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    humans are story tellers. its an ancient thing and every culture dos it. its a way to keep amused when its cold and not much else to do sitting around the fire.

    the last fragments of those ancient days are things like homers illiad/oddessy or the rg veda and mahabarata - ancient stories that are told over nights or weeks or months.

    more recently we had the serialisation of works by Dickens or Arthur Conan Doyle - works that would not necessarily today be classified as amusement for the masses.

    and so now we have television, is it any different? i dont mind admitting i watch television, but on my terms, without advertisments, and i guess yes when i need to chill out and relax. but im guessing most people on this site do try to watch things that require attention and thought about the plot in order to keep up. and fortunately at the moment there is some great stuff. and at the end of the day its all storytelling - but i guess what is the purpose behind those stories? are they good stories? do they have satisfactory archetypes? do they resolve some inner tension?

    but i do agree that there is the other end of the scale, home and away, neighbours, all the home advice shows etc etc. that cater to people who really do just want to turn off and be told what it is to be normal - be given the narrative for their own lives.

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    ah i see your point.

    yes i have had success with my method.

    but if you want a pure culture, the rhizobium within the nodule are maintained within a sterile environment, therefore would be easy enough to extract and then culture.

    go find some longifolia dig up some seedlings and you should have plenty of nodules to work with. my understanding is that rhizobia are only specific to genus not to species, but given how big the acacia genus is, findign a species closely related should mean that the rhizobium should be fine.

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    windows 10 will be free for a year to those with win 7 and win8/8.1

    hear you on the rant about linux. but some of them are getting bloated too. problem is, its easier to say with win for compatability with work or studies.

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    really couldnt give a shit what numbering system is used as long as it works.

    but i understand your frustration in why they would release a product only to release the propr working version as a point upgarde as per windows 8.0 to 8.1

    but microsoft completely overshot the mark with the windows 8 thing and have realised. they must have gone too far down the development path with win 9, so the only way to avoid issues was to skip straight to 10 to undo their stupidity related to mobile devices.

    apple and android have that sown up already so i dont see why windows would bother trying to compete. better they get back to desktop and server appliances.

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    some good ones already listed:

    breaking bad (then watch)

    better call saul

    orphan black

    boardwalk empire

    the americans

    peep show

    my additions

    Hannibal (wow! did i say, WOW)

    Fargo

    Fringe

    penny dreadful

    misfits

    continuum (bit corny, great concepts)

    community (why? Alison Brie if for no other reason) funny shit though.

    being human (the british one)

    The Strain

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    yeah sorry about that. i guess i was in your position 6 years ago, so just reflecting on my own experience.

    love that seminar line up - wow! ill see you there lol

    love the melbourne uni degree plan. but make sure you do try and work out overall interest to work out compliment. chemistry is a fundamental addition. try and do some microbiology as well if possible but it looks like you may not be able to. if you have an interest in ecology geology and geography would also be important considerations for first year.

    but really i would push chemistry and stats as major compliments to your plant science subjects.

    can i make the point though that genetics is fundamental. get a good understanding and foundation before you start because they will bang on about for the entire time.

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    have a think about which aspects of botany really interest you. its a diverse field. there is work in plant genetics, paleobotany, ecology, etc with cross overs into other fields, agriculture, natural products chemistry, and geography.

    and then have a look at what your degree will offer you at each stage. also look at what other subjects will complement your interests. also make sure you do statistics and/or research methods all the way through.

    i am planning on applying for melbourne uni later this year, so already biased lol, but have a good friend studying there and from what i have hear they have a fantastic botany group. its an older university and has a very high rating so would probably look better on your cv.

    maybe look up who runs the units that take your particular interest and look at their own research history, to give you an idea of what they are doing and how you may fit into their research groups. also you learn a lot very quickly, you wlll find that what interests you now may not in two years time when you have had a chance to really get your head into it, so be open.

    but there are other factors, such as which is closer and more convenient. souns like a plan, and you wont regret it. gives you a whole new perspective on plants and life in general.

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    As far as i know, apart from the known hallucinogenic species there are no restrictions on growing any fungi. There are restrictions on importation of spores and cultures, and for good biosecurity reasons.

    legally i think the only restricted species are Psilocybin containing species, and for Amanita muscaria (on a state by state basis).

    Otherwise there are no restrictions on cultivation. i would love to have references regarding said restrictions on lions mane. in terms of then selling your produce im not sure what legalities exist.

    oysters and shiitake - from an economic standpoint, given the effort and costs involved, they are known sellers, really easy to grow and esp with oysters a good return on your investment. and at the end of the day thats what you want, return on investment. reishi would still be considered a niche market, and anything else is at the moment just novelty and you probably wont get any return.

    but there are plenty of farmers markets popping up so now is a good time to experiment and help educate people.

    i think you will find that species like reishi and turkey tail are extremely cosmopolitan. they exist naturally in australia, and we have our own lions mane species as well. and really if you want to cultivate try to keep as endemic as possible, because of said biosecurity risks.

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    i have a similar problem with acacia in general. i recommend pouring on mildly hot water after scarification. after the seed has expanded removing the the seed coat.

    i have also been experimenting with a small amount of vermiculite in the hole surrounding the seed as it germinates as i found the worms/grubs that eats the seeds dont travel into it.

    i suspect that yours, like mine are being eaten by grubs.

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  23. Posted · Edited by obtuse

    there are mixed benefits for eucalyptus growing so tall.

    As waterboy states, grow tall, dominate the canopy, drop lots of seeds, also helps increase genetic diversity of seeds.

    but euc seedlings need lots of light to survive, so too many large adults in one area for too long, and the area can start to be taken over by rainforest species, and then the transition begins to form rainforest.

    but yeah time scales.

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