Random thoughts

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Australia 3 day weekend long'
ENJOY yourselves after all youve been thru recently
no ones going to deny you
resilient people

 

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smile
bit of fun,why not ha
no ones fault
way it is in this current life ha

When landing heavy, a longer runway is preferable, as the plane will take longer to stop, and a heftier plane is also coming in at a faster speed in the first place.
The Delta mishap is in strange territory that raises questions—it’s easy to wonder why the pilots didn’t choose to take their time and dump fuel over the water or from a higher altitude, or tell air traffic control that they needed to do so, or just land heavy. (The FAA notes that pilots don’t technically need to get the administration’s permission to dump their fuel, but they should notify it when they are doing so if they can.)

“It’s rare to dump fuel at a low altitude like this, and also not advise air traffic that you’re going to dump it,” Cox says of the incident in Los Angeles. “These are questions the investigators are going to ask.” After all, kids shouldn’t be ducking for cover every time a plane passes over their schoolyard.

Editor’s note: We’ve changed the photo at the top of this article



Planes dump fuel into the sky more than you’d expect. Here’s why they do it.

 

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love Au rural,for some reason
always food,activity
land of extremes
rains or pours


Trucks stranded, roads cut as widespread rain prompts flood warnings for central and western Queensland


Parts of Queensland are expected to get 200 millimetres of rain in just a few hours today as rain cuts off towns, and brings relief to graziers.

Here are the towns running out of water
Gardens are dead, people are skipping showers and water quality is worsening. ABC analysis finds the towns most at risk of running dry.

Locust plague in East Africa prompts UN to call for international aid
A locust plague of almost biblical proportions is tearing through Eastern Africa's food bowl, prompting the United Nations to call for international help.

Tasmanian gold miner's loader buried after ground below gave way, union says
New details come to light about how tragedy struck a mine worker on Tasmania's west coast — and who was working with him at the time.

love lobster soup
esp native with onion only
smile

Coronavirus sees lobster price drop by $105
The world's largest rock lobster exporter has halted production as the coronavirus shuts down Chinese New Year celebrations.

Fire fallout may lead to fish deaths, algal blooms: CSIRO
A CSIRO scientist says ash and debris from bushfires could gravely affect water quality in parts of the River Murray.

TOURISM can be affected WW really
for any number of reasons
an unfortunate reality for everyone
dont think we should have an expectation it is our lifeline

Bushfire-affect tourism operators thinking outside the box to stay afloat
Without some creative thinking, Victorian cheese producer Melissa Jacka feared her business may have been in serious trouble.

Inside the room as the Murray-Darling's top cop Mick Keelty meets irrigators
Drought-affected irrigators demand an overhaul of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, writes national rural reporter Kath Sullivan.

 

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most unfortunate
fortunately,not too many disasters as such

Crash investigators return to C-130 wreckage as firefighters' families prepare to visit
Crash investigators return to the wreckage of the C-130 where three US firefighters died, while arrangements are being made for the victims' families to visit the site.

What we know about the chopper crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant has a long history of travelling by helicopters, even commuting to games. But this flight ended in tragedy — here's what we know about the crash in California.

Here are the towns running out of water
Gardens are dead, people are skipping showers and water quality is worsening. ABC analysis finds the towns most at risk of running dry.

Earth's oldest known meteor crash site found in Australian Outback

 

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What are dog whiskers for?

 

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as unfortunate as it is,reality
personally have no problems re our right to travel freely by whatever means
dont believe we should have restrictions placed on us re that
if i could do it whenever, then so can others
there has to be other ways of restricting things

Luxury travel: 50 wealthy tourists, eight countries ... and one giant carbon footprint
The Observer
Travel and transport

Despite the climate crisis, ‘no emission spared’ round-the-world holidays in private jets are selling out

Beaches on Bartolome, one of the remote Galápagos islands which are visited on the 24-day world tour. Photograph: Jesse Kraft/Getty Images
Forget cruises. The super-rich have found a new way to see the world in the luxurious style of an ocean liner but taking a fraction of the time: private jet round-the-world tours.

This week, 50 members of the wealthy elite will board a privately chartered Boeing 757 to begin a 24-day guided tour of the globe, taking in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, the Galápagos islands and mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

The trip involves 10 flights, 23 nights in five-star hotels or lodges, meals in some of the world’s most famous restaurants, champagne and “every single tip”. Thrown in are tour guides, an engineer, seven cabin crew, a chef and an “expedition physician”.

Luxury travel: 50 wealthy tourists, eight countries ... and one giant carbon footprint

 

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i would believe that no sweat

Australians are keen to help nature recover after a season of devastating bushfires. Darren England/AAP
Pulling out weeds is the best thing you can do to help nature recover from the fires

Don Driscoll, Deakin University

By all means, rescue an injured koala. But by pulling out weeds after the fires, you could also help rescue a whole ecosystem.

 

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only American outlet i like respect
usually very honest/reliable

NASA animation shows global effects of Australia wildfires, hurricanes and more


By Chelsea Gohd a day

The recent catastrophic bush fires in Australia were so immensely destructive that they could be seen from space. Now, a new animation from NASA shows the impact of those fires and other extreme disasters around the world from the past year.

In addition to the Australian fires, which began in 2019 and extended into January 2020, this animation shows the impacts of Hurricane Dorian, which took place from August to September 2019, and a series of major fires that took place in South America and Indonesia during the same period. Climate change, which researchers continue to study and monitor using space-based satellites, causes an increase in extreme weather events like those shown in the animation above.

Smoke from the Australian bush fires, which astronauts could see from aboard the International Space Station, has interacted with global weather. Smoke plumes have traveled around the globe, accelerating into the upper troposphere (the lowest region of Earth's atmosphere) and even as high up as the lowermost region of the stratosphere (the second layer of Earth's atmosphere, it sits above the troposphere and below the mesosphere).

Photos: Australia's deadly wildfires in photos: The view from space
Related: The reality of climate change: 10 myths busted

A still from a new NASA animation shows the global effects of devastating events from this past year including the Australia bushfires. (Image credit: NASA Climate Change/YouTube)
The long-range transport of the bushfire smoke will travel all the way across the Southern Ocean, completing a full circumnavigation of the planet to return to Australia. It is especially prominent across the southern Pacific Ocean and toward South America, according to a NASA statement.

 

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interesting/
intriguing

'A shocking indictment': This is what 140,000 reports of sexual assault tell us about police attitudes
An ABC News investigation uncovers, for the first time, the outcome of nearly every sexual assault reported to police in Australia between 2008 and 2017. The results are a wake-up call.

Analysis: The future of coal has already been decided in boardrooms around the globe
Strategic decisions are being made on the future of coal, not by the "green left", but by groups united in a single cause — the unbridled pursuit of profit. And the message is clear: it has little, if any, future, writes Ian Verrender.

Bushfire contractors say NSW RFS owes hundreds of thousands of dollars
Businesses employed to help battle fires in northern New South Wales five months ago are yet to be paid by the state's Rural Fire Service.

 

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PULL FINGER RFS
you have a bloody good Name/record so far,dot spoil it pay urgently


Bushfire contractors say NSW RFS owes hundreds of thousands of dollars
Businesses employed to help battle fires in northern New South Wales five months ago are yet to be paid by the state's Rural Fire Service.

 

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who wants to care for a platypus in there backyard


The platypus is at greater risk of extinction than previously thought, suggests a new study published in the February issue of Biological Conservation. A new analysis of platypus populations shows that there is strong evidence that platypus populations are declining in Australia and Tasmania, the only two countries where egg-laying, duck-billed mammals exist in the wild. Why?


Researchers say that it is a combination of factors, "including water-resource development, land clearing, climate change, and increasingly severe periods of drought." If nothing is done to reverse it, the already dwindling populations are expected to shrink another 47 percent in the next 50 years.

"There is an urgent need for a national risk assessment for the platypus to assess its conservation status, evaluate risks and impacts, and prioritize management in order to minimize any risk of extinction," said lead author Dr. Gilad Bino of the University of New South Wales Centre for Ecosystem Science.

 

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so much we dont know about

 

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personally
never been overly anxious re CO ...
however that could be because i live an isolated existence huh
living in a city,well ..
and NZ also
altho i am slightly pissed off with a reported 100 odd students arriving in NZ for schooling,and deciding en masse i assume, that they were not going to be checked
ie
its voluntary checking
ps
imagine 200 eyes glued to there devices twittering away
youngers maybe better with an immune system but think please, of others

Health authorities estimate each infectious person could pass the virus onto two others. Jerome Favre/AAP
How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW

There's no evidence you can spread the Wuhan coronavirus before showing symptoms, but one study suggests it's possible for children and young people to be infectious without ever having symptoms.

The Wuhan Jinyintan hospital is bearing the brunt. Based on what we know so far, the economic impact will be limited. STR/EPA
What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited
Mark Humphery-Jenner, UNSW

The 1918 Spanish Flu, the 1957-1958 Asian Flu and the 2001-2002 SARS pandemic give us a frame of reference.

 

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is only the beginning


‘1 Billion Animals Killed’ In Australia’s Wildfires May Only Be the Beginning
Experts worry ecosystems devastated by this climate disaster may never recover
Drew Costley and Sarah Emerson in OneZero

7 min read

Meet the Innovators Who Want to Kill the Chicken Nugget
First it was burgers. Now plant-based startups are coming for the nugget — but chicken is a much tougher…
Jenny Splitter in OneZero

5 min read

Amazon’s Efforts to Silence Climate Whistleblowers Are Backfiring
The tech giant has moved to suppress employee activism on climate change, but its most vocal workers remain…
Brian Merchant in OneZero

6 min read

 

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many daily,unfortunately

My Son Died by Suicide, and I Don’t Know Why

 

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The Truth About Why Some People Can’t Set Boundaries
It’s not because they are loving, selfless, or kind


The Truth About Why Some People Can’t Set Boundaries

 

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Life is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces.


Simple. In biology, researchers often use the acronym “MRSGREN" to describe it. It stands for movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition.

 

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and/or travel in our modern age


TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:
WHERE IS THE HEALTHIEST SEAT ON AN AIRPLANE?
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

PHOTOGRAPH BY VIVEK PRAKASH/AFP/GETTY

By George Stone, TRAVEL Executive Editor

Short answer: Pick a window seat. As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread—from a wildlife market in central China to its emergence as a global threat—we have been reporting on the evolution of the outbreak, focusing on how travelers should respond. That is, where the quarantines are, what's cancelled, and what to do if you've planned a trip to Asia. (Pictured above: passengers on a Hong Kong-to-Bangkok flight last week).

Nat Geo science editor Nsikan Akpan and writer Amy McKeever have been tracking the story from all angles. One fascinating question they’re asking: Are some seats on airplanes better choices for reducing the risk of coming into contact with a contagion? It seems that while jetliners can act as germ vectors, seats with a view are safer. "Finally, there’s a good reason to sit in a window seat,” Akpan says.

According to researchers, passengers in aisle seats have a greater likelihood of coming into contact with communicable viruses due to the proximity of other passengers; it is also possible that passengers in window seats are more likely to stay put for the duration of a flight. At any rate, the dirtiest spots on an airplane (from a bacterial standpoint) include: tray tables, air vents, seatbelt buckles, restrooms, and seatback pockets. Germs are everywhere—so a smart practice is to carry and use disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers when you travel.

Microbes aside, there's another advantage of sitting by the window: epic views! Once you've washed your hands, grab your camera and fill your frame with views from 30,000 feet. Here's a gallery full of expert advice (including this photo, below, of Nevada) for snapping stunning photos at cruising altitude.

 

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going by this article
i am assuming Americans call KIWI what we call kiwi fruit
originally stolen from the Chinese, for once
they called them/or perhaps more correctly,they were called Chinese gooseberries
before we rededicated them
a thriving multi financial business in the days as well

Remembering the ‘Kiwi Queen’
Any American who has enjoyed a kiwi, mango, or blood orange has tasted the legacy of Dr. Frieda Caplan. She defied gender norms and revolutionized produce aisles to take Americans from peas and potatoes to kumquats and quince.

 

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Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida, and it’s completely fine

A recent cold snap is causing a reptile dysfunction.