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Shorten's agenda will cripple Australia
Over recent months, the focus of attention has been on the actions of the Turnbull Government, and its difficulties with the Senate. One result is that little critical attention has been given to the agenda being progressively unveiled by Labor leader Bill Shorten.
Over the course of recent months, Mr Shorten has outlined a raft of policies that will fundamentally change Australia – for the worse.
His announcement that he will hold a full national plebiscite in Labor's first term to canvass support for a republic, to be followed by a full referendum on the issue, will revisit a divisive issue that the electorate decisively rejected in 1999.
At that time, the Labor leadership strongly backed the push by the Australian Republican Movement, then led by Malcolm Turnbull, for Australia to become a republic whose president would be appointed by Parliament.
The 1999 referendum, which cost $66 million at the time – it would now cost about $150 million – was decisively rejected by a majority of voters in every state.
While the Labor leader is enthusiastic about wasting public money on two national votes on this issue, he has refused to permit the Australian people to have a vote on the Labor-Green push for same-sex marriage, despite the fact that most Australians want a vote on the issue.
He even opposed a proposal that the national marriage plebiscite be conducted to coincide with the next election, to reduce its cost.
Mr Shorten's enthusiasm for constitutional change is not confined to the republic issue.
He also backed the federal government-funded push for a referendum on indigenous recognition in the constitution, a divisive form of tokenism which will do nothing to resolve the deep underlying issues of Aboriginal disadvantage, but will vandalise the constitution and divide the community by embedding certain rights for Aboriginal people which are not given to other Australians.
New carbon tax
Mr Shorten has also called for the imposition of an "emissions intensity scheme" – in other words, a tax on fossil fuels similar to that embraced by the Rudd government in 2009, which preceded the replacement of Kevin Rudd as prime minister.
The Opposition Leader, a climate alarmist who is courting the green vote, has also announced that under Labor there would be a 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030.
To put this proposal in context, it is important to remember that just 14 per cent of Australia's current electricity usage comes from renewables, if one includes hydropower in this category. Only 6 per cent currently comes from wind and solar power, according to Origin Energy.
As Labor and the Greens have prevented any expansion of hydro-electricity generation for decades, it is inconceivable that there would be any increase in electricity from this source in Australia in the foreseeable future.
So to meet Mr Shorten's target, the amount of wind and solar power, now just 6 per cent of the total, would have to rise to about 42 per cent in just over 12 years, an inconceivable figure. As Mr Shorten has repeatedly stated that Labor will meet his quoted figure, he should be challenged to show how such a target could be achieved.
Wind and solar power suffer two major disadvantages: they are by nature intermittent and require expensive battery backup; and they rely on generous subsidies, paid for by fossil fuels, to be competitive.
The inevitable effect of Mr Shorten's energy plan will be to make electricity in Australia both more expensive and less reliable. The effect of an excessive reliance on solar and wind power was seen twice in South Australia over the past year, where electricity prices are now higher than anywhere else in Australia, and the state suffered two significant blackouts.
The closure of the 1600-megawatt Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria earlier this year has radically increased the likelihood of electricity shortfalls and possible blackouts, in both South Australia and Victoria.
Tax on the brain
In relation to tax policy, Mr Shorten has announced a number of measures that will radically reshape the tax system by clawing back more money from hard-working Australians.
He has promised to increase the highest marginal tax rate, a measure that will undoubtedly lead to the engagement of even more lawyers and accountants to devise clever tax-minimisation schemes.
He has promised to end "negative gearing" on property losses – a measure which will reduce rental stocks by forcing some property owners to liquidate their assets, and which was considered seriously but rejected by previous Labor governments.
He has also vowed to impose a 30 per cent tax on distributions from family trusts that provide a means of income splitting widely used by small business owners and farmers.
Farmers, apparently, are to be exempted. Why not small business owners, who are often working for next to nothing to keep their businesses afloat?
More broadly, family-based taxation should be available to all families, in place of the individual-based system we have today that penalises families.
Mr Shorten's agenda will be a disaster for Australia.
Peter Westmore is national president of the National Civic Council.


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#include <stk_util/stk_config.h>

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// Parallel machine

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The Clearwater Basin Collaborative is making things happen!
January 2015 The Clearwater RC&D Council is presented with the "Outstanding Performance by a Council" Award by the Western RC&D Association at the annual conference in Rapid City, SD.
December 2014 Join us for a review of our Youth Conservation Corps Program of 2014, a partnership between the Clearwater Basin Collaborative, the U.S. Forest Service, the Idaho Dept. of Labor and the Clearwater RC&D Council.
The Clearwater RC&D Council is nominated for the Idaho Nonprofit Center's 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Award!
September 2014 The Clearwater RC&D Council is nominated for the Idaho Nonprofit Center's 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Award! The Council is honored to be one of the organizations nominated in the statewide program and will be recognized at the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Dinner on September 23 in Boise, Idaho.


Me and Max absolutely love seeing shows. We've got our fair amount of pantomimes, musicals and short plays under our belts, and he's just starting to concentrate long enough in those slightly longer plays. When Lighthouse Poole invited us to go and see I Believe In Unicorns, a play based on the story by Michael Morpurgo, I jumped at the opportunity. It's a book that I loved and we couldn't wait to see the adaptation.
Put on by Wizard Presents Theatre Company, I Believe In Unicorns is an interactive play that has been adapted from the novel of the same name. The story tells the tale of Tomas, a boy that hates reading. His mum entices him into the library and he is soon spellbound with the storytelling of the Unicorn Lady and her pet unicorn. Throughout the play, you learn about his love of listening to the stories and his new found captivation for reading. That is until the fires come in the war and the library starts burning and he's drawn to saving as many books as he can.
The play is a one lady show. Danyah Miller captivated the audience from little to big with her storytelling. Creating a world that left you yearning for more and not wanting to leave. Playing the Unicorn Lady, she ignited the imaginations of the audience whilst keeping the story going. Getting children to help with creating stories and asking for help with remembering key facts about the story. It was a beautiful adaptation and one that kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
The staging was probably one of my favourite sets I had seen for a long time. Comprised of lots of stacks of books, there were bits and pieces hidden in each of them to help with the story telling. From ladders to kites, to even smaller books and pop up houses. Each book added something to the story and almost added another character to the show. Not for one moment were our eyes not fixed on the stage. There was a small projector hidden in a book to allow you to feel like you were on fire, under the water or even flying in the sky. It was utterly magical and warmed my heart to know that old books were being used in such a brilliant way.
With books playing such a major part in the show, guests are invited to bring along an old book and take one from the swap pile outside the theatre. Some of the books even make it into part of the set. Max loved the idea of sharing an old book with someone else and even jumped for joy when he saw a little girl proudly walk around with his old and loved book.
I Believe In Unicorns was a show that me and Max adored. One that we came out of talking about our favourite books and wanting to go to the library and enjoy ourselves. It was utterly brilliant and we really do believe in unicorns now. Thank you Wizard Presents and Lighthouse Poole for capturing our imaginations and bringing us a show to love and cherish.


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Top quotes by Gregory Bateson
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. Votes: 22
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Votes: 20
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing? Votes: 19
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. Votes: 17
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. Votes: 17
Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction. Votes: 16
Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. Votes: 13
Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family. Votes: 13
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist. Votes: 13
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Votes: 12
Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money. Votes: 11
A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms. Votes: 11
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. Votes: 10
Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another. Votes: 10
Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. Votes: 9
Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it. Votes: 7
Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B. Votes: 7
What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you? Votes: 7
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not D.N.A. Votes: 7
There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong. Votes: 6
Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive. Votes: 5
All experience is subjective. Votes: 5
Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause. Votes: 5
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future. Votes: 4
If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time. Votes: 4
There are many matters and many circumstances in which consciousness is undesirable and silence is golden, so that secrecy can be used as a marker to tell us that we are approaching the holy. Votes: 4
If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe. Votes: 2
We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong Votes: 2
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time." Votes: 1
When we think of coconuts or pigs, there are no coconuts or pigs in the brain. Votes: 1
It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity. Votes: 0
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. Votes: 0
A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance. Votes: 0
After mastery comes artistry and not before. Votes: 0
But the myth of power is, of course, a very powerful myth, and probably most people in this world more or less believe in it. It is a myth, which, if everybody believes in it, becomes to that extent self-validating. But it is still epistemological lunacy and leads inevitably to various sorts of disaster. Votes: 0
Creative thought must always contain a random component. Votes: 0
Desired substance, things, patterns, or sequences of experience that are in some sense "good" for the organism - items of diet, conditions of life, temperature, entertainment, sex, and so forth - are never such that more of the something is always better than less of the something. Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. Votes: 0
I shall argue that the problem of grace is fundamentally a problem of integration and what is to be integrated is the diverse parts of the mind - especially those multiple levels of which one extreme is called 'consciousness' and the other the 'unconscious' Votes: 0
If it were possible adequately to present the whole of a culture , stressing every aspect exactly as appears in the culture itself, no single detail would appear bizarre or strange or arbitrary to the reader, but rather the details would all appear natural and reasonable as they do to the natives who have lived all their lives within the culture. Votes: 0
In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored. Votes: 0
Information consists of differences that make a difference. Votes: 0
Information is a difference that makes a difference. Votes: 0
It takes two to know one. Votes: 0
Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls. Votes: 0
Life and 'Mind' are systemic processes. Votes: 0
Logic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored [as in logic]. Votes: 0
Most of us have lost that sense of unity of biosphere and humanity which would bind and reassure us all with an affirmation of beauty. Most of us do not today believe that whatever the ups and down of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful. Votes: 0
Multiple descriptions are better than one. Votes: 0
No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels. Votes: 0
No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels. Broadly, we can afford to sink those sorts of knowledge which continue to be true regardless of changes in the environment, but we must maintain in an accessible place all those controls of behavior which must be modified for every instance. The economics of the system, in fact, pushes organisms toward sinking into the unconscious those generalities of relationship which remain permanently true and toward keeping within the conscious the pragmatic of particular instances. Votes: 0
Number is different from quantity. Votes: 0
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In the case of quantity, there is no such jump; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity, it is impossible for any quantity to be exact. You can have exactly three tomatoes. You can never have exactly three gallons of water. Always quantity is approximate. Votes: 0
Our initial sensory data are always "first derivatives," statements about differences which exist among external objects or statements about changes which occur either in them or in our relationship to them. Objects and circumstances which remain absolutely constant relative to the observer, unchanged either by his own movement or by external events, are in general difficult and perhaps always impossible to perceive. What we perceive easily is difference and change and difference is a relationship. Votes: 0
Pathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a thing as the sacred, and why the sacred is difficult to talk about, because the sacred is peculiarly related to the healthy. One does not like to disturb the sacred, for in general, to talk about something changes it, and perhaps will turn it into a pathology. Votes: 0
People are going to have to make themselves predictable, or the machines will get angry and kill them. Votes: 0
Perhaps the attempt to achieve grace by identification with the animals was the most sensitive thing which was tried in the whole bloody history of religion . Votes: 0
Perhaps there is no such thing as unilateral power. After all, the man in power depends on receiving information all the time from outside. He responds to that information just as much as he causes things to happen... it is an interaction, and not a lineal situation. Votes: 0
Play is the establishment and exploration of relationship. Votes: 0
Prediction can never be absolutely valid and therefore science can never prove some generalization or even test a single descriptive statement and in that way arrive at final truth. Votes: 0
Schizophrenia --its nature, etiology, and the kind of therapy to use for it--remains one of the most puzzling of the mental illnesses. The theory of schizophrenia presented here is based on communications analysis, and specifically on the Theory of Logical Types. From this theory and from observations of schizophrenic patients is derived a description, and the necessary conditions for, a situation called the "double bind"--a situation in which no matter what a person does, he "can't win." It is hypothesized that a person caught in the double bind may develop schizophrenic symptoms Votes: 0
Science probes; it does not prove. Votes: 0
Science sometimes improves hypotheses and sometimes disproves them. But proof would be another matter and perhaps never occurs except in the realms of totally abstract tautology. We can sometimes say that if such and such abstract suppositions or postulates are given, then such and such abstract suppositions or postulates are given, then such and such must follow absolutely. But the truth about what can be perceived or arrived at by induction from perception is something else again. Votes: 0
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. It differs, however, from most other branches of human activity in that not only are the pathways of scientific thought determined by the presuppositions of the scientists but their goals are the testing and revision of old presuppositions and the creation of new. Votes: 0
Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will have the use of both kinds. Votes: 0
Somebody was saying to Picasso that he ought to make pictures of things the way they are-objective pictures. He mumbled that he wasn't quite sure what that would be. The person who was bullying him produced a photograph of his wife from his wallet and said, "There, you see, that is a picture of how she really is." Picasso looked at it and said, "She is rather small, isn't she? And flat?" Votes: 0
Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics. Votes: 0
Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind. Votes: 0
The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself. Votes: 0
The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named. Votes: 0
The meaning of your communication is the response you get. Votes: 0
The only way out is spiritual, intellectual, and emotional revolution in which, finally, we learn to experience first hand the interloping connections between person and person, organism and organism, action and consequence. Votes: 0
The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do. Votes: 0
The rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception. Votes: 0
The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people. Votes: 0
The world is indeed only a small tide pool; disturb one part and the rest is threatened. Votes: 0
There are no monotone "values" in biology. Votes: 0
There are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else. Votes: 0
Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief. Votes: 0
We are discovering today that several of the premises which are deeply ingrained in our way of life are simply untrue and become pathogenic when implemented with modern technology. Votes: 0
We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it. Votes: 0
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha! My perception, my accounting for that series, will indeed cover its next and future components," or "Next time I meet with these phenomena, I shall be able to predict their total course. Votes: 0
What is true is that the idea of power corrupts. Power corrupts most rapidly those who believe in it, and it is they who will want it most. Obviously, our democratic system tends to give power to those who hunger for it and gives every opportunity to those who don't want power to avoid getting it. Not a very satisfactory arrangement if power corrupts those who believe in it and want it. Votes: 0
What we mean by information the elementary unit of information is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference because the neural pathways along which it travels and is continually transformed are themselves provided with energy. The pathways are ready to be triggered. We may even say that the question is already implicit in them. Votes: 0
Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful. Votes: 0
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition … we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts. And equally, of course, whenever we rebel against the sterile rigidity of formal thought and exposition and let our ideas run wild, we likewise lose. As I see it, the advances in scientific thought come from a combination of lose and strict thinking, and this combination is the most precious tool of science. Votes: 0
Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole. Votes: 0
Without context words and actions have no meaning at all Votes: 0
Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men , and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience is a very important factor in shaping the men's behavior. In fact, it is probable that the men are more exhibitionistic because the women admire their performances. Conversely, there can be no doubt that the spectacular behavior is a stimulus which summons the audience together, promoting in the women the appropriate behavior. Votes: 0
The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think. Votes: 0
Those who lack all idea that it is possible to be wrong can learn nothing except know-how. Votes: 0
Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of evolution without any deep understanding of what problem these theories attempt to solve. They learn but little of the evolution of evolutionary theory. Votes: 0
In no system which shows mental characteristics can any part have unilateral control over the whole. In other words, the mental characteristics of the system are imminent, not in some part, but in the system as a whole. Votes: 0
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Being mental
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Cultural learning
Every move
Exploring nature
Failed attempt
Failed parenting
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Getting weak
Heart and nature
Human skills
Knowing the answer
Least expected
Least expecting
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PC Party Jumps to Double Digit Lead in NL
Liberal Party Maintains Lead While Support for the Green Party Slips in October
Governing Liberals Maintain Lead in New Brunswick
MQO Research's quarterly poll of 600 residents of New Brunswick gauged the political temperature in the province for this July edition of the quarterly political poll: Atlantic Matters.
Provincial Politics
According to the latest polling numbers, support for all political parties held steady in July with the exception of the NDP which saw a slight drop.
Among decided and leaning voters:
Current Liberal support in the province sits at 45%, which is on par with April.
PC party support held steady at 35%.
NDP support was down from 15% in April to 10% this quarter.
The percent of undecided/don't know group is now at 26% in the latest poll which is down from 33% last quarter.
Government Performance
The public's assessment of Premier Brian Gallant's overall leadership held relatively steady again in July with a mean rating of 5.2 (on a 10-point scale). Meanwhile, the percentage rating the Premier's performance a 1-5 (on a 10-point scale) sits at 54% which was on par with April.
Provincial Outlook
New Brunswick residents' outlook for the province held relatively steady showing some positive signs in July. 26% felt the outlook was getting worse, down from 31% in July, while 54% said it had remained the same and 16% said the province's outlook was looking better, compared to 12% last quarter.
New Brunswickers remain concerned about their personal situations, but slightly less so than in April. Overall, 43% rated their concern about the cost of living quite high at 8-10 on a scale of 1-10 which trended down from 48% in April. When asked about their general stress level this year, 24% gave a rating of 8 or higher on a scale of 1-10 which was down from 31% three months earlier.
The Atlantic Matters poll was conducted by telephone from July 6 to July 24, 2017 and included 600 randomly selected eligible voters from across the province. The margin of error for the survey is ± 4.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Among decided and leaning voters, the margin of error for the survey is ± 5.1 percentage points 19 times out of 20.
About MQO Research
MQO Research is one of Atlantic Canada's leading market research firms, providing research insights to clients throughout the region and beyond. Our team includes experts in quantitative and qualitative methodologies and program evaluation. MQO is a Gold Seal member of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) and as such subscribes to the highest standards of information gathering and research ethics in the industry in Canada.
MQO is part of Group m5, the largest communications organization in Eastern Canada. The Group m5 family of brands includes m5 Marketing Communications, m5 Public Affairs, MQO Research, Wavelight Productions and Impress Design.
For more information on Atlantic Matters or MQO Research, contact:
Tracey Stephenson
tstephenson@m5.ca


Black people are cooler like I do?
The woman beside me is frantically playing solitaire on her phone. Who wakes up and has to play solitaire? I wonder about her gambling problem. She looks very nice, she's older: gray hair and no wedding ring. I bet she has cats. Lots of them. They sit on her shoulder and her lap while she plays solitaire with real cards. That's why she plays solitaire on the train! She misses her cats and this quells her depression.
18 out of 30 people on the train are wearing sunglasses. How many are hiding hangovers vs. how many are just tired and want to go back to sleep? The dude with the chin on his chest; will he wake up in time for his stop?
A woman five seats behind me is talking with a gravely voice on her cel phone. Can she not hear very well and not know she's talking that loud or does she want everyone to know about how her daughter never calls?
Half the people in my immediate perimeter are on cell phones. Are they blogging about me? Yeah well that sweater is not a good color on you lady and seriously dude, a shower would have been thoughtful. Oh crap the woman in the sweater just moved to the seat formerly occupied by unshaven man. She smiled. She wasn't giving me a dirty look, the sun was in her eyes. I'm sorry about the sweater thing but really you have a nice smile so maybe a brighter green? Oh oh, we just stopped at Slauson station and a mean looking woman just sat down next to her. She's wearing a Hello Kitty or some Japanese character t-shirt and she's got to be late 30s, early 40s. Maybe she's just a smoker. Only the last two fingers of her left hand have nail polish on them. Black. Is that a gang thing? I'm worried about pukey green sweater girl.
What? I have to exit the train? Why???? I've been saying this out loud?


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Here are some amazing frog facts and facts about frogs. enjoy!
There are approximately 4,800 recorded species of Frogs.
A fully grown adult frog will have stout body, protruding eyes, cleft tongue, limbs folded underneath and the absence of a tail.
They typically lay their eggs in water which hatch into tadpoles to later become a frog.
More than one third of species are considered to be threatened with extinction.
Group of frogs is called an Army. Group of tadpoles are called Knot.
They do not drink Water but absorb it through their Skin.
The Glass Frog (Centrolenella colymbiphyllum) has a skin that is translucent.
1 gram of toxin from a poisonous frog, like the Poison Dart Frog, can kill 100,000 people.
They can lay as many as 4,000 eggs in frogspawn.
The female Surinam toad lays up to 100 eggs and distributes them on her back so as to make it appear like a honeycomb structure.
Frogs completely sheds its skin about once a week. They generally eat the shed skin.
They blink while eating so that the force from its eyeball pushes the food / prey from its mouth to throat.
Some Indonesian frogs have no lungs and breath only with their skins.
Frogs can lay up to 4,000 eggs in one sitting!
Frog bones are a lot like trees. The bones form a growth ring every year when the frog is hibernating. Scientists can count these rings to find out the age of the frog.
Frogs absorb water through their skin, so they do not need to drink.
Tree frogs have developed disks or suction pads on the toes of their feet to help them climb into the tree canopy.
Frogs can live just as well in water or on land.
Many brightly colored tropical frogs, called Dart Frogs, are colored in this way to warn predators that they are poisonous.
Amphibians must shed their skin as they get bigger in size. The old skin comes off like a piece of clothing that has become too tight. Usually, this shed skin is eaten by the frog.
Frogs have long back legs and webbed feet for jumping and swimming.
A frog can change the color of its skin depending on its surroundings.
Frogs use a number of ways to attract a mate, such as courtship calls, body color and limb movements.
Frogs range in size from 1cm to 30cm long.
Some frogs can live in environments well below freezing. The Grey tree frog, for example, can survive even though its heart stops. It does this by making its own antifreeze, which stops its body from totally freezing.
The eyes and nose of a frog are on top of its head so it can breathe and see when most of its body is under water.
Another frog fact: People who study frogs and toads are called herpetologists. Herpetology is the study of amphibians and reptiles.
Frogs eyes come in all shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart shaped pupils. However, frogs only see in black and white.
There are more than 4,000 types of amphibians in the world!
The Golden Dart Frog is the most poisonous frog on earth. The skin of one frog could kill up to 1,000 people!
The Red-eyed Tree Frog lays it eggs on the underside of leaves that hang over water. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water below.
Experiments of frogs led to the discovery of the concept of electrical impulses in muscle contraction.
Frogs and human have similar eye structure.
Male Seychelles frogs carry young ones on their back till they become adult.
Herpetology is the study of amphibians and reptiles.
Frogs cannot live in the sea or any salt water.


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