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Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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In order to report on the plight of migrants, the ABC arrived undetected in Tunisia by posing as a tourist, and endured questioning by Tunisian national guardsmen who regularly patrol the beaches of El Louza.

"That's Tunisia for you," lamented one staff member at Sfax's international airport after an ABC suitcase was stopped and searched when camera equipment was detected in a routine scan.



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Every morning, Bilal goes fishing in the Mediterranean. Almost every day, he finds human remains

For months, the bodies of young migrants have been washing up on the beaches of Tunisia's Mediterranean coast. They are among thousands of sub-Saharan Africans fleeing extreme poverty and war, taking desperate journeys to escape.
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Lucky Luke

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Back home, the country woke to news of the victory and at the Royal Perth Yacht Club then-prime minister Bob Hawke declared: "I tell you what, any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum."

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'It was mad': What it was like to be a part of the Australia II sailing team in 1983

At age 20, David Rees joined the team of Australia II in the America's Cup campaign and became one of its "celebrities for a day" when it won, taking the cup from the New York Yacht Club for the first time in 132 years.
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DIY-HP-LED

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topcat said:
I live in California wine country and growers have been planting new vines since I came here in 1981. I couldn't believe there was a market for all that wine. So here we are. One benefit though is that all that land doesn't have housing on it...yet.
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There was a big emerging market in China, but trade with them kinda went south a bit.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Lucky Luke said:
They introduced Tariffs on Aussie wine.
They might be lifted soon with the lifting of the barley tariffs.

As a consumer its nice have a glut of wine to keep the price low.
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Health concerns about even moderate alcohol consumption is blunting sales among young people as awareness grows, kinda like smoking. Wine consumption is down in France and Europe and there are now many alternative beverages than the traditional ones. Drinking and driving laws are making it hard on bars and restaurants too.
 
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DIY-HP-LED said:
Health concerns about even moderate alcohol consumption is blunting sales among young people as awareness grows, kinda like smoking. Wine consumption is down in France and Europe and there are now many alternative beverages than the traditional ones. Drinking and driving laws are making it hard on bars and restaurants too.
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Neither of my kids drink.
The younger gen tend to me more into energy drinks and meth.
Drink driving laws and Random breath tests have been operational in Australia since the 80s.
Bars and clubs just are not as busy or as profitable as they once were.
In Oz wine is cheap whilst beer and premixed drinks attract a healthy tax.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Same story in Canada, and everywhere else, unemployment is low, but corporations are gouging us and it's obvious when you go into a grocery store. The national governments seem powerless to effect fundamental economic change in the global system. In America the economy is doing great and unemployment is low, but people are being squeezed and are unhappy, just the super-rich are doing well, better than ever, and they own most of the corporate stocks and the economy in general.

Regular people have missed out on all the economic gains produced by increased technology since the 1980s when the distribution of wealth began to change fundamentally under Reagan and all the gains started going to the top 1 to 10% while their taxes decreased. Technology tends to concentrate wealth and power anyway, but they added to the trouble by changing the laws and economy to benefit the few. Rolling back Reagan might be a start.

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Lucky Luke

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“But the neurosurgeon certainly didn’t go in there thinking they would find a wriggling worm,” Senanayake said. “Neurosurgeons regularly deal with infections in the brain, but this was a once-in-a-career finding. No one was expecting to find that.”

Ophidascaris robertsi is a roundworm usually found in pythons. The Canberra hospital patient marks the world-first case of the parasite being found in humans.

The patient resides near a lake area inhabited by carpet pythons. Despite no direct snake contact, she often collected native grasses, including warrigal greens, from around the lake to use in cooking, Senanayake said.



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‘Oh my god’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons
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Lucky Luke

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printer said:
With stripper pole?
thehill.com

Airline launches ‘only adult’ section for international flight

A Turkish-Dutch airline is looking to remove the disruption of children’s noises by offering an “only adult zone” for flights and people traveling without kids between Amsterdam and Curaçao.&…
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cannabineer said:
Open bar
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So no screaming kids, Open bar, strippers- which means mood lighting and music
A night club whilst your travelling? That beats sleeping hands down.
Winner, winner chicken dinner.
 
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Lucky Luke

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The military, led by General Augusto Pinochet, would go on later that day to launch a coup against the Allende government. Allende died during the events in the coup on Sept. 11, and his death is now widely regarded as a suicide. On Sept. 13, Pinochet was named the president of Chile.

Three years earlier, Nixon gave direct orders to CIA director Richard Helms to “save Chile” by initiating a military coup to block the inauguration of Allende, the National Security Archive said last year.

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Nixon-era intelligence reports on 1973 Chile coup declassified

The U.S. State Department released portions of two formerly classified Nixon-era intelligence reports that offer insight into the information former President Nixon received amid Chile’s 1973 coup.…
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