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What Causes Thunder and Lightning?

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A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know, “Why do lightning and thunder happen?” Get your raincoat, because Jessi will take you inside a thunderstorm to give you the answer!
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Australia defers backpacker tax hike after rural opposition

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MAY 17, 2016 (CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA) (AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION – Broadcasters: NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Digital: NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA .COM.AU INTERNET SITES / ANY INTERNET SITE OF ANY AUSTRALIAN BASED MEDIA ORGANISATIONS OR MOBILE PLATFORMS / AUSTRALIAN NVO CLIENTS / SMH.COM .AU / NEWS.COM.AU)

1. AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANT TREASURER, KELLY O’DWYER AT NEWS CONFERENCE

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANT TREASURER, KELLY O’DWYER SAYING:

“We address the issues to do with the taxation and supply of working holiday makers who are coming to this country and making a fantastic contribution but also looking at much broader issues around labour force, particularly in rural and regional communities and how it affects our farmers but also our tourism sector as well, a very critical sector to the Australian economy.”

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANT TREASURER, KELLY O’DWYER SAYING:

“It gives them absolute certainty to know they can come to Australia, they can work here, they can travel around Australian and really take advantage of all that Australia has to offer and at the same time, they can make a contribution, particularly in rural and regional communities, whether it’s part of being part of the seasonal workforce, picking grapes, whether it’s working in other aspects od rural industry or whether it’s working in the tourism industry which so many of them do. They can enjoy their time in Australia and at the same time make a wonderful contribution.”

MAY 17, 2016 (DARWIN, AUSTRALIA) (AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION – Broadcasters: NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Digital: NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA .COM.AU INTERNET SITES / ANY INTERNET SITE OF ANY AUSTRALIAN BASED MEDIA ORGANISATIONS OR MOBILE PLATFORMS / AUSTRALIAN NVO CLIENTS / SMH.COM .AU / NEWS.COM.AU)

6. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MALCOLM TURNBULL AT NEWS CONFERENCE

7. WHITE FLASH

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL SAYING:

“There is no question that there have been issues with the so-called backpacker tax and that’s why we are reviewing it.”

9. WHITE FLASH

10. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MALCOLM TURNBULL LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE

STORY: Australia announced that it will review a planned tax hike for foreign travellers who work in the country on Tuesday (May 17), following complaints from farmers in the lead up to a federal election that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up.

The ruling conservative government, which is counting on the support of rural voters in the July 2 poll, will defer the tax increase and hold a review of labour force issues in rural and regional communities, Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer said.

“We address the issues to do with the taxation and supply of working holiday makers who are coming to this country and making a fantastic contribution but also looking at much broader issues around labour force, particularly in rural and regional communities and how it affects our farmers but also our tourism sector as well,” O’Dywer told journalists in Canberra.

Under the proposal, foreign travellers on working holiday visas would have paid tax of 32.5 percent on every dollar earned from July 1, when previously they paid no tax on income up to A,000 (,100), the same as locals.

Farmers said the change would discourage holiday workers who make up the bulk of fruit pickers at harvest times, threatening the country’s fruit industry, which is set for record exports of A.27 billion (.66 billion) next season.

“It gives them absolute certainty to know they can come to Australia, they can work here, they can travel around Australian and really take advantage of all that Australia has to offer and at the same time, they can make a contribution, particularly in rural and regional communities, whether it’s part of being part of the seasonal workforce, picking grapes, whether it’s working in other aspects od rural industry or whether it’s working in the tourism industry which so many of them do,” O’Dwyer said of the foreign travellers.

Australia has encouraged backpackers to work on farms with special visas allowing them to stay for a second year if they do three months work in rural Australia.

But overseas workers had been targeted as an area to raise revenue as Australia looks to rein in ballooning budget deficits.

“There is no question that there have been issues with the so-called backpacker tax and that’s why we are reviewing it,” added Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaking in Darwin.

Australia’s A.8 billion international tourism industry was also threatened by the higher tax, with young travellers potentially deciding not to stay as long.

In total backpackers spend A.3 billion a year, worth about 12 percent of all international tourist spending.

Cross Slot Air seeder and Quadtrac Direct seeding in the Palouse Wa

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Case Quadtrac pulling a Cross SlotTM No tillage seed drill that sows seed without cultivation . The air fan transports seed thru the tubes to the rows blows the dust.up. This area has so little rain one crop is grown every two years. See Crossslot.com for more information on Ultra low soil disturbance seeding.
The seeder frame is built in USA by Agpro in Lewiston Id. with Openers and Hydraulic control system supplied by Cross Slot from New Zealand(code 2017) Seeding. filmed near Saint John Wa.

Protests as debate over GM crops and pesticides heats up

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Protests have been held in more than 40 countries against the US food giant Monsanto and its genetically modified foods and pesticides.

From Mexico City to Burkino Faso, demonstrators made their anger felt at what they said was the threat to biodiversity and ecosystems from the company’s products.

Similar fears in Argentina have seen doctors sign a petition to get one herbicide – which is created by Monsanto – banned.

Doctor Medardo Avila Vasquez said: “If a woman gets pregnant during the per…
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Geo-Engineering Australia Sydney Cronulla Bondi 2015

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The Nate Max Project

A short video showing first hand footage of the Geo-Engineering in and around Sydney Australia. We face total manipulation of the earth’s climate systems,we are being bombarded with geoengineering, solar radiation management, stratosphere aerosol injection, and the HAARP weapon here right on our door steps above our heads.

These are black projects done in secret, but the cat is out of the bag. These programs are not regulated and no one knows the effects it is doing on our bodies with these chemicals being sprayed all over the food, air and water we drink and breathe. Also the damage Nano particles are doing to our body’s immune systems is also unknown.
Time to look up to the sky people and start taking pics, posting and talking about this disaster which is happening around us. This will no doubt affect our kids and their future. If the ph. of the sea lowers due to these chemicals going in the ocean the plankton dies (which it is) atm we are already downs to 50% of our plankton supplies once that is gorn the marine life will die too, all of it.
If the soil PH is raised “which geo engineering is doing” our plants don’t grow and our food chain is destroyed. This is a very serious matter. Geo engineering is causing global warming not stopping it.
I suggest informing your selves on this matter and talking to your local members start a petition that we don’t consent to chemicals being sprayed on us.
Check out these movies on you tube to start with

“look Up”
“What in the world are they spraying”
“Why in the world are they spraying”

These conclusive docos shed light on this apocalyptic event we are facing.

Lord Christopher Monckton ends the Global Warming Debate and proves its a Hoax

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Lord Christopher Monckton is a hotly requested speaker in climate change and global warming debates. This is a presentation he gave to an audience in California where the government wanted to introduce climate change legislation.

Lord Christopher Monckton can almost be considered a neutral observer in the climate change and global warming debate. He takes a middle ground and says he does believe in global warming, but when you evaluate the statistics correctly, the impact on the environment is so tiny that the entire global warming fiasco is effectively a dupe.

This powerful presentation covers most of the general arguments used by global warming propagandists, and demonstrates the deceptive tactics and outright fraud that they use to steer public opinion on this matter with their fake graphs. Furthermore, he covers the topic from an economic view, and points out that the climate change hoax is nothing more than another tax grab from greedy politicians.

In fact, Lord Christopher Monckton even using the climate change scientists own figures to do some simple math, and shows that with their proposed tax schemes to stop global warming; 0 billion dollars will only reduce the effect of global warming by 1/1000th of a degree Fahrenheit. It is disgraceful and without doubt, maybe the greatest hoax of our lifetime.

Uploaded by http://www.muslimsandtheworld.com

Original clip is located at http://www.muslimsandtheworld.com/lord-christopher-monckton-ends-the-global-warming-debate-and-proves-its-a-hoax/

Link to this clip on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jzBWmpzifc

Australian Bush Tucker

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Australian Bush Tucker, Useful & Medicinal Plants. Approx 1 hour of footage.

A look at my local bushland area and the native plants that I find which can provide, food, medicine or be beneficial in some way to everybody. This video is an example of what is to be found when you start looking closer at your environment. A lot can be found even in a small area, your own yard is a great place to start, edible weeds are the basics, wood sorrel, dandelion, sow thistle just to name a few. Native plants have been use for thousands of years and can provide nutrition,hydration & medicine if you know what to look for and where to look, soil types and topography play a roll in this too.

WARNING: DO NOT EAT WHAT YOU CANNOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY AS SAFE EATING.

Names of the plants encountered.

Lance Plantain (Plantago Lanceolota)
Docks Weed (Rumex)
Native Cherry (Exocarpos cupressiformis)
Devils Twine (Cassytha)
Mat Rush (Lomandra Longifolia)
Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Sydney Golden Wattle (Acacia Longifolia) 7:01
Native Sarsaparilla (Smilax glyciphylla)
Geebung (Persoonia sp.)
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) not native
Lantana
Rattle Grass (Briza maxima) Ravens spitting grass @ 33:28
Black Boy (Xanthorrhoea)
Clover (Trifolium)
Sow Thistles (Sonchus)
Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Bulrush (Typha)
Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) Peppery orange flower @ 47:10 not native
Turkey Tail Fungus (Tremetes Versicolor)
Sour Currant (Lepomeria acida)
Mulberry (Morus) not native
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Sorghum crop harvester

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The harvester specific to ‘SORGHUM’ crop has been designed by Dr. Bhende, PDKV Akola.