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Liverpool looks good

Been ages since I have been to Liverpool and my GOD it has changed beyond some recognition- big flashy shops and a weird area just full of expansive expensive shops like an LA mall or something. But it is lovely and that’s cracking, though I don’t understand why building big concrete shopping museums as a way of regenerating a city is helpful- but am not educated in inner city regeneration, so what the hell do I know? I am staying in lovely flash serviced apartments; it really is so awesome-but… Continue

Added by Janey_Godley on March 11, 2010 at 2:58am — No Comments

A Painful Interview

I just listened to an interview featuring Theresa Gattung, the previous CEO of Telecom New Zealand, who has just released a book, titled "Bird on a Wire". It might be an interesting book to read because it sounds as if she hasn't hesitated to be critical of the people she sees as being to blame for the problems Telecom (which is still New Zealand's biggest company as far as I know) is currently experiencing.

Most of what she said in the interview (I haven't read

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Added by OJB on March 10, 2010 at 8:46pm — No Comments

You Win Some...

Everyone has heard of the old saying "you win some and you lose some". Its true, I guess, because no person, group, or cause ever wins every battle and there are always setbacks to any conflict, even if the overall outcome is a win.

It has seemed in the past that the battle for rationality against superstition, pseudoscience, and other nonsense has been a losing one, but there have been a few impressive wins more recently.

Maybe the gr

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Added by OJB on March 9, 2010 at 9:07pm — No Comments

just a little rant about the topic of CYFS today, your views please.

So went out to lunch today. excuse me if this is a little scrambled went to post this five minutes ago and pushed the wrong button.

The topic of CYFS came up. And what im wondering is.

Are we alone in thinking that CYFS is failing the little ones in NZ?

Are we alone in thinking how odd it seems to be that when CYFS is at fault for a little ones death that the entire thing seems to go hush hush?

Or is it the fact we are slowly becoming desensitized b

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Added by Amy on March 9, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments

new at this. MY LIFE

it gets rather annoying having to hang out and fold your parents gruds i dont care if they are clean i know exactly where they have been and i do not want to go near em'. But due to the fact i moved back down here from whangas and am 18 and un employed dad see's it as a fair trade that i become some domesticated houseb***h to pritty much pay board, i know that sounds like a pritty good plan untill i find a job..

..but you do not know my dad, every day its find anything

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Added by Amy on March 9, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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Added by Semenax on March 9, 2010 at 10:18am — No Comments

A Step Forward?

In the last few entries here on New Zealand politics I have been a bit critical of the current government so I think its time to be a bit more positive again. I try to avoid political affiliations - even though I concede I am basically moderately left in my political views - so I do try to compliment the parties I would normally be critical of when they get something right.

The issue I want to comment on is the management of New Zealand's crown research instituti

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Added by OJB on March 8, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

How to be a gentleman while dating a Russian women

How to Be a Gentleman with your Russian women

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Added by englishrussian on March 8, 2010 at 6:14am — No Comments

How to have a good Cross-Cultural relationship with a russian women

How to have a successful Cross-Cultural Relationship with a Russian bride

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Added by englishrussian on March 8, 2010 at 6:13am — No Comments

Always respect your Russian bride

Respect Your Russian brides country and culture.

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Added by englishrussian on March 8, 2010 at 6:09am — No Comments

Militant Atheism

If you have read this blog much in the past you will have gathered by now that I'm a fairly vocal atheist. I'm not worried about expressing the opinion that every religion I know of is both untrue and detrimental to the greater good of civilisation in general. Of course I readily admit that none of this is absolute: we can't prove for sure that all religions are fake and I don't believe there are absolutely no good aspects of religion.

Although I'm certainly not

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Added by OJB on March 5, 2010 at 9:38pm — No Comments

My week so far

“Don’t let the cat lick your eyelashes” my great niece Abi shouted. There was no danger of me letting her evil cat near my face; it has the temperament of Naomi Campbell on one of her hormonal days. I have never known such a moody cat in my life. Seriously it goes into attack mode from the far end of the hall when it sees me and it regularly cuddles up to the kids then turns on them. It’s stopped using its nails on them and basically boxes their wee cheeks with its pads…but the intention is sti… Continue

Added by Janey_Godley on March 4, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

More About Multiverses

When I first got involved with amateur astronomy the idea of a multiverse was either not taken seriously at all or it was considered to be so much on the edge of science that it wasn't really science at all. I've noticed over the last few years that this has changed though. It now seems that its almost the default position for many cosmologists that the big

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Added by OJB on March 3, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Yes, Acai Berry Really works!

Acai Berry really works and it's a proven fact. There are good news for German people - now they can order FREE Acai Berry too at Acai Kapseln site - in their native language!
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Added by Max Wayne on March 3, 2010 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Know more about Acai Berry

Acai Berry is a dark purple fruit. It has a sticky oil consistency from the omega oils. Acai Berries are incredibly alkaline, perfect for detoxing and maintaining optimum health in balancing ph. The benefits of Acai Berry such as a diet and weight loss and cleansing are well known but the benefits don’t stop here. A common question that most people ask is which acai supp… Continue

Added by Paula Washinton on March 2, 2010 at 8:31pm — No Comments

Evil Propaganda

A friend left a couple of interesting items on my desk this morning: two small booklets distributed by some sort of evangelical Christian organisation, possibly the NZ Evangelistic Society, based on the contact information on the back. Let the rant begin...

When I first saw them I thought they might have been some sort of naive and extreme propaganda of the sort distributed in the 1950s or maybe some sort of Nazi or Stalinist material used in simpler times when p

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Added by OJB on March 2, 2010 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Why do so many beautiful women from Russia search for a foreign husband

Many men searching for Russian brides ask the same question “why do Russian women want to marry a foreigner” many would ask “ do they just want a green card and money” While each lady i

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Added by englishrussian on March 2, 2010 at 5:37am — No Comments

5 Reasons why russian women make good wives

If you have been married in the past and have lost faith in local women and are simply waiting for the right woman to come along, you might consider

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Added by englishrussian on March 2, 2010 at 5:35am — No Comments

Daniel Dennett

I always enjoy listening to Daniel Dennett speaking. In case you don't know, he's an American philosopher and a well known member of the new atheist movement. While he doesn't hesitate to be critical of religion he isn't quite as confrontational as other people with similar beliefs (for example Christopher Hitchens who I also enjoy listening to but who does take a more extreme stance).

A recent speech by Dennett agreed with what I have been saying for several yea

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Added by OJB on February 28, 2010 at 11:28am — No Comments

What times I had

It’s been a weird week all in all. I was in Birmingham last week doing shows and was about to head home by train on the Monday, and then of course I got the news on Saturday night that my comedy friend Jason Wood had died suddenly. So, instead of heading back to Glasgow I went straight to London. I just felt I had to see my best pal Monica and spend some time with her; Jason’s death shocked us both to the core. And of course I wanted to attend the wee get together with some of my mates who knew… Continue

Added by Janey_Godley on February 28, 2010 at 7:27am — No Comments