As seen on the net

Recent SakonNakhon You Tubes

Royal Birthday Celebration  video by websanom Aug 12, 2011


Unity Academy Celebrations (Love Season 2011) by Zintiara

NET NEWS

Thai Airline one way or the other

Reuters Aug 19, 2011 3:06am

• EDT Thai Air to launch new regional airline in July 2012

Aviation Week August 18

• Thai And Tiger Airways Win Political Reprieve

Political Outlook

xinhuanet (China)

• New Thai gov't likely to face demonstration

American Citizens

American Embassy  consular outreach services in Udon on Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 8:00 to 12:00 at the Napalai Hotel, 572 Pracharaksa Road, Muang Udon Thani,  tel:  Tel. 66-42-347-444

Thailand Tourism

• Thailand to shed 'sex tourism' tag soon

"...Thai diplomat said...on the sidelines of an event organized in Panaji (India)..."

Murder In Sakon Nakhon

Parts of this story have been in the news almost daily since the day a body of a young lady was found floating in a nearby river (Aug 13). Apparently blood along the shore alerted someone who discovered the body.  The culprit was quickly apprehended.
He was taken to the scene of the crime for a (seen on TV) "re-enactment."
Of course friends and family of the victim where at the scene during the re-enactment.
The distraught mother of the victim was consoled and slightly restrained by friends.
The online version of the story (in Thai) can be found at RYT9
The translated version can be fount at Google Translate. The computer translation is far from great.

Temporary respid (we had)

Light through medium rain for most of last night. Subsided during the early morning hours.

Weather seems to be traveling from the East South East.

Temporary respid from the looks of this Google satellite image.

Meanwhile I'll empty my water tanks into the pool.

Slight warming trend from the present 26C to 31C. 
The 'feels like' is another story, 41C by midweek.

Anti Drug Campaign a Suck Seed

Suck seed ชนะ VS สกลนคร .wmv‏ - YouTube การแข่งขันบาสเกตบอล "บาสเกตบอลเชื่อมสัมพันธ์ต่อต้านยาเสพติด 2554" โรงยิมส์บาส มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น วิทยาเขตหนองคาย ระหว่าง 6 สิงหาคม 54 ถึง 28 สิงหาคม 54 Suck ...

I must confess this headline in my Google Alerts made me turn my head. 

There's an English lesson gone haywire. 
Really that's not how you succeed. 
Think the team's name may be success?
But then I am reminded that the Thai language has a similarly sounding word meaning honor. 

Here's my Google translation:  

Team Honor beat Sakon VS. Wmv - YouTube.

Competitive basketball against drugs in 2554  at the Khon Kaen University basketball gym . between August 6, 54 and 28 August 54 honor ...


Have  a suck-seed-full day!! 

On-Line Television Alternatives in Thailand

Online TV streaming service TVU, which had previously been blocked in Thailand
is no longer blocked.

It's totally free.  You wont find pay service channels at TVU,
still there's plenty of great news and entertainment.

TVU enables viewing through their website at

http://www.tvunetworks.com/

Alternatively you can download the 

TVUPlayer

Signup for the service is  free and allows you to select and save your favorite channels.

Need to take a break from watching the movie or news.
Simply hit the pause button and go do what you had to.
When you're done with what you had to do, simply hit the start button.
The video continues where you left off. You didn't miss a thing.
The recording feature is available for a minute monthly fee

Floods persist - Death Toll at 31 - anticipate MORE

• eThailand 9:59 AM August 18
  

  DDPM  warns of flash flood until Aug 21

• Thai Meteorological Department 5:30 AM August 18
  

  Weather Alert
  "...isolated very heavy rain, is likely in much of the North and Northeast."

• The Nation August 18    
  

  Floods persist in 12 provinces 

• MCOT August 17     
  

  Thailand’s flood death toll reaches 31

Pool Quick Fill

Weather Warning (again!!)
 
.. widespread scattered rain with heavy rain in some North and Northeast areas.
The warning is in effect thru Sunday, August 21 Bangkok Post


Heavy downpour, which started at 1 PM and lasted for twenty minutes did help in refilling my pool.

At that rate the pool should be filled this afternoon.

Rains forecast thru Sunday, after which temperatures and especially the humidity should rise with real temperatures in the low 30s, feels like low 40's

 



August 16  Thailand Tourist Deaths Linked To Pesticide Medical News Today


August 14 Sakon FC at Ubon video by Zintiara

August 14 Miss Thailand Crowned  video by CiNNtv1

New Helicopters for the Thai Royal Navy readied for delivery 

 video by LockheedMartinVideos

 

Rice Price Rise forecast

Sakon FC won at Ubon 2-1

Streaming video was continuously interrupted due to poor service provider in Ubon.
The win did not lift Sakon FC from its standing. Sakon remains in eleventh place in the division.
Sakon FC next Hosts Amnat Charoen on Sunday, August 21.

Overnight high winds

Thought its was noisy neighbors until I stepped outside and saw a few trees uprooted and bushes bent.  I quickly retreated when airborne debris headed my way.

Drilling for Water

Don't see the logic in drilling for water here in town.  My monthly water bill is generally under 200 baht.  Our wash machine runs through at least three cycles per day

Damaged Crops, shrinking inventories cause of Rice Price Rise

• Rice Set to Climb as Thailand Imposes Curbs, U.S. Crop Shrinks - Bloomberg

Death toll still rising  from Indiana State Fair disaster

 

Poland no longer interested in joining EURO

Dog rescue draws international attention

Pool Chores

Some of my annual chores include draining and re-grouting the pool.
It's a four day project, with most of the time spent waiting for the new grout to cure.
Plenty of disappointed faces, especially since the waiting period is over the weekend.
After cleaning, my water tanks (6,000 liter 1,320 gallon) will fill the pool three quarter full.
Filling the pool to the brim will depend on the rain.  A tropical rain can fill the pool within minutes.

Thailand's political landscape is changing (the series) 

• Thaksin offers to be trade Ambassador National News Bureau of Thailand - NNT

• No plan to get Thaksin a new passport, says Yingluck - THE NATION