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In ancient Egypt, wine was used as an offering to the gods to symbolise power to revitalise and rebirth. They saw a connection between wines red colour and the blood of Osiris, the God of the afterlife.
So, red wine was not something unique to the biblical story of the last supper and Jesus's comparison of blood and wine, it was a ritual that already existed many years before.

Zeus the number one God in Greek Mythology gave his daughter Pandora, a present. It was a vase, not a box as commonly described. It had a lid. He told his daughter to display the object wherever she wanted, but she must never remove the lid.
The temptation was too great for Pandora and she removed the top. As a result, all the troubles that would face the world were released, except for hope.
Does this sound similar to the story of Adam and Eve and the instruction not to eat the forbidden fruit?
The biblical story is not unique and there are many stories that exist around the world that are similar.

At the test match yesterday at Lord's cricket ground, an England batsman was stumped by the Australian wicket keeper for wandering outside his crease. The batsman, Bairstow assumed beforehand that it was the end of the over, so the ball was dead. But the Australian team jumped with delight at seeing him out. The umpire hadn't officially declared that it was the end of the over so technically the ball was still live and the player must be deemed out. A mass protest ensued and the Australian team were booed by the crowd and called cheats.
This brings into question the right spirit of the game and the Australians capitalised on the situation when, if they showed the right sporting attitude, they should not have stumped the England player as he assumed the ball was dead and the Australian player knew that, but took the opportunity to gain a crucial wicket without showing the right sporting spirit.
Is it important in any sport to show the right sporting attitude, or is winning at any cost the only objective.

Upgrades come under a few headings. Do them or ignore them as it's not broke so I don't have to fix it. At some point in time I have to do an upgrade or two and the time is nearing.

I bought a few refurbished computers over the years and they appear to be okay for my normal use. My business computer was purchased new years ago with an older system using Windows 7 and some of the software I'm using requires Windows 10 to get all the features out of them.

The latest version of Google Chrome is like the kiss of death and email drags, times out and sometimes requires a refresh to function.

Time for an upgrade I've been putting off for a while. I bought a refurb and I'm busy migrating all my data and programs from the older computer to the new one. One main program that handles my PDF documents similar to Adobe cannot be moved. The company offered an upgrade that was half price, so I'm in the process of installing and setting up the environment that will take a few hours to accomplish.

Upgrades, sometimes you've got to do them!

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Sorry Merlot & Oz ....
can't babysit this blog at the moment and the only way to keep comments out, is not allow any at all...
forgot that when I opened my mouth for the second time

No hard feelings lads for being temporarily banished lol

The kiwi is a creature native to New Zealand. The Blue Kiwi is extremely rare, possibly due to its shy nature, and has a tendency to run away and hide it's face. It is the size of a chicken with a bald head, and if you ever see one, make sure you take a photo and post it on this site. There are no photos of this creature at present.

Every 4th, Nathan's Famous does a hotdog eating contest and every year Joey Chestnut beats the competition. In 10 minutes he consumed 62 hotdogs. The 2nd place winner trailed by 14 dogs...



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The Taliban in Afghanistan expect countries to supply aid to the country, despite the imposition of their strict rules about, no schools for women, or universities. Restrictions on dress and movement.
Well, they need to be told, no aid unless all restrictions are lifted. See how they deal with that.

What does multiculturalism mean? Well to me it means that through migration a country can undergo huge changes. With an influx of different races of people, you get a change to the architecture of towns and cities. Suddenly mosques appear. Areas become concentrated with separate communities that don't integrate, or want to integrate. People still communicate with their own language. There is a large increase in certain types of crime, including, gun crime, knife crime, drugs, drive by shootings, muggings, rivalry between gangs and sometimes due to religious differences eg Hindus against Muslims. A recent example was in the city of Leicester where riots broke out between Hindus and Muslims.
Thousands of illegal immigrants entering a country exasserbates the situation, when they are left to roam the streets.
Multiculturalism doesn't appear to work from what I have seen living near a city which is promoted as being proud to be such a good example.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin briefed his Belarusian counterpart on the situation in southern Russia as the private military company Wagner declared an armed rebellion against the country's leadership. The heads of state agreed on joint actions to prevent what many military experts were already calling a "coup" attempt. President of Belarus, having additionally specified the situation through his own channels, with the agreement with the President of Russia, held talks with the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.


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