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Best Classified Site in Australia
The Best Classified Sites in Australia
In the digital age, classified sites have revolutionized the way Australians buy, sell, and trade goods and services. These platforms offer a convenient and accessible avenue for individuals and businesses alike to connect with potential buyers or sellers. With a multitude of options available, choosing the best classified site in Australia can significantly impact your success in reaching your target audience. Let's delve into some of the premier classified sites in Australia renowned for their reliability, user-friendliness, and extensive reach.
Gumtree:
Gumtree stands out as one of the most prominent classified platforms in Australia, offering a wide range of categories including automotive, real estate, jobs, and services. Its user-friendly interface and localized sections cater to users across various cities and regions, ensuring that listings are visible to potential buyers or sellers nearby. With features such as ad boosting and featured listings, Gumtree provides ample opportunities for businesses to increase their visibility and reach a larger audience.
eBay Australia:
eBay Australia, a branch of the global e-commerce giant, offers a robust platform for buying and selling goods across various categories. Leveraging eBay's trusted reputation and expansive user base, eBay Australia provides a secure environment for transactions. Users can browse through categories such as fashion, electronics, home & garden, and more, with options to filter listings based on location and price range. Its integration with eBay's main platform allows for seamless cross-promotion and visibility, making it an attractive option for both individual sellers and businesses.
Trading Post:
Trading Post has been a staple in the Australian classifieds market for decades, offering a diverse range of categories including vehicles, pets, furniture, and appliances. Its simple and intuitive interface makes it easy for users to navigate and create listings. With a strong focus on local communities, Trading Post ensures that listings are targeted towards users in specific regions, facilitating quick and convenient transactions. Additionally, its partnership with News Corp Australia enhances its credibility and reach across the country.
Carsales:
For those in the market for buying or selling vehicles, Carsales is the go-to destination in Australia. Specializing in automotive classifieds, Carsales provides a comprehensive platform for listing new and used cars, motorcycles, boats, and more. Its advanced search filters allow users to narrow down their options based on make, model, price range, and location, making it easier to find the perfect vehicle. With millions of visitors each month, Carsales offers unparalleled exposure for sellers and a wide selection for buyers.
Locanto:
Locanto offers a user-friendly platform for classified ads across a wide range of categories, including jobs, real estate, personals, and community events. Its straightforward posting process and comprehensive search functionality make it easy for users to find what they're looking for. With a strong presence in major cities and regional areas, Locanto provides ample opportunities for users to connect with local buyers or sellers. Additionally, its free posting feature makes it an accessible option for individuals and businesses looking to advertise their products or services.
In conclusion, the best classified sites in Australia provide a plethora of opportunities for individuals and businesses to connect with their target audience. Whether you're looking to buy, sell, or trade goods and services, platforms like Gumtree, eBay Australia, Trading Post, Carsales, and Locanto offer user-friendly interfaces, extensive category coverage, and localized listings to facilitate seamless transactions. By leveraging these platforms effectively, you can maximize your visibility, reach a wider audience, and unlock new opportunities in the dynamic world of online commerce.
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Universal categories and representations about pristine, people-free nature have emerged and powerfully informed the conservation of tropical habitats, from rainforests to deserts. These dominant narratives carry little, if any, regard for Indigenous and local ways of knowing, using, and living in these landscapes (i.e., Indigenous territories). The notion of wilderness is one such category that has arisen from the Enlightenment and imperial processes, and continues to cast high value, biodiverse spaces as pristine and people-free environments that are in need of preservation: supposedly, the very antidote to the Anthropocene. Despite decades of critique and resistance during and after the colonial era, a resurgence of the wilderness myth around the world has once again found traction among large international nongovernmental organizations, private philanthropists, major foundations, and corporations, and certain nation-states who seek to reimpose aspects of “fortress conservation,” whereby Indigenous and local peoples are excluded from land and the life it gives.
Wilderness: Origin. Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals,’ from wild dēor ‘wild deer’ + -ness.
Rather than enlighten and save humanity, wilderness thinking has facilitated the perverse outcome of landscapes being idealized, imagined, and managed as intact, high-value biodiversity areas free from human disturbance. In many respects, such narrow interpretations of forest landscapes have justified the inhumane eviction of Indigenous and local peoples from their homelands following annexation as parks and protected areas, driving dispossession and conflict similar to the colonial period across the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Australia. The Wilderness Project and efforts to map and classify high-value, intact wilderness zones (many of which overlap with the tropics and regions with high Indigenous populations), continue to this day.
Indigenous knowledge and the shackles of wilderness
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Gold-friend
a/n: I wanted to write something for the new Ballon d'Or winner
*not my GIF* (look at this tiny queen)
Pairing: Aitana Bonmatí x Fem!Reader
Summary: surprise
Type: Fluff
Warning: nothing
word count: 1881
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Euro 2022
The Spain national team got kicked out of the competition by the Lionesses. Back in Spain, Aitana found peace with the only person she could call home, you.
For you, you spent the rest of the summer trying to cheer her up and helping her prepare for the next season.
Even if she said it every day, the midfielder would never voice too much how grateful she was that you were with her in every big step of her career.
Season 22-23
Being a nurse and working almost every day meant that you sometimes couldn't be there for your girlfriend when she played. But working with nosy co-workers helped you measure how much the blaugranas' midfielder started to shine.
To be fair, you didn't mean it, but when you walked up to two people talking about football, you wanted to tell them to go back to work until they mentioned Aitana's name.
They were talking about her big performance on the pitch and her awesome season. And what a season it was. Leading the Liga F alone, far away from the runner-up, confirmed that Barcelona was in good spirits, and things were even more incredible when you saw them in the Champions League.
Of course, even if you had to work a lot, you tried to see her play as much as you could.
Champions League Final
Back from a party to celebrate their championship title, Aitana crashed on the couch next to you. A movie was running on the TV, but the football player knew she had all your attention. She rested her head on your lap and enjoyed the silence for a moment until something came to her mind.
"¿Amor?(My love)" She called you carefully.
"¿Si?" You replied and started to play with her hair.
"Are you free in June?" She asked without really hoping for a positive reply.
"Umm, I have to check, but I think I asked to have two days off. Why?"
"Do you want to do something special to celebrate our first place?"
"Uh, yeah, but I was more hoping to use those days to see you play the Champions League's final. But we can do anything you want."
"Well, I wanted to ask you if you—wait, what?" She brutally stood up, almost hitting you in the process.
"What?"
"What did you say?"
You looked at her like she grew a second head. "Uh, I said that I wanted to see you play. Is that a problem?"
The midfielder grinned and covered your face with a lot of kisses.
"You're welcome." You joked.
"Now, come on, we both need to sleep." She turned off the TV and dragged you to the bedroom.
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After the finale whistle, Barcelona were sacred champions. You were frenetically moving in your seat while the girls were celebrating. A few minutes later, you were allowed on the pitch; you only had some free seconds to thank the girls before a short body crashed against yours.
"Oh, calmate, cariñosa, let me thank other girls before." You were very amused by her antics.
"I'm really happy that you came." She confessed while all her teammates were making fun of her.
"I'm really happy too."
After a lot of celebration, you were back in the blaugranas' hotel, cuddling with your girlfriend in her room. "Are you sure you can't come to Australia?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. But don't worry, I'll support you." You reassured her.
Word Cup
You had to follow the whole competition during your night shift because of the different time zones. But that was not the worst part. The worst part was everything that happened on the other side of the globe without you being there to support her.
You were working the day of the finale, and almost all the hospital exploded with joy after the final whistle. Everybody matched your enjoyment, and it was totally understandable.
Ballon d'Or
Aitana was on her way to her hotel, but something was stuck in her mind.
"Don't make this grumpy face; you're about to be classified as one of the best players in the world." Salma said trying to change her mind.
"I'm not making a grumpy face."
"Yes, you are. You have since we arrived here. What's the problem? Aren't you excited?"
"Of course I am."
"But?"
"There's no but."
"So you don't look happy when you clearly deserve everything that's happened today?"
"I'm happy; it's just that..." She stopped when the car stopped, and thankfully for her, Patri and Mapi were already there to welcome them.
"Thanks, some people are excited about this day." Salma said dramatically when she get out of the car.
Her teammates gave her a strange look, but they didn't need to question it when they saw Aitana.
"She's definitely taking it more well than I imagined." Patri whispered to the defender, who looked at her very confusedly. "I thought she would be crying and complaining about how much she wanted Y/n to be there." She explained.
"You know what? I'll not even try to talk with you. Let's just try to make her look less grumpy until the ceremony." The defender said.
"I'm not grumpy!" The midfielder spoke loudly while she entered the hotel.
"Yep, definitely grumpy." The three other players said together.
Okay, to be honest, Aitana may have been grumpy, but only because she was worried. You were supposed to be with her this night, but you didn't answer her last text. And she sent it a few hours ago.
In the room where she was supposed to get ready, she found Fridolina, who came a little earlier. The tall woman greeted her with open arms, something that she felt she needed.
"Nervous?" The Swedish player asked, and the Spanish one just nodded. "Is it about tonight or about Y/n?" She asked even if she already knew the answer.
"Both," Aitana said, sitting next to her teammate, "maybe more about Y/n than about tonight. She was supposed to text me when she arrived in Paris, but I didn't receive anything. I try to not freak out. I'm saying to myself that maybe she just had an emergency at work, but if it was, she always told me."
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's just doing something and forgot to tell you." Her teammate tried to reassure her.
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A few hours later, the girls were ready to leave, but the midfielder was still waiting for your text.
"Hey, stop worrying; I'm sure she will come with your parents." Mapi said while forcing the brunette out.
Outside, a vehicle was waiting for them. Someone opened the door for them. Your girlfriend was the first one to enter, but she stopped immediately.
"¿Qué haces aquí? (What are you doing here?)" The short girl asked, making all the players behind them stop.
"Nunca me perdería esto por nada. (I would never miss this for anything.)" You replied.
"Oh, look at who finally decided to show up." Patri commented, making you snort.
"Okay girls, I would like to talk, but I think you're waiting somewhere, so what are you waiting for?" You reminded them.
During the whole ride, Aitana had her head pressed against your shoulder while her hands were stuck in yours.
"I think that's the first time I've seen her smile since we arrived here." Salma said loudly, making everyone laugh in the process.
"She just missed her girl; I think it's fair." Mapi defended her.
"And I missed you too." You whispered to your girlfriend before landing a kiss on her head, which made all the girls coo at the same time.
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"...And the winner for the women's Ballon d'Or is... Aitana Bonmatí." Everybody was applauding, and you started to feel tears in your eyes' corners.
During her speech, you were remembering all the moments you spent together. Since the first time you met her when you were just two kids until now. And it was a long journey.
There were tears, exhaustion, and loss, but there was also victory and joy every time you watched her play, the tittles, collectively or personally. And above all, there was love. The same love for the same girl since you were kids.
The same with whom you lived with since almost four years, the same girls who were always there for you when you needed the most, the same who knew you maybe more than yourself.
In the reflection of the video that were shown about her journey, you were seeing what she could achieve later and what you could both have been in the future.
After the ceremony and the photo, you were back in the hotel when something came to Aitana's mind. In front of the hotel, while every girl started to fill the building, the midfielder used that moment to keep you behind.
"Hey, is everything okay?" You asked when you felt her hand on your arm.
"Can we walk away? Don't worry, it's just for a few minutes."
"Yeah, of course." You let her lead the way until she found a spot not too dark with some lovely spotlights. She took your hands and made you look at her.
"Amor, I want to thank you for being here today with me and just being in my life. I-I know that I tell you every day, but I love you. I'm in love with you, and it's not going to change. You're one of the reasons why I'm here today and why I became so good. I wouldn't be able to do this without you."
"I'm sure you would."
"Please don't ruin it."
"I'm sorry."
"I was thinking about it for a moment now, and when I saw you tonight, it confirmed what I thought. Y/n, I want to spend my life with you, to be able to love you and be worth yours for the rest of my life. Y/n Y/l/n, would you marry me?" She showed you a velvet box with a beautifulring in it.
"Wow, do you mean like right now? I know that Paris is called the city of love, but I think we need someone to officialize everything." You replied.
"Stop being a smartass and answer, please." She slapped your arms, making you laugh.
"Of course I do." You replied, and she finally smiled again. "I would be a fool if I declined the offer." You added.
"Can we finish that? It started to be cold." You chuckled while she placed the ring on your finger. You both stayed looking at each other for a few seconds before finally kissing.
The cute moment was interrupted by some applause from the other girls.
"What are you doing here?" Aitana asked, a little embarrassed, to the audience.
"Patri wanted to follow you; and Mapi agreed." Salma said earning a nudge from the two older women.
"Who cares about that? We're proud of you." Patri said while she quickly came to hug her teammate. Quickly after, all the girls came to hug you both and congratulate you.
On your way back, you had your arm around Aitana's shoulder. Listen to the girls talking about the ceremony with a big smile on your face. You looked at the midfielder under your arm and gave her a light kiss on her shoulder.
"Te quiero."
#woso x reader#woso fanfics#aitana bonmati#aitana bonmatí#aitana bonamti x reader#aitana bonmatí x reader#barcelona femeni x reader#spain wnt x reader
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On 19th February 1980 Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott died.
Ronald was born on July 9, 1946 in Kirriemuir, Bon’s parents hailed from musical families; his father, Charles, known to friends and relations as Chick, played drums in the Kirriemuir Pipe Band and performed with the local light-opera company. In 1952, the Scott family relocated to Australia.
The Scott's first resided in Melbourne before settling in the Adelaide suburb of Sunshine. In 1956, Bon’s brother Graeme was diagnosed with asthma and the Scott family relocated to Fremantle. Scott who rose to fame as the leading singer and songwriter of the hugely popular hard rock band AC/DC during the 1970s. He loved music from a young age and was a highly creative and rebellious youngster.
Scotland’s Fife Free Press reported in 1962: “One of the side drummers in the Fremantle Pipe Band, who played at the opening ceremony of the Empire Games in Perth, was Ronald Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott, who formerly resided in Roods, Kirriemuir, as seen in the black and white pic.
As is common with unruly teenagers, he often found himself in trouble with the authorities. He dropped out of school at 15 and had brushes with the law which had him sent to the Riverbank Juvenile Institution. Labelled as a social misfit, he was denied a position in the Australian army. He worked at several odd jobs to support himself after leaving school.
Scott started playing drums during his adolescent years and formed his first band The Spektors, in 1964. He played for some other bands as well before joining AC/DC as their lead singer. The band’s popularity reached new heights after Scott joined them; their debut album ‘High Voltage’ was a big hit. Within a year the band brought out the single, ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)’ which soon became known as the quintessential rock anthem.
On 19th February 1980, Bonn passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club called the Music Machine 1980, he was left to spend the night by a friend. The next day he was found lifeless and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The official cause of his death was listed as acute alcohol poisoning. His grave is considered the most visited in Australia and the National Trust of Australia has included it on its list of classified heritage.
Statue of Bon Scott are found in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia and Kirriemuir, here in Scotland.
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𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚕𝚘𝚐_𝟶𝟸.𝟷
Moa's Ark & Zealandia
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/moas-ark-1990/series
Moa's Ark (1990s TV series) opening animation. It was during the 90's that scientists formulated the "Zealandia" protocontinent theory and complexity of how species migrated over time, putting the last nail in the coffin of the idea that everyone got a free ride over on a piece of Australia. Going through Aotearoa's natural history doco archives has been a lot of fun.
Hello again! I took a bit of a break in posting long- form updates, but I think there's enough on my mind for a second batch of posts this week. After that there will again just be small updates on the Instagram until May - when I may have some sort of concept media for the sim to show off. For now I'll aim for a focused peek into a couple of aspects of it as usual.
This post is going to be all about the Moa, the species that got me hooked on this project. It's also going to be about species variation, and the tension between scientific accuracy and visual accessibility.
Moa skeletal reconstitutions at Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand.
A couple of interesting facts about the moa;
-We currently classify them as nine species. Here is a full catalog of every time someone thought they'd found a new one:
-Within many species, female moa can be more than twice the size of males (yes, this is one reason so many moa "species" were identified)
-Moa are unique in that they had no wings (not even the kiwi's tiny t-rex stubs) and, thank goodness because so many NZ species can be traced back to evolving from Australian fauna, their closest past relatives are South American tinamous rather than the emu.
-They also got a bad wrap for their past perception as tall, emu- like, big dumb grass grazers. Actually, while they're nowhere near as smart as multi-sense-foraging kiwi, they could identify and feast on a whole variety of twigs, herbs, leaves and berries - most of which were found in the more common forest than grassland.
This is why they have a bulky build and head-forward posture (until kinda recently, museum curators tended to give them that tall, emu/giraffe like posture, even adding extra vertebrae for show.)
Whanganui Regional Museum (This isn't close to the worst examples)
So; how do I even begin to approach the scope, as well as potential uncertainty, of data we have on the Moa?
Here's one way: Oversimplification!
Screenshots from Godot editor & runtime previews for compatibility (web) mode and forward+ (basically more shaders) renderer. The camera is RTS- style; getting the runtime shots was a bit finnicky.
I've started to build low-poly models in Blender for the fauna, which in the future I'd love to rig for animation and get super technical with appearance variation. For now I'll focus on the system for placing them in the right biome and basic pathing behaviour, and the Moa will be a North Island giant moa based vaguely off this model for an AR national park exhibit: https://moaparkotorohanga.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/a-collection-of-moa-feedback-from-trevor-worthy-and-lizzy-perrett/
While I'm not working directly on the simulator for the next while, I am building this 2D tool to represent the moa's species variation; it is *incredibly* helpful to have just set up a system where I can add and edit instances of a broader Moa "class", and I'm looking forward to giving each species its visual character (the main creative liberty I'll be taking is colour coding from grey to brown to communicate which of New Zealand's islands each species populated, as well as their preferred biome (there's 3 main ones: subalpine mountain, wet podocarp forest, dry forest/ lowland)
Moa "collection" project at time of writing.
If this exercise has highlighted anything though, it's just how difficult it is to reduce life's complexities to a single shape that represents a single numeric value. Those who read my last posts may remember that any given moa species' size may have varied over time and with temperature, (generally bigger during ice ages and smaller out of them) along altitude, (generally bigger and bulkier higher up) and just within species based on how they adapted to any given place. Not to mention the relatively massive lady moa.
And since we're only working with what's left of them all - the only intact gizzard samples proving that whole diet theory, and most of the remains we have to work with, are those found in Pyramid Valley in Canterbury (a swamp with surrounding mosaic of vegetation and forest) - who knows how to truly depict what life was like tens of thousands of years ago.
From the Moa book by Quinn Berentson
A very cursed JavaScript "spreadsheet".
So, very long-winded post. I hope you found something interesting within! Something that made you think about nature's craziness maybe. I meant to get across just how much there is to scientific communication, and I barely touched on how I aim to keep the overall narrative in focus (or basically be aware of it.)
I can't wait to work on this more collaboratively, with folks who really know their stuff about ecology and the cultural aspects of Aotearoa - I think the potential for collaboration and education is what's keeping me going with this project.
Until next time ! - here's some of my highlights from a trip to the Zealandia ecosanctuary.
Kia hora te marino
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana
Hei huarahi mā tātou i te rangi nei
Aroha atu, aroha mai
Tātou i a tātou katoa
Hui e! Tāiki e!
May peace be widespread
May the sea be like greenstone
A pathway for us all this day
Let us show respect for each other
For one another
Bind us all together!
#devlog#gamedev#indiedev#programming#birblr#moss#plants#aotearoa#oceania#natural history#nature#godot engine#javascript#ecology#science
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AUSTRALIA POLITICS: "UNDRIP." 22/10/23. (1AM.)
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Undoubtedly, the treaty was at the center of The Voice. Without equivocation, the referendum was defeated, and the changes they sought will be a continuing battle.
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What is the counterargument from the opposition?
Why not conveniently classify anyone who disagrees with it as a conspiracy theorist?
And what exactly is this "jurisdiction" that they keep mentioning? No such phrase appears in our country's constitution.
WE THE PEOPLE, as a constitutional monarchy, are the legitimate authority.
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As Australians, we must all get aware with the UNDRIP and constantly oppose it in its entirety.
It is like not many discuss UNDRIP and what this is really about.
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Do you know what 'UNDRIP' is? Australia has signed up to it.
"Since adoption of the Declaration, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada have all reversed their positions and expressed support for the Declaration. Colombia and Samoa have also endorsed the Declaration."
Although the government may have approved it, the Australian people did not; neither have they ever allowed a vote on this or immigration-related issues.
Every Australian should be greatly concerned by two articles of the Declaration, and if their elected representatives continue to support them, they should be made aware that they will not be re-elected.
-> Article 26:
Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.
Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.
-> Article 28:
Indigenous peoples have the right to redress, by means that can include restitution or, when this is not possible, of a just, fair and equitable compensation, for the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used, and which have been confiscated, taken, occupied, used or damaged without their free, prior and informed consent.
Unless otherwise freely agreed upon by the peoples concerned, compensation shall take the form of lands, territories and resources equal in quality, size and legal status or of monetary compensation or other appropriate redress.
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FOTD #022 : variable oysterling! (crepidotus variabilis)
the variable oysterling (also known by south africans as the varied crep, varied slipper, variable crepidotus & varied slipper ear) is a saprophytic fungus in the family crepidotaceae. it occurvaried crep, varied slipper, variable crepidotus & varied slipper ears in south africa (eastern cape, gauteng & KZN), the UK + europe, the US, australia & tenerife.
the big question : can it bite it??
nah - this fungus is inedible !!
c. variabilis description :
"cap: the cap (pileus) of c. variabilis is generally about 0.5 to 2 cm in diameter is white & emerges kidney shaped soon becoming irregular & wavy forming patches of overlapping fruit bodies. the surface is very finely downy to velvety with a more or less smooth margin. gills: on the underside, the gills (lamellae) appear somewhat fringed & are classified as free with no stipe to connect to. the colour of the gills depends on maturity ranging from off-white when young to ochraceous flesh-coloured as the spores mature.
absent features: no stipe (stem) or annulus (ring)."
[images : source & source]
[fungus description : source]
#• fungus of the day !! •#[crepidotus variabilis]#: varied crep :#: varied slipper :#: variable crepidotus :#: varied slipper ear :#: variable oysterling :#022#||#fungi#fungus#forestcore#mushrooms#cottagecore#mushroom#earth#foraging#mycology#nature#varied slipper ear#variable oysterling#varied slipper#varied crep#crepidotus variabilis#variable crepidotus
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I remember one of your asks ages ago where Daniel made sure he had Jons number to make sure Lando would have someone when Carlos isnt available and i wanted to say i have been thinking about it all DAYYYY
There’s a strange +61 number ringing his phone, and Jon’s immediate thoughts say it’s a scam call. That is until the country below the strange number blinks out at him, Australia.
“Hello?” He answers, still cautious of a potential scammer on the other side of the line.
“Mate.” It’s a familiar voice. “It’s Daniel.” Ah.
There’s a short lived breath of relief for he isn’t being scammed, but there’s a small pit forming in the bottom of his stomach that wonders why Daniel is calling.
“What’s up?”
“Are you free?” Daniel asks, there’s a certain tone of urgency lacing his tone that Jon doesn’t like. He looks back at the table of friends he’s just left sat in a bar, go to a quieter place to take this phone call.
“Uh, sort of? Depends, what’s wrong?”
“It’s Lando.”
And just like that Jon’s making apologies, haphazardly leaving said bar.
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“Lando, it’s Jon.” Followed by a quick couple knocks.
There’s some sort of muffled sound that stops when Jon speaks, that and the light peaking out from under the hotel door tells him that Lando’s in there at least.
He waits a minute before knocking again, tempted to knock louder but mindful of the fact it’s late and they’re in a hotel and he really doesn’t want any unwanted attention.
“Lando!” He whisper shouts, knocking once more before starting to look for the spare keycard he has. It’s for emergencies only, but Jon thinks this classifies.
When the door opens he’s greeted with a panicked “Go away!” and he barely gets a look at Lando’s tear streaked face before the boy hides himself away under the comforter on the bed.
There’s a gentle sigh that leaves Jon, he makes sure to close and lock the door properly before walking up to the bed and awkwardly sitting down near the edge. He’s been witness to this Lando plenty of times, seen Daniel scoop him up and hold, press just the right points for a feisty little guy go all floppy into his arms. Has seen Carlos deal with him before that.
But it’s never been just him, and despite this knowledge he doesn’t feel like the right guy for that technique so, he pats the lump he can see.
“Lando.” He coaxes. “Can you come out please?”
There’s a wail that Jon takes as a no. Alright. He scoots a little bit closer, at least Lando hasn’t moved away from him.
“Can you tell me what’s wrong?”
It’s silent for a beat despite the sniffles, and it’s silent for a while longer before “Miss.”
Miss. That’s something he can work with. He’s not sure who Lando misses or what, but he knows what it’s like to miss. He’s been homesick plenty of times with this job.
“Oh bud.” He says gently, moving a little bit closer again. “That’s a sucky feeling, huh?”
The lump seems to nod.
“When I miss someone I really like getting a hug.” Jon offers, and surely, there’s movement, and then there’s curls before a bit of Lando’s face peaks out from under the covers. It’d be adorable if he didn’t look so sad.
Jon smiles gently. “Do you want a hug?”
Lando nods, sucking in a sharp breath before opening the covers a bit more.
Oh. Jon didn’t expect to join the blanket fort, but he isn’t gonna complain, kicks off his shoes and climbs in with Lando, letting the covers fall on top of them while Lando crashes into his chest.
He rakes his fingers across Lando’s back, murmuring something soothing and it’s not long before Lando’s fast asleep.
Jon makes sure he’s really out before moving the covers up a bit, the weight of them a bit constricting so he moves, lays Lando back against the pillows and tucks him in before turning his attention to the nightstand where Lando’s phone has been buzzing with messages.
Jon can’t help but offer a glance, chuckling when the entire screen it filled with one contact name ‘Danny Ric’. The texts go from comforting, to threatening when Lando isn’t checking in and then pleading in mere minutes.
Jon grabs his own phone, snaps a quick pic of Lando’s peacefully sleeping form and sends it off, captions it “He’s okay. Just needed a cuddle.”
He gets back a “Thank you” followed by about a thousand little love emoji’s.
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Language typology
Syntax
You can read more about syntax here.
Languages can also be categorized based on whether the three essential elements of a sentence—the subject, verb, and object—have a fixed order or are freely ordered. For example, English uses subject-verb-object order to make sentences like “The dog chased the squirrel.”
Fixed word order
In languages with fixed word order, the relative order of the subject (S), object (O), and verb (V) is normally the same. Fixed word order languages fall into one of six types according to how they order these three elements, as follows:
SOV (Japanese): John-ga tegemi-o yon-da. (John-subject letter-object read-past) — John read the letter.
SVO (Mandarin): Zhāngsān shōudào-le yī-fēng xìn. (Zhangsan receive-perfective one-classifier letter) — Zhangsan received a letter.
VSO (Irish): Léan na sagairt na leabhair. (read-present the priests the books) — The priests are reading the books.
VOS (Nias): Irino vakhe ina-gu. (cook rice mother-my) — My mother cooked rice.
OVS (Hixkaryana): Toto tahosā-ye kamara. (man grab-distant past jaguar) — The jaguar grabbed the man.
OSV (Nadëb): Awad kalapéé hapUh. (jaguar child see) — The child sees the jaguar.
The most frequent word order is SOV, followed by SVO—most fixed word orders have one of these two orders. SOV order dominates Asia, Australia, and New Guinea, such as in Japanese, a Japonic language of Japan. SVO order dominates sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and around the Mediterranean, as well as an area extending from China and Southeast Asia into Indonesia and the western Pacific, like Mandarin, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, Singapore, and Taiwan.
The next most common order is VSO, followed by VOS. VSO is found in eastern Africa, North Africa, the westernmost part of Europe, the Philippines, the Pacific, Mesoamerica, and the Pacific Northwest of North America, such as in Irish, an Indo-European language of Ireland. As for VOS, though it is less common, it is found pretty much everywhere except mainland Africa and Eurasia, like Nias, an Austronesian spoken in Indonesia.
The most infrequent word orders are OVS and OSV, with OVS languages mostly spoken in South America, such as Hixkaryana, a Carib language of Brazil, and OSV languages, like Nadëb, a Nadahup language spoken in Brazil, being very rare.
Free word order
In many languages, the order of words is not fixed. Such languages have free word order. In a sentence with a transitive verb, the sentence’s elements can appear in any of the six orders.
Here is the same Russian sentence in each of the possible word orders, meaning “I see the girl”, Я вижу девушку:
SOV: Ya devushku vizhu. (I girl see)
SVO: Ya vizhu devushku. (I see girl)
VSO: Vizhu ya devushku. (see I girl)
VOS: Vizhu devushku ya. (see girl I)
OVS: Devushku vizhu ya. (girl see I)
OSV: Devushku ya vizhu. (girl I see)
Head-initial versus head-final ordering
According to their syntax, languages can also be classified into head-initial and head-final ordering.
Each phrase in a sentence has a head: the head of a verb phrase is the verb; the head of a professional phrase is the proposition; the head of a noun phrase is a noun. Many languages with fixed word order fall into one of two types according to whether they position the head as the first or last element of the phrase.
For example, while the phrasal constituents of English are consistently head-initial, those of Japanese are consistently head-final:
English is an SVO head-initial language:
VP: bought books (V NP)
PP: at home (P NP)
NP: foot of the table (N PP)
Japanese is an SOV head-final language:
VP: hon-o katta (“books bought”; NP V)
PP: jitaku de (“home at”; NP P)
NP: tenure no ashy (“table of foot”; N PP)
However, many fixed word order languages mix it up a bit: Dutch, German, and Mandarin use a mixture of head-initial and head-final orders.
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On 19th February 1980 Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott died.
Ronald was born on July 9, 1946 in Kirriemuir, Bon’s parents hailed from musical families; his father, Charles, known to friends and relations as Chick, played drums in the Kirriemuir Pipe Band and performed with the local light-opera company. In 1952, the Scott family relocated to Australia.
The Scott’s first resided in Melbourne before settling in the Adelaide suburb of Sunshine. In 1956, Bon’s brother Graeme was diagnosed with asthma and the Scott family relocated to Fremantle. Scott who rose to fame as the leading singer and songwriter of the hugely popular hard rock band AC/DC during the 1970s. He loved music from a young age and was a highly creative and rebellious youngster.
Scotland’s Fife Free Press reported in 1962: “One of the side drummers in the Fremantle Pipe Band, who played at the opening ceremony of the Empire Games in Perth, was Ronald Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott, who formerly resided in Roods, Kirriemuir.
As is common with unruly teenagers, he often found himself in trouble with the authorities. He dropped out of school at 15 and had brushes with the law which had him sent to the Riverbank Juvenile Institution. Labelled as a social misfit, he was denied a position in the Australian army. He worked at several odd jobs to support himself after leaving school.
Scott started playing drums during his adolescent years and formed his first band The Spektors, in 1964. He played for some other bands as well before joining AC/DC as their lead singer. The band’s popularity reached new heights after Scott joined them; their debut album ‘High Voltage’ was a big hit. Within a year the band brought out the single, ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)’ which soon became known as the quintessential rock anthem.
On 19th February 1980, Bonn passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club called the Music Machine 1980, he was left to spend the night by a friend. The next day he was found lifeless and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The official cause of his death was listed as acute alcohol poisoning. His grave is considered the most visited grave in Australia and the National Trust of Australia has included it on its list of classified heritage.
Fans of the singer flock to Kirriemuir, pandemics allowing, for an annual 3 day celebration of his life called Bonfest.
It was originally held in July on the weekend closest to his birthday but had moved to May because of other events in the local area during July, however this years Bonfest will be held on Friday 28th April • Saturday 29th • Sunday 30th April 2023 https://www.bonfest.com/
#Scotland#scottish#scots-australian#australian#drummer#Singer#rock singer#rocker#history#musical history
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AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS
"Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge into the girting sea.
Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight", proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory but they can't spell either.
The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other landmasses and sovereign lands are classified as continent, island or country, Australia is considered all three.
Typically, it is unique in this.
The second confusing thing about Australia is the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep. It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them.
Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on), under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else.
A stick is very useful for this task.
The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants.
A short history: Sometime around 40,000 years ago some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and a lot of them died.
The ones who survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories. They also discovered a stick that kept coming back.
Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north.
More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in autumn (failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons), ate all their food, and a lot of them died.
About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since. It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter, since they can lie, cheat, steal and litigate (marks of a civilised culture they say), whereas all the Aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert - equipped with a stick.
Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on 'extended holiday' and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside their boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.
There is also the matter of the beaches. Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the world, although anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock and has venomous barbs sticking out of its back that will kill just from the pain) and surfboarders. However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk.
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a sour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger. Faced with insurmountable odds and impossible problems, they smile disarmingly and look for a stick. Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrugated iron, string and mud.
Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the land "Oz" or "Godzone" (a verbal contraction of "God's Own Country"). The irritating thing about this is... they may be right.
TIPS TO SURVIVING AUSTRALIA
Don't ever put your hand down a hole for any reason - WHATSOEVER.
The beer is stronger than you think, regardless of how strong you think it is.
Always carry a stick.
Air-conditioning is imperative.
Do not attempt to use Australian slang unless you are a trained linguist and extremely good in a fist fight.
Wear thick socks.
Take good maps. Stopping to ask directions only works when there are people nearby.
If you leave the urban areas, carry several litres of water with you at all times, or you will die. And don't forget a stick.
Even in the most embellished stories told by Australians, there is always a core of truth that it is unwise to ignore.
HOW TO IDENTIFY AUSTRALIANS
They pronounce Melbourne as "Mel-bin".
They think it makes perfect sense to decorate highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
They think "Woolloomooloo" is a perfectly reasonable name for a place, that "Wagga Wagga" can be abbreviated to "Wagga", but "Woy Woy" can't be called "Woy".
Their hamburgers will contain beetroot. Apparently it's a must-have.
How else do you get a stain on your shirt?
They don't think it's summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.
They believe that all train timetables are works of fiction.
And they all carry a stick.. 😊 🇦🇺
And snakes and crocs and big birds with claws 🤣"
–Douglas Adams
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