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In America, debt-funded company take-overs are running at record levels. The game works like this. A private equity fund takes over Company X, funded by issuing bonds to suckers (i.e. your pension fund). Then a friendly accounting firm – they are all...

1# Alcohol Although this is quite unexpected, the Arabs were the first to make alcohol. But it wasn't used for weird drinks, it was used for an eye dye (or eyeliner) known as "Kuhl" [كحل] and was probably taken from the Arabic word "Kaheel" , another...

Indigo: Is not only one of the seven colours of the rainbow and the dye that makes your jeans look like they do but and a highly valued pigment which is naturally found in some plants and whose use can be traced back at least six thousand years to Peru....

Unless you are planning on running/cycling/walking for OVER two or three hours - you don't need food/energy supplements. Mostly because by the time they are in your system you will have finished. Generally you need eat a good hour or two BEFORE you exercise....

Autumn is a time of change in the woodlands. The vivid green hues of summer fade into the auburn shades of fall as plant life in the great outdoors prepares for a long winter's sleep. During this period of transition, many who enjoy harvesting Mother...

A total of 65 journalists (including professional journalists, citizen-journalists and media workers) were killed worldwide in 2017. Twenty-six of them were killed in the course of their work, the collateral victims of a deadly situation such as an air...

Zuckerberg infamously once stated of Facebook users that they were "idiots" for freely giving his company vast amounts of their personal details/data. He became a billionaire selling said information on to other businesses. The platform he created bears...

Today I came across the "Spielplatz" series on youtube on the "Spass für Kinder" channel and got so into it that I just spent 4-5 hour cram session going through the 7 extremely short videos which range each from 2mins to 4mins. (listening to them at...

Planting trees to save the planet If you buy in trees, do so from a reputable nursery. It is best to plant trees with UK provenance. If you are planting more than one of the same species, buy from separate suppliers, genetic diversity is key to surviving...

If and when I take a bus, I go to the top deck and check on the creeping plants on the walls of houses, and some are quite unsuitable for the purpose; some are well thought out, and regularly pruned, and reduced. It does mean that you have that much extra...

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