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 On Indonesian Day, Indonesian Missions Provide NSW Australian Students with the Chance to Develop Their Indonesian Language Proficiency Tuesday, June 4th, 2024                                                                                                                                               Source kemlu.go.id In Australia's Sydney The Indonesian Day event was held at the NSW School of Languages in Petersham, NSW, on March 6, and about fifty students from different schools and regions in New South Wales (NSW) Australia attended, including Burwood Girls High School, St. Mary Star of the Sea College, Macarthur Anglican School, and NSW School of Languages. One of the student participants exclaimed, "This event is a lot of fun!" The students engaged in a variety of learning exercises, including listening to alumni share their experiences and reading and writing skill suggestions, listening skill tips, and dictionary skill tips—particularly those addressed in the cu

 The oldest skin in the world preserved in a very rare fossil Written by Michael Irving                                                                            Source newatlas.com The earliest skin fossils that have been found date back much beyond the time of the dinosaurs. The samples, which were discovered in an Oklahoman cave, demonstrate how little reptile scales have altered over the previous 286 million years. Skeletons make up the majority of fossils found in museums, and the explanation is straightforward: because bones take longer to break down than other materials, they have more time to fossilise. We don't often locate soft tissues like skin, muscle, or organs since they often waste away or are consumed by scavengers soon after death. But it is possible in some situations. If you bury it fast enough in the ideal medium, you may find preserved feathered dinosaur tails in amber, a brain that is 133 million years old pickled in bogs, and a nodosaur that still has its sk

 Zoo allows skull selfies with the fossilised woolly rhino Chloe Hughes, West Midlands-based BBC News                                                                       Source bbc.com This weekend is the first-ever fossil festival at the Exotic Zoo in Telford, featuring a woolly rhino skull. The zoo's natural history museum, which opened in 2023, will host the event. It will include new prehistoric artefacts and guest lecturers. The full-size fossilised woolly rhino head and the skeleton of a small herbivorous dinosaur called Jeholosaurus are among the new exhibits. "It's a huge skull," remarked Scott Adams, the director of the zoo. Visitors will be taken on a tour of Earth's history, starting from its formation and ending in the present. "As people make their way around the museum, they can follow the timeline and see exactly what animals were around at each time, how they’ve evolved, how they’ve gone extinct," said Adams. Mr. Adams will be watch

 The Ministerial Declaration of the 10th World Water Forum is a diplomatic win for Indonesia .                                                                                      Source kemlu.go.id Bali, Indonesia - The Ministerial Declaration was approved by the 10th World Water Forum while Indonesia was the chair, marking a significant diplomatic win for Indonesia. Following the 10th WWF Ministerial Meeting, which was attended by 27 international organisations and 106 nations, the Declaration was accepted (21/5). Since November 2023, the Declaration has been discussed via three different processes at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Three priorities were promoted by Indonesia in the Declaration. First, a World Lake Day proposal. Lakes serve as a source of water for people as well as social and economic purposes for society. World Lakes Day observance is not just symbolic; it is also essential to the preservation of lakes worldwide. The second is the creation of a Centre of Excelle

 A Saudi businessman in Al-Baha transforms a farm into a tourist destination                                                                                 Source arabnews.com AL-BAHA: A farmer in the governorate of Al-Mandaq has developed a successful tourism business out of his passion and pastime. Owner of Al-Barouqi Tourist Farm in the governorate, northwest of Al-Baha, Ahmed Al-Barouqi uses the area's natural beauty and mild climate to draw tourists, showcasing its gorgeous valley, mediaeval hamlet, and agricultural terraces.                                                                                 Source arabnews.com Al-Barouqi, the young farmer in Al-Tarf, Wadi Rusba, behind Al-Barouqi Tourist Farm, was interviewed by the Saudi Press Agency. "Having grown up in a family surrounded by farms, I have had a long relationship with agriculture dating back over 27 years," he stated. This gave me the idea to invest in the farm in Al-Tarf village, where we used to c

 ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Cooperation is Led by Indonesia to Promote Sustainable Aquaculture Technology                                                                                 Source kemlu.go.id Bali, Indonesia "The development of sustainable aquaculture is important as the main driver of meeting food needs, and to encourage national economic growth, in the future." This was stated via video message at the opening of the ASEAN-Australia Indo-Pacific Workshop on the Use of Technology for Sustainable Aquaculture at the Intercontinental Hotel Sanur (21–22/5), by Prof. Dr. Rudy Heriyanto Adi Nugroho, Secretary General of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. The Asia-Pacific region's aquaculture output increased from 64.1 million tonnes in 2008 to 126 million tonnes in 2021. This expansion demonstrates the critical role that aquaculture plays in the expansion of the local economy and the significance of using sustainable techniques to maintain it. Australia as the

 A Williamson County substation infestation by snakes causes numerous power interruptions.                                                                                 Source fox17.com WZTV, Franklin, Tennessee — Over the past few days, there have been numerous power outages in the Franklin area. Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) has determined that these outages are the result of a reptile invasion. MTE reports that throughout the past ten days, there have been four outages at one of its substations as a result of snake intrusions. In essence, the snakes have scaled the steel framework to get to electrical connections or equipment. When they do so, they ground the circuit and bridge between the energised equipment, tripping the breakers and resulting in an outage, according to a statement from MTE spokesperson Larry Rose. Rose continued, comparing this to a breaker that trips in a house breaker box. Every time this occurs, MTE sends a crew to the substation to reset the tripped br