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'Zone,' 'Wedding,' 'Me,' 'League' and more hit screens - Burlington County Times
The following capsule reviews, listed alphabetically, will give you an idea of the caliber of films unreeling locally. Please refer to the movie schedule for theaters and show times. The films are graded as follows: Very Good, (A); Good, (B); Fair ...
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Deep space antenna getting a makeover - The Keene Sentinel
It’s not trivial,” said Pete Hames of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who is in charge of maintaining the antennas at the Goldstone complex. Besides California, tracking stations in Australia and Spain make up the Deep Space Network.
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Benefit gathers Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Pete ... - Desert Sun
INDIAN WELLS — It's extremely rare for Pete Sampras, the winner of 14 Grand Slam singles titles, to play doubles. Tonight, Sampras, a part-time desert resident, will be in an even rarer position. “It's not every day I get to play with someone who ...
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Expect anything at Indian Wells - ESPN.com
Given that the combined Indian Wells event is, theoretically, the fourth or fifth most prestigious tournament for the ATP and WTA players, you could be forgiven for scanning the women's seedings and exclaiming, "What?????" OK, we all know the ...
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Indian Wells preview roundup: Conventional wisdom ... - Oregonian
So Indian Wells is under way, and we’ve even had our first sort-of upset (bye, Melanie Oudin). Who’s going to win? I’m not willing to go there this time. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal haven’t played since January, and the third leg of the ...
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Behind the lines with our real-life heroes - NEWS.com.au
Petty Officer Lane Patterson (C) wearing his EOD bomb suite and Leading Seaman Jeremy Thomas (R), both of Clearance Dive Team 1 based in Sydney, with Flight Sergeant Damien Holding based at RAAF base, Williamstown, are the three Explosive Ordnance ...
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Language thrown overboard - The Australian
You will not be surprised that, according to the minister's media release: "The people on board the vessel have indicated they wish to come to Australia and will be taken to Christmas Island." These announcements are farcical. There is a bit of self ...
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Irish businessman to circle globe in autogyro - Independent
An Irish businessman is hoping to enter the record books by becoming the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an autogyro. Norman Surplus will fly his little yellow autogyro over deserts, mountains, oceans, and some of the most remote places ...
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Bahrain GP practice as it happened - BBC Sport
1258: That's me done for today, but we'll be back tomorrow bright and breezy from 0730 GMT for third practice and qualifying. It will be a stonker. Promise. Before then, watch Inside F1 on the BBC News channel tonight at 1845 GMT and listen to BBC ...
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Women's 'Hit for Haiti' field boasts more major titles ... - Desert Sun
She doesn't have a ranking, but she reached the finals of the Australian Open.” Another disadvantage could be the fact that Davenport and Graf are mothers, especially if their children don't take their afternoon naps. However, who wins or loses the ...
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Top Australian Desert Results
| Deserts cover a large portion of the land in Australia. Most of the deserts lie in the central and north-western part of the country. The largest part of Australia is desert or ... |
| Australian deserts: stunning landscapes, fascinating environments. No wonder the Outback is becoming increasingly popular with travellers. Here are facts, background information ... |
| The Australian continent is one of the driest in the world apart from Antarctica. Nearly 50% of Australia receives less than 25cms of rainfall in a year. Australian desert areas ... |
| Australian desert animals evolved some nifty adaptations to the harsh Outback environment they live in. Read and marvel... |
| The Great Sandy Desert is a 360,000 km 2 (140,000 sq mi) expanse in northwestern Australia. Roughly the same size as Japan, it forms part of a larger desert area known as the ... |
| Web site of Chicago journalist and author Kevin Davis |
| Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms. Noun: 1. Australian Desert - general name given to all desert areas in Australia. Great Australian Desert |
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Voting Question: Need help with oral for school. I'm suppose to present my point of view on an issue to two teaches.?
Has to go for between 6-8 Mins. What should i change. Thanks
Imagine an Australia where there isn’t enough water for its inhabitants, everybody lives in a high-rise apartment and to get to work takes three hours due to massive over congestion on our roads. There are smog clouds so thick asthmatics are unable to go outside and fresh food is in short supply. This isn’t the plot to a sci-fi film, but could become the reality in 2050, with Treasury predicting Australia’s population to soar from 22 Million to a staggering 35 Million, with other sources such as the Bureau of Statistics seeing our population double by the same time. This growth will have a huge impact on not only the Australian way of life, but also on Australia’s unique environment, as we are already struggling to keep up with our current population. I believe that Australia’s population should not be allowed to grow to 35 million by 2050, due to our desert landscape, increase in pollution and the poor infrastructure in cities.
To begin I would like to explain where this growth will supposedly come from. Currently Australia has the fastest growing population in the industrialised world, according to the Population Bureau in Washington. This comes from the highest fertility rate in Australia since the 70’s; almost close enough to maintain our population by births alone, as well as immigration, which is currently, according to Federal MP Kevin Andrews, accounting for around 60% of Australia’s population growth. This means that our Growth is very much in the hands of our Government, which is encouraging it for its own reasons without actually looking at the effect it will have on the lives of those who already live here. Its main, unspoken reasons for its positive stance of population growth are the desire to increase the Australian economy. With Australia’s population ageing, more people will be retired and seeking a pension, whilst at the same time there will be less taxpayers to supply the funds for these pensions. This argument seems very fair and reasonable until you look deeper. Since 1994 it has been compulsory to sacrifice some of ones salary to put into superannuation. The main idea behind this is that retirees will be able to survive on their own money and not require such a large pension when they retire. It is yet to be seen how successful this contribution will be, but at the very least it will mean that taxpayers will not need to contribute as much for each retiree as they do today. The other major flaw in this argument is that increasing the population will only delay the problem and with it increase it when it does arrive. An increase in immigration does not significantly change the spread of age groups in Australia and won’t increasing our population now just leave more retirees later on, with an even smaller chance of being able to support them. In short increasing immigrations will just delay and then exasperate the problem of pensions, bringing short term relief, but a long term headache.
The main problem with Australia’s proposed growth is the lack of water in Australia. Already at our current levels Brisbane and Adelaide have come close to running out of water. Its goes without saying that an increase in people will not help us use less water. For the past five or so years we have been in a drought and, despite recent rainfall there is nothing to show that the drought is actually ending, just that maybe we have started using less water. Just not enough to support an extra 13 million people . The Murray-Darling system is virtually bone-dry and Adelaide relies on this for 90% of its drinking water. What’s to say that in the future they won’t run out for good? Australia’s priority must be to look after its current citizens, rather than worry about immigrants. Closer to home the problem of water in Victoria is not as critical, but with our current average usage of 174L per person per day we are only maintaining the level of water we currently have. Currently Melbourne’s population is roughly 4 million, with the Bureau of Statistics estimating that we will have 7 Million by 2036. This extra 3 million will obviously result in more water consumption and eventually our dams will run dry. An obvious solution to this problem is to build more dams, which hasn’t been done since the completion of the massive Thomson Dam in 1983. Since that dam was built Melbourne’s population has grown by a million people and our reservoirs have plummeted. More dams though do not equal more water and currently the Thomson Dam is only 21% full. The last time it was at 100% was 1996, a full 14 years and many deficient years of rainfall since. Other ideas proposed include desalination plants, with the first one due to be completed and operational next year. These are a great idea, but they cost 4 billion dollars to construct and 132 million dollars a year to run, with no doubt these costs will rise like they do for every Government project ala Myki.
moreResolved Question: Does anyone know much about the Canadian Ram.?
I have heard more about Kangaroo APC utilizing the Ram chassis than the Ram itself. I know it originally mounted a 2 Pounder gun then the 6 Pounder gun (I don't think a QF 75mm gun was ever used). I suppose being an Australian I tend to look at the Ram and the AC series in the same light. Both Commonwealth Tanks, both never used in combat (I think), both use M3 chassis (although Ram has kept the Vertical Volute Suspension where the Sentinel uses Hotchkiss/R35 Tank style suspension.) and a mixture of Crusader Tank features. The Sentinel Tank utilizes the Crusader shape in the turret and the Ram uses the Crusader style bow machine gun turret (except for a ball mount model) which later Crusader Tank models had removed, especially in the desert with the heat and fumes. It makes me wonder with the M3 style higher hull if the bow turret machine gunner had the same problems. Cheers John
moreResolved Question: please help me i have asked about 10 times?
could you people please help me. could you please answer this question the 14th of feb. its a
Q1. In australia's past who were called bolters?
a) farmers who discovered goldfields
b) convicts who escaped into the bush
c) explorer who went into the desert and were never seen again
d) bounty hunters who tracked escapes
Q2.Why did bart simpson ring australia?
a) to complain about the acting on home and away
b) to find out which way water goes down the drain in the sourthern hemisphere
c) to hear if australians sound like sideshow sponge bob
d) to ask if his long lost cousin could visit springfield
Q3) which of the following options is an open-ended question?
a) is this an open ended question?
b) do you know the answer to this question
c) why did you choose this option
d) are you awake
thanx soooooooooooooooooo much in advance
moreResolved Question: manga help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
i know youre going to probably read this and expect managa questions but this is to advirtise my real question:
could you people please help me. could you please answer this question the 12th of feb. its a couple of questions from an assignment.
Q1. In australia's past who were called bolters?
a) farmers who discovered goldfields
b) convicts who escaped into the bush
c) explorer who went into the desert and were never seen again
d) bounty hunters who tracked escapes
Q2.Why did bart simpson ring australia?
a) to complain about the acting on home and away
b) to find out which way water goes down the drain in the sourthern hemisphere
c) to hear if australians sound like sideshow sponge bob
d) to ask if his long lost cousin could visit springfield
Q3) which of the following options is an open-ended question?
a) is this an open ended question?
b) do you know the answer to this question
c) why did you choose this option
d) are you awake
thanx soooooooooooooooooo much in advancewell rage, i did do that but no one answered
moreVoting Question: help on some general knowledge?
could you people please help me. could you please answer this question the 12th of feb. its a couple of questions from an assignment.
Q1. In australia's past who were called bolters?
a) farmers who discovered goldfields
b) convicts who escaped into the bush
c) explorer who went into the desert and were never seen again
d) bounty hunters who tracked escapes
Q2.Why did bart simpson ring australia?
a) to complain about the acting on home and away
b) to find out which way water goes down the drain in the sourthern hemisphere
c) to hear if australians sound like sideshow sponge bob
d) to ask if his long lost cousin could visit springfield
Q3) which of the following options is an open-ended question?
a) is this an open ended question?
b) do you know the answer to this question
c) why did you choose this option
d) are you awake
thanx soooooooooooooooooo much in advance
moreResolved Question: what are the 4 Australian deserts?
moreResolved Question: What do you think of Australians.. <3?
I think were the greatest country ever, btw we dont always say mate..ow ya going. i hate it when Americans always say that not being mean tho , oh and we dont live in the middle of the desertOH AND HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY ,,
i think were kickin ass at the mo with cricket
moreResolved Question: is it possible change the weather in the desert?
All financial issues aside, is it possible to change the rain frequency in the desert by pumping ocean water into a barren area in somewhere like the Australian outback, Sahara desert, or Mojave desert, like maybe an area the size of something like 10,000 square miles? Maybe keeping the water level sustained at something like 5 or 6 feet so that it can continually evaporate and make clouds to cause rain in the desert? It SEEMS like it could work, but I don't know if it could.
moreResolved Question: Help identify this 80's/90's Disney channel movie about a girl who writes a diary and saves it to a satellite!?
I need help identifying a film that I saw as a child. It was likely made in the late '80s, early '90s and I am almost certain it aired on the Disney channel. The story centered on a young, teenage girl who moves to Australia with her mother and her little sister after her parents divorce and her mother takes a job at a science lab down under. The girl is really broken up about the divorce and writes a diary that she saves to an abandoned satellite that is owned by the company her mother works for. During this time she makes friend with a young Australian guy whose father (I think) works with her mom. She somehow figures out that the satellite is going to crash down in the desert close to her house, so she and the young Australian kid make a plan to go and find it. I think she might have been concerned about someone reading her diary entries or getting her mom in trouble, but I don't remember the specifics. Her sister finds out about their plot and they end up taking her with them, but when they get to the satellite they are chased by a guy on a motorcycle who is also looking for the satellite. The mother and Australian father discover they are gone and set off to find them, and it turns out that the person chasing them worked with her mom and was going to do something bad with the satellite (but I don't remember what). The only other thing I remember is that the girl used to dial into the satellite by hooking her phone up to this weird base that would dial into the satellite.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!!
moreResolved Question: Do Americans call the fruit stuff they cook and jar Jelly, Jello or Jam as we Australians would call it.?
And what then do you call the geletine based stuff Aussies call jelly that is a desert or cool treat?Thanks, I finally understand. Aussies seem to miss out on the Jelly. We only have the Jelly that you Americans call Jell-o or Geletin desert. So Aussie jam is not American jelly because there is no lumps of fruit in your jelly. Thanks to all
moreResolved Question: Are Americans aware of artists such as Daniel Johns and John Butler and that?
I know Daniel Johns is always in some band but are they aware of good Australian Artists? If they are can they name some? Most Americans that come here always think Australia is like a desert country with kangaroos on the road and that not realising there's cities here with millions of people living in them. I was just wondering if they even notice some our great artists.
moreVoting Question: what do english people think of australians do you think were all desert and sand and boardies and flip flops?
moreResolved Question: Question for Americans....?
who won WW2?
i keep seeing some Americans making comments on youtube and stuff saying they saved the world and shite
Russians and Brits defeated the Nazi, Australians won them in the desert,
all the Americans could do was fickle out and use a Nuke bomb to win their personal battle, so how is that liberating the world
moreResolved Question: My horse has two show names?
I haven't taken my Thoroughbred in a breed class yet and i want to but he has to be registered with the Australian Stud book witch he is as Desert Dragon. And for the hunter hack classes he is registered with the EFA as Argent Khan. So what do i do cause i can't change the either of the names in the associations because he is life registered.
Does this mean i can't take him in to a breed class?
Does it matter is there a rule saying it's not allowed?
please helpi didn't register him with the asb it wasalready donefrom when he was racing
moreResolved Question: 2 Holiday Jokes for You!?
Here's 2 jokes to lighten your day!
1. The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists -
One a university graduate and the other an old Aboriginal.
They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word.
The word was "TIMBUKTU".
First to recite his poem was the university graduate.He stepped up to the microphone and said:
"Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan;
Men on camels, two by two;
Destination TIMBUKTU."
The crowd applauded. No way could the old Abbo top that, they thought.
The old Aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and said:
"Me and Tim a-huntin' went;
Met three whores in a pop-up tent.
There were three and we were two;
So I bucked one and TIMBUKTU."
2. A married couple went to hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the baby's father.
He asked if they were willing to try it out. They were both very much in favor of it. The doctor set the pain transfer to 10% for starters, explaining that even 10% was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced before.
As the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the doctor to go ahead and kick it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer.
The husband was still feeling fine. The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how well he was doing. At this point, they decided to try for 50%. The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was obviously helping out the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She and her husband were ecstatic and the new little family was able to go home from hospital immediately after the birth.
When they got home, the milkman was dead on the porch!
Season's Compliments!
moreResolved Question: Why do so many quote Wikipedia as a web reference when it has so little credibility?
Wikipedia is a web reference frequently quoted here and other places, but from what I have seen, it is far from a reliable source. For just one clear example I am fluent in, when looking at the Wikipedia reference for Ayers Rock / Uluru, Australia (wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru), it quotes..., "Archaeological findings to the east and west indicate that humans settled in the area more than 10,000 years ago"
But the truth is, the only evidence of the native aboriginal first presence at Ayers Rock region is that of the paintings on the rock faces. These have been carbon date tested and found to be only around 2000 to 4000 years as a maximum age. It was also found that these paintings occurred around the same ancient era, suggesting they were painted there a very long time ago, and nothing else by the aborigines since that time. When the explorers William Christie Gosse and Ernest Giles encountered the place in the late 1800's, both remarked in their journals that there was no evidence of recent aboriginal occupation. When Charles Mountford explored and photographed the area in the late 1940's, he made the same findings.
Wikipedia also says... "The first tourists arrived in the Uluru area in 1936."
The truth is however, that Len Tuit and Jack Cotterill pioneered tourism there with the first tourists being from Sydney Boy's Grammar school in 1957. Subsequently, it was not a popular destination to visit given the 5 days required to travel the 500 kilometres track in the desert, so they tried to make Ayers Rock into a tourist destination, and to do so, tried to create a aboriginal experience there. They did this by transporting a handful of aborigines from a location some 400 kilometres away, providing them with a drilled bore to provide water, and also supplied them with food and shelter. Ayers Rock has no permanent water. This is well documented and able to be proven. It is a fact.
Wikipedia says - "Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara", but those tribes live hundreds of kilometres away, whereas, the surrounding areas have been inhabited by the Arranda and Luritja tribes for centuries, and they claim ownership of the Rock. They go further to say that when the Australian Government handed the Rock back over to aborigines, it's land title was given to the wrong tribes. This is documented. (Refer to the detailed bibliography in the book, "Uluru, the great Hoax")
Then look at Wikipedias references to the first manned flight.
Quote... "There are conflicting views as to what was the first flying machine."
That conflict seems to be isolated to Wikipedia, as other sources which have credibility offer definitive facts that can not be debated, except by individuals naive opinions who do not know the facts.
Wikipedia makes this reference to the first manned flight in a winged glider...
"# Hans Andreas Navrestad, Norway — 1825 Allegedly flew manned glider."
But the first was Leonardo Da Vinci centuries earlier, who designed and tested manned kites and gliders. He seriously injured himself during one of his flights. (This is all documented as historic fact, but apparently, not on Wikipedia)
As for the first manned powered flight, Wikipedia claims the Wright brothers, but they did so after it had already been done in Europe by others at least twice.
So given just these few examples, how can we refer to Wikipedia's references as credible information.?
Anybody can edit the detail in Wikipedia, without even needing to register. While the site states that IP numbers of persons editing are recorded, this gives no reason to think there is some increase in the reliability given that persons can use proxy ID's, internet cafes, or sit in a park with their lap top leeching unsecured wireless connections of nearby residences
I was sitting in a Court Room one day when a Lawyer tried to submit a reference from Wikipedia to support his submission to the court. The Judge refused it saying, "Wikipedia offers the same level of accuracy and credibility as do the comments scratched by unknown persons on the wall of a public toilet".
The question of the accuracy of Wikipedia has been placed in Yahoo Answers before... (the obvious common quote is that anyone can edit it)
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090819211417AAYWx57
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090417192104AAcY09u
QUOTE - "I can go into Wiki and edit entries having stating that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963 with Mary Todd by his side.
I can also Edit an entry showing John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Ford Theater on April 14, 1865.Do not trust Wiki, as anyone can go in Wiki and edit information to make it say anything which could be far from the truth."
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070528082830AAeRfVt
Then add to that, look at how Wikipedia is being sued for being wrong....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gianfranco/Wikimedia_Italia_sued_for_20,00Even Wikipedia says so.....
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer
QUOTE - "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia on the internet that is edited by anyone who wants to help. The way it works means that anyone with who can view the internet can change what is written. When you read Wikipedia, you should remember that we cannot make sure that our information is checked by people who can make it complete, accurate or reliable."
Seriously, Wikipedia.... Why bother ??Then there are the well known misinformation and falsities....
http://www.ieplexus.com/industry-news/14…
QUOTE - "The only problem was that these weren’t Jarre’s words. Rather, they were penned by Shane Fitzgerald, an undergraduate student at the University College Dublin. Studying economics and sociology, he placed these words on Wikipedia as a kind of social experiment regarding globalization and the perpetuation of information.
As such, Fitzgerald expected the quote to be picked up by a few minor blogs and articles. What he got was mainstream print publications falsely attributing his words to the deceased composer. "
With all of the above in consideration, and the views of people saying accurate and others not accurate, why is Wikipedia even referred to as a source? Is it not true then to say that all information on Wikipedia must be scrutinized and not relied upon as fact? If so, why even quote it as a source?? Does it even have a place on the internet?Then add to that, look at how Wikipedia is being sued for being wrong....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gianfranco/Wikimedia_Italia_sued_for_20,000,000_%E2%82%AC
Quote - "The lawsuit has been initiated by Antonio and Giampaolo Angelucci (a father and son), allegedly because of some edits made to the Italian Wikipedia's Antonio Angelucci article, which they claim were defamatory to the reputation of both men."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/13/wikipedia-sued-privacy-claim
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/05/wikipedia-sued-for-libel
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091206/1727097221.shtml
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Golfer_sues_law_firm_over_Wikipedia_article_defacement
http://www.ecommerce-journal.com/news/25215_wikipedia-sued-truth-about-vile-slayer-freedom-speech-oppressed
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=444196
http://berlin.metblogs.com/2007/12/07/wikipedia-sued-over-nazi-symbolism/
moreResolved Question: What is this movie where a guy is trying to capture a giant bird like in australia?
its animated. in like the australian outback/desert. like 2 kids and trying to stop this guy in a crane from capturing this giant bird and their is like some snakes in the movie too lol.
moreResolved Question: which of THESE PLACES would be THE WORST..........?
to be stranded in??
Antarctica
the Australian outback
the Sahara desert
the Brazilian rainforest
Siberia
moreResolved Question: what is your opinion on this?
Hey im Alice and i live in Brizvegas Australia!
id just like to tell you other countried people about living in australia and the harsh climate we have to deal with, the snakes, everything.
GDAY MAYTE!
oh and because im australian i have to tell you the joy i have riding kangaroos to school in the desert and coming home to my shak and cooking up some leaves and bush tucker for dinner. I have 10 pet koalas and 5 Kangaroos (cars). i wrestle crocodiles in my spare time, and i watch the aboriginal dances. The only city in australia is Sydney of course as it is the CAPITAL and if were not living in the desert, we live in ramsay street and so does every one else. If its not bush tucker for dinner, its SHRIP on the BARBIE!
GUESS WHAT!! IF YOU HAVENT FIGURED IT OUT ALREADY?!im just sick of retards who stereotype australia as this. did you realise that everything i said is FAKE. yes Sydney is NOT the capital of Australia. Im just pissed of with other countries being retards about australiansBY THE WAY I AM AUSTRALIAN
moreResolved Question: The real reason the snake is considered evil today...but wasn't always.?
Just over three years ago scientists discovered an ancient monolith in the Kalahari Desert in Africa that resembles a giant python. It is thought to be 72,000 years old, making it the oldest religious site in the world, in the very cradle of human civilization. Since then, the practice of "Snake Worship" has been cited in Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Cambodian, African, Australian, and Native American mythologies....essentially all over the entire world! In all of these cultures, the snake was honored and worshiped for being a symbol of immortality, life, and rebirth! Only in the Judeo/Christian religions is the snake a symbol of evil and devil. Consider for a moment that the Bible is a work of fiction, created by the hands of men and not God. Isn't it entirely possible that the snake was demonized as the embodiment of evil to convert people from these earlier practices of snake worshiping and join this new fangled religion? A form of ancient mudslinging to smudge out this ancient symbol of rebirth after death and replaced it with a pale man on a cross? I think its possible.Sorry I didn't post a link. I don't know which news site is most credible, I'll just give you this one? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061130081347.htm
moreResolved Question: The real reason the snake is considered evil...but wasn't always.?
Just over three years ago scientists discovered an ancient monolith in the Kalahari Desert in Africa that resembles a giant python. It is thought to be 72,000 years old, making it the oldest religious site in the world, in the very cradle of human civilization. Since then, the practice of "Snake Worship" has been cited in Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Cambodian, African, Australian, and Native American mythologies....essentially all over the entire world! In all of these cultures, the snake was honored and worshiped for being a symbol of immortality, life, and rebirth! Only in the Judeo/Christian religions is the snake a symbol of evil and devil. Consider for a moment that the Bible is a work of fiction, created by the hands of men and not God. Isn't it entirely possible that the snake was demonized as the embodiment of evil to convert people from these earlier practices of snake worshiping and join this new fangled religion? A form of ancient mudslinging to smudge out this ancient symbol of rebirth after death and replaced it with a pale man on a cross? I think its possible.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061130081347.htm
moreResolved Question: Why are Ashkenazi Jews so intelligent?
I have been reading the book titled "Race, Evolution, and Behavior" by J. Philippe Rushton. In this book, he claims that there are three broad racial groups. They are Oriental, White, and Black. Orientals consistently average an IQ of about 106. Whites consistently average an IQ of about 100. Blacks consistently average an IQ of about 85. Sub-Saharan Africans consistently average an IQ of about 70. J. Philippe Rushton believes that as Africans migrated out of Africa, they met colder and harsher lands which required more intelligence. The Orientals originated in the land of Mongolia. Mongolia lies between the freezing Siberian tundra and the freezing Himalayas. This would have selected out for only the most intelligent people. This is the same for Europe, but to a far less degree. This makes a lot of sense to me. I am not racist, so don't waste your time attacking me with names like that. Also, I found average IQ scores on specific ethnic groups. The Ashkenazi Jewish people have an average IQ of 112.6, (Herrnstein/Murray, 1994). The high Ashkenazi Jewish IQ score results from natural selection due to extended urban living and historical persecution in Europe. The average IQ of Eskimos is 91, for South East Asians (Vietnamese) it is 87, for Native American Indians it is 87, for Pacific Islanders (Hawaiians) it is 85, for South Asians and North Africans (Arabs) it is 84, for Sub-Saharan Africans it is 67, for Australian Aborigines it is 62, for Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert it is 54, for Pygmies of the Congo rain forests it is 54.
source: http://www.vdare.com/rushton/060322_iq.htm
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race,_Evolution,_and_Behavior
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_intelligence
moreResolved Question: Car Commercial: (australian?) "Don't let nothing spoil it, I wonder what's for dinner tonight - oh shoot!"?
Can anyone tell me what company makes the car commercial that has an (australian?) guy sitting in his car driving on a desert highway ... slow motion effects "Love it!" ... "Dun let nothin' spoil it .... (aside) I wonder what's for dinner tonight - OH SHOOT!"
If you could link me to the video that would actually be tremendously helpful, thanks :D
moreResolved Question: If you're American, look at this?
I was wondering what you Americans think Australia is like? Do you still think it's kangaroos jumping around everywhere, a koala in every tree, boiling hot every day and theres bogan people there who say "Put the shrimp on the barbie, mate!" everywhere? Or have you come to realise that that is quite false? I'm Australian and I didn't even know what "Shrimp" was until 3 or so years ago. And 'barbie' is considered a famous dress-up doll in Australia, not a barbeque. Just to let you know. So, Americans, what do you think is in Australia? Are you still fooled by the stupid *Bogan Aussie accent* "Desert land, koala & kangaroo land, and most of all, shrimp on the barbie land.. They call it, Australia" ads or movies or whatever ever made you think that? And if you never thought that, then what have you always thought? What do you think is in Australia?Again, I say, what do you think is IN Australia, not what do you think about Australia.
moreResolved Question: 1. In a working transformer, both the input and the output coils have the same.?
a. voltage across them
b. current flowing through them
c. voltage per loop across them
d. current per loop across them
2. A transformer cannot operate wiithout which of the following?
a. steady current
b. steady magnetic field
c. changing magnetic field
d. changing electrical field
3. A transformer has 1000 turns in its input coil, and 10,000 loops in its output If the primary is connected to a 12,000 volt alternating voltage, what would the alternating output voltage be?
a. Zero
b. 1,200 volts
c. 12,000 volts
d. 120,000 volts
4. The transmission of electrical power to homes many miles away from the power plant depends upon which of the following?
a. high currents
b. Great electrical energy
c. microwave generators
d. transformers
e. electrical motors
5. Compass needles in North America point toward the north geographic pole of the Earth.
a. true
b. false
6. Unlike electrical charges, magnetic poles have never yet been found separately.
a. true
b. false
7. Compasses would be of least use to expeditions in the
a. Australian desert
b. African Sahara desert
c. Earth's polar region
d. Trackless vastness of central Asia
moreResolved Question: So, you think homosexuality is unnatural?
Here you go people. An entire list of animals, other than humans, that engage in homosexual activity!!!!
Selected mammals from the full list:
* African Elephant
* Brown Bear
* Brown Rat
* Buffalo
* Caribou
* Cat (domestic)
* Cheetah
* Common Dolphin
* Common Marmose
* Common Raccoon
* Dog (domestic)
* European Bison
* Prea
Selected birds from the full list:
* Chicken (Domestic)
* Common Gull
* Emu
* King Penguin
Fish:
* Amazon molly
* Blackstripe topminnow
* Bluegill Sunfish
* Char
* Grayling
* European Bitterling
* Green swordtail
* Guiana leaffish
* Houting Whitefish
* Jewel Fish
* Least Darter (Microperca punctulata)
* Mouthbreeding Fish
* Salmon
* Southern platyfish
* Ten-spined stickleback
* Three-spined stickleback
Reptiles:
* Anole
* Bearded Dragon
* Broad-headed Skink
* Checkered Whiptail Lizard
* Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Lizard
* Common Ameiva
* Common Garter Snake
* Cuban Green Anole
* Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard
* Desert Tortoise
* Fence Lizard
* Five-lined Skink
* Gopher (Pine) Snake
* Green Anole
* Inagua Curlytail Lizard
* Jamaican Giant Anole
* Laredo Striped Whiptail Lizard
* Largehead Anole
* Mourning Gecko
* Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard
* Red Diamond Rattlesnake
* Red-tailed Skink
* Side-blotched Lizard
* Speckled Rattlesnake
* Water Moccasin
* Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
* Western Banded Gecko
* Whiptail Lizard spp.
* Wood Turtle
Amphibians:
* Appalachian Woodland Salamander
* Black-spotted Frog
* Mountain Dusky Salamander
* Tengger Desert Toad
Insects and other invertebrates:
* Acanthocephalan Worms
* Alfalfa Weevil
* Australian Parasitic Wasp
* Bean weevil
* Bedbug and other Bug
* Blister Beetle
* Blood-flukes (Schistosoma)
* Blowfly
* Box Crab
* Broadwinged Damselfly
* Cabbage (Small) White (Butterfly)
* Checkerspot Butterfly
* Clubtail Dragonfly
* Cockroach
* Common Skimmer Dragonfly
* Creeping Water Bug
* Cutworm
* Digger Bee
* Dragonfly
* Eastern Giant Ichneumon (wasp
* Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer
* Field Cricket
* Flour beetle
* Fruit Fly
* Glasswing Butterfly
* Grape Berry Moth
* Grape Borer
* Green Lacewing
* Harvest Spider
* Hawaiian Orb-Weaver (spider)
* Hen Flea
* House Fly
* Ichneumon wasp sp.
* Incirrate Octopus spp.
* Japanese Scarab Beetle
* Jumping spider
* Larch Bud Moth
* Large Milkweed Bug
* Large White (Pieris brassicae)
* Long-legged Fly
* Mazarine Blue
* Mediterranean Fruit Fly
* Mexican White
* Midge
* Migratory locust
* Mite
* Monarch Butterfly
* Narrow-winged Damselfly
* Parsnip Leaf Miner
* Pomace Fly
* Queen Butterfly
* Red Ant
* Red Flour Beetle
* Reindeer Warble Fly
* Rose Chafer
* Rove Beetle
* Scarab Beetle (Melolonthine)
* Screwworm Fly
* Silkworm Moth
* Sociable Weaver
* Southeastern Blueberry Bee
* Southern Green Stink Bug
* Southern Masked Chafer
* Southern One-Year Canegrub
* Spreadwinged Damselfly
* Spruce Budworm Moth
* Stable Fly
* Stag Beetle
* Tsetse Fly
* Water Boatman Bug
* Water Strider
Interesting huh??? Looks like we aren't the only ones that God made gay... Thoughts would be nice to hear:)BTW: The penguins have actually raised an egg sucessfully after being given one at a zoo... So, even gay penguins adopt:)Dolphins are supposed to be as smart as humans, so their goes your argument:)Hey Goldie Locks... I didn't mean to offend you. I wasn't "comparing" any one to animals... I was just saying we aren't the only species who do this. Which frankly people are taking waaaaay out of porportion... I only wanted people to realize this simple fact. So, don't make an @ss out of me or your selves. Also, if your want to eat your own poop or young, go ahead. But animals do that inorder to SURVIVE! With te runt if the litter, that baby won't survive, it would only be one more mouth to feed, and they don't have an adoption system. So there.
moreResolved Question: Does my story have a similar plot to 'The Man from Snowy River'?
It is meant to have a near identical plot to 'The Man from Snowy River', do you think it does? Can you identify the characters that replaced them? Thanks.
Here's the basic outline:
The Australian government secures an area of land in the middle of the desert to grow a special new crop that only grows in areas with hardly any moisture. Rainclouds mysteriously gather overhead the area, and threaten to downpour. A scientist from Oxford University comes to Australia to help the government with this problem. He creates new technology to help combat the problem. It succeeds and the rainclouds go to London and downpour.
moreResolved Question: How much do you know about Australia?
I just want you to answer some questions, to see what people from other countries know. NO CHEATING. Use your own knowledge. Best answer for one who gets most correct...
1. What is the capital city of Australia?
2. Do more Australians live in the desert or on the coast?
3. Which of these animals is NOT native to Australia:
a) Emu
b) Dingo
c) Echidna
d) Kangaroo
e) Tasmanian Devil
4. What is the currency used in Australia?
5. Which system is used; Imperial or metric?
6. Who is Kevin Rudd?
7. To the nearest 5 million, what is the population of Australia:
a)10 million
b) 20 million
c) 30 million
d) 35 million
e) 40 million
8. What state is Sydney in?
9. In which century was Australia colonised by the Europeans?
10. Australia closer to:
a) Indonesia
or
b) South Africa
11. Before colonisation, it is estimated that Indigenous Australians had lived here for:
a) 5,000-5,500 years
b) 15,000-20,000 years
c) 25,000-35,000 years
d) 40,000-50,000 years
e) 60,000-100,000 yearsHaha Ryan 'fries with ketchup' sounds funny to me =D@ mmm_x: There is an option that says 35 million. That is rounded to 5 million.
moreResolved Question: When Settlers Arrive at a New Land, How are the Rights of Aboriginals Determined?
There are two cases that I'm most interested in.
The English settlers that arrived in Australia.
and
The English control over the Arabian Penisula prior to 1925.
Why did the Bedouins get oil rights, while the Australian Abos did not get mineral rights, or any other rights really.
Why was the House of Saud set up and legitimized and declared by the British to be the owner of the vast oil reserves, and yet there was no House of Abo in Australia set up to give the native population there all sorts of property rights.
Two other corollary questions:
Was it mostly because of Lawrence of Arabia? Was his leadership of the bedouin tribesmen the key to their being declared the true owners of the oil rights in Saudi Arabia? Without him, might they just have been brushed aside as a bunch of local savages, like the Abos in Australia?
Why did Lawrence interfere in this matter? Was he insane? Did he have an illness that affected his thinking? What could he have been thinking? Did he hate the West, or Britain, or Western culture? Did he know that his actions would result in the establishment of vast property rights for the desert tribes?Yes, one must read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Yes, the abos and the indians in north America were not as advanced as islamic culture had been in the Middle Ages. But they were not so far different from the bedouins which suddenly and for no apparent reason were declared to be the owners of the oil rights on the Arabian penisula. There's a big difference between Averoes and Avincenna and King Saud and King Faisal. Islam may one have been an advanced culture but the Saudi Royals are straight up savages worse than any abos or indians in North America.
I just don't see why they got such a good deal. They are believers in Sharia which has got to be the most barbaric system of laws and customs since the cavemen walked the Earth. No abo women, or indian women ever had to be treated as women in Saudi Arabia are treated today by men whose arrogance, stupidity, and viciousness is unmatched except perhaps by the great tyrants of the 20th century, who can't be named on Lonely Answers Club.
moreResolved Question: Do you live the Australian economy?
Australia has the only desert and kangaroos. How you guys in Australia can have aalto standard of living?
I'm from Brazil. Here in Brazil exists natural wealth and has one economy good but POPULATION It POBRE and many eQSLs undergoes poblemas financial.
We suffer for not culture enough for terms life worthy.
(Sou Brazilian and used the google translator)
moreResolved Question: What is the latitude/longatude of the Australian Desert?
moreResolved Question: YU GI OH SOS! PLEASE HELP?
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS IN 1 ^.^ PLEASE ANSWER IN MAX DETAIL.
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Morphtronic Clocken
Mecha Bunnyx3
Marshmallon
Mecha Dog Marronx2
Solar Flare Dragon x2
Des Koala
Raging Flame Sprite
Stealth Bird
Gorz The Emissary of Darkness
Ebon Magician Curranx2
Neo Spacian Grand Mole
Princess Of Tsurugi
Firetrooper
Spells
Dark Room of nightmare
Ookazix3
Poison of the old man x3
Dark Snake Syndrome
Kaiser Colosseum
Meteor Of Destruction
Level limit area Bx2
Heavy Storm
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Ordeal Of A Traveller
Korzaky's Self Destruct Button
Ceasefire
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moreVoting Question: What are the joys of travelling through the Australian desert, or the midlands as the call them?
moreResolved Question: Australian Lizards don't like sand?
Bearded Dragons are from the Australian deserts right? Which are full of sand?
So, how come you can't use it as a substrate for a bearded dragon?
It seems really odd to me, or maybe I'm just missing something? I know impaction is a danger, but a herp specialist vet, and a 12yr experience herp rescuer both recommended sand.
Is it that babies can't have sand? Or all ages?
Curious!
(I've had my beardies on sand for quite a while now, and their feces are totally normal, and they have a good appetite).
moreResolved Question: Where is the best place you've played or watched a football match?
On the 22 and 23 September, a series of seven football matches that will be played at twilight in unique locations around the world. Places like the West Australian Pinnacles Desert, on a barge in Venice and in minus degree temperatures of the French Alps
I'm captaining Sony Australia’s Twilight Football team in Tintagel Castle, Cornwall in the UK – I’ve never played football in a castle before!
How about you - where is the best place you've played or watched a football match?
moreResolved Question: What is the name of this movie, with a boy and his tiger?
I forgot the name of a movie I saw a while back. It was about a boy and a wild animal (I think it was a tiger) he and his father found when it was a baby, and it grows to be too big for him to keep. He sets out on a journey on a motorbike and then travels on foot across the Australian desert, meeting some black guy along the way, and eventually leaves the tiger in his natural habitat.
Ring any bells for anyone?Nope, it's not 'Passion in the Desert'. The main character is just a kid, maybe twelve years old.Nah, it's not Two Brothers either. It's just one tiger and the boy. It takes place in modern times, and I'm pretty sure it's in Australia, because I vaguely remember the boy speaking in an Australian accent. Actually, it could probably just as well be Africa...
Thanks for your answers, keep 'em coming!
moreResolved Question: Why do people think all Australia is a desert?
Australia's population is about 22 millions, it's a large country. Yes, 70% of the country is arid. yet, 20% ONLY is desert! We have the 6th largest forest area in the World. Comparing it to the population, Australia has the second per capita forest area. Our major cities are on the coast, but what about New York? Boston? Los Angeles? Vancouver? Toronto? Houston? they're all coastal too. I am an Australian from Melbourne who has never been to the desert. The only natural view I know of Australia is lushgreen tropical and subtropical forests that covers large areas next to amazing beaches! I have to travel about 300 km to get to the arid zone. And I've never been beaten by a spider!
moreResolved Question: what do un-aussies think of aussies?
i am australian and i want to know if ppl think that there is more to us than barbeques, desert, kangaroos and flip-flops??
moreResolved Question: Could i to buy a great piece of australian desert?
moreVoting Question: UVB for australian water dragon ?!?
which UVB bulb should i use for my AWD. I want 1 of those bulbs not the tubes. Is a mercury vapour bulb good choice? and i have sun glo spot lamp one that's made for desert reptiles, I couldn't find the tropical one, Is it ok to use that one for my AWD? and plz tell me which UVB BULB should i use for my AWD and which manufacturer?
thanks
moreResolved Question: what are the highest and lowest recorded temperatures of these deserts?
what is the highest recorded temperature of the:
kalahari, Arabian, Australian, chihuahuan, thar, monte, mojave and sonoran deserts???
and what is the lowest recorded temperature of the:
Antarctic, arctic, atacama, gobi, great basin, greenland, iranian, namib, takla makan and turkestan deserts????
please answer quick and thank u if u do!!
moreResolved Question: why are almost all Australian cities coastal?
I know the outback can be a hostile environment, but the U.S. has cities in deserts (Phoenix, Las Vegas to name a couple).and yes I know that many cities are on the coast because of transportation and other needs. I think i should have asked the question "why has there been no expansion inward"?
moreResolved Question: What do you think of my screenplay?
I've been hard at work with a plot for a movie screenplay. Anyone who visits my q/a profile will find all sorts of junk about Australia, and plot. I want to know what anybody thinks of my plot.
An Australian park ranger driving along a large stretch of obscure desert trail crosses paths with a hitchhiker.(Apparently a newcomer.) Sympathizing with him, the ranger agrees to escort him to his destination...half an hour into the middle of nowhere. To escape a large sandstorm, they rush into a nearby cave where they discover a trail that leads doooooown. When reaching the bottom, they find a subterranean metropolis of intelligent primates who can manipulate electromagnetic energy. Their practices have weakened he top layer of the earth now in danger of collapsing, killing the humans, and animals. The two adventurers are given a map to the three layers of the underground world, and they must retrieve one piece of a mysterious artifact at each layer to restore the earth. With the Rangers skills with a boomerang and overall knowledge of nature, and the hitchhikers quick wit and cryptology knowledge, they overcome many obstacles to save the world.
Pretty confusing so far...I need opinions.
Seriously. Just be honest. I want opinions, not praises. If you like it, say why. If you hate it, say why.
moreVoting Question: Im travelling to the Australian Outback and Im hoping someone could give me some packing advice. Please!?
We are going through Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Uluru, Darwin and Broome. And we're travelling by car and returning by plane. The trip will last for about 3 weeks. Also, do you know where I can get those desert sleeping bags, for sleeping outside? We live in Melbourne.
Thanks!!Thanks for the replies, they have been very helpful. We're actually leaving today, so I took the variable weather, water and light packing suggestions very seriously. Also, we have made a few changes concerning the destinations and distances, yes we came into our senses!
Many thanks for all of your help and advice!
:)
SuzyOh, and No Worries, there will be no Dusk nor Dawn nor Night Driving.
:)
moreResolved Question: How old is old, when it comes to dog?
We have a dog that pre-dates the Desert Shield (1990), lately as the years pass we say, this might be the year. Still she gets around and does her duty outside, has had a few incidents while growing up like hit by a car twice and downed a bottle of Synthroid and was around before my children..at 19 years I was wondering how old other people's dogs tend to be. (She's an Australian shepard - Terrier mix).
moreResolved Question: "Australian Poetry" , Funny or not ?
The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists, a university graduate and an old aboriginal man.
They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to think about it then come up with a short poem that contained that word.
The word they were given was 'TIMBUKTU'
First to recite his poem was the university graduate.
He stepped up to the microphone and said:
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan
Men on camels two by two
Destination - Timbuktu
The crowd went crazy! No way could the old aboriginal top that, they thought.
The old aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:
Me and Tim a huntin' went
Met three whores in a pop-up tent
They were three, and we was two
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu
The aboriginal won !
moreResolved Question: Modern uses of Australian deserts?
moreResolved Question: Does anyone know this movie? based on the trailer? Help please!?
It was a movie trailer that a remember vaguely..
Its a 2009 movie,
its a romance one,
And it I remember a flash of a young brown haired girl in a convertible or in a car of somesort with her hair blowing in the wind..
Then it flashed and said.. "20 Years later"
And it showed a man in some desert or somewhere yelling to the stars.. "Im still here!..."
Their accents sounded Australian or British.. but i could be wrong..
anyone know what the movie could be?
It also said it'll be released august 6th..
moreResolved Question: Why do deserts look dark and streaky in satellite images?
just looked at the Sahara desert on google maps satellite image and the image looks as though someone has gone over it with a rake- lots of fine stripes heading east west and larger areas of colour giving the feeling of motion in an east-westerly direction. So what is this? Dunes? Sandstorms? But they cover the entire desert! And why do many of the streaks look so dark, almost black? I then looked at the Arabian desert- same thing. Then looked at Australian desert and it didn't seem to have this streaky pattern at all. So what is this?
moreResolved Question: Can you help my English?
Could you write down what she said ?( Btw I have the dialog which is dubbed by Australian or English???? what do you think it is Austrailian accent or British accent ?)
Australia's BOOLD ????plan carbon emmisions trading scheme are under threat . critic say it would cost jobs and provoke economic uncertainty .
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and What does VOA stands for ? Voice of America ???/ but the news reader does not have North American accent .
or They used the news script from VOA , ????
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m: I think the mojority of their power plants as coal firing .
w: still ? that's the majority
m:that's why they're such a high EDMMITERS????? of the green house gases.
w: ah,,, Australia stiil use power plants as coal firing
it's time to accept the renewable energy in Australia , too
and as you mention before , Australia is one of the worst per capita EMITTORS?? of the green house gases. .so it can't help it . cause they are using power plants as coal firing (speaking korean)
m: yeah unless YOU KNOW?????? they start THE INVESTING ???newclear power plants,
w. you know , these days newclear plants and renewable plants are topic of conversation a lot ( speaking korean)
m: Australia's one of the few countrys VARYING?????? climate zones and territorys and you know PRANTS????? that they could probably use a lot of renewable sources , energy sources such as sun light because they have A ?????desert . they have specific region for there's a lot of winds and they also have tons of landS?????? ( which is correct TONS OF LANDS or TONS OF Land ) you know that outbackS??????? and wilderness IS ???????? another RESOURCES or RESOURCE ??? that they could use ,
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http://blog.naver.com/intotmind check this plz 10that 's what I'm looking for fixing
??????? means I don't know what it means ..??????? means I don't know this word is correct or not , so Iam asking you fix it for me ,First of all, Thank you so much ^_^
The guy from this program , actually applyed "The Best Job In The World "and he did it in top 10 but he failed in the final decision.
you can check it out at-------->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE33o1dgstA
Btw You don't feel his Texas accent ?
Cause I heard he lived in Texas almost his whole life ,
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