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Thanks to Scott Travers and Forbes Online for the Headline

A Headline with a hint ,now that’s original.

Body fur in truth is a delicate question, it’s not all about biology, there’s most likely in the modern psyche a lot of psychology, or actually even worry.

Hair too much of it, too little of it can be a pain in our modern society.

So let’s get back to basics. Biology.

Hair exists because we need it , as do sweat glands. In terms of ecology and environment we need both. Hair keeps us warm and the thatch on our head (if we’ve got one) can protect us from U.V light. We used to cool down by panting but now sweating helps us cool down.

Humans developed sweat glands, dogs kept their fur and have to pant to cool down. So dogs must have kept to cooler climates and it’s only humans who have transported them to hotter climates or indeed bred hairlessness into their D.N.A.

Humans wandered around and eventually lived everywhere and presumably cut their hair and began to shave for fashion. Personally I think personal ‘smell’ etiquette may have come into it , and boils (blocked follicles) and other infestations like lice and fleas (very itchy) began to play their role in the human wish list of things that didn’t exist. ie too much hair.

Still we should appreciate both our hair and our sweat glands after all we wouldn’t be here today without them.

I’ve no idea what this picture is but I think it says it all.

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Thanks to Lori Carnochan, BBC Online News for the Headline

Interesting Supply and Demand fact, for the first time , UK Milk Production is expected to exceed 13 billion litres this year.

I love milk and I think it is good for me. I buy semi-skimmed and also I like to have desserts made with cream and I can make my own ice-cream. I also occasionally buy full-fat milk to have in my coffee as it froths’ up well.

In order for animal welfare to be maintained , I would prefer to buy milk and milk products locally , I don’t even want it transported from Scotland, never mind New Zealand or the United States of America. I will never be a massive consumer. I actually have oats and water in my cereal.

Demand for milk and milk products will unfortunately not meet the Supply factor particularly if they are exponential with more efficient farming methods. I remember seeing a farm that the cows could be automatically milked when they wanted, which if it was an ever rising demand would be an attractive proposition, however, with consumer tastes , what suits is a real person, with real cows doing a farming job which enables them to live a good life with their family and still supply a good product to a Public who appreciates it.

I want milk that says where it comes from and guarantees animal welfare, if I get a whiff that I’m getting milk from a massive industrial vat of mixed origin then I will probably move away from milk products.

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Thank You to Matt Weigold at BBC News Online for the Headline

Apologies to those among you who are vegetarians or vegans, apparently a group of fans of a particular Pork Pie, made by a local bakery are upset because they think the business owners are cutting corners and making their pie with “pinker ” meat and with none of the jelly they used to have.

The owners deny any such thing and say that the way the pies are being made has not changed.

I have to admit , they are not my favourite thing in the world, though I do like the pastry, but I haven’t bought one for years and in truth am not tempted to do so.

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Thanks to Max Matza from BBC News Online for the Headline

Enough said, the Nobel Peace Prize is non-transferable and sad to say it shows Political one- upmanship of the worse kind to give it away , just because the President of the United States said he should have got it.

So whatever happens in Venezuela , it looks like the status quo of Power is being held onto by the old regime and no matter what Machado sees as her right by winning the election in 2024 , nothing has changed. All she got from President Trump was “superlatives”.

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Thanks to the Newsroom from ekathimerini.com for the Headline

Greek air space had a partial shutdown in flights across Greece for hours soon after Ney Year’s Day. The cause was not a Cybersecurity attack but rather outdated systems.

Although not specific, the reason given for the failure of the systems was that the voice communication system and crucial telecom systems they use are no longer supported by the manufacturer and they will have to buy a new system.

So basically it’s just like us using Windows 10 and being no longer able to get the updates as as far as the manufacturer of hardware and software are concerned they aren’t going to support it.

I don’t suppose any of the Greek Philosophers came up with the idea that prevention is better than cure, but it strikes me that they have been aware of the problem for some time.

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Thanks to Frederica Bedendo of BBC Online News for the Headline

The Hillsborough Law will have far reaching effects on those in Political Life who wish to cover up or basically just not tell the truth about events that affect their constituents or the public in general.

The proposal would make the Law not Parliament responsible for these falsehoods. What a Politician says in Parliament if found to be false would result in a legal address not a slap on the hand in a Commons Committee with no other redress.

I think the extension to the Secret Services ie. MI5 and MI6 is important as well, fair enough respect State Security , but don’t use it as an excuse to cover up “lies” or ignore your duty of care to the people.

It sounded quite a naïve statement , but yes we don’t want to be lied to.

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Thanks to Dan Hunt of BBC Online News for the Headline

Apparently incident reporting was incomplete, and complaints by visitors and occasions when unlawful restraint were not fully investigated. The report added that although the staff acted with “kindness and compassion” care was “not always fully person-centered” . Whatever that means.

Pretty scary hey? How many people do you know who wouldn’t want to be in a care home themselves or put their elderly parents or one of their relatives , a son or a daughter into one.

Basically it’s not just the whiff of damp, but the whiff of the money making profits that these Private Care Companies who are on the whole now large Corporations make. Where did it all go wrong.

Probably with Tony Blair’s “Respect”.

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