Banksia brownii, commonly known as feather-leaved banksia or Brown's
banksia, is a species of shrub that grows in the southwest of Western
Australia. A banksia with fine feathery leaves and large red-brown
flower spikes, it usually grows as an upright bush around two metres
(7 ft) high, but can also occur as a small tree or a low spreading
shrub. First collected in 1829, it is placed in Banksia subgenus
Banksia, section Oncostylis, series Spicigerae. It is considered
critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of
Nature; all major populations are threatened by Phytophthora cinnamomi
dieback, a disease to which the species is highly susceptible. Other
threats include habitat loss, commercial exploitation and changes to the
fire regime. Highly valued by Australia's horticultural and cut flower
industries, B. brownii is cultivated in areas not exposed to dieback.
It prefers a sheltered position in soil with good drainage, and must be
provided with some moisture over summer.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_brownii>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1831:
The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England,
collapsed, reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops
marching in step across it.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge>
1993:
Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft
pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered
by the United Nations Security Council.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight>
2012:
The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a
presidential election, later handing power to a transitional
administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2013:
Four Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing by
jihadist rebels in Kidal, Mali.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Kidal_suicide_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rocket scientist:
1. An aerospace engineer.
2. (hyperbolic, chiefly in the negative) One qualified to handle or
understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very
intelligent person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rocket_scientist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The one Reality takes manifold names and forms as a result of
human ignorance. It is one and the same Thing that a Bhakta calls God, a
Jnani calls Brahman, a Shakta calls Shakti, an Atheist calls Nature, a
Scientist calls Force or Energy, a Christian calls Father in Heaven, a
Mussulman calls Allah, some others call Infinity or Truth and a Vedantin
calls Atman or Self. Whatever different names there may be, the fact
remains that the Thing is one and the same. The difference is only in
names. The Absolute Thing, which is beyond name and form, is birthless,
growthless, decayless, deathless, sexless, All-pervading, All-knowing,
All-blissful, without beginning, without end, changeless, beyond time,
space and causation. The One Thing or the Ocean of Consciousness by
Itself is ever the same — One only without a second.
--Swami Narayanananda
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Narayanananda>
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