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Wait so is that THE reading test that everyone gets, or is it one of many tests provided by IELTS in the rotation?
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starkebn posted:if climate change isn't a thing then why "clean coal"? Coal burning generates sulphur compounds, not sure if power gen coal is the same as coking coal but there are also carcinogens like benzene toluene and xylene, there are radioactive byproducts, mercury and so on which has been collected and concentrated in the coal. You're burning a solid and it doesn't all vanish so there is particulate matter released. Think of the grimy black buildings from the industrial revolution. I don't think "clean coal" changes the coal at all, rather it changes the processes to try and mitigate these pollutants. It's just easier and cheaper to not burn coal at all, though.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:31 |
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hooman posted:"The increase in global greenhouse gases has been attributed to trends in population and lifestyle." IT'S TURNING THE FRICKIN FROGS GAY
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Stoca Zola posted:Coal burning generates sulphur compounds, not sure if power gen coal is the same as coking coal but there are also carcinogens like benzene toluene and xylene, there are radioactive byproducts, mercury and so on which has been collected and concentrated in the coal. You're burning a solid and it doesn't all vanish so there is particulate matter released. Think of the grimy black buildings from the industrial revolution. I don't think "clean coal" changes the coal at all, rather it changes the processes to try and mitigate these pollutants. It's just easier and cheaper to not burn coal at all, though. Forgot to write about why these pollutants are bad. Sulphur dioxide released into the air, in contact with water becomes sulphuric acid and you end up with acid rain. This was a big pollution scare when I was a kid growing up in the eighties but you don't hear about it so much now since everyone is moving toward using cleaner processes. Mercury released into the environment so increased levels are detected in fish and animals, it doesn't do them any good and then it enters the food chain. Black grime coating plants and trees blocks light and kills plants, etc. None of this stuff is mysterious or debatable so they can't pretend it is controversial like they do for climate change.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:55 |
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Otoh climate change is not mysterious or it's science debatable, and yet.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:00 |
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Stoca Zola posted:Forgot to write about why these pollutants are bad. Sulphur dioxide released into the air, in contact with water becomes sulphuric acid and you end up with acid rain. This was a big pollution scare when I was a kid growing up in the eighties but you don't hear about it so much now since everyone is moving toward using cleaner processes.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:27 |
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https://twitter.com/SenatorLudlam/status/877750117725478912
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:50 |
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Lol this is worse than Trump. I can finally laugh at another country again.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:06 |
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ThisIsWhyTrumpWon posted:Lol this is worse than Trump. I can finally laugh at another country again. Wrongo, us torturing refugees is worse than trump. Get your poo poo together.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:08 |
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I think ThisIsWhyTrumpWon means with regards to stupid petty bullshit designed to make yourself look like a bad arse to the racist fucks. Rather than the insanely Nazi-esque concentration camps we got going on. Trump doesn't have the ability to organise something on that scale.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:14 |
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ABC posted:ATO fraud case: Adam Cranston considered sending 'gangsters' to protect cars, police allege Show this to anyone who thinks that wealth is gained by hard work and talent.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:23 |
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ACT just announced a greyhound racing ban, so there's perks to living in this frigid wasteland.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:30 |
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Bogan King posted:Show this to anyone who thinks that wealth is gained by hard work and talent. what a shitshow of a structure. amateur hour
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:59 |
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https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/878123762222223361
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 06:44 |
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Canberra finally does something tangible about stalled wages growth: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-23/politicians-under-fire-for-pay-increases-while-penalty-rates-cut/8646872 Low hanging fruit but nobody else plucked it.
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Cartoon posted:Canberra finally does something tangible about stalled wages growth: It's a real shame that there are only two options - have an independent body or let politicians set their own salary. politician salaries should be a fixed ratio of the full time minimum wage
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 06:54 |
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This would be hilarious if he wasn't a Senator.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 06:58 |
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I know he's insane and it's pointless to try to understand him, but what is trying to say? It almost sounds like an argument for alternative schools for people who don't do well in a normal classroom setting, but that can't be it, surely?
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:04 |
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open24hours posted:I know he's insane and it's pointless to try to understand him, but what is trying to say? It almost sounds like an argument for alternative schools for people who don't do well in a normal classroom setting, but that can't be it, surely? He seems to be saying that by wanting equal education for everyone and wanting students who perform poorly to have enough attention to get them through schooling, is resulting in everyone having a mediocre education. Basically arguing that if there are 100 units of teacher time and each unit relates to a fixed improvement in student achievement, but focusing on bringing underachieving students to the median, high achieving students are becoming...less...brilliant? I guess he's simultaneously arguing that most people are idiots and shouldn't go to school, and that (if I'm interpreting his car analogy) those who can afford education should be able to pick the best education for their child? Maybe he's advocating complete privatization of the education sector.
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Kafka Syrup posted:He seems to be saying that by wanting equal education for everyone and wanting students who perform poorly to have enough attention to get them through schooling, is resulting in everyone having a mediocre education. Basically arguing that if there are 100 units of teacher time and each unit relates to a fixed improvement in student achievement, but focusing on bringing underachieving students to the median, high achieving students are becoming...less...brilliant? I guess he's simultaneously arguing that most people are idiots and shouldn't go to school, and that (if I'm interpreting his car analogy) those who can afford education should be able to pick the best education for their child? Maybe he's advocating complete privatization of the education sector. I think your first mistake is assuming there's any cogent thought behind this diatribe in the first place.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:17 |
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He's saying that Trabants are bad cars which is true.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:21 |
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He's arguing that the commercialisation of the universities and their desire to improve stats to make them more attractive to international students so they can continue to get funding means that they will allow any and every idiot who turns up enough to get a degree.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:21 |
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https://twitter.com/itspunkee/status/878130230392610816
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Bogan King posted:He's arguing that the commercialisation of the universities and their desire to improve stats to make them more attractive to international students so they can continue to get funding means that they will allow any and every idiot who turns up enough to get a degree. I got a degree so I guess he's right
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:26 |
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That doesn't really explain the reference to children aged four to 18 though.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:32 |
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open24hours posted:That doesn't really explain the reference to children aged four to 18 though. It makes sense once you realise he wants kids to be able to work in coal mines.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:39 |
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It's a Markov chain bot Malcom Roberts has failed the Turing test
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:44 |
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hooman posted:"The increase in global greenhouse gases has been attributed to trends in population and lifestyle." Mad Max wasteland looking pretty good.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:08 |
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ABC posted:Police stay silent in trial over eight-year-old Aboriginal boy locked in wagon I hope these fuckers get torched when they inevitably get let off.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:11 |
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Remember these guys. Turns out they are doing it rough with brand loving new cardboard.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:35 |
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Guardian AU posted:In January Gorman wrote about the impact the stealing of copy by other publishers without payment was having on her life. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/23/daily-mail-refuses-to-pay-journalist-for-republishing-her-work
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hooman posted:
gently caress you!
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:57 |
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Birdstrike posted:gently caress you!
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 09:00 |
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Queensland Goverment won't be funding the difference between the cost and what the Fed govt will pay, instead leaving it to individuals schools.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 09:05 |
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Apology to Atkinson Charan facebook SHARE twitter TWEET Apology to Atkinson Charan Since 13 March 2017, Fairfax Media has published an article on its website regarding the defamation proceedings that Atkinson Prakash Charan has taken against the publisher of The Australian newspaper seeking damages for defamation. Fairfax Media acknowledges that Mr Charan ceased to be a director of Australian Careers Network Limited on 30 September 2014 and was not involved in the management of the company since that date. To the degree that the subject article was not a fair and accurate report of court proceedings, Fairfax Media apologises to Mr Charan. A donation has been made to the Charan Foundation. What did The Arse, and fairfax, do?
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https://twitter.com/samanthamaiden/status/878175103510396928 https://twitter.com/samanthamaiden/status/878176723157766144 I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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Murder the government. Not just for this, but for their coal fetish as well.
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