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Black Kites chase insects during a bushfire at Kakadu National Park (Auscape / Getty Images)
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I learns there's a hunt underway for Gondwanaland's mythical "Bushfire Birds". These wiley raptors could show us a thing or two about barbecue.

They're experts. And we're out to prove it. :cool:
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Australian birds of prey, specifically black kites and brown falcons, are attracted to fire. They follow the fire front, picking out fleeing reptiles, insects and small birds; and feasting on pre-cooked meals.
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Many years ago, [Bob] came across I, THE ABORIGINAL - Douglas Lockwood's biography of Roper River man Waipuldanya Philip Roberts.

In it, he found a reference to a hawk picking up a smouldering stick and dropping it in a fresh patch of grass half a mile away. Further research, and interviews with Indigenous people revealed a wealth of similar stories.

'There are a lot of associations of fire and birds, right across the country […] It's a large subject in need of more study'.
The hunt for the bushfire birds
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#383
Manichga said:
Ive learnt that grade 1 and 2 students will always put a fight scene in to a school drama activity, regardless of the theme/topic.
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Having lived it...(I was always giving my Grade 1 & 2 & 3 students opportunities to perform...readers' theater, show and tell, Thanksgiving and Christmas presentations...) I automatically agree with your assertion. I'm wondering how it is you came to know that! :thumbsup:
 
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the harp unstrung said:
Having lived it...(I was always giving my Grade 1 & 2 & 3 students opportunities to perform...readers' theater, show and tell, Thanksgiving and Christmas presentations...) I automatically agree with your assertion. I'm wondering how it is you came to know that! :thumbsup:
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Younger secondary students do it too. Ive taught drama a bit ( im a music teacher) and i always have to make a huge point of saying " no fight scenes, no weapons, no rolling around on the floor and no bloody football! Its my first year teaching primary school and i am amazed at how regularly they just fall to floor and roll around - in any situation.
 
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Middle-aged kiddies too. We'll always outperform in the fight scene. … :wacky: … A pioneer of TIE DIE, Dorothy Heathcote's got some spectacular mileage in this dept. In a memorable scene from Three Looms Waiting, she relates how a classroom full of young gents tell her they wanna see "Murders, Miss!" in a play they're producing.

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Today I learned that you can buy a pull-behind camper for anywhere between $1,000 and $25,000...kinda depending on how much mold you'll put up with, and how many 'pull outs' you feel like you need.
Someday we'll be kinda somewhere in the middle... :roflmao:
 
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the harp unstrung said:
Stephen Curry and LeBron James were born in the same hospital in Akron, OH.
Goodyear wants a piece of the NBA Finals action...
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I didn't understand if the gift from G'year goes to all of the city's newborns, or just the lil ones born at the hospital where the big guys were born...
(Now, if this was an NHL story, I'd snoop around until I had the rest of the story...)
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My wife was born in Akron.
 
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I learned that the world's biggest pyramid isn't in Egypt.....it's in Mexico.
Was watching Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates. Episode '' The Lost Mexican City".

I mention the show because you can see first hand how big the pyramids and the city was. They were there before the Aztecs.

They are still excavating the city and other ruins. Absolutely fascinating the things they find.
 
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ZenG said:
I learned that the world's biggest pyramid isn't in Egypt.....it's in Mexico.
Was watching Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates. Episode '' The Lost Mexican City".

I mention the show because you can see first hand how big the pyramids and the city was. They were there before the Aztecs.

They are still excavating the city and other ruins. Absolutely fascinating the things they find.
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This is very cool info, and please forgive my nitpickiness, but are they true pyramids or ziggurats?
 
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Today I learned that spray can gap filler stuff comes in two flavors: under an inch and over an inch. It hadn't occurred to me that shooting canned foam at large gaps and expecting decent results might be possible, much less smart, but I will let you know how it goes. If that's all it takes to "fix" the garage gaps, lovely.
 
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FrenchBassQC said:
Still on the bench and I still have my job... But for how long???
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I have been there before my friend, and I can tell you that the waiting is the worst part. I'm tempted to tell you to relax, what happens, happens, but you'll do what your gonna do and whatever I say will add little comfort.

Still..., relax.

BTW, I had a choice: go on the bench or take a 6 mo. project in St. Louis, with no promise of continuing with the company after that. I declined the project and was laid off two weeks later. The company was sold and most development shipped offshore two years later. I haven't checked lately, but I don't think the company exists in any form anymore. I still do, though.
 
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