Pattaya Mail - FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15 - NOVEMBER 28, 2019 (Vol. XXVII No. 39)

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Music, color highlight Pattaya’s Loy Krathong celebrations

Thailand’s night of love was filled with color and music as Pattaya celebrated Loy Krathong. Thousands of people flocked to Pattaya and Jomtien beaches and lakes to set free their floating flower, incense and candle krathongs with wishes for romance and good fortune. Shown here, a loving couple floats their krathong at the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort in Wong Amat. (Full story and more photos on page 15.)

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French ambassador visits Pattaya SOS Rice Appeal returns in December Derek Franklin

French ambassador to Thailand, .E. Jacques Lapouge was welcomed to city hall by Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and his four deputies.

PCPR France’s ambassador to Thailand called on Pattaya’s mayor to discuss the environment and the Eastern Economic Corridor.

H.E. Jacques Lapouge was

welcomed to city hall Nov. 7 by Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and his four deputies.

The officials discussed relations between France and Thailand and exchanged opinions on city management and environmental policies and

how France can support the EEC project and Pattaya’s continued development.

French visitors to Pattaya have seen a slight uptick from last year, with 5,652 registering in the city, up a few hundred from 2018’s total figure. (PCPR)

Idle Pattaya contractor ordered to resume work, reopen Naklua intersection

The annual Father Ray Foundation SOS Rice Appeal with take place this year on the 5th, 7th and 8th of December in supermarkets throughout Pattaya.

Each year an appeal is made to the people of Pattaya, asking them to make a donation of a bag of rice which will be used to help feed the 850 children and students currently living and being educated at the Father Ray Foundation.

Apart from rice, this year the Foundation also needs cooking oil, sugar, salt, fish sauce, canned fish and dried noodles.

The Foundation provides nutritious meals to the hundreds of children living at the Father Ray Children’s Home, Children’s Village and Drop-In Center. It provides breakfast for all the toddlers attending the Day Care Center as many won’t have food at home. It cooks three meals a day for the students at the Technological College for People with Disabilities and the School for the Blind, and it makes sure the food served is the freshest and most nutritious available.

In one year the Foundation cooks 75,000kgs of rice (165,000lbs to our American friends).

It also goes through 29,000 liters of cooking oil and 5,000kgs of salt and sugar. Stores taking part this year include Foodland,

A wholesome breakfast at the Day Care Center.

Friendship, Central Festival Beach Road, Makro, Tops, Central Marina and Tesco Lotus; cash donations can also be made at the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya and at branches of 7-Eleven throughout the city.

This year the children and students of Pattaya once again need your help to make sure they have enough to eat.

PEA blamed for Pattaya road collapses PCPR

Deputy Mayor Banlue Kullavanijaya has ordered a city contractor to reopen a busy Naklua intersection where underground work was completed, but left unpaved.

Jetsada Homklin Pattaya’s deputy mayor ordered a city contractor to reopen a busy Naklua intersection where underground work was completed, but left unpaved.

Banlue Kullavanijaya said a project to connect new drainage pipes with a clarifier under Naklua Road at the Namchai intersection was already finished, but the contractor left the road open so pipes could be connected

with new ones coming from Lan Po Public Park.

However, construction at Lan Po has not started yet, which meant that the busy intersection would have been left torn up for months.

Banlue pointed out the folly of that to the construction company, which promised to close the holes and repave the surface so normal traffic could resume.

Once the Lan Po work is done, the Namchai intersection will be torn open again.

The deputy mayor also ordered the contractor to get to work on laying new drainage pipes to the Plukplub Canal Pump Station. The contractor pointed out that it had not started because tap-water pipes needed to be relocated.

Banlue informed the company that the Provincial Waterworks Authority had already moved the pipes so there was no need for further delay.

The contractor, collecting city funds while doing nothing, said it would be get back to work.

Pattaya is pointing an accusatory finger at the Provincial Electricity Authority over subsidence of two city roads where the utility recently buried power and utility lines.

Deputy City Manager Worapol Pongmalee and top engineering, construction and traffic officials inspected the collapsed sections of Sukhumvit Road in front of the King Power duty-free shop and Central Road by the Pra Dul Market.

Soil under both sections of roads subsided, causing the road surface to collapse into large holes. Both areas were cordoned off with Pattaya pledging swift repairs.

Both sections of subsided roadway had been dug up by the PEA to bury power lines, utility cables and lay water pipes. City officials alleged shoddy workmanship

by PEA contractors, causing both roads to collapse.

Pattaya officials said they would call the PEA in for a meeting to discuss the collapses. (PCPR)

Pattaya is pointing an accusatory finger at the Provincial Electricity Authority over sink holes in two city roads where the utility recently buried power and utility lines.

Baywatch Jomtien Beach restroom ready to open

Jetsada Homklin Beachgoers rejoice: A public restroom finally is ready to open in Jomtien.

Pattaya deputy mayors Pattana Boonsawad and Manote Nongyai inspected

the new facility in the Dongtan Free Zone Oct. 31, pronouncing construction all but complete.

The restroom has long been demanded by both tourists and by beach vendors.

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Naklua roadwork underway through Dec. 16 Jetsada Homklin Police are urging motorists to avoid Naklua Road as work to lay new drainage pipes gets underway.

Pattaya municipal police chief Pol. Maj. Jeerawat Sukontasap and officers were out at the entrance of Amorn Market Nov. 4 as workers closed one lane of traffic to the Old Naklua Market.

One lane will remain closed to install new drainage and drinking water pipes until Nov. 26.

From Nov. 26 to Dec. 16, Naklua Road will have lane closures from Amorn to the entrance of Sawang Fah Road.

People coming from the Naklua Long Bridge Police are urging motorists to avoid can use Pho Ngam Road as a detour around Naklua Road as work to lay new the closed section and return to Naklua Road. drainage pipes gets underway.

2 hurt, 2 homes damaged in heavy storm

Pattaya faces severe 2020 drought, PWA warns

Currently, the area’s five reservoirs are at only a combined 32.5 percent capacity, meaning Pattaya could see its greatest water shortage in more than five years.

Boonlua Chatree

Warapun Jaikusol

Two people were injured and two homes damaged when strong winds felled two trees in Banglamung.

Radchada Mathurod, 58, said her son and niece were hurt by falling wood and tile when a large eucalyptus crashed through the roof of their Banglamung Subdistrict home about 2 a.m. Oct. 29. Both were sent to a local hospital for minor injuries.

Blocks away, a 10-year-old Ivory Coast almond tree fell on to Mitsubishi Lancer parked in front of owner

Pattaya could see its greatest water shortage in more than five years due to low levels in Chonburi reservoirs feeding the city.

Sutat Nutchpan, Pattayaarea manager for the Provincial Waterworks Authority, said Oct. 30 there are fewer than 13 million cu. meters of water in five reservoirs, compared with 36.7 million cu. meters at this point last year.

Unless it rains heavily in November, Pattaya will face a drought more severe than 2015’s serious water

Two people were injured and two homes damaged when strong winds felled two trees in Banglamung.

Kowit Limtemsub’s house.

The 53-year-old said parts of the tree also hit the home, causing damage.

Subdistrict engineers visited both homes after the heavy thunderstorms passed and planned repair work.

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shortages, Sutat warned.

The PWA already is laying plans to install new pipes and upgrade electrical systems to pump more water from the utility’s Nong Plalai waterproduction facility in Rayong to Pattaya. It also will need more water from a private supplier and reduce tap water supplies to householders in the Mabprachan and Chaknok reservoir areas, he said.

Specifically new, wider pipes will be laid between Rayong and Lake Mabprachan and the reservoir and the Nong Klangdong water-production facility. Electrical

upgrades also will allow the Nong Plalai and Banglamung stations to run four pumps simultaneously, Sutat said.

The utility also will squeeze as much water out of its five reservoirs as possible by dredging spillways and pump out water remaining in those canals. Currently, the five reservoirs are at only a combined 32.5 percent capacity.

The PWA also will add pipes to pump water from Sattahip to Pattaya and purchase more raw water from privately run East Water and tap water from Sattahip municipality.

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American fugitive shoots self, wife as police close in The Associated Press & Pattaya Mail’s Boonlua Chatree An American man who was among three prisoners who staged a violent escape from the Pattaya Provincial Courthouse shot and killed himself and wounded his Thai wife on Wednesday as police surrounded them.

Police Lt. Gen. Satawat Hirunburana said, as officers approached the couple seeking their surrender, Bart Allen Helmus pointed a gun at his wife and told the police not to approach.

Satawat said Helmus, 40, shot his wife first and then shot himself in his right temple. Helmus was hospitalized in serious condition and died later, while his wife’s injury was less serious, he said.

The wife, Sirinapa Wisetrit, was seen conscious in news video as she was being taken to a hospital.

Sirinapa was under arrest with Helmus for a drug trafficking charge carrying a possible

Noi Nilthes, Sirinapa Wisetrit and American Bart Allen Helmus staged a violent escape from a courthouse in Pattaya.

death sentence, and escaped with him Monday from the provincial court in Pattaya.

Along with a Thai man facing the same charge, they escaped while being moved from a holding area to a courtroom. CCTV footage showed one, believed to be Helmus, stabbing a guard who tried to stop them and another forcing a guard at gunpoint to hand over keys to unlock a secured area so they could make their getaway in a nearby pickup truck.

Police discovered the truck abandoned in a sugarcane

field on Tuesday. After a tipoff, they tracked the fugitives to a village in Sa Kaeo province, about 20 kilometers from Thailand’s border with Cambodia, where police believed they had been headed.

When police arrived in the area, the third escapee, Noi Nilthes, gave himself up along with his girlfriend, who allegedly had assisted the group with the escape.

Police announced that all of those wanted in connection with the escape are now in custody and have been charged.

Go-go dancers stiffed of salary by foreign bar boss Boonlua Chatree Thirty dancers from a Walking Street go-go bar complained to police that their foreign boss had run off without paying them.

The angry employees of Hidden A-Go-Go called on police to track down the unnamed foreigner and investigate the books of the bar, which had not paid the dancers for more than two weeks.

A woman representing the stiffed workers said each of them work on 10-day contracts where they can make up to 1,200 baht a day, before salary cuts for being late, missing work and other infractions.

Payday was Oct. 14, but

Assistant national police chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Satawat Hirunburana said 10 people helped the trio escape and have now been arrested. In addition, police seized five vehicles, cutting tools, two guns and clothing.

Arrested in the plot were Warakorn Dittamalee, 20, Thammanoon Laongsri, Sunisa Kumhan, 32, Kanokon Boonpok, 23, Pichaman

Sangploy, 19, Rungnapa Rungradsamee, 27, Titithorn Jamkrajang, 18, Ren Pasri, 40, Thanarat Pakkra, 31, Sutat Sarakit.

They were charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting fugitives.

The surviving escapees, meanwhile, were charged with attempted murder of a government officers, escaping custody, aggravated assault,

illegal weapons charges and illegal explosives charges.

Helmus and his wife were arrested in July after what was reported at the time to be a sting operation in which a police undercover agent bought 10 grams of crystal methamphetamine from them. Police said they seized almost a kilogram of the drug from them, as well as a gun with 200 bullets and 205,500 baht in cash.

Fruit vendor hurt in 4-vehicle Sattahip pileup Patcharapol Panrak One person was hurt when a pickup truck slammed into a fruit cart and rebounded into two other vehicles in Sattahip.

Fruit seller Kanha Kumpangsri, 24, suffered broken bones in the Oct. 31 pileup on Sukhumvit Road outside the Navy Housing Village.

He was treated at Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center.

Chanachai Sanlapornpong, 22, was arrested for reckless driving resulting in injury after hit Kanha’s fruit cart, ripping the bike from the

One person was hurt when a pickup truck slammed into a fruit cart and rebounded into two other vehicles in Sattahip.

sidecar-mounted fruit stand and turning Sukhumvit into a fruit salad. The driver of the Isuzu D-Max truck said he had served

after he was cut off by a car.

His truck then bounced off the sidecar motorbike and hit another D-Max along with a Toyota Vigo.

Pair who attacked Kuwaitis jailed, but 1 victim gets cuffed, too Boonlua Chatree

Thirty dancers from a Walking Street go-go bar complained to police that their foreign boss had run off without paying them.

their boss asked them to wait until Oct. 28 to collect their pay. However, when the 28th came, the boss and the cash was nowhere to be found.

In all, about 60-70 workers

were not paid, she said.

Police promised to look into the matter, but told the women to take their complaint to the Chonburi Provincial Employment Office.

Police arrested two men who confessed to attacking a Kuwaiti man, but also put the victim’s friend and Thai girlfriend behind bars on drug charges.

Fahad Alyaqoub, 33, was punched and kicked in the face and collapsed on the sand at Pattaya Beach Soi 7 around 3 a.m. Nov. 5. Police on Wednesday captured Pongsak Krasib, 33, and Tom Inplouy, 39, and charged them losing control under the influence of alcohol in a public place and seriously injuring another person.

Authorities said Fahad and compatriot Faisal Alghannam were walking on the beach when they got into an argument with the two Thais, who

Police arrested two men who confessed to attacking a Kuwaiti man, but also put the victim’s friend and Thai girlfriend behind bars on drug charges.

were drunk. Alghannam ran off when the two Thais attacked Fahad and the attackers left him face down on the beach.

Pattaya, Tourist and Chonburi police jumped on the case and not only located the suspects quickly, but ended up arresting Alghannam and

Thai girlfriend Pattanan Noynang, 29, when they found a gram of crystal methamphetamine, four ya ba tablets and three ecstasy pills in their room at the Bird Inn. Both were charged with illegal possession of Class 1 and 2 narcotics.

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Indian Rotarians on pan-Asian trek stop in Pattaya

The two adventurous Rotarians attended a meeting of the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya where they were greeted by President Joachim Klemm and members of the club.

The Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya welcomed two Indian Rotarian cyclists who are biking across South and Southeast Asia.

Fayis Ashraf Ali K.K. and Rajith KK, both members of the Rotary Club of Calicut Uptown in District 3202 in Kerala arrived at the T5 Hotel on Thappraya Soi 5 Oct. 22 where Past Rotary District 3340 Gov. Pratheep S. Malhotra and JomtienPattaya Rotary Club President Joachim Klemm together with PP Vutikorn Kamolchote, PP Preecha Peethong and Bobby Brooks gave them a hearty welcome.

In their quest to raise funds for Rotary managed humanitarian projects for the needy, both cyclists pedaled from India to Nepal, and through Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and headed to Malaysia and Singapore, a journey of 8,500 kilometers.

They started the journey on Aug. 8 and arrived in Pattaya 24 days later. The trek is expected to end in Singapore on 21 November 2019.

Fayis Ashraf Ali K.K and Rajith KK arrive after a day’s cycling from Bangkok looking as fresh as ever.

Pattaya removes woman-child beggars from Jomtien

A woman begging on the street with a 2-year-old child has been placed in a provincial shelter.

Jetsada Homklin Pattaya municipal officers placed a woman begging on the street with a 2-year-old child in a provincial shelter.

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Somchai Inreung, head of the city’s Jomtien

enforcement squad, removed the woman from her begging spot on Dongtan Beach after finding she had no identification card or other documents.

She was committed to the Chonburi Protection Center for the Destitute.

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Fitbit buy is Google’s latest step into gadgetry Rachel Lerman Google’s acquisition of wearable pioneer Fitbit may be a bold plunge into health and fitness technology. But it’s also just the latest step in the internet giant’s oftenhalting effort to become a force in consumer hardware.

Once a pure software company known for its search engine, apps like Gmail and its Android software for smartphones, Google has for the last several years been building out its own suite of hardware products.

These include its niche Pixel smartphones and a variety of smart gadgets from speakers to thermostats to Wi-Fi routers, all recently rebranded as “Nest” products.

Last month, the company announced a slate of new products including a Pixel phone, a Nest speaker and wireless earbuds. But its gadget sales are still minuscule compared to rivals Apple and Samsung.

That doesn’t necessarily matter much to Google, which sees hardware mostly as a way to get people hooked on its software and artificialintelligence services. Health and fitness wearables like the ones that made Fitbit famous are just one more avenue for Google to forge a presence in people’s lives.

Google has previously tried and failed to build a business in health technology, and its Wear OS software offers fitness tracking and AI for smartwatches made

Facebook agrees to pay fine in Cambridge Analytica scandal

In this Aug. 16, 2018, file photo, the Fitbit Charge 3 fitness trackers are displayed in New York. Google’s parent company is buying wearable device maker Fitbit for about $2.1 billion. Alphabet said Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, that it will pay $7.35 per share. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

by other companies. But it doesn’t have its own branded fitness wearable.

That seems about to change.

Although Fitbit has been struggling recently against amped-up competition from Apple and Samsung, it still has one of the most recognizable and trusted brand names in wearable health tech, said eMarketer analyst Victoria Petrock.

“I think this gives Google immediate credibility in the

market,” she said.

In a blog post announcing the deal with Fitbit, Google hardware executive Rick Osterloh said the merger would give the company an opportunity to release its own wearable device.

Google is realizing that it needs to build products that are consistent and coherent, like Apple does because it makes both hardware and software, said Forrester analyst Frank Gillett. He said

Microsoft is taking steps in this direction as well with the Surface.

“The Android model has been successful to a point, but it has also created a fragmented user experience,” Gillett said.

Google’s last big acquisition-fueled push into a hot hardware space involved its takeover of smart-thermostat maker Nest.

Although Nest functioned for years as a largely autonomous unit, last year it folded back into Google.

It’s possible we might soon see “Fitbit by Google” wearables, Petrock said.

But the push for Google, and increasingly other tech companies, is about the services they can sell along with the hardware.

“These companies want to sort of be everywhere,” Petrock said. “They want to provide a seamless connected device experience to users across the board. And wearables are part of that strategy.”

Digital health is a fast-growing market, with one study tracking more than $8 billion

in venture investment in 2018. The market could bust open once a federal Department of Health and Human Services initiative to give patients better control over their electronic health data becomes a reality.

The Fitbit deal, which is expected to close next year, will also give Google another big chunk of personal health and location data. Google said it won’t sell ads using health and wellness data.

But it will still have all that information, which puts a lot of personal data in one place in case of breaches or leaks.

One unanswered question is what will happen to people who have enrolled in workplace “wellness” programs that use Fitbit. Consumer Reports health privacy expert Dena Mendelsohn worries that such workers may not realize that they’ve lost control of their data.

In the case of this acquisition, she said, “all that data that Fitbit collected over the years that users may or may not have been aware was being collected about them now is going over to Google.”

Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging Marcia Dunn

(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

London (AP) — Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000pound ($643,000) fine in a privacy case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, agreeing to accept the fine without admitting any liability.

Britain’s Information Commissioner Office had leveled the fine after concluding Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by exposing it for use by app developers without informed consent.

Facebook was at pains to underline that the ICO had not found that the data had actually been transferred to Cambridge Analytica, which counted U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign among its clients.

Facebook associate general counsel Harry Kinmonth says the company has “made major changes” to the platform since that time and that it is “significantly restricting the information which app developers could access.”

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science.

The red Bordeaux wine will age for a year up there before returning to Earth. Researchers will study how weightlessness and space radiation affect the aging process. The goal is to develop new flavors and properties for the food industry.

The bottles flew up aboard a Northrop Grumman capsule that launched from Virginia on Saturday and arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. Each bottle was packed in a metal canister to prevent breakage.

Universities in Bordeaux, France, and Bavaria, Germany, are taking part in the experiment from Space Cargo Unlimited, a Luxembourg startup.

Winemaking uses both yeast and bacteria, and involves chemical processes, making wine ideal for space study, said University of Erlangen-Nuremberg’s Michael Lebert, the experiment’s

In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 photo provided by Space Cargo Unlimited, researchers with Space Cargo Unlimited prepare bottles of French red wine to be flown aboard a Northrop Grumman capsule from Wallops Island, Va., to the International Space Station. The wine will age for a year up there before returning to the Luxembourg company. Company officials say researchers will study how weightlessness and space radiation affect the aging process. (Space Cargo Unlimited via AP)

scientific director, in a company video.

The space-aged wine will be compared to Bordeaux wine aged on Earth. What’s left will go to those who helped pay for the research, according to a company spokeswoman.

This is the first of six space missions planned by the company over the next three years touching on the future of agriculture given our changing world.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure,” Nicolas Gaume, chief executive and co-founder

of Space Cargo Unlimited, said in a statement.

NASA is opening the space station to more business opportunities like this and, eventually, even private astronaut missions.

The Cygnus capsule that pulled up to the space station on Monday contains multiple commercial ventures. Also on board: an oven for baking chocolate chip cookies, as well as samples of carbon fiber used by Italy’s Lamborghini in its sports cars.

Budweiser has already sent barley seeds to the station, with an eye to becoming the beverage of choice on Mars. In 2015, a Japanese company known for its whiskey and other alcoholic drinks sent up samples.

Scotch also made a visit to space in another experiment.

As for high-flying wine cellars, this isn’t the first. A French astronaut took along a bottle of wine aboard shuttle Discovery in 1985. The bottle remained corked in orbit.

The space station’s current crew includes three Americans, two Russians and an Italian, who might have preferred a good Chianti on board.

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Back Pains? Get down on your hands and knees One of the commonest ailments to result in a GP consultation is low back pain. The cause of this is locked in the history of the development of mankind. You see, when we walked on all fours, we didn’t get low back pains at all, because our spines were designed to be horizontal and weight was carried on the back, just like a horse does today. The design of the vertebrae is such that the spine in the horizontal position ‘locks’ to be able to weight bear.

Now, here’s where it all went wrong. We decided we looked much better standing upright and we could walk much quicker using our hind legs only. This meant that our spine was now vertical and we could bend it backwards and forwards. Backwards and the bones all locked together again, but forwards and the vertebrae unlock making the spine unstable.

The next factor was we began to try and lift weights in this new upright position. We bent forwards (unstable) and lifted items like that. The era of low back pains had arrived.

Many generations development of our ancestor (called Homo erectus) kept that low back weakness and we are now Homo sapiens, older but not much wiser. Our spines are still weak. Our lumbar discs cause pain.

Many years ago I was a surgical assistant to a spinal

surgeon, and the best description of the surgery was operating at the bottom of a red inkwell. Fortunately modern technology has made removal of a disc an operation that can be carried out as a minimally invasive procedure.

Let’s begin then with the “slipped disc” problem. First thing – discs do not “slip”. They do not shoot out of the spaces between the vertebrae and produce pain that way.

The disc actually stays exactly where it is, but the center of the disc (called the nucleus) pops out forwards through the edge of the disc and hits the nerve root. When this happens you have a very painful condition, as anyone who has had a disc prolapse will tell you. Think of the pain when the dentist starts drilling close to the tiny nerve in your tooth. Well, the sciatic nerve is a large nerve! When the nucleus of the disc hits the sciatic nerve, this produces the condition known as Sciatica - an acute searing pain which can run from the buttocks, down the legs, even all the way through to the toes.

To accurately work out just what is happening requires bringing in specialist doctors who can carry out extremely intricate forms of X-Rays called CT Scans, Spiral CT’s or MRI that will sort out whether it is a disc prolapse, arthritis or another soft tissue problem. The equipment to do these procedures costs millions of baht, and the expertise to use

them takes years of practice and experience. This is one reason why some of these investigations can be expensive.

After the definitive diagnosis of your back condition has been made, then appropriate treatment can be instituted. The forms of treatment can be just simply rest and some analgesics (pain killers), physiotherapy, operative intervention or anti-inflammatories and traction.

It is important to find the real cause for your aching back, as well as standing erect. The treatment for some causes can be the wrong form of therapy for some of the other causes. You can see the danger of “self diagnosis” here. Beware!

So what do you do when you get a painful back? Rest and paracetamol is a safe way to begin. If it settles quickly, then just be a little careful with lifting and twisting for a couple of weeks and get on with your life as normal. Might even be a good idea to miss the next couple of golf games.

If, however, you are still in trouble after a couple of days rest, then it is time to see your doctor and get that definitive diagnosis. You have been warned!

There is a Spinal Minimally Invasive surgeon in my hospital. One of my colleagues at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has just had that procedure and was walking pain-free the next day and ran a marathon the week later.

Measles saps kids’ ability to fight other germs Lauran Neergaard Washington (AP) — Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system’s memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more vulnerable to bugs like flu or strep.

Scientists dubbed the startling findings “immune amnesia.” The body can rebuild those defenses — but it could take years.

And with measles on the rise, “it should be a scary phenomenon,” said Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard’s school of public health, lead author of research published Thursday in the journal Science.

“This goes under the radar” because doctors wouldn’t necessarily connect a child’s pneumonia to measles they suffered a year earlier, Mina explained. “But would they have gotten it if they hadn’t gotten measles?”

The Harvard team analyzed blood samples taken from 77 children before and after a measles outbreak in an unvaccinated community in the Netherlands. They looked for antibodies, which remember viruses

Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine sit in a cooler at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. Research released in Oct. shows yet another reason to vaccinate children against measles. After a bout of measles, youngsters are more vulnerable to other germs - from chickenpox to strep - that they once could fend off. (AP Photo/ Seth Wenig, File)

and bacteria they encounter to guard against a repeat infection. After recovering from measles, the youngsters were left with plenty of antibodies against that virus — but ones they’d previously harbored against other germs had plummeted.

In the most severe cases, “they’re just as vulnerable as if they were infants,” said study senior author Stephen Elledge, a Harvard geneticist.

Elledge is paid by the Howard

Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports AP’s Health & Science Department.

A separate study, published Thursday in Science Immunology, supported the findings. Researchers from Britain’s Wellcome Sanger Institute used the Dutch blood samples to genetically test antibody-producing cells, and concluded measles is eliminating enough to reset the immune system to a baby-like state.

If protection against the misery — and sometimes life-threatening effects — of measles isn’t enough reason to vaccinate children, specialists said the two studies offer a powerful new rationale.

“There really are profound gaps and holes” in someone’s immunity after measles, said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which helped fund the Harvard work. “You ultimately recover but after a year or two or sometimes more.”

“It’s doubly important to vaccinate children,” agreed Dr. Mark Mulligan of NYU Langone Health, who wasn’t involved with the new research. “It’s a vaccine that protects against the specific target, measles virus, but also against immune suppression.”

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious viruses, able to spread through coughs and sneezes for four days before someone develops the characteristic rash.

It sometimes leaves children with brain damage or hearing loss, and while deaths are rare in the U.S., measles

Vaccine shows promise for preventing active TB disease Marilynn Marchione An experimental vaccine proved 50% effective at preventing latent tuberculosis infection from turning into active disease in a three-year study of adults in Africa.

Doctors were encouraged because protection declined only a little after two years, and even a partially effective vaccine would be a big help against TB. The lung disease kills more than a million people a year, mostly in poor countries, and about one-third of

the world’s people harbor the bacteria that cause it.

Results were reported Tuesday at a conference in India, the country hardest hit by TB, and published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

There is a TB vaccine now, but it’s given only to very young children and partly prevents severe complications. Researchers have been seeking a vaccine that also works in adults, to curb spread of the disease.

GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental vaccine was tested in

nearly 3,600 adults in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia who were infected with TB but who did not also have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Half were given two doses of vaccine a month apart and the rest got dummy shots.

Thirteen people in the vaccine group and 26 in the other group developed active TB. The new results show that “the vaccine is holding up” over time, and mark an important step toward having a prevention tool that’s been sought for 100 years, said Dr.

Paula Fujiwara, scientific director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the group hosting the conference in Hyderabad, India.

Plans are underway for another, definitive study, which will take at least several more years, she said.

After two-year results were announced last year, the World Health Organization called the vaccine a major breakthrough and has been holding meetings to discuss how to further its development.

killed 110,000 people globally in 2017.

The vaccine offers powerful protection but a lack of access means measles remains rampant in many lower-income countries. Even the U.S., where most children are immunized, has seen a resurgence fueled by outbreaks in unvaccinated communities that in turn threaten people too young or sick to be immunized. So far this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has counted more than 1,200 U.S. measles cases, the most since 1992.

Doctors have long known that people temporarily experience weakened immunity after measles. Using decades of health records, Mina previously reported that child deaths from other

infections jumped after a measles outbreak, increases that lasted two or three years.

But no one knew why, until the new study.

The Dutch children started out pretty healthy: Technology developed in Elledge’s lab found antibodies in their blood against typical childhood germs. But two months after recovering from measles, the children had lost on average 20 percent of their usual antibody mix. Some lost up to 70 percent of protection against specific bugs, limiting their ability to respond if they encounter that germ again.

Importantly, researchers didn’t find loss of antibodies in “control” populations that didn’t get infected with measles — or in children after they received the measles vaccine.

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‘Is this your turd?’: Missouri city’s cleanup flags dog poop Springfield, Mo. (AP) — Officials in a southwest Missouri city are planting small flags in piles of abandoned dog poop as part of a campaign to get residents to clean up after their pets downtown. The Police Department in Springfield, Missouri, posted photos of the flags in use on its Facebook page Wednesday. The flags contain messages such as, “Is this your turd? ‘Cuz that’s absurd” and “This is a nudge to pick up the fudge.” The campaign started this week and the department noted on Facebook that leaving behind a pet’s mess in many cases violates a city ordinance. The flags are made of bamboo and recycled paper. The city said it picks up nearly 25 pounds (11.34 kilograms) of poop a week from downtown parks and parking lots, costing $7,500 annually.

(Photo: Jasmine Bailey/ Springfield, Missouri Department of Public Information via AP)

German restaurant accidentally serves hash cake at funeral Berlin (AP) — Police say a funeral in eastern Germany ended on an involuntary drug high when mourners were accidentally served hash cake. Rostock police said Tuesday after the burial in Wiethagen, the funeral party went to a restaurant for coffee and cake, as is customary in Germany.

But after eating the cake, 13 people experienced nausea and dizziness and needed medical treatment. A police investigation revealed that the restaurant employee in charge of the cakes had asked her 18-year-old daughter to bake them. However, the mother accidentally took the wrong cake from the freezer to the funeral. She took a hash cake that the teenager had made for a different occasion. Police said the 18-year-old is under investigation. The incident happened in August but wasn’t published earlier out of respect for the mourners.

Drunk Austrian policeman suspended after crashing into car Berlin (AP) — Austrian authorities say an allegedly intoxicated off-duty policeman has been suspended after crashing into a car that was being checked by other officers. Police said the incident happened at around 1 a.m. Monday in Tyrol province. Officers were able to get out of the way as their 55year-old colleague drove into the back of the car they were checking, but both he and the two people in that vehicle — an Iraqi man and an Italian woman — were injured. The Austria Press Agency reported that authorities said a breathalyzer test was positive, but wouldn’t say how far over the limit he was, citing data protection reasons. His driver’s license was taken away on the spot. The officer was suspended from work and faces disciplinary proceedings.

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Crafty move: German spies take foreign agents to Oktoberfest Berlin (AP) — The German government has acknowledged that it picked up the tab when the country’s spy agency recently took dozens of foreign agents on a trip to the Munich Oktoberfest. News of the spies’ visit to the worldfamous beer festival came to light in a government response to an opposition lawmaker’s questions and was first reported over the weekend by German weekly Bild am Sonntag. A spokeswoman for Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency declined Friday to comment on the trip, which reportedly involved more than 100 German spies and their guests, and cost over 30,000 euros ($33,460). It was unclear whether the entire sum went toward beer, which has a reputation for loosening tongues. Left Party lawmaker Diether Dehm, who had requested the government’s response, called the spies’ Oktoberfest excursion “cheeky.”

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German swingers’ club evacuated after carbon monoxide alarm Berlin (AP) — Authorities say a swingers’ club in western Germany had to be evacuated mid-party after a carbon monoxide alarm went off and several guests reported feeling unwell. Firefighters in the town of Hattingen, between Dortmund and Duesseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, told the dpa news agency Sunday that about 300 swingers were brought to safety after the alarm went off late Saturday night. The swingers, many clad just in bathrobes as they left the club, were taken on buses to be examined by first aid workers. About ten complained of feeling unwell and needed treatment. The fire department says no dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were detected once they had arrived. In all, about 160 emergency workers were involved.

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Easy tips to improve your photos

With today’s auto everything DSLR’s you should expect to get technically passable photos all the time.

Even in my professional studio years ago we worked on the principal of 1:6 (on a 36 shot roll of film). Things are much better today.

While the compact point and shooter is a great way to get into photography (or even the smart phone), there are limitations with the basic cameras, especially if you wish to improve above the “Auto” mode type of photography.

1. Begin with the Rule of Thirds. In this, you position the main subject one third in from either side of the frame and one third up from the bottom, or down from the

top. Putting the main subject slap-bang in the middle produces a very boring photograph. Look at commercial photographs (or even TV interviews) and note where the subject is and you will see the rule of thirds everywhere.

2. Digital cameras have become very smart at counteracting camera shake, but there is a limit. Holding the camera in one hand while waving one, two, three fingers at the subject is a recipe for “soft” fuzzy photos.

Hold the camera in two hands. One hand around the body and one around the lens and hold the camera close to your body for support, not at arm’s length.

Look directly through the viewfinder, rather than at the LED screen. If you are shooting with a slow shutter speed, use a tripod or monopod whenever possible, or use a tree or a wall to stabilize the camera.

3. Most digitals have an inbuilt light meter, but if not and you are in the manual

Dear Hillary, Marry a Thai girl and you have married a cheater.

There appears to be a misconception that anybody marrying a Thai is doomed to have a cheater. Doesn’t matter how many years they have been married, it will fail. Some of your writers put it down to the age difference – the old farang and the young Thai girl.

But what nobody seems to see is the older farang and the older Thai woman. With young Thai females, they are looking for financial stability, but the older Thai woman is looking for companionship. In the young and old situation, after the Thai girl sees her security covered (the house for example), she doesn’t need the old man any more, so she goes out by herself to have a good time. The older Thai woman is already secure and enjoys the man’s company so they go out together, and doesn’t need to cheat. I am American and have been blessed with a wonderful 59 year old Thai lady wife (we started going out 10 years ago).

We do everything together and is just the best companion an older man could wish for. So I say to all these old men who complain about being ripped off, they should be looking for the older ladies, not the young beautiful ones.

Lance Dear Lance, Wise words, but you can’t just use one person’s experience and say, “That’s it!” Just because you have been lucky doesn’t mean to say the next American will also be lucky with an older lady. Or the next senior with a young gorgeous attentive mate be unlucky. The dynamics in a mar-

mode, the Sunny 16 rule will help you. In bright sunshine, choose an aperture of f/16 and 1/100th of a second at ISO 100. You will end up with a sharp image that is neither under or over exposed.

4. Use a Polarizing filter.

This is the most underused filter in the bag. This filter helps reduce reflections from water as well as metal and glass; it improves the colors of the sky and foliage, and it will protect your lens too. Get a circular polarizer because these do not confuse the

automatic metering.

5. Learn to control ‘depth’.

When photographing landscapes it really helps to create a sense of depth. Use a wide-angle lens for a panoramic view and a small aperture of f/16 or smaller to keep the foreground and background sharp. Placing an object or person in the foreground helps give a sense of scale and emphasizes the depth of field to infinity. You may need a tripod as a small aperture usually requires a slower

riage are so different from the nonmarried life that it amazes me that any marriage lasts for more than six months. Enjoy your situation, but I suggest you don’t tell everyone your “secret”.

Dear Hillary, It amuses me when I read some of the letters that men send to you complaining about how the bar girls that move in with them seem to always want more money. You live with a bar girl until you are ready to move on or tired of being an ATM. You guys have it easy. I have been married to a Thai woman for 8 years. When I met her she worked in a hospital, I guess you would call her a non-bar girl. Here’s my point; I have spent much more money since being married than I ever did when I had bar girl friends. When you marry a Thai girl, you also marry the entire family. My wife has six sisters, all married with kids. They never ask me for money, however, when I see that one of them is having a hard time paying off the bank loan because the rice crop was flooded out, a nephew or niece needs money for school, I help them. The eight years I’ve been married to my Thai wife are the best years of my life and I hope for many more. Although I respect and admire the bar girls – theirs is not an easy life, they are just trying to survive.

Uncle Bob Dear Uncle Bob, Why didn’t you wait for me? I am having a hard time

shutter speed.

6. Note the background and keep it simple. If possible, choose a plain background – neutral colors and simple patterns. This is vital in a shot where the subject is placed off center. Don’t let the background confuse the camera (or the viewer)!

7. Avoid flash indoors.

Flash can look harsh and unnatural resulting in looking like a rabbit in the headlights shot. To avoid using flash, push the ISO up – usually ISO 800 to 1600 will make

a big difference for the shutter speed you can choose.

Use the widest aperture possible – this way more light will reach the sensor and you will have a nice blurred background.

8. Pan to show motion.

Choose a shutter speed around two steps slower than usual, so 1/30th is a good average. Lock the focus and follow the action and shoot. This gives a sharp subject and a blurred background. You will need to practice this many times.

9. Experiment with shutter speed. Don’t be afraid to play with the shutter speed to create some interesting effects. When taking a night time shot, use a tripod and try shooting with the shutter speed set at 4 seconds.

You will see that the movement of the object is captured along with some light trails. If you choose a faster shutter speed of say 1/250th of a second, the trails will not be as long or bright; instead you will freeze the action.

Experiment this weekend.

paying off a bank loan (food mortgage). You have also correctly described the Thai families (that you marry into) – they are not all standing in line with their hands out. They are ordinary people, who look after each other when needed.

You sound like such a nice man, my Petal, I shall cry myself to sleep tonight having missed you. However, I am so happy to hear you are enjoying the “best years of my life”, and yet do understand the plight of the bar girls. Or rather, the trade of the bar girls, as they are not forced into working from around a chrome pole – they choose that existence.

Dear Hillary, About a month ago you received some letters discussing whether all that Thai women want is money (or gold), so I hope you don’t mind if I put my two bobsworth in here as well. Yes, all they want is money, and by the bucketload.

After they’ve cleaned you out, they disappear and you are left with nothing and they don’t show any remorse either.

As a foreigner you are fair game, better get used to it.

Jacques Dear Jacques, Your bank account still empty and you are hurting, aren’t you, my poor Petal. But with any partnership there has to be an equal split. If you leave it so that she has access to everything and you have nothing, like the bee, she will buzz to the next flower, or as the Thai’s say “Being a helicopter”. Be more honest with yourself, Jacques. Let her have her own bank account. Put a fixed amount in it each month and don’t listen to all the sob stories about the brother’s broken leg and the cost of schooling for her 6 year old that her mother is caring for, let alone Lao Khao for Pappa.

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Queen, politicians out in force as UK remembers its war dead ceremony on a cold, sunny autumn morning.

But the politicians did not entirely steer clear of partisan point-scoring. In a Remembrance Sunday message, Johnson said the Conservative government had established an Office for Veteran Affairs “as a sign of my commitment to those who have served.”

In his own message, Corbyn claimed that service personnel “have faced pay cuts, service accommodation left in disrepair, and are worried their children are left without the support that they need.”

After the formal wreathlaying, thousands of veterans, war widows and their families marched past the

monument to the sound of a military band, applauded by well-wishers lining the sidewalks. Almost everyone wore a red paper poppy — the official symbol of remembrance — on their lapel.

Similar ceremonies were held in dozens of towns and cities across Britain and at British military bases overseas.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, right, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Remembrance Sunday is held each year to commemorate the service men and women who fought in past military conflicts. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Jill Lawless London (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II joined Britons in remembering their war dead, as the country’s political leaders paused campaigning for the Dec. 12 election to take part in a somber Remembrance Sunday service in London.

The queen, dressed in black, watched from a balcony as her son and heir Prince Charles laid a wreath of scarlet poppies on the Cenotaph war memorial near Parliament.

The 93-year-old monarch, who served as an army mechanic during World War II, performed the wreath-laying for most of her 67-year reign, but has cut back on her public duties. An aide laid a wreath on behalf of the queen’s 98-year-old husband

Prince Philip, who has retired from public engagements.

The ceremony takes place every year on the nearest Sunday to the anniversary of the end of World War I at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.

Thousands of military personnel, veterans and members of the public gathered in the streets around the Cenotaph to honor those killed in that war and subsequent conflicts.

As Parliament’s Big Ben bell sounded at 11 a.m., the crowd fell silent for a twominute pause. The silence was broken by a single artillery blast and Royal Marines buglers sounding “The Last Post.”

A military band played as royals, politicians, leaders from many religious faiths

and diplomats from the Commonwealth of former British colonies laid wreaths on the Portland stone monument, erected after World War I and inscribed with the words “the glorious dead.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and other political leaders took time out from campaigning to join the

Military veterans arrive for the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Remembrance Sunday is held each year to commemorate the service men and women who fought in past military conflicts. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Pattaya health officials warn of deadly moonshine Warapun Jaikusol Pattaya-area health officials are warning residents to avoid herb- and animalinfused moonshine whiskey after one person died and 11 others were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning.

Banglamung Public Health Officer Sompol Jittirungkiat said Oct. 30 that 12 people were admitted to Chonburi Hospital after drinking a homemade concoction of 40-plus-proof alcohol with fermented yeast, salt, honey, and herbs known as “ya dong”.

One person has died and 11 others were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning after drinking herb- and animal-infused “ya dong”.

While illegal to sell, it is widely available in and around Thai pubs, pop-up

bars and street stalls for as little as 20-baht a glass.

Symptoms included heart

failure, blood acidosis, kidney failure and electrolyte imbalance. One of the victims eventually died. No one has been arrested for selling the poisonous liquor, which authorities said contained deadly methanol alcohol.

Despite the danger posed by ya dong moonshine, Sompol said the Health Office has no power to arrest or even inspect alcohol sellers. That responsibility lies with the Excise Department, which has done little to prevent ya dong’s spread.

Wat Chaimongkol raises 16 million baht during Kathin Jetsada Homklin Chaimongkol Temple raised more than 16 million baht during its annual Kathin festival, which this year was highlighted by the donation of monks’ robes from HM the King.

The Royal Household presented robes to Thanachart Bank Plc, which donated the robes to the South Pattaya wat.

Lay people and area Buddhists donated heavily during Kathin, which is held each year at the end of

Buddhist Lent to raise money. This year the 16.03 million baht was earmarked for the temple to give to area hospitals for the purchase of medical equipment.

On the shopping list are automated external defibrillators and hemodialysis machines.

During the month-long festival, residents of the Soi Khopai, Sumsai, Arunothai and Walking Street communities as well as the We Love Pattaya group provided free food for 1,000 poor people.

Chaimongkol Temple raised more than 16 million baht during its annual Kathin festival.

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90th elephant born at Nong Nooch Patcharapol Panrak Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrated the birth of its 90th elephant, Numpu.

Namaoy, a 12-year-old cow, sired the baby male pachyderm early Nov. 2. Its father is breeding bull Bird, 38.

The park staged a “kwan” ceremony to invite the spirits to protect the newborn Nov. 5, with dancers and tom-tom drums and a blessing and prayers from Kaseamkittisophon, abbot of Samakkeebanpoj Temple.

Numpu is the fourth calf born at Nong Nooch this year and Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrated the both mother and child are in good health, park executives said. birth of its 90th elephant, Numpu.

Pattaya has planned a slate of entertainment to celebrate 60 years of tourism.

On Nov. 16 will be the Hello Kitty Run on the Beach with fans of the Japanese anime character sprinting in the Pattaya Beach sand.

Bangkok Bank Cycle Fest will be featured

Centara Grand Mirage celebrates a decade in Pattaya

General Manager Denis Thouvard led the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya staff and executives in celebrating the resort’s 10th anniversary.

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on Nov. 23-24 at Siam Country Club’s “old course” and the PATA Destination Marketing Forum on Nov. 27-28 at the Renaissance Pattaya Resort & Spa. Finally, on Nov. 29-30, the celebration will reach its finale with the Pattaya International Fireworks Festival. (PCPR)

The Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya celebrated its 10th anniversary with a merit-making ceremony in “The Lost World” that over the decade has been found by thousands of tourists.

General Manager Denis Thouvard led employees to the Nov. 1 ceremony where, beginning at 8:29 a.m., they paid respect to a four-faced Brahma and the Garuda on

the top of the hotel. Next, staff and executives paid respect to the resort’s spirit house.

At 9.30 a.m., employees gave alms to nine monks from Nongyai Temple in front of the Oasis restaurant.

At 10.15 a.m., the religious ceremony began at the Utopia Suite with chanting and giving offerings.

The lush resort created with a theme of the “The Lost World” from the Jurassic Park movie series, opened its doors on July 27, 2009 with

a grand opening on Nov. 3 that year.

The resort, with 555 rooms, will celebrate its anniversary throughout November with offers of free rooms and other promotions.

Guests can join in the fun by posting photos to social media with the hashtags #10Anniversary and #CentaraGrandMirage.

Moreover, guests can join in a new Sunday Buffet at the Acqua restaurant featuring Italian cuisine and cheeses.

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Undesirable Creatures seem irritable and unreasonably aggressive? Apparently, it’s all to do with the queen wasp who decides what the “mood” of the nest is going to be and then emits a mind-altering chemical called a pheromone. If you are not familiar with this word, it’s not surprising because it coined only in 1959.

Pheromones contain complex chemicals that trigger a social response in members of the same species.

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Overture “The Wasps”. Wheaton College Symphony Revueltas in 1923.

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As you probably know, den a few weeks ago when I Isaiah Shim (Duration: wasps can be unpleasant was poking about in a tree 09:55; Video: 1080p HD) little sods when they put their minds to it. Some time ago, an ominous-looking wasp nest appeared on a lighting pole in my soi, causing considerable consternation to the guard. At least, its presence encouraged him to stay awake at night. I accidentally discovered another wasp nest in the gar-

with a long stick, trying to dislodge a broken branch. I must have inadvertently poked the nest too. The wasps were not amused. In fact they were absolutely furious as I discovered to my cost.

Have you ever wondered why some wasps are relatively benign while others

Wheaton College is about 25 miles west of Chicago and these musicians give a lively performance of this popular work.

Contrary to popular belief, this overture is not really about wasps at all. It’s about people who behave like them. Or so thought the Greek poet and playwright Aristophanes, who in 422 BC wrote a play called The Wasps. It was a caustic satire that ridiculed the Athenian law courts, the juror system and the bickering old codgers who chose to

become jurors. They’re described in the play as being “as terrible as a swarm of wasps, carrying below their loins the sharpest of stings”.

In 1909, Vaughan Williams was invited to write the incidental music for a production of the play at Cambridge. He later adapted the music to create a suite of five movements, the overture being the first. It’s become a favourite concert piece in its own right although the other movements are sometimes also performed, one of which is intriguingly entitled MarchPast of the Kitchen Utensils.

Apart from the opening fifty seconds of wasp-like buzzing sounds, the music doesn’t have much to do with wasps or even ancient Greece. It’s pure Edwardian England, full of wholesome folk-like tunes and stylistically just about as far from Athens as you can get. Musically it’s closer to Nether Wallop-inthe-Gruttocks.

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940): Sensemayá. Portland Youth Philharmonic cond. David Hattner (Duration: 07:17; Video: 1080p HD)

Now I don’t know about you, but I have an aversion to snakes too. Wasps are bad enough but snakes take the cake. Now I’m sorry if you are a snake-lover but I can’t stand the things purely on the grounds that they give me the creeps. Of course, this is totally irrational and probably unfair to snakes but that’s how it is. And what are they for anyway? They just seem to laze around all day. Mind you, that’s probably not much different to some of the foreign residents in these parts.

Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez was one of Mexico’s leading musicians in the first half of the twentieth century.

He first achieved fame as a concert violinist and was later appointed Assistant Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. He’s best-known for his dramatic film music particularly his score for the 1939 Mexican movie La Noche de los Mayas. His music uses clashing dissonances with abandon and many of his works have a passionate rhythmic vitality and raw visceral energy.

Sensemayá dates from 1938 and was inspired by a poem by the Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén evoking a ritual chant performed while killing a

snake. Originally the music was scored for small orchestra but the composer later changed it into a full-scale orchestral work.

Guillén’s poem refers to a mayombero, a man skilled in herbal medicines and arcane rituals. One of the main rhythmic motives in Sensemayá is derived from the repeated chant of the mayombero and it’s evidently used in an actual snake-killing ceremony. The music begins quietly and ominously and the volume gradually builds up over an obsessive, pounding rhythm. There are moments which might remind you of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring but this is an unmistakable Mexican voice that evokes the exotic legends and beliefs of another age.

The rhythms are powerful and hypnotic: just listen to the complex surging patterns of sounds that Revueltas creates as the work progresses.

It’s thrilling stuff.

These young Americans give a terrific performance.

The orchestra was established in Portland, Oregon in 1924 and is the longest-established youth orchestra in the country. It would have been immensely satisfying to tell you that the orchestra’s emblem is a writhing snake.

But unfortunately it isn’t.

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Review: Is this the end for Juan Cabrillo and his team?

“Final Option,” Putnam, by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison Jeff Ayers Readers of this ongoing “Oregon Files” series will recognize the standard opening of a Clive Cussler novel, but it quickly takes a huge turn and becomes an all-out nonstop action thriller.

It seems like a typical assignment to rescue three American spies in Brazil, but Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have cruised into a deadly trap. A ghost has been resurrected, and now he’s after Cabrillo. He knows about all about the Oregon and commands a vessel that is virtually identical. He has a team with similar talents, and the only thing in the way of this ghost’s plan for domination is Cabrillo being alive. That soon will change.

Once Cabrillo learns about the existence of a man he thought was dead and the weapons at his fingertips, he knows the ensuing cat-and-mouse game will be the most difficult battle he’s ever encountered. Especially since his enemy always seems to be one step ahead of him.

Boyd Morrison has taken this Clive Cussler series to new heights, and “Final Option” is the best one yet. The story hits the gas pedal and never taps the brakes. Having an enemy that is essentially a mirror image of the hero adds extra suspense and mayhem.

The characters truly seem in jeopardy, and nothing will ever be the same. Cussler and Morrison have written another guaranteed bestseller. (AP)

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Review: Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ is mature and melancholy Lindsey Bahr The runtime is the most boring aspect of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” to dwell on.

There is no question that three hours and 28 minutes qualifies as a long movie. And in a landscape where some films can make two hours seem bloated and overindulgent, it’s at least understandable why one might be wary.

But Scorsese has earned the benefit of the doubt and “The Irishman” keeps you rapt from the first winding tracking shot through a staid retirement home — a flashy cinematic show in the most un-cinematic of places — through the melancholic end.

The whole film in fact is something of a knowing contradiction: A small epic with a superhero budget, using technology like the oft-discussed de-aging process not for vulgar show or gimmickry but to add real heart and grandeur to a film that is trying to grapple with the scope of a life. The subject at hand here is Frank Sheehan (Robert De Niro), the teamster and mafia figure who claimed right before

his death that he was the one who killed Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).

Although hardly accepted as a definitive answer to one of our great unsolved mysteries, Scorsese and screenwriter Steve Zaillian (“Schindler’s List,” ‘’Gangs of New York”), inspired by Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses,” saw in this deathbed confession the opportunity to make something more poignant and personal: An opus about the enormity of a life lived in and around the mafia.

To pull off this ruminative trick and still make an entertaining film, Scorsese has naturally gone back to his original muse, De Niro, and a few old friends. They include Joe Pesci (who came out of retirement for an alltime performance as crime boss Russell Bufalino, who is both sympathetic and otherworldly sinister) and Harvey Keitel (in a small role), who have along with their director defined and illuminated the concept of the mafia for many who will never come near that world.

Frank tells this story of friendship, loyalty, ego, violence and family from a retirement where he is achingly alone. Death is all around. Scorsese plants a

‘Goodness and humor’ celebrated as ‘Sesame Street’ turns 50

This image released by HBO shows the cast of “Sesame Street” during a celebration of their 50th season of the popular children’s TV show. This first episode of “Sesame Street” aired in the fall of 1969. (Richard Termine/HBO via AP)

Mark Kennedy New York (AP) — Fifty years ago marked the debut of a TV show that would make history.

The educational and yet silly “Sesame Street” was meant to help young children get ready for school, with diversity and inclusion baked into the show, set in a place where monsters, humans and animals lived peacefully together.

“Sesame Street” has proved to be a celebrity magnet and

a cherished show for generations. There’s also evidence that “Sesame Street” really does help children learn.

“Sesame Street” has opened its arms over the years. It became the first children’s program to feature someone with Down syndrome. It’s had puppets with HIV and in foster care, invited children in wheelchairs and dealt with topics like jailed parents, homelessness, women’s rights and military families.

It’s even had girls singing about loving their hair.

This image released by Netflix shows Al Pacino, center left, and Robert De Niro, center right, in a scene from “The Irishman.” (Netflix via AP)

brief, matter-of-fact obit on the faces you meet along the way. And Frank has the blessing and burden of having reached an age that no one is supposed to in this line of work. You can feel the weight of that with every word.

Pacino doesn’t make his entrance into the film for quite some time, but his arrival and gravitas gives the film a jolt exactly when it’s needed. It’s almost needless to say that seeing him and

De Niro together again is a special delight.

If this all seems rather somber, it’s because of the stunning last hour, which will stick with you long after the film is over. But before then, “The Irishman” is actually quite droll, with some of the best characters and dialogue you’ll see in a film all year. There’s a long conversation about fish in one of the tensest stretches that is delightfully funny and natural, and an amusing running

thread about Hoffa’s distaste for lateness. The actors, the director and the script never get lost in the plot — this is the rare film that makes you feel as though life is really happening around the mafia machinations, of which there are plenty.

“The Irishman” is much more than just another mob story after all. It’s also the story of a filmmaker in the late stages of his career reconciling with one aspect of his life’s work. “Silence”

was that for his religionthemed films. But “The Irishman” is the more effective and clear-eyed attempt — not to mention more accessible to audiences than a tale about 17th-century Portuguese Missionaries.

But one thing that “The Irishman” is lacking for is in substantive female characters. Here, they are wives to be left, or tolerated, and daughters to protect and disappoint. The latter is embodied by Frank’s daughter Peggy, who as a young girl witnesses her father commit an act of violence that puts a permanent crack in their relationship. She is Frank’s conscience, which he won’t realize until it’s far too late. What she isn’t is a character we get to know anything about.

Perhaps who Peggy is or grew up to be (Anna Paquin portrays her as an adult) is inconsequential, though.

This is Frank’s story, after all, and he’s still learning all the way up to the end.

“The Irishman,” a Netflix release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “pervasive language and strong violence.” Running time: 208 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. (AP)

Sony sets ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ sequel for 2022 New York (AP) — The inventive, animated SpiderMan remix “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is getting a sequel.

Sony Pictures on Friday set a follow-up to the 2018 Oscar-winning hit for an April 2022 release. Producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller also celebrated the announcement on Twitter and signaled that they, too, are returning.

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” grossed $375.5 million worldwide.

Its deconstructionist approach to Spider-Man earned some of the best reviews of any recent

This image released by Sony Pictures Animations shows a scene from “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Sony Pictures on Friday set a followup to the 2018 Oscar-winning hit for release in April 2022. (Sony Pictures Animation via AP)

superhero film, and won the Academy Award for best animated feature.

Sony and Marvel Studios recently parted ways on “Spider-Man” before making up.

Marvel is set to produce the third film in the live-action “Spider-Man” series.

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‘Zumba Zombies’ get sweaty on Halloween night Jetsada Homklin

Jetsada Homklin Halloween is the biggest day of the year at Pattaya’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and the amusement center again did its most to keep it scary by offering costume makeup.

Professional makeup artists created “3-D makeup” that added foam, tissue and plastic props to simulate gruesome wounds and blood.

Pattaya encouraged tourists and locals to work off all that Halloween candy with a Zombie Zumba on the Beach event.

City tourism advisor Rattanachai Sutidechanai and Tourism Authority of Thailand Pattaya Director Pinnart Charoenpol joined community leaders in opening the Oct. 31 event.

Dancercise instructors led participants in energetic Zumba lessons, with some of the zombies’ makeup not standing up to the sweat from the aerobics. But 100,000 baht in prizes were

Pattaya encouraged tourists and locals to work off all that Halloween candy with a Zombie Zumba on the Beach event.

up for grabs, so the undead persevered.

The aerobics took place around 7:30 p.m. amid the

street party that was Halloween, with ghosts and ghouls looking on as the Zumba Zombies did their thing.

Dicey Reilly’s hosts South African wine night Jetsada Homklin Dicey Reilly’s Irish Pub hosted a South African wine tasting night at the Avani Pattaya Resort restaurant.

Avani food and beverage manager Pattana Wangtaphan hosted the Nov. 2 event featuring five quality South African wines.

On the menu were the Cape Discover Brut Sparking NV, Yali Wild Swan Chardonnay, Kruger Family Reserve Chardonnay, Kruger Family Reserve Chardonnay and Kruger Family Reserve Shiraz.

Avani food and beverage manager Pattana Wangtaphan hosted the Nov. 2 event featuring five quality South African wines.

Each of the red and whites were served with perfectly

paired dishes that diners enjoyed along with live music.

Avani staff sings karaoke for charity Jetsada Homklin The Avani Pattaya Resort hosted a charity karaoke contest to raise funds to buy bedding sets for the Redemptorist School for the Blind.

Hotel General Manager Somsak Tanruengsri opened the Oct. 31 competition, which saw different sections of the hotel each do one song.

The Food and Beverage Department sang “Lumsing Saisod” while the Sales and Marketing Department did “Pi Jon Pon”. The kitchen staff sang “Bug Tangmo” while the reception team performed “Nang Fah Salaban” and the Human Resources Department did “Lek Kun Tung Amphor Phur Ther Kon Diew”. The housekeeping staff went last, belting out “Rod Hae Rod Yu”.

When the judges tallied the votes, Reception eked out a 15-point win over the food and beverage staff, 475-460. Housekeeping, Sales & Marketing, Human

The Avani Pattaya Resort hosted a charity karaoke contest to raise funds for the Redemptorist School for the Blind.

Resources and the kitchen took third through sixth, respectively.

In all, the event raised 42,200 baht through the sale of balloons given as votes to each team and through

donations. That was enough for purchase of 20 mattresses with bed sheets, which was appreciatively received by blind school Principal Chid Suknu and a group of students.

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Music, color highlight Pattaya’s Loy Krathong celebrations Jetsada Homklin

Beautiful Miss Noppamas enter the festival at the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort.

Lovers Thai and foreign float their krathongs at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort in Wong Amat.

It’s a wonderful night out for the whole family.

Folk music legend Carabao still has what it takes to thrill their fans.

Thailand’s night of love was filled with color and music as Pattaya celebrated Loy Krathong.

Beachside footpaths in Pattaya and Jomtien were opened to vendors for free to sell their floating flower, incense and candle krathongs and thousands flocked to beaches and lakes to set them free with wishes for romance and good fortune.

While rent was free, the vendors were required to clean up after the krathong mess and were threatened with fines of up to 2,000 baht it they didn’t.

Area police, Pattaya regulatory officers and civil defense volunteers were out in mass to make sure the krathongs stayed in the water, not flying in hot air kites that can lead to brush fires when they crash. Officers also were on high alert for illegal fireworks and firecrackers.

Traffic was bedlam in the area, both because of the earlier Pattaya Triathlon and the closure of Beach Road around Central Road for a free concert from folk music legend Carabao.

The city also organized free concerts from Ple Pratumrach at Lan Po Public Park in Naklua and by Labanoon on Jomtien Beach.

At Lan Po, dozens of colorful krathongs competed for prizes. All the entrants had to be made of natural materials.

At Central Festival Pattaya Beach, young girls competed in the annual Little Miss Noppamas pageant.

Chanida Chomchalao placed first and also won the best Thai dress prize. Patwaran Rungrengthanawong won second and the Pattaya Favorite trophy. Parichat Sittikesorn won Most Talented.

Prizes ranged from 15,000 baht for first down to 8,000 for runners-up.

Russian tourists flock to the water’s edge to float their krathongs at Nong Nooch.

Winners and runners-up in this year’s Little Miss Noppamas contest.

Area hotels also got into spirit. The Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort in Wong Amat saw General Manager Denis Thouvard host a Loy Krathong barbecue under the full moon. It featured cultural shows, flower and fire dances, and traditional Thai costumes.

Hundreds of Russian visitors flocked to Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens to witness the traditional celebrations there.

This lovely tourist couple knows how to celebrate like their hosts.

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PCEC learns the history of the Death Railway Colin Whitlock gave a very informative talk to the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) on October 27. He started by commenting on the beauty of Kanchanaburi Province today. The area is colorful, diverse and worth seeing with its floating markets, waterfalls, lakes, hot springs, elephants and caves.

Kanchanaburi City lies at the confluence of two rivers, the Kwai Noi and the Kwai Yai, and is also a popular tourist destination, especially to see the Bridge on the River Kwai made famous in a movie of the same name which depicted British and allied soldiers forced to build a railway supply line to Burma. His talk then focused on the construction of this railroad by the Japanese during World War II. He noted that Kanchanaburi also houses a war museum depicting the horrors of the construction of the Death Railway by the Japanese in World War II. In commenting on the Death Railway, he said it got this infamous name because of the many prisoners of war who were forced to labor on its construction died not only because the brutality of their Japanese and Korean guard, but also because the working and living conditions were inhumane.

The cost in human suffering was punitive, too many men never returning home. Colin said these sacrifices must not be forgotten, especially at this time of the year when we remember the fallen.

He then delved into the history of the Death Railway. Japanese forces crossed the border into Thailand on the 8th December 1941 and due to the time difference, it was just 90 minutes ahead of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Thai government could not oppose the powerful Japanese advance into Southeast Asia and as a result announced its cooperation with the Japanese.

As early as 1939, Japanese agents in Thailand were preparing the ground for the construction of the railway to be carried out once the Japanese forces had taken control of the area. The railway was intended purely as a military supply line for the movement of troops and equipment to the Burma Front, and ultimately for the invasion of India.

This project aimed to link Ban Pong in Thailand with Thanbyuzayat in Burma. Some 12,000 Japanese soldiers and 800 Koreans were employed as engineers, guards and supervisors. Despite having better living conditions than the POWs and Asian laborers, 1,000 Japanese also died during the construction.

Approximately 62,000 Allied prisoners of war were subject to forced labour during its construction. In May 1942 the first prisoners of War, 3,000 POWs were sent by sea to Burma from Changi prison in Singapore. More prisoners were imported from Singapore and the Dutch East Indies as construction advanced.

MC Ren Lexander presents the PCEC’s Certificate of Appreciation to Colin Whitlock for his interesting and informative talk about the “Death Railway” along with his reminder that a memorial service will be held in Kanchanaburi as it is every November.

Construction camps were placed every 5-10 miles of the route.

These consisted of open sided barracks built of bamboo poles with thatched roofs. Sixty meters long with sleeping platforms raised above the ground. Two hundred men were housed in each barracks, giving a two-foot space in which to live and sleep.

The prisoners were at the bottom of a system that was harsh, punitive, fanatical and too often deadly. Living and working conditions were horrific, with sickness, maltreatment and starvation. Normal work on the railway was backbreaking, often without the necessary tools. The workers subjected to tropical conditions, living in

squalor without basic hygiene and lack of enough food. Many died of exhaustion, dysentery and cholera, the diet was 600 calories of rice daily, cut to 400 by the war’s end.

In addition, they suffered brutality by the Japanese and Korean guards, often beaten to death as part of disciplinary measures.

Workdays were long and harsh, especially when cutting through rock at what became known as Hellfire Pass. In the 1980’s the cutting was reclaimed from the jungle as a War Memorial funded by the Australian government.

Japan had initially tried to use an Asian volunteer workforce.

When this failed to attract enough workers, they resorted to more brutal methods of impressing laborers, called Romusha in Japanese. It involved approximately 85,000 Malayans, 75,000 Burmese, and 12,000 others. Estimates of Romusha deaths vary widely but the percentages were certainly higher than that of the POW’s. It’s thought that there are several undiscovered mass graves along the track route of the Death Railway bearing the bodies of South East Asian workers.

This is supported by the higher end estimated numbers of forced laborers used, and unaccounted for at the end of the conflict.

The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, known locally as Don Rak, is the final resting place of almost 7,000 POW’s. Chungkai War

Cemetery, about two kilometres away has a further 1,700 war graves, whilst at the Thanbyuzzayat War Cemetery are the graves of 3,600 POW’s who died on the Burmese portion of the line. It is thought one worker died for each wooden sleeper laid, approximately 75 men died each day, 400 men for each mile of the railway.

Colin is active in the British Legion in Thailand whose mission is to provide welfare, comradeship, representation and remembrance for the Armed Forces community.

They are also keen to maintain an active role in supporting the Thai War Veterans Organization. Colin is a Veteran. He joined the British Army at the age of 16, serving both with the Junior Leaders regiment RAC and in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. Serving in Germany, Canada and Northern Ireland.

After the presentation, the MC brought everyone up to date on upcoming club and other Pattaya events of interest. The meeting ended with the usual Open Forum where audience members can ask questions or make comments about Expat life in Thailand, especially Pattaya. For more info about the PCEC, visit their website at www.pcec.club.

Member Ren Lexander interviewed Colin Whitlock after his presentation to the PCEC. To view the video, visit https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=n5RWrTPVPw&t=6s.

PCEC learns it’s all about hormones What happens to your hormones as you age and what can you do about it? This was the topic presented by Tim Lopez, PhD, at the Sunday, November 3, meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC). Dr. Tim, as he is most commonly known, is a principal in the Maximum Performance Wellness Center here in Pattaya. He had previous spoken at a PCEC meeting in 2017 on the “State of the Art Testosterone Replacement Therapy.” His current topic focused on aging and the importance of a proper balance of hormones in both men and women. He was followed by a brief presentation from Mike Bridges. Mike is a principal in Big Mango Productions which is producing some events in Bangkok with the latest being Bangkok Broadway - Unplugged.

Dr. Tim started his presentation by mentioning that his clinic primarily deals with testosterone treatment for men and hormone replacement therapy for women.

The main reason for men coming to his clinic wanting testosterone is to improve sexual function, but he believes a more important factor is the improvement in their bodies as a number of background benefits to treatment make it work better.

These benefits include better vascular and heart function, bone density, and even help “grumpy old men”. As we age, the body and most organs gradually function less

efficiently. Maintenance is extremely important which involves limiting toxins, getting adequate sleep, maintaining ideal weight and diet. He also recommended men keep to low carbohydrates and to eat lots of vegetables and a reasonable amount of protein.

Aging is significantly related to hormones. Dr. Tim estimated that 80-90% of the men who come to his clinic have some form of insulin resistance. Although insulin resistance is usually associated with diabetes, there are a number of possible reasons for it. Other common forms of endocrine disorders include adrenal insufficiency, thyroid problems, menopause and low growth hormones.

Testosterone is the hormone for making a man feel manly. Produced in the testes, it governs the male sex drive and the production of sperm. It is actually a full-body hormone, aiding in the development of those secondary qualities we regard as masculine - such as deep voice, muscle strength, and facial hair. It also impacts the health of a man’s heart and brain.

Just like your cholesterol or blood pressure, there is a numerical range of testosterone levels (T levels), that are considered normal. In a healthy male, the brain and the testicles work together to keep testosterone within this normal range. When levels of testosterone are below normal, the

Member Ren Lexander interviews Dr. Tim about his presentation to the PCEC. To view the video, visit: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=BzOT-IEmy9g

brain signals the testicles to make more. When the levels of testosterone reach a normal level, the brain signals the testicles to make less.

At around the age of 30, testosterone production begins to slow down at a rate of about 1% to 3% a year. A lower level of testosterone reduces not only a man’s sex drive, but also his drive to succeed. His strength begins to diminish, and his stamina declines. It is the time in a man’s life typically associated with the term, “mid-life crisis”. When a man is found to have low testosterone blood levels, he is diagnosed with the medical condition known as Hypogonadism. This happens gradually and takes time

to repair. Tim emphasized that like a car, it is important to keep all body parts moving. He mentioned that sleep apnea can also have an adverse impact, thus he highly recommends having a sleep test, which involves an overnight hospital stay and being hooked up to various sensors.

Dr. Tim’s message for women dealt with the hormone estrogen.

The endocrine system controls the female menstrual cycle with the sexual peak for woman about age 35, whereas men peak about 10 years younger. Then men gradually slow down much more slowly.

Women are faced with a more pronounced end to the cycle as the supply of estrogen declines.

Progesterone plays a supportive role during menopause. Some telltale signs of possible low hormones - low energy, poor concentration, anxiety, lethargy, obesity, and low libido. This can be addressed with hormone replacement therapy.

He noted that his Maximum Performance Wellness Center is designed to evaluate, test, diagnose, treat and follow- up with both men and women in these areas. For more information on Dr. Tim’s clinic, visit www.maximumclinic.com.

Following Dr. Tim’s presentation, Michael Bridge outlined Big Mango Production’s upcoming event Bangkok Broadway – Unplugged. He said it will take place on Saturday, November 16, in the

Aksra Theatre at the King Power Complex in Bangkok. Michael said they have arranged for Australian tenor Daniel Koek, who played the lead role of Jean Valjean in the original production of Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre, and Harriet Jones, who captivated audiences as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre London, to perform songs from old and new Broadway musicals. Further, they will be joined on stage by the winners of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 Young Talent Sings Broadway Concert.

For more information including some YouTube videos of the main stars, visit: https://www.thaiticketmajor .com/concert/broadway-inbangkok-unplugged-2019.html Michael is a Principal at Big Mango Productions, a Thai based concert promoter, with associate offices in London. He has over 30 years in the TV and Exhibition industry running fashion, gift ware, and real estate exhibitions all over the world.

After the presentation, the MC brought everyone up to date on upcoming club and other Pattaya events of interest. The meeting ended with the usual Open Forum where audience members can ask questions or make comments about Expat life in Thailand, especially Pattaya. For more info about the PCEC, visit their website at www.pcec.club

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Rugby School Thailand to host ASEAN Learning Center gets spooky for Halloween fun-filled Christmas Fair 2019 On Saturday 7th December Rugby School Thailand will host its inaugural Christmas Fair. Taking place under the shade of the school’s huge covered games area, it is set to be a day of festive fun for the whole family.

Plus, all proceeds from the event will be donated to charity partner, Hand-toHand, which works with underprivileged children and their families in the Pattaya area.

You can shop your heart out to find perfect gifts at the Christmas Marketplace, where stalls will feature a handpicked selection of vendors, with products ranging from hand-made jewellery and bags, to organic beauty products, locally designed homewares and delicious tasty treats. There will be ice cream, cinnamon scrolls and gingerbread, to heartier roast meals, English pies and Thai spring rolls (plus lots more) to fuel the fun.

Jetsada Homklin

On Saturday 7th December Rugby School Thailand will host its inaugural Christmas Fair under the shade of the school’s huge covered games area. It is set to be a day of festive fun for the whole family.

The games area will have attractions for all ages; giant bouncers, a rainbow slide, bumper cars and a climbing wall, as well as a smaller games arcade that will challenge visitors to the likes of shooting rugby balls, with the chance to win prizes. The little ones can settle into the craft zone, and (if they’re good) have a photo with Father Christmas, who will be stopping in to

say hello.

All this will be set to musical entertainment throughout the day, with Rugby School Thailand’s staff choir performing traditional Christmas carols, and a showcase of school talent.

For more information – or if you’re interested in vendor or sponsorship opportunities – visit www.rugbyschool.ac.th/ christmasfair or email christmasfair@rugbyschool.ac.th

The best sound in the world

Derek Franklin The children living at the Father Ray Children’s Village gave up their free time recently to make one of their regular visits to a large complex just outside Pattaya which houses many elderly people.

For the elderly residents this is their home, some have no family to care for them, others have a family but they are just too busy to care for an aged relative.

It is a nice complex, clean, friendly, safe and secure and

the food is good, but there is something missing, the sound of children. Not just the normal every day sound of children, but laughter. Can there be a better sound than that of a child laughing?

Every couple of months the children visit the elderly, perform a few song and dance numbers, hold hands as they go for a walk, push a wheelchair, play games and the children present every resident with a small gift.

What they also do is pay respect. As the visit took

place a few days before Loy Krathong, the children knelt down, bowed and gave respect to the elderly residents, showing them that they are still worthwhile and still deserving of respect.

Some people today say that children are only interested in their phones, or how much money they have, but there are many who know the value of the wisdom that reaching an elderly age brings, and for some children they have a new grandparent.

The ASEAN Learning Center helped its international students get into the Halloween spirit with a costume makeup clinic.

Staff of the Human Help Network Thailand facility painted the faces of the youths, who are children of migrant workers from neighboring countries, on Oct. 31.

HHN Drop-In Center Manager and foreign staff encouraged the kids to dress up as ghosts and other scary creatures before taking them for trick-or-treating.

For most children, it was their first experience with Halloween.

HHN Drop-In Center Manager and foreign staff encouraged the kids to dress up as ghosts and other scary creatures before taking them for trick-ortreating.

100 kids play HHN self-protection game Jetsada Homklin The Social Development and Human Security Ministry joined forces with the Human Help Network to have Chonburi students play the charity’s “Self-Protection Card Game”.

HHN Assistant Director Siromet Akapongpanitch and officials from the ministry’s Chonburi office opened the Nov. 7 event at the Diana Garden Resort in Pattaya.

About 100 kids and youth leaders from 26 schools, vocational colleges and universities participated.

The youths were encouraged to take what they learned from the card game

The Social Development and Human Security Ministry joined forces with the Human Help Network to have Chonburi students play the charity’s “Self-Protection Card Game” at the Diana Garden Resort in Pattaya.

and spread it among their peers. All of those who

passed the training were awarded certificates.

Father Ray solicits donations for education fund Jetsada Homklin The Father Ray Foundation is soliciting donations for an education-focused meritmaking event in December.

Father Ray Vice President Rev. Peter Pattarapong Srivorakul announced the “Pha Pa for Education” fundraising drive Nov. 8 at the Redemptorist Technological College for People with Disabilities, asking people to send money to the foundation’s bank account.

“Pha Pa” is usually a Buddhist ceremony

organized by temples in which believers donate robes and cash to renovate and maintain temple buildings.

The Father Ray Foundation has borrowed the term for its own fundraising, saying money sent will be used for educational programs to help the disabled find jobs that will support themselves and their families.

Those looking to donate can contribute to the school’s Krung Thai Bank account, number 227-0-441176.

The Father Ray Pha Pa ceremony will be held Dec. 7.

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Big Brother is watching you Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones

The days of the motoring enthusiast are gone If you are an enthusiast, and you must be if you read this column, you will have already looked into what the future has in store for you (and me).

Digital technology is lining up to take your car away from you, and replacing it with a ‘virtual’ car which can ‘talk’ to other cars, and without a human driver, to take you to your required destination.

The motive power will be electric, with some world governments already banning the internal combustion engine because it is a health hazard. Petrol stations will be supplanted by electric battery rechargers. Switched on entrepreneurs will have coffee stalls to keep you amused while the 20 minute recharge takes place.

What will happen to the petrol cars? Some out of the way stations will keep a small quantity of petrol, at a price, and you will only be allowed to drive your Aston Martin on alternate Sundays.

Oh, you wanted diesel fuel? Sorry but they were banned a decade ago after the Wolfsburg debacle (thank you VW). Something to do

Formula E.

with keeping the planet clean.

Mind you, the mounds of spent batteries will be a new kind of rubbish.

Now for all these digital electronic masterpieces to work, you will learn to rely on the car’s GPS. How many times has your computer crashed? There’s one of those inside all the cars of the future, and they will crash too. Let’s hope it isn’t on the Bangkok highway. Where is the GPS when you need it?

Of course the legal side of digital motoring will spawn a new style of lawyer. When your driverless car hits another driverless car, who is to blame? However, when driverless car A hits human being B, protracted legal

cases will ensue as A and B wish to sue each other. Insurance companies will go close to ruling the world.

Ride sharing is being held up for us, as the way to go.

Cuts down fuel costs, be that battery, hydrogen or nuclear nuggets. But ride sharing can only work if the other passengers are going the same way too. The alternative is walking. Make sure you have some sturdy walking shoes.

And motor sport? The FIA has already stacked the F1 deck, by putting its money on every horse in the race – notably Formula E. As F1 becomes an anachronism, come in Formula E, the FIA is ready to give you top billing.

Hypermiling – a forgotten sport?

A dictionary entry for Hypermiling states that it is the act of driving using techniques that maximize fuel economy. Those who practice these techniques are referred to as “hypermilers” (or perhaps greenies?)

Hypermiling is defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary as the attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s vehicle and one’s driving techniques. In fact, in 2008, the word Hypermiling was selected as the best new word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.

Hypermiling, which can be practiced in any vehicle regardless of its fuel economy, had gained in popularity as a result of the rise in gasoline prices during the 2000s.

While common techniques can be carried out by average motorists making minor changes in their driving hab-

its, many Hypermilers use more advanced techniques, some of which are illegal in most if not all jurisdictions.

Hypermiling has come under fire from several quarters due to claims of dangerous or unlawful behavior by some Hypermilers. As a result, the Hypermiling Safety Foundation was formed in August 2008 to promote a safety and public awareness program, advocating legal fuel-saving techniques.

In some places, Hypermiling contests have been held to see who can get the highest mpg on a selected course.

A Maximum Fuel Economy contest was held in Elkhart, Indiana, a few years ago where “world records” for the Honda Insight (213 miles per US gallon (1.10 L/100 km; 256 mpg-imp) round trip), Toyota Prius (136 miles per US gallon (1.73 L/100 km; 163 mpg-imp) round trip) and the Ford Es-

cape Hybrid (76 miles per US gallon (3.1 L/100 km; 91 mpg-imp) mpg round trip) were achieved, albeit having been achieved while rolling through all stop signs and having the vehicle tires inflated well beyond recommended specifications! The record for the most miles achieved out of a single tank of gas, with 2,254 miles (3,627 km) from the 13.7 US gallons (52 l; 11.4 imp gal) tank of a 2006 Honda Insight, represents an average of 164.53 miles per US gallon (1.4296 L/100 km; 197.59 mpg-imp) for the entire distance.

Now all that sounds terribly new and “green” and is the sort of fodder that the global warming people love to seize upon, to show their commitment to saving the planet. I am afraid I am with GM’s Bob Lutz who stated that “Global warming is a crock of sh*t.” And have you noticed they now call it ‘Climate Change’ so they are backing both horses in the race – heating or cooling! And to show my true callous nature, if Bob and I are wrong we’ll both be dead long before Bangkok disappears beneath the rising seas, so it isn’t our problem!

Australia (AP) — An Australian state is attempting to persuade people to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists.

New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said Monday that Australia’s most populous state is the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls.

Road safety experts are alarmed at the growing prevalence of accidents involving drivers using smartphones on New South Wales roads.

Experts say drivers who illegally use phones increase their chances of an accident four-fold.

“There is no doubt drinkdriving as far as I’m concerned is on a par with mobile phone use, and that’s why we want everyone to be aware that you’re going to get busted doing this anytime, anywhere,” Constance told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said.

In fact, each unit contains two cameras. One camera photographs a car’s registration plate and a second high-set lens looks down through the windscreen and can see what drivers are doing with their hands.

A six-month trial of two fixed cameras this year checked 8.5 million vehicles and detected more than 100,000 drivers with their hands on phones, including one driver who was using a phone and iPad simultaneously. Another driver

Car phone.

had a passenger steer while they both held phones, the government said.

The units use artificial intelligence to exclude drivers who are not touching their phones.

Photos that show suspected illegal behavior are referred for verification by human eyes before an infringement notice is sent to the vehicle’s registered owner along with a 344 Australian dollar ($232) fine. Some cameras will be permanently fixed on roadsides and others will be placed on trailers and moved around the state.

The government wants to expand the program to 135 million checks a year by 2023.

New South Wales has 5.2 million registered vehicles.

National Roads and Motorists’ Association spokesman Peter Khoury, a leading advocate for road users, accused the government of using stealth to crack down on illegal phone use. While the association supported tougher action against drivers distracted by phones, it wanted signs warning motorists that phone detection cameras were operating in an area, as happens with speed cameras in the state.

Government modeling found that the phone detection cameras could prevent

100 fatal and serious injuries over five years.

The annual state road toll in New South Wales fell by 35 deaths to 354 last year.

Police said more than 16,500 drivers had been fined for illegally using phones so far this year.

Drivers are allowed to use phones in hands-free cradles and through Bluetooth. But it is illegal to touch a phone while driving except to pass it to a passenger. The ban even applies to drivers who are stationary at red lights or stuck in traffic jams.

Constance said his government was relaxing the law to allow drivers to legally pay with their phones at restaurant drive-throughs.

(Comment: Constable Plod can now look through your windows, hoping to catch a driver scratching his genitals. I’m sure they could make a case to show that just chatting to one’s passenger is far too dangerous and safety sealed boxes would be installed in all cars from now on. Particularly when you read that even touching your phone while stationary at a red light is a heinous crime. The only problem now is how to convert the crime into baht that is understood by the BIB.)

Lewis Hamilton’s 6th WDC So Lewis Hamilton is today’s poster boy in the UK. However, one of Australia’s automotive commentators is Will Hagon who injected some sanity over all the hype surrounding Lewis Hamilton’s sixth World Drivers Championship. Will’s words of wisdom are worth reading.

“Poor old Juan Manuel Fangio, his remarkable records and achievements oft forgotten by those not lucky enough to be across one of the finest drivers and people ever to adorn grand prix racing.

“The Maestro’ was five years older when he started his GP career than Hamilton is now.

“No one has matched Fangio’s start win record, 24 of 51 - 47 percent wins, in an era when around a third of drivers died in crashes.

“He wasn’t bad in qualifying either, in an era when

Lewis Hamilton’s 6th WDC.

drivers had more in qualifying either, in an era when drivers had more influence on their cars’ speed than with today’s electronically assisted cars.

“In days when grids were straight lines, not staggered as today, and they alternated 3, 2, 3 and helped promote close racing.

“But I digress. Will Hamilton get his 7th WDC? In the petrol age, yes. In the electric age, no. He is destined to sit at the top of the tree with Michael Schumacher and listen as the E racers whizz by. No more fumes like Castrol R or barking exhausts. All will be sacrificed to get the planet clean. And to that I say, Fat Chance.”

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Sasicha’s 65 net wins the day PSC Golf from Billabong

Tony Oakes receives his medal from Brian Chapman.

Haven Consultants Monthly Medal Wednesday, October 30th Green Valley Stableford Before the presentation at the Billabong, Capt. Bob thanked Brian Chapman, the CEO of Haven Consultants for his long term sponsorship of this monthly competition. A medal competition is not everybody’s favourite for one bad hole can put an end to your ambitions which is one reason that a certain Dr. Stableford devised a new game in 1898 called, would you believe Stableford, to make life somewhat more tolerable for mere mortals.

Our high spirits were dented a little today for whilst standing on the 1st tee we noticed all the greens were being sanded at that very moment. Not to be down hearted we ignored these problems, well four players did at least, three of these were ladies and Miss Sasicha (19) being the outstanding player of the day.

She had pars on the first four holes and not a six dropping only 4 shots on the front nine and a 65 net to win the day.

Miss Thip (18) enjoyed her

day with no double bogeys on her card for a 69 net closely followed by Miss Prae (35) with a net 70 which included a nine on a par three but a birdie on 16th did a little bit to nullify this.

Tony Oakes (13) only dropped 4 shots on the way home which included 5 pars for his 68 net and 1st place.

Barry Copeskate (15) can thank his front nine for his impressive 70 net which included 5 pars and 1 birdie well in front of four others with net 73. Wayne Cotterell (13) who birdied 2 of the first 4 holes and no double bogeys after the turn claimed 3rd place and Thiery Petrement (11) dropping to 4th place with seven 5s and only three dropped shots on the front nine, the back nine was not quite so good.

Three 2s today going to Peter Le Noury, Miss Prae and Miss Nu.

Rossitor takes Burapha to the cleaners Burapha today and apart from some slow people in front of our group it was a great day out. The first nine took 4 hours and 20 minutes but when the marshal arrived on the 9th

Brian Chapman awards Sasicha for her being the outstanding player of the day.

green and got stuck into the slow golfers it was all go from there. The next nine went like a breeze.

We had a couple of guests with us today, namely Mary Babic, Wes Rado and Mark Rossitor, all good friends with the Billabong for many years. The course was in grand condition apart from a couple of greens that weren’t up to scratch but apart from that all was good, even the rough had been given a haircut making it a little easier to get out of.

The scoring was great out of 16 players there were only a few that didn’t score 30 or more points. Taking 3rd spot was Thiery Petrement with 38 points, coming second was Peter Davies with 39 points and Mark Rossitor took the rest of us to the cleaners scoring 41 points.

Now that is a score around the C and D loops at this course, and I must add he also got three 2s. The other twos went to Wes Rado and Thiery Petrement.

Picture of serenity Phoenix gold on Monday, Nov. 4, and a picture of serenity it was. A 4 ball in front of us and off we went in

Kenyan, Russian win Bangsaen42 Marathon From page 28 Men and women competed separately with cash awards given out for best overall finishes and best Thai finishers.

Male Overall: Philip Lagat (Kenya), Habtamu Girma (Nagu), and Juan Carlos Trujillo (United States).

Women Overall: Alexandra Morozova (Russia), Shashitu Daksa (Mulusa), and Li Xiaowel (China) Thai Men’s: Thawatchai Kokpanna, Denchai Pankong, and Paichaiyon Jenchang.

Thai Women’s: Ornanong Wongsorn, Chotthip Kanaum, and Pintuon Weerasomkiat.

grand conditions for golf.

The course was in great condition but the greens were a little fluffy and a lot of putts pulled up short until you got the hang of them.

We were invaded by the Smiths today with Paul, Joanne, Ronan and Dave playing as a team. Only Dave is a local, the other members of the Smith family are on holiday and enjoying themselves.

With 5 groups playing and apart from the visitors from the old dart there was another two visitors from Australia so a challenge was mounted between the lefties and righties. Unfortunately for Wes Rado, he really had to play Sandy and Mark all by himself as the Capt. at the moment is kinda crippled but thanks for putting up with me mate.

There were a lot of laughs even though we were destroyed about five down.

It was the ladies’ day today with two fellas getting 4th and 3rd both on a meager 32 points. Thiery Petrement took 4th and Les Easton 3rd.

Then the ladies came to play with Phin Stewart taking 2nd place with 35 points and Sasicha Duangkham taking the top spot with a fine 40 points and she was consistent with 20 points on each side.

There were no two’s recorded.

Blistering round for Phin Wednesday, November 6th Stableford Green Valley For the first time in many months it was, as they say in cricketing circles, rain stopped play. Heavy rain for 30/40 minutes, turning fairways and greens very quickly

Steve and Chris Dodd.

into water hazards, but water running across fairways into ponds did not stop the conscientious green keeper from sitting on his machine and mowing the grass most of which was underwater.

Within an hour or so the surface water had disappeared and we were back to normal but it is amazing how quickly the course dries out.

The scores today were pretty good but the word ‘spectacular’ applied to the ladies, but more of that later.

Three golfers turned in cards for 36 points and after closer inspection Sandy Chapo (23) occupied 4th place with 10 points on the last four holes but Mikael Anderson (15) pipped him at the post with 19 points on the way home.

A countback was also necessary for the top spot both on 37 points but Peter Thomas (19) dragged his feet on the return trip with only 15 points due to five 1 pointers, with Jim Bell (17), playing steady golf throughout, occupying top spot with 19 points on the back nine.

The ladies, as usual, excelled today with Miss Sasicha (19) only managing 3rd place with 40 points with only 1 double bogey on her card, 1 point behind Miss Joy (26) who had 6 pars and only 2 double bogeys throughout.

But Miss Phin (11) had a blistering round of golf with only one hole on the front where she dropped a shot and 1 under the card for the nine holes. Eleven pars and 2 birdies over 18 holes was a magnificent performance for her 44 points and a well-earned 1st place.

Twos today went to Noodle, Sa, Pin, Lynn, Cottee, Jeff North and Eddie Bielby.

Chris Dodd wins with 38 points Burapha almost empty when we arrived but did it fill up a little later on, with both A, B, C and D all full but no delays at all. We had 5 groups playing and all went like clockwork, apart from the rough which was once again brutal. Even though it had been mowed down a little from last week it was still rough and you must take your punishment and hit a short iron out to the closely mown area. The course was in great condition apart from that little whinge.

The boys from Geralton in Western Australia had their own competition as well as playing in the Billabong comp. Wes Rado took line honours a mere 1 shot over Scotty Baumgarton who I might add scored only 3 points in his first 6 holes but still finished up with 34 points. Let the games begin.

Going back to the rough again, the scoring across the board was very consistent with only a few golfers - and I use that term very loosely scoring under 30 points. There was a count back for the minor placing’s between Steve Dodd, Wes Rado and Lumpy Russell. With all scoring 35 points, it got down to the last three holes before a result was achieved. Steve Dodd took 4th spot, Wes Rado took 3rd and Lumpy got 2nd.

The winner was Chris Dodd with 38 points.

Steve Dodd got the only two.

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Copeland Supreme at Pattavia

Mon, Nov. 4 Pattavia - Stableford Pattavia in high season can be a fascinating golf challenge and the Pattaya Links Golf Society picked up the gauntlet on Monday, 4th November, when eight groups took to the course to play a Stableford competition in two flights, cut at seventeen and under.

The course was in good condition with well grassed fairways allowing run, bunkers compact and well maintained, and greens which were measured at 10.3 on the “stimp”.

However every golfer knows that downhill putts there can be almost unplayably quick.

With only scattered clouds and a light breeze in evidence the golfers teed off on time. The last twenty PLGS winning scores at Pattavia have all been sub-par and today was no exception.

In the second flight fourth place went to a rejuvenated Barry Horman with 33 points, Mike Tottenham, also returning to form in third place with 34 points.

Runner-up was John Evans, continuing a good run of form. The flight winner was Irish golfer Matt Cronin with an excellent 38 points.

In the top flight scores fared better with Petur Petursson losing a countback for third with 36 points, the Icelander blowing hot with the day’s best gross of 79.

Pattaya Links Golf Society Third place was thus taken

by Kevin McEntee with 36 points. Another Irish golfer, Derek Phillips, came back to form with 39 points and he would have been disappointed not to take the Green Jacket as Bill Copeland played the sort of round he is capable of, with long and accurate drives and a quality short game giving him 41 points for a splendid win.

Near-pins were won by Barry Horman (B flight) (4), Livio Marrone (A flight) (7), John Evans (B flight) (13) and Andrew Purdie (A flight) (17).

Consolation best nine awards went to Charles Miller (front nine, 22 points) and Sonny Andrews (back nine, 20 points).

A Flight (0-17) 1st Place – Bill Copeland (13) -41 pts 2nd Place – Derek Phillips (17) - 39 pts 3rd Place – Kevin McEntee (9) - 36 pts c/back 4th Place - Petur Petursson (7) – 36 pts B Flight (18+) 1st Place – Matt Cronin (19) – 38 pts 2nd Place – John Evans (25) - 35 pts 3rd Place – Mike Tottenham (19) - 34 pts 4th Place - Barry Horman (25) - 33 pts

A flight winner Bill Copeland with Ron A flight winner Wayne Peppernell with Matthews (L) and Tony Browne (R).

Dave Arataki (L) and Mick Dunning (R).

Best Front Nine (non-winners) – Charles Miller - 22 pts.

Best Back Nine (non-winners) – Sonny Andrews - 20 pts.

Tony Browne’s uncharacteristic low score was rewarded with the “wig’ whilst Ron Matthews took the “silly hat” for dallying too long over some pre-round refreshment and missed his tee time thus causing the starter some angst.

On a lighter note it was good to see two regulars continue their recovery from surgery and take their place on the start sheet again.

“Butch” Arataki and the “Abscess Kid” enjoyed the excitement of being back and they did not lose sight of the society’s rule to call a group through when ground was lost on the course. Many

able-bodied golfers could take note, having seen how easy it is to make the day better for all golfers.

Wayne Peppernell Toughs It Out Wed. Nov.6 Eastern Star Stableford Eastern Star is a tough course made even tougher with steamy hot weather and hardly any discernable air movement.

The course is in very good condition with many greens having been lightly sanded, but the rough has been allowed to get thick and sometimes deep.

We played lift, clean and place which was a good decision as the ball was picking up mud chunks at times.

Thirty two players gave us two flights with the cut at sixteen.

Wayne Peppernell produced the best score of the day of 36 points to take the A flight and another Green Jacket.

Livio Marrone is staying here a little longer than usual and played well from his low handicap to score second place with 35 points.

Bill Copeland has been in Green Jacket territory recently and did well again with 34 points to win a countback for third ahead of newcomer Ciaran Smith.

The B flight was won by the golfing journeyman, Mashi Kaneta, who scored 35 points, even with an injured arm.

John Evans continued his revival to take second spot

with 33 points in his last game before heading back home.

Derek Phillips had one of his better days grabbing third place with 32 points. He was a walker today and was feeling the effects of the heat later in the round, but toughed it out.

Another newcomer, David Morgan, slipped into fourth with 31 points.

Near Pins: Guy Stewart (A flight), Ron Matthews (A flight), Dave Arataki (B flight), the remaining pin was for B flight, but went unclaimed.

A Flight (0-16) 1st Place – Wayne Peppernell (15) -36 pts 2nd Place – Livio Marrone (7) -35 pts 3rd Place – Bill Copeland (13) - 34 pts c/back 4th Place – Ciaran Smith (13) – 34 pts B Flight (17+) 1st Place – Mashi Kaneta (17) - 35 pts 2nd Place – John Evans (25) - 33 pts 3rd Place – Derek Phillips (17) - 32 pts 4th Place – David Morgan (18) – 31 pts Best Front Nine (non-winners) Eric Black 17 pts Best Back Nine (non-winners) Charles Miller 20 pts Dave Arataki won a near pin, but also the “silly hat” for the lowest score on a nine.

Mick Dunning had the lowest overall score and got to wear the “wig”.

15 - 29 Nov. 2019

DATE:

FRI 15

Apple’s Irish

Pleas.Valley

Bunker Boys

Mt.Shadow

SUN 17

Bangpra

WED 20

Khao Khoew

G. Valley

Pattaya CC

I Rovers

SUN 24

Treasure Hill

Greenwood

Eastern Star

Plutaluang

Eastern Star

Treasure Hill Crystal Bay

The Links

Treasure Hill

Khao Kheow

Retox Game On

Pleas. Valley

Sugar Shack

Khao Kheow

The Golf Club

Treasure Hill

Tropical Golf

Crystal Bay

WED 27

G. Valley

Pattavia

Bangpakong

Greenwood

Greenwood Treasure Hill

Eastern Star

Crystal Bay Pattaya CC

FRI 29

Plutaluang

Eastern Star Pattavia

THU 28

Pattana Pleas. Valley

Pattavia

Greenwood

Chrystal Bay

Pattaya CC

G. Valley

Mt.Shadow Pleas. Valley

Greenwood

Pattaya CC

Green Valley

Greenwood

Pleas. Valley

Eastern Star

Pattana

Treasure Hill

Greenwood

Pleas. Valley

Pattavia

Eastern Star

Pleas. Valley

Royal Lakeside

Emerald

Pattana

Treasure Hill

Pattaya CC

Green Valley

Pattavia

TUE 26

Pattana

Eastern Star

Plutaluang

Pleas. Valley

MON 25

Pattana

Greenwood

Lekatai

Waterside

FRI 22

Eastern Star

C.Bay/G.Valley

Plutaluang

Valley View Hackers Green Valley

THU 21

Khao Kheow

Bangpakong

Growling Swan Harry’s Golf

TUE 19

Greenwood

Cafe Kronborg Colin’s Golf

MON 18

Pattana

Greenwood

Pattavia Green Valley

Parichat

Waterside

G. Valley

Pattavia Green Valley

Green Valley

Pattavia

Crystal Bay Mt.Shadow Pleas. Valley

Khao Kheow

Eastern Star

Treasure Hill Green Valley

Pattana Pattana

Green Valley

Green Valley

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Tommy and Rich scoop the pool New Nordic October PAGS Tournament from Khao Kheow Another day dawned Oct 30 and golfers made their way to the Khao Kheow Country Club to play this challenging course for the October New Nordic PAGS tournament.

The day’s field of 107 players which included a smaller than usual contingent of 7 ladies, had great weather and golfing conditions.

The A & B combination was played, with the course being in mostly good condition, some tees being the only point of some minor criticism. Greens were running smoothly, with fairways firm and fast, providing ample assistance off the tee.

Organisors had implemented

Monday, November 4th Greenwood B & C 1st Gez Williams (16) Net 70 2nd Gordon Melia (22) Net 72 3rd Jimmy Carr (17) Net 74 Suddenly it seems like the high season is upon us with a big influx of visitors over the weekend and the golf course much busier than previous weeks. We were allocated the B & C nines at Greenwood, both in good condition, but the greens having recently been cored and sanded were not yet fully back to their best condition.

The weather was mild with a nice breeze blowing so the field of fourteen had pleasant conditions for play. Despite being a bit crowded with another society also on the course the speed of play was fine.

Having signaled his intentions last week Gez Williams put together a very fine round with a net score of seventy to take first place.

Fresh off the plane from the UK having played little or no golf recently (his story) Gordon Melia immediately struck form and took second place with a net seventy-two, whilst Jimmy Carr rounded

lift, clean & place on the closely mown areas to avoid any possible bare patches or any other minor issue arising from a poor lie.

Tommy Marshall (8) and Rich Fearby (1) were the standout performers this month, Rich shooting 74 to claim the low gross, while Tommy topped the podium in the A Flight with 39 points, both claiming the maximum 2 technicals. Minor placings in the A Flight were collected

by Jeff Wylie (12) and Gerd Riedler (11) with 38 and 37 points respectively.

The ladies winner was regular PAGS player Jeeranan Duncan (18) with a good 38

Low gross winner Rich Fearby.

points. Coincidentally, Jeeranan won at Khao Kheow A & B back in May last year.

B flight for handicaps 15 21 winner was Bjorn Bjerkass (18) with 40 points to go with his long drive on

A Flt winner Tommy Marshall.

B9, edging Dave Felton (17) into 2nd spot on countback 22/20. Staffan Lyrestram (19) got the bronze with his 39 points, beating out Jari Laakonen and Rene Thauner on countback.

In the C flight for handicaps 22 & above, there was a clear winner and best score of the day from Andy Richards (24) with 41 points.

Rolf Urhoj (25) secured the 2nd placing with his 39

Gez Williams grabs a double PSC Golf from the Bunker Boys

Gez Williams.

out the scoring with seventy-four.

Three of the near pins were won by Tony Robbins, Gez Williams, and Stuart Tinkler.

A trip to Kabin Buri has been confirmed for the nineteenth and twentieth of this month. Demand for places is already strong so anyone interested should act quickly to secure a place in what is a very attractive deal with a night stay at Serenity Hotel and Spa including breakfast and two rounds of golf (caddie fee not included) for two thousand two hundred baht.

Keith Norman.

Wednesday, November 6th Royal Lakeside 1st Gez Williams (16) 38 points 2nd Greg Berry (12) 35 points 3rd Gordon Melia (22) 35 points A surprisingly quick trip up and back for Wednesday’s round at Royal Lakeside.

There were none of the usual traffic snarls on Chonburi Highway. As always the course was in very nice condition with the added bonus

of only a very slight breeze, being so close to the coast the wind is usually strong.

Quite a slow round of close to four and a half hours was disappointing as the course was very busy compared to previous visits.

Some weeks ago we had a three in a row from Gerry Cooney, now it was the turn of Gez Williams who continues to play high-quality golf consistently with a round of thirty-eight points. The first appearance in a long time for Greg Berry in the winner’s circle, as he beat Gordon Melia for second place on countback, both with thirty-five points.

People are asking what Gordon has been up to in the English Summer as this is the best most consistent golf he has played for a few years.

Near pins went to Gez Williams, Brendan Harnett, and Keith Norman with Greg Berry very unlucky to miss out on the remaining pin as his ball just rolled off the back of the longest par three.

Friday, November 8th Treasure Hill 1st Keith Norman (13) 38 points 2nd Tony Scambler (17) 35 points 3rd Geoff Parker (17) 33 points 4th Gordon Melia (22) 33 points Even with several locals absent numbers continue to climb. A group of fifteen made the trip up Hwy 331 for the last game of the week at Treasure Hill. As always the course was in very good condition, some claiming it’s the best they have ever seen it.

It seems we may have seen the last of the monsoon rain as the last few games were played in bright sunny conditions.

It looked like Gez Williams was going to complete the treble with nineteen points on the first eight holes. However, for some inexplicable reason, that was it for him as

points, while the bronze went to Birger Karlsson (31) with a creditable 36 points.

Hemingway’s catering staff did another fine job providing plenty of choice at the buffet table, with plenty of non-golfers coming along to enjoy the social atmosphere of the evening with their golfing partners, family & friends. As always, there is only 1 person to blame if you go home hungry from Hemingway’s Jomtien after a PAGS presentation.

We will all look forward to another successful tournament with next month’s event on 27 November returning to Eastern Star. he fell away completely thereafter. Keith Norman stormed home with twentythree points on the back nine to take first place with a thirty-eight point total. Making his first appearance at the Bunker Boys complete with a dodgy handicap of seventeen Tony Scambler took second with thirty-five points. Geoff Parker edged out Gordon Melia on countback for third on thirty-three points. Has Gordon discovered the fountain of youth?

Near pins went to Tony Robbins, Stuart Tinkler, and two to Gez Williams.

Back at Woody’s, we were reminded of the drive of the day where Daryl Vernon hit a monster to outdo Gez Williams by some twenty yards (look out Thomas Peters).

Wonderful news on the medical front where Steve Durey is making remarkable progress in his rehab and is already back on the driving range less than three weeks post-op. Watch out when he does return. Another to watch out for making a late appearance at the bar is Pat Ryan who cleaned up on his last visit and by all accounts is in good nick.

Bill (Shooter) McGarvie does it with ease PSC Growling Swan Golf played out of Bogey’s Bar & Grill November 7 Greenwood G.C. Stableford Thirteen is unlucky for some, but if you are playing golf with us it turns out alright. Yes that was the number for us on Thursday.

The venue was the great Greenwood GC, one of our favorite courses. I guess they may have felt guilty as although they have moved the prices for high season we were able to purchase green fee vouchers from PSC saving us B100 per golfer. It all helps with the way the baht and the dollar are going.

(L to R) Winner Bill (Shooter) McGarvie with Eric (The Judge) Black.

As stated Greenwood is on our calendar for every month.

I still think if they looked after

us a bit more (price wise) we would play twice per month.

Anyway the course was in

excellent condition and there was nothing that we as a group could complain about.

Individuals of course could complain but that’s all to do with one’s ability.

Well with thirteen golfers we had One Flight with three placing’s, we also had all novelties in play.

I would like to mention something that took place after Monday’s event. As per usual if numbers are at a certain level we do a draw for a lucky golfer to win a pizza (of their choice). Bill McGarvie was the lucky winner, and as Bill was leaving he asked me if he could put it out for his fellow golfers.

If you do good, well they say good things come. It did for Bill (shooter) McGarvie, he took the day’s event by a solitary point, leaving three golfers tied for second and all on 33 points.

Winning the countback and getting second was Colin Stielow with Eric Black taking out third. Unlucky was Alex Field running third in the countback.

1st Bill McGarvie (12) 34 pts.

2nd Colin Stielow (23) 33 pts.

3rd Eric Black (15) 33 pts.

Near pins: B2 Alex Field, B5 Steve Younger, C3 No Body, and C6 Eric Black.

Longest first putt: B9 Steve Younger and C9 JJ Harney.

Back at Bogey’s we welcomed Colm Mullin, Ian Pickles and Pat Kavanagh. No farewells!

D-For was set free by Alex and the punters and players at Bogeys Bar and Grill were generous as always with their contributions towards the needy in Pattaya. All are thanked for this.

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Mug Man Patrick Poussier yet again PSC Growling Swan Golf played out of “Bogey’s Bar & Grill.”

October Monthly Mug 31 October King’s Naga G.C. Stroke Event It was “The Mug Man Patrick Poussier” yet again taking out the Mug. Sixteen turned out to have a crack of winning the Prestigious Growling Swan Monthly Mug. Not a bad number considering what we have been getting.

Well it was off to King’s Naga for the today’s event, two buses and a couple of cars got us out there to take this course on for the October Monthly Mug. The course was in good nic, although once you left the fairway (in

most instances) you were in the long grass and/or in a worse situation. As a decent golfer said to a couple of golfers who were discussing the rough, “You are supposed to stay on the fairway therefore you will have zero to complain about.”

Folks be aware that that stupid time of the year that the idiots refer to as high season is upon us. If you have not been privy to some of the pricing getting about well you are in for a shock.

Please remember that pricing is out of our hands.

I turned out today for a hit and a bit of a walk (exercise), I wasn’t aware that there was so much to do on the golf

(L to R) Alex Field, Monthly Mug winner Patrick Poussier, and Peter Bye.

course. In my 4 we had the opportunity to do some bush walking, mountain climbing, play hide and

seek, and all of this was thanks to Casa and his wayward drives. Seriously I had an enjoyable day thanks to

the guys that I played with.

Sixteen golfers allowed us to play just the one flight, with three placing’s and all novelties up for grabs.

It was that man again, always shining on Monthly Mug Day’s, Patrick Poussier.

His return of net 66 was three shots ahead of his rivals. In speaking to the group he played very well and could have ended up with net 60.

Second past the post was Peter Bye entering the winners circle for the first time in a while. Third home and filling the last place on the podium was Alex Field.

1st Patrick Poussier (25) net 66 2nd Peter Bye (15) net 69

3rd Alex Field (17) net 71 Near the pins: 5. Steve Younger, 7. Peter Bye, 12.

Keith Buchanan, & 16. Steve Younger.

Long first putt: 9. Mark Rossiter and 18.

Mark Rossiter. Beat Steve younger on both occasions!

Back at Bogey’s we had welcomed back Bernie McCart, Mark Rossiter, Wes Rado, JJ Harney, JC Lhoste and the Judge Eric Black.

Again no farewells, great!

D-For was set free by Alex and the punters and players at Bogeys Bar and Grill were generous as always with their contributions towards the needy in Pattaya. All are thanked for this.

RST Vipers and Asian All Stars win Round 7 Pattaya Indoor Cricket League (PICL) – Round 7 Round 7 of the PICL was played on Monday 4th at Rugby School Thailand (RST), Banglamung, between PCC versus RST Vipers and RST Cobras versus Asian All Stars (AAS).

PCC batted first as 2 players were AWOL. John Harvey and Andy Emery made an excellent start with 34 for no loss which was followed in similar fashion by Bernie Lamprecht and Matt Harkness. Matt was throwing the bat and took Carl Pohl and Burger Marx to task with a six from each. Matt scored 28 and Bernie 15 whilst Bernie was run out. The score was a very solid 72 for 1 after 6 overs.

This cracking start ran out

of steam when Animal and Jainish Parikh faced some very tidy bowling from Tim Jones, Nick Hitchmough, Ryan Driver and Carl Pohl – 11 dot balls from 3 overs.

As PCC were still 2 players short RST Vipers selected Animal and Jainish to bat again. An ungentlemanly, sneaky, tactical ploy that restricted PCC to 23 runs and 2 wickets off the last 6 overs which included a total of 24 dot balls.

Thus, PCC finished with 100 for 3. Reduced to 85.

Unless PCC could pull something out of the hat, the outcome looked bleak.

RST Vipers sent Chris Sizer and Carl Pohl to open their

innings. They made a good start with 27 for 1 off their 3 overs. Chris was caught behind by John Harvey. Dan Allan and Tim Jones had an excellent spell, clobbering Animal for 16 whilst John Harvey’s arm went wobbly

Hamilton clinches F1 championship No. 6 at US Grand Prix From page 28 Hamilton avoided trouble at the start as the cars bolted uphill into the blind left turn that can turn the field into a demolition derby. He stayed clear of the dangerous traffic and gave Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Leclerc plenty of room to avoid a collision.

Hamilton turned the race on its head with a bolt to third on the first lap when he passed the Ferraris of Vettel and Charles Leclerc. That made the championship all but inevitable, as a finish as low as eighth would clinch it.

Hamilton wasn’t going to settle for that.

He secured the 2015 title on the same track when he fought off Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in the final laps to get the victory.

He was somewhat disap-

pointed in in 2017 and 2018 when he clinched those titles in Mexico City without reaching the podium either time.

That made a podium Sunday a must.

“My dad taught me when I was like 6 or 7 years old to never give up. That’s our family motto,” Hamilton said.

“That’s all was thinking all day, ‘How could I win this race?’”

Bottas was the only driver still mathematically in the hunt for the title, but just barely. Bottas had to win and have Hamilton fade to his worst finish of the year in order to extend the championship to the Brazilian Grand Prix in two weeks.

Bottas started from pole and was off and running with a good start. Hamilton grabbed the lead when Bottas pitted for tires and he wouldn’t let it go without a fight.

Hamilton defended against

a Bottas pass attempt with six laps remaining before finally surrendering the spot on the next lap.

“Winning it was the only thing I could do to try to maintain the title hopes,” Bottas said. “I did my part but Lewis was still strong, as he always is.”

Verstappen was looking to pass Hamilton on the final lap, but a yellow flag caused by Haas driver Kevin Magnussen ended the threat and gave Mercedes the 1-2 finish.

The Circuit of the Americas had a special parking spot next to the podium reserved for the championship car.

There was only one car that could be. It was a silver Mercedes No. 44.

“I remember watching this sport when I was younger,” Hamilton said. “It’s beyond surreal to think that this journey, that my life journey has brought me to this point.”

and rained no balls and wides.

40 for no loss and 69 for 1 after 6 overs. Nothing in it.

Marcus Large, a debutant, continued with Burger Marx.

Comical run calling commenced and henceforth Burger shall be known as Mr Burger Yesnoyeswait. How they were not run out is a mystery. They managed 25 for an LBW against Yesnoyeswait.

The final pair was Ryan Driver and Nick Hitchmough.

Ryan took most of the strike and after several dot balls and a series of threes, the innings was concluded at 123 for 3. Reduced to 108. A tidy game of few wickets, good batting and restrictive bowling.

RST Vipers won by 23 runs.

Best batsman – Matt Harkness, 28 and zero.

Best Bowler – Matt Harkness, 3 overs, 8 for 1.

MotM – Matt Harkness.

The next game, RST Cobras v AAS was the complete opposite. Lots of wickets and runs galore. Chris Lindop opened the bowling for the Cobras and bowled Bharat first ball and again 4 balls later. Will Howell, another a debutant, bowled the third over and had 2 run outs.

Not a good start for AAS who were 10 for 4. Happy and Bassu steadied the ship with 43 runs which included an 8 for Happy – 4 runs and an overthrow for 4. Happy was also smartly caught and bowled by Guthrie Miller in the 6th over – AAS recovering to 48 for 5. Chris L was on a flyer. He LBW’d Rajish and had Sam caught behind

by Lee May on the next ball for 7 leg byes in the over.

Lewis Madd and Will Howell got taken for 27 runs, including a 6 from Sam, but Will bowled Rajish. The final 3 overs from Jatin and Ashwin yielded 34 runs for no loss and set The Vipers a challenging total of 101 (140 for 8 minus 40 for wickets lost).

RST Vipers responded by sending in Pete Reeha and Guthrie Miller. Bharat’s first

over was a maiden, the first in the whole competition.

Pete and Guthrie recovered well by scoring 26 for no loss off the next two overs.

Lee May and Charlie Rowe were next. Lee took most of the strike and managed two 6’s in his 25 runs. Charlie hardly faced a ball and when given LBW to a ball he thought was going over the stumps he was a bit miffed.

42 for 3 and only a few runs behind after 6 overs.

John Myall and Will Howell faced Sam, Happy and Rajish.

This saw 32 runs added, mainly through wides from Sam, but Will was run out and then bowled by Happy.

64 for 5 and only 3 runs adrift.

Lewis Madd and Chris Lindop took the final session of 3 overs and they needed to retain their wickets. Good batting from Lewis was undone by a silly call from Chris and Lewis was run out. They added 35 for 1 but it was not quite enough.

The Cobras ended with 124 for 6, reduced to 94.

A win to AAS by 7 runs.

Best Batsmen – Happy, 27 for 1 and Ashwin 22 for 0.

Best bowler – Chris Lindop, 2 overs 4 for 4.

MotM – Chris Lindop.

The Riviera Group Sports Day 2019 The 4th Riviera Group Sports Day will be held on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the grounds of the Regents International School Pattaya from 09.00-19.00.

Participants include leading construction companies, various businesses, property agents, clients, tenants, friends, families and everyone associated

with the Riviera Group.

The purpose of the sports day is to create strong bonds of friendship and create an awareness of physical fitness and good health.

All proceeds of the event will be donated to: 1) Khru Boonchu Foundation Home for Children with special needs. 2) Purchase of medical equipment for

Banglamung Hospital. 3) Care for children of staff who have cancer.

Everyone in the community is welcome. Entrance to the games is 200 baht per person. Food & Drinks and live entertainment all day.

For more information please call Tel: Tel: 085 662 4888, 038-119097, 038231455, 098-989-1324.

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Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show Not just for buying and selling boats - November 21-24 A boat show is not just for buying and selling boats. So have no fear if you have no intention of getting engaged in either activity – there’s plenty of non-boating activities for non-boaters at the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show.

Ocean Marina Yacht Club is Thailand’s premier marina resort property, featuring an exclusive resort complex, residential properties and Southeast Asia’s largest marina. It’s a great place to unwind and relax, and provides

the best view on the Eastern Seaboard of a marina full of boats. As such, it’s the best place for sundowners on the Gulf of Thailand as the sunsets are spectacular, set against the backdrops of boats in the marina with the islands in the distance.

At the show there are plentiful activities for the kids to enjoy and to burn off some excess energy. It’s also a great opportunity to learn about how to get involved in a water sport. Ocean Marina and its environs are a short 90-minute drive from Bangkok and a great base for everything from dinghy sailing to kiteboarding. For those into X-and water sports there

will be displays at the show that are bound to captivate adults and kids alike.

And if you’re interested in renting, selling or buying property there will be many property and lifestyle exhibitors at the show who will be more than willing to take the time to explain their properties and services to you.

For automobile and motorbike aficionados, there will be a number of upscale vehicles on display with plenty of beautiful people showing them off.

There will also be free yacht cruises running throughout the show, which will give you a chance to experience life on a yacht. Special sunset

Free cruises throughout the show giving you a chance to experience life on a yacht.

State if the art boats and yachts will be on display at the 8th Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show from 21-24 November, 2019.

cruises are being arranged this year and can be booked in advance while a fashion show on 22 and 23 November from 17:00 – 18:00 will keep everyone entertained.

Helicopter rides are a first this year with Solaire Heliluck Aviation offering air excursions to those who wish to see Jomtien and the coastline from a whole different angle.

And if cigars are your thing, check out curated brands from Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic

by Cigar Emperor.

The daily food festival will

highlight countless varieties of Thai and Western foods and tasty bites, as well a selection of beers, wines and soft drinks for all to enjoy.

Dine and drink with friends and family while soaking in the atmosphere that only a boat show can create.

Lots to see and do – don’t miss out: 21 – 24 November at Ocean Marina Yacht Club.

167/5 Moo 4 Sukhumvit Highway (km 157) Sattahip, Chonburi 20250, Thailand.

Email: info@oceanmarina pattayaboatshow.com Tel: 02 038 5014

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Associations & Clubs The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, November 17&24. 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 Eastern Seaboard Businessmen’s Dinner is a monthly event taking place 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 Rotary Club of Pattaya (Thai-English) meets at the Royal Cliff Grand Hotel on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. Meetings begin at 19.00 hrs. President Stephen Devereux Email: stevecarlow@gmail.com Rotary Club Phönix Pattaya (German) meets every Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Pattaya at 19.00 hrs.

President Dieter Barth Email: dieter.barth@rotary-phoenix-pattaya.org 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 Joachim Klemm Email: jo.klemm53@gmail.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

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(Fellowship) President Dieter Reigber Email: dieter. reigber@t-online.de 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. Michel Roche Président Email: mmproche@gmail.com

Christmas 2019 PILC Christmas Market 2019. The Pattaya International Ladies Club will hold its annual Christmas Market on Sunday, the 17th of November 2019 at the Holiday Inn Pattaya Ballroom.

Pattaya Sports Club invites you and your loved ones to our Christmas Party on Wednesday 11 December 2019. Party starts at 6 pm.

Festive Theme. Prizes will be given for the best Festive costumes of the night. Win lots of raffle prizes. Entrance: Members 600 baht, Guests 800 baht includes Thai & international buffet & live entertainment. Free flow of hard and soft drinks. Venue: First Pacific Hotel (Formerly Town-in-Town) Central Pattaya Road. Get your tickets at the PSC office now!

Hurry, Limited seats. Call: Mobile: 095 706 2646, Phone: 038 415 424 Email: info@ pattayasports.org Christmas Eve at the Oasis Restaurant and Poolside of the Thai Garden Resort on Tuesday 24 December 2019.

Start at 18.00hrs. Enjoy an international Gala Buffet and be thrilled by the Sounds of Christmas with the sensational performance of the Grand Opera Bangkok. Santa Claus will bring a lot of presents. Live Music by the Thai Garden Resort Trio.

Adults: THB 1,800.- net • Children (4-12 years): THB 900.- net • under 4 years: Free of charge. All prices are based on food only. There

is no refund in case of unforeseeable incidents, or weather conditions. Dress code: smart casual, no sleeveless shirts, no shorts, no flip flops. Please make your reservation at the Thai Garden Resort (North Pattaya Rd. Opposite Terminal 21 Shopping Centre) in person to select your table. Email: reservation@thaigarden.com Tel.: 038 370 614

Community Services 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.

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.

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 Overeaters Anonymous The ‘Up to You’ group meets Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the housing area just behind Pan Restaurant in Jomtien on Thappraya Road.

Call Steve at 038-364-207(h) or 089-250-1359 (cell) for directions or more information.

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

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contact Membership Chairman Dan Morgan at <ban changvfw12146membership@ gmail.com> or visit website: www.banchangvfwpost12146.org.

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 - chon buri.secretary@rbl.community.

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.

Dining & Entertainment New Delicacies at Pan Pan San Domenico: Italian

Antipasto: Parma Ham, Salame, Milano, Hot Salame, Mortadella, Olives, Mozzarella & Bell Peppers. Served with hot, crispy pizza bread.

580 Baht. Highly Recommended. Must Try! Black Spaghetti Seafood Ki Mao: With Prawns, Cherry Tomatoes, Chilly & Squids. 395 Baht. A must for spicy food lovers! Saeb-e-lee! Pan Pan San Domenico, Jomtien Pattaya, 038 251 874, 084-345 1717. Pan Pan Italia Restaurant, Na Jomtien Sattahip, 038 237 880, 065-570 7836.

Pan Pan Cafe Bar, Terminal 21, Pattaya, Tel. 086-392 3288 The Thai Garden Terrace Restaurant offers nightly dining presentations with different themed “all you can eat” buffets at the resort poolside: Monday – Italian buffet; Tuesday – BBQ buffet; Wednesday – Duck buffet; Thursday – German buffet with roasted pig; Friday – Asian Delights buffet; Saturday – international buffet; Sunday – Steak & Skewers buffet. The buffet starts from 6 p.m., runs until 9 p.m. All this for just 499 baht net per adult. 299 baht for children under 12. (Kids under 4-years old eat free).

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Jameson’s since – 2004 When does a pub become a local feature? Jameson’s Irish Pub opened its doors in 2004, so after 15 years, I think Jameson’s could be regarded as a local fixture.

Recently it changed from being very large, to being cozier, after splitting off the pool table area and developing the space as the Portofino Italian restaurant.

This still leaves Jameson’s with the long bar, the ‘library’ with large Chesterfields, a dining room and a general imbibing area. Irish pubs are notable for the use of wood and Jameson’s has a veritable forest both underfoot and on the walls.

There is also an al fresco dining area outside overlooking

the street for the smokers.

Numerous TV’s are there to cover all the sporting events.

Jamesons has also been well known for its food, well cooked and large portions as well as beers and spirits, and the Dining Out team visited to sample the fare.

If you are not completely sure of its location, you can be forgiven. Reason being that Jameson’s is actually slightly off the ‘beaten track’, but even for newbies it is very easy to find.

Coming from Second Road (Sai 2), turn right into Soi 4 (on your right at the Bangkok Bank) and follow the road up and round to the right and it is there, next to Nova Park and Portofino on

your left. Another way to get there is to come from North Pattaya Road, turning left into Third Road then right at the blinking yellow traffic light (which leads to Big C on the other side of the road).

Follow that soi all the way down to the T-junction at the end and turn left and Nova

Give yourself time to peruse.

If you are a late riser, breakfasts begin at B. 145 through to the traditional English breakfast at B. 199, which is available through the day.

Salads are B. 124 to 195, followed by sandwiches at B.195-245, then pastas

Chicken fajitas sizzling and delicious.

Jameson’s Hamburger with all the extras.

Chicken in the basket, served with French fries.

Park, Portofino and Jameson’s is there on your left.

The menu is a physically large one with food on one side and beverages on the reverse.

Heineken beer is B. 130 for a pint, while imported beer is B. 220. Wine by the bottle is around B. 1,400, and Prosecco for some celebratory fizz is B. 1650.

B. 185-250 (or pop next door to Portofino).

Grills are B. 395-495 then the mains which are all around B.245 and very traditional pub fare, such as fish and chips, roast chicken, pork chops and pies.

Burgers (with the lot) are B. 295 and fajitas B. 325-375.

We ordered a hamburger, with all the extras, like bacon,

cheese, onion and chips, and a chicken fajitas (Mexican - so say “faheetas”) which comes on a hot plate with onion and capsicum and with chopped tomato, sour cream and guacamole on the side and you make yourself a wrap with the supplied soft tortillas. We also had a chicken in a basket (B. 295).

Great eating, and as I always say, food should be fun!

Jameson’s Irish Pub may not be as Irish as Paddy’s Pigs, but it remains a very pleasant

place to sink a couple of jars.

Comfortable surroundings and friendly staff. We will put it on our regular list.

Jameson’s Irish Pub, 80/164 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR), Central Pattaya. Secure parking. Open seven days 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday to Sunday, plus a roast on Sundays, telephone 038 361 874, email info@jamesons-pattaya. com, and www.jamesonspattaya.com.

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From page 25 at www.thaigarden.com under “buffet reservation”.

Thai Garden Resort is located on North Pattaya Road, 200 meters from the Dolphin roundabout and 200 meters before Tesco Lotus.

Indian Lamb Curry at Yupins. Lamb fillets and leg, homemade ghee and fresh home ground spices. Spicy sauce includes sultanas, raisins and cranberries Served with popadom, roti, homemade mango chutney and cucumber raita. An Amazing Experience! Only 350 baht.

And a quick reminder that your favourite Oysters from Normandy are now arriving every Friday fresh the same day. Try them! For reservations, call 038 250394 or visit website: www.yupins.com edge restaurant, Hilton Pattaya invites you to discover a unique ‘7 Days 7 Themes’ lunch buffet, the well-known lunch concept featuring a variety of favorite selections and some of the world-famous dishes served with a panoramic view of Pattaya bay. Monday ‘Smokehouse Grill’ at THB 580 net. Tuesday ‘Mediterranean Classics’ at THB 580 net. Wednesday ‘Burgers, Sandwiches & Salads’ at THB 580 net. Thursday ‘Hawker Highlights’ at THB 580 net.

Friday ‘Beachfront Seafood Grill’ at THB 650 net. Saturday ‘Wok and Roll’ at THB 650 net. Sunday ‘Edge Sunday Brunch’ at THB 1,500 net.

Oven roasted German Goose at Casa Pascal Restaurant. Served with all the

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traditional Trimmings, Braised red Cabbage, Glazed Brussel Sprouts with Onions and Bacon, Potato Dumplings, Roasted Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Goose Jus. Goose is only available upon pre-order. Only 2 Geese are prepared per day. Order and pay for the goose a minimum of 2 days in advance. For reservations call 061 643 99 69.

Pattaya Soul Club presents Souled Out. The very best of Northern-Motown-Soul.

Friday 13 December 2019 at Hemingway’s Jomtien. 500 baht entry fee. Doors open at 8pm. Free flow of wine and San Miguel 8-10pm. All proceeds to Kate’s Project Pattaya. No need to book in advance. Just show up.

Hobbies 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 from the Bangkok Highway underpass). Here can you exchange stamps from the whole world. Call 089 091 3418 for more information and directions.

Multi Chambers Networking The Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce (NTCC) proudly presents “Multi Chambers Eastern Seaboard Networking at Ana Anan Resort & Villas Pattaya on 15th of November 2019.

Time: 18:30 - 21:00. Members and friends in Samutprakarn, Chacheongsao, Chonburi,

Lemon and garlic prawns Prawns are a perennial favorite, and with Pattaya being a seaside tourist venue, prawns are very cheap. Even the larger shopping centers have fresh prawns where you choose your own.

This recipe is for a very easy stir-fry, but one that is very flavorsome. Preparation takes 5 minutes, cooking 10 minutes and on the table in 15 minutes from go to whoa. Serve with Jasmine rice which you have staying hot in your rice cooker.

Ingredients Butter Parsley, chopped Garlic, minced Prawns, shelled Lemon, juiced White wine Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Serves 4 2 tbspns 1 bunch 3 cloves 500 gm ½ 75 ml

Cooking Method Remove heads and tails and the shell from the prawns, and also the vein down the back of the prawn. Rinse and set to dry on an absorbent towel.

In a large frying pan or wok, heat the butter over gentle heat. Once melted, add parsley and garlic and stir-fry gently for 30 seconds.

Now add prawns to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until pink. Add lemon juice, white wine and seasoning. Stir through for a minute or two to let the flavors combine, then serve, don’t overcook or the prawns go rubbery.

Rayong and those who have a business meeting in the area, are invited to join one of the best networking events of November! As 15th of November is considered as Entrepreneur’s Day in the Netherlands, a small gift ceremony to the well-performing Dutch SMEs will also take place. Legal update session from 15:30 - 18:00 hrs

by Baker McKenzie. A variation of international and Chonburi’s gimmick menus served in canapes style. Free flow of beer, wines and soft drinks. Tickets: THB 600 for NTCC and partner chambers’ members: THB 1.200 for non-members. Reservations: Tel 033 098 888 Email: reservations@anaanan.com

Rest & Recreation The Lost World is a beachfront water park, a themed jungle adventure attraction, part action and thrills, part relaxing tropical resort, all rolled into one destination. It is a world where the variety of attractions and activities is practically endless. Explore the waterfalls and rope bridges, take a ride on the newly improved lazy river, or speed down any one of the 12 water slides. You can cool off in any of The Lost World’s three swimming pools, a free-form main pool, a children’s pool, and a lap pool. Plus the Gulf of Thailand is a few steps away along Wong Amat Beach. School holiday rates start at THB 4,050++/night. Plus, free Kids Club entrance for 2 kids. Tel 038 301 234. eforea spa at Hilton Pattaya Two combination packages of body massage and facial treatment exclusively designed for relaxing tight muscles and nourishing your facial skin. ‘A Luxurious Spa Package’ will take you to a deep relaxation for 90 minutes with a traditional Thai therapeutic massage by herbal hot compress. Followed by full facial treatment, cleanse, scrub and moisturizing for 60 minutes.

A Luxurious Spa Package is priced at THB 5,000 net per person and THB 9,600 per couple. ‘eforea Journey of the Sense’ is for a short-time relaxation from head to toes.

Start from a 90-minute body massage followed by facial

treatment with a Chinese acupressure over your head and face. Priced at THB 3,900 net per person and THB 7,500 net per couple.

Today until December 2019. eforea spa at Hilton Pattaya is located on level 17 of Hilton Pattaya and opens every day from 10 am – 10 pm. Advance reservation is required. For more information or reservation, please call +66 38 253 000 or pattaya. eforeaspa@hilton.com

Shopping Black Friday Sale (-30%) at kvik Pattaya on Friday 29 November from 9am-9pm. kvik Real Danish Kitchens where the possibilities are almost endless. Let’s help to make your kitchen dream come true.

Visit us at Baan & Beyond, Pattaya City. Open Daily 10am7pm. Tel: 66 91 007 9275 Email: jacekpa@pattaya.kvik.co.th website: www.kvik.co.th/ stores/kvik-pattaya 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.

Sports The 4th Riviera Group Sports Day will be held on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the grounds of the Regents International School Pattaya from 09.00-19.00.

Participants include leading construction companies, various businesses, property agents, clients, tenants, friends, families and everyone associated with the Riviera Group. The purpose of the sports day is to create strong bonds of friendship and create an awareness of physical fitness and good health. All proceeds of the event will be donated to: 1) Khru Boonchu Foundation Home for Children with special needs. 2) Purchase of medical equipment for Banglamung Hospital. 3) Care for children of staff who have cancer.

Everyone Is Welcome. Entrance to the games is 200 baht per person. Food & Drinks and live entertainment all day. For more information please call Tel: Tel: 085 662 4888, 038-119097, 038-231455, 098-989-1324

Thailand Seniors Championship (ITF Grade A) returns to Pattaya on November 1622 2019. FITZ Club at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group will stage one of the world’s premier seniors’ tennis tournaments which is expected to bring in more than 250 top international players from 15 countries to compete for the prestigious ITF Championship title throughout the 7day event. For more information or to register for the ITF tournament, please visit For more information on the Royal Cliff Hotels Group and Fitz Club, please call; Tel: (66) 38 250 421 or visit: www.royalcliff.com and www.facebook.com/fitzclub

Theatre Ben’s Theater Jomtien presents TPO String Quartet from the College of Music, Mahidol University 8pm Sunday 1 December 2019. Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor” Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 No. 2. Omiros Yavroumis violin 1, Chanasorn Chantarapaoraya violin 2, Aibek Ashirmatov viola, Sarai Arsa cello. Tickets THB 1000 pp including free drinks of choice. Reservations strictly by email: benstheaterjomtien@gmail.com.

Dress code: smart casual, no shorts, no sandals. Website: www.benstheaterjomtien.com

Calling all singer actors and actresses! Bangkok Community Theatre will present The Essential Marriage of Figaro in a Dinner Theatre format at the British Club during March 2020. The show, adapted by Ian Robinson, is a studio opera sets in modern times, which tells the core plot of Mozart’s wonderful opera The Marriage of Figaro and uses Mozart’s original beautiful score. If you sing and act you can be a part of this exciting project. Auditions at Bistro 33, Sukhumvit Soi 33, Sub Soi 5. Bangkok, Saturday 23rd November 2pm & Monday 25th November 6:30pm. You do not need to learn anything from the opera for the audition, but you must be prepared to sing a solo song, and you must bring your own music along with you. You can sing something from the opera if you would like, and in that case, we will have a score available. Be well prepared with your song! For performers aged 16+. For complete information, including character descriptions and vocal requirements, please email: audition@bangkokcommunity theatre.com For registration: please complete the audition form and email it to: audition @bangkokcommunitytheatre .com

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Hamilton clinches F1 championship No. 6 at US Grand Prix Jim Vertuno Austin, Texas (AP) — Lewis Hamilton could have settled in for a nice Sunday drive to win the Formula One championship.

There was no chance he was going to do that. Not with history at his fingertips.

Hamilton wrapped up his sixth career F1 championship with a second-place finish at the U.S. Grand Prix, a race he led late until surrendering the position to Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in the final laps.

The 34-year-old British driver moved with one of the record seven titles won

by Germany’s Michael Schumacher. Hamilton has won the last three championships and locked this one up with two races left.

“Still we rise!” Hamilton shouted to his team over the car radio after the checkered flag.

Once he parked, Hamilton stood on his car and grabbed his head in both hands, then draped himself in a Union Jack flag. Minutes later, ri-

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Kenyan, Russian win Bangsaen42 Marathon Jetsada Homklin Runners from Kenya and Russia took the top spots in the Bangsaen42 Marathon 2019.

Chonburi Gov. Pakarathorn Thienchai and Pattaya Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome, the honorary head of the Chonburi Sports Association, handed out the prizes for the Nov. 3 race at the Bangsaen Heritage Hotel.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, left, of Britain, celebrates as Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, middle, of Finland, and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, watch following the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

val Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, whose run of four straight titles was ended by Hamilton in 2014, embraced him with a handshake and a hug.

The sixth championship moves Hamilton past Argentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio, the “Godfather” of F1 drivers who won five titles in the 1950s.

“It’s an honor to be up here with these (past) greats,”

Hamilton said.

Hamilton has been a dominant force at the Circuit of the Americas, with five wins here since it opened in 2012, but a poor qualifying left him starting from the third row in fifth. He said after qualifying he’d need a “miracle” to win, then tried to make it happen.

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Alexandra Morozova from Russia won the women’s event, while Kenyan Philip Lagat won the men’s race. (Continued on page 20)

Seniors’ Tennis Tournament this weekend at Royal Cliff The Thailand Seniors Championship (ITF Grade A) tennis tournament takes place this coming week, November 16-22 at Royal Cliff.

The Fitz Club – Racquets, Health and Fitness, with the Aspen Tree by Magnolia Quality Development Limited and Singha Corporation, will stage one of the world’s premier seniors’ tennis tournaments which is expected

to bring in over 250 top players from over 15 countries around the world.

A good lineup of international players from as far as Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Australia, America to countries close to home including Hong Kong, India and Singapore will participate and compete for the prestigious ITF Championship title throughout the 7-day event.

The Grade A tournament is considered the highest category in the Asia Pacific and offers the highest level of elite international competition.

The event features the 35+ Singles and Doubles Open.

For more information visit https://www.itftennis.com/ seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx? tournamentid=1100046013.

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