A Thai spiritual medium and the abbot of Wat Phrabat Nampu in the central province of Lop Buri shifted the blame for alleged embezzlement onto each other, while an alleged land fraud within the temple came to light. The abbot, Phra Alongkot, called on spiritual medium Sakesan “Bee” Bubsuebsakun to clarify the matter of missing donations …
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A DAD has revealed how he earns £100,000 a year doing a job no one wants – but there’s an ominous catch.
At his peak, Lachie Samuel was raking in almost $5,000 (around £3,700) a week which he splurged on drinks at the pub.
Lachie left home at 19 to become a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) in the Western Australian mines – five days of gruelling labour followed by two days at home.
When he started, the lifestyle was challenging but cushioned by the hefty pay package he received at the end of the month.
He told News AU: “You would do a 12 hour shift, come back to camp, hit the gym, then head straight to the pub and order as many drinks as you wanted.”
But while the pay was “more money than he knew what to do with”, Lachie soon discovered the dark side of working in such remote locations for long stretches of time.
As isolation crept in, the bright-eyed youngster soon found himself splurging his hard-earned cash on alcohol and drugs.
But it was in 2013 when his world truly took a turn for the worst.
He received a call informing him that his partner had attempted to take her own life.
After seeking advice from his team leader, he was told that “if she really wanted to do it, she would have”.
Instead of going home, he decided to stay put in Kargoolie – burying his sadness in work.
He asked to switch from five days on and two days off to four weeks work and just one week off – a decision he later came to deeply regret.
Soon after, Lachie and his partner broke up which hurtled him into a “dark place”.
He started picking fights with co-workers and was eventually asked to leave and return to Perth where he had no friends or family.
Lacking in a support network and carrying “a lot of shame” Lachie squandered his savings on alcohol, drugs and womanising.
Soon after, his ex-partner called to tell him she was pregnant with his child.
FLY-in fly-out or FIFO work in Australia has grown in popularity with the expansion of the mining and resources sectors.
They help to build and operate the mines and are provided with food and shelter during their stay.
Workers travel to remote locations where they are rostered on for a set number of work days on site and then rest days at home.
FIFO workers can be anything from engineers and electricians, to nurses, security guards, chefs and crane operators.
They serve a key role in Australia’s mining industry. It’s difficult work, which has recently been glamorised online for being so lucrative.
Source: Bravus mining resources
But after months failing to prove himself as a dad, he said, they moved to the east coast.
Having finally found purpose again as a parent, the move felt like losing that “last bit of identity” which tragically pushed him to the brink of collapse.
“I remember the moments after, crying, thinking about how I nearly took my daughter’s dad. I’m really lucky that being the selfish person I was, I chose to find something in being a better person for her” he said.
After trying to take his own life and swimming in a sea of debt, the dad was forced back to the mines where he spent the next three years.
Now, Lachie shares his experiences with his own mental health struggles with other FIFE workers to help others in the industry.
His advice for anyone looking to get into FIFO is to ask yourself why you want to be there and what about the work attracts you.
Over the last few years, social media has been flooded with content promoting the lifestyle.
But Lachy has warned keen FIFO workers: “You should know that your room will be mouldy, the toilet won’t be cleaned, there’s gunk everywhere. You just hope that the bed has been changed since the last person.”
THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers have cut a former CFP national champion and first-round pick just over a week after he signed a contract with the team.
Cornerback Eli Apple was released on Thursday to make way for defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour.
A nine-year NFL veteran, Apple only signed his contract with the organisation on July 28th, spending just over a week in total in San Francisco.
Wide receiver Quintez Cephus was released to make room for Apple, making his release just the latest stop on the 49ers’ revolving door of roster changes.
The fan reaction was just as brutal as the cut itself, with multiple X users making jokes at the 30-year-old’s expense in response to the news.
One user said: “He got cut just as fast as he watches WR’s pass him by.”
Another seemed surprised to see his name pop up at all in the modern NFL, posting: “He was still in the league?”
These reactions are markers of how far Apple has fallen since bursting onto the NFL scene the better part of a decade ago.
The New Jersey native spent his college career with NCAA giants Ohio State.
He spent three seasons with the Buckeyes, winning a CFP National Championship in 2015.
He forewent his final year of college to declare for the 2016 draft, and impressed in the NFL combine with the tenth fastest 40-yard dash time of the event.
He was picked up in the first round by the New York Giants with the tenth pick of the draft.
Apple’s three-year stint with the Giants would be marred in controversy and conflict, with the young prospect regularly clashing with teammates and team staff.
The most explosive of these conflicts came in 2017, when Apple’s poor conduct saw him demoted from the first team.
His outspoken comments on social media prompted his teammate Landon Collins to lambast him on the radio, branding him ‘a cancer’ and suggesting he ‘grow up.’
Apple would finally be suspended in December of that year for his conflicts with staff.
The maverick received one more chance with the organisation at the beginning of 2018, but injury concerns made it difficult for him to find form.
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He was traded to the New Orleans Saints in October, where he would spend the rest of the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
He would spend an injury-ridden few months with the Carolina Panthers for the start of the 2020 season, but was once again let go in October.
He would have more chance to make a name for himself in the 2021 season when he joined the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bengals made the Super Bowl that year against the Los Angeles Rams, but rather than glory, Apple would find more trouble, as he lost Cooper Kupp in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.
The mistake looked particularly bad considering the trash talk that Apple had been giving throughout the season, with players like Mecole Hardman Jr and Lamar Jackson taking jabs at him after the game.
The embarrassment sealed his status as a journeyman in the twilight of his career.
He would spend one more year with the Bengals before uneventful spells with the Miami Dolphins and the Chargers in 2023 and 2024.
With another organisation under his name and another year behind him, Apple’s future in the NFL looks more uncertain than ever.
