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Digital Banking: Swings and Roundabouts – Peter Smith
I am treasurer of my church. Most people now give via online banking but there is still cash and cheque giving on Sundays. I used to bank the offering each week but Westpac closed its local branch earlier this year, as did St George owned by Westpac some months before. Now, because I have to…
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Rabz’ Radio Show Spring 2023 – Jazz
Many people would describe this as the perfect music when one would like to kick back and relaxatrate (or Relaxin’). They would not be incorrect. Jazz, by its very nature, is unpredictable, with the emphasis on the concept of “improvisation”. Jazz is “a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana,…
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Windwatching Sept 2023
In case you were wondering SEPT 1 NEM Wind at 7.20am providing 3% of demand at Capacity Factor 11%. (CF is the % of installed capacity. 29% is the average.) SA the wind leading state, wind generating 4% of demand operating with CF 4. Victoria, wind providing 3% of demand with CF 4. NSW ,…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #81
Feed the French. Kill the Germans. Well its been over a month since I lasted posted and I feel sufficiently refreshed and with time on my hand again to resume posting. So to start the ball rolling again I’ve selected a movie that has been requested by a number of Cats. Set during the World…
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Wednesday, not the day, the girl …
Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Cats – I was hugely sceptical until having realised the immensely talented adidas fan Miss Jenna Ortega had also appeared in various other televisual feasts I’d recently seen, most notably the second season of “You”. Spoiler Alerts, Cats … “Wednesday” may be among the last few gasps of Hollyweird greatness, which of…
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Kenny’s Voice for Simpletons
I see that the Voice of distraction and misdirection was at it again in the Weekend Australian. Chris Kenny lays bare the No campaigns “Hateful Eight” scare tactics. I can’t cover them all. Here are the first three. I’m sure you can as easily knock down the other five. According to Kenny, it is a…
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Fecal transplants reduce ADHD and anxiety symptoms in dogs with epilepsy, researchers find (Phys.org, 24 Sep) I am commenting on this…
Bewildering as ever. Only with fewer words.
Kamala Harris Blasted by Manchin, Sinema on Filibuster Plan: ‘Shame on Her’
It’s interesting to note that, in RFK’s case, everything goes way beyond the Covid jab. He’s been harshly critical of…
Marc LEGRAND @MarcLegrand_Zav[Writer and historian (Military History, Defense, Security, Intelligence). Author of “History of the SECRET SERVICES” (2019) & “The…