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RNZ Pacific 1316 30 Mar 2024

7390Khz 1259 30 MAR 2024 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55334. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Southland's mayor says the Bluecliffs community that is under threat from rapid erosion is facing hard decisions that do not have a cheap or quick fix. Those in the small community have only been home about a week after evacuating so an old dump that potentially contained explosives could be cleared. On Wednesday night, residents met with officials to discuss options for the future of their coastal community that lost three metres of land in a day. US President Joe Biden has welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian autonomy government, signaling it is accepting the revised Cabinet lineup as a step toward Palestinian political reform. Pope Francis cancelled at the last minute his attendance at the Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum, in what the Vatican described as a bid "to preserve his health" ahead of more Easter week engagements. The Vatican announced the pope's absence from the "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) procession just as it was about to start, saying in a statement he would follow it remotely from his Vatican residence. Francis, who had looked fitter this week after weeks in which he struggled to speak in public and cancelled some meetings, also missed the procession last year, after recovering from a four-day hospital stay for bronchitis. A set of undiscovered recordings by Motown legend Marvin Gaye has been unearthed in Belgium - setting the stage for a new legal battle over their ownership. The 30 cassette tapes, said to contain some 66 demos of new songs, were reportedly gifted to Charles Dumolin, a musician with whom Gaye stayed in the coastal city of Ostend in 1981. One of the songs, recorded shortly before Gaye went on to record Sexual Healing, which he wrote in the city, is said to be head-and-shoulders above the rest - compared to a 'moment of planetary alignment' by Belgian lawyer Alex Trappeniers. Sports. @1303z trailer for RNZ "Sunday Night Retro Show". @1304z Weather Forecast: Cloudy periods with showers and rain. @1305z "All Night Programme" anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Backyard gutter antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0759.

[em--crossing]

Pashmina welcoming the spring 🍃

[grenadefestival]

Tiefcember: Day 5 - Contrast 

I figured what better tief to draw for this theme than @tiefling-queer ‘s PC, Baylock, who literally clashes with himself. No matter what he does, he’s tacky, and it’s amazing.  

[i-want-it-on-fire]

DMing a new campaign, and I’m really excited about it, but our party is a wizard, a sorcerer, a rogue, and a paladin. My mother is playing the paladin and while I adore her, she’s been struggling to remember what all the little mechanical things do, and I’m 80% sure we’re gonna have a Merle situation on our hands if you know what I mean. There’s a 50/50 chance they all die before we even get five sessions in.

[spookyypookie]

Beauty School Orentination today! I was trying not to sneeze in my ID picture and ended up looking like a who from Whovile.

[mumcushion]

🐶🏝

🐶 who do you hope your starting villagers are?

already answered!

🏝️ do you have a name for your island yet?

i'm soo unsure about this! azure or bluecliff maybe

[ainawgsd]

The laughing owl (Sceloglaux albifacies), also known as whēkau or the white-faced owl, was an endemic owl of New Zealand. Plentiful when European settlers arrived in New Zealand, its scientific description was published in 1845, but it was largely or completely extinct by 1914. The species belonged to the monotypic genus Sceloglaux ("scoundrel owl", probably because of the mischievous-sounding calls). 

The laughing owl's plumage was yellowish-brown striped with dark brown. White straps were on the scapulars, and occasionally the hind neck. Mantle feathers were edged with white. The wings and tail had light-brown bars. The tarsus had yellowish to reddish-buff feathers. The facial disc was white behind and below the eyes, fading to grey with brown stripes towards the center. Some birds were more rufous, with a brown facial disk; this was at first attributed to subspecific differences, but is probably better related to individual variation. Males were thought to be more often of the richly colored morph. The eyes were very dark orange. Its length was 14-15.7 inches and wing length 10.4 inches, with males being smaller than females. Weight was around 600 g.

The call of the laughing owl has been described as "a loud cry made up of a series of dismal shrieks frequently repeated". The species was given its name because of this sound. Other descriptions of the call were: "A peculiar barking noise ... just like the barking of a young dog"; "Precisely the same as two men "cooeying" to each other from a distance"; "A melancholy hooting note", or a high-pitched chattering, only heard when the birds were on the wing and generally on dark and drizzly nights or immediately preceding rain. Various whistling, chuckling and mewing notes were observed from a captive bird.

Laughing owls generally occupied rocky, low-rainfall areas and also found in forest districts in the North Island. Their diet was diverse, encompassing a wide range of prey items, from beetles and weta up to birds and geckos of more than 250 g, and later on rats and mice. Laughing owls were apparently ground feeders, chasing prey on foot in preference to hunting on the wing. Knowledge on their diet, and how that diet changed over time, is preserved in fossil and subfossil deposits of their pellets. The owls' diet generally reflected the communities of small animals in the area. Once Pacific rats were introduced to New Zealand and began to reduce the number of native prey items, the laughing owl was able to switch to eating them, instead. They were still relatively common when European settlers arrived. Being quite large, they were also able to deal with the introduced European rats that had caused the extinction of so much of their prey; however, the stoats introduced to control feral rabbits and feral cats were too much for the species.

By 1880, the species was becoming rare, and the last recorded specimen was found dead at Bluecliffs Station in Canterbury, New Zealand on July 5, 1914. Unconfirmed reports have been made since then; the last (unconfirmed) North Island records were in 1925 and 1927, at the Wairaumoana branch of Lake Waikaremoana. In his book The Wandering Naturalist, Brian Parkinson describes reports of a laughing owl in the Pakahi near Opotiki in the 1940s. An unidentified bird was heard flying overhead and giving "a most unusual weird cry which might almost be described as maniacal" at Saddle Hill, Fiordland, in February 1956, and laughing owl egg fragments were apparently found in Canterbury in 1960.

Extinction was caused by persecution (mainly for specimens), land use changes, and the introduction of predators such as cats and stoats. Until the late 20th century that the species' disappearance was generally accepted to be due to competition by introduced predators for the kiore, or Pacific rat, a favorite prey of the laughing owl. However, since the kiore is itself an introduced animal, the laughing owl originally preyed on small birds, reptiles, and bats, and later probably used introduced mice, as well. Direct predation on this unwary and gentle-natured bird seems much more likely to have caused the species' extinction.

[gullid]

極上ザラメ楽しゅうございました #beer #beerstagram #bluecliff #backcountryskiing #cornsnow (立山室堂山荘)

[positivefishing]

Southland New-Zealand, where the bush meets the beach

[diioners-blog]

Morning Ready For Weekend??? . . . #beach #vitaminsea #Indonesia #weekend #loveforlike #likeforlove #likeforlike #handsomes #followforfollow #follow #asianman #cute #cuteboys #cogan #cogantid #handsomeboy #indonesia #instagood #instagram #vsco #vscocam #vscogram #jakarta #happylife #bali #liburan #bluecliff #vacation #shirtlessman #shirtlessguys

[joulesmirra]

There is something incredibly nurturing about being surrounded by a community that actively practices mindfulness and peace. I was so incredibly lucky to make my annual visit to Blue Cliff Monastery this past weekend to practice amongst the monastics! This place still remains the most peaceful place I have ever been to ❤️ #buddhism #bluecliff #bluecliffmonastery #monastery #catskillsmountains #nystate #thichnhathanh #zen #vietnamesebuddhism #greatmeditationhall (at Blue Cliff Monastery)

[em--crossing]

The girls are sitting!!

[grenadefestival]

The campaign I’m DMing is literally just TAZ. Here is my proof, it contains:

the spellcaster who is fairly certain all his party members are crazy and whose entire aesthetic is just “ugly shirt at thrift store that has been here three months” meets “Barbie aisle at Toys R Us”, played by the oldest of the three young adults in the campaign

the human melee fighter who runs head first into every situation and who probably isn’t using their feats correctly because neither they nor the DM actually know how they’re supposed to work, played by the middlest of the young adults

the older healer and parental type figure whose whole shtick does not involve healing anyone and who asks to do borderline insane shit because they don’t fully understand the rules, played by the over 50 parent of the DM 

more capable women who show up to save these idiots while mocking them relentlessly 

probably unbalanced items That I Just Made Up™ and Have Not Playtested™

and the DM (me), the youngest of the young adults, who is just sitting there watching this party of chronic dumbasses cause chaos and scare NPCs wherever they go while loving every second of it 

[i-want-it-on-fire]

DMing is really hard how do people do this

[bluecliffhunting]

2018 Hunting Season

The 2018 hunting season have been another remarkable season,where new friendships have been made and a lifetime of memories gathered. We were privalleged to have many of our long time clients back in 2018. 

Some beautiful trophies were taken although all of South Africa have been struggling with very dry conditions. We look forward to the 2019 season and can’t wait to welcome everyone to Bluecliff.

We will be attending the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg PA from  February 2nd -10th,  2019 booth#6305

We will be in Montreal Canada at the show from 14-17 February.

Springfield Sportsman Show West Springfield Ma from 22-24th February Booth#639

[yururincan-blog]

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