(And What The Public Really Needs To Know)

Today’s speaker, Speaker - Mick Palmer AO told us how he started in the police in the Northern Territory at the age of 18, when the main qualifications for joining were to be male, single and over 21. He fell in love with the Territory and the job, ending up as Police Commissioner. 

Today’s speaker, Speaker - Mick Palmer AO, mentioned the Noffs Foundation, and the work they do to assist disadvantaged young people.

(AND GODS, ANGELS, DEMONS, AND ALIENS AND WHY THEY FLOAT, FLY, AND TRAVEL OUT OF THEIR BODIES) 

500 years ago demons haunted our world, and incubi and succubi tormented their victims as they lay asleep in their beds. 200 years ago spirits of the departed made bedside visits. More recently green and grey aliens began to molest people in their sleep. What is going on here? Are these mysterious visitors in our world or in our minds? 

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

-  Gregory Maguire

The Shadow is on the lookout: you can run, but you can't hide!

Cutting-edge humor straight out of Comedy Central is great, but people actually laugh more in conversation and through interaction.

We've unearthed a few facts on laughter including:

• Laughter bonds people through prosocial behavior
• It’s a contagion
• Women laugh 126 percent more than men
• Mating would be nowhere without it
• Men want to generate laughter and they need women who will laugh
• Women are commonly laughter appreciators