can be taken. The second mosquito borne disease covered in the presentation was Japanese encephalitis (JE) which is the
weakness, seizures, and neurological damage. However, this is primarily a rural disease and is not often encountered in urban areas. Further, there is a vaccine for JE which is available for foreigners and Thais. At Thai hospitals, the cost for this vaccination is about 400 baht and is recommended for those planning to spend extended times in rural areas. Japanese Encephalitis can be fatal in 20% to 30% percent of cases and many survivors continue to have
MC Roy Albiston presents Dr. Amornphat Kitro with the PCEC’s Certificate of Appreciation for his timely and informative talk about the mosquito borne diseases of Dengue Fever and Japanese Encephalitis.
more dangerous of the two maladies, with a mortality rate of about 30%. Zoonosis (an animal disease) is spread to humans from Culex mosquitoes that feed on infected birds, pigs and other mammals passing the infection to humans living and working in rural areas around rice paddies and irrigation systems. Symptoms can be headache, painful neck stiffness, vomiting, fever, muscle
long-term neurologic, psychiatric, or cognitive problems. Treatment includes supportive care of symptoms. 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.
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Thai Garden Resort Pattaya extends the Prestigious Travelife Gold Award The four star rated Thai Garden Resort located on North Pattaya Road has just renewed the prestigious Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations Gold award. Travelife – the international sustainability certification scheme – assesses a property’s performance in managing their social, environmental and economic impacts. To gain the Travelife Gold certification the hotel must meet their 150 sustainability criteria. This includes environmental issues, such as minimising waste and use of energy, water and chemicals, as well as taking positive action on social issues, such as employee welfare, working
with the local community, child protection and human rights. They must also show how they are helping to support local businesses and protect local traditions. The Thai Garden Resort is the only hotel in Pattaya to achieve this award and there are only 14 hotels in Thailand who have been certified by Travelife.
Environment Energy: The Thai Garden Resort has reduced its energy use by installing lowenergy lighting, making use of light sensors, timers, ensuring that in-room air conditioning is controlled and makes use of solar panel produced energy to minimize the
use of gas to heat boilers. Hot air produced by walk-in refrigerators and the freezer room’s compressors is collected and through heat-exchange systems re-used to heat water for the guest rooms. Waste: The hotel has reduced the amount of waste it produces by the development of a waste minimisation programme, including reducing the amount of resources used, reusing materials and recycling, using refillable containers, buying in bulk and using recyclable glass bottles in the guest rooms instead of one-way plastic bottles. No individual packed items like marmalade or butter are used on their buffets.
Community effort raises funds to help pay for boy’s heart operation
Rene Pisters, the General Manager of the Thai Garden Resort, and his dedicated team have a great reason to celebrate.
Water: The hotel uses various methods to save water, including re-usage of grey water from the guest rooms which, after filtering, is re-used to water the vast gardens, as well as the technologies installed in guest rooms or public areas, such as dual flush toilets, lowflow shower heads and taps. In addition, it collects rain water for irrigation and well timed watering of gardens to avoid unnecessary water evaporation. The hotel measures its performance regularly to monitor the impact of its sustainability efforts, report on results and plan improvements.
Supporting people At a small gathering in the PSC clubhouse PSC President Peter Malhotra, together with Treasurer John Player, joined John O’Keefe in presenting a donation of 150,000 baht to Nittaya Daengchan, the mother of a 16-year-old boy afflicted with a heart valve problem.
John O’Keefe At a small gathering in the PSC clubhouse PSC President Peter Malhotra, together with Treasurer John Player, joined me in presenting a donation of 150,000 baht to Nittaya Daengchan, the mother of a 16-year-old boy afflicted with a heart valve problem. The funds were generously donated by golfers and members of the community. Nittaya Daengchan (Nit) has been my caddie at Siam Country Club for over 4 years and is very good at her job. Every time I play, she is always pleasant to us and always has a charming Thai
smile. This I found to be amazing as she was putting up a very brave front, considering the trauma she was going through regarding her son Narin’s illness. Narin Jangjit was born with a hole in the heart and has had to visit both Chonburi and Bangkok hospitals consistently during his lifetime. To be able to do this, Nit bought a car on credit to be able to make these journeys which is not easy on a caddie’s income. Unfortunately, the boy’s father made no effort to support his child which has been left to Nit being the only provider. The surgeon advised that an operation could be
undertaken when he was fully developed and that time is fast approaching. So, at this point in time I decided to try and help her with the costs involved. With the help of Pattaya Sports Club we set up a fund in Nit’s name so that the whole of the fund raising could be fully transparent. I then set to work canvassing my friends and colleague’s for donations eventually reaching the total of 150,000 baht which we presented to her on June 27 at the Pattaya Sports Club office. Nittaya will bring her son to get nursing care at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Travelife certification shows that the hotel is committed to treating people fairly and with respect. As well as providing good working conditions for staff and investing in its employees by providing regular training, the Thai Garden Resort aims to be an active member of the local community. The hotel supports local school children through their “Toy for Joy” project to assist orphans with school necessities, donating money to local charities, providing access to the hotel facilities to local orphanages to make use of the 63 meter long swimming pool, inviting the abandoned children centre for a free vacation, organizing art exhibitions in the lobby and supporting charity soccer along with other organizations.
Local economy and businesses The Thai Garden Resort also actively supports the local community from an economic perspective by buying food/other services from local suppliers and encouraging its guests to visit local restaurants, markets and attractions so that they have an opportunity to spend money and support the local economy.
Communication with guests The hotel also involves guests in their sustainability activities, such as encouraging guests to recycle whilst they are staying at the hotel, running a towel and linen re-use service to
help save water or informing them about protected areas, either within the grounds of the property or in the destination. A key reason for tourism businesses to care about sustainability is to help protect the unique natural and cultural characteristics of their resort, so it continues to attract tourists in the future. The hotel therefore serves local food, providing information on local customs, heritage sites/places of cultural interest, restaurants, or places to buy locally-made goods or souvenirs. For more information on the Thai Garden Resort’s see their website at www. thaigarden.com
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Pattaya advisor brings lunch, supplies to CPDC
Human Help Network Thailand Director Radchada Chomjinda, her staff and 100 children thanked the guests and the kids put on a stage show.
and more. They also hosted a birthday luncheon for Rattanachai.
Rattanachai Sutidechanai and his family were joined by Chinese friends from the Tourist Assistance Center to host lunch and donate necessities to the Child Protection and Development Center.
Jetsada Homklin
The guests hosted a birthday luncheon for Rattanachai and the children.
An advisor to Pattaya’s mayor and Chinese tourists hosted lunch and donated necessities to the Child Protection and Development Center. Rattanachai Sutidechanai and his family were joined by Chinese friends from the Tourist Assistance Center at the Huay Yai shelter. They brought along learning materials, dolls, clothes, daily necessities
Photisampan School marks 59 years
Jetsada Homklin The Human Help Network Thailand taught migrant children Thai language and good hygiene at a stop at the Mitkamol construction worker camp. Drop-In Center outreach chief Thitiporn Saknarong led the July 12 trip, which wrapped learning in fun and games, such as kids dancing to the “chicken dance” and “baby shark” songs while also learning new vocabulary. Kids were taught the Thai words for various fruits and then played a game matching photos of the fruit with the Thai-script words. Lastly, they were shown the seven steps to proper hand-washing before getting snacks.
(Below)... then played a game matching photos of the fruit with the Thaiscript words.
Warapun Jaikusol Photisampan Pittayakarn School celebrated its 59th anniversary in Naklua. Former Pattaya Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn and Pairoj Prawatlert-Udom, chairman of the local Basic Education Commission office, participated in the July 10 festivities for the school started on the grounds of
Photisampan Temple. Candles and incense were lit to pay homage to school founder Luang Pho Boonmee Akkaboonyo. Nine monks from the temple chanted holy stanzas and partook in a morning meal. In the afternoon, school officials handed out scholarships. The school traces its roots to 1956 when Naklua locals
Prong and Yin Phansamniang donated five rai of land to Boonmee to build a temple. He had only 40 baht to spend, but built the temple with donations from the community. In 1960, he applied to the government to open a Prathomlevel school at the temple and, a year later, opened the Mathayomlevel classrooms and the school took the name Photisampan Pittayakarn School.
100 children thanked the guests and the kids put on a stage show.
HHN teaches migrant children Thai, hygiene
(Photo right) Kids were taught the Thai words for various fruits...
Nine monks chanted holy stanzas and partook in a morning meal to commemorate Photisampan Pittayakarn School’s 59th anniversary in Naklua.
Human Help Network Thailand Director Radchada Chomjinda, her staff and
Drop-In Center outreach chief Thitiporn Saknarong uses the “chicken dance” and “baby shark” songs to teach migrant children Thai vocabulary and good hygiene.
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Lynn stars at Green Valley PSC Golf from The Billabong Bar Monday, July 8, Phoenix Gold Stableford There were some very unfriendly pin placements on both the Lake and Ocean nines today at Phoenix and this showed in the scoring. It’s not very often you get a 6-way countback but we had one today with all of them on 33 points. Gerard Lambert took third spot having 18 points on the back nine, Glenn Smith having 19 on the back nine took second and Bill Marsden, with 21 on the inward half, attained first place. There were no 2s recorded.
Wednesday, July 10, Green Valley Stableford We took a trip to Green Valley on Wednesday, with
Miss Lynn.
12 ladies and 8 guys playing. The girls took the place apart today with Miss Nu firing 38 points off her 15 handicap while coming in
Bill Marsden.
second with 40 points off her 22 handicap was miss Sa. But first place went to Miss Lynn with a staggering 41 points off a 10
handicap - a great score young lady. There were two 2s, coming from Miss Phen and Miss Sasi. The men’s division was
won by Auke Engekles with a fine score of 38 points. Coming in second was Sel Wegner, taking that spot courtesy of a countback over Jeff North, both scoring 37 points. There were no 2s from the boys today. Laem Chabang was our other venue of the day with 12 players on the B and C loops. We had a countback for the minor places between Gerard Lambert and Barry Copestake, both scoring 33 points but with Barry getting the nod for second. Top of the tree was Tim Knight with 34 points. There no 2s today.
Friday, July 12, Burapha - Stableford Burapha C and D was the challenge of this day. Some of the tee blocks were forward and some were well back from their normal positions making some holes extremely difficult for some of the shorter hitters. Half the field didn’t make 30 points and only one player beat his handicap. Glenn Smith took third place with 32 points, Rick Culley, having not had a game in 3 weeks, was second with 33 points, and Arch Armstrong took the top spot with a fine 37, also getting the only 2 of the day.
Buchanan makes winning debut The Tara Court Golf Society
Greenwood putty in Briney’s hands PSC Golf from the Pattaya Links Golf Society Wednesday, July 10, Greenwood B & C Stableford A Flight (0-14) 1st Tommy Marshall (6) 37pts 2nd Kevin McEntee (10) 37pts 3rd Mike Ominya (6) 34pts B Flight (15+) 1st Tip Briney (23) 42pts 2nd Derek Phillips (16) 37pts 3rd Len Jones (29) 34pts Having savoured some fine golf at Laem Chabang two days previously the PLGS stalwarts enjoyed a visit to the equally well-presented course at Greenwood on Wednesday. In the top flight Hawaiian golfer Mike Ominya made an impact on his debut with the PLGS, winning a countback for third place with 34 points. A countback was also needed to decide the flight honours with Kevin McEntee losing the recorder’s eye and taking second place with 37 points, leaving Tommy Marshall in first on the same score but with a better back-nine. In the second flight Len
Tip Briney (centre) with Mike Ominya (left) and Darren Beavers.
Jones found some form at last to take third place with 34 points, following Derek Phillips in second with 37. The honours, and green jacket, went to the group’s most photographed golfer, Tip Briney, who decimated the course with 42 points. Near pin prizes went to Dave Buchanan (x2), Paul Smith and John Pierrel and the consolation best front nine was recorded by Bill Copeland (18pts) with Wayne Peppernell
taking the back nine award, also with 18 points on countback.
Friday, July 12, Khao Kheow B & C Stableford 1st Bill Copeland (14) 38pts 2 nd Dave Buchanan (1) 37pts 3rd Takeshi Hakozaki (14) 37pts 4th Dave Hewson (9) 36pts On a hot day with virtually no breeze to cool things down, our small(ish) field of
twenty-one golfers lined up to take on the B+C combination at Khao Kheow. With two scores of 37 points and three scores of 36 it was close, but Bill Copeland just got the better of them all to record a fine 38 for the win. Dave Buchanan has joined us now for our most recent games and can certainly play to his handicap of #1. Today with 72 off the stick he scored 37 points to take second spot on countback from Takeshi, who relished his new handicap of #14. Then came a three-way countback for the fourth and final place, resulting in Dave Hewson getting the nod ahead of Paul Smith and George Mueller. Near pins were claimed by Dave Hewson (B3), Dave Buchanan (B8), Paul Smith (C3) and Dave Buchanan (C8) while the consolation ‘best nine’ prizes for nonwinners went to George Mueller (front, 20pts) and Phil Davies (back, 16pts).
Dave Buchanan.
Sunday, July 7, Green Valley Stableford 1st Dave Buchanan (1) 41pts 2nd Wayne Antiltz (12) 39pts 3rd Pete Seil (5) 37pts 4th Peter Henshaw (30) 37pts 5th Rod Torrie (8) 37pts We had some real golfers playing with us today at Green Valley where despite a relatively small group, playing to your handicap didn’t even get you in to the prizes. Dave Buchanan was playing his first ever game with us and he certainly made an excellent start by going round in four under par gross to shoot forty one points off his one handicap, great golf and probably one of our lowest gross scores ever! Wayne Antiltz also played very well and he came second with thirty nine points. We then had three
Jerry Sweetnam.
players on thirty seven and a countback was needed to separate Pete Seil, Peter Henshaw and Rod Torrie. We had six 2s, from Paul Pavloff (x2), Dave Buchanan, Wayne Antlitz, Pat Carty and Rod Torrie.
Thursday, July 11, Burapha – Stableford 1st Jerry Sweetnam (9) 37pts 2nd Pete Seil (5) 37pts 3rd Shaun Merriman (11) 34pts Today we were on the C and D courses here in Burapha and both nines were in much better condition than the last time we played them. Jerry Sweetnam was the winner with thirty seven points on countback over Pete Seil, however the latter wasn’t too disappointed as he posted the only birdie ‘2’ of the day. Shaun Merriman got the third place with thirty four points.
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Brown shoots best of the week PSC Golf from The Bunker Boys Monday, July 8, Pattana A & B – Stableford 1st Jimmy Carr (15) 37pts 2nd Robby Watts (8) 37pts 3rd Stuart Brown (9) 35pts Today we were allocated A & B nines at Pattana and what a difference between the two nines. The A nine was surprisingly shabby with greens lumpy, slow and unmowed. The B nine was very different with fairways in better shape and greens that were smooth, quick and true. The difference was remarkable and reflected in
the scoring with those who didn’t play well on one improving markedly on the other. A case in point was today’s winner Jimmy Carr who had a poor front A nine but went crazy on the back to amass thirty-seven points and overtake second-placed Robby Watts on countback. Likewise Stuart Brown had a better back nine to take third place with thirty-five points. Near pins went to Stuart Brown and Robby Watts with Kob Glover taking the difficult A3 island hole, the last B8 went unclaimed.
Gerry Cooney.
Kob Glover.
Wednesday, July 10, Green Valley – Stableford
Scoring today was of a very high standard with most performing well, seven players scored thirty-six or more. Winner and course member Stuart Brown applied all his local knowledge to take first place with an excellent score
1st Stuart Brown (9) 41pts 2nd Gerry Cooney (20) 39pts 3rd Niall Glover (20) 38pts 4th Neil Harvey (9) 38pts The midweek game at Green Valley was enough enticement to lure out a field of eighteen to play a superior course which is now close to being back to its best again.
of forty-one, he even managed to get a wayward drive heading into the jungle to hit a rock and bounce back into the middle of the fairway. Gerry Cooney continues to play to his best and took second place with thirty-nine points while Niall Glover had his best game to date with a fine thirty-eight and third place. Newcomer Neil Harvey took the last place on the podium also with thirty-eight but beaten on countback. Near pins went to Rocky Ishikawa, Les Cobban, Stuart Brown, and almost an ace from Gavin Lang.
Friday, July 12, Khao Kheow B & C – Stableford 1st Gerry Cooney (19) 37pts
Allen scoops the loot PSC Golf from the Growling Swan Golf Society Monday, July 8, King Naga Stableford
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1st Takeshi Hakozaki (14) 33pts 2nd Gordon Clegg (25) 30pts 3rd Allan Ray (29) 28pts Long Putts: Peter Grey. This course is a favorite to some and not well liked by others. Today it was in good condition accepting the fact that the greens were a little slow. Numbers dictated our prize money so novelties were left out of the day’s proceedings. Takeshi Hakozaki took the honours with a modest 33 points ahead of Gordon Clegg in second and Allan Ray third.
Andrew Allen.
Thursday, July 11, Treasure Hill Stableford 1st Andrew Allen (34) 39pts 2nd Denis Steele (17) 36pts 3rd Keith Buchanan (12) 35pts 4th Mashi Kaneta (16) 32pts
Near Pins: Denis Steele (x2), Shane Young, Keith Buchanan. Long Putts: Mashi Kaneta, Alex Field. Eleven of us headed out to take on Treasure Hill today. The course was in good nick with fairways clean and tidy, bunkers raked and the greens playing true. Only the one division and of course we were playing all novelties, from the yellow tees. Andrew Allen took on the day’s challenge and his return of 39 points put him 3 ahead of his nearest rival. Second past the post was Denis Steele while third home was Keith Buchanan and Mashi Kaneta completed the podium in fourth.
Taylor signs off in style
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Entry fee includes: green fee, caddy fee, golf cart fee, 21st anniversary shirt, giveaways, and Canadian Caesars kick starters at sign up, free beer on the course and the evening buffet. A limited open bar is once again offered this year, but BYOB is recommended, corkage and mixers are provided free of charge.For more photos and history of the tournament follow this link: www.jackalopeopen.com General Information & Inquiries 1. Courses to be played are Augusta and Belfry with the field limited to 128 players 2. For handicap inquires and sign up details, contact John Emmerson at johnscotte@yahoo.com, or Mark Gorda marktgorda@gmail.com 3. Entry fee must be included with entry form unless prior arrangements have been made with one of the organizers. On completion of your entry form and fee, contact John Emerson at 089-095-8631 and one of the organizers will collect your entry; (payment on the day is acceptable). 4. Men and Rabbits play off WHITE tees, Ladies play off RED tees. 5. Local rules and technical prize hole details will be provided on the day of the tournaent. 6. Your spouse is welcome to attend the Buffet & Awards presentation, compliments of the Jackalope Open. Please inform the organizers when you sign up, so we can make sure of the numbers. 7. Website: www.jackalopeopen.comEmail : marktgorda@gmail.com Contact Mark Gorda Numbers 087-141-7878
2nd Kob Glover (26) 37pts 3rd Stuart Brown (8) 36pts 4th Chris Delamare (1) 35pts We had a good field of sixteen for the last game of the week at Khao Kheow where we were allocated B & C nines. Gerry Cooney did enough to take out first place on countback from Kob Glover, both on thirtyseven points. Stuart Brown took third with thirty-six and Chris Delamare rounded out the scoring with thirty-five points. Chris also had shot of the day on the ninth when his second from a bunker went straight into the hole for the only eagle of the day. Near pins went to Geoff Cox, Tony Robbins, Stuart Brown, and Gary Smith.
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The Jomtien Golf Society Monday, July 7, Pattavia - Stableford There were four groups out today with the equal cut in the two divisions set at 5-16 and 18+ and playing off a 5 handicap Peter Seil recorded the best score of the day, winning division 1 with 39 points. Les Smith came in second on 37 points and Gareth Piccinnin placed third with 36. In his last game with us for three months, David Taylor posted his best score in four years and won division 2 with 35 points. A back-nine countback of 20/14 saw Alan Bissell beat John Doyle for second place after they both came in with 34 points. Near pins went to (Div 1) Roger Awad and Peter Seil (x2), and (Div 2) John Carlin
Gary Dalton and David Taylor.
(x2) and Frank Grainger. Gary Dalton and John Carlin
both birdied the 13th to record the only 2s of the day.
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Mystery, excitement for British Open’s return to Portrush feet below the green. Ebert was profuse with his praise of Royal Portrush. “It’s hard to argue that this will be the finest piece of links land which The Open Championship is played,” Ebert said in 2014 when the R&A announced a return to Portrush. “No other venue, I don’t think, has such pure links undulations throughout its 18 holes.” For local favourite Rory McIlroy the pressure might
Doug Ferguson Royal Portrush, N. Ireland (AP) - Graeme McDowell winning the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach was a source of pride for Northern Ireland. Rory McIlroy winning the U.S. Open at Congressional the following year with a record score was a source of hope. And then a month later, Darren Clarke became the first Ulsterman in 64 years to raise the silver claret jug. In a span of six majors, three champions came from a small country in the United Kingdom known for its castles, coastal links and three decades of religious and political violence known as “The Troubles.” What began as a question — “Could the British Open return to Royal Portrush?” — became a drumbeat until organizers found a way to make it work. Golf’s oldest championship returns to the Dunluce Links of Royal Portrush this week for the first time since 1951, the only occasion in 159 years that the British Open was not held in Scotland or England. The response has been a combination of excitement and mystery. The championship was a sellout 11 months ahead of time. The Royal &Ancient Golf Club decided in April to provide an
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Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland is shown in this Saturday, July 6, 2019 photo.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
additional 15,000 tickets for tournament days, and those were snatched up quickly. That means more than 200,000 spectators for the competition days of the 148th Open. And that should come as no surprise. Royal Portrush hosted the Irish Open in 2012 and drew 112,000 fans over four days, a European Tour record. “I believe big-time sport needs big-time crowds,” R&A chief Martin Slumbers said. “We’re certainly going to get that.” And what will they see? That’s the mystery.
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The vast majority of the 156-man field — only 21 players were at the 2012 Irish Open — will be competing on the Harry Colt design for the first time. That included Francesco Molinari, the defending champion who will try to become the first backto-back winner since Padraig Harrington in 2007-08. There have been a few changes. To make it a large enough stage for the British Open, the R&A with approval from the club changed the routing. Martin Ebert, who
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consults on a half-dozen links in the Open rotation, took land from the Valley Links to build two new holes, Nos. 7 and 8. The original 17th and 18th holes are now used for the tented village. The nature of the links hasn’t changed. There are fewer bunkers than at most links courses because the contours and cliffs and dunes serve as a reasonable defense. The 16th hole is “Calamity Corner,” where a shot over the ravine on the 236-yard par 3 that falls to the right could wind up 50
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be greater than going for the career Grand Slam at the Masters. He grew up in Holywood, but Royal Portrush feels like home. McIlroy was 16 when he set the course record of 61 at the North of Ireland Amateur. “I think one of the big things for me is to enjoy the experience,” he said. “It might be 68 years until Portrush gets the Open (again), so I have to go out and enjoy it.”
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The Bunker Boys meet at Woody’s Bar on Soi Skaw Beach for golf outings every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (www.bunkersociety.com) or call 094368 3580, 081 788 2338 or 087 693 7803. Transportation leaves from Cafe Kronborg on Soi Diana Inn at 8:15 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, (contact Dave on tel. 038 602 2117). Colin’s Bar plays golf Sun/ Mon/Wed & Fri (www.colinsbar.com). The Growling Swan plays golf on Monday & Thursday (www.thegrowlingswan.com). Lewinski’s in Soi Pattayaland 1 (Soi 13/3), play Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Transport is available, call Marcus on 089 503 9179 for further information and booking. The Pattaya Links Hotel Golf Society departs from Soi Buakhao on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call Phil on 0625 933 380 or visit www.thelinkshotelpattaya.com. The Golf Club is located on Soij LK Metro. Call Phil on 090 769 3778. Tropical Golf meets at BJ’s Holiday Lodge at 8am on Tuesday’ & Friday. Call Derek on 089 034 0629. Retox Golf – Tel. (Paul) 0923744276, Email retoxgolf@gmail.com
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England win first Cricket World Cup after all-time classic Steve Douglas London (AP) — Jos Buttler threw his gloves into the sky and wheeled away in celebration. Jofra Archer slid on his chest across the Lord’s turf and beat the ground. Joe Root punched the air as he was lifted up by a teammate. After more than nine stomach-churning hours, the first Super Over in Cricket World Cup history, and one of the most extraordinary overs ever played, England ended an agonizing 44-year wait to be crowned world champions of the sport they invented. “The most ridiculous game of cricket to have ever been played,” was how Buttler, England’s wicketkeeper, summed up a crazy World Cup final against New Zealand last Sunday that had pretty much everything. A sporting contest for the ages finished with England winning courtesy of a tiebreaker that few inside the home of cricket had likely ever heard of, or even understood: Boundaries countback. That was because England and New Zealand — both bidding for a first Cricket World Cup title — couldn’t be separated after the regulation 50 overs a side (each team
scored 241) and then a nerve-shredding Super Over (both teams scored 15) played in early evening sunshine in northwest London. In the end, England prevailed because they hit a total of 26 boundaries — fours and sixes scored across both the 50 overs and the Super Over — compared with New Zealand’s 17. “The guys are shattered,” New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said. “It’s devastating. Tough to swallow.” It was a slow-burner of a final that reached an astonishing crescendo at Lord’s. Chasing 242 to win after New Zealand won the toss and posted 241-8, England slumped to 86-4 before a partnership of 110 between Buttler (59) and New Zealandborn Ben Stokes (84) ensured the match would go to the wire. Needing 22 to win off the final nine balls, Stokes smashed the ball high from Jimmy Neesham toward long-on. Trent Boult took the catch but fell back and stood on the boundary cushion before he had time to release the ball to teammate Martin Guptill nearby. Guptill signaled a six should be awarded and the umpires obliged.
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England’s captain Eoin Morgan is sprayed with champagne as he raises the trophy after his team won the Cricket World Cup final match between England and New Zealand at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
The target to win was 15 heading into the last over, bowled by Boult. After two dot balls, Stokes slogged a six over midwicket. Nine runs were needed off three balls. Stokes smashed the next ball into the leg side and set off to run two. As he sprinted back to the striker’s end, he dived and stretched his bat out in a desperate bid to reach the crease — only for the ball, thrown in by Guptill, to strike Stokes’ bat and deflect all the way to the boundary.
Confusion reigned but England had just scored six runs — two run, along with a four. Three required off two balls. “That was a bit of a shame, wasn’t it?” Williamson said. Stokes was still on strike and he pushed down the ground, setting off again for a two to ensure he kept the strike. Adil Rashid was running to the non-striker’s end and was easily run out, but Stokes had the strike and England had an extra run.
In an almost exact replica of that next-to-last delivery, Stokes toed a yorker out to long-on and again attempted to run two. This time it was Mark Wood run out at the non-striker’s end, but again England collected the single to take the match to the rare Super Over. Fans had their hands around their heads in amazement. A rule explainer came up on the big screen. After a 10-minute break, Stokes and Buttler — the first two of England’s three
designated batsmen — came back out and hit 3, 1, 4, 1, 2 and 4 between them. The Black Caps had to score more than England because of their inferior boundary count. And thanks mainly to a six by Jimmy Neesham, they needed two off the final ball. Guptill, who seemed to be involved in all of the match’s defining moments, hit it into the legside. He scrambled back for a second run that would have earned the Black Caps their first world title but Buttler showed extraordinary composure to collect Jason Roy’s throw from deep midwicket and remove the bails with his left hand. England’s players erupted in celebration — but still had an agonizing wait before the decision was confirmed by the TV umpire. “OUT,” read the message on the big screen after Guptill was shown to be three yards out of the crease. “I can’t believe what has happened,” England allrounder Chris Woakes said. “I can’t get my head around it.” There were so many players to be celebrated for their contributions, particularly Stokes. That deflection for four off his bat will be replayed and replayed. “I said to Kane Williamson,” Stokes said, “that I’ll be apologizing for that for the rest of my life.”
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The 28th Pattaya Marathon takes place Sunday, July 21, 2019.
Pattaya City officials have finalized security and medical preparations for the Pattaya Marathon, which hits the streets this coming Sunday. Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh chaired a July 9 planning meeting that also covered details on facilities and cleanup. About 10,000 runners from around the world are expected to participate in the 28th running of the marathon. As usual, it will feature a full 42.2-kilometer full, half- and quarter-marathons. There also will be a 3.7-km. micro-marathon and wheelchair race.
Full details and route information can be found at website: PattayaMarathon.go.th. Runners and walkers are also invited to take part in the Chonburi Run for the King 2019, which will kick off at the provincial hall on August 10. Registration remains open until July 24 and the first 8,000 to sign up will receive a commemorative shirt. The walk-run, organized to mark the King’s July 28 birthday, includes both a 3kilometer fun run and 10kilomater race. Five winners in various age brackets will win trophies.
Silverstone, England (AP) — A day of dramatic English sporting glory began with a far more fortuitous — but still record-breaking — victory for Lewis Hamilton on the nation’s Formula One track. A sixth British Grand Prix success was sealed not with a thrilling overtaking move but by a canny pit stop strategy paying off for the reigning world champion last Sunday at Silverstone. By finishing 25 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton extended his championship lead over the Finn to 39 points and moved ahead of Jim Clark and Alain Prost to take the outright record for British GP victories. Hours before England’s cricketers lifted the World Cup for the first time in London, Hamilton was part of far more familiar scenes in central England in front of a record Silverstone race crowd of 141,000. And yet Hamilton — who is in a strong position to win the championship after 10
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the British Formula One Grand Prix at the Silverstone racetrack in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 14. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
races — never tires of the crowd-surfacing and adulation of the Union Jack waving home crowd. “I have done so many races and you would think I’d get used to it,” Hamilton said. “But this felt just as amazing as the first win I ever had here in 2008.” Hamilton made the decisive move to the front in the 20th of the 52 laps by pitting to get new tires. With the safety car still out after Antonio Giovinazzi spun off
in his Alfa Romeo, Hamilton rejoined to remain ahead of pole-sitter Bottas who had already pitted. “We had a really good fight in the beginning,” Hamilton said. “After that I backed off a little and waited for the pit stops, hoping that I could maybe overtake him in the pits. I extended my first stint for a few more laps, then the safety car came out and that was perfect timing for me as I came back out in front of Valtteri.”
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari completed the podium after a crash in the fight for third saw Sebastian Vettel go into the back of Max Verstappen on lap 38. By finishing 15th — including a 10-second penalty for the crash — four-time world champion Vettel now trails Hamilton by 100 points in fourth place in the standings. Note: For more on the F1 British Grand Prix – turn to Automania on page 24.
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Djokovic tops Federer in historic final for 5th Wimbledon crown Howard Fendrich London (AP) — For nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer traded the lead, playing on and on and on until an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker was required to settle their memorable Wimbledon final. In the end, it was Djokovic who emerged victorious, coming back to edge Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) and become the first man in 71 years to take home the trophy from the All England Club after needing to erase championship points. “Unfortunately in these kinds of matches, one of the players has to lose,” Djokovic said. “It’s quite unreal.” After facing two match points at 8-7 in the last set, he wound up claiming his fifth Wimbledon title and second in a row. This triumph also earned Djokovic his 16th Grand Slam trophy overall, moving him closer to the only men ahead of him in tennis history: Federer owns 20, Rafael Nadal has 18. “I just feel like it’s such an incredible opportunity missed,” said Federer, who actually accumulated 14 more total points, 218-204. “I can’t believe it.” He has ruled grass courts since the early 2000s; he has won Wimbledon eight times dating to 2003, and this was
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after he defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer during the men’s singles final match of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (Laurence Griffiths/Pool Photo via AP)
his record 12th appearance in the title match. But Djokovic is now 3-0 against Federer in finals at the place and 4-0 against him in fivesetters anywhere. This one was unlike any other, though. That’s because, while it was reminiscent of Federer’s 16-14 fifth-set victory over Andy Roddick in the 2009 Wimbledon final, that score is no longer possible: The All England Club altered its rule this year to do away with never-ending matches and institute a tiebreaker at 12all in a deciding set. Federer and Djokovic pushed each other to the limit in what became as much a test of focus and stamina as it was about skill. It is the longest final in the history of a tournament that dates to the 1870s, eclipsing by
nine minutes Nadal’s five-set win over Federer in 2008. Like that one, this is destined to be discussed for years. “I’ll try to forget,” joked Federer, who is less than a month shy of his 38th birthday and would have been the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era. “It was a great match. It was long. It had everything. I had my chances. So did he. I thought we played some great tennis. In a way, I’m very happy with my performance, as well,” Federer said during the trophy ceremony. “But Novak, it’s great. Congratulations, man. That was crazy. Well done.” First, it was Federer who kept falling behind, then coming back. He twice trailed by a set even though
he came quite close to winning the match in three: Federer was two points from grabbing the opening set on seven occasions but couldn’t do it; he was one point from seizing the third, but again came up short. Then, Federer was down a break early in the crucible of the fifth. And then, after seemingly gaining the upper hand, standing a single point from winning while serving for the victory at 87, 40-15, he faltered. He sent a forehand wide on the first championship point, and Djokovic produced a cross-court forehand winner on the next. Soon enough, the 32-year-old Djokovic had broken back and on they would play for another 45 minutes. “Definitely tough to have those chances,” Federer said. Djokovic has done this to him before. In the semifinals of the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Opens, Djokovic erased two match points each time before coming back to win. Looking at the bigger picture, there’s also this takeaway from Sunday: Nadal’s status as Federer’s principa l n e m e s i s h a s b e e n w e l l - d o c u m ented and much-examined over the years — which is a small part of why Friday’s semifinal victory for Federer was fraught with meaning. But it’s now high
Roger Federer plays a shot to Novak Djokovic during the men’s singles final match at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
time to discuss Djokovic’s edge over Federer. Djokovic has won their past five meetings and holds
a 26-22 advantage overall head-to-head, including 106 at Grand Slam tournaments and 3-1 at Wimbledon.
Halep stops Williams’ bid for 24th tennis slam Howard Fendrich London (AP) — Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion last Saturday, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in the final, there already inscribed was: “Miss S. Halep.” Halep was not concerned with preventing Williams from winning a 24th Grand Slam title. All Halep cared about was winning her first at the All England Club. And she played pretty much perfectly. On top of her game right from start to finish, Halep overwhelmed Williams 6-2, 6-2 in stunning fashion for her second major championship. The whole thing took less than an hour as Williams lost her third Slam final in a row as she tries to equal Margaret Court’s record for most major trophies in tennis history.
“I’m very sure,” Halep said, “that was the best match of my life.” The No. 7-seeded Romanian made a mere three unforced errors, a remarkably low total and 23 fewer than Williams. Not bad for someone who has been frank about how jittery she has gotten in past big matches and began the day having lost nine of 10 matchups against Williams. But after losing each of her first three major finals, Halep now has won two straight, including at last year’s French Open. “She literally played out of her mind. Congratulations, Simona,” Williams said during the trophy ceremony. “It was a little bit ‘a deer in the headlights’ for me.” Williams also lost in straight sets against Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final a year ago, and against Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open last September.
Romania’s Simona Halep celebrates after defeating United States’ Serena Williams during the women’s singles final match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
“I just have to figure out a way to win a final,” Williams said. The 37-year-old American hasn’t won a tournament since the 2017 Australian Open, when she set the professional-era record of 23 Grand Slam championships (Court won 13 of her titles
against amateur competition). Williams was pregnant when she won in Australia and then took more than a year off the tour; her daughter, Olympia, was born in September 2017. Since returning to tennis, Williams has dealt with injuries
but still managed to remain among the game’s elite. In part because of a bad left knee, she only had played 12 matches all season until Wimbledon. “Just got to keep fighting,” Williams said, “and just keep trying.” Didn’t take long on Saturday for the 27-year-old Halep to demonstrate this was not going to be easy for Williams. Showing off the talents and traits that once lifted her to No. 1 in the rankings, Halep never really gave Williams a chance to get into the match. “I’ve always been intimidated a little bit when I faced Serena. She’s an inspiration for everyone and the model for everyone,” Halep said. “Today, I decided before the match that I’m going to focus on myself and on the final of (a) Grand Slam, not on her. That’s why I was able to play my best, to be relaxed,
and to be able to be positive and confident against her.” Halep tracked down everything, as is her wont. She didn’t merely play defense, though, managing to go from retrieving an apparent point-ending stroke by Williams to lashing a winner of her own in a blink. “I was over-hitting it, trying to go for too much,” Williams said. “She was getting just a tremendous amount of balls back.” Halep only had been as far as the semifinals once at Wimbledon until now. But she was determined to change that and said she told the lockerroom attendants at the beginning of the tournament she wanted to grab a title to earn lifetime membership in the All England Club. “So here I am,” she said Saturday, the fortnight done, her trophy won. “It was one of my motivations before this tournament. So now I am happy.”
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Electric Jaguars to be made in UK despite Brexit uncertainty
What did we learn from Silverstone? What did we learn? The first item to learn was this was an exciting Grand Prix with tussles all the way down the order. On a circuit that allows for passing you can get true racing, as opposed to the ‘round the houses’ tracks favored by the FIA. Well, we also learned that Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) is one lucky chap, having been gifted the win by the safety car coming out which slowed the field down allowing Hamilton to dive into the pits and rejoin in first position. His rival, team mate Valtteri Bottas, had pitted when the race was at full speed. We also saw that the four times Drivers Champion Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) has sealed his fate for next year, with a very amateurish crash into the back of Max Verstappen (the Flying Dutchman Red Bull) who was already up to third at that stage. Max is a genuine talent and has outshone his F1 father Jos Verstappen, remembered for accidents and fire in the pits. Vettel’s performance this year has been a string of mistakes, and he has been
Results Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas Charles Leclerc Pierre Gasly Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz Jr Daniel Ricciardo Kimi Raikkonen Daniil Kvyat Nico Hulkenberg Lando Norris Alexander Albon Lance Stroll George Russell Sebastian Vettel Robert Kubica
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull Red Bull McLaren Renault Alfa Romeo Toro Rosso Renault McLlaren Toro Rosso Racing Point Williams Ferrari Williams
overshadowed by his team mate the talented youngster Charles Leclerc. The stewards of the meeting handed Vettel a 10 second penalty, but I doubt if that will change his performance (or attitude). Ferrari is not known for hanging on to drivers who are not bringing in the results expected of them. The second string Red Bull driver Pierre Gasly was another to benefit from the timing of the Safety car. Gasly’s seat is in doubt for next year, so this GP is a welcome result for the young Frenchman.
A race-long fight between Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) and Carlos Sainz Jnr (McLaren) saw the McLaren finishing in front. McLaren has done a complete turn-around compared to last year, as has Renault. By year’s end, you will see both these teams looking for podiums. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) continues to amaze, now being looked upon as the Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones guitarist) of Grand Prix racing. Kimi was in the points all the way through the event and knows how to avoid accidents. Age, experience and animal cunning beats youth and enthusiasm once again! One team that did not cover itself with glory was the American Haas outfit. The team drivers Magnussen and Grosjean managed to run into each other on the first lap and it was downhill from there! Grosjean’s weekend had already included a major crash in pit lane, on the Saturday. Grosjean is another driver looking at a retirement package for 2020, who explained his plight at the British GP as, “I picked up the rear right puncture. After the pit-stop the damage to the car, on the floor, the brake ducts and so on, it was too much to be able to carry on racing. We had to retire the car unfortunately.” There are three very talented young drivers this year with Leclerc 3rd, Lando Norris (UK) 11th and Alexander Albon representing Thailand 12th.
London (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover says it will manufacture a range of electric cars in the U.K., a boost to an industry braced for turmoil ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union. The all-electric version of the Jaguar XJ sedan will be made at the firm’s factory in Castle Bromwich, in central England. The plant will close for six weeks so new equipment can be installed. CEO Ralf Speth said Friday that the “future of mobility is electric,” and that the company is committed to making the next generation of zeroemission vehicles in the U.K. The decision comes during a time of great anxiety for the auto industry in the U.K., which is struggling with uncertainties over Brexit as well as global issues buffeting the sector. However, since cars are these days built anywhere, I am sure Brexit will soon be a forgotten issue. Jaguar unreliability will be a greater talking point.
Lohner Porsche Mixte.
History of the electric vehicle If you hadn’t noticed, the electric vehicle movement is everywhere. They even have a Grand Prix just for electric racers. Within 10 years the current F1 cars will have become obsolescent. Early history in 1828, Ányos Jedlik invented an early type of electric motor, and created a small model car powered by his new motor. In 1834,
Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport built a similar contraption which operated on a short, circular, electrified track. By the turn of the century Dr. Porsche was building race winners with four in-wheel battery electric motors with the battery being charged by a small internal combustion engine. This was called the Lohner Porsche Mixte. Toyota and the Prius were not the first to come up with this concept.
Lekky MINI a production car If you still harbor uncertainty as far as electrification is concerned, down there in the BMW camp, electric cars are the go, with MINI the next offering. Oliver Zipse, the BMW board member in charge of production, said: “We are entering an era in which electric cars will become a normal choice for our customers. “The Mini Electric will kick off our new model offensive for fully electric vehicles.” Sales of battery electric vehicles in the UK have surged in recent months, but from a very low base: only 11,975 were sold in the first half of the year, or 0.9 percent of total car sales, according to data from the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Despite the successes of Tesla and Nissan’s Leaf electric vehicles, the industry is still waiting for a breakout electric hit. The new chief executive of BMW will oversee a plan to launch 25 new electrified models by 2023, with at least 13 full-electric rather than hybrid. However, the company has also hedged its bets by producing its fullelectric, hybrid, and internal
Electric MINI.
combustion models using the same underlying blueprint and the same production lines – meaning it can quickly switch between fuel types in response to customer demand. JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) may be busy in the boardroom but JLR is cutting 4,500 jobs from its global workforce as part of £2.5bn cost-saving program amid falling sales in China and Europe and record losses of £3.4bn in the last three months of 2018. BMW, meanwhile, is trying to cut costs by €12bn and has warned that profits will fall this year. The huge costs to carmakers of developing electric vehicles come at a time when regulators are tightening
Jaguar iPace.
the rules on emissions. Last month Fiat Chrysler and Renault announced plans for a €33bn merger in a move that would create the world’s third-largest carmaker, saving the companies the billions needed to fund the race to make electric and autonomous vehicles. However, as reported last week, the merger talks failed. BMW was one of the first major carmakers to launch a fully electric car, with the i3 hitting the market in 2013. JLR also has an electric car, the Jaguar i-Pace, and both companies have a range of plug-in hybrid models. Klaus Froehlich, a BMW board member, said: “Together, we have the opportunity to cater more effectively for customer needs by shortening development time and bringing vehicles and stateof-the-art technologies more rapidly to market.” Engineers from JLR and BMW will work together to design the components, which will then be made at their manufacturing sites. For JLR, this will be at its engine plant in Wolverhampton, which employs 1,600 people.
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The Taco House on the Dark Side of Mexican descent) cooking in their own homes. This gave rise to wheat tortillas, nachos, chili con carne, burritos, and barbacoa. The local menu begins with beers, local ones B. 70
handle on what is on offer. This is something all restaurants should do. Not all customers speak English! Starters (B. 90-190) include Quesadillas, Tortillas and Tostadas.
You can’t miss the sign.
Tex-Mex is a very popular cuisine, however, we have not had a plethora of TexMex in Pattaya, and especially not on the Dark Side. Even on Siam Country Club Road (Pornpranimit) which these days seems to be wall to wall restaurants, but until recently – no Tex-Mex. Over a year ago, the restaurant began with a Turkish flavor, then became O’Neills, to be then taken over by the Retox group, which then moved further down the road. After another make-over it is now become a TexMex (and more). Some of the heritage can be seen with five large screen TV’s for sports and the sit-up bar. How to get there? Taco House is very easy to find.
Come down Siam Country Club Road from the cross roads, known as Chicken Cross Roads by the locals, and Soi 28 Pornpranimit is on your right about two kilometers further down heading towards Mabprachan reservoir. The Taco House is on that corner. On the weekday evening the Dining Out Team went for dinner there were already two tables with different accents (including Indian), and the Taco House was very busy with a large party in the 20 seat rear section. The history of TexMex is closely tied to the history of Texas - cheddar cheese, beef, wheat, and cumin were introduced into traditional Mexican recipes by Tejanos (Texans
who want their own, there are many American favorites (B. 210-290) being mostly burgers of different styles with a Black Angus bacon and cheese burger at the top end. Madame ordered a bacon cheese quesadilla, and mine was a grilled chicken quesadilla which was loaded with cheese (B. 190). Both were good servings and our pick was the quesadilla with the molten cheese inside, almost like a double pizza with the one on the top upside down. The younger members finished off with a home-made strawberry sundae and an apple pie. If you are a fan of Tex-Mex,
give this place a try. If you are new to the cuisine the friendly staff will assist you in the choices available. We had been a couple of times before and the high standards have been maintained. Taco House is looking for your business and after our review I am sure they are doing it very successfully. QR Code provides benefits, which the staff will explain. Taco House, 78/3 Moo 2 Pornpranimit (Siam Country Club) corner Soi 28, tel 098 827 3725, open six days (closed Mondays) 12 noon until 9.30 p.m. on-street parking plus restaurant forecourt. Photos by Marisa Corness.
A heavy duty wrap.
but craft beers obviously more. Soft drinks B. 30, juices B. 70 as kids are welcome too. As a special, Tiger pint is B. 90 and Tiger half pint B. 50. Wine by the glass is B. 100. The menu proper begins with explanations of their different salsas with chilli indicators. At the foot of the pages are photos of the various dishes, so those not au fait with Tex-Mex can get a
Salads and Soups are B. 160-220, enchiladas B. 190240 with ranchero sauce, tacos (B. 195-240), quesadillas (B. 170-210), the spectacular fajitas (B. 240 veggies, up to chicken and beef B. 330), chilli con carne (B 240), and burritos (B. 230-260). Kids are catered for with their own menu B.110-120 with chicken tenders and hot dogs on offer. And for those Americans
So that’s what a quesadilla looks like.
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Events The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, July 21. The PCEC program varies, but usually involves a guest speaker on a topic of interest to Expats. The program starts at 10:30 am with a buffet breakfast available from 9:00 to 11:00 am on the 4th floor of the Holiday Inn’s Executive Tower located behind the Holiday Inn’s Bay Tower on Beach Road. The official grand opening celebrations for the Riviera Jomtien five-star luxury condominium project will be held on Saturday, July 20. The multi-talented Kla Kripit and the most charming June Savittri will be the MCs of this sparkling affair while 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 visit: Facebook/theriviera jomtien. Call 087-499-6551 or 038-231-455-081. A Joint Chambers Eastern Seaboard networking evening will be held at the AVANI Pattaya Resort on Friday, July 19 from 6.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. (last drinks at 8.30 p.m.). Entrance cost is THB 500 on the door for members and THB 1,000 for non-members. Admission includes free-flow drinks and finger food.
The 2019 Pattaya Marathon will take place on Sunday, July 21 with a start and finish point on Pattaya Beach Road. The categories of competition include a full marathon (42.195km), half marathon (21km) quarter marathon (10km), miniwheelchair race, student race and fun run. For registration, sign up at the Tourism and Sports Development Office, 1st Floor, Pattaya City Hall during 08.30-18.30 before June 15 or via website: www. pattayamarathon.go.th. The Eastern Seaboard Businessmen’s Dinner is a monthly event taking place at the Mantra Restaurant at the Amari Pattaya Resort on the last Thursday of the month. It brings together business leaders from various backgrounds including Automotive, Aerospace, Real Estate, Architecture, FMCG, Electronics, White Goods, Logistics, Recruitment, Legal, Consulting, and others in a relaxed atmosphere. If you are interested in attending please contact Anuttra.Sukruen@tinfish.co.th. A Farmers’ Market takes place every 2nd Saturday of the month at the Holiday Inn hotel on Pattaya Beach Road from 10.30 am - 3.30 p.m. Products range from wellness items, jewelry, freshly prepared food, organic vegetables and fruits. The next market will be held August 10. A stamp market is held every Sunday from 10.00 a.m. till 3.00 p.m.at Rahnpintang Moe Kata Restaurant, Panji Place, on Soi Ponphraphanimit 7 (200m
Pork fillets with ginger This is a mainland China recipe and though similar to the Thai Gai Pad Khing uses more ingredients and some different flavors with the use of rice wine, honey and sauces. Sherry can be used in place of the rice wine if difficult to procure. Use the lean pork fillets or you can even substitute skinless chicken breast fillets.
Ingredients Pork fillets Sunflower oil Large onion chopped fine Fresh ginger root, grated Garlic, chopped Chinese rice wine Sugar Honey Light soy sauce Dark soy sauce Scallion, chopped as garnish
Serves 4 500 gm 2 tbspns 1 2 tbspns 1 clove 150 ml 2 tspns 2 tbspns 2 tbspns 1 tbspn 1
Cooking Method Cut the pork into thin strips and dry on paper. Heat the oil in the wok and add the onions, stir-frying until transparent. Add ginger root and garlic and stir. Now add the pork strips, rice wine, sugar, honey, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce. Bring to the boil and cook until the liquid has been reduced 50 percent. Transfer to a serving dish, garnish with the chopped scallion and serve with steamed rice.
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from the Bangkok Highway underpass). Here can you exchange stamps from the whole world. Call 089 091 3418 for more information and directions.
Community Services The North Star Library on Sukhumvit Road, north Pattaya holds regular Thai language classes Mon - Fri from 10.30 a.m. till 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. till 2.30 p.m. Cost of admission is 100 baht per session for library members and 200 baht for non-members. Private lessons are also available for 200 baht per hour. In addition, the library also holds Yoga training every Tuesday from 1 - 2 p.m. at the Father Ray Foundation. Cost is 1200 baht for 6 sessions (first session free). For more information, call 081 575 4854 or email wan_nujan@yahoo.com Alcoholics Anonymous: The Pattaya Group meets Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. All meetings are closed (alcoholics only) and are held at Soi Skaw Beach (off Pattaya 2nd Rd). Contact Carl 08-456-31671. The Good Morning Pattaya Group meets 9 a.m. every morning. All meetings are ‘open’: contact 080 563 0232. The Jomtien Group meets every day at noon at Jomtien Long Stay Hotel:
Contact, Andrew 086 107 6631. The Scandinavian Group meets on Tuesdays and Fridays 6 p.m. at the Norwegian Seaman’s Church, Thappraya Road Soi 7: contact Hans 085 135 7755 or Rune (Rayong) 089 754 9515. 9.00 a.m. meetings every day at Satree Pattana Centre on Soi Skaw Beach off Second Road. Call 080 563 0232. The Samaritans of Thailand English Help Line operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide support to the expatriate community. English-speaking staff, trained in crisis intervention will provide active, non-judgmental and empathetic listening services on the phone. All calls will be handled on an anonymous basis and are free of charge. (02) 713-6791. Overeaters Anonymous The ‘Up to You’ group meets Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the housing area just behind Pan Pan Restaurant in Jomtien on Thappraya Road. Call Steve at 038-364-207(h) or 089-250-1359 (cell) for directions or more information. Narcotics Anonymous Hotline: 082 811 2686. 3 English speaking meetings in Pattaya near Central Festival and 2 in Jomtien each week. Also regular Thai speaking meetings at 12 noon every Sunday, and Persian Farsi speaking meetings at 5.30 pm on Thursdays. Please call the Hotline for details.
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Groups & Associations Rotary Club of JomtienPattaya (English) meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, Pattaya City. Fellowship begins at 18.30 hrs and Dinner meeting at 19.00 hrs. President Vutikorn Kamolchote Email: <vutikornk@hotmail.com> Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (English) meets at the Siam Bayshore Hotel, 17.30 hrs for 18.00 hrs on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, followed by dinner (Fellowship) President Brian Songhurst Email: <bjs2904 @yahoo.com> Rotary Club Phönix Pattaya (German) meets every Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Pattaya at 19.00 hrs. President Peter Schlegel Email: info@rotary-phoenixpattaya.org. Le Rotary Pattaya Marina, seul Rotary Francophone d’Asie, vous accueille les premier et troisième vendredis de chaque mois, début des réunions 19h, à l’hôtel Pullman G Pattaya Wongamat 445/3 Moo 5 – Soi 16 – Pattaya Naklua Road. Venez agir avec le Rotary pour changer des vies. Pierre Yves Eraud Président 2018-2019 Email: <info@rotarypattayamarina.org>
Rotary Club of Pattaya (Thai-English) meets at the First Pacific Hotel, Central Road on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. Meetings begin at 19.00 hrs. President Stephen Devereux Email: < stevecarlow@gmail.com> Post 12146 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America (Ban Chang – U-Tapao, Thailand) meets the second Saturday of each month at 13:00 at Sinthavee Park Condo, 2/ 1 Moo 5, in Ban Chang. If you are interested, please contact Membership Chairman Dan Morgan at <ban changvfw12146membership@ gmail.com> or visit website: www.banchangvfwpost1 2146.org. The Royal British Legion Thailand meets on the last weekend of every month at various locations around the city. Please join and like the Face Book page and you will see the all the social events listed. You do not have to have served in the Armed Forces to become a member and can join in the many social events arranged throughout the year. The Legion’s primary aim is the care and welfare of those who have served and/or their dependents. For general enquiries send an email to - chonburi.secretary@ rbl.community.
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