Found in cave, this skull proves Man penetrated Asia 60,000 years ago

 "The oldest human skull to be found in Asia, estimated at around 63,000 years old, was found in a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos in 2009 and it pushes back the clock on when ancient wanderers from Africa left the coast and moved inland

The location of the find shows that early modern humans didn't just go along the coast to the islands of Southeast Asia and on to Australia as other boffins have suggested, but also moved north into different terrain.

"This fossil find indicates that the migration out of Africa and into east and Southeast Asia occurred at a relatively rapid rate, and that, once there, modern humans weren't limited to environments that they had previously experienced," she said. "We now have the fossil evidence to prove that they were there long before we thought they were there."

On top of that, the ancient skull shows that modern humans were in that part of the world at least 60,000 years ago."

Chiang Mai's Chinese invasion

Chiang Mai's Chinese invasion - GoKunming: Kunming & Yunnan living, business, travel

Chiang Mai, called Qingmai (清迈) in Chinese, is less than a two-hour flight from Kunming. Until recently even the occasional Chinese tourist group was uncommon, but this year has been different.

"They've been coming in droves," one local café owner told me. "We've seen more Chinese tourists in Chiang Mai so far this year than we have over the past ten years combined."

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Thailand: first they stole the Silver 
now the Great Gold Robbery of 2012

In 1893 a French warship sailed up the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok (Krung Thep) and stole the entire contents of the country's silver treasury.
In 2012, another team of marauders with a Frenchman on board and 5 others "sailed" up the Thames and stole Thailand's Gold.

After watching repeatedly the replay in slo-mo.
Through the eyes of a former amateur boxer who loves his sport.
The bout begins with an overload of gushing, pro Zhao diatribe from the commentators.
Reminder; this is London old boys, NOT Las Vegas.

This photo is of Kaew's mum and dad 

 from the Bangkok Post

Round 1
Kaew clearly won on points, 3-4-5 clean body punches landed everytime in the clinches (sensational work, beautiful to see) and slipped almost everything Zhou threw, 3 clear knockdowns and copped 2 fouls by Zhao; one push and one for holding, Ref gave warnings - did nothing - the commentators continued to add their over-the-top Zhou "fanboy" factor.

Round 2
 More fouls by Zhou, still not penalised, some (not many) of Zhaos' wild swings found a target still, another clear round to Kaew.

3rd all Kaew!
Great solid rights to the head, Zhou's punches continued to be wild "barnyard door" swings, and were mostly slipped by Kaew to become a glancing (non-scoring) blow.
5 more fouls by Zhou, FINALLY, one 2 point penalty awarded, then, inexplicably, the complimentary foul given against Kaew which was 100% phoney, match finished with 1 more genuine knock-down by Kaew.

Even  the predisposed, fanboy commentators switched allegiance in the end.

OUTRAGEOUS!

Kaew's Cuban trainer was overcome with indignation at the unbelievable decision from the judges, and the despicable behaviour of the referee.
N.B. commentator, he was NOT unsporting in angrily flagging the Chinese away.

Sportsmanship is ONLY deserved by those who display a like quality.  Zhao could see, or  worse, knew in advance, his fouls were not going to be prosecuted by the referee, and therefore behaved in a thoroughly unsportsmanlike manner - he did not deserve any respect in return.

He sure as hell did not deserve the GOLD

Want to see some true sportsmanship? This is how Kaew handled this travesty;

"I am very sorry that I could not win a gold medal," Kaew said. "I wanted to win it for the King and the Queen and for all the Thai people and I am very disappointed that I failed to do it."

Powerful Woman Turns 'Speck of Gold' into Haven for Animals | Care2 Causes

Powerful Woman Turns 'Speck of Gold' into Haven for Animals | Care2 Causes:

 "Our sanctuary, Love Animal House, is known by the locals as “the house that loves animals.” We never had a sign up, but people and animals always found us. You could call it jungle traffic.

“Yes, that’s them, down the road there,” people say. “You can’t miss it. The only house around with a foreigner, a bear and a pig in it!  You’ll hear the dogs barking.”"

ED: So many farang run charities are not what they seem, but this looks different - perhaps a working bee would be the best way to help in the short term? I for one would volunteer a day with tools and materials - any other takers?