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Monday, February 08, 2021

Gladys: Amanda Gorman Invited To Recite Poem At This Year’s SuperBowl

NFL Super Bowl 2021: Vince Lombardi hologram, AI, video ...

Iconic NFL coach Vince Lombardi was brought to life through artificial intelligence in the lead-up to Super Bowl LV, delivering a message of ...

Everything we know about Tom Bradys extreme diet and dailyschedule

 

NFL's signature event and ads – with the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs – looked nothing like any of the ...

  

Bye bye Premier Gladys – it’s time to go

Premier Gladys Berejiklian needs to call time on her premiership by next month in the hope that her political legacy is in reasonable nick despite her personal reputation being in tatters. As to where it all began? Read on. Continue reading 


Saturday’s good reading and listening for the weekend

What people in other forums are saying about public policy Continue reading 


10 Common eBay Scams to Be Aware Of - MakeUseOf: “eBay is a great idea, and many people have good experiences using the site. However, there are lots of eBay scammers that you need to watch out for while using it. Whether you buy or sell on the site, you should know about major eBay scams so you can keep yourself safe. Here are the most common eBay scams to know about: some that affect eBay buyers, others that threaten sellers, and even one that applies to all eBay users…”


Tax agent who told ATO officer to commit ‘suicide’ disqualified

A tax agent who engaged in unprofessional and threatening conduct towards ATO and TPB officers has been denied a stay on his registration termination.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has refused Sarwat McGuid’s application to stay the Tax Practitioners Board’s decision to terminate his tax agent registration.

Mr McGuid, the sole director of S&T Income Tax Aid Specialists Pty Ltd and S&M Income Tax Aid Specialists Pty Ltd, had his registration terminated for failing to meet the TPB’s requirement of being a fit and proper person.


An example drawn out by AAT senior member Gina Lazanas revealed that Mr McGuid had emailed an ATO officer to express his discontent with audit cases, writing “You left me no alternative but to defend my staff against your all evil plans and thoughts, you should commit Hara Kiri, we are in Australia”.


Amanda Gorman Invited To Recite Poem At This Year’s SuperBowl

She will be reciting at the Super Bowl pre-show on Feb. 7, before the Kansas City Chiefs play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. – NPR


Bees halt hungry elephants eyeing crops, cut human-animal conflict


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Virtual meetings spur sales in books for backgrounds

BBC News: “Bookbarn International sells and lends books in bulk that have featured in programmes such as His Dark Materials. Company CEO Nick Bates said people were buying from him to enhance the background of their Zoom calls. The Bristol-based firm said demand from home workers had risen from a handful of enquiries to ten sales per week. Some customers “have grown a bit tired of those automated backgrounds,” Mr Bates said. Sometimes they order a shelf of books. Other times it’s a whole home library, he added. The firm has almost a million books in stock at one time and customers create their own collections based on particular subjects, titles or the look of the covers