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Drying orka flowers in Tokat, Turkey. Women pick orka flowers from the field and arrange them on a rope, then the dried flowers fall and the orka becomes ready to be used in winter. Photograph: F Dilek Uyar

Never heard of orka before, but found it in our local Coles supermarket
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Byabarra, Australia

A platypus captured by a University of New South Wales research team is examined during fieldwork to collect population data. Photograph: James Redmayne/Reuters

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A worker paints over a graffiti depicting jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 28, 2021. The graffiti reads: "The hero of the new age". REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

The mural in President Vladimir Putin's hometown showed a smiling Navalny, whose activist network is on the brink of being outlawed as "extremist", making a heart shape with his hands next to the slogan "A hero of a new time".
 
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The British Guiana one-cent magenta, the world’s most valuable stamp, on display before its sale at Sotherby;s where it is expected to fetch as much as 10 million pounds. Photo: Jill Mead/The Guardian

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Britney Spears is to address a court about her long-running battle with her father over his control of her estate and career. Jamie Spears has been guardian of the American pop star’s affairs since 2008.

The singer has previously spoken about the court-ordered conservatorship only through her lawyer Samuel Ingham, who has said that the star is “afraid” of her father and will not perform again while he retains control of her finances.

A preliminary hearing date has been set for June 23 by Judge Brenda Penny.
 
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Diethylstilboestrol, a synthetic version of oestrogen, promises to render the taker impotent
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Synthetic female hormones capable of rendering a man physically incapable of infidelity is booming in China. Promoted as a way to control the urges of an unfaithful husband, diethylstilboestrol, a synthetic version of oestrogen, is guaranteed by purveyors online to render the taker impotent. It works by blocking the production of testosterone and has been used to “chemically castrate” sex offenders.
 

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Bases used by US Marines in Australia are getting $582 million in upgrades​

Australia will invest $582 million to improve bases and training areas in its Northern Territory that are used by a rotational force of U.S. Marines, the country’s Defence Department announced Wednesday (today).

The Marines’ rotation Down Under will be back at nearly full strength this year, with 2,200 Marines in the Northern Territory by June, according to Australia’s defense department. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic meant last year’s force was cut by more than half, well short of the 2,500 Marines who traveled there in 2019…………………

https://www.stripes.com/bases-used-...-are-getting-582-million-in-upgrades-1.671543
 
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Hainan, China
A woman waves the national flag as people gather to watch the launch of the Long March 5B rocket carrying China’s Tianhe space station core module.
Photograph: Matjaz Tancic/EPA

BEIJING, APRIL 29 - China has launched the first module of the orbiting station, as part of its ambitions of a permanent human presence in space following in the footsteps of the US, Russia and Europe. The central module 'Tianhe' houses vital space and support equipment for astronauts and was launched from Wenchang, Hainan province, on the 'Long-March 5B' rocket, according to state television CCTV images. President Xi Jinping remarked that the station is strategic for the "building of a great nation of science and technology". The structure, whose name 'Tiangong' means "Heavenly Palace", will be operational by 2022
 
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Caitlyn Jenner, the athlete-turned-reality TV star turned transgender Republican politician, could upset the odds
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The former Olympic decathlon champion turned reality TV personality turned Republican politician, Caitlyn Jenner is running for Governor of California.

Stranger things have happened. Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder-turned movie star was elected by a landslide.
 
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Auckland, New Zealand
The band Six60 performs at Eden Park in what is being billed as the biggest performance in the world since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic
Photograph: David Rowland/AP
 
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Military personnel console a sailor's wife during a remembrance ceremony for the crew of the Indonesian navy submarine KRI Nanggala that sank on April 21 during a training exercise, on the deck of the hospital ship KRI Dr. Soeharso off the coast of Bali.
 
Ultra Orthodox Jews look at the scene where dozens of people were killed and 100s were injured in a stampede attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews during Lag BaOmer festival at Mt. Meron in northern Israel.
 

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3D-PRINTED HOUSE: Exterior view showing the printer layers in the walls of the 3D-printed 94-sq m, two-bedroom bungalow resembling a boulder with windows in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The fluid, curving lines of its grey walls look natural, but they are actually at the cutting edge of housing construction in the Netherlands and around the world. They were 3D-printed at a nearby factory. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP
 
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Drying orka flowers in Tokat, Turkey. Women pick orka flowers from the field and arrange them on a rope, then the dried flowers fall and the orka becomes ready to be used in winter. Photograph: F Dilek Uyar

Never heard of orka before, but found it in our local Coles supermarket
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Try the pickled okra.
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3D-PRINTED HOUSE: Exterior view showing the printer layers in the walls of the 3D-printed 94-sq m, two-bedroom bungalow resembling a boulder with windows in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The fluid, curving lines of its grey walls look natural, but they are actually at the cutting edge of housing construction in the Netherlands and around the world. They were 3D-printed at a nearby factory. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP
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I'm wondering if this concept could one day bring about be a huge saving in building materials, people are desperate for cheap housing and real estate in Sydney is out of control.
 
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I'm wondering if this concept could one day bring about be a huge saving in building materials, people are desperate for cheap housing and real estate in Sydney is out of control.
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The cost of lumber and materials is skyrocketing as well. Somehow I can't wrap my head around what 3d printing of object is. Grandson tried to explain it but....
 
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I like it. It is less "slimy" than other ways. It's a very mild taste anyway so spicing it up is good. Campbell's used to make a canned "chicken gumbo" soup when I was young and it had some okra sliced in it.

It's big in the south.
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Thanks radish :)
 
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SPACEX MISSION: Support teams work around the SpaceX spacecraft shortly after it landed with Nasa astronauts Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida, in the US. NASA's SpaceX mission was the first crew rotation flight of the spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency's commercial crew programme. Photograph: Bill Ingalls / Nasa
 
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UNITED PROTEST: Supporters protest against Manchester United's owners, at Old Trafford stadium in England, ahead of their Premier League fixture against Liverpool. Manchester United were one of six Premier League teams to sign up to the breakaway European Super League tournament. But just 48 hours later, the Super League collapsed as United and the rest of the English clubs pulled out. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty
 
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GREAT WALL: People visit the Great Wall of China in Beijing on the labour day holiday. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty
 

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