Random thoughts

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no real need for the old world to be continually spinning
buty admittedly ewe cerainly dfesetve it,all the negatives she desirres to thow at us
bnuggrer it !!!

 

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do as you/we will world
overall,no say in most/many matters
evident by last few years
tuff shit
us current adult subhumans,uncaring for our future yoiunger generations huh


Will the Brisbane Olympics bring Australia economic gold?



AU Edition | 24 July 2021

Academic rigour, journalistic flair

In the leadup to the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the consulting firm KPMG predicted a $7 billion boost to the national economy.

Whether or not it was delivered, national economic growth plummeted after the games, only partially recovering a few years later. NSW growth didn’t even partially recover for a decade.

But, as David Rowe points out in his cautious examination of the likely impact of the Brisbane Olympics in 2032, Sydney at least put on a great party.

KPMG has also examined the likely economic benefit from the Brisbane games. They came up with $8 billion for Queensland and $17.6 billion for the nation, a good chunk of which are what it calls “intangible benefits” — things such as community spirit, civic pride, increased physical activity and volunteering, and better mental health.

It’d be worth having if it materialises, and if we can ever tell. But Rowe makes the point that there’s another intangible in play — a bid to reposition Brisbane as a global city alongside the Olympic cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

And it mightn’t come cheap. An Oxford University study found Sydney overran its budget by 90%. On average games have overrun their budgets by 213%.

Elsewhere in the world, the costs to communities in host nations have also been significant. Young people and local businesses found themselves evicted due to the London Olympics in 2012, elderly Shinjuku residents lost their homes ahead of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, and there are already protests against the Los Angeles games scheduled for 2028.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk might be celebrating a win for now, but it’s unlikely to be smooth sailing to the Olympic finish line.

Peter Martin

Section Editor, Business and Economy

Today's newsletter supported by The Conversation

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The Brisbane Olympics are a leap into an unknowable future
David Rowe, Western Sydney University

As with every Olympics, we are told Brisbane's will be different and better. It'll take decades to get a full accounting.

Social housing for elderly residents and encampments for unhoused people have been destroyed to make way for Tokyo’s new National Stadium in Shinjuku. Cristiano Fronteddu / Alamy Stock Photo
Tokyo Olympics: how hosting the Games disrupts local lives and livelihoods
Mike Duignan, University of Surrey; Adam Talbot, Coventry University

The cost of the Olympics is often justififed by the investment and regeneration hosting brings about. Local residents, though, rarely benefit

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Tokyo Olympics: what are the limits of human performance? Podcast
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Plus, the troubled 1920 Antwerp Olympics and the parallels they have for Tokyo. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.

Our most-read article this week

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In case you missed this week's big stories

Martin Meissner/AP
As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves
Jack Anderson, The University of Melbourne

These will not only be the most expensive Summer Games ever, they have likely come at a tremendous reputational cost for the IOC.

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Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers
Wes Mountain, The Conversation; Justin Bergman, The Conversation; Chynthia Wijaya, The Conversation

The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the…

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Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW

NSW's successful test and trace strategy controlled the Crossroads Hotel outbreak a year ago without needing a stringent lockdown. But this has not worked as well against Delta.

AAP/Darren England
Labor gains clear Newspoll lead during Sydney lockdown, but will the economy save the Coalition?
Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne

Voters are punishing the Coalition, and particularly Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for the vaccine debacle, but they may yet be saved by a strong economy.

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Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds
Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney; Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney; Mark Hemer, CSIRO; Philip Marsh, University of Tasmania; Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney

More than ten offshore wind farms are currently proposed for Australia. If built, their combined capacity would be greater than all coal-fired power plants in the nation.

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‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines
Daniel Daly, University of Wollongong; Federico Tartarini, University of Wollongong; Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong; Michael Tibbs, University of Wollongong; Paul Cooper, University of Wollongong; Theresa Harada, University of Wollongong

One quarter of monitored social housing properties recorded winter temperatures below World Health Organisation standards for more than 80% of winter, new research shows.

 

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'doing better than new zealand' huh

at least 4 different sky australa commentators comntinually mentionm that shit

work in with us you buggers,mno need to compete/we necer do
and about time you buggers protested

happily ndo it for american
black lives mastter blm
and the me to move ffs

ffs


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Police charge 57 people after wild Sydney anti-lockdown protest

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All adults in Sydney urged by ATAGI to 'strongly consider' taking AstraZeneca
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'Irresponsible': Eighteen COVID cases linked to family gathering, NSW records 163 new infections
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With COVID dominating the headlines again, here's what's happening across Australia
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Unmasking one of Australia’s most shocking far-right trolls
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Parting gift: Samoans reprise hotel balcony thank you after quarantine
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Live: Barty wins first Olympic match, beating Japan in doubles with Storm Sanders
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COVID's escape from Sydney is a nightmare scenario. What will happen next?
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SA records one more COVID-19 case linked to winery cluster
South Australia records one new case of COVID-19 linked to a winery north-east of Adelaide, but health authorities say while other cases are likely, the state remains on track to come out of lockdown next week.

Thousands rally in Brisbane against lockdowns and masks as the state records no new cases
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Behold, a preserved Victorian wedding cake baked in 1898
Still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake. After surviving six monarchs and lasting through two different millennia, the cake bears the scars of time—including a bombing during the Second World War. ⁠
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australia
finally they gety off ther ardse/ass usa
and the nsw cant help opening her mouth,mutterring they were basically unfair
f;kn hypocrite

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Are we already sliding into another recession?
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Live: Tokyo Olympics live updates: Surfing, hockey and swimming finals among the highlights this morning
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australia,congratulations
so happy your winning again

despite

all the bloody shit your countries been involved in

happy for you sall ,aus/nz

 

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What's Going On in the Garden Center?
This is the first year that we've continued to bring in new plants throughout the summer? Why? You guys keep buying them! But seriously, we have an order of colorful landscape plants coming from PlantWorks this coming week and more plants to come as we approach fall. Some things to plan for...

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NC Commercial Blackberry and Raspberry Growers 2021 Field Day

Save the date for the NCCBRGA Field Day and Annual Meeting at Lewis Nursery & Farms, Rocky Point, NC on Friday, September 24, 2021.

This event is FREE to NCCBR Association Members, but will be $20 for Non-Association Members. Event fees will be collected the morning of the event. 2021 NCCBRA Annual membership dues are $50 per farm. If you have not already renewed your membership, dues will also be collected on the day of the event for any unpaid members. These monies are vital to the continued success of the association and its members. Click here to download the membership form: NCCBRGA Membership Form

 

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funny

for some reason more than a little pissed off with australia,inn case it hasemt been notic4ed ha
not the people/populace
but threre allowing the political mongrels to dominate there lives

my entire life,never seen anything like it

yes admit
none of my business
but social media
allows me to make it my bussiness
i said


Lauren got TikTok for a laugh. The app would change the direction of her life

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NSW to 'see the fruits' of lockdown in coming weeks despite 141 new cases and two deaths
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Warning on need for ongoing restrictions as SA COVID lockdown set to end on Tuesday
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Queensland faces fresh COVID-19 alert after man fled Sydney lockdown
Queensland is once again facing the threat of a local COVID-19 outbreak after a man carrying the Delta variant allegedly fled the Sydney lockdown and infected a flight attendant before they spent several days in the community.

Live: Ariarne Titmus to battle Katie Ledecky as Aussies swim for gold on day 3 in Tokyo
Later in the morning Australia will be chasing more medals in the pool, while the Hockeyroos face China. Follow all the action in our live blog.

 

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AU Edition | 27 July 2021

Academic rigour, journalistic flair

Throughout the pandemic, and particularly since we’ve had effective COVID vaccines, the term “herd immunity” has been thrown around a lot. It refers to the point at which immunity in a population is high enough to block transmission of the disease – protecting even those who are unvaccinated.

It’s easy to see why so many people are asking when we’ll reach herd immunity. They want to know when we’ll see an end to lockdowns. When they’ll be able to reunite with loved ones overseas. When their businesses will have more security.

But though the question has been asked over and over, many experts have been reluctant to provide that magic number. As Julie Leask and James Wood write today, there are a few reasons it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what proportion of the population would need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity.

To start off with, there’s variation between the effectiveness of different vaccines, and the effectiveness of vaccines is subject to emerging viral variants. We’ll need higher vaccination rates to compensate for any lowered effectiveness.

Although there is rarely a neat threshold after which everything changes for good, life will gradually begin to look different once most eligible people are vaccinated, Leask and Wood write. And importantly, as we work towards more widespread vaccination coverage, we need to be as concerned about global coverage as we are about coverage within Australia.

And if you are in lockdown, are you finding all the days have started to blur together? There’s a perfectly straightforward explanation. Both your memory and your time perception depend on the context in which you experience events. So if you’re stuck at home, almost all events are happening in more or less the same context, which makes it harder to remember whether you ate a cheese toastie for lunch yesterday or the day before (or both). It’s the same reason why you remember an overseas holiday more easily than your average week at the office, explains Adam Osth. And don’t worry, the effect is totally temporary.

Phoebe Roth

Deputy Editor, Health+Medicine

Today's newsletter supported by Monash Sustainable Development Institute

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When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that’s a hard question to answer
Julie Leask, University of Sydney; James Wood, UNSW

Once we achieve herd immunity, people who are not vaccinated benefit indirectly from the immunity of those around them. But it’s not easy to say exactly when we’ll reach this threshold for COVID-19.

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How the Groundhog Day grind of lockdown scrambles your memory and sense of time
Adam Osth, The University of Melbourne

Memories are easier to recall if they happen in unusual contexts, and our sense of time depends on how much things change. And being in lockdown is not conducive to either of these things.

Daniel Pockett/AAP
Yes, there’s confusion about ATAGI’s AstraZeneca advice. But it’s in an extremely difficult position
Hassan Vally, La Trobe University

ATAGI is grappling with competing concerns, considerable uncertainty, and a constantly changing landscape.

Mick Tsikas/AAP
How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity
Sarah Joseph, Griffith University; Gregory Dore, UNSW

If Australians won’t take the AstraZeneca vaccine, we must donate it to save lives elsewhere, especially while we queue-jump for more Pfizer doses.

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A wet winter, a soggy spring: what is the negative Indian Ocean Dipole, and why is it so important?
Nicky Wright, University of Sydney; Andréa S. Taschetto, UNSW; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne

Last week the Bureau of Meteorology declared a negative Indian Ocean Dipole — a natural climate phenomenon set to bring wet weather. Let’s look at what you can expect, and the role of climate change.

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To ensure supply of the top 3 drugs used to treat COVID-19, it’s time to boost domestic medicine manufacturing
Nial Wheate, University of Sydney; Elise Schubert, University of Sydney; Ingrid Gelissen, University of Sydney

A lack of medicines manufacturing capability in Australia puts us at significant risk.


keeping my australia going/informed,no

 

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australia
the backward country,no doubt
your political screne,at fault

Academic rigour, journalistic flair

In the race to produce a COVID vaccine, Russia’s Sputnik V was the first out of the blocks, receiving emergency approval from the Russian health ministry in August 2020.

Many scientists expressed concerns at the time, because this happened before data on the vaccine were published.

Since then, trial results published in The Lancet and real-world data suggest this vaccine is safe and very effective. The vaccine’s developer went as far as claiming it’s “the world’s most effective vaccine”.

But as the University of Sydney’s Megan Steain and Jamie Triccas write, many researchers have criticised the vaccine’s developer for failing to share their raw data or the full details of their study design. Of the published data, some scientists say there are inconsistencies.

Despite being approved by 69 countries with a total population of over 3.7 billion, Sputnik V is yet to be approved by the World Health Organization or the European Medicines Agency.

Liam Petterson

Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine

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another 4 weeks lockdown,nsw
geese your a fuckwit country,alloweing that dshit

How a ceremony in NSW Parliament helped a company steal $46 million from retirees

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Your daily guide to the Games: Swimming finals, Olyroos and Boomers headline Wednesday action
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THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT MONTHS FOR CONGRESS
By Lisa Desjardins, @LisaDNews
Correspondent


dictators abound

east or west

 

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doing better thsan new zealand huh

and to think i still love australia
your country/people

bugger youir fdamn poliricians tho

boastful kangaroos

10 things you need to know this morning in Australia
This is Business Insider Australia’s morning newsletter for Wednesday, July 28.

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A 3-month Sydney lockdown could wipe out Australia’s economic recovery, new analysis finds
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Industry groups and Labor launch a renewed push for JobKeeper 2.0, as new COVID-19 cases in Sydney point to an extended lockdown
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Tokyo sees record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases as the 2020 Olympics are being held
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Locked out of property and increasingly pessimistic about the future, some young Australians see crypto as a path to wealth
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The NFT (non-fungible token) market has fallen dramatically from its peak in early 2021, but Australia’s true believers are still promoting the technology.

 

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Delerium in the ICU

 

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Why does gravity pull us down and not up?

(Brighton Dog Photography via Getty Images)
Gravity is the reason things with mass or energy are attracted to each other. It is why apples fall toward the ground and planets orbit stars. Magnets attract some types of metals, but they can also push other magnets away. So how come you feel only the pull of gravity?

In 1915, Albert Einstein figured out the answer when he published his theory of general relativity. The reason gravity pulls you toward the ground is that all objects with mass, like our Earth, actually bend and curve the fabric of the universe, called space-time. That curvature is what you feel as gravity.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/27)
Was Lord Kelvin wrong? 3D-printed shape casts doubt on his 150-year-old theory

(G. Voth/Wesleyan University)
A 150-year-old theory about an otherworldly shape proposed by Lord Kelvin, one of history's greatest physicists, has finally been put to the test — and his conjecture is now in doubt. The shape resembles a sphere with a number of fins protruding from its surface and looks the same (is isotropic) from any angle. Kelvin believed that if submerged in water and allowed to sink, a helicoid should spin like a tiny propeller. But a new experiment led by two physics professors has cast doubt on Kelvin's predictions.

By 3D printing five different isotropic helicoids according to Kelvin's instructions and then dropping them into silicone oil, the team discovered that the shapes didn't spin as they fell after all.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/28)
In rare wildlife encounter, whale watchers spot two white killer whales off Japan

(Gojiraiwa Kanko Whale Watching)
Whale watchers in Japan were recently treated to a rare wildlife encounter when they saw, not one, but two white orcas swimming side by side.

The pair and their pod were spotted by a group on a Gojiraiwa Kanko Whale Watching boat off the coast of Rausu on the northernmost of Japan's main islands called Hokkaido on July 24, according to a Facebook post. The white coloration of orcas, also known as killer whales, can be the result of either albinism or leucism.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/28)

 

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Australian cockatoos teach each other to open trash cans
Sulfur-crested cockatoos living in the Sydney suburbs are going through a kind of cultural renaissance.
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they can imitate/talk
unfortunately an aussyefarmer took to shooting them,hanging on a fence to deter others,millions,from feeding on his rock melons/fruit

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