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A 54% growth on the commercial side, being added to the S&P500, 1b in free cash flow, etc. Since then there have been constant announcements of more success resulting in buy-ins from all the big institutional funds including sovereign wealth funds.
Sure, the political connections are there, but is that why everyone's buying?
Why do the beat when you can sit at your desk and watch or wait for the cameras to pick something up?
They seem to have forgotten that a police presence, i.e. a patrol car cruising around or police walking or cycling the streets not only prevents some crime but makes people feel safer by their visibility.
Have a few at home just for that, but they could definitely have a dual-use.
The whole point is to lie your ass off.
Eventually jumped in at $40 just before the election, as well as picking some bargain shares in critical mineral mining/processing. All are looking very good right now.
The US Navy would likely do the same, the biggest issue could be retaining enough crew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War_order_of_battle:...
A lot of NGOs/charities/foundations are simply vehicles for tax avoidance/reduction or nepotistic job creation. There are very few that are truly altruistic, or maybe once were but eventually become indistinguishable from a corporation in how they are run, and what they pay their executives.
He's lucky they didn't find a way to use it for card washing.
While widespread antibiotic use is bad for bees it's nothing compared to what the viruses transmitted by the mites do to them.
It's a little more bitter despite the outrageous sugar level, but wondering if the nitrates come through ok?
More recently did a mindfulness session, and was quietly surprised that I already knew the forms, just without emphasis on the self (breathing, body position and all the muscle aches, itches, etc).
* AUD 20c was an identical size and same embossed image of the Queen, but a platypus on the reverse.
Still not as amorphous as the word "now" and its various prefixes when it comes to South Africans and time.
I once bought a very cheap Optus phone just to use for work 2FA (might have been PingID). Never registered it but it could still authenticate via the Optus cell network using a lower level transport protocol. Meant I could use 2FA with no wifi connection and the phone in airplane mode to conserve battery.
Closest might be a Medicare Card which gives you access to free/discounted public health that can be used as part of identification. Usually children are on their parents card.
Drivers licence is also a primary identifier, and students can use their school student id.
A passport is a primary document (equivalent to a birth certificate) and gives you 60-70 points. It can't be used alone, but in conjunction with another id (forged or stolen) would allow for identify theft.
People like Scott Guthrie who was a key person behind dot.net, and went on to be the driving force behind Azure. Anyone who did any dot.net work 10+ years ago would know the ScottGu blog and his red shirt.
Google similarly bet on Demis, and the results also show. For someone who got his start doing level design on Syndicate (still one of my all-time favourite games) he's come a long way.
At the end of the day, if it prevents bankrupting companies, countries and the insurers when an event occurs then it is a good thing.
I know of a Australian-based insurer that only operates in the far North primarily for residents who can't get reasonable premiums to cover for floods and cyclones from the major insurers. They reinsure with a global company so paying out an event in Australia is offset with no events elsewhere.
Interestingly the frequency of cyclones is decreasing, but the strength is projected to increase with "global warming": Higher water temperature = more energy. So betting on the strength makes sense.
"Oddball" was filmed in an Australian town I grew up in. There was a chase scene that combined and compressed multiple locations. In one particular scene you are looking at an extra with a backdrop of part of the main street, but the location he is looking at (supposedly directly across the road) is actually about 1/2km away.
Ponda Baba's bad day:
But not like that hadn't happened before. Anyone remember Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the original sequel to Star Wars?
In the meantime, get a dog. They thrive in dull consistency and will love you for it. They will happily walk the same path each day and just sleep at your feet while you do what you need to do.