Gil Greening
@gilgreen
retired scientist, kiwi in Oz - Ngunnawal Country, avatar from Iceland, aurora australis from sister in Dunedin. #nzpol Vaxxed to the max. Greenie moll. Mostly just a lazy reposter.
And from "Facilitating Speed Management Change: Example Case Studies from Australia and New Zealand" austroads.gov.au/publications...
From austroads.gov.au/publications... - you have to create an account to download it...😠 Final dotpoint - reducing speed limits does not increase journey times.
There is SO MUCH RESEARCH supporting lower speed limits. e.g. www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/res...
Happy that this is at the NGA - A Bigger Grand Canyon. Vale David Hockney.
Ooh, a bit like what I painted the ghastly brick veneer lining my porch!
This!!! "…after years of budgetary hacking and slashing it has turned them into a partly fossil fuel funded theme park."
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
Oh, great. "Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Problem is, current and likely future conditions favour fewer babies. Quote from demographer Kingsley Davis about what helps reduce the birth rate:
There are also other treatments in development - this from wikipedia article about Richard Scolyer, melanoma researcher in Australia.
Looked like this on the ground in Canberra, Jan. 2020. But big enough to give my car body a special texture...
Would be great if this really worked - a cure for cancer? www.newsnationnow.com/health/ankti...
This. Who even are these people? "…she no longer believed in germ theory…"
"Even if every seat at Macquarie Point stadium sold, where would visitors stay? Where would they fly in from? Would Qantas put the 50 extra flights on to fill the seats?"