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21 May 2006
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| News of the Day |
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News Update |
| Bron - Greek Gods of the Sea |
| Cathy Ronalds - Vic Coastal Council |
| Music |
| Dive Report |
| Anth
and Bron are in the studio today - both having child moments - one
good and one not so good ! If you know of any conversational Latin
speakers, drop us a line so Anth can put his 4 years of learning to
use.
The weather was comprehensive, however it's accurancy and timing was called into question. Marine word of the week is "Littoral" - pretty much the intertidal zone. |
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The Germans and the Egyptions got together to exhibit finds from the wrecks in the port of Alexandria. The Maldives appear to have gotten bigger as a result of the Tsunami on boxing day - up to 30 cm on a 3 m high island. A nurse in the UK has been hauled before the disciplinary council for hitting a colleague with a fish. She was a midwife ! Humpback whales have elements of human lanuage in humpback whales. They even have names for eachother. Steve Irwin influenced the Federal Environment Mininster's decision to deny a request to have Croc hunting safari's ! |
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There were
62 greek gods of the sea - They are ranked according to their
power and influences. These include: Greek Gods are structured like the Public Service with some having superpowers. Your powers are lower the further down the power structure you live. Ichthies were the two fish that brough Aphroditie to land (after her water birth) and put into the stars as Picies. Posiden was a bearded older man carrying an trident, and the force behind earthquakes. He is creative - designing all the creatues and is known as moody and umpredicatble. Second only to Zeus in the number of lovers - which have been divided into different classes (and he had a male lover as well) and there are 52 pages of them. That doesn't count the kids ! He is the son of Cronos and Rhea, and one of 6 kids - watch this space for more details |
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The Coast to Coast Conference is on now in Melbourne starting Tuesday, May 23rd. C2C aims to bring together a broad group of coastal users including coastal managers, community groups, scientists, developers, indigenous groups to talk about the two big issues for the coasts: Climate Change and Sea Change. It's on at Jeff's Shed until Thursday May 25th. Find out more info or search for Coast to Coast Melbourne 2006 on Google. |
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"Chosen One " "Misread" "Please Please Please" |
The Concretes Kings of Convenience |
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It's bloody cold everywhere but Rye. But the afternoon should be dead flat and georgous. |
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