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Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you



Enjoy your morning cup of joe with a dash of smugness

Some of the best bags of coffee you can buy online



Mornings never stood a chance.

Top-notch coffee pod machines to get your morning started right

 

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Push-of-a-button swiftness, with unexpected variety.

Burr grinders for a better tasting cup of coffee



Transform your home coffee situation.

At-home espresso machines for when you're sick of paying $6 for a latte

Skip the drip

Three at-home cold brew systems that’ll save you money

Six dollar coffee shop cold brew––in this economy?

Smart, good-looking coffee makers for your daily grind

Single-cup and large-batch options.

The best portable coffee makers



Get your morning caffeine fix in any spot.

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment

The method and chemistry behind your favorite caffeine source.

 

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no hesitation with most
but
dont go overboard with most
whatevers readily available
prefer tasty compred to just eating for the sake of it being good fpor you


20 Magnesium Filled Foods to Prevent Heart Disease

Eat These 20 Magnesium Filled Foods to Prevent Heart Disease - Page 10 of 20 - Food World Blog

 

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ps a KINDLY THOUGHT for Aussie mates

dont
get/go overly alarmist re your bushfires Au
MEDIA IN PARTICULAR
like politicians,much gabfest spewing

WE KNOW the dire circumstance

we know Calis had them for many years
know
importance of pre-emptive moes neccessary etc

but
media continuallyu repeating same old,when not really neccessary
can negate the important urgency required when there is a CHAOTIC fire circumstane

worried for you re complacency,when the real urgent times appear

then again
we do know/acknowledge, its real important to keep citizens up with the play often 24/7




NZ having a cry in suipport of Aussie

our equivalent

sorry, cynical not negative ..

Two people injured, buildings damaged, asbestos warning after tornado hits Christchurch
A thunderstorm that "spawned" a tornado has left a swathe of damage across the city, while lightning strikes have started fires.

 

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mmmmmm

 

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natural wonderful chips to go with the steak above
- i said mmmmm

ecourage all to EAT MEAT ENJOY
dontr BS hesitate and eat less for tyhe environment,no way

 

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SAS TURN FOR CATASTROPHIC
TAKE CARE Aussies


Australia: 'Catastrophic' bushfires declared state of emergency
The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales has declared a state of emergency as deadly bushfires continue to rage. Three people have been killed so far, with fires now threatening the city of Sydney.

The Australian state of New South Wales declared a state of emergency on Monday due to ongoing, unprecedented wildfire danger.

New South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said on Monday that residents were facing "what could be the most dangerous bushfire week [the] nation has ever seen."

State Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged people to follow the instructions of the emergency services.



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Bushfires blanket Sydney in smoke ahead of heat surge
Officials advised Sydney residents to stay indoors as parts of Australia's most populous city were covered in smoke from nearby bushfires. Firefighters warned that more hot and windy days were on the way.

Air pollution in Sydney reached "hazardous" levels on Tuesday, as the Gospers Mountain Fire was skirting the city's northwest. With smoke hanging over the city, medical officials urged the residents to avoid going outside.

"For most people, smoke causes mild symptoms like sore eyes, nose and throat. However, people with conditions like asthma, emphysema and angina are more likely to be sensitive to the health effects of smoke," said Richard Broom, director of Environmental Health from the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), where Sydney is located.

Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales

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#Sydney is also known as the 'big smoke' and is living up to the nickname today. #Bushfire smoke will slowly ease during the day, increasing tonight. A Poor air quality alert is current. Latest air quality: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/aqms/aqi.htm Latest weather forecast: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw

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At least six people have lost their lives and hundreds of homes have been destroyed since the start of the fire season in September. While bushfires are common in Australia, the fire season has been starting earlier and fires have been growing more destructive in recent years — a development many experts link with climate change.

More wind, more heat

Authorities estimate over 110 wildfires are burning in eastern Australia. The states of Queensland and NSW declared a state of emergency, with firefighters and emergency services unable to cope with the scale of the problem. Dozens of blazes remain uncontained.

Australia fires out of control
"More than 1,300 firefighters are working on these fires, undertaking backburning operations and strengthening containment lines ahead of forecast hot, dry and windy weather," the NSW Rural Fire Service said in a statement.

Officials expect the temperatures to soar to about 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. The wind is also expected to pick up in the coming days, making the conditions even more difficult for the firefighters.

Last week, NSW fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said that fires would likely continue to burn "for many, many weeks" unless there was a surprise rainfall. However, weather experts see little chance of rain with summer looming in Australia.

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  AUSTRALIA'S CATASTROPHIC BUSHFIRES — IN PICTURES
  Wildfire meets wildlife
  A kangaroo stands in a charred forest. Some national parks have been threatened by the bushfires sweeping through eastern Australia. Wildlife authorities report that over 350 koalas burned to death in recent weeks as key habitat went up in flames.

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checkin in 10am SA news
be interesting if it deserves the CATASTROPHIC designation
i wonder
we dont need state' one upmanship
NSW obviously needed it last week
lets see hope/pray SA handles it al as well

 

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smileso be it, be cool i reckon
if so, theyll be much more intelligent than us,likey take over us easily haput paid to those ho thimnk humankind is king shit duh



Are UFOs actually alien spacecraft visiting Earth? They might be, says Neil deGrasse Tyson, but if you want to make that claim you better bring the evidence to support it.

far prefer this thought/possibility to yetis/sasquatch etc

Recent observations indicate that galaxies far, far apart are somehow synchronously moving. Something appears to be binding large-scale structures, many light years apart, together after all. Is the currently accepted view of the universe as various clumps of material simply expanding outward from the Big Bang and gravitationally pulling on each other wrong? In this piece, Big Think writer Robby Berman takes a closer look into an intriguing new theory.
Let there be life

Scientists create precursor to life in thermal vent experiment.

Scientists speculate that if life were to have spontaneously developed on Earth, the first thing there would need to be are vesicles. A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution on November 4, may have identified how life first developed the barriers between cells' insides and their outsides. The researchers were able to evince, for the first time, that such vesicles are able to form in environments similar to the hydrothermal vents of early Earth.

 

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the real men who keep the country going
congratulations and thanks

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission strips Aussie Farms of charity status
Activist group Aussie Farms demands an "immediate review" of the national regulator after its charity status is revoked.

Alinta Energy considers early closure of Victoria's Loy Yang B coal-fired power station
Energy giant Alinta's threat to shut a major coal-fired power station is likely to put it on a collision course with government.


Queensland volunteer firefighters, landholders call for reduction in red tape to tackle bushfires on frontline
Volunteer firies and landholders say new back-burning protocols are making their ability to fight flames on the front line "impossible".

Local brigades rendered 'ineffective' during bushfires crisis

 

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pretty well reached this stage now
bit of a bummer but, oh well..

 

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pretty well reached this stage now
bit of a bummer but, oh well..

 

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unbelievable that so many things are ravaged by fire,relatively natural causes

'They're running out of wood': Scientists allege systemic illegal logging


Concern for Melbourne's drinking water after scientists allege illegal logging
By environment, science and technology reporter Michael Slezak
Updated about 6 hours ago

PHOTO: A logging coupe on the slope of Mount Matlock had slopes that measured at 34 degrees. (Supplied: Chris Taylor)
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Melbourne's drinking water is being put at risk by "widespread" illegal logging near water catchment areas, Australian National University scientists say.

Key points:

• The report by ANU scientists alleges loggers from a Government-owned company are moving into banned steep-slope areas, because Victoria is running out of wood
• About a third of coupes in the Thomson catchment — Melbourne's main water source — included slopes steeper than 30 degrees
• The Government paid VicForests millions of dollars last time the company breached logging laws

In Victoria, regulations prohibit logging on steep slopes — usually more than 30 degrees — to protect the integrity of critical water catchments used for drinking and agriculture.

But the ANU's Chris Taylor and David Lindenmayer have found 231 hectares of steep slopes in Victoria's Central Highlands have been clear-felled — an area larger than Melbourne's Docklands.

"Ten years ago you could drive through here and you wouldn't see a [logging] coupe anywhere in this rugged terrain. Now we're seeing them everywhere," Dr Taylor said.

The degree of damage done to waterways depends on what's in the soil in each particular location.

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"Logging at steep slopes can cause soil erosion which can be deposited in waterways," ANU soil erosion scientist Elle Bowd said.

"Implications in water catchments could include increasing turbidity, salinity, nutrients — which can result in algal blooms," she said.

PHOTO: Chris Taylor noticed an increase in loggers operating in hard-to-reach areas. (ABC News: Loretta Florance)


Dr Taylor used slope information from GeoScience Australia, and compared it against European Space Agency satellite imagery, which he said showed the areas had been logged.

He said the mapping suggested logging on steep slopes was systemic.

"We're seeing widespread occurrence of this across many catchments," he said.

The scientists allege there have been breaches in 252 logging areas since 2004 — the year VicForests began operating.

PHOTO: A logging coupe on Mount Matlock, in Victoria, November 15, 2019. (Supplied: Chris Taylor)


The Office of the Conservation Regulator (OCR) is now investigating the scientists' claims.

"The OCR is empowered to investigate allegations of this nature and can take appropriate action if required," Victorian Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio said.

In a statement, VicForests said it had complied with the Code of Practice for Timber Production, which outlines environmental standards for the industry.

"VicForests uses high-resolution LiDAR [Light Detection and Ranging] data to determine the gradient of coupe slopes," the company said.

'They're running out of wood'
Michael McKinnell, who was a logging contractor working for VicForests for 27 years before he quit in 2017, said the over-logging of a finite resource was driving the alleged illegal logging.

"The contractors are being asked to go into more and more marginal country," he said.

Mr McKinnell said the breaches meant the Government needed to lower the amount of timber earmarked for harvest each year.

"If they can't work within their own guidelines, then the sustainable yield numbers can't be correct," he said.

 

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Do Australia's greenhouse gas emissions account for more than 5 per cent of the global total once exports are included, as Mike Cannon-Brookes says?
A tech entrepreneur says 5 per cent of global emissions can be attributed to Australia. Is he right? Fact Check investigates.

Coal exporter NCIG, heading for record figures, works to keep Novocastrians onside amid criticism
One of Newcastle's main coal loaders is heading for a record year of tonnage as it weathers criticism about its product.

This is how most bushfires in Australia start, and how we know
There are nine categories of bushfire ignition. With a dangerous season underway, here's what we know and how we know it.

 

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1am next day
probably10pm SA
superglad youve survived without any catastrophic event,it seems
according to sky news right now

good practice session
can see it comming out
dont overuse the C word huh,all respect

 

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uhmmm
i thought i said we dont often have electrical storms here

Lightning and thunder hits Canterbury 'like a sledgehammer'

 

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Order your "Surprise" Now

- Wildflowers -
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Canna Lily Mix

We LOVE gardening!

 

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bless you SA Au
thinking of you all


More than 30 injured as fires tear through SA farmland
Authorities say 11 properties have been damaged in a bushfire that is burning out of control in South Australia's Lower Yorke Peninsula.

Cattle king announces shock exit from empire
He has helped build the Kimberley's largest privately-owned cattle empire, now Jack Burton has set his sights on a new frontier.


Meet the Victorian timber workers who aren't ready to leave the industry
Timber workers say they are worried about the impact the planned shutdown of Victoria's logging industry.

More than 160,000 feral buffalo roaming the Top End, with the population on the rise
More than 160,000 buffaloes are now estimated to be roaming the Top End, destroying wetlands and spreading weeds.

PM says environmental approval process for major projects is 'overly complex'
The PM flags an overhaul of the environmental approval process saying the system is complicated and "duplicative".


Push for supermarkets to increase milk prices to $1.50 a litre
The NSW Farmers' Association has now joined calls for major supermarkets to lift the homebrand milk price to $1.50 per litre.

Indigenous community starts harvesting red bush apple that has high-end restaurants lining up
The attention of one of the world's best restaurants has been captured by a special fruit growing around an Indigenous community.

Lifeline's suicide text helpline more accessible to people in rural and remote locations
A new text helpline is exceeding expectations by reaching people in the bush who are contemplating taking their own lives.