In recent years, the issue of pensions has become one of the most debated issues in society. Sometimes we think that our pensioners live on the edge of poverty, barely making ends meet. But what if this is not the case? What if there are pensioners who have found a way to enrich themselves? That’s the question our reporter asked when he went on a survey of pensioners’ homes in various parts of England. The aim of his report was to shed light on the real living conditions of the elderly and the possible problems they face.
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Chris Tarrant will host the new season of the primetime game show, ITV announced today.
The Colour Of Money features cash machines which can deliver “life changing” sums of money – if contestants can keep their nerve. Chris Tarrant is going to host an edgy game show. Chris said: “When I saw The Colour Of Money, I thought it was brilliant. It’s a simple format and creates such tension.”
The Greenland-based company extracts glacial ice from Greenland’s fjords and ships it to the UAE, where such an exclusive product is used in prestigious bars to serve in cocktails.
One of the attractive features of this ice, according to the co-founder of the startup, is its exceptional purity, lack of bubbles and gradual, even melting. The entrepreneur claims that this is the purest water on the planet, because it froze over 100 millennia ago and has not been polluted by anthropogenic substances.
53-year-old V. Phonmai bought 5 kilograms of shellfish at a market near the Thai capital last December. At home, she prepared a seafood dish. When the woman sat down to dinner, she saw ball-shaped objects in the sink, one of which was pearlescent. She immediately realized it was a pearl.
Phonmai kept the object and brought it back to the capital in January to ask experts for their opinion. After examining it, they said it was indeed a pearl. Its weight is 6.8 carats.
A major source of CO2 emissions, previously unaccounted for, has been found
The University of Utah has announced impressive CO2 emissions from bottom trawl fisheries. Previously, this factor was not taken into account in climate modeling.
In trawling, nets dragged along the bottom release carbon from the sediments, which is then converted into CO2. More than half of it is then released into the atmosphere, while the rest remains in the water and acidifies the ocean, damaging marine life.
According to Dr. Trisha Edmund, scientists have known that trawling damages ecosystems, but it is now clear that it also releases carbon that would otherwise have been untouched for millennia.
The agricultural industry in the United States has been threatened by weeds. Farmers are alarmed at the loss of chemical efficacy, especially in the Midwest.
A survey of large farm owners confirmed that agricultural production is increasingly challenged by ragweed, kochia and other weeds. The latter are already visibly crowding out crops within at least as many states as North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Experts say that often weed flora becomes resistant to the impact of several herbicide preparations at once.
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