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Beware Fake Debt Collectors, usually by phone It is sad how many people get conned by scams, especially by phone. Here is an alert I have received via a security subscription ... May 2015:  SCAMwatch is warning of phone calls from scammers claiming to collect debts. Recently scammers have been cold calling, claiming to be from energy providers,telecommunication providers or even government departments. Scamwatch have received reports of these phone calls demanding payments for overdue accounts and using the threat of disconnection to try to convince people to pay. These calls are targeting both individuals and businesses. On some occasions it has been reported that the caller was from Centrelink and that pension payments would be stopped unless the debt was paid. Other examples include threats of arrest or court action for unpaid fines or bills or the threat of disconnection to essential services. What appears to be common to al lthese scams is the use of threats to crea...

For years we have been told and educated to eat certain foods in moderation. Most definitely we had to avoid food that thickens the arteries and causes heart disease a strokes. We were told to avoid eggs, and other high cholesterol food like butter, shellfish, bacon and liver. It is now acknowledged that the scientific research was flawed. Experts now say that there is no link between high cholesterol in food and high levels of fatty substance in the blood. It's annoying ... all those years spent declining that second bucket of prawns. The biggest danger these days is sugar. Its content is increasing in the food products and the consumer is mostly unaware. It's a killer. The ideal diet is more prawns and shellfish and less sugar. Source: The Advertiser, 27 May 2015.

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What a fantastic Origin game last night. As a former Queenslander I support the Maroons. In fact, most (thinking) South Australians support Queensland over New South Wales during the Origin series. It’s rare to see a field goal in NRL, but it won the game for Queensland. As to the scrums – they are 100% biased to the team passing the ball into the scrum (or whatever the technical term is). I fail to see the value of it. In Rugby Union it’s a different matter with a real contest in the scrum.

I usually enjoy reading Philip Adams’ column in the Weekend Australian Magazine. His recent column on 16 May 2015 was about religion. It was factual and riveting. The article would reinforce atheists of their beliefs and would I suspect cause discomfort for Christians and other religions. It certainly caused me to question the validity of my religious beliefs. Religion aside, there was an interesting statistic presented. To quote: Recent estimates put the human population at seven billion. The combined weight of those seven billion people is far outstripped by the combined weight of all the termites on Earth. Isn’t that an amazing fact? Trivia? Yes, but it helps to put our place into perspective. Here's a link to the article

For some time now, people have talked about when robots will be taking our jobs. It is now claimed that in reality, they have already taken some of our jobs – we simply have not noticed. We know what physical robots can do eg. tasks in car assembly; tasks that are easily programmed. These are tasks that help to make the workplace safer (for humans); who cares if a robot drops a welding hand-piece on its toe! Now we have artificial intelligence robots that mimic what humans do. These are mostly software robots – and they are taking jobs from humans in droves. For example in the UK, the telecoms firm O2 has replaced 150 workers with a single piece of software. Typical tasks involved are Sim swaps, porting mobile numbers, migrating from prepaid onto a contract, unlocking a phone; now automated by software without human intervention. The software (robot) isn't trained how to perform the tasks, rather it watches and then mimics the human tasks. Another example is performing leg...

It’s all too easy these days to not communicate face to face and just use email or sms to tell someone you fancy them,  wouldn't  mind a bit of sex and then, later, to use email or sms to break-up. Is there any guilt these days? Is it too awkward to just say in person ‘sorry Babe’? These days it is just that much easier to do it online. And, if you don’t have the guts and just want to quickly move on to the next relationship , then there is the option of outsourcing the task of saying sorry to Babe. Here’s a link to someone who will do the dirty deed An sms or email to Babe will only cost you $5.50. In fact you can outsource most dreaded tasks to someone else online. Here’s some more information … Breaking up is hard to do. So let someone else deal with it. Remember when breaking up was hard to do? There were the teary speeches, the recriminations, the anguish at losing someone who meant a great deal to you. Well, not anymore. These days, with a bit of hel...