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   According to the latest update from NASA the NH has scored well over   
   1C above 20th century normal for Oct 2021 ranking 2nd warmest since   
   the 19th cent.   
      
   The high value has done a lot to offset the incredible freezing cold   
   in the S Hem that is only .69C above normal and ranking 7th warmest   
   Oct in the past 142 years.   
      
   Together the 2 have produced a global avg for the month .99C above   
   normal and scoring 4th-warmest since the 1880s.   
      
   The various top10 lists are now updated to:   
      
   Globe   
   2015	109   
   2019	102   
   2018	101   
   2021	99	<-- new #4/142   
   2017	90   
   2020	89   
   2016	89   
   2014	80   
   2012	79   
   2005	74   
      
   N Hem   
   2019	131   
   2021	130	<-- new #2   
   2015	129   
   2018	124   
   2020	123   
   2017	105   
   2016	103   
   2003	99   
   2006	96   
   2005	95   
      
   S Hem   
   2015	90   
   2018	79   
   2017	75   
   2016	74   
   2019	73   
   2021	69	<-- new #7   
   2012	68   
   2014	68   
   1997	59   
   2020	56   
      
   --   
   BREAKING (13 Nov): The COP26 is being held over until a final   
   statement can be issued.  The hold-up now is the wording has been   
   watered down and appears too much.  Some delegates have begged the   
   conference to "please prove me wrong" about failing to agree on a   
   significant plan going forward.   
      
   [Commynist Takeover Of Merica!]   
   Biden's infrastructure bill to become official on Mon. Here's what's in   
   it for you   
   CNET, 12 Nov 2021 20:13Z   
   The new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 is designed to tackle   
   big-ticket items such as expanding high-speed internet and building...   
   [FINALLY some money to start repairing an estimated 45,000 defective   
   bridges that have needed maintenance sometime shortly after they were   
   built back in the 1950s. Back in the 90s I remember there were an   
   estimated 5000 bridges in "critical need of repair" with a giant hole   
   in a bridge I used to cross at least weekly in Boston having been   
   there for years if not decades then. Some bridges back then were held   
   up only by rebar and steel casings].   
      
     New York To Reap Billions Of Dollars For Mass Transit In "Monumental"   
     Infrastructure Bill   
     Gothamist, 06 Nov 2021 19:20Z   
      
   [Conservation *and* Tourism!]   
   Build it and they will come: Plan to create new eco-tourism and adventure   
   destination on western side of Blue Mountains   
   ABC News, 12 Nov 2021 21:09Z   
   More than 30,000 hectares of land, an area twice the size of the Royal   
   National Park, will be turned into a conservation area and tourist attraction.   
      
   Torrential downpours, raging rivers and blocked roads: Alice Springs'   
   wettest Nov on record   
   ABC Alice Springs, 13 Nov 2021 0:08Z   
   Torrential downpours, a dry river flooded, a dramatic rescue and city   
   traffic jams in the outback -- and it's only halfway through the month.   
      
   Netherlands enters three-week partial lockdown amid COVID surge   
   ABC News, 13 Nov 2021 01:21Z   
   The lockdown is the first to start in western Europe since a new wave of   
   infections began surging across parts of the continent.   
      
   [Debils Bref!]   
   This country town is a secretive centre for big pharma drug production and   
   an alleged cartel   
   ABC, 12 Nov 2021 18:38Z   
   Alkaloids of Australia has been charged with criminal cartel offences. ...   
   in other plants abroad and has the nickname "devil's breath".   
   [The Qld duboisia plant was supposedly used in motion sickness pills   
   by allied forces on D Day after other sources of became inaccessible   
   during WWII.  Now the secretive company that markets the active   
   ingredients has been accused of 33 cartel offences that artificially   
   boosted the price of the products over the past 10 y. The company CEO   
   has pleaded guilty to some charges and is awaiting sentencing.  The   
   company is yet to plea.  Companies are liable to a fine of $10 mn per   
   offence and individuals to 10y in jail].   
      
   World to see `longest partial lunar eclipse in 1,000 years' on Nov 18-19   
   Times of India, 13 Nov 2021 01:05Z   
      
   [Free Money!]   
   At least 15 MPs letting homes and renting another on expenses   
   BBC News, 12 Nov 2021 20:34Z   
      
   Entergy Mississippi readies push into renewable power with plans to add 1 GW   
   Utility Dive, 12 Nov 2021   
      
   Victoria records 1,221 new local COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths   
   ABC News, 12 Nov 2021 22:35Z   
   There are now 16,671 active cases of the virus in Victoria, and 407 people   
   have died in the state during the current Delta outbreak.   
      
   Holiday home rental prices are skyrocketing. Would you pay $22,000 a week?   
   ABC Illawarra, 12 Nov 2021 23:34Z   
   The cost of accommodation along parts of the New South Wales South Coast   
   reach dizzying heights, with property owners taking advantage of Sydney's   
   exodus after the lifting of COVID travel restrictions.   
      
   Grampians Peaks Trail opens as hikers question its steep price tag   
   ABC Wimmera, 12 Nov 2021 23:33Z   
   A new long-distance walk opens in Victoria's west, but is it worth the $33   
   mn it cost to build?   
      
   'Plant for pollinators': Gardeners urged to help battling native Australian   
   bees   
   ABC Ballarat, 12 Nov 2021 23:32Z   
   Would you recognise a native Australian bee if you saw one? To date, 1,700   
   native Australian bee species have been identified and named. But despite   
   the high species count, bee experts say the bees are in decline. One way to   
   help them is to plant more native-flowering plants in the garden.   
   [Done!]   
      
   For polio survivors like Gillian, the disease is still very real --   
   and others may have 'invisible' symptoms   
   ABC Illawarra, 12 Nov 2021 23:39Z   
   Australia is free of polio, but the disease lingers for survivors like   
   Gillian Thomas, and she fears others might be experiencing "invisible"   
   late effects without even knowing.   
   [We had a touch of polio as kids. My 30s-something GP was shocked to   
   discover Australia had polio in the 1950s. My sister had a bad relapse   
   in the 1970s and from memory had to be put in an iron lung for a while].   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)