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   Monthly Anomalies of Global Average Surface Temperature in Sept (1891 -   
   2020, preliminary value)   
      
   The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in   
   Sept 2020 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature   
   over land and the SST) was +0.44°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.76°C   
   above the 20th century average), and was the 3rd warmest since 1891. On   
   a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at   
   a rate of about 0.67°C per century.   
      
   Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)   
      
   1st. 2015(+0.51°C),   
   2nd. 2019(+0.45°C),   
   3rd. 2020(+0.44°C),   
   4th. 2016(+0.42°C),   
   5th. 2017,2014(+0.35°C)   
      
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   14 Oct 2020	Sept Global Release SOTC NOAA   
      
   [Hiding!]   
   COVID-19 victims' autopsies detect virus in eyeballs: study   
   New York Post, 13 Oct 2020 23:26Z   
   Researchers from the Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research in Eversight,   
   Ohio, performed autopsies to evaluate the eye tissue of 10 people who   
   tested ...   
      
   COVID-19 cases are surging in the Midwest and western states as the US   
   enters what is expected to be a brutal fall/winter wave of the pandemic   
   msnNOW, 13 Oct 2020 23:25Z   
   Sixteen states have had more new cases in the past week compared to any   
   other week since the start of the pandemic.   
      
   Half Of Corals On The Great Barrier Reef Have Died Since 1990s, Study Finds   
   HuffPost, 13 Oct 2020 22:20Z   
   "What we need is for the temperature to stop rising," a scientist   
   said, noting climate change remains the most urgent danger to the   
   delicate ecosystems. By Nick ...   
   [I remember divers in the 90s telling me the GBR was not the reef it   
   was in the 50s].   
      
   [China v Australia:]   
   Chinese documentary accuses Australian think tank and ABC of driving   
   anti-Beijing sentiment   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 05:34Z   
   A former Australian ambassador to Beijing has appeared in a Chinese state   
   media documentary accusing a federally funded institute and the ABC of   
   driving anti-China sentiment across the globe.   
      
   [The Free Market:]   
   iSelect fined $8.5m after admitting energy price comparison service misled   
   customers   
   The Guardian, 09 Oct 2020   
   iSelect had told consumers it would compare all electricity plans offered by   
   its partners and recommend the most suitable one. But, the consumer ...   
      
     Electricity prices are falling to their lowest level in a year in Sydney   
     9News, 16 Sep 2020   
     The reference price was introduced by the regulator in July last year to try   
     and drive down prices and enable consumers to compare energy plans ...   
      
     DMO: Falling wholesale costs lead to lower retail prices ...   
     energynetworks.com.au, 7 May 2020   
     The DMO protects residential and small business customers by setting a   
     maximum price an electricity retailer can charge for customers who are ...   
      
     Electricity prices falling across the whole supply chain for first ...   
     aemc.gov.au, 9 Dec 2019   
     South Australia electricity prices estimated to fall overall by 2% or $27   
     (an annual average drop of 0.5%). Victoria electricity prices estimated to   
     fall overall by 5% or $53 (an annual average drop of 1.6%). NSW electricity   
     prices estimated to fall overall by 8% or $107 (an annual average drop of   
   2.8%).   
      
   BYU-Idaho will suspend students intentionally trying to get COVID-19   
   Deseret News, 13 Oct 2020 21:04Z   
   Plasma collections companies are paying more for plasma from people who have   
   recovered from COVID-19 - much more - and one university is threatening ...   
      
   Billboard warns Trump's Iowa rally will be 'superspreader event' | TheHill   
   The Hill, 13 Oct 2020 22:03Z   
   National agricultural advocacy group Rural America 2020 began displaying a   
   digital billboard outside of the Des Moines International Airport in Iowa on   
   ...   
      
   [Macho Macho Man!]   
   'Please Like Me?': Donald Trump Begs Suburban Women to Vote for Him at   
   Pennsylvania Rally   
   Newsweek, 14 Oct 2020 05:01Z   
   President Donald Trump begged suburban women to vote for him and claimed   
   that he "saved their damn neighborhood" during a campaign rally in Johnstown,   
   ...   
      
   Man who dismissed COVID-19 and then survived it says he is an example   
   for doubters   
   KCCI Des Moines, 13 Oct 2020 10:36Z   
   For months, Tony Green was skeptical that the threat of COVID-19 was real.   
   Then he hosted a small family gathering in June where everyone got sick.   
      
   [Leadership!]   
   Labor secretary's wife tests positive for COVID-19   
   The Hill, 14 Oct 2020 02:35Z   
   Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife tested positive for the coronavirus,   
   the Labor Dept announced Tue.   
      
   [All Stops Out!]   
   McConnell says Senate will vote on a $500 bn stimulus plan before   
   Election Day as Trump tells GOP to `go big or go home'   
   USA TODAY, 13 Oct 2020 19:33Z   
   Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tue the   
   Senate would vote on a roughly $500 bn COVID-19 stimulus plan next ...   
      
   Fears of major spike in NSW COVID-19 cases as 11 new locally acquired   
   infections confirmed   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 01:21Z   
   NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state is "on the verge of being   
   where it was" in early July, when an infected Victorian man sparked a   
   cluster of cases at the Crossroads Hotel in Sydney's south-west.   
      
   Contact tracing underway after Townsville woman tests positive for coronavirus   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 0:22Z   
   A Townsville woman in her 30s tests positive to coronavirus while in   
   Victoria with Queensland's health authorities now tracking down her contacts   
   before she travelled south. COVID-19 was detected in Townsville's wastewater   
   on the weekend.   
      
   Maguire tells ICAC he made money out of 'cash-for-visa scam'   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 01:20Z   
   Former NSW MP Daryl Maguire admits to a string of corruption allegations   
   during an ICAC hearing, including receiving 1000s of dollars in cash at   
   his office as part of a visa scam.   
      
   What does it take to fireproof a town? Cobargo is finding out   
   ABC/The Drum, 14 Oct 2020 01:19Z   
   Community leaders in towns hit hard by last summer's bushfires are pushing   
   ahead with their own projects, while the wait for recovery funding continues.   
      
   Why some Americans waited 11 hours to vote yesterday   
   ABC News, 14 Oct 2020 02:19Z   
   Americans in Georgia and TX had to wait up to 11 hours to cast a ballot   
   yesterday. Here's why the wait was so long 3 weeks before election day.   
      
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