Random thoughts

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not impressed
far too slow to act
Successive Australian govts have not really cared
the current govt throwiong 1/2 a biollion for it 6 months ago, is too late apart from paltry measly vote getting devils

oveeall
to bloody damn interested in making money with there minerals


Australia Downgrades Great Barrier Reef Outlook to 'Very Poor'

Deutsche WelleAug. 30, 2019 09:10AM ESTCLIMATE

Half bleached coral in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. JAYNE JENKINS / CORAL REEF IMAGE BANK

Australia Downgrades Great Barrier Reef Outlook to 'Very Poor'

 

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uuhhhmm
bit pissed
but wtf
it is part Au rural,so
all cool

Elderly woman dies after being pecked by 'aggressive rooster' while collecting eggs
A pathology expert says the recent death of an elderly woman while collecting eggs shows how dangerous varicose veins can be.

Protecting Tasmania from the tomato potato psyllid shows the chips aren't down
Biosecurity officers are successful, but vigilant, in their fight against the possible incursion of the tomato potato psyllid into Tasmania.

Desperately hungry feral deer will eat (almost) anything in Lake Cathie
Scott Castle's garden has become the preferred nocturnal dining location for desperate feral deer and almost nothing is off the menu. Except one thing.



Desperately hungry feral deer will eat (almost) anything in Lake Cathie
Scott Castle's garden has become the preferred nocturnal dining location for desperate feral deer and almost nothing is off the menu. Except one thing.

just in case you need,forclosure duh

dont know where i am tbh haha

 

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nobody interferes,good enough ..
lets hope it works
good on them for trying

Roadkill hurts a lot more than just animals. A new bill aims to ease the pain.

The $250 million investment could benefit drivers, hunters, wildlife, and more.



Roadkill hurts a lot more than just animals. A new bill aims to ease the pain.

 

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The 10 Worst Hurricanes of All Time
With Hurricane Dorian bearing down on several U.S. states, we figured it'd be a good time to revisit this top 10. Will Dorian make the list?

 

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White Barn Owls Thrive When Hunting in Bright Moonlight
Something about the light from a full moon shining on the frightening face of a barn owl makes voles freeze a bit too long.

 

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LOVE

ABC RURAL
also love Au time...whatever its called ha


Salmon farm takes to open, wild water in 'fortress pens'
Millions of Atlantic salmon are filling 18 super-tough fortress pens at a new farm site in open water in southern Tasmania.

Lithium's teething troubles put workforce on shaky ground
Sales of lithium-based products have yet to match initial projections, resulting in a slump in global demand and a slowdown on projects in WA.


NT Senator Sam McMahon calls for Adelaide River plan to solve water woes
Water is running dry in the Top End but is funding for a dam on the Adelaide River the right way to fix it?

'Peaks and troughs': Pig farmers say local bacon production undermined by cheap imports
Finding Australian bacon on supermarket shelves is getting harder amid drought, decreasing numbers of pig studs and an influx of cheaper imports.

 

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Science & Technology
Trees May Have a "Heartbeat"
May 23, 2018
Written by Reuben Westmaas


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It seems like every day we're learning something new about how plants and people aren't so different. We've already told you about how plants can hear when they are being eaten, and how grass screams every time you cut it. Now, it turns out trees seem to have a heartbeat — and they don't even have hearts.

Tree Still, My Beating Heart

There is a certain rhythm to life. Humans tend to wake up in the morning and go back to sleep at night based on a cycle we call circadian rhythm. Other patterns, like your digestive cycle and the rhythm of your breathing, are faster than the rising and the setting of the sun. And then there's your heartbeat, pounding faithfully awaymore than 2 billion times through your life. Scientists have known about some of the slower rhythms in a tree's life cycle, but a new study has shown that at least some trees seem to have a "heartbeat" that has a similar purpose to yours: It pumps fluids throughout the tree's "body."

Trees May Have a "Heartbeat"

 

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How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World

A massive collection of dog tumor samples is revealing the secrets of a contagious, parasite-like cancer that could help explain human cancers too.

 

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MEAT mmmmmm
love all meat

remember the old abbatoir/freezing works
and esp the tradesman butchers/real perfectionists huh
chick and i would wander down the rail track daily to get our meat for up to 25 of us living in a hippie style commune inder a rail bridge in BOWEN QLD Au,in the day
-smile

Old abattoir offers new hope for drought-stricken community
Three years after shutting down and shedding more than 30 local jobs, Binnaway's abattoir is reopening, offering a much-needed boost.

thanks
for the likes Willow

 

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and
Aussie brothers Tex and Doolet YAY

 

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How to protect yourself from nuclear radiation

Duck and cover? More like: Go inside and stay inside.

Find out where your town’s air pollution actually comes from

It goes any way the wind blows.

Evolution doesn't work the way you think it does

It doesn't proceed in a straight line—so why do we keep drawing it that way?

 

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poser
if your interested,cant say i am ha


How Would a Flat Earth Even Work?
August 31, 2018
Written by Reuben Westmaas


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Among scientific and skeptical types, clowning on flat-earthers is a pastime as old asWashington Irving. But the fun isn't just in the myriad ways that you can prove that the Earth is round (er, a roughly spherical ovoid). It's also in imagining what life would be like if the Earth was actually flat. The problems start with the simple issue of gravity.

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Gravity Goes Gonzo

A lot of the strange side effects of a flat Earth would arise directly from the way the disc would experience gravity. This fundamental force of the universe would make its presence known on a pancake planet in several large-scale, undeniable ways. First things first, remember that Earth's gravity doesn't pull you down, per se — it pulls you towards its center of mass. So if you're standing at the exact center of the disc, you might feel Earthly gravity as normal. But move too far away from the center, and you'll feel a constant pull drawing you back.



You could imagine that feeling as being akin to standing on a steep hill. And the farther away from the center and towards the edge you went, the steeper that hill would grow. At the very end, it would feel like a nearly vertical wall — scale that wall and make it to the coin's edge of the planet, and it will be like standing on normal Earth gravity again. In essence, a flat Earth would feel a lot like a bowl-shaped Earth.



How Would a Flat Earth Even Work?

 

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iconic NZ huts
usuallly avalable to all,hikers,hunters
/travellers etc
maintained by volunteers
adminstered by DOC NZ s dept of conservation
an indigenous koha /gift of a few dollars,open to whatever you can give
is gratefully accepted

i have used them
and one had its cashbox smashed oopen
human behaviour WW huh

The hut keepers

 

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uuhhmmm
behave
same sex couples, esp animals
naaaa
do what you want, we do


Berlin: Same-sex penguin couple's egg fails to hatch
Hopes had been high for Skipper and Ping, two male emperor penguins who had long been trying to start a family. "Surely they will get the chance to become parents again in the future," the Berlin Zoo said.

A same-sex emperor penguin couple at the Berlin Zoo was given some sad news this week after an egg they were given to adopt did not hatch, the zoo announced on Thursday.

The egg "burst open" on September 2, but unfortunately had not been fertilized, the zoo said on Twitter.

"Surely they will get the chance to become parents again in the future," they added.





Skipper and Ping were given an egg in July after it had been abandoned by a female penguin.

The two 10-year-old penguins had been showing clear signs that they wanted to brood an egg for a while by attempting to hatch stones and fish, German news agency DPA reported.

Read more: There is no homophobia in the animal kingdom

Zoo spokesman Maximilian Jäger last month said the same-sex couple had acted "like exemplary parents," with each partner taking turns to warm the egg.

It was the first time that the Berlin Zoo tried to have a same-sex penguin couple care for an egg.

Gay penguin couples have been observed in colonies for decades — both in zoos and out in their natural habitats.

Male penguin couples have successfully hatched eggs at other zoos, including two Gentoo penguins who hatched and reared a chick at a Sydney aquarium last year.

Each evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here.

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  10 ANIMAL SPECIES THAT SHOW HOW BEING GAY IS NATURAL
  Necking giraffes
  Among giraffes, there's more same-sex than opposite-sex activity. In fact, studies say gay sex accounts for more than 90 percent of all observed sexual activity in giraffes. And they don't just get straight to business. Male giraffes know how to flirt, first necking with each other - that is, gently rubbing their necks along the other's body. This foreplay can last for up to an hour.
  

Penguins break into New Zealand sushi stall, again
New Zealand police have returned two blue penguins to their natural habitat after they refused to leave a sushi store in Wellington. The "waddling vagrants" had been removed once before. (17.07.2019)

Human-sized penguin fossils found in New Zealand
Fossils in New Zealand have led to the discovery of a new species of giant penguin that could grow up to 1.6 meters tall. The penguin's closest relative is another giant penguin that was found in Antarctica. (14.08.2019)

Same-sex penguin couple adopt abandoned egg in attempt to become parents
The Berlin Zoo's two male penguins have been caring for the egg since July and have long sought to be new parents. The pair will find out in September if they are successful. (09.08.2019)

There is no homophobia in the animal kingdom
Think being gay is unnatural? Then look no further than the animal kingdom, where homosexuality is very common. Studies suggest that around 1,500 animal species practice same-sex coupling, from fish to birds and mammals. (02.08.2017)

Polish zoo shows off rare albino penguin chick
The shy, waddling addition to the Gdansk Zoo is only three months old. It's also the only bird of its kind in captivity. (22.03.2019)

10 animal species that show how being gay is natural
Same-sex pairing is not just normal in the animal kingdom - it's even common. Studies suggest that about 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling - from insects, to fish, birds and mammals. (02.08.2017)

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mmmmm
so much devestation no doubt
as bad as te wars raging, without the human loss

but ....

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NEWS
Amazon leaders talk rain forest preservation amid wildfire crisis
Presidents and leaders from the Amazon region are meeting in Colombia as wildfires continue to ravage the Amazon rain forest, the largest in the world. But one head of state is notable by his absence.

Presidents and representatives from several countries in South America's Amazon region are set to meet in Colombia on Friday to discuss a joint strategy for preserving the world's largest rain forest, which has been under threat from a record number of wildfires.

The meeting in Leticia, the capital of Colombia's Amazon region, will bring together delegates from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Suriname, according to the Colombian Foreign Ministry.

A notable absentee at the meeting will be Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, where tens of thousands of forest fires have been recorded so far this year. Bolsonaro, who will follow the summit via videoconference, will not be attending because of upcoming surgery.

He himself convened the meeting in response to international attempts at intervention, saying Latin American countries in the region should manage the situation themselves.

Read more: Amazon versus Africa forest fires: Is the world really ablaze?

Amazon leaders talk rain forest preservation amid wildfire crisis | DW | 06.09.2019

 

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BRILLIANT INDIGENOUS INITIATIVE
compared to wealth driven greedselfish living hunger usually of devlish corporates

compare that to BRAZIL/TRUMP and what those bastards are up to


In Peru
, farmers find ways to grow food without burning down the forest
Farmers around the Peruvian city of Iquitos usually burn parts of the Amazon rainforest so they can grow food in the fertile soil. Now, they're finding alternatives to the destructive practice.



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Peru: Sustainable farming in the rainforest
Project aim: Creating productive agroforestry systems with local communities as a financially and environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional farming to halt deforestation

Project implementation: Merging traditional Amazonian farming techniques with modern permaculture concepts. Working with locals to apply these methods instead of slash and burn agriculture.

Like many other small farmers in the Amazon rainforest around the Peruvian city of Iquitos, Eder Perez grows just one crop — the yucca plant. But in order to do so, he burns down parts of the jungle to create fields. The plants thrive in the fertile ash-filled soil, but only for about a year. Then the farmers have to burn down a new patch.

This slash and burn agriculture method is putting further pressure on a part of the Amazon that's already threatened from logging and large farming plantations. The rate of deforestation in the Iquitos forest has hit the highest rates in a decade.

The Chaikuni Institute, a self-described grassroots collective, is working with farmers like Perez on an agroforestry project. By coupling old Amazonian techniques with modern sustainable farming concepts, they hope communities can support themselves without burning down the forest.

A film by Tanja Blut


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last nights dishes done
smile

and 3 gems to absorb/share,follow up on yay

America’s Earliest Lesbian Bar
Established in 1925, Eve’s Hangout is considered one of the first lesbian establishments in the United States. The West Village hangout was a popular nightlife spot for many artists until its owner, Eve Adams, was deported due to obscenity.
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Long-Simmering Soup
At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of neua tune, a beef stew popular in the Thai capital, has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Original Black Pepper
Before black pepper came to dominate cooking in the Roman Empire, and before culinary tradition made it ubiquitous in American food today, another pepper was even more prized: the long pepper.
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ANOTHER cunning corporate ploy to make money,fool the eople

NZ is F'ing around allowing it at this stage till the world decydes otherwise i geuss

Vaping Damages Blood Vessels After Just One Use, New Study Says

Jordan DavidsonAug. 21, 2019 10:17AM ESTHEALTH + WELLNESS

Vaping impaired the circulatory systems of people in a new study. bulentumut / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Vaping one time — even without nicotine — can damage blood vessels, reduce blood flow and create dangerous toxins, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.


Vaping Damages Blood Vessels After Just One Use, New Study Says

 

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smile
no lack of fine Au rural foods ha


Grocers told to display signs supporting 'genuinely free-range' egg farmers
The ACT is the only jurisdiction in the country to legally impose its view on what constitutes a free-range egg.

Queensland fisheries face tighter regulations, but industry is not happy
New catch limits to be introduced on commercial fisheries will drive down local seafood supply, the industry claims.

$160K worth of beef: At 840kg, this bull has sold for a record price
There's big money in beef as the price paid for an Angus bull in Australia rockets to a record of $160,000.

Carp increasingly in demand, but herpes virus 'threatens' industry's potential
Fishers say there's rising demand for carp as a 'premium' food, but fear the herpes virus release could kill the industry.