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dont think many would undestand
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Long-life cream could return to shelves amid outrage over loss of Devondale staple
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  The loss of Devondale long-life cream has made it harder for outback cooks to whip up scones with cream.
  
  (ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)
  Plans are in place to bring back long-life whipping cream amid outrage from outback cooks over the discontinuation of a staple in remote kitchens — Devondale long-life cream.
  
  Known for its capacity to be whipped, the cream was taken off the shelf when dairy processor Murray Goulburn closed three of its factories last year.
  
  However, long-life dairy processor Freedom Foods has announced its plans to roll out a new range of whipping UHT cream later this year, among other products, to fill the gap left by the Murray Goulburn closures.
  
  Outback blogger Danielle Doyle, from Mittiebah Station in the Northern Territory, has been a vocal critic of thediscontinuation of Devondale's long-life cream.
  
  "There's quite a few UHT long-life creams, but they're more cooking creams and a lot of them are low-fat. You can't actually whip them," Ms Doyle said.
  
  
  Alby Davey from Chatsworth Station has been experimenting to find a replacement for the Devondale long-life cream.
  
  (ABC Rural: Eric Barker)
  "Either way it's a great opportunity."
  
  Mr Macleod said the company had planned to release a "pouring and cooking cream" in June, followed by a specialist whipping cream later in the year.
  
  "There's a lot of demand for [the whipping cream], particularly into our export markets and food service, but we thought we'd get the more important pouring/cooking cream into the market first," he said.

always 'taken care of self first' Chris
anything left over is certainly left for others'
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love your acting btw

 

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There is a thin line between being passionate and being a dick

 

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What a Scientist Learned From Studying the ‘Synchronized Swimming of Sea Monkeys’

y JOANNA KLEIN

Tiny crustaceans complete a massive daily vertical migration in the world’s oceans. New research suggests their commute may play an important role in the health of the planet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/science/tiny-shrimp-ocean-mixing.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20180424&nl=science-times&nl_art=3&nlid=64436595emc=edit_sc_20180424&ref=img&te=1

How a Common Beetle May Offer Deep Insights Into Evolution
By JAMES GORMAN
A molecular biologist has turned a childhood obsession with a common beetle into a scientific quest.

 

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NEW ZEALAND
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Anzac family stories kept alive: 'Grandparents are the stuff of legend'
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One of the artists behind a Anzac Day light and sound show, and whose grandfather fought at Gallipoli, says the occasion is about keeping family stories alive.

Interactive light projection piece by Johann Nortje Photo: RNZ / Jessie Chiang

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nati...pt-alive-grandparents-are-the-stuff-of-legend

in the next breath
where would we be without the valuable work of scientists
many youngsters up and comming for there future
unlike the we kno whon types
selfish money hungry adults

Arctic sea ice holds record levels of microplastics
Microplastics locked up in the Arctic will be re-released into the world's oceans as climate change melts sea ice. Such plastic pollution could have broad consequences for marine — and human — life.

When fish eat microplastics and we eat the fish, we also eat some amount of those microplastics

MICROPLASTICS: OUR DAILY COMPANIONS
Plastic in your mouth
Microplastics are defined as smaller than 5 milimeters in diameter. But these tiny particles accumulate in the sea, can enter the food chain, and are even found in the air. Personal care products containing microplastics, such as toothpaste, represent one of the most common intentional uses of microplastics in our daily lives.

http://www.dw.com/en/arctic-sea-ice...n-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-html-newsletter

 

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A Dying 700-Year-Old Banyan Tree Was Brought Back to Life With an IV

Dying Banyan Tree

Pillalamarri’s branches bend close to the soil. COURTESY OF DISTRICT

In India, a termite infestation pushed one of the country's oldest trees to the brink of death, but officials managed to save it with an IV.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl..._24_2018)&mc_cid=4f0748067d&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e

 

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double smile
not going to argue with that one huh
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Science, Tech & Environment

Around the world, the environment is finally getting its day in court

Ensia

April 24, 2018 · 8:00 AM EDT

By Anna-Catherine Brigida
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Coatepeque Lake is seen from a road in the town of El Congo, El Salvador, Sept. 6, 2017. The color of the water in the lake has changed due to the proliferation of cyanobacteria and non-identified minerals, according to an analysis of samples taken by Laboratory of Marine Toxins of the University of El Salvador. Since 2014, El Salvador has had a specialized environmental court system.
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When the improper disposal of wastewater from the construction site of a joint shopping center and apartment complex threatened to contaminate hundreds of residents’ water in Sonsonate, El Salvador, activists and community leaders filed a lawsuit through the country’s specialized environmental justice system. In response, Lina Pohl, El Salvador's minister of environment and natural resources, went to inspect the water. When she found signs of contamination, she ordered the suspension of construction.

Using legal tools to report an alleged violation of the law might not seem groundbreaking. But in El Salvador, justice in environmental disputes has long swung in favor of rich developers with political connections rather than activists and citizens. So, in 2014 the Central American nation established three regional environmental tribunals to even the playing field in environmental disputes.

“Historically, institutions in El Salvador have operated with lots of corruption. This is a system that breaks with that tradition of corruption,” says Salvador Recinos, a specialist in ecological policy for the Salvadoran Ecological Unit (UNES), a nongovernmental organization based in San Salvador. “With this court system, there is clearly a better chance of people in El Salvador having access to justice in these types of environmental cases.”

More than 40 countries around the world have established environmental court systems.

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Justice systems around the world face obstacles to settling environmental cases quickly and fairly, whether from corruption, drawn-out trials or judges who lack understanding of environmental issues. Specialized environmental courts have emerged as an important defense against human-caused destruction of the environment. In 2009 there were only 350 of these specialized court systems in the world. Today there are at least 1,200 in 44 countries.

Evolving understanding
The boom in environmental courts is driven by an evolving understanding of human rights and environmental law, increased awareness of the threats of climate change, and dissatisfaction with general court systems, according to George (Rock) Pring, co-author of “Environmental Courts & Tribunals,” a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) guide for policy-makers.

“Human rights and environmental rights are now seen as overlapping and complementing each other, not surprisingly,” he says. “Climate change has also been a big pressure on creating environmental courts, as have concepts such as sustainable development.”

International agreements like the Paris Climate Change Accords have made important strides in recognizing the severity of the problems posed by climate change, but their non-binding nature means that it is up to national court systems to ensure these promises are carried out.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-04...vironment is finally getting its day in court

 

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The new season of Earth Focus will travel to far-flung parts of the globe as well as cities in the U.S. to explore how community planning is evolving in the wake of heightened environmental challenges brought on by climate change and increasing urbanization.

Season premiere on April 26 at 9 p.m. on DirecTV 375 and DISH Network 9410 or stream it from linktv.org/earthfocus, Roku, Apple TV channels or on Amazon Video.

DAMN good link
eath day

https://www.linktv.org/shows/earth-...ail&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-036f624a99-85968677


Tortoise In Peril
Special
Desert tortoises are a threatened species. Habitat destruction, diseases and other factors have reduced their numbers by up to 90 percent. Now flocks of ravens, that often live off human trash, are eating baby tortoises, reducing the odds of tortoise survival as a species. This documentary explores that impact, pointing out how people can change the environment through seemingly innocent actions.

https://www.linktv.org/shows/earth-focus/episodes/tortoise-in-peril

 

[rbkwp]

maybe
if so, good luck
still think a majority remain closeted and feel safer

youngsters cotinually need the older gays love guidance and support either way there are right b.....ds out there, as we know
they are not going to go away

need the book in payable digital fom be nice

PAID POST
“Global Gay: How Gay Culture Is Changing the World”

A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFvLoyQZJXtJtfhbzK_Tfk20XH8qA

 

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only takes Trumpllike ignorance to realize that a supposed Str person knows more of a Gay persons life/style than he/she duh

 

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We LOVE gardening!

 

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ENVIRONMENT
United in noise: How species deal with our racket
When humans get loud, the impacts are far-reaching for fish, mammals, birds, insects and even plants. The effects are similar, and similarly bad.

Noise comes from everywhere — it tears down streets, hurtles through the air and is propelled hundreds of kilometers through water. And although, we humans are the ones who cause it, we are not the only ones affected. Far from it. Our general pandemonium impacts all manner, size and form of life on the planet.

The following species are case studies. Not every animal of a given species will react to noise in the same way. To a degree, research into the effects of man-made din is in its infancy, but some scientists have begun to give it priority. One such researcher is Andy Radford from England's University of Bristol, who has been exploring the impacts of human noise in two projects. The first takes us to Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Fish: Roaring on the reef

Radford and his team spent months on the reef researching how the the spiny chromis, a blue-gray fish of between 11 and 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches), breeds in loud conditions.

"We ran an experiment where we had nearly 40 natural nests on coral reefs and we divided them half and half," says Radford. "So half of them got exposed to motorboat noise playback for 12 days and half of them got exposed to ambient playback for 12 days."

Noise on the reef can trigger a chain reaction that results in unprotected nests

When subjected to the roar of nautical engines, the adult fish behaved differently, he said. Of particular note was that they spent longer chasing away other fish than their counterparts in a quieter environment.

"One could think that's a good thing but if lots of those chases are inappropriate then you are leaving your nest exposed and not doing the other aspects of parental care that you should. It's wasted time if it's unnecessary," he continues.

Read more: How humans are polluting the world with noise

A number of studies on birds have also revealed noise stress when species are exposed to high levels of man-made din. Some relocate when the going gets too loud, which can have an impact on other species.


The noise generated by gas compressors in San Juan Becken in New Mexico is no lullaby. The machines produce high and low frequencies at the same time and all things being equal, are operational 24/7 every day of the year. They also emit vibrations into the ground.

To live alongside it requires strong nerves or good protection. Research conducted by the Florida Museum of Natural History shows that even some of the planet's tiniest species are overwhelmed by what they hear.

Cave crickets don't seem to like loud noise

"Noise pollution affects all kinds of animals, and insects are no exception," the May 2017 study claims. The scientists compared insect concentrations on sites near the compressors with ecologically similar ones that were free of noise pollution. In the former they found 95 percent fewer cave, camel and spider crickets, 52 percent fewer froghoppers and 24 percent fewer grasshoppers.

Because those insects rely on the ability to make sounds or sense vibrations, be it in order to find a mate or detect pray, this high volume of man-made noise could interfere with information they either receive or send out.

Read more: Where sound is seen as well as heard

The scientists say the noise could also trigger a chain reaction because insects are fundamental to the stability of the food chain, pollination, the decomposition of organic matter and, thereby, the health of entire ecosystems.

Plants: Indirect victims

But what about plants? Given their lack of ears it would be easy to assume they have it easy in the face of man-made noise. But there's a bit more to it than that, as a study into the Colorado pinyon, a type of pine that forms large edible seeds, goes to show.

Trees can't hear noise, but are affected by other species that can

http://www.dw.com/en/united-in-nois...ca=en-newsletter_en_gns-16215-html-newsletter

Should animals be given more rights? The documentary 'Citizen Animal' tries to answer
Originally planned as a vacation, a trip director Oliver Kyr took turned into a search for people who are committed to animal rights. That journey became documentary 'Citizen Animal.'

http://www.dw.com/en/should-animals...ca=en-newsletter_en_gns-16215-html-newsletter

 

[MickeyLee]

I need to watch Fallen again.

 

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that/those damn wars
and that was 103 years ago
we shitty humans dont desetrve this planet
and the F'ckers are exploring space for elsewhere, the BARSTEDS!!!

Our worst battlefield
We remember our war dead on Anzac Day, April 25, the anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli in World War I. But our heaviest losses in that war occurred on the Western Front.

Our worst day was October 12, 1917, the First Battle of Passchendaele. New Zealand lost 1000 soldiers in two hours because the high command ignored the effect of heavy rain on the battlefield.

To Samoa, to war

The fate of the Nino Bixio
On August 17, 1942, an Italian prisoner-of-war ship carrying Allied soldiers was torpedoed off the coast of Greece. Crammed into the forward hold were 174 New Zealand servicemen.

Operation Mercury: The battle of Crete
The invasion of Crete by Nazi Germany began on May 20, 1941, when gliders and paratroops swooped through the dust and smoke thrown up by Luftwaffe bombs and cannon.

On the ground, a mixed British, Dominion and Greek army raised its guns to meet them. Mainstay of the Allied defence, where the conflict was most fierce and its outcome decided, was the 2nd New Zealand Division.

 

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some of the GREATEST NEWS EVER,finally
well done
thats well deserved unity

talk about chemical warfae

European Union votes to ban bee-killing pesticides
The EU has expanded a ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides, now completely barring their use outside. The vote comes after the EU's food safety watchdog found the pesticides pose a risk to bees.

An expert panel of representatives from the European Union's 28 member states voted on Friday in favor of extending a ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides that researchers warned have negative impacts on bee populations.

"Member states' representatives have endorsed a proposal by the European Commission to further restrict the use of three active substances ... for which a scientific review concluded that their outdoor use harms bees," the European Commission said in a statement.

Read more: Supply chains at risk as pollinators die out

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  HAVE SCIENTISTS FOUND THE KEY TO A BEE-FRIENDLY PESTICIDE?
  Bees and pesticides
  The European Union's food safety watchdog has confirmed that pesticides harm bee populations. Several studies have shown that neonicotinoids affect the brains and bodies of bees and other insects, changing their behavior and reducing their fertility and lifespan.

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The approved proposal calls for a full outdoor ban of three substances: imidacloprid which was developed by Germany's Bayer CropScience, clothianidin created by Bayer CropScience and Japan's Takeda Chemical Industries, as well as thiamethoxam from Switzerland's Syngenta.

"All outdoor uses will be banned and the neonicotinoids in question will only be allowed in permanent greenhouses where exposure of bees is not expected," the statement said.

Read more: Environmentalists skeptical of 'breakthrough' on bee-friendly pesticides

posed a serious risk to bees.

Other studies found that the chemicals can lower bees' resistance to disease and causes them to become disoriented, meaning they cannot find their way back to their hives.

Supply chains at risk as pollinators die out
Intensive modern agriculture still relies on wild birds, bees and beasts for pollination. But these species — and whole industrial supply chains that depend on them — are at risk, according to a new global survey. (13.04.2018)
The debate rages on: Are neonicotinoid pesticides killing bees?
New studies appear to confirm that neonicotinoid pesticides are killing bees, even as chemical companies continue to tout their safety. An EU-wide ban is looking increasingly likely. (29.06.2017)

Environmentalists skeptical of 'breakthrough' on bee-friendly pesticides
Researchers say a new discovery may help to create pesticides that don't kill bees. But critics say we need to move away from a "chemical mindset" altogether. (22.03.2018)

Pesticides harm bees — EU food safety watchdog confirms 2013 findings
The EU banned three types of pesticides after a 2013 EU study found evidence they were dangerous to wild bee populations. The latest study has confirmed that finding and sets the stage for the ban to continue. (28.02.2018)

Have scientists found the key to a bee-friendly pesticide?
Researchers believe a new scientific breakthrough will help to develop pesticides that do not kill bees - but is it really the solution to the problem of toxic pesticides? (22.03.2018)

AUDIOS AND VIDEOS ON THE TOPIC

http://www.dw.com/en/european-union...tter_en_around_the_globe-5663-html-newsletter


finally some sense
a an f CKEMICALS used agaonst bees

People celebrate following the EU decision for a total ban on bee-harming pesticides in Brussels, Belgium, 27 April. Photograph: Olivier Matthys/AP

 

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FOOD & DRINK
Tarantula Samosa


Tucked inside a flaky crust are layers of feta, spinach, and black, hairy legs.

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Maple syrup inc.: Vermont’s maple syrup tradition goes high tech, high finance
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Why Scientists Name Species
From the Beyonce fly to the David Attenborough possum, the names we bestow on animals have real conservation impacts

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The world’s biodiversity hotspots. (AAS/Royal Society Te Apārangi)

Estimated number of described (centre shaded areas) and undescribed (outer unshaded areas) species in Australia and New Zealand. (AAS/Royal Society Te Apārangi

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...pJobID=1263268182&spReportId=MTI2MzI2ODE4MgS2

 

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| 0:55 | NEWS |
Why Is This Gopher Tortoise
Head-Banging?
This tortoise would fit right in at an AC/DC concert. She is a gopher tortoise named Gertrude, and she is very grumpy. Gertrude is being studied in Florida by scientists interested in the preservation of this threatened species. However, Gertrude doesn’t seem to like being studied. It is likely that her “head-banging” is a type of territorial or defensive behavior.
—Richie Hertzberg, producer/editor
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saw an ARMADILLO type animal fo sale in a CHINA open market late 7os
anything for food i geyss
imagine they banned from being killed there days

| 4:20 | 101 Videos |
Pangolins: The Most Trafficked Mammal You’ve Never Heard Of
While living in Namibia in 2012, I encountered the strangest creature I’ve ever seen: a pangolin. This scaly mammal was curled up into a ball as a defense mechanism. Little did I know at the time how much danger the pangolin is in. All eight species, found only in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, are at risk of extinction. Targeted primarily for their scales, pangolins are being poached at an alarming rate, about one every five minutes, or the time it takes you to watch this video.
—Jed Winer, producer/editor
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dont need to save the world
- i said

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World

 

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smile/no SAD
reminisce
about 5 years ago
lying down under a shady NZ NATIVE tree on island

mum and lil one Native Pigeons (KEERERU in indigenous Maori) in branch right above me
they were NOT scared of humans nor wars
mum seemed to be teaching the youngster how to warble
smile
out there now

to be cont
wait till you hear about the punch drunk fat birds that coukdent raise enough height in flight and slammed into the wealthy neighbours commecial Fr doors, BANG DEAD unfortunately?

 

[MickeyLee]

Spamming for Importance
Multiple Brands of Dog Food Recalled, Contaminated with Euthanasia Drug.

Gravy Train, Kibble n' Bits, Skippy, and Old Roy canned dog food.
Please read the article before you feed your dogs.

 

[creek47]

Cats are jerks. Don’t get me wrong i love my cats however they just don’t give a damn about BS. They want love they will fern kove, they want to be left alone they’ll hide. But I can see my cat knock crap over just for kicks.