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discluded · 2 years ago

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@sinnadreams was actually going to put together some sort of more comprehensive timeline, but we discussed it and realized that we should be promoting behavior which respects their privacy!!!

BUT! I'm happy to some high points which are publicly known/they liked the posts so they know we know lol.

Mile and Apo as models (first meeting)

The earliest that we know is from Mile and Apo together on the runway. Mile says he actually remembers another show they did together where Apo was in front of him instead of behind him, but who knows. We actually have the approximate date of that show because Mile posted his shots on the runway to Instagram: August 10, 2013

The link to the video of the show with their cuts is above, you can see Apo peaking out from behind Mile in this shot.

Apo would have 19, Mile would have been 21. Based on what we saw, Mile only did runway for a couple of years (the last confirmed timestamp we have is he walked Gin&Milk BIFW 2015 which was Nov 7, 2015... he would have been 23). In the fashion season before that Mile was...in a boyband.

Apo continued to do runway up as a working actor (Apo at least walked BIFW 2017 in March 2017, when he would have been 23). Not all the shows are recorded, but we can guess they met/talked at the gym (their official meet cute!) sometime in 2013 or 2014.

Mile's graduation (same time, same place)

Mile had his university graduation on Dec 12, 2017, and Apo was in attendance to this graduation to support another friend. Mile would have been 25 and Apo would have been 23 🥰.

Mile liked this post and said something like WOW! but we never heard anything else about it. The series of photos were timestamped, so I'm sure they talked about it in private (like the fact they both played marbles growing up too, which they mentioned in a few interviews)

Actually, I have no cultural context for this but apparently 24-25 seems like the usual age range of people in Thailand graduating university? Bas, who was born in April 1997 graduated Sept 2022 so he also would have been 25.

A couple of other points of importance:

Mile was originally cast for MyEng in 2017, when he would have been 25. He turned the role down. MyEng was eventually released in 2020, and became Perth's breakout opportunity. :) Perth was born July 1994 so he would have been 25 when the show was shot/aired.

Apo's contract with Channel 3 expired in 2019 (he was 25). He apparently ordained for a month as a monk sometime that spring, then headed to New York. One of his reasons behind the choice was that he was graduating, his contract was expiring, he was obviously unhappy with the situation at work, and wanted to go live abroad.

Based on Apo's own tags, he moved to New York in mid December 2019. According to the HGSB interview, he lived in New York approximately 6 months so he would have been back in Thailand around June of 2020.

KinnPorsche Auditions

The audition process started in late Sept 2020 and went through early October

Apo and Mile met again at the audition. Mile recognized Apo but was too shy to approach him (as per his own admission both times). Apo remembered Mile but didn't remember his name, but went to greet him. They only talked to each other during the process and sat next to each other. They were both fast tracked through the audition process. There's dozens of vidoes online with stuff about the audition so you can find it.

Casting announcements occurred in November 2020. Mile had to cut his hair and there was no way he was gonna do it without the job offer lol.

KinnPorsche Filmania and the launch of Be on Cloud

The Filmania KPTS trailer was released January 2021. It's still online under BOC's channel, just hidden. I'm not gonna look for the link but it's not hard to find. It was slated to air March 2021.

Mile and Apo did a slew of promo in the year through spring. Obviously things were happening behind the scenes we don't know, probably issues related to funding.

Filmania's Kinnporsche the Series was formally cancelled mid July 2021 (July 13, 2021 according to the article) though there were rumors of cancellation through late June/early July.

Be on Cloud's Kinnporsche the Series was annnounced on August 29, 2022 with the Mafia Never Die and Hidden Message trailers.

By October 2021, they had secured Maserati's sponsorship and posted the trailer.

That's it! The rest is pretty easy to find yourself. Obviously Mile and Apo knew something was up probably as early as May of 2021, but they really scrambled to get funding and the series revived through July and August. Remember the new trailer was released at the end of August so they were already working and shooting and editing in mid August. I'm not gonna speculate too hard about what we can see for what else they did.

Hope that helps!

Is there any post or website where I can find a rough MileApo timeline? Like I known they walked that run way like 10 years ago but was that when they were in college or after they graduated? Same with the meeting at the gym and when did the old Kp get cancelled and the new kp announced. There are so many stories and moments that when you come into the fandom a bit later it's hard to figure out the timeline of everything.

sorry, i don't think anyone's made a comprehensive one (yet?). i know there's an old post that went around that kind of explains their backstory but some stuff in it is wrong, which we learned later as mileapo have talked more about their pasts, separately and together. or you can probably ask @discluded c:

#kinnporsche #kpts #kinnporsche lore #mileapo #mileapo timeline #soulmates #this intense soulmate energy

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absolutebl · 4 years ago

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This Week In BL

Feb 2021 Part 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

Ongoing Series Thai

Manner of Death Ep 11 - a nice beefcake twist, then another twist, plus proud gay dads. We are mighty pleased.

Cupid Coach Ep 4 - Unbearably boring. I’m out. We are not amused.

My Bromance Ep 9 - FINALE I watched it unsubbed (I’ve NOT been following since ep 3) and it looks like it has a nice cute happy ending. I’m now interested in binging it once good subs become available.

1000 Stars Ep 2 - was a lot better than Ep 1, the mains have okay chemistry, the kids are serviceable (child actors, shudder), but I’m really loving all the side characters. We are cautiously optimistic.

Ongoing Series Not Thai

You Are Ma Boy Ep 5 (Vietnam) - pacing still good, cuties are still giving it their all, solid little series with bumpy side couples, confession call & response continues apace.

To My Star Ep 7-9 FINALE (Korea) - quirky as all goddamn getup, but so fucking cinnamon roll tasty. Charming end. Recommended so long as you realize we are in Mr Heart style K-BL. (Also @coldties posted a killer MV for this one.) This one will get a movie rerelease like Wish You, hopefully also on Netflix.

We Best Love: No. 1 For You Ep 6 FINALE (Taiwan) - we got to see boyfriends being domestic af adorable with an ending that was a touch bittersweet but very college appropriate. With season 2 coming March 5 I am disposed to be VERY PLEASED.

What will we do with ourselves and nothing new out of Korea or Taiwan for two WHOLE weeks?

Stand Alone

I rewatched Wish You (2020 Korean series WISH YOU: Your Melody From My Heart now retitled - thank fuck - and available as a movie on Netflix). I have to say Yoon Sang Yi delivers some excellent pining. I’m not a huge insta-love person and there’s some character dev flaws, but it holds up really well and delivers more as a movie then it did as a series.

One of my favorite catches on the rewatch was the way Yoon Sang Yi’s jacket sleeves are always too long. It’s such a perfect little character trait. He is so shy and careful that he shrugs smaller into his coat, and also he hides his hands - when, as a pianist, his hands represent his self actualization and art. He only exposes them when making music... or holding Kang In Soo‘s hand.

Incidentally, I was moved to look these two up... both out of K-pop. (This is my shocked face.)

Breaking News

Lovey Writer dropped its official trailer at last, looking good and trope-filed. It’s set to start Feb 24th.

Top Secret Together dropped its first promo material (Thai, no eng subs). I’m excited about this one, it’s being lead out by an IRL couple.

My Engineer 2

The ME boys dropped an adorable gossip heavy promo vid. ME 2 is finishing up the script and will probably begin filming in April. It’s supposed to still release in 2021 (which makes me worry about post and explains a lot about some of Thai BL’s audio quality issues). With April filming, my guess is for an October (but more likely November) release.

Close Friend

Lay talked about his Close Friend project, which is a MV series from BOX Music featuring musically-inclined actors with established BL pairings so:

KimCop (MarkKit from Gen Y)

JimmyTommy (SaifahZon from Why R U)

JaFirst (LeoFiat from TharnType 2)

YoonLay (NottPun from YYY)

Y-Destiny

Perth talked about Y-Destiny (previous title Destiny) which presumably is already filmed because he said it will be on air at the beginning of this year. As this is a Cheewin project, expect it to be something odd, campy, and frenetic in the YYY style. My guess is they’ll wait until You Only Eat Alone has completed its run before airing Y-Destiny, because who can take more than one Cheewin at a time? No one. Not even Thailand.

KinnPorsche

Perth also talked about KinnPorsche. He said it would be on air... but that he wasn’t allowed to say the date, so we can hope this means they finally got distribution. (The excitement over the trailer probably helped - it has over a million views.) He also said they would start filming soon (so Feb/March) which means, if everything goes smoothly, a late summer release at the earliest. However, with an independent studio, high production values, big cast, and fight sequences I would expect KP to have more post than most BLs, so my guess is it will air towards the end of the year. (And I would be scared for quality if they tried for any earlier.)

KinnPorsche cast also continues to work the BL talk show circuit, they made an appearance on Sosat Seoul Say. Mile & Apo are adorable + good chemistry, in fact the whole cast is adorable with good chemistry, so I’m excited for this series.

Gossip

Cutest beans, Sam & Yu of We Best Love, have been dropping the most charming little lives ever. I’m so pleased we are getting a second season out of them. I can’t remember the title because, ya know, Taiwanese titles are beyond bonkers. But season 2 is listed now.

Hong Kong is reported to be filming its first BL Series (15 eps to air on VIUTV). It will be an adaptation of 2018 Japanese BL drama Ossan’s Love (maybe same title?). Like Cherry Magic this is an office romcom: 30s single man who isn't popular with women lives with his parents. When they kick him out, he moves in with a coworker. Turns out this guy has a crush on him, as does another dude from his office. Foundational tropes: Office romance meets forced proximity meets love triangle. I expect the style out of Hong Kong to be somewhat similar to Taiwan, however they are politically less independent of China Main (although culturally VERY different) so this series could be DOA (for gay) or get killed early in its run (see Addicted web series - or don’t see it, if you’re in China). Also, like the Japanese original (and unlike most Taiwanese stuff), expect VERY low heat. That said, 15 eps is nothing to sneeze at, even if they are only 15-20 min each. So I guess I am... intrigued?

Next Week Looks Like This:

February Update: Others that are airing but I’m not following:

Fools (Vietnamese) - I don’t think it’s going to end happily (it’s from the Stage of Love peeps), so I’m waiting to binge if it does

Brothers (Thai) - deals with taboo relationships from the Thank God it’s Friday people (this will not end well)

Happenstance (Pinoy) - I don’t follow Pinoy BL closely

One Day Pag-ibig (Pinoy) - ibid

Love or Lie (Pinoy) - ibid

The Alter (Pinoy) - ibid

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.

#thai bl #thaibl #bl 2021 #bl gossip #upcoming bl #my engineer 2 #kinnporsche #y-destiny #close friend project #ossan’s love #hong kong bl #chinese bl #taiwanese bl #Vietnamese BL #Vietnamese drama #pinoy bl #pinoy drama #lovely writer #We Best Love: No.1 For You

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thecomedybureau · 5 years ago

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Tim and Eric’s 2020 Tour Apparently Demands Mandatory Attendance

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Well, it’s pretty clear. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s gigantic world tour requires your presence as it is titled the Tim & Eric 2020 Mandatory Attendance Tour.

Indeed, they are hitting so many cities that you’ll have your chance to fulfill your obligation of going to one of these shows which spans Australia, the U.S., and Canada.

We’ll let Tim & Eric fill you in on the specifics of your legal requirements.

Here’s where Tim & Eric and co. are headed thus far:

Jan. 15 - Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre Jan. 16 - Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli Jan. 18 - Perth, AU @ Astor Theatre Jan. 20 - Adelaide, AU @ The Gov Jan. 21 - Melbourne, AU @ Hamer Hall Jan. 27 - San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre Jan. 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre Jan. 30 - Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre Jan. 31 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater Feb. 1 - Houston, TX @ Worthan Center/Cullen Theater Feb. 3 - New Orleans, LA @ The Joy Theater Feb. 4 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle Feb. 5 - Nashville, TN @ War Memorial Auditorium Feb. 7 - Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre Feb. 8 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre Feb. 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Feb. 11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre Feb. 13 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre Feb. 14 - Albany, NY @ The Egg Feb. 15 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall Feb. 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland Feb. 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre Feb. 19 - Detroit, MI @ The Masonic - Jack White Theater Feb. 20 - Indianapolis, IN @ Clowes Memorial Hall Feb. 21 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live Feb. 22 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Feb. 23 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater Feb. 25 - Minneapolis, MN @ State Theater Feb. 28 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre Feb. 29 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre March 2 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall March 4 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield March 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Theatre at Ace Hotel

You can get your tickets at http://www.timanderic.com/ right now (pre-sale code: BEEF)

#world tour #tim and eric #tim heidecker #eric wareheim

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thenextrush · 5 years ago

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Tim Minchin is back, with "Back" #timminchin #whatsoninperth #perth #comedy After selling out his national tour in record breaking time and receiving rave audience reviews across the country earlier this year, internationally renowned, award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer,

#Crown Casino Perth #Crown Theatre perth #Perth comedy shows #perth live shows March 2020 #things to do in Perth #Tim Minchin Enmore Theatre #Tim Minchin perth tickets #Tim Minchin ticketmaster #TIm Minchin tickets #what&039;s on perth

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blog-cosmosuniverse1 · 3 years ago

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THE STUPIDITY HAS NOT BEEN LIMITED TO CANADA AND THE USA

With more and more disastrous results from the vax, the world is starting to crumble.

It will not last much longer in the USA because Americans, used to freedom from tyranny, will not put up with this nonsense much longer.

Will Canada be able to follow? Our coming election may just turn the tide to get our freedoms back from the stupidity.

A Prison IslandAustralia is going back to its 1788 history as a penal colony, isolated and cut off from the world. Today, the island is once again home to prisoners—25 million of them.Australia’s first big step away from democracy came when international borders closed in March 2020. International arrivals have been limited ever since. The decision was made under the Biosecurity Act. In an emergency, the health minister is granted sweeping powers to prevent and control the arrival of diseases. When covid-19 arrived, the government was quick to test that power to its full potential.All those arriving are subjected to two weeks of quarantine at their own expense, costing thousands of dollars. More troubling still, the government has banned most people from leaving. Australia has one of the harshest border policies in the world. By banning its own citizens from going to otherwise welcoming countries, Australia is taking a page out of North Korea’s book.With the public safely contained, the government could turn its hand to the economy.Economic SuicideAustralia’s covid-19 response has delivered a staggering blow to the economy. Repeated snap-lockdowns have decimated businesses and families alike. Often giving less than a day’s notice, state leaders are forcing businesses to lock down on the spot. Only businesses deemed “essential work” can remain open in such times. For many, these measures are unsustainable. The result is an unemployment rate that has risen to 5.5 percent.Retail and hospitality have recorded an astounding 25 percent drop in income.During the latest lockdown, the federal government paid families au$700 per week to cope with the effect of being confined to their homes. To put that in context, the average rent in Sydney is $520 per week. Meanwhile, the unelected “health officials” who advise the state governments continue to rake in $12,000 per week.Between the loss of business and the government aid, the past two months have cost the government $17 billion. That represents a 2.5 percent hit to the gross domestic product in the September quarter. Sydney alone is bleeding out $1 billion per week.Economists and politicians are quick to assure the public that the economic suicide will be well worth it. “We’ve avoided 48,000 deaths on a per capita basis compared to what’s gone on in other countries, so you have to keep all of this in perspective,” amp Capital chief economist Shane Oliver told the Sydney Morning Herald. This is the opposite of perspective.Australia is a nation of 25 million people. Tens of thousands of families have had their savings obliterated. Countless businesses have been shut down for good. The elites who provide this “perspective” are not taking into account the debt future generations will be left with. Tens of thousands of lives are truly being destroyed.Normalizing MadnessTo keep the broader nation on their side, the federal and state governments must continually barrage the public with facts and figures. Every state has its daily briefings, where the waiting journalists are peppered with “new hot spots,” “case numbers” and “new restrictions.” (The death toll is rarely mentioned since it is so low.)The barrage of facts and misleading figures serves to normalize the increasingly deranged decisions made at the top levels of the Australian government. And the public seems blithely unaware—or at best accustomed—to the hysteria.But just take a snapshot of recent comments and consider if Australians would have stood for such nonsense two years ago.Victorian Premier Dan Andrews used his August 22 press conference to warn Australians of the risk of a sunny weekend: “Sunday is going to be quite a nice day, at home. … Otherwise, it will be lots of Sundays spent in hospital.” Such a statement two years ago would have garnered a deep belly laugh from Perth to Point Danger, but not anymore. We have become acclimatized to the madness.The South Australian chief health officer warned that spectators shouldn’t catch a football kicked into the crowd

lest they catch covid-19. You can’t sing karaoke, but you can sing at a wedding. You can eat in public, but it has to be sitting down.Perhaps we could laugh if the ramifications were not so dire. But the lunacy takes an increasingly dark tone when it is backed by action.Last week a rescue shelter in New South Wales shot all its dogs to prevent people traveling in to adopt them. A man who was videotaped sneezing in an elevator became the subject of a nationwide manhunt. Weddings, funerals, travel and other such vital and meaningful events in life are being limited or banned. Loved ones cannot visit a senior care facility or hospital without a jab. You can’t have guests in your house. Workplaces are moved from an office to home. Schools are either closed or kids must wear masks.The daily interactions that mankind not only desires but needs are being curtailed. The mental and emotional damage to the national and individual psyche is evident in the spike in depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide.God makes an explicit warning to our leaders in the end time: “Woe to those who issue harsh decrees, penning orders that oppress, robbing the weak of their rights and defrauding the poor of their dues” (Isaiah 10:1; Moffatt translation). God will not sit idly by while a nation like Australia—which once knew God through its ties to the British Empire—carries on down such a path.Australia keeps pushing on, driving a deep wedge into our communities. In states such as Queensland, mask wearing has become mandatory. A muffling barrier of light blue wherever you go is a good example of the barrier now forming in human relationships. The covid-19 crisis is, according to Joe Biden, “a crisis of the unvaccinated.” The mentality is very much the same in Australia.As vaccination rates gradually rise, more pressure is being applied to those who have refused the jab. The federal government has promised not to make the jab mandatory. However, Canberra has given businesses the green light to fire people who refuse.In the community, it is breeding an “us vs. them” mentality. The media is quick to stir the pot with a name-and-shame campaign. Lockdown violators are not just subjected to the iron fist of the law, but their lives are also plastered over the Internet. This happened two weeks ago with an “illegal” engagement party in Melbourne and a church group gathering in Sydney.The bitter divide is only set to widen as communities are punished for their low vaccination and high infection rates.Police StateAs frustration mounts against the state and federal governments, protests have begun to spark. To quell the dissent and enforce their non-science, nonsense policies, the states are turning to overwhelming police force.While most mainstream media refused to cover the story, videos have emerged of the heavy-handed response against unarmed lockdown protesters on the streets of Melbourne. More than 700 police descended on the protest, some on horseback and many more in full riot gear. With police helicopters overhead, the masked police forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray into the crowds.In disturbing scenes last month, a 12-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed by police after she and her sister refused to wear a mask at a western Sydney shopping center.In many of the lockdown cities, residents are limited to a 3-mile radius from their home. To enforce this, police are being taken away from other duties. Images of three or four police officers surrounding a sunbather or someone sitting alone on a park bench are becoming commonplace. One man of Polish descent told me his mother remembered having to carry papers to show the Nazis if you ever wanted to leave your own suburb. While Australia is no Nazi-Germany, there is no denying Australia is sliding down a path toward authoritarianism or even totalitarianism. And anyone who stands up against such measures is being shut down, shut up and shut in.As the police clamp down, remember that since mid-July Australia has averaged roughly

1.5 covid deaths per day, in a country of 25 million people. In the words of Tucker Carlson, “That has been enough to justify the end of Australia and totalitarianism.”The CureAs the nation continues to undergo its ghastly transformation, we are told by our political elites that there is cause for cheer. At 70 percent vaccination, we are assured the nation will unlock—maybe. Or when state health officials see lower numbers, they throw tidbits to the masses. For instance, last week New South Wales State Premier Gladys Berejiklian proclaimed that those who are vaccinated will receive a welcome reward; they can visit a hairdresser again. As if in some way this is good news in the light of all the aforementioned man-made catastrophe.Australia is the perfect example of a nation being poisoned to death by its own cure.Where is the hope? After all, in the nuclear age there are far more destructive forces than the coronavirus. The Bible is full of such warnings for us today. If Australia cannot handle covid-19, how can it stand up to a real threat like China? The truth is, there is no hope in man.

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idigitizellp21 · 3 years ago

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Stigmatisation Against The Healthcare Workers During The Pandemic

Trigger Warnings – Violence, Assault.

Our Healthcare Workers have established a system of protection and support for us, by risking their lives every single day, during this pandemic. With hard work and determination, they refuse to give up and continue to do their jobs in the face of any obstacles. They are not only facing the rage of this pandemic as humans but as healthcare professionals whose sole duty is to save lives. In return, all they ask for is a safe working environment, a steady wage, along security and respect for their job. Unfortunately, while we are pedestalizing our healthcare workers we forget that they too just want our support and protection for their lives. Rightfully so, they are our heroes with or without a pandemic, but sometimes all heroes want is to be safe. They have been essential but gravely undervalued during this pandemic.

Healthcare workers are suffering at the hands of blatant stigmatisation, abuse and threat to their lives, along with wrongful termination from their jobs and the unfair remuneration for everything they have done to save millions of lives, even while being drastically understaffed and with the shortage of medical supplies and protective gear. These issues are prevalent all over the world! In this article, we will explore one of the many problems faced by our healthcare workers, stigmatisation.

John Patrick Tan, an Infection Control Nurse, at Sta. Ana Hospital, Manila, says, “It is hard to face the stigma against us frontliners, because people think we are the carrier of the virus or we are living with the virus. Some of us struggle to accept that we’re risking our lives, We’re working with one foot in the grave.”

According to the map developed by Insecurity Insight with support from MapAction and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (https://map.insecurityinsight.org/health), over a third of the 1,172 cases of violence or threats logged for 2020 were related to COVID-19. Such incidents included arson of COVID-19 testing facilities, harassment of health workers on their way home, and violent responses to mask requirements. India alone accounted for 128 incidents, with Mexico recording 49. They state that the figures are much higher since a large number of cases go unreported, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

In India, during the beginning of the pandemic, healthcare workers were being evicted from their homes, as landlords and residents were convinced that they would, “bring home the infection and spread it among others.” Numerous doctors were sleeping on the hospital bathroom floors or were simply stranded on the roads with their luggage, with no place to go.

Maciej Pollowski, head of the ‘Healthcare in Danger initiative’ by the International Committee of the Red Cross, shared several cases of violence and abuse against healthcare workers throughout the world. In Naples, Italy, a patient with covid symptoms had been told to wait, out of anger he spat at a doctor and a nurse. In Guadalajara, Mexico, Jovanna, an ENT specialist was attacked with bleach thrown on her face. In June 2021, The National Health Service, England, provided their paramedics with body cameras as a result of the increase in attacks – 3,569 ambulance staff were physically assaulted by members of the public in 2020, 30% more than in 2016-17 combined.

Sadly we have only stated a handful of cases of violence, unjust behaviour and intolerance faced by our community of healthcare workers. Fear of the virus has been directed towards our healthcare workers causing this disease of stigmatisation. This discrimination has created a paradoxical situation for our healthcare workers – As they save millions of lives and put in all their effort and energy in saving everyone else’s families, no one is saving their lives and they are forced away from their families. The pandemic which started in 2020, revealed the inefficiency of governments worldwide to protect their citizens and today a year and a half later the healthcare workers are ensuring that the already vulnerable health care systems of their countries are not completely collapsing, leaving us unsheltered to the Coronavirus.

We would like to share with you a note of hope and kindness. In March 2020, a resident from Perth, Chris Nicholas set up a Facebook Initiative ‘Adopt a Healthcare Worker’ to connect Australian medical staff with people who can offer support. Their aim was to take care of their front liners who find it difficult to take care of themselves as they put their patients first, during this pandemic. The guidelines include checking in with the healthcare worker one has ‘adopted,’ providing meals which they can freeze, helping them with babysitting for their kids, even if it is on their day off, so they can rest. It involves mainly providing assistance to their healthcare workers in any way possible. The group says, “Let’s support those people who support us.”

A similar initiative was started in Idaho called ‘Idaho-Adopt a Healthcare/Frontline Worker.’ Healthcare workers join the group and share a bit about themselves with the other members (Non-healthcare workers), as well as a private Amazon wish list. Members of this group then “adopt” healthcare and other frontline workers and gift them small things from their wish list.

This is the support that our healthcare workers deserve, tenfold.

Owing to the examples stated above, it is our responsibility to completely eliminate any form of stigmatisation towards our healthcare heroes and constantly provide them with appreciation, reverence and unconditional support. Despite the grave stigma, our healthcare workers have been showing up, since the beginning of this pandemic, without any days off. They have put their lives on hold to serve us in the face of danger and utter disrespect for their profession.

Imagine you rush your loved one to a hospital tomorrow and find out that not a single healthcare worker is present. Would you regret your discriminatory actions then?

However, if you are a healthcare worker and have been affected by Stigmatisation, reach out to a counsellor or therapist. Always remember, counselling or therapy is an investment in yourself!

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Fishing on the beach at St Helens, Tasmania. Picture: SUPPLIED PROPERTY hunters have got their eyes on Tasmania’s regional areas, with interest rising substantially over the past year. With demand an indicator for price growth, this could be good news for homeowners in the north of the state — particularly the North East — who are considering selling. New realestate.com.au data analysed the growth in views per listing in August, compared with the COVID-19 lows of March for sale listings and April’s rental listings. The significant jump in popularity of regional areas is a nationwide trend and in Tasmania, the North East topped the charts with a 76.2 per cent lift in views per listing. The North East also recorded the state’s largest change for rental views on the site, with a 117.1 per cent surge. This data region covers a large area including Dilston-Lilydale, Georgetown, Longford, the Northern Midlands, Perth-Evandale, St Helens and Scottsdale-Bridport. // // Property market analyst Tony Collidge said affordability, a relaxed lifestyle and climate would be among the driving factors drawing interest to these towns. Tony Collidge. “Remember, prices in the North and North West are well below Hobart prices and in some cases less than half,” he said, “They are also more communal yet within a 30-minute to one-hour drive of major population centres and services.” Following the North East, the Central Highlands (69 per cent), Devonport (62.6 per cent), Meander Valley-West Tamar (59.4 per cent) and Brighton (46.7 per cent) each recorded huge growth in views per sale listing. REA Group director of economic research, Cameron Kusher, said regional markets had experienced some of the largest increases in views per listing, which indicates that since lockdowns commenced, people have had a “greater interest in regional areas”. “Whether this increase in interest in regional properties translates into a mass exodus from metro areas remains to be seen,” he said. “It does show a change in consumer behaviour, which is likely the result of Australians wanting more space, cheaper property and working from home.” In Tasmania’s rental sector, four regions recorded growth above 102 per cent: Burnie-Ulverstone (102.7 per cent), Hobart South and West (110.2 per cent), Hobart North East (112.8 per cent) and the North East (117.1 per cent). Mr Collidge said he would expect areas surrounding Hobart had higher levels of inquiry because almost half the population live here. “This is where most of the employment opportunities are, and this is where most services are available,” he said. The post North East home listing views grow 76pc from COVID-19 low appeared first on realestate.com.au. from news – realestate.com.au https://ift.tt/32KVNaU

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moremusic · 4 years ago

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Luke Penman(play pause play)

This week I talk to Luke Penman. Luke is the mastermind behind Play pause play.

Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself?

I’m 36, and my wife and I have two dogs, [Clover and Cooper].

I’ve been going to local gigs since I was 17 and one day just made a conscious effort to seek out more local music and couldn’t believe how much great stuff I was finding that was generally just going unsupported and unheard outside of the tiny local scene.

What is the history and why did you start play / pause / play?

play / pause / play is essentially a brand under which I’ve run a bunch of stuff.

It started probably around 2008 when I wanted an online place to promote local gigs, and host free MP3 downloads of artists performing in Adelaide soon. My theory was that if we made the music easier to discover – made it easier for people to learn the songs – then people would be more likely to come to the shows.

In 2011 I launched a local music podcast. Again, the intent was to make it easier for people to discover new local bands. I thought that if I could convince my mates to listen to the podcast occasionally, it’d be easier for me to get them out of the house and into the city to see these bands live.

I ran a couple of gigs under the ‘play / pause / play’ banner that tied-in with the podcast. They went well – pulling around 150 people – but because I was bringing in extra production and wanted to make sure everyone got paid decently, I was generally making a small loss on the shows.

I was made redundant from my job, and therefore lost the ability to cover those losses and couldn’t afford to keep running gigs.

That original podcast run went for 50 episodes, but I didn’t have permission to use the music. While I never had any complaints, I knew I was putting myself in a risky legal position and decided to put the podcast on hold while I volunteered in community radio.

I volunteered and worked at Radio Adelaide for five years, initially producing and presenting Local Noise as a weekly show with bands performing live-to-air before eventually changing the format to be a daily show, though funding pressures meant my role was made redundant and I was looking at starting again, again.

Through working in radio, I’d looked at automated radio playout systems and started thinking about launching an internet radio station that was focused on Adelaide’s live music scene.

While there’s no blanket umbrella music license for podcasts [you need to get approval from each artist, record label and/or publisher directly] there is an umbrella license for internet radio, so it’s much easier to do legally.

In 2018, I launched a crowdfunding campaign to make play / pause / play radio a reality: a 24/7 internet radio stream of 100% Australian music, with a big focus on artists performing in Adelaide soon.

That campaign was successful, and I was lucky enough to obtain a partnership with the City of Adelaide to get more funding, but ultimately it mostly just covered the costs and couldn’t afford to pay myself out of it.

For the past couple of years, I’ve been keeping the radio stream ticking along while trying to find work that will cover my bills and give me enough spare time to keep play / pause / play running.

COVID-19 has had a big impact on that, with some potential work drying up, venues unable to host gigs [and therefore unable to advertise on play / pause / play], and with artists unable to perform, I felt that it would be unethical to run another radiothon crowdfunding campaign in 2020.

Thankfully the Government of South Australia, which runs a contemporary music grant program through the Music Development Office, changed its grants program to better suit the current landscape, which allowed me to apply for funding to make a new podcast series.

Now I have the time, and funding for licensing fees, I’ve been able to create a new play / pause / play podcast series. Across 10 episodes, the new series will introduce listeners to 50 South Australian artists that I reckon they should hear.

The focus is definitely on getting South Australians to make local music a part of their lives, but music is inherently international, and these artists deserve to be heard around the world.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the music scene in Australia and Adelaide?

It’s certainly been painful.

I think that South Australia has done extremely well and we’re managing the pandemic about as well as anywhere can be, but the sudden shut-down massively impacted cashflow at every level of the industry.

All venues closed for a period of time. Some have started hosting sit-down gigs. There was a brief moment where it looked like we’d be able to have gigs featuring simultaneous standing and drinking, but a spike in cases meant things tightened again.

It has, of course, inspired innovation, with Sunny Side Uploads launching a high-quality livestream platform with donations for performing artists [and eventually being allowed to host a small crowd at their events as well], Knock Off Sessions streaming performances almost as soon as lock-down began before teaming up with local venue The Wheatsheaf, and Space Jams running virtual festivals with local artists which they’ve already parlayed into live gigs.

Due to requirements of having punters seated at gigs, capacities in our venues are massively reduced, so while many shows are “selling out”, it’s very unlikely to be sustainable.

Much of this has been possible due to the federal government’s JobKeeper program, which has provided businesses [and sole traders, which many artists will be] with funding to cover staff wages and is scheduled to reduce in amount and add stricter eligibility requirements in October before ending in March 2021.

Once that happens, the sector will likely struggle further.

I don’t believe we’ve had any gigs from touring bands as yet – even interstate Aussie acts – though many tours continue to be announced for future months where everyone hopes they’ll be able to go ahead.

I can’t speak too much for the rest of the country, but much of our music industry is based in Victoria, where our biggest outbreak of COVID-19 has caused the strictest lockdown. That’s currently due to end in October, but what things will look like at that point is still anyone’s guess.

Who are the local Adelaide bands we should know about?

That depends what you’re keen on!

We’ve got some great indie rock bands, from Towns to Teenage Joans, The Montreals, Oscar The Wild and heaps more.

There’s some brilliant pop being made here lately, from Electric Fields, George Alice, Stellie and Alpha Street.

If hip hop is more your thing, you should definitely check out Tkay Maidza, DyspOra, Oc3aneyes and Argus & The Liar.

If you’re into more experimental stuff, I reckon Lonelyspeck is one of the most intriguing artists in the world, plus we’ve got some great psych-rock from Sons of Zöku and Lost Woods.

If you’re more into dance, we’ve got acts like Motez, Strict Face and Faint One.

On the heavy side, I’ve been loving the hell out of The Daily Chase lately, plus there’s been some great stuff from Horror My Friend, Young Offenders and Madura Green.

If you’re looking for singer-songwriters, artists like Alana Jagt, Naomi Keyte, Kaurna Cronin and Max Savage will fill your cup.

Of course, you can’t go past some classic Australiana rock from bands like Bad//Dreems, West Thebarton and Dead Roo.

There’s 50 South Australian acts to be featured on this series of the play / pause / play podcast, and that’s really only scratching the surface of the great stuff we have here.

I’ve played more than 250 current South Australian acts on play / pause / play radio in 2019 and even that doesn’t cover everything. I only wish I had more time to devote to showcasing it all!

Who is the biggest band to come out of Adelaide in the last Decade?

The Hilltop Hoods are arguably the kings of Aussie hip hop, and inarguably the biggest band to have come from [and stayed in] Adelaide, and they’re still going strong, releasing their latest album in February 2019.

Other than that, Tkay Maidza has been making huge waves in Australia and the USA. Bad//Dreems have been hitting the road and turning heads all over the world, along with hosting the Fire Aid festival in Adelaide earlier this year which raised more than $200,000 for bushfire relief.

Teenage Joans are a quite new band, but play with the confidence of a band that’s been on the live circuit for decades. They came #1 in the play / pause / play Heaps Good 50 countdown for 2019 after they played more than 50 gigs in their first year as a band. They’ve just won triple j’s Unearthed High competition, so expect to hear a lot more from them soon.

What is your favourite venue to see bands in Adelaide, or SA?

I’m someone who absolutely prefers the more intimate shows, so while many people would point to Thebarton Theatre or The Gov, my most special shows have happened at the smaller stages, at places like the Ed Castle [RIP], Crown & Anchor, Jive and the Grace Emily.

I remember growing up in Adelaide and big touring bands bypassing the city, have you seen a change in the last few years and more bands touring Adelaide? I haven’t been out in Adelaide for a few years.

It’s a bit tough to answer because I’m so focused on those smaller shows and local acts.

I do remember that period in my early-to-mid-twenties when it felt like everyone was skipping Adelaide. You’d see someone wearing a tour t-shirt for an international band and scanning the dates on the back, you’d see that they played Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before flying over Adelaide to play in Perth and it hurt.

I think it got better for a while there, particularly in our peak festival period of Big Day Out, Soundwave and Parklife festivals bringing some huge acts to town before the bottom fell out.

The upgrades to Adelaide Oval meant a few more stadium shows could happen, and we’ve had a few major artists play in the parklands over the past few years.

It will be very interesting to see how that changes in a post-COVID-19 world, though. If touring acts need to quarantine for two weeks upon landing in the country, will they add more shows [and therefore more cities] to the tour in order to make it more worthwhile, or will they just skip Australia altogether?

My guess [and hope] is that we’ll see a new era of festivals with a big focus on Australian artists, and the various lockdowns will see punters hungrier to get out of the house and get to more gigs.

Finally, what are your plans for play / pause / play going forward?

Honestly, it’s quite up in the air at the moment.

The dream would be to get access to a physical space to record podcasts, radio and video content, as well as getting back into hosting gigs and expanding the offerings on the website and maybe releasing some local music vinyl, but that all takes so much time and simply won’t happen without real funding investment.

The podcast series will run for 10 episodes, and at a cost of $500 per episode just for music licensing, it’s not something I can cover myself after that.

I’m still hesitant to run another radiothon crowdfunding campaign because of how much everyone’s still hurting from COVID-19, so I’m not sure the best way forward.

At this stage, I’m focusing on making and promoting the podcasts. Once the series is done, I’ll have a moment to catch my breath and hopefully work out where to go from there.

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Cars rule as pandemic shakes up travel trends

By Neil G Sipe, University of Queensland

As with other parts of the global economy, COVID-19 has led to rapid changes in transport trends. The chart below shows overall trends for driving, walking and public transport for Australia as of July 17.

Australia-wide mobility trends for the six months from January to July 2020. Apple Mobility Trends

Unfortunately, the current lockdown of metropolitan Melbourne, which is at odds with trends in Australia’s other biggest cities, is skewing the national average. These data, provided by Apple Mobility Trends, are available for many cities, regions and countries around the world.

Updated daily, the data provide a measure of trends in transport use since early January 2020. The chart below summarises the changes since then in driving, walking and public transport for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Data: Apple Mobility Trends

With the exception of Melbourne, driving has recovered and is now noticeably above pre-pandemic levels.

Public transport use is still well below baseline levels. It is recovering – again except for Melbourne – but slowly. The exception is Adelaide where public transport is only slightly below the baseline.

Walking is doing better than public transport. Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth are slightly above the baseline, while Sydney is slightly below it. Melbourne is still down by about a half.

How badly did lockdowns affect travel?

The chart below shows the largest declines in driving, walking and public transport were recorded in the period April 4-11. Most of the lowest values coincided with Easter holidays. However, regardless of the holiday, this was the period when levels of transport use were lowest.

The declines are fairly consistent across the cities. For driving, the declines were around 70%. For walking, the declines ranged from 65% to 80%. Public transport recorded declines of 80-89%.

Data: Apple Mobility Trends

The recovery in driving is due, in part, to it being seen as having a lower risk of COVID-19 infection. People see public transport as the least safe because of the difficulties of social distancing on potentially crowded commutes.

A study in early March by an MIT economist amplified these fears by associating public transport in New York City with higher rates of COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, the research had some significant flaws. Health experts have since indicated there is little evidence public transport has been the source of any COIVD-19 infections.

Neverthess, public transport agencies are in serious financial trouble. In the US, experts are warning that, without large federal subsidies, public transport services are facing drastic cuts, which will impact where people live and work. Such shifts pose a threat to the economic viability of cities.

What is known about other transport modes? While comprehensive datasets are not available, evidence is emerging of the impacts on ride, bike and scooter sharing.

Ride sharing

As with all other transport modes, the pandemic has had big impacts on ride sharing. However some ride-sharing companies, like Uber, have diversified in recent years into areas such as food and freight delivery. These have provided much-needed revenue during the ride-sharing downturn.

Market analysts are predicting ride sharing will recover and continue to grow. This is due to need for personal mobility combined with increasing urbanisation and falling car ownership.

Bike sharing

Globally, transport officials are predicting a long-term surge in bicycle use. Cycling appears to be booming at the expense of public transport.

Beijing’s three largest bike share schemes reported a 150% increase in use in May. In New York City, volumes grew by 67%. Bike sales in the US almost doubled in March.

In response, many cities are providing more cycling infrastructure, with cities like Berlin and Bogota leading the way with “pop-up” bike lanes. New Zealand has become the first country to fund so-called “tactical urbanism”.

Melbourne has announced 12km of pop-up bike lanes and is fast-tracking an extra 40km of bike lanes over the next two years. Sydney has added 10km of pop-up cycleways. Use of some Brisbane bikeways has nearly doubled, leading to criticism of delays in providing pop-up lanes.

London intends to rapidly expand both cycling and walking infrastructure in anticipation of a ten-fold increase in bicycle use and a five-fold increase in pedestrians. This complements a £250 million (A$448 million) UK government program to reallocate more space for cyclists.

Paris plans to add 50km of pop-up and permanent bikeways in coming months. It’s also offering a €500 (A$818) subsidy to buy an electric bike and €50 to repair an existing bike.

Milan will add 35km of bikeways as part of its Strade Aperte Plan. The Italian government is providing a 70% subsidy capped at €500 for people to buy a new bicycle.

We will have to wait to see whether all this interest translates into longer-term mode change.

E-scooters

E-scooter use has declined, as has the value of e-scooter companies. Lime, one of the larger companies, was valued at US$2.4 billion (A$3.4 billion) last year but is down to US$510 million. Nevertheless, investor interest continues. Uber, Alphabet, GV and Bain and others put $US170 into Lime in May.

In Europe, ride-sharing company Bolt plans to expand its e-scooter and e-bike services to 45 cities in Europe and Africa this year. Another positive sign for this mode is that the UK, where e-scooters have not been street legal, has begun trials of rental e-scooters.

It is still too early to predict the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on transport. What the data show is that driving has recovered and is even exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Current trends suggest active mobility – cycling, scooters and walking – may gain mode share. Whether public transport can recover is questionable, unless a vaccine becomes available.

Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Maybe it’s the fear of American assassins coming for Abe that has prompted Japan to consider an entry ban on all American citizens. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13252339

Now let us look at what the dark side is up to. In the video at the link below, starting around the 15:20 mark, Bill Gates is calling for only people who have a vaccination certificate to be allowed to travel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5oQp-GVMJU&feature=youtu.be

The key battle to watch over the coming days will not be the one against the “pandemic” though, it will be the one over control of the financial system and thus the planet. On this front, any veteran market expert will tell you what is happening now is beyond a black swan event. The United States military did not call up one million reservists and move its headquarters to an underground bunker because of a mostly bogus coronavirus threat. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/eo-order-selected-reserve-certain-members-individual-ready-reserve-armed-forces-active-duty/

By the way, if you still do not think this pandemic is mostly hype take note of one thing: fewer people are dying now than before the so-called pandemic started.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/12-experts-question-covid-19-panic

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-saving-lives

Anyway, to understand why the planet is now moving into historically uncharted territory take a look at this NASA video of activity around the sun. I do not usually write about space stuff but this was sent to me by several trusted sources. It appears to show the solar system undergoing some sort of fundamental shift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1xitzfjGsY&w=660&h=372

The controllers of the old system with its G20, IMF, World Bank, and United Nations are pumping out trillions upon trillions of dollars in an attempt to keep their control grid intact. It is being advertised as well that the U.S. Treasury Department has taken over the Fed and will be handing out money to the common man. However, as Catherine Austin Fitts notes, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Austin_Fitts a former high-level establishment insider), control of the trillions of dollars being pumped out by the FED has been given to arch-cabal company Blackrock. “The guy who runs Blackrock was going to be Clinton’s Secretary of the Treasury. I used to work with Blackrock. NO PATRIOTS THERE!,” she tweets. https://twitter.com/TheSolariReport/status/1244275415688122374

Despite the increasingly desperate FED adding ever more zeroes to their promised numbers, their helicopter money is increasingly getting out of touch with reality. Creating dollars out of thin air means nothing to real-world restaurants, airlines and oil companies, etc. watching their businesses collapse. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-cure-risks-being-worse-110052807.html

One sign of the fiat collapse is the fact that physical gold and silver are now far more expensive than their paper equivalents. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/theres-no-gold-comex-report-exposes-conditions-driving-physical-supply-problems

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gold-now-unobtanium

What is interesting though is that the Perth Mint in Australia, still has physical gold and silver for sale. https://www.perthmint.com/covid19.aspx

The Perth mint is the only mint acknowledged by the Western financial system that is smelting Asian off ledger gold. This is especially interesting since three Chinese warships just sailed into Sydney harbor, apparently without the knowledge of the Australian military. Has China just seized control of Australia? https://www.facebook.com/9News/posts/3221341631246985

The Russians have also made a huge move by de facto seizing the world’s largest oil reserves in Venezuela. The Russian government now owns them. This means any move by the Washington DC regime to seize Venezuelan oil will lead to war with nuclear-armed Russia. https://tass.com/economy/1136999

The FED is now obviously losing control of the petrodollar as the price of some grades of oil is falling to $4 per barrel. Experts are now predicting oil prices to go negative as the world runs out of places to store the stuff. https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/the-worlds-on-the-brink-of-running-out-of-places-to-put-oil

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/unthinkable-happening-oil-storage-space-about-run-out

It is interesting to note Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said on Israeli TV that the pandemic “might take two months, it might take three months, it might take a bit longer but that is the plan.” Then we have a Rabbi telling the Jews not to worry because the coronavirus is “only for the goyim.” https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=143280

Interestingly the Satanic number 666 is again popping up in various news reports these days. Two examples are linked below.

https://tass.com/russia/1136925

https://dnyuz.com/2020/03/29/what-social-distancing-looked-like-in-1666/

These BBC and Fox News stories are hinting that asteroids will be used next to scare people after the pandemic show fizzles to an end.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/us-detects-meteor-explosion-10-times-the-energy-as-atomic-bomb-report

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47607696

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2020%20DP4

The “strategic thinkers” may have known their fiat-based control grid was mathematically doomed to lose touch with reality. However, they apparently failed to see the collapse of the old control grid paving the way for a phoenix-like rise of a new age. Soon our concrete and steel cities will become green with vegetation and filled with abundant animal life. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/utrecht-rooftops-greened-plants-mosses-vertical-forest

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Women's T20 World Cup: Thailand's remarkable rise to first global tournament

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Women's T20 World Cup: Thailand's remarkable rise to first global tournament

Thailand captain Sornnarin Tippoch celebrates her side taking a West Indies wicket in their T20 World Cup debut

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 Venues:Sydney, Perth, Canberra, MelbourneDates:21 February-8 March Coverage:Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on all games on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport website & app; in-play highlights (UK only) & live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app – fixtures & results and latest tables

Sornnarin Tippoch cried when she left the stage after the Women’s T20 World Cup captains’ pre-tournament news conference in Australia.

It was the culmination of a 13-year journey for Tippoch and her team, who face England in their second group match on Wednesday in Canberra (04:00 GMT).

Just being at the tournament is a victory for Thailand – but they are not here to be patronised. They showed that in their opening match against West Indies.

A struggle with the bat contrasted with some sharp fielding, including a direct-hit run out that gave them their first World Cup wicket.

“The girls, and everybody in the team, have made a lot of sacrifices and put in a lot of mental and emotional effort to be here,” head coach Harshal Pathak told BBC Sport.

“We are going to compete hard, we are going to give it our best – and let’s see how far we go.”

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From 40 all out to biggest stage of all

Forty was the number that followed Thailand around for the first few years of their development.

That was the score they were bundled out for in their first international match, dismantled by Nepal as they chased 96 at the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Tournament in 2007.

Tippoch, 33, was one of the first players approached when a Thai women’s team was originally mooted.

There was no women’s domestic cricket league, with the sport mostly played by expats in the country, so players were often recruited from softball and hockey leagues.

It meant that a lot of them were young and inexperienced when they were brought into the national set-up. Batter Nattakan Chantham was just 12 when she made her debut, while Suleeporn Laomi was a track and field athlete.

“They are a great group of people. They are always smiling and you will rarely find anybody sitting alone or sitting quiet,” added Pathak.

“There’s a strong camaraderie between them. They stay together in Bangkok. It’s a great, huge family that enjoy each other’s strength and company.”

There is now a pool of more than 50 coaches across the country, ranging from advanced to beginners, but a balancing act is still needed for many of the players.

Naruemol Chaiwai, who produced the stunning run out in the opening match, told Emerging Cricketthat her mum had told her to stop playing.

“I went from being a class topper to being at the bottom,” she told the website, who have supported Thailand throughout their rise to the T20 World Cup.

“The turning point was when I represented the under-19s and got a tournament fee. I gave it to my mum and we both realised that there may be an opportunity to make a living representing the country.”

Laomi joined Sydney Thunder in 2015 as an associate rookie for the Women’s Big Bash League, which is arguably the best Twenty20 competition in women’s cricket.

She spent two weeks with the Thunder, training alongside West Indian Stafanie Taylor and Australia legend Alex Blackwell, taking the first step on the path towards regular international cricket.

This work – developing players as cricketers while allowing them to pursue interests outside the sport – has paid off handsomely.

They beat Ireland, Netherlands and Papua New Guinea, arguably more established teams, to reach the World Cup, and on the way won 17 consecutive T20 matches – a record in women’s cricket.

Tippoch (far left of the front row) with the rest of the captains at the Women’s T20 World Cup

‘They could be the heroes of Thailand’

Thailand have made the nation’s culture part of their cricket. Tippoch presented Taylor, who captains West Indies, with a gift before their first match.

At the end of each game, the Thai players stand in a line and offer a ‘Wai’ to the crowd – a greeting where the players join their palms in front of their chest and bow to all four corners of the ground.

It is a way of expressing gratitude and respect, and opposing captains often greet Tippoch with a Wai as they meet for the coin toss.

“Now, people at home have players to look up to – they could be the heroes of Thailand,” Pathak said.

“A lot of teams can take inspiration. If we can do it, any team can do it.”

The worry with Thailand – or with any team that arrives at a global tournament for the first time – is that they will become a novelty act; something for the media to coo over.

But this is a team that are serious about developing their game. They were frustrated with their batting performance against West Indies, knowing that they had left at least 40 runs out on the field in only totalling 78. Their ground fielding is arguably one of the best in the competition.

After a warm-up match against New Zealand, the two teams sat down in three groups; one for the batters, one for the bowlers and one for the fielders.

The White Ferns offered them advice,from how to rotate the strike to saving extra runs in the field. The teams then danced with a group of Thai fans, who had been watching on.

It is with this sort of advice, and this sort of experience, that the women’s game will continue to grow. For so long, England and Australia were the big hitters, with India now making up the big three. Each team at this World Cup has matchwinners. The standard of batting in particular has grown in the women’s game, with players clearing the ropes more often than before, and it ultimately makes for a more competitive World Cup.

Some might have looked on Thailand as a novelty. But when this tournament finishes, they will remember the fielding, and the bowling, and especially the love and joy that they bring to their cricket.

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Whitbread Opens First hub by Premier Inn Hotel Outside of London’s Zone 1

Whitbread has opened the first hub by Premier Inn hotel outside of London’s Zone 1. The new 89-room hub by Premier Inn West Brompton is located on Lillie Road, adjacent to West Brompton Underground station and opposite the Earls Court development site. Whitbread committed to a 30-year lease on the completed hotel building, which increases Whitbread’s network of hub by Premier Inn hotels to nine locations across London with a further five locations (more than 900 rooms) on-site or in planning.

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In the wake Four Tet’s remix of Tame Impala’s ‘Is It True’, Music Feeds found itself with a burning question. What other Tame Impala remixes were out there? And, of these, which could be counted amongst the very best? Having given the matter no small amount of consideration, here are our top eight picks.

1. ‘End of Line’ (Remixed by Tame Impala) – Daft Punk (2011)

One of Kevin Parker’s early career highlights arrived when on tour in Paris. Learning musical heroes Daft Punk had been in the audience during his concert he was ecstatic. Sharing the news backstage with Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT, a slightly embarrassed Parker was informed one of the members of the iconic French duo (Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo sans robotic helmet) was standing right beside him. Nevertheless, Parker must have made a good impression as he was later invited to remix a track on Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy Reconfigured. With the release of Daft Punk’s follow up to 2013’s Random Access Memories looming, an appearance by Tame Impala is heavily rumoured.

2. ‘Cause I’m A Man’ (HAIM Remix) – Tame Impala (2015)

Danielle Haim has been a Tame Impala fan since witnessing Kevin Parker and company in action on one of the band’s first international tours in 2009. “I was in Japan playing the summer sonic festival with Jenny Lewis as her guitar player,” Danielle wrote via Instagram after the release of HAIM’s standalone Currents remix in 2015. “On a day off of the festival, we played a sideshow at Astro Hall in Tokyo with a band from Australia I’d never heard of called Tame Impala. I remember standing in the crowd and not really understanding how this MASSIVE sound was coming off the stage with just four people playing. They were one of the best bands I had ever seen live. When I went back to my hotel, I downloaded their EP immediately — told my sisters to also — and since then we’ve seen their incredible shows all over the world at various festivals and loved every record. So needless to say, when we were asked to do this remix we jumped at the chance! But we’ve never really done a ‘remix’ before so we decided to put out our own spin on the song.”

3. ‘waves’ (Tame Impala Remix) – Miguel (2016)

The release of third Tame Impala album Currents in 2015 saw Kevin Parker cross over from the realm of indie rock to the world of mainstream pop. A string of high-profile collaborations followed in 2016, further cementing Tame Impala’s reputation. In January Rihanna released Tame Impala cover ‘Same Ol’ Mistakes’. A chart-topping collaboration with Lady Gaga titled ‘Perfect Illusion’ arrived in September. Sandwiched in between was a remix of ‘waves’ from pop star Miguel’s 2015 album Wildheart. A standout track from the Rogue Waves compilation, Parker’s reimagining has been streamed more than 71 million times on Spotify alone.

4. ‘Let It Happen’ (Soulwax Remix) – Tame Impala (2017)

One part rave anthem and another rock epic, Currents opener ‘Let It Happen’ made known to the world that the music of Tame Impala was ready to push away from genre boundaries. Belgian duo Soulwax’s remix, which appears in 2017 Currents bonus vinyl B-Sides and Remixes, toys with the mutant nature of the song, emphasizing its floor-filling funk-rhythms and trance-like feel with mesmerizing effect.

5. ‘Reality in Motion’ (GUM Remix) – Tame Impala (2017)

Jay Watson joined Tame Impala in 2007 and has been a friend of Kevin Parker’s since both were teens. He is the only person to ever receive a co-writing credit on a Tame Impala song, contributing to both Lonerism‘s ‘Apocalypse Dreams’ and ‘Elephant’ in 2012. Watson’s 2017 remix (under his GUM alias) of ‘Reality In Motion’ reflects he and Parker’s mutual affinity for drumming, vintage synths, and neo-disco sounds.

6. ‘Gotta Get A Grip’ (Kevin Parker Remix) – Mick Jagger (2017)

Following the separation of his parents at an early age, Kevin Parker had a difficult relationship with his father Jerry. Yet while they differed in many respects, their love for classic rock remained a common ground. While Jerry passed away from cancer before the release of first Tame Impala album InnerSpeaker in 2010, there are moments in his career Parker is confident would have made his father proud. Not least amongst them is receiving an invitation from Rolling Stone Mick Jagger to remix ‘Gotta Get A Grip’ in 2017. “Wanna tell you ’bout the time,” Parker sings of the experience on fourth Tame Impala album The Slow Rush‘s most emotionally charged songs ‘Posthumous Forgiveness’, “I had Mick Jagger on the phone. I thought of you when we spoke.”

7. ‘Guilty Conscience’ (Tame Impala Remix) – 070 Shake (2020)

Both Kevin Parker and Danielle Balbuena contributed music to Kanye West’s Ye album closer ‘Violent Crimes’ in 2018. Parker again worked with the 23-year-old New Jersey up-and-comer in August this year, this time delivering a spaced-out remix of ‘Guilty Conscience’ from 070 Shake’s debut album Modus Vivendi.

8. ‘The Slow Rush In An Imaginary Place’ – Tame Impala (2020)

This last entry arrives oddest of all. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic putting Tame Impala’s touring commitments on hold in 2020 Kevin Parker has taken a more imaginative approach to releasing music. First came a 17-minute dance mix of ‘One More Year’ for NTS Radio’s ‘Remote Utopias’ fundraising Livestream in March. Shortly after came a remix of The Slow Rush in its entirety. “I made something for all you isolators out there,” Parker wrote via Instagram at the time of this less-than-conventional releases. “I call it The Slow Rush In An Imaginary Place… Headphones required for a fully immersive effect. See you in there.” Overdubbing prerecorded sounds from a live audience while drenching songs in cavernous reverb, Parker’s tripped-out spin on The Slow Rush sits halfway between Tame Impala concert and aural hallucination.

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Rock Report for 8/10/20

After announcing their rescheduled North American tour dates last week, Guns N' Roses have revealed their rescheduled European tour dates in June of next year."Hey Gunners, picking up where we left the rock off last week, most of our 2020 European Tour dates are being rescheduled to June of 2021. The dates kick off in Lisbon, Portugal on June 2nd, 2021," the band said in a statement. They added, ""Unfortunately, due to routing and venue availability issues that developed during the postponement process a select few shows were not able to be rescheduled and have been cancelled." The European tour, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Metallica have dropped "Moth Into Flame" from the band's upcoming live concert album S&M2.

According to Setlist.fm, the song was debuted live for the first time at Webster Hall in New York on September 27, 2016. The group performed the song with Lady Gaga at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in 2017.

S&M2, which will drop on August 28, will feature performances from Metallica's 2019 concerts with the San Francisco Symphony at the Chase Center in San Francisco. S&M2 will be released in a variety of formats, including a digital album and four-LP-vinyl, two-CD, DVD, and Blu-ray versions, and a limited-edition Deluxe Box will contain four color-vinyl LPs, two CDs and Blu-ray, as well as sheet music, guitar picks, a poster and more.

The band have previously shared "Nothing Else Matters" and "All Within My Hands" from the concert album.

Rod Stewart announced that his Australia and New Zealand tour of The Hits has been postponed.

The Tour, originally scheduled for October and November of 2020, will be rescheduled to 2022.

"BUT I'll be there in 2022, March and April, and it's going to be GREEEAAAAT," the British rock singer said in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday. He assured that the original tickets will be honored for the concerts two years later. The new schedule kicks off in Perth on March 12. The Canberra leg of the tour has been canceled.

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Is it ‘Too Late’ to Buy Gold, Silver?

By Patrick A. Heller

Ignoring the effects of inflation of the money supply, the price of gold this week reached an all-time record high, closing on the COMEX on Aug. 5 at $2,031. Silver’s COMEX close on the same day of $26.87 was the highest for that metal since April 11, 2013, more than seven years ago!

From gold’s COMEX close on March 19, 2020, at $1,470.75, the price had risen 38.1 percent by Aug. 5. Since silver’s COMEX close on March 18, 2020, at $11.74, silver soared 128.9 percent by Aug. 5.

The question we are starting to hear is if it is “too late” to get in on the current boom in gold and silver prices. Part of the difficulty of answering such questions with certainty is that we will not know where the market will peak until after the fact.

However, past market boom cycles (which don’t guarantee future results) indicate the answer to such questions is no.

Let’s review what happened with gold and silver prices during The Great Recession of 2007-2009 and the aftermath. Let’s look at gold first.

My company’s working spot prices, which approximate the daily COMEX closes, show for gold:

March 18, 2008: $1,003.25, the last time gold closed over $1,000 for the rest of the year.

Oct. 31, 2008: $731.75, the lowest gold close during the Great Recession.

Feb. 20, 2009: $1,004.25, the next time gold’s price topped $1,000.

Nov. 9, 2009: $1,101, the first gold close more than 50 percent above the Oct. 31, 2008, bottom.

Aug. 5, 2010: $1,197.25, the last time gold closed below $1,200 before it soared to its August/September 2011 peak.

April 8, 2011: $1,473.50, the first gold close more than 100 percent above the Oct. 31, 2008, bottom.

Aug. 22, 2011: $1,897, the highest gold close until this past week, although intraday trading on some days in August and September 2011 reached prices as high as almost $1,924.

From the Oct. 31, 2008, bottom to the Aug. 22, 2011, peak took 1,025 days. Over the first 374 days, (Nov. 9, 2009 –over 36 percent of the total time period), gold was only able to achieve a 50 percent price increase. In the final 382 days of the boom (36 percent of the boom period), from Aug. 5, 2010, to Aug. 22, 2011, gold enjoyed over 60 percent of its total price rise over the entire 1,025 days.

The pattern is even more dramatic for silver. Here are my company’s working spots, which again approximate COMEX closes:

March 5, 2008: $20.69, the peak from which silver prices started to decline.

Oct. 28, 2008: $9.39, the lowest silver close during the Great Recession.

Dec. 1, 2009: $19.17, the first day silver’s price doubled that of the Oct. 28, 2008, bottom.

Sept. 13, 2010: $20.11, the first time silver again topped $20 from the Oct. 28, 2008, bottom.

Dec. 28, 2010: $30.30, the first close above $30 from the Oct. 28, 2008, bottom.

April 8, 2011: $40.60, the first silver settlement above $40 from the Oct. 28, 2008, bottom.

April 29, 2011: $48.59, the highest silver close since January 1980.

From the Oct. 28, 2008, bottom to the April 29, 2011, peak took 913 days. From the bottom, it took 685 days (75 percent of the time) for the price of silver to rise barely 27 percent of what it eventually reached. Over the following 228 days (25 percent of the time), the price of silver enjoyed almost 73 percent of the price increase during this boom.

In the last boom cycle around a decade ago, gold rose 159.2 percent and silver 417.5 percent from the market bottoms. That indicates that the August 5, 2020 increases of 38.1 percent and 128.9 percent from their lows less than five months ago are just a small fraction of how far prices could rise in a boom market.

Also, as you can see from these patterns of gold and silver prices during the previous recession, the largest part of price increases occurred during the latter stages of the boom.

There is no crystal ball for how high gold and silver may reach. Both metals have already surpassed what some experts projected. Still, there are some major brokerage firms projecting that gold may reach as high as $3,500 within the next year or so. These same “experts” are mostly quiet about silver’s potential.

Early in 2020, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) published its 2020 forecasts (posted at https://ift.tt/2DtKTwt) from 30 noted precious metals experts on the prospects for gold in 2020, and from 27 experts for silver. For gold, the average of all 30 forecasts for gold’s low, average, and high prices for 2020 were $1,444, $1,559 and $1,689. Ross Norman, the former CEO of Sharps, Pixley (a company that formerly was one of the five that established the London gold price fixes), was the most optimistic, forecasting an average 2020 price of $1,755 and a peak 2020 price of $2,080. Of the 30 panelists, Norman was the only one to project a 2020 high price of more than $1,800.

The LBMA panel of experts for silver, averaged together, forecasted 2020, low, average and high prices of $16.51, $18.21 and $20.49. The top forecast for silver’s highest price in 2020 was only $23.15.

Since both gold and silver prices are now above the 2020 forecasts of almost every expert, does that signal that prices now may stall and possibly retreat? While I cannot completely rule that out, I think the odds are that significant price increases for both metals are still in store this year.

You need to took at the factors of supply, demand and physical inventories for gold and silver. You also have to try to discern what is happening in the “paper gold and silver” markets. For years, there have been mostly shortages of physical gold and silver, which have become more acute this year. As for the paper markets, I sense there are several owners of futures contracts, options contracts, shares of exchange traded funds and certificates of metal stored at the Perth Mint, Royal Mint and Royal Canadian Mint who are replacing these ownership forms with custody of physical metals. Just from this perspective, I consider that gold and silver prices have a lot of room to rise in price before the end of 2020 – though it will not be in a straight line.

In projecting gold and silver prices, though, you also need to consider what is happening to the value of the U.S. dollar. The U.S. and world governments have engaged in massive spending and inflation of the money supply since mid-March. The U.S. Dollar Index closed on Aug. 5, 2020, at 92.860, down 10.4 percent from its 17-year peak at 103.605 on March 19, 2020. The Aug. 5 Index was the lowest for the U.S. dollar in more than two years. The U.S. government is on the verge of splurging even more with additional massive spending programs. So, just from this perspective, I again consider that gold and silver prices have a lot of room to rise in price before the end of 2020.

That’s why, when people worry that they are “too late” to purchase bullion-priced physical gold and silver coins and ingots, I see lots of reasons to assure them there is still time.

(To be fair to the LBMA panelists, by the way, none of them could have foreseen the massive inflations of the money supplies that governments began after the 2020 forecasts were published.)

Patrick A. Heller was honored as a 2019 FUN Numismatic Ambassador. He is also the recipient of the American Numismatic Association 2018 Glenn Smedley Memorial Service Award, 2017 Exemplary Service Award 2012 Harry Forman National Dealer of the Year Award and 2008 Presidential Award winner. Over the years, he has also been honored by the Numismatic Literary Guild (including twice in 2019), Professional Numismatists Guild, Industry Council for Tangible Assets, and the Michigan State Numismatic Society. He is the communications officer of Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Mich., and writes Liberty’s Outlook, a monthly newsletter on rare coins and precious metals subjects. Past newsletter issues can be viewed at https://ift.tt/1GftSyP. Some of his radio commentaries titled “Things You ‘Know’ That Just Aren’t So, And Important News You Need To Know” can be heard at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday and Friday mornings on 1320-AM WILS in Lansing (which streams live and become part of the audio and text archives posted at www.1320wils.com).

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