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Liberal Party want to burnish their green credentials by planting trees?

Australia spends billions planting trees – then wipes out carbon gains by bulldozing them
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...hen-wipes-out-carbon-gains-by-bulldozing-them

 

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...Meteorological summer starts in Australia on 1st December: The same day as meteorological winter starts in the UK.

 

[noirua]

Low B6 may play a role in your chances of having cancer. Researchers don’t know exactly why. But studies have linked a lack of B6 to stomach and esophageal cancers. A lack of the vitamin also may make you more likely to get cancers driven by steroid hormones, such as breast and prostate cancers.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/ss/slideshow-vitamins-vitamin-b6-deficiency?ecd=wnl_spr_120519&ctr=wnl-spr-120519_nsl-LeadModule_cta&mb=rdkRubj8zXFn4Y9Sa6bseuHnVev1imbCexA6bcodQzU=

Vitamin B6 is found in a wide variety of foods [1,3,4]. The richest sources of vitamin B6 include fish, beef liver and other organ meats, potatoes and other starchy vegetables, and fruit (other than citrus). In the United States, adults obtain most of their dietary vitamin B6 from fortified cereals, beef, poultry, starchy vegetables, and some non-citrus fruits [1,3,5]. About 75% of vitamin B6 from a mixed diet is bioavailable [1].
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional/

 

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If you have a bottle of champagne that has recently gone flat, drop a raisin in it. The carbon dioxide left in the bottle will cling to all the grooves in the raisin and release back into the liquid, making it bubbly again.

 

[noirua]

Earwax is made of an oily substance called sebum and dead skin cells. It also mixes with loose ear hairs.

 

[noirua]

Do you know what a mahl stick is?

 

[noirua]

EXCLUSIVE - The 'moneybox junction' earning grasping council £1.9 MILLION A$3.6 million a year: Camera catches twice as many drivers in month after rat run road shut
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/exclusive-the-moneybox-junction-earning-grasping-council-£19-million-a-year-camera-catches-twice-as-many-drivers-in-month-after-rat-run-road-shut/ar-BBYWheV?ocid=spartandhp

 

[noirua]

Coffee and tea may help against
Parkinson’s Disease

...which attacks the nerve cells in your brain and makes it hard for you to move. Some studies suggest that caffeine can ease early symptoms of Parkinson’s, while others show that drinking coffee and tea might help protect your brain from it in the first place.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/...=rdkRubj8zXFn4Y9Sa6bseuHnVev1imbCexA6bcodQzU=

 

[noirua]

...that the country Belize was formerly British Honduras. If you own 10% or more of a company you pay no tax.

 

[noirua]

Confucius is probably the most well-known Chinese philosopher to whom many proverbs are attributed.
Confucius (/kənˈfjuːʃəs/ kən-FEW-shəs;[1] 551–479 BC)[2][3] was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring, summer, and Autumn period.

Tomb of Confucius in Kong Lin cemetery, Qufu, Shandong Province
Photograph of the tomb of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province, China. Picture taken on April 21 2005 by Rolf Müller. {{GFDL}} Rolfmueller from en: wikipedia [[Category:History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

 

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My own method with a stump is to make sure it is at seat height. Smooth it off and bingo, no need to buy garden or backyard seats or indeed tables.

 

[noirua]

Braunau am Inn, Austria; this was the place Adolph Hitler was born.

A stone plaque outside Hitler's birthplace honours the victims of fascism

The Hitler birthplace memorial stone, a memorial to victims of the Nazis, is placed in front of Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, the building where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889.

 

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The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW, two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol.[1]

The memorial is dedicated "to the more than one hundred million victims of communism". The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation says the purpose of the memorial is to ensure "that the history of communist tyranny will be taught to future generations."[2]

The Victims of Communism Memorial was dedicated by President George W. Bush on June 12, 2007,[3] the 20th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall" speech in front of the Berlin Wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victims_of_Communism_Memorial

 

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Did you know that Indonesia is predicted to be the world's 5th largest economy by 2030: https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/indonesia-australia-ratify-ia-cepa-agreement/

 

[IFocus]

Did you know that Indonesia is predicted to be the world's 5th largest economy by 2030: https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/indonesia-australia-ratify-ia-cepa-agreement/

Yes and its bit mind boggling each time I go there to see the progress each year, they would likely have reached it all ready but corruption through all levels is the biggest (I believe) impediment.

Its something they all know about but its so embedded in the culture will take generations to reduce if at all.

 

[basilio]

You all knew this of course.. so this is just a confirmation.

Beer goggles: the truth about alcohol and romantic judgment
Are we really less fussy about who we fancy after a drink? New research suggests so

Thu 20 Feb 2020 00.56 AEDT Last modified on Thu 20 Feb 2020 02.13 AEDT

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Raise a glass … a highly scientific experiment into beer goggles. Photograph: Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Name: Beer goggles.

Age: As old as beer itself.

Appearance: Scientifically validated.

I love you. No you don’t.

Yes, I do. I’ve loved you all these years. You’re so sexy. You’re drunk.

That doesn’t change anything. Yes it does. It means you’ve got your beer goggles on.

That’s not really a thing. Yes it is. Scientists have tested it and everything. They discovered that, when you are drunk, you become much less fussy about the sort of face that distracts you.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/sh...the-truth-about-alcohol-and-romantic-judgment

 

[noirua]

You have successfully trained your dog to lie down. However, have you trained your horse to do the same:

 

[noirua]

Caulking is the right thing to do:
https://www.familyhandyman.com/plumbing/why-you-should-caulk-your-toilet-to-the-floor/

 

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People are 2.8 times more likely to have an accident if they're talking on the phone and 23 times more likely to crash if they look at their handset.