Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Once disappeared from the scene of the suction hood Side comeback
Once disappeared in the market, suction side
Range Hood
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Recent comeback, and feel quite massive. Some of the new brand by side suction products into the market, but reporters found that the boss, Shuaikang other famous brand electrical kitchen did not join, this is why?
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Just as she had got new neighbors reporter recently renovated kitchen is quite worried. She told reporters she had a fancy European-style suction side too
Hood
And Shuaikang of a Chinese-style range hood, just waiting for the final re-weigh're OK, but a few days before she went to the cupboard to see building materials market, also found that there is a suction side of the product, promoters, said that the product not only style novel, is also a strong suction on the fumes of roasted peppers will not feel when choking. She had got home check the Internet, the Internet, said the product will become the mainstream market, range hood, so she hesitated. The thought of
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Marketplace research study again, but went after she found, now home appliance stores, this product is very small, and the kitchen as the electrical side too, and other famous brands do not have side suction products. Asked a lot of people, only one friend has just started using this product, friends, smoke fumes, said the results were pretty good, I just think a bit more noise. Then, the reliability of this product? Service so what? With doubt, she comes to reporters consultation.
's Access to relevant information found from the second half of 2007, the side suction products in the market brought on HC in October 2007 related to statistics, the side suction hood of concern about the marked increase in the Internet. The recent statistical report issued by HC, Guangdong and Zhejiang have two production bases Range Hood Range Hood Chinese rarely introduced new, top suction side for European range hood with suction hood ratio was close to launching new products 5:5, even if only a three-year, four new small plants will also introduce a two-side suction products, in addition to side too, boss, Shuaikang addition to these manufacturers, such as
Germany and Italy
, Ying Qi of these second-tier brands are beginning to prefer the side suction hood. All this shows that although the manufacturers do not participate, but the suction side of the industrial advantages of products still further strengthened. Data show that side of the suction hood in 2006, the market share of about 3%, which is expected to reach 5%. However, appliance stores, reporters do only in a few second-tier brand of exhibition products are found side-suction, close look at the nameplate of these products and found that the noise index of these products in 69 dB, just to the state standard of 70 dB requirements. The top suction noise value of the product over the more than 50 db.
This, Shuaikang spring CMG Chief Engineer explained that the suction side of the motor hood and fan installed in the smoke shells on top of the motor and fan inlet from a considerable distance between the noise comparison Great. The high-tech Co., Ltd. Chengdu Innovene technology manager Jiang Liwei was explained that the suction side of the relatively large noise, range hoods, for three reasons: First, the inlet of the soot separation board space is not good, high-speed airflow through the two- layer separation board, produced a cyclone, and accompanied by howling, while cyclone induced vibration isolation plate also had a noise; second round in the wind during high speed rotation will produce noise; third is unreasonable design chassis structure, airway not smooth, most companies have not seriously considered fume suction line organizations, within the smoke box can not solve the problem rectified.
Then Shuaikang so why not produce such big brand products? CMG spring, explained that it is mainly out of security considerations, the national standard height of hood should be installed more than 65 cm from the stove, it is mandatory for Japan in the 70 cm. Because in the cooking fire is possible, then it may fire inhalation Range Hood, the current most urban families are to access to the flue exhaust pipe, and flue gas situation very clear, so that easily lead to a whole building fire. However, to ensure the suction effect of smoke, side-suction range hood installation height requirements three to four centimeters, the current production of such products were not well-known brands.
Institute of Chinese home appliance
Small appliances
Laboratory Gezhu Ren told reporters, the national standard range hood mounted above the stove, and a certain distance requirements, but that does not fit in the suction side of the product. As the cooking habits of different foreign countries, few of these products, so the international electrical standards working committee have not qualified for such products, so China is also rare for such products safety testing.
The same time, experts say, the side suction hoods development also requires a more standardized management, technical, craft and style design and many other areas also need more input.
To cool the kitchen is no open flame cooking popular summer kitchen
With increasing hot weather,
Microwave ovens
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,
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Cooker
, Squeezers no open flame cooking tools are more housewives of all ages. Compared to conventional gas cooking, these tools no open flame, heat is low, more suitable for the needs of the kitchen cool in summer. Among them, the microwave oven both functional and decorative needs, listing new products this summer in much clearer.
New Features at a glance
Recently, reporters from the city
Home Appliances
Marketplace understand that consumers care more about the function of microwave ovens to produce a variety of taste whether the requirements of dishes, 500??? 900 yuan is the more popular models, the majority of consumers also said that if the versatile and practical, the price is not major consideration.
Reporter in stores that offered by the
Glanz
BM series launched light microwave ovens, because of its steam generated much faster than ordinary microwave oven, thus cooking and more flavorful food, experience the taste of the consumers live not unusual. According to promoters introduced microwave emission wave V-Aurora, in the heat when cooking foods more penetration, for example, a microwave oven BM Su elbow after processing, the color more vivid, more intense flavor, and time shorter than the average microwave oven for three minutes.
In addition, the rise in recent years, the consumption of household appliances fashion trends, this feature also in the kitchen appliances, in addition to BM products Galanz a "boundless titanium film mirror" design, the main NEG has been white
Panel
The Sunpentown, Supor and other kitchen appliances brand has introduced even more solid and luxurious black crystal plate, and more with other kitchen appliances.
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For the current high-end new products in the microwave oven sells Zhongshan, head of the U.S. electrical life that, in recent years, the continued price cuts in high-end oven has reached the consumer price expectations, now more than 800 models of microwave ovens, most of all to achieve diversification, the use of intelligent operation, cost-effective than in previous years to upgrade a lot of products.
It is understood that microwave ovens in 2001, the family gradually began to spread from the city, from the mainstream retail price of 900 yuan, and its single function is still not completely substitute
Gas stoves
Then use the scale advantages as Galanz, several times the price break the industry bottom line, to consumers and create a more useful and diverse values, "Red China" series has introduced several models under 1,000 yuan, to meet different consumption levels of demand. With the constant introduction of new products in order to heat the main features of the old products are gradually can not meet consumer demand. As the industry has been an open secret, simple "steam" is actually the most basic function of microwave oven, consumers will favor has been the focus of the Almighty as the development and promotion of the brand.
With the past, the winter season as the oven in the traditional situation to change this year, coincides this year
Olympics
, Coupled with consumer prices rising expectations, home appliances home earlier than usual time, but also stimulate a microwave oven to speed up replacement of the time, according to head of household electrical appliance store said first half sales up 60% last year.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Date vigilance of headlines! The safety of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
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Many people think that drug and beauty, a "medicine", which is the skin Security , Especially sensitive skin. In fact the current drug cosmetics market is chaotic, not imagined it safe.
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Regulations define non-standard The definition of drug cosmetics provision is not good, most of the products is through Advertisement Advertising or so-called "drug store cosmetics" in the recommendation of introducing pharmacists may in the end what is drug and cosmetic products is not very clear understanding. The more a lot of cosmetics under the banner name of drug and cosmetic products to attract Consumption Who's eye, may not have the quality of their internal medicine effectiveness of cosmetics, and even have many side effects. This phenomenon is difficult to change within a short time, and only by the consumer paint bright eyes see clearly ah, we should pay attention to cosmetic ingredients to see whether there are arranged according to concentration, is consistent with international certification, it has marked the effective ingredients and active element and so on, all domestic items should have some understanding of the provisions.
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Perfect certification body Cosmetics are a lot of drug effects are just propaganda by the manufacturer's description, not really a test of academic institutions to study the characteristics of these drugs and the efficacy of cosmetics. Most of the market to exaggerate or exaggerated propaganda. In addition to the toxicity of cosmetics and domestic foreign no relevant functional testing and component Test Standards and certification, such as: low-allergy, Whitening Sex, natural sex, by skin testing.
So to control Pharmacy Cosmetics as real phenomenon, the certification body played an essential role, it can be a professional makeup products, drug detection function, composition and characteristics of some fish in troubled waters to eliminate the false products.
Mixed breeds That many consumers are inclined to drug and cosmetic products, so many brand began emerging, and many cosmetics products are branded drug reputation may be something good or bad do not know. Some products may claim that the effectiveness of how amazing, but some of them are Ok, makes the man, not the makeup of the effectiveness of drugs. Some pharmacists are not very professional point of view from the evaluation of these products, but random recommendation, it goes on credit cosmeceutical products will be greatly reduced, then the future will not believe this type of product consumers also had.
So confused as real ones to control the phenomenon of drug and cosmetic products, certification agencies played an essential role, it can be a professional makeup products, drug detection function, composition and characteristics of some fish in troubled waters to eliminate the false products.
Transmitted without verification report Variety of modern media, the spread of fast, Network Particularly rapid, but news reports quickly though, but if the correctness of the same high efficiency? Earth with no expertise to verify the situation is not on everywhere and not necessarily realistic Maintenance Product introduction and some incomplete description would mislead consumers. Both pharmacists, artists, or used by staff or reported to be very careful to seek a professional perspective, not misrepresentation, exaggeration, not fabricated, reported the most authentic product information. The first channel sales
chaos Cosmeceutical products are the main focus is the manufacturer sales, the profit on the first, some products have deviated from the value of cosmeceutical products characteristics, their composition and safety have not been investigated. These sales staff, pharmacists, etc. even in the skin of consumers do not understand the quality of the random recommendation, its purpose is to early to products Sell Out and do its own brand name Proxy . And some products with ingredients that there was no Logo Clear that the stability and security products are not guaranteed.
Fact, cosmetics are not drugs in the general market for sale, because such products require professional staff to consumer testing to understand the circumstances of their skin to give professional advice to inform what should be the correct drug and cosmetic use products. The current market few such Service Most of the main purpose is to sell, drug and cosmetic products into a product, so the interests of consumers is not guaranteed. For some pharmacists, artists and other celebrities to be made, this is not appropriate, it will mislead some consumers to make the wrong choice. These people should be aware of their impact on the public, based on professional knowledge to enable consumers to make choices.
Waterford Crystal
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History
An employee at Waterford Crystal glass cutting.
A crystal business was originally founded in the city in 1783 by George and William Penrose; it produced extremely fine crystal that became world-renowned. However, their company closed in 1851. In 1947, Czech immigrant Charles Bacik, grandfather of Irish senator Ivana Bacik, established a glass works in the city, due to the superb reputation of the original glassware. Aided by fellow countryman and designer Miroslav Havel, the company started operations in a depressed Ireland. By the early 1950s it had been taken over as a subsidiary of the Irish Glass Bottle company, owned by McGrath, Duggan and Freeman of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake, heavy investors in Irish business at that time.
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Jasper Conran began designing his signature range of crystal for Waterford in 1999. The endeavour has evolved into four unique lines for Waterford and a complimentary tableware collection in fine bone china for Wedgwood.
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Glass blower at Waterford glass factory
In May 2005, Waterford Wedgwood announced the closure of its factory in Dungarvan in order to consolidate all operations into the main factory in Kilbarry, Waterford City, where 1,000 people were employed by the company. The move resulted in nearly 500 Dungarvan workers losing their jobs.
The Kilbarry operation featured a tourist centre offering guided tours of the factory, a gift shop, cafe, and gallery. After the closure of that factory on Jan 30th, 2009, former employees and their families staged a sit in, hoping to prevail upon receiver Deloitte to retain those jobs. The sit in ended in March, 2009 after workers agreed split payment of 10m. The worker's fight to keep the factory open is chronicled in a PBS online documentary.
Waterford Crystal Limited was, until March 2009, a subsidiary of Waterford Wedgwood plc, itself formed through the acquisition by the then Waterford Glass Group of the famous pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood in 1986. The last chairman was Tony O'Reilly, and the CEO John Foley. The leading shareholders of the holding company are former billionnaire O'Reilly and his family, joined in the last decade by O'Reilly's brother-in-law, Greek shipping heir Peter Goulandris. That company was forced into receivership in early 2009.
Under the receivership managed by Deloitte, ownership of most of Waterford Wedgwood plc's assets was tranfered to KPS Capital in March 2009. Waterford Crystal, along with Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, and other brands, were transferred to the new company WWRD Holdings Ltd. The sale did not include the factory or visitor centre in Kilbary, Ireland.
2009 troubles
On 5 January 2009, news of the receivership of Waterford Wedgwood Ltd. was announced in Ireland and the UK.
On 30 January 2009 it was announced that the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry was to shut down immediately, despite earlier promises to discuss any such move with the unions in advance. Many of the employees performed an unoffical sit-in. The sit-in made the BBC News On 4 February 2009, there were protests across the city at how the workers were being treated.
On 27 February 2009, the receiver, David Carson of Deloitte, confirmed US equity firm KPS Capital were to purchase certain overseas assets and businesses of the Waterford Wedgwood Group. The purchase was completed on March 27, 2009, at which point KPS formed a new company, WWRD Holdings Ltd to manage these brands. The visitor centre shut its doors one last time on January 22, 2010.
Products
Waterford Crystal Volvo Ocean Challenge Trophy
Waterford produces many patterns of lead crystal stemware, including lines such as Adare, Alana, Colleen, Kincora, Lismore, Maeve, Tramore, and many others.
Waterford's chandeliers hang in well-known buildings like Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey, and the Kennedy Center, and they have made the 2,668 crystals for the famous New Year's Eve Ball that is dropped each year in New York City's Times Square. The ball is a 11,875 pound geodesic orb, 12 foot in diameter and is lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDS.
Sporting trophies are also crafted by Waterford, such as the Masters Series crystal shield trophies that are awarded to the winner of each of the nine men's professional tennis Masters Series tournaments, the AFCA National Championship Trophy that is awarded to the US college football team which finishes the season at the top of the Coaches Poll, and a representation of the Ashes urn that is presented to the winners of the Test cricket series between England and Australia.
Also crafted by Waterford are the winning trophies for the French and German Grand Prix in Formula One, and a bat and ball trophy presented at the final game at Yankee Stadium to Derek Jeter. They also design the trophies for the People's Choice Awards.
Sources
^ "Waterford Crystal closed amid crippling debts". USA Today. 2009-01-30. http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2009-01-30-waterford-sit-in_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ Werdigier, Julia (2009-01-05). "Waterford, the Crystal Maker, Is in Receivership". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/business/worldbusiness/06plate.html?hp. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
^ Garavan, Thomas N.; O. Cinneide, Barra; Garavan, Mary (1996). Cases in Irish business strategy and policy. Cengage Learning EMEA. pp. 347. ISBN 1860760147. http://books.google.com/books?id=HAh33DgZLjEC&pg=PA347&dq=%22irish+Glass+Bottle+Company%22&ei=2ne8Sf2hPJLYlQSw_JTjCw.
^ Lyall, Sarah (2009-03-09). "Workers and Tourists Keep Showing Up at a Closed Irish Factory". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/world/europe/10waterford.html?_r=1&ref=world. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ Edwards, Elaine (2009-03-22). "Waterford Crystal workers to end sit-in after deal accepted". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0322/breaking33.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ "Wide Angle: Raise the Last Glass". PBS. 2010-01-01. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/raise-the-last-glass/introduction/4905/. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ a b "WWRD Holdings Limited acquires the assets of Waterford, Wedgwood, and Royal Doulton". KPS Capital Partners. 2009-03-26. http://www.kpsfund.com/newsandpressreleases/press2009-03-26.asp. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
^ Arm candy (2009-01-05). "Waterford placed into receivership as no buyer found". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/waterford-placed-into-receivership-as-no-buyer-found-1592448.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
^ "Staff protest over Waterford Crystal closure". RT News. 2009-01-30. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0130/wedgwood.html. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
^ "Workers occupy crystal factory". BBC News. 2009-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7862515.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
^ "Waterford Crystal bought by equity firm". RT News and Current Affairs. 2009-02-27. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0227/wedgwood.html. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
^ "Waterford Crystal visitors' centre closes". RT News and Current Affairs. 2010-01-22. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0122/wedgwood.html. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
^ MSNBC Times Square ball to get LED makeover (retrieved 31 December 2006)
^ "New Year's Eve: About the Ball". New Year's Eve. Times Square District Management Association. http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye_ball.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
See also
Edinburgh Crystal
Tyrone Crystal
External links
Official site
Waterford Crystal Visitor Centre
"Raise the Last Glass" PBS online documentary.
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Glass makers and brands
Contemporary
companies
Anchor Hocking Arc International Ardagh Armashield Asahi Aurora Glass Foundry Baccarat Blenko Glass Company Bodum Corning Dartington Crystal Daum Edinburgh Crystal Fanavid Fenton Art Glass Company Firozabad glass industry Franz Mayer Glava Glaverbel Hardman & Co. Heaton, Butler and Bayne Holmegaard Glassworks Holophane Hoya Kingdom of Crystal Kokomo Opalescent Glass Works Kosta Glasbruk Libbey Owens Ford Liuli Gongfang Iittala Luoyang Johns Manville Mats Jonasson Mlers Moser Glass Mosser Glass Nippon Sheet Glass Ohara Orrefors Glasbruk Osram Owens Corning Owens-Illinois Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano Phu Phong PPG Pilkington Preciosa Quinn Group Riedel Royal Leerdam Crystal Saint-Gobain Samsung Corning Precision Glass Schonbek Schott Shrigley and Hunt Steuben Glass Sterlite Optical Technologies Swarovski Tyrone Crystal Val Saint Lambert Verrerie of Brehat Waterford Watts & Co World Kitchen Xinyi Glass Zwiesel
Historic
companies
Bakewell Glass Belmont Glass Company Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Carr Lowrey Glass Company Cambridge Glass Chance Brothers Clayton and Bell Dunbar Glass Fostoria Glass Company General Glass Industries Alexander Gibbs Grnvik glasbruk Hazel-Atlas Heisey Hemingray Glass Company Knox Glass Bottle Company Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs Morris & Co. Old Dominion Glass Company James Powell and Sons Ravenhead glass The Root Glass Company Sneath Glass Company Ward and Hughes Westmoreland Glass Company Whitall Tatum Company White Glass Company Worshipful Company
Glassmakers
John Adams Richard M. Atwater Frederick Carder Irving Wightman Colburn Henry Crimmel Henry Clay Fry Friedrich A. H. Heisey Libbey Antonio Neri Alastair Pilkington Salviati Otto Schott S. Donald Stookey W. E. S. Turner John M. Whitall
Trademarks
and brands
Bohemian glass Bomex Burmese glass Chevron bead Corelle CorningWare Cranberry glass Cristallo Duran Endural Favrile Fire King Gold Ruby MACOR Murano glass Opaline glass Pyrex Ravenhead glass Tiffany glass Vitrite Vitrolite Vycor Waterford Crystal Wood's glass Zerodur
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Wax is not the more expensive the better knowledge of body waxing List
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Waxing really good for car maintenance and repair, but many current owners of the car wax and some one-sided, for example, some car owners will frequently wax, while others simply do not play, and some owners think that wax more expensive the better, and Related Aspects of Intellectual import car wax to use. In fact, these practices are not appropriate. Here are some of the wax on the related knowledge and precautions when waxing. Related: polish wax vapor conservation Auto Paint Wrong side out of the most desirable: the paint can not be recycled also destroyed car polishing
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The first is how to choose a car wax. Currently, Market The wax on the wide range of solid and liquid points, not the same quality car wax. Different properties of various wax, its role and not the same effect, so must be careful in the selection, choose inappropriate not only not protect the body, but to paint color.
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General, should be based on the role of wax characteristics, the age of the vehicles, paint colors, and driving environment factors to consider. Best car polish wax with color coating to protect the body's luster and color, the summer is better to use the UV car wax, poor driving environment plays a prominent role when the application of tree protection cheese wax. Ordinary vehicles use an ordinary pearl or metallic paint color can range wax, high-end luxury car wax should be used, otherwise there is damage to the body. Of course, use car wax and paint color must also be considered suitable, generally dark-colored paint is black, red, green line of car wax, light-colored paint used silver, white, pearl-color series of car wax.
Should be noted that the new car instead of just waxing. It was purchased new vehicles to the vehicle after waxing, this is undesirable. Because the paint on the car itself has a protective wax, waxing too early but will remove car wax original surface, resulting in unnecessary waste, generally within five months to purchase new vehicles do not need to rush to waxing .
Second, we must grasp the waxing frequency. As the traffic environment and different parking places, waxing time interval should be different. Generally have garage parking, and more in good vehicles on the road, every 3? Hit 4 months can be a wax. Open storage of vehicles, due to wind and rain, preferably every 2? 3 months to play a wax. Can be judged by touch, in general, touching Car body Do not feel smooth when you can wax again.
Best to use before waxing Car wash Body of water looks clean soil and dust. Remember not to blindly use of detergent and soap, which contains sodium chloride due to erosion of body composition will paint, wax and rubber membrane, so that loss of gloss paint, rubber aging. If there is no dedicated car washing water, washing vehicles with water, the body dry and then wax.
Should be in the shade to car wax to ensure the body will not heat. Because as the temperature, the wax adhesion worse, will affect the quality wax.
Wax, apply the sponge coated with appropriate car wax, car body painting line back and forth, not to wax scribble down in the car or doing a circle-type smear. A continuous operation to complete, can not stop-Tu Tu. General wax layer Tuyun 5? 10 minutes after the new towels are available polished, but fast wax coated side should be polished edge.
Body waxing after Lights , Plates, doors and cracks in the trunk, etc. will leave some wax to make the body look very beautiful. Scale of these places if not promptly cleaned of wax, may also result in corrosion. Therefore, be sure to wax after the wax so after thoroughly cleanse the dirt, so to get the perfect wax effect.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Speaking style of play to tap first color exquisite decoration
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Traditionally, bathroom equipment, most notably Washbasin , Bath, sitting Toilet "The Big Three." And now Home improvement In more and more people are aware of the importance of leading a, especially in Kitchen The decoration is on Faucet Have a very high demand. People pay attention to the tap to be one step, at least 10 years with it, but also looks enough grades.
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Watch brand is quality Taps currently on the market a wide range of unit price from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, the price of the factors affecting the tap their quality, functionality, design a significant relationship. Selection of bathroom taps, the first thing to consider is the quality of the tap, it was that the taps are the same, as long as you can not do it. But "water" in our everyday Life Used frequently, while the tap is the export of water, its importance can be imagined. For the faucet, it's Spool Is like the human heart, a good selection of taps must first understand the faucet valve, valve core function of the quality of decision to tap the reliability and service life.
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Spool common nowadays, there are three: Stainless steel Ball Tao Tiles spool And roll-style spool shaft. Common feature of the three spool is a holistic, the mandrel into one, easy installation and maintenance, replacement. Among Ceramics Valve core has the advantage of low prices, less pollution, water quality, but pay attention to more brittle ceramic material, easy to break; axis roll-type valve has the advantage of turning the handle smooth, easy easy, comfortable and easy to handle, anti-aging, anti- wear. Stainless steel ball is high Technology A leading content spool, a number of high-end Bathroom Brand Adopt it as their latest products tap spool. The industry also believe that bad water valve more suitable areas, because it is not the impact of impurities in the water, life will not be shortened. And the ball valve handle in the regulation of warm water in the region have relatively large angle, can accurately control the temperature, to ensure the water flow quickly and accurately, and to conserve resources as much as possible, was welcomed by many people of insight .
Features all feel good Quality assurance in the spool, the need to consider is the function of the leader. Do not think the tap function is very simple, but with the development of technology, tap water way too particular about them. In addition we have become accustomed way of ordinary water, some tap water also has a special way. Some brands of faucets also through special devices, water and air pre-mixed, the resulting water is very soft, while also saving precious water resources. Of course, a good product cheap prices, a number of international brands of products are usually priced at a thousand dollars. But once the selection of a faucet, kitchen and living for the future do not have to worry about.
If you require home 24 hours hot water, then pick a mix of good quality tap it is very necessary. Mixed with tap water generally unstable and easily hot-cold, and some hot water mixing faucet equipped with regulation Controller , Can regulate the water inflows into the mixing tank to ensure rapid and accurate flow of hot water, not only saving water, it Energy .
Cane toads in Australia
Invasive species
The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of a "feral species"thers being rabbits, foxes, cats, and Giant Mimosa. Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the industrial revolutionoth of which dramatically increased traffic and importation of novel speciesllowed development of a complex, interdepending system of ecology, but one which provided no natural predators for many of the species subsequently introduced. The recent, sudden inundation of foreign species has led to severe breakdowns in Australian ecology, after overwhelming proliferation of a number of introduced species for which the continent has no efficient natural predator or parasite, and which displace native speciesn some cases these species are physically destructive to habitat as well.
Introduction and spread
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A young cane toad.
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Cane toads were introduced to Australia from Hawaii in June 1935 in an attempt to control the native Cane Beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum). They bred immediately in captivity, and by August 1935 more than 102 young toads were released in areas around Cairns, Gordonvale and Innisfail in northern Queensland. More toads were released around Ingham, Ayr, Mackay and Bundaberg. Releases were temporarily limited because of environmental concerns but resumed in other areas after September 1936. Since their release, toads have rapidly multiplied in population and now number over 200 million and have been known to spread diseases affecting local biodiversity. The toads have steadily expanded their range through Queensland, reaching the border with New South Wales in 1978 and the Northern Territory in 1984. The toads on the western frontier of their advance have evolved larger legs; this is thought to be related to their ability to travel farther. As a consequence of their longer legs, larger bodies, and faster movement, about 10% of the leading edge cane toads have also developed arthritis. It is estimated that cane toads migrate at an average of 40 kilometres (25 mi) per year.
Ecological effects
The spread of cane toads in Australia from 1940 to 1980 in five year intervals.
The long-term effects of toads on the Australian environment are difficult to determine. Precipitous declines in populations of the Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) have been observed after toads have invaded an area. There are a number of reports of declines in goanna and snake populations after the arrival of toads. The preliminary risk assessment of cane toads in Kakadu National Park stated that the predation of the cane toad by native wildlife is the greatest risk to biodiversity. Other factors, such as competition with native wildlife for resources, and the predation of the cane toad on native wildlife, were considered much lower risk factors but requiring further study. In the Northern Territory, goanna predation on cane toads has been linked to a rise in the amount of undamaged salt water crocodile eggs. Cane toads were present within a few days of the crocodiles hatching in April, 2007.
Numerous native species have been reported as successfully preying on toads. Some birds, such as the Black Kite (Milvus migrans), have learned to attack the toad's belly, avoiding the poison-producing glands on the back of the head. Reports in the Northern Territory suggest that a native frog, Dahl's Aquatic Frog (Litoria dahlii), is able to eat the tadpoles and live young of the toad without being affected by the poison that often kills other predators. This is believed to account for slower than expected infestations of toads in certain areas of the Northern Territory. Some snakes have been reported to have adapted smaller jaws so that they are unable to swallow large cane toads which have large quantities of poison. Another study, however, notes that the cane toad is adapting to a wider environmental range and may in the future be spreading into habitats currently not available. In 2009 it was found that the native meat ant is immune to the toad's poison and can successfully prey upon young cane toads. Whereas native frogs and toads have natural reflexes to avoid the meat ants, the cane toads do not tend to try to escape the ants, rather standing still when attacked.
As of 2005, ultraviolet light which attracts the moths the toads love has been used to lure and capture Cane Toads for extermination. In June 2006, the University of Queensland announced research into a gene to reverse the sex of female cane toads. This would lead to a population of males, and thus eliminate the population.
In popular culture
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A purse made from a cane toad.
The introduction and migration of the cane toad in Australia was popularised by the film Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988), which tells the tale with a humorous edge and is often shown in Environmental Science courses. Don Spencer, a popular children's entertainer, sang the song "Warts 'n' All", which was used in the documentary.
Attempts have been made to make use of dead cane toads, which can number in the thousands and cause hygiene problems. This includes processing the carcasses into liquid fertilisers. Their skin can be made into leather, and comical cane-toad purses, or coin-purses, retaining the toad fore-body, are sometimes seen (eg see accompanying photo).
Cane toads have also been known to be a significant source of food for humans in their native environment; cane toads are cooked by skinning them and taking out the internal organs (including the poisonous glands), and then roasting them. Many people who have eaten cane toads say they are like chicken except with a drier taste.[citation needed]
In Australian states where the cane toad is common, some rather cruel 'sports' have developed, such as cane toad golf and cane toad cricket, where cane toads are used as balls. In April 2005, Dave Tollner, a Northern Territory Member of Parliament, called for legalisation of attacks on cane toads. This was criticised by many animal and conservation groups who claim freezing is a more humane way to kill cane toads than hitting them with cricket bats. The short film Cane Toad - What happened to Baz? displays an Australian attitude towards the cane toad. This film won the "Best Comedy" award at the 2003 St Kilda Film Festival. The film relies on humour which Australians, especially, connect with, and screenings in overseas festivals have been less well received.[citation needed]
This was controversial in relation to an ad put out by the Tooheys beer company which showed people from New South Wales standing at the New South Wales-Queensland Border with golf clubs and lights, attracting Cane Toads just so they could hit them back across the border with the golf clubs.
The cane toad has been listed by the National Trust of Queensland as a state icon of Queensland, alongside the Great Barrier Reef, and past icons, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the backyard mango tree (also an introduced species).
"Cane toad" is also a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Queensland, particularly the state's State of Origin rugby league team members and supporters.[citation needed]
Also, many websites when talking about Cane-Toads will also refer to the Queensland football team.
The invasive nature of cane toads was part of The Simpsons episode "Bart Vs. Australia".
See also
Invasive species in Australia
Conservation in Australia
References
^ "Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Killing off the cane toad". http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=48437. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
^ "Toxic Toads Evolve Longer Legs, Study Says. 15/02/06. National Geographic News". http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0215_060215_cane_toads.html. Retrieved 2006-05-19.
^ Henry Fountain (October 16, 2007). "Arthritis Fails to Slow Invading Toads in Australian Fields". NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/science/16obtoad.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1193531451-eJSm5PA39SmnzeZ9ztvwsQ. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
^ Tyler, M. J. (1994). Australian Frogs A Natural History. Reed Books. pp. 112. ISBN 0-7301-0468-0.
^ Mayes, P.J.; Thompson, G. G. and Withers P.C. (2005). "Diet and foraging behaviour of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae)" (PDF). Wildlife Research 32: 6774. doi:10.1071/WR04040. http://publish.csiro.au/%3Fact%3Dview_file%26file_id%3DWR04040.pdf.
^ "SSR164 - A preliminary risk assessment of cane toads in Kakadu National Park". http://www.deh.gov.au/ssd/publications/ssr/164.html. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
^ Boland, C. R. J. (2004). "Introduced cane toads Bufo marinus are active nest predators and competitors of rainbow bee-eaters Merops ornatus: observational and experimental evidence". Biological Conservation 120 (1): 5362.
^ "Cane toad impact will boost croc hatchling numbers, researchers say". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1742950.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
^ "Cane Toads Present for Croc Hatching". http://sbs.discuvery.australia/canetoads.65145.d69f2544a66.
^ Mitchell, D.; Jones, A. Hero, J.-M. (1995). "Predation on the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) by the black kite (Milvus migrans)". Memoirs - Wueensland Museum 38: 512531.
^ "NT frog 'eats' Cane Toad. 15/15/2004. ABC News Online". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1265310.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-09.
^ Phillips, Ben L.; and Shine, Richard (December 2004). "Adapting to an invasive species: Toxic Cane Toads induce morphological change in Australian snakes". PNAS 101(49): 1715017155. doi:10.1073/pnas.0406440101. PMID 15569943. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/49/17150.
^ Urban, Mark C.; Ben L. Phillips, David K. Skelly, and Richard Shine (2007). "The cane toad's (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) increasing ability to invade Australia is revealed by a dynamically updated range model". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0114.
^ "Killer ants are weapons of mass toad destruction". London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6007268.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^ "Northern Australian Frog Database System". http://www.frogwatch.org.au/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=viewResearch&research_id=141. Retrieved 2006-05-20.
^ "ABC news online: Gender bending could see cane toad's end". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1656274.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
^ "Toads as Fertilizer - DirtDoctor.com - Howard Garrett". http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=1470. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
^ "Cane toad clubbing sparks controversy". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1342444.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-20.
^ "Vulgar, Violent Ads". http://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=866. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "Cane Toad Golf Out of Bounds". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1553992/Cane-toad-golf-out-of-bounds-says-RSPCA.html. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "National Trust Queensland National Icons". http://www.nationaltrustqld.org/qldicons.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-17.
^ "How to kill a cane toad - Daily Telegraph". http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-to-kill-a-cane-toad/story-e6frf0q0-1111113541375. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
Further reading
Tyler, M. J. (1994). Australian Frogs A Natural History. Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0468-0.
Barker, J.; Grigg, G.C.; Tyler, M.J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons. ISBN 0-949324-61-2.
Lawson, Walter J. (1987). The Cane Toad, Bufo marinus: A Bibliography (AES working paper). School of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University. ISBN 0-86857-247-0.
External links
Summary of cane toad research in Australia
Cane toad factsheet - Australian Museum
The Cane Toad - Australia's Amphibian Plague at h2g2
"Cane Toad - What Happened To Baz?", the prize-winning Australian animated short, hosted on a German site
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The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of a "feral species"thers being rabbits, foxes, cats, and Giant Mimosa. Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the industrial revolutionoth of which dramatically increased traffic and importation of novel speciesllowed development of a complex, interdepending system of ecology, but one which provided no natural predators for many of the species subsequently introduced. The recent, sudden inundation of foreign species has led to severe breakdowns in Australian ecology, after overwhelming proliferation of a number of introduced species for which the continent has no efficient natural predator or parasite, and which displace native speciesn some cases these species are physically destructive to habitat as well.
Introduction and spread
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A young cane toad.
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Cane toads were introduced to Australia from Hawaii in June 1935 in an attempt to control the native Cane Beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum). They bred immediately in captivity, and by August 1935 more than 102 young toads were released in areas around Cairns, Gordonvale and Innisfail in northern Queensland. More toads were released around Ingham, Ayr, Mackay and Bundaberg. Releases were temporarily limited because of environmental concerns but resumed in other areas after September 1936. Since their release, toads have rapidly multiplied in population and now number over 200 million and have been known to spread diseases affecting local biodiversity. The toads have steadily expanded their range through Queensland, reaching the border with New South Wales in 1978 and the Northern Territory in 1984. The toads on the western frontier of their advance have evolved larger legs; this is thought to be related to their ability to travel farther. As a consequence of their longer legs, larger bodies, and faster movement, about 10% of the leading edge cane toads have also developed arthritis. It is estimated that cane toads migrate at an average of 40 kilometres (25 mi) per year.
Ecological effects
The spread of cane toads in Australia from 1940 to 1980 in five year intervals.
The long-term effects of toads on the Australian environment are difficult to determine. Precipitous declines in populations of the Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) have been observed after toads have invaded an area. There are a number of reports of declines in goanna and snake populations after the arrival of toads. The preliminary risk assessment of cane toads in Kakadu National Park stated that the predation of the cane toad by native wildlife is the greatest risk to biodiversity. Other factors, such as competition with native wildlife for resources, and the predation of the cane toad on native wildlife, were considered much lower risk factors but requiring further study. In the Northern Territory, goanna predation on cane toads has been linked to a rise in the amount of undamaged salt water crocodile eggs. Cane toads were present within a few days of the crocodiles hatching in April, 2007.
Numerous native species have been reported as successfully preying on toads. Some birds, such as the Black Kite (Milvus migrans), have learned to attack the toad's belly, avoiding the poison-producing glands on the back of the head. Reports in the Northern Territory suggest that a native frog, Dahl's Aquatic Frog (Litoria dahlii), is able to eat the tadpoles and live young of the toad without being affected by the poison that often kills other predators. This is believed to account for slower than expected infestations of toads in certain areas of the Northern Territory. Some snakes have been reported to have adapted smaller jaws so that they are unable to swallow large cane toads which have large quantities of poison. Another study, however, notes that the cane toad is adapting to a wider environmental range and may in the future be spreading into habitats currently not available. In 2009 it was found that the native meat ant is immune to the toad's poison and can successfully prey upon young cane toads. Whereas native frogs and toads have natural reflexes to avoid the meat ants, the cane toads do not tend to try to escape the ants, rather standing still when attacked.
As of 2005, ultraviolet light which attracts the moths the toads love has been used to lure and capture Cane Toads for extermination. In June 2006, the University of Queensland announced research into a gene to reverse the sex of female cane toads. This would lead to a population of males, and thus eliminate the population.
In popular culture
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A purse made from a cane toad.
The introduction and migration of the cane toad in Australia was popularised by the film Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988), which tells the tale with a humorous edge and is often shown in Environmental Science courses. Don Spencer, a popular children's entertainer, sang the song "Warts 'n' All", which was used in the documentary.
Attempts have been made to make use of dead cane toads, which can number in the thousands and cause hygiene problems. This includes processing the carcasses into liquid fertilisers. Their skin can be made into leather, and comical cane-toad purses, or coin-purses, retaining the toad fore-body, are sometimes seen (eg see accompanying photo).
Cane toads have also been known to be a significant source of food for humans in their native environment; cane toads are cooked by skinning them and taking out the internal organs (including the poisonous glands), and then roasting them. Many people who have eaten cane toads say they are like chicken except with a drier taste.[citation needed]
In Australian states where the cane toad is common, some rather cruel 'sports' have developed, such as cane toad golf and cane toad cricket, where cane toads are used as balls. In April 2005, Dave Tollner, a Northern Territory Member of Parliament, called for legalisation of attacks on cane toads. This was criticised by many animal and conservation groups who claim freezing is a more humane way to kill cane toads than hitting them with cricket bats. The short film Cane Toad - What happened to Baz? displays an Australian attitude towards the cane toad. This film won the "Best Comedy" award at the 2003 St Kilda Film Festival. The film relies on humour which Australians, especially, connect with, and screenings in overseas festivals have been less well received.[citation needed]
This was controversial in relation to an ad put out by the Tooheys beer company which showed people from New South Wales standing at the New South Wales-Queensland Border with golf clubs and lights, attracting Cane Toads just so they could hit them back across the border with the golf clubs.
The cane toad has been listed by the National Trust of Queensland as a state icon of Queensland, alongside the Great Barrier Reef, and past icons, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the backyard mango tree (also an introduced species).
"Cane toad" is also a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Queensland, particularly the state's State of Origin rugby league team members and supporters.[citation needed]
Also, many websites when talking about Cane-Toads will also refer to the Queensland football team.
The invasive nature of cane toads was part of The Simpsons episode "Bart Vs. Australia".
See also
Invasive species in Australia
Conservation in Australia
References
^ "Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Killing off the cane toad". http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=48437. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
^ "Toxic Toads Evolve Longer Legs, Study Says. 15/02/06. National Geographic News". http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0215_060215_cane_toads.html. Retrieved 2006-05-19.
^ Henry Fountain (October 16, 2007). "Arthritis Fails to Slow Invading Toads in Australian Fields". NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/science/16obtoad.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1193531451-eJSm5PA39SmnzeZ9ztvwsQ. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
^ Tyler, M. J. (1994). Australian Frogs A Natural History. Reed Books. pp. 112. ISBN 0-7301-0468-0.
^ Mayes, P.J.; Thompson, G. G. and Withers P.C. (2005). "Diet and foraging behaviour of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae)" (PDF). Wildlife Research 32: 6774. doi:10.1071/WR04040. http://publish.csiro.au/%3Fact%3Dview_file%26file_id%3DWR04040.pdf.
^ "SSR164 - A preliminary risk assessment of cane toads in Kakadu National Park". http://www.deh.gov.au/ssd/publications/ssr/164.html. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
^ Boland, C. R. J. (2004). "Introduced cane toads Bufo marinus are active nest predators and competitors of rainbow bee-eaters Merops ornatus: observational and experimental evidence". Biological Conservation 120 (1): 5362.
^ "Cane toad impact will boost croc hatchling numbers, researchers say". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1742950.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
^ "Cane Toads Present for Croc Hatching". http://sbs.discuvery.australia/canetoads.65145.d69f2544a66.
^ Mitchell, D.; Jones, A. Hero, J.-M. (1995). "Predation on the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) by the black kite (Milvus migrans)". Memoirs - Wueensland Museum 38: 512531.
^ "NT frog 'eats' Cane Toad. 15/15/2004. ABC News Online". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1265310.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-09.
^ Phillips, Ben L.; and Shine, Richard (December 2004). "Adapting to an invasive species: Toxic Cane Toads induce morphological change in Australian snakes". PNAS 101(49): 1715017155. doi:10.1073/pnas.0406440101. PMID 15569943. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/49/17150.
^ Urban, Mark C.; Ben L. Phillips, David K. Skelly, and Richard Shine (2007). "The cane toad's (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) increasing ability to invade Australia is revealed by a dynamically updated range model". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0114.
^ "Killer ants are weapons of mass toad destruction". London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6007268.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^ "Northern Australian Frog Database System". http://www.frogwatch.org.au/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=viewResearch&research_id=141. Retrieved 2006-05-20.
^ "ABC news online: Gender bending could see cane toad's end". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1656274.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
^ "Toads as Fertilizer - DirtDoctor.com - Howard Garrett". http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=1470. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
^ "Cane toad clubbing sparks controversy". http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1342444.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-20.
^ "Vulgar, Violent Ads". http://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=866. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "Cane Toad Golf Out of Bounds". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1553992/Cane-toad-golf-out-of-bounds-says-RSPCA.html. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "National Trust Queensland National Icons". http://www.nationaltrustqld.org/qldicons.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-17.
^ "How to kill a cane toad - Daily Telegraph". http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-to-kill-a-cane-toad/story-e6frf0q0-1111113541375. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
Further reading
Tyler, M. J. (1994). Australian Frogs A Natural History. Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0468-0.
Barker, J.; Grigg, G.C.; Tyler, M.J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons. ISBN 0-949324-61-2.
Lawson, Walter J. (1987). The Cane Toad, Bufo marinus: A Bibliography (AES working paper). School of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University. ISBN 0-86857-247-0.
External links
Summary of cane toad research in Australia
Cane toad factsheet - Australian Museum
The Cane Toad - Australia's Amphibian Plague at h2g2
"Cane Toad - What Happened To Baz?", the prize-winning Australian animated short, hosted on a German site
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