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17yo boy quizzed over Albury service station armed hold-upPostedNovember 09, 2015 11:18:05 Albury police will question a Wodonga teenager over an armed robbery at an Albury service station on Saturday night.Police allege the 17 year old used a shard of glass to demand cash and cigarettes from the attendant at the service station, before driving off in a car containing other youths.The male attendant was not injured.Wodonga police later arrested the teenager at his home in relation to other offences allegedly committed in Victoria.Inspector Anthony Moodie of Albury police said investigators were hopeful of identifying the other people who were in the car with the alleged robber."The only ..>> view originalPolice investigators seek witnesses to deadly truck crash near Taree
Police investigators seek witnesses to deadly truck crash near TareePostedNovember 09, 2015 07:18:09 An investigation is continuing into a deadly truck accident that partially blocked the Pacific Highway north of Taree for 12 hours on Saturday. There was a number of vehicles travelling on the road because it was actually vehicles travelling northbound that stopped when they saw the inferno and managed to drag and rescue the driver out of the front truck. Inspector Alan Fidock, Manning-Great Lakes LAC Police say just after 3:00 am (ADST), two Air Express trucks were travelling south from Brisbane to Sydney when one ran into the back of the other at J..>> view originalHolbrook Show veteran retires from service
The 133rd Holbrook Show was the swansong for show stalwart, Shirley Breasley.For the past 41 years, Mrs Breasley from Holbrook has served as the honorary secretary of the annual show, coordinating entries, sponsors and exhibitors.Mrs Breasley is stepping aside from her role as secretary, but will continue as a committee member.''I've seen many changes and loved every minute,'' she said.'Most importantly, we have a great show.''Pavilion exhibits always excite keen interest among visitors, and this year, fleece entries were the highest for some time.Champion Fleece of Show was exhibited by Stephen Bahr, ''Barossa'', Henty, with a fine wool ewe fleece weighing 7.4kgs and valued at $80.88.T..>> view originalSydney agent sells tree-change dream after heading bush
Sydney agent sells tree-change dream after heading bush Monday, 09 November 2015| Nick Bendel View Comments Regional agents can pick up extra business and have even better client experiences by helping city folk head to the country. LJ Hooker Albury agent Paul Bakker said this has been his experience of helping Sydneysiders make a..>> view originalNASA's New Horizons spacecraft – the Kuiper Belt and beyond
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft – the Kuiper Belt and beyondContributed byTyler Owenon November 8, 2015 at 8:31 pmNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully performed the last in a series of four targeting maneuvers that set it on course for a January 2019 encounter with 2014 MU69. This ancient body in the Kuiper Belt is more than a billion miles beyond Pluto; New Horizons will explore it if NASA approves an extended mission.The completed maneuvers will not affect the speed ofNew Horizons spacecraft, but they could push it at a speed of 57 meter per second towards the 2014 MU69. All along, the plan has been for New Horizons to explore this frozen badlands after completing itsPlutoflyby.W..>> view originalHubble Space Telescope shows Population of Ancient White Dwarfs
Astronomers have successfully designed blueprints the Milky Way galaxy’s early construction phase with the help of NASA’s space telescope, Hubble Space Telescope. They used the telescope to look at the galaxy’s heart.While looking into the galaxy’s crowded central hub of stars, the astronomers spotted a population of ancient white dwarfs. It was the first time when such a thing was uncovered by astronomers. Now, the astronomers are hoping that the finding will help in knowing how the Milky Way galaxy was formed, long before the sun and out home planet.According to the researchers, the new observations are the most detail study of the Milky Way’s structure. It is central bulge present in the ..>> view originalChinese and Australian scientists join forces for freezer check
Antarctic sea ice plays a major role in Australia's weather.Australia's great winter chiller, Antarctic sea ice, is coming under closer scrutiny as it expands under climate change.The annual ocean freeze-up is to be the focus of a new partnership between Australian, and Chinese scientists, whose interest in Antarctica is escalating.Despite widespread global warming and the loss of much of the Arctic ice pack, sea ice around the bottom of the world has been expanding by an average 1.2 per cent per decade, satellite records show.Navigating the white world of Antarctic winter sea icePhoto: ACE-CRCStronger winds produced by ozone depletion and greenhouse gases are blowing ice out from the conti..>> view originalMegacities like New York 'will slip under the waves' with 2 degree Celsius ...
Megacities like New York 'will slip under the waves' with 2 degree Celsius global warming, study saysUpdatedNovember 09, 2015 18:39:20 Large parts of New York, Shanghai, Mumbai and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, scientists say.A 2C spike in Earth's temperature would submerge land currently occupied by 280 million people, according to a study published by US-based research group Climate Central.An increase of 4C — humanity's current trajectory — would cover areas lived on by more than 600 million people, the study said.The study's lead author, Ben Strauss, said the 2C temperature rise will pose a "long-..>> view originalAmateur historian uncovers mystery location of Australia's Stonehenge in NSW
Is this another new Stonehenge? Amateur historian claims to have proof a mysterious rock formation hidden in the Australian bush holds clues to the origins of languageTeacher Richard Patterson found letters referencing a stone formationThe discovery led him to the mystery location of Australia's own StonehengeLetters written by late journalist Frederic Slaterreferencerock formationsByLouise Cheer for Daily Mail AustraliaPublished:02:08 EST, 9 November 2015|Updated:03:09 EST, 9 November 2015An amateur historian has uncovered new information which has led to the mystery location of Australia's answer to Stonehenge.About six months ago New South Wales teacher Richard Patterson, who is a volunt..>> view originalClimate change has cost the country $20bn: report
ISLAMABAD: The government estimates that Pakistan has, collectively, suffered losses to the tune of $20 billion due to the adverse and increasing effects of climate change.In a detailed report submitted before the National Assembly on Friday, the government also accepted – in so many words – that “Pakistan is among the countries which are most vulnerable to climate change, and has a very low technical and financial capacity to adapt to its adverse impacts”.The more immediate and pressing task for the country was to adapt itself to this climate change, the government said.Also read:Climate change and malnutritionIn a written reply to a question put to the Ministry of Climate Change by PTI’s R..>> view original
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