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The Inevitable Aftermath

( TMI )

I am going to divorce M*cr*$*ft!

If you don't mind Microsoft snooping around on your computer, there is a utility called Remove Hidden Data which will clean up bloated Word documents.

What I have done is the following:

Import 23 Mb .doc into OpenOffice Writer
Export .doc as Web 'site' (.html etc.)
Import .html back into Word
Save as 145 kb .doc

Moral: Never Track Changes, especially if you want to move documents by email. Actually: purge all MS software from your hard drive NOW.

How will the Government react to this?

Badger cull 'not cost effective'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6762513.stm

'Culling badgers is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of controlling cattle tuberculosis, scientists advising the government have concluded. ...

ISG chairman Professor John Bourne told BBC Radio 4's Farming Today: "One has to recognise that what we are dealing with is primarily a disease of cattle, although badgers in hot spot areas do make a significant contribution."

The dilemma for farmers and ministers is that there was no sustainable way of treating the badger issue, he said.

"If they do embark on a badger culling policy, it is quite clear that will have no impact - direct impact or meaningful impact - on controlling the disease in cattle, and it could make it worse."

Instead, he proposed a method of cattle control which would reduce the incidents and prevent its geographical spread. ...'

Circles

The least worst option was for G to drive me over so I could briefly see Mater this evening, even though I hardly had the energy. She loved the ear-rings which I'd bought for her - Indian silver with turquoise-colour crystals - which leads to a girlie plan of getting her ear piercings re-opened ... Now we're back on the long hard slog of Mater learning to stand on her own two feet again emotionally speaking ...

Very tired now, but my pain is lessened. Various productive and/or relaxing phone conversations with close friends and family helped. But my key issues also remain.