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FAread by Macropode · recorded August 7, 2006 · 0:17:33 · 12.1 MB
The emu (; Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland. The Tasmanian, Kangaroo Island and King Island subspecies became…
Bread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded April 11, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Sydney is the capital of the state of New South Wales and the largest city in Australia. The metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and…
FAread by S_Whistler · recorded March 9, 2012 · 0:17:32 · 12.0 MB
The 1910 London to Manchester air race took place between two aviators, each of whom attempted to win a heavier-than-air powered flight challenge between London and Manchester. The race had first been proposed by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1906. The £10,000 prize was won in April 1910 by Frenchman Louis Paulhan.
The first to make the attempt was Claude Grahame-White, an Englishman from Hampshire. He took off from…
Cread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded March 25, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government, the prime minister is a member of, and accountable to, the Commonwealth Parliament. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party…
FAread by PopularOutcast · recorded April 20, 2009 · 0:17:31 · 12.0 MB
The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range as far as the equator. Unusually for a bird with such a large range, it has no geographical subspecies, although the possibly conspecific duck Eaton's pintail is considered to…
Startread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded January 25, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Michael Eugene Porter (born May 23, 1947) is an American businessman and professor at Harvard Business School. He was one of the founders of the consulting firm The Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte) and FSG, a social impact consultancy. He is credited with creating Porter's five forces analysis, a foundational framework in strategic management that remains widely used in both academia and industry. He is…
GAread by Morrisjm · recorded May 18, 2023 · 0:17:31 · 12.0 MB
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of…
Bread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded April 11, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Adelaide ( AD-il-ayd; Kaurna: Tarndanya [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the…
Bread by Vanished user 01 · recorded January 6, 2008 · 0:17:29 · 12.0 MB
A supreme deity, supreme being, supreme god, or simply just God (often with capital G), is a deity within theistic belief systems which is believed to be the ultimate cause of all things in existence. As such, it is seen as the creator, sustainer, and ruler of the universe. God is often thought of as incorporeal and independent of the material creation.
Conceptions of God vary considerably. Many notable…
Bread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded April 11, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Melbourne ( MEL-bərn, locally [ˈmæɫbən] ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia. The city's name generally refers to a 9,993-square-kilometre (3,858 sq mi) area, comprising an urban agglomeration of 30 local government areas. The name is also used specifically to refer to the local government area, also named the City of Melbourne…
GAread by Genjix · recorded August 19, 2010 · 0:17:29 · 12.0 MB
E.V.O.: Search for Eden is a 1992 action-adventure game developed by Almanic Corporation and published by Enix for the Super NES. Combining traditional platforming mechanics with experience and leveling mechanics originating from role playing games, E.V.O.: Search for Eden involves the player navigating a creature through a number of side-scrolling levels while undergoing bodily evolution to cope with ever-changing…
Cread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded March 25, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) is an Australian motoring club founded in 1903. The RAA provides services for members, including vehicle inspection, insurance, and roadside assistance.
The RAA originated as the Automobile and Motor Cycling Club of South Australia in 1903. The term "Motor Cycling" was dropped in 1904. The organisation was formally incorporated as an association in 1911. It…
FAread by Peppage · recorded May 30, 2019 · 0:17:27 · 12.0 MB
Sonic Spinball, also known as Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who must stop Doctor Robotnik from enslaving the population in a giant pinball-like mechanism. The game is set in a series of pinball machine-like environments…
Cread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded March 17, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.4 MB
The Earl of Hopetoun, the first governor-general, 1901–1903
The governor-general of the Commonwealth of Australia is the federal representative of the monarch of Australia, currently Charles III. The governor-general has many constitutional and ceremonial functions in the Australian political system, in which they have independent agency. However, they are generally bound by convention to act on the advice of the prime minister and the Federal Executive Council. They also…
Startread by WikipediholicRat · recorded September 30, 2026 · 0:03:32 · 2.4 MB
A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city's overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land.
City skylines serve as a pseudo-fingerprint as no two skylines are alike. For this reason, news and sports programs, television shows, and movies often display the skyline of a city to set a…
FAread by TomKocjan · recorded May 6, 2018 · 0:17:27 · 12.0 MB
The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has four recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which features repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referenced in poetry.
The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks. It is partially migratory, with many birds wintering in southern…
Cread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded January 28, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch: [ˈɦɛikə ˈkaːmərlɪŋ ˈɔnəs]; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch experimental physicist who became the first to liquefy helium, cooling it to near 1.5 kelvin (K). For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.
In 1911, using liquid helium to investigate the electrical conductivity of solid mercury, Kamerlingh Onnes found that its electrical resistance…
Cread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded March 16, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
The RACQ, formally the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, is a mutual organisation and the largest club by membership in Queensland, with 1.7 million members as of January 2026.
RACQ distributes insurance under the RACQ Insurance brand.
Bread by Authors of the article · recorded November 3, 2018 · 0:17:26 · 12.0 MB
Technological utopianism, often called techno-utopianism or technoutopianism, is any ideology based on the premise that advances in science and technology could and should bring about a utopia, or at least help to fulfill one or another utopian ideal. A techno-utopia is therefore an ideal society, in which laws, government, and social conditions are solely operating for the benefit and well-being of all its…
Startread by Viktor O. Ledenyov · recorded January 28, 2016 · 0:15:01 · 10.3 MB
Michael Cole Jensen (November 30, 1939 – April 2, 2024) was an American economist who worked in the field of financial economics. From 1967 to 1988, he was on the University of Rochester's faculty. Between 2000 and 2009 he worked for the Monitor Company Group,
a strategy-consulting firm which became "Monitor Deloitte" in 2013. Until 2000, he held the position of Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business…
Cread by Cameltrader · recorded September 6, 2006 · 0:17:23 · 12.0 MB
Braille ( BRAYL; French: [bʁaj] ) is a tactile writing system used by blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone devices. Braille can be written using a slate and stylus, a braille writer, an electronic braille notetaker or with the use of a computer connected to a braille embosser. For blind readers…
FAread by AsaQuathern · recorded September 26, 2026 · 0:19:54 · 13.7 MB
"Bring Us Together" was a political slogan popularized after the election of Republican candidate Richard Nixon as President of the United States in the 1968 election. The text was derived from a sign which 13-year-old Vicki Lynne Cole stated that she had carried at Nixon's rally in her hometown of Deshler, Ohio, during the campaign.
Richard Moore, a friend of Nixon, told the candidate's speechwriters he had seen a…
Cread by Clay2004 · recorded February 25, 2024 · 0:15:02 · 10.3 MB
Fondue (UK: FON-dew, US: fon-DEW, French: [fɔ̃dy], Swiss Standard German: [fɔ̃ːˈdyː] ; Italian: fonduta) is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot (caquelon or fondue pot) over a portable stove (réchaud) heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables or other foods into the cheese using long-stemmed forks. As a way to increase cheese consumption…
GAread by JazzHandsIncarnate · recorded July 30, 2023 · 0:17:22 · 11.9 MB
Kirby's Adventure is a 1993 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the second game in the Kirby series after Kirby's Dream Land (1992) on the Game Boy and the first to include the Copy Ability, which allows the main character Kirby to gain new powers by eating certain enemies. The game centers around Kirby traveling across Dream Land to…
Cread by Arwel_Parry · recorded June 9, 2005 · 0:15:07 · 10.4 MB
Felix Nikolaus Alexander Georg Graf von Luckner (9 June 1881, Dresden – 13 April 1966, Malmö), sometimes called Count Luckner in English, was a German nobleman, naval officer, author, and sailor who earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea Devil), and his crew that of Die Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperor's Pirates), for his exploits in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) during the First…
