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This page contains an archive of titles and presenters of lectures given at U3A in Wellington, beginning at May 2006. For lectures in the current year please see the Lecture Programme page.
All 2006
Tuesday Lectures
May 16 and 23
The Greeks and Democracy
Dr Matthew Trundle, lecturer in Classics, VUW.
June 13
Ursula Bethell, New Zealand poet
Peter Whiteford, Lecturer in English Literature, VUW.
June 20
From Observation to Fiction, N.Z. in some 19th century French fictional works
Christiane Mortelier, Retired Lecturer in French Language, VUW.
June 27
The Work of the Chief Censor
Bill Hastings, Chief Censor.
July 25
The International Whaling Commission and New Zealand
Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
August 1
The Road to Stonehenge
Richard Hall, Phoenix Trust.
August 8
Krystine Tomaszyk, author and member of U3A Ohariu will talk on her book Essence. The story of an amazing voyage from her home in Poland, to her arrival in New Zealand, in the 1950's.
August 15
The Colonial Player: professional theatre in New Zealand in the 19th century
Adrienne Simpson.
August 22
The French Republican Heritage and recent events in France
Philip Knight, retired Professor of French, VUW.
August 29
Myanmar/Burma, the sick man of Asia
Peter Coates, N.Z. film producer.
September 5
Constable and New Zealand Art History
Jonathan Mane Wheoki, Director, Art and Collection Services, Te Papa.
September 12
How Dealer Galleries operate and trends in contemporary New Zealand art
Marcia Page, Director, Tinakori Gallery.
September 19
The establishment and development of the NZ Portrait Gallery, portraiture in general and overseas portrait galleries
Avenal McKinnon, Director, New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
October 10
Libraries, Festivals and Research Centres – the working life of a reader
Lydia Wevers, Associate Professor, VUW, Director, Stout Research Centre.
October 17
Harvey McQueen, writer and political adviser on education, will speak on books and writing.
October 31
C.S. Lewis: his Life and Influences
Harry Ricketts and Kathryn Walls, Associate Professors, VUW.
November 7
The Teaching of Creative Writing
Professor Bill Manhire, Director, Institute of Modern Letters, VUW.
Friday Lectures
May 19
Document and handwriting examinations for the Police, Government Departments and various fields in the business sector
Sergeant David Boot, New Zealand Police.
May 26
A full life in Valuation
John Gibson, Chief Executive, Age Concern.
June 9
The scientific study of prehistoric time in relation to rocks and New Zealand's oldest fossils
Dr Roger Cooper, GNS Gracefield.
June 16
The Undersea Phenomenon
Dr Cornel de Ronde, GNS Gracefield.
June 23
Engineering Solutions: Wellington Inner City Bypass
Jonnette Adams, Transit NZ and Keith Atkinson, Opus International.
June 30
Bird Song: themes and variations
Associate Professor Ben Bell, School of Biological Sciences, VUW, and Director, Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology.
July 21
A rational and informed approach to the problems of motor vehicles fuel cost increases, taking into account expected technological developments
John Leighton, Managing Director, Mitsubishi Motors N.Z.
July 28
From Bean Counting to Controlling an Epidemic: The Meningococcal Story
Dr Diana Martin, Environmental Science Research.
August 4
Work at the Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit at Keneperu Hospital
Dr Geoff Robinson, Drug and Alcohol Addiction.
August 11
Te Ara: the online Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Jock Phillips, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
August 18
Chatham Islands Explored
Dr Hamish Campbell.
August 25
Biomineralisation: what it is in the history of the earth and why it is an active area in current research
Dr Kathryn McGrath, Associate Professor, Chemical and Physical Sciences, VUW.
September 1
An overview of the work trained volunteers do to help people tackle serious financial problems
Peggy Upfold, Coordinator, Lower Hutt Budget Advisory Service.
September 8
The Utilization of Electric Vehicles to benefit the New Zealand economy
Andrew Clark, NZ Water Environment Research Foundation.
September 15
Talking about Nuclear Power: is it time?
Dr Rodger Sparks, recently retired from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.
September 22
Annual General Meeting
Our speaker will be Mr Alan Royal of Senior Net. His topic will be: "Getting the Net Under Control."
October 13
The history of New Zealand's fauna and flora: revealing our past animals and plants from the fossil record – it's more informative than you thought
Dr George Gibbs, Research Associate, VUW.
October 27
The history of New Zealand's fauna and flora: the rise of the Southern Alps and its influence on our animals and plants
Dr George Gibbs, Research Associate, VUW.
November 3
The phenomenon of global warming on climate change, its significance and the scientific evidence on which it is based
Dr Vincent Gray, Climate Consultant and Physicist.
All 2007
Tuesday Lectures
March 13 & 20
Picasso – The Demoiselles at 100
Professor Tony Bellette.
March 27
James K. Baxter and Classical Myth
Professor John Davidson, School of Classics, VUW.
April 3
Early Music
Peter Walls, Chief Executive, NZ Symphony Orchestra.
May 1
Residency at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF)
Ann Barrie and Tracy Powell
May 8, 15 & 22
The Canterbury Tales
Dr Ian Jamieson
May 29
The first Pilgrim's Progress: Guillaume de Deguileville's 'Pilgrimage of Life' (an illustrated account)
Associate Professor Kathryn Walls, VUW
June 5
Martin Boswell
June 19
Are New Zealanders Good Global Citizens?
Barry Coates, CEO, Oxfam New Zealand
June 26
Talking About Elections
Professor Margaret Clark and Dr Jon Johansson, Department of Political Science, VUW.
July 24
The Language of Shakespeare
Professor Robert Easting, School of English, Film, Theatre & Media Studies, VUW
July 31
Gerald Manley Hopkins
Associate Professor Peter Whitford, School of English, Film, Theatre & Media Studies, VUW
August 7, 14, 21
Women in Ancient Greece
Dr Matthew Trundle, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, VUW
August 29 – Wednesday
Early French Explorers, Missionaries and Settlers in NZ
Philip Knight, Emeritus Professor of French, VUW
September 4
Making Britons of them in British and Imperial Juvenile Literature 1905-1914.
Andrew Francis
September 11
The Writers of Maoriland: the Literature of Late Colonial New Zealand
Jane Stafford, Department of English, VUW
October 9
Cathy Downes, Director of Downstage will talk about the running of Downstage Theatre.
October 16
Rita According to Rita: the letters and self portraits of Rita Angus
Jill Trevelyan, Art Historian and curator
October 30
A Guru at my Table: Researching Cults in New Zealand
Dr Heather Kavan, Department of Communication and Journalism, Massey University.
November 6
The Cult of Rembrandt, Master Printmaker
David Maskill, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, VUW.
November 13
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 2008: The Festival Programme 2008
Lissa Twomey, Director
Friday Lectures
March 9
From Scrabble Champs to Antarctica Science: A Reporting Life
Kim Griggs
March 16
Professor Lloyd Geering
March 23
Earthquake Risk in Istanbul
Dr David Hopkins, Consulting Engineer
March 30
Critical Issues in International Women's Health
Professor Anne Firth Murray
May 4
Legal issues for retirement age people
Wayne Chapman
May 11
The History of Private Hospitals in Wellington
Dr Ron Easthope, retired Cardiologist, Wellington Hospital
May 18
Prosperity through Productivity
Dr Andrew Cleland, CEO, Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, (IPENZ)
May 25
Work of the Families Commission
Paul Currie
June 1
Making the Wellington Region Strategic Plan Work
Murray McCaw, Independent Chair, Wellington Region Strategy Forum
June 8
Emerging Digital Scenarios and Enabling Technologies
Jonathan Usher, Director, Consumer Media Technology, Microsoft Corporation
June 15
A Snapshot of the Life of a Rural Veterinarian
Alan Royal
June 22
The Alternative Education Project
Mark Wallis, Wellington City Mission's Youth Division
June 29
Antarctica – Past and Future
Professor Peter Barrett, Director, Antarctic Research Centre and Professor of Geology, VUW
July 27
Work Patterns and Sleepiness among Junior Doctors
Professor Phillipa Gander
August 3
The Psychology of Eyewitness Evidence
Matthew Gerrie, School of Psychology, VUW
August 10
Theatre Design
Dr Raymond Boyce, MBE
August 17
Child Abuse in New Zealand; is it really that bad?
Dr Dawn Elder, Senior Lecturer University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine
August 24
The changes to the structure of N.Z. Education since 'Tomorrow's Schools
Dougal Scott, Dean, Faculty of Education, VUW
August 31
The Role of Local Government. What Purpose? What Value?
Ian McKinnon, Wellington City Councillor
September 7
Russian History
Martin Boswell, Accreditation Manager, Faculty of Commerce and Administration, VUW will continue the talk on Russian History that he gave in June.
October 12
Volcanism in New Zealand, Past & Present
Dr. Ian Graham, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
October 26
Three Corporate Videos
Tom Williamson
November 9
Increasing Wealth via High Technology
Professor Paul Callaghan, Alan MacDiarmid Institute, VUW
November 22
Review of the Victoria University Centre for Bio-Diversity and Restoration Ecology
Associate Professor Ben Bell, VUW
All 2008
Friday March 28
High Country Muster' – a video set in the Canterbury high country.
Tom Williamson
Tuesday April 1 & Tuesday April 8
"For I will give you the morning star" : Lewis Grassic Gibbon's, A Scots Quair, published under this collective title in 1946 but individually as Sunset Song(1932), Cloud Howe, (1933) and Grey Granite, (1934).
Dr Ian Jamieson, Department of English Literature, VUW (retired).
Friday April 4
Lessons of History: Dying for a Smoke
Dr Peter Martin, Medical Director of the QUIT programme.
Friday April 11
Churchill at Sea
Dr Wyn Beasley, a retired orthopaedic surgeon and now writer.
Tuesday April 15
The Heather and Fern Entwined: Scots in New Zealand
Dr Brad Patterson, Stout Institute, VUW
Tuesday May 6
The Rt. Hon Walter Nash, CH, MP (1882- 1968)
Bruce Brown, QSO, Senior Fellow Centre for Strategic Studies .
Friday May 9
The Economics of Diabetes – of doing nothing
Suzanne Sniveley
Tuesdays May 13, 20, 27
The History and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Matthew Trundle, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington. '
Friday May 16
The History of Tuberculosis from the Past to the Present Day
Dr Peter Martin, physician in respiratory medicine from 1973-2004 at Wellington Hospital
Friday May 23
Climate Change and Conservation in New Zealand
Kevin Hackwell, Advocacy Manager, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
Friday May 30
Nuclear Future
Dr Rodger Sparks, GNS Science
Tuesday June 3
Who is the Family Court for – Men, Women or Children?
Anne Wilson, Barrister & Mediator
Friday June 6
The Great White Sharks at the Chathams
Dr Malcolm Francis, Principal Scientist Inshore and Pelagic Fisheries, NIWA
Tuesday June 10
How fast is (or was) a galliard?
Jennifer Shennan, Dance teacher and reviewer
Friday June 13
Buried Alive at Kicking Horse Pass: the Remarkable James Hector
Hamish Campbell, GNS Palaeontologist and Geological Adviser to Te Papa
Tuesday June 17
Ceramics on the tranny? Dance over the airwaves: The challenges of covering the arts on radio (without pictures)
Lyn Freeman, Radio NZ Presenter
Friday June 20
Aging – Tips, Tricks and Traps
Sally Keeling, Director of the Institute for Research into Ageing at Victoria University of Wellington
Friday 27 June
DNA Revolution in forensic science
Peter Wilson – Forensic scientist at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) and National Client Manager of the Forensic Business Group.
Tuesday July 22
Early Wellington through the eyes of John Plimmer
Malcolm McGregor – President of the Maritime Archaeological Association of NZ.
Friday July 25
The World Bank
Douglas Webb – former senior official of the World Bank working in Washington
Tuesday July 29
The Complete Conservationist: Pérrine Moncrieff of Nelson (1893-1979)
Dr Robin Hodge
Friday August 1
Wellington's Public Transport
Wayne Hastie – Divisional Manager, Public Transport
Tuesday August 5
Colin McCahon, prophet in the Wilderness
Lloyd Geering
Friday August 8
Wellington Water Supply
Murray Kennedy – Divisional Manager, Water Supply, Parks and Forests
Tuesday August 12
Selling the Empire – Commercial advertising in New Zealand during the Great War
Andrew Francis – lecturer in Social and Cultural History, VUW
Friday August 15
NZ Archaeology in the Maori Period
Bruce McFadgen – archaeologist
Tuesday August 19
Writing a biography of a Holocaust survivor: Clare Galambos Winter
Sarah Gaitanos
Friday August 22
Nature, culture and citizenship in NZ between 1900 and 1960
Kirstie Ross – Curator of History at Te Papa
Tuesday August 26
Georges Braque, a painterly meditation at work
Christiane Mortelier
Friday August 29
Consulting Engineering- Serious Fun
David Hopkins
Tuesday September 2
Drama in Music
Michael Fulcher – Musical Director of the Wellington Orpheus Choir and Director of Music at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Friday September 5
Facing the Music – Charles Baeyertz and The Triad
Joanna Woods
Tuesday September 9
Playing for Time – Philip Noel-Baker and the fate of sporting pacifism in the Twentieth Century
Charlotte McDonald – Associate Professor of History at VUW
Friday September 12
Elephant Satellite Programme
John Holland – Head of Postgraduate Studies in Natural Resource Management, Massey University
Tuesday September 16
Change and Fashion in Urban Design and Architecture
Gerald Blunt – Chief Urban Designer, Wellington City Council
Friday September 19 – AGM
Deepwater discoveries in the Antarctic: the Tangaroa voyage to the Ross Sea in 2008
Malcolm Clark – Principal Scientist, Deepwater Fisheries, NIWA
Tuesday October 14
Fashion and History in Modern Europe
Alexander Maxwell – School of History, Political Sciences and International Relations at VUW
Friday October 17
Marijuana and the lung
Richard Beasley – Director of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Tuesday October 21
Medieval Literature: Books of Hours
Peter Whiteford – Head of the School of English, Film and Media Studies, VUW
Friday October 24
New Zealand Tides
Mike Foster
Friday October 31
On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers – the extraordinary life of a Victorian nurse – with a Wellington connection
Ron Easthope- retired Wellington Hospital cardiologist
Tuesday November 4
Changes in New Zealand English
Paul Warren – Head of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, VUW
Friday November 7
What is the role of Science today?
Jeffrey Tallon – Professor of Physics at VUW and Distinguished Scientist at Industrial Research Ltd
Tuesday November 11
Parole in New Zealand today – the Value and the Problems
David Carruthers – Chairman of the New Zealand Parole Board
Friday November 14
Beaches and coastal plains on the Kapiti Coast and Oriental Bay
David Kennedy – Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, VUW
All 2009
Tuesday 10 March
The Two Elections of 2008. A discussion on the two elections which absorbed us last November and their respective ramifications for us and the world.
Professor Nigel Roberts, Political Science Department, VUW.
Friday 13 March
Dr Huhana Smith, Senior Curator Matuaranga Maori at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and practising artist.
Tuesday 17 March
Selling Science.
Dr Di McCarthy ONZM, CEO Royal Society of New Zealand.
Friday 20 March
Professor Tim Stern, Professor of Geophysics Victoria University of Wellington.
The Alpine Fault and Wellington.
Tuesday 24 March
Freedom of Speech.
Cate Brett, until recently editor of the Sunday Star Times, and now working for the Law Commission.
Friday 27 March
Forensic Dentistry 'Twilight Zone'.
Judy Hinchcliffe, Forensic Pathologist.
Tuesday 31 March
Claude Monet.
Christiane Mortelier
Friday 3 April
Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA : the passions and obsessions of New Zealand scientists.
Rebecca Priestley
Tuesday 7 April
Kippenberger and the Gift of Leadership.
Denis McLean, a former Defence Secretary and Ambassador to the USA.
Friday 1 May
Mapping the New Zealand Ocean Floor. How and why we map it in detail.
Helen Bostock, marine geologist, NIWA
Tuesday 5 May
Ripping Yarns and Grimm Stuff.
Lynne Jackett, the National Library Children's Collection Research Librarian.
Friday 8 May
Behind the Explosion at Karori Sanctuary.
Raewyn Empson, Conservation Manager at Karori Sanctuary.
Tuesday 12 May
A Balancing Act.
Annie Ruth, Director of Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School.
Friday 15 May
The Objectives and Functions of the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Mark Owen, Operations Manager Central, New Zealand Transport Agency.
Tuesday 19 May
Ballets Russes.
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director of Art and Collection Services at Te Papa National Museum of New Zealand.
Friday 22 May
The Role of the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
Dominic Sheehan, CEO of the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Tuesday 26 May
Antarctica and Poetry.
Bill Manhire, Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
Friday 5 June
God, Gaia and Us
Lloyd Geering, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, VUW.
Tuesday 9 June
Shakespeare's 'The Rape of Lucrece'.
Dr Geoffrey Miles, Senior Lecturer in English at the School of English, Film and Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington.
Tuesday 16 June
Ray Henwood
Friday 19 June
Through the Eyes of a Miner; The Photography of Josef Divis.
Dr Simon Nathan, a geologist and writer.
Tuesday 23 June
Keeping up with the News and the News we Forget.
Peter Kitchin, journalist.
Friday 26 June
The Worry Cure.
Fiona Mathieson, a clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychology at Otago University in Wellington.
Tuesday July 21
The Role of the Clerk of the House
David McGee CNZM, QC
Friday July 24
Claude Monet
Christiane Mortelier
Tuesday July 28
New Zealand's Engineering Heritage
Dr Rob Aspden
Friday July 31
The Role of the Charities Commission
Trevor Garret
Tuesday August 4
Walking with Ghosts: Creating a Jewish Museum in the Old Nazi Capital
Ken Gorby
Friday August 7
A Perspective on the Treaty of Waitangi and the Crown
Dr Matthew Palmer
Tuesday August 11
The Developing Profession of Music Therapy in New Zealand
Daphne Rickson
Friday August 14
Our Galaxy? Whose Universe?
Denis Sullivan
Tuesday August 18
Jeremy Pope
Friday August 21
Wellington Sculpture Trust
Neil Plimmer
Tuesday, August 25
Angela Lassig, Senior Curator in History at Te Papa
Friday August 28
Today's World
Terence O'Brien, former NZ diplomat
Tuesday September 1
Living the Dream
Rosanne Livingstone, former textiles collection manager, Te Papa
Friday September 4
The Work of the Ambulance Service
Alan O'Beirne, CEO of the Wellington Free Ambulance Service
Tuesday September 8
Roman Wall Painting
Dr Judy Deuling, lecturer in ancient arts and archaeology at VUW
Tuesday September 15
Latin American Cities: Similarities and Uniqueness
Daniele Abreu e Lima, lecturer at the School of Architecture, VUW
Friday September 18 AGM
The Outward Bound School
Trevor Taylor, CEO of the Outward Bound School
Tuesday September 22
Prostitution in Paris
Rodger Ridley-Smith, retired GP
Tuesday October 13
WW1 Poets
Harry Ricketts, Associate Professor of English at VUW
Friday October 16
Dr Jacquie Harper
Tuesday October 20
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
Professor John Davidson, Head of School, Classics Department, VUW.
Tuesday October 27
Rediscovery of the past: the re-appreciation of the pre-Revolutionary French art in the 19 century.
David Maskill, Programme Director and a senior lecturer in art history at VUW
Friday October 30
The Global Financial Crisis
Brian Easton
Tuesday November 3
The Large Hadron Collider
Dr Rodger Sparks
Friday November 6
The International Festival of the Arts, 2010
Sue Patterson, Executive Director of the International Arts Festival
All 2010
Tuesday March 23
Six months writing in Menton, France
Jenny Pattrick
Friday March 26
How to grow cannabis and (not) get away with murder
Glenys Knight
Tuesday March 30
Contemporary New Zealand Theatre
David O'Donnell
Friday April 23
A Brief History of Botanical Art
Sue Wickison
Tuesday April 27
New Directions for our National Library
Penny Carnaby
Friday April 30
The Four Horsemen of the New Enlightenment Ride Out
Geoff Chambers
Tuesday May 4
Ulysses: the banned book and the film
Bill Hastings
Friday May 7
The Tenths Trust
Sir Ngatata Love
Tuesday May 11
Rediscovering a City: historic archaeology in central Wellington
Dr Rick McGovern-Wilson
Friday May 14
The Paradox of Aid: Non Governmental Organisations' responses to people trafficking
Chris Frazer
Tuesday May 18
The Grand Tour of Italy from 17-19th century
Catherine Trundle
Friday May 21
Antarctica Ice Sheets in a Warmer World
Professor Tim Naish
Tuesday May 25
Dame Fiona Kidman
Friday May 28
Update of 'Ghosts of Gondwana'
Dr George Gibbs
Tuesday June 1
Revitalising a City – the challenges of economics and heritage
Robert McLean, Snr. & Alison Dangerfield
Friday June 11
Dangerous Goddesses – or why you should never upset the Pharaoh's divine mother
Sarah Vidler
Tuesday June 15
Privacy: personal, social and political
Marie Shroff
Friday June 18
The origins of New Zealand: the fossil evidence
Dr Hamish Campbell
Tuesday June 22
When Trams were Trumps in Wellington
Graham Stewart
Friday June 25
Denouncing Darwin
Wyn Beasley
Friday July 23
Cooking the Planet: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change
Professor Jonathan Boston
Tuesday July 27
An Absence of Occidentals: Thoughts on Asian Cities in the 21st Century
Dr Malcolm McKinnon
Friday July 30
Out of Sight out of Mind?
Helen Kettles
Tuesday August 3
Religions in New Zealand: Dialogue, Diversity, Directions
Professor Paul Morris
Friday August 6
Albatrosses on my Doorstep
Chris Robertson
Tuesday August 10
Investigations of Electronic Crime
Maarten Kleintjes
Friday August 13
Golden Wool – Nanoscience Adds Value to NZ Wool
Professor Jim Johnston
Tuesday August 17
By Fire Rocks and Ice – Hazards of Nineteenth Century Ship Travel to New Zealand
Ken Scadden
Friday August 20
Graduate Students' Research Projects:
Gesine Pufal (VUW): The influence of a rain operated opening mechanism on dispersal strategies in New Zealand alpine Veronica
Bindi Thomas (Massey): The use of satellite tracking technology to track wildlife. A case study approach
Tuesday August 24
'A Tortuous and Ungodly Jumble.', How can we Make the Law Easier to Read and Understand?
Professor John Burrows QC
Friday August 27
Reserves and Walkways Development via Policy
David Halliday
Tuesday August 31
The Disputes Tribunal: the Work it Does and Where it Fits into the Legal Process
Judge Peter Spiller
Friday September 3
Who are the Russian Mennonites?
Dr James Urry
Tuesday September 7
The Greenwoods at home and abroad
Tony Mackle
Friday September 10
Kiwis in the Hindu Kush
Major Jon Martin
Tuesday September 14
Living in Ancient Greece Part 1
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday September 17 AGM
What has Happened to the Tree of Life?
Dr Bob Brockie
Tuesday September 21
Living in Ancient Greece Part 2
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday October 15
South Africa – A Personal Perspective
Michael Hodgen
Tuesday October 19
"Hey! Stop that! What on Earth D'you Think You're Playing at?" Antonia Forest, the Danger of Fantasy and Other Matters
Associate Professor Harry Ricketts
Friday October 22
Food Allergy – is Skin – Deep so Superficial After All?
Dr Elizabeth Forbes
Friday October 29
Catching Crooks and Fighting Felons
Trevor Morley
Tuesday November 2
Youth, Alcohol and Drugs
Murray Trenberth
All 2011
Tuesday March 15
Telling our own stories on stage and screen and from behind the camera
Miranda Harcourt
Friday March 18
Our relationship with our natural capital
Dr Morgan Williams
Tuesday March 22
Is There a Better Way? Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Kim Workman
Friday March 25
To Russia with love … and danger
Chris King
Tuesday March 29
Charles de Gaulle as a writer
Christiane Mortelier
Friday April 1
Time to eat the dog? The real guide to sustainable living
Professors Robert and Brenda Vale
Tuesday April 5
Roman Society Part 1 – The structure of Roman society, particularly looking at the poor
Professor Arthur Pomeroy
Friday April 8
North Pole South Pole – a search for the cause of magnetism
Dr Gillian Turner
Tuesday April 12
Roman Society Part 2: Staying Alive – Food and Security
Professor Arthur Pomeroy
Friday May 6
Some climate change questions: has 2010 been a turning point?
Professor Martin Manning
Tuesday May 10
James K Baxter on Mythology
Dr Geoff Miles
Friday May 13
The establishment of Scott Base, Antarctic 1956-7
Randal Heke
Tuesday May 17
The Governors of New Zealand – their public and private lives
Gavin McLean
Friday May 20
The 2010 Canterbury Earthquake and what it means for New Zealand
Dr John Beavan
Tuesday May 24
Who Were Our Pakeha Ancestors? – Immigrants from Britain and Ireland from 1800 to 1945
Jock Phillips
Friday May 27
Generating resilience – civil defence and emergency management in New Zealand
John Hamilton
Tuesday May 31
The duty of care of the State, and the Confidential Listening and Assistance service, a truth and reconciliation model for New Zealand.
Judge Carolyn Henwood
Friday June 10
Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Hon Chris Finlayson
Tuesday June 14
The Wreck of the General Grant
Ken Scadden
Friday June 17
Museums – past and future
Mike Houlihan
Tuesday June 21
New Zealand Cartoons of the 1950s and 1960s
Pauline Hannah
Friday June 24
A Diplomat's Story
George Cunningham
Friday July 1
New Zealand's mineral bounty
Ian Graham
Tuesday July 5
Is the NZ Supreme Court a worthy successor to the Privy Council? – This and other perspectives from a criminal defence lawyer
Greg King
Friday July 8
The Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology
Associate Professor Ben Bell
Tuesday July 12
The Next Generation
Colin James
Friday August 5
Transplantation and the law
Dr Peter Hatfield
Tuesday August 9
Life in Ancient Sparta (1)
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday August 12
Strawberry Birthmark – A Quest to Find a Better Treatment
Professor Swee Tan
Tuesday August 16
Life in Ancient Sparta (2)
Dr Matthew Trundle
Friday August 19
Glenys Moir
Tuesday August 23
Magic at the court of Queen Elizabeth 1
Dr Glyn Parry
Friday August 26
Exotic Origins – Four of our members: Anke Atkins, Alfie Des Tombe, Inna Grbich and Krystine Tomaszyk will talk about their early years growing up in a different culture.
Tuesday August 30
John Mulgan and Report on Experience
Dr Peter Whiteford
Friday September 2 (Annual General Meeting)
The latest advances in the treatment of disease and a global perspective of the needs of human health
Professor Graham Le Gros
Tuesday September 6
"Larks' Tongues in Mead."
Duncan Galletly
Friday September 9
Water – the new carbon?
Murray Gibb
Tuesday September 13
Italy in crime fiction
Barbara Pezzotti
Friday September 16
The Evolution of the Universe
John Field
Tuesday September 20
Kiwirail; Wellington Station Entry Project- Increasing Capacity
Peter Twomey, Engineer – Project Director, Beca and Keith Robertson Engineer – Project Manager
Friday 23 September
How to achieve optimal compliance with fisheries legislation
Dean Baigent
Tuesday September 27
Building Design for the 21st Century
Matthew Lander
Friday September 30
Speak up! is anonymous
Lou Gardiner
Tuesday October 4
First views of Wellington, 1840-1900
Marian Minson
All 2012
Tuesday March 20
How globalization drives New Zealand's transformation: trading goods, ideas and labour
Dr. Kirdan Lees
Friday March 23
Antarctic marine benthos
David Bowden
Tuesday March 27
The Global Financial System – Reflections on the current crisis
Dennis Rose
Friday March 30
Genetics and the Origin of Polynesians
Dr. Geoff Chambers
Tuesday April 3
Revisiting what the French call "Le Grand Siècle" – Part 1
Christiane Mortelier
Tuesday April 24
Revisiting what the French call "Le Grand Siècle" – Part 2
Christiane Mortelier
Friday April 27
What We Owe to Ancient Iraq
Professor Lloyd Geering
Tuesday May 1
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 1
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 4
Fukushima & Nuclear Power
Murray Bartle
Tuesday May 8
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 2
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 11
The Measurement of Poverty
Bob Stephens
Tuesday May 15
The Hellenistic Age 323-30 BC – Part 3
Matthew Trundle
Friday May 18
New Zealand's 100% pure delusion; the inconvenient reality
Dr. Mike Joy
Tuesday May 22
Religion of Islam
Negar Partow
Friday May 25
Bring light and cleanliness to the masses – a brief history of lighting and hot water in New Zealand
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday May 29
The Arab Spring
Alex Maxwell
Friday June 1
Department of Conservation – Works
Tom Williamson
Tuesday June 5
The Bible and Literature
David Norton
Friday June 8
Changes to Sleep with Ageing, Dementia and Caregiving
Rose Gibson
Tuesday June 12
Standing Firm on Heritage: Building Resilience in the Face of Change
Shonagh Kenderdine
Friday June 15
Telling Stories in Spaces
James McLean
Tuesday June 19
Pasifika Education at Victoria University
Winnie Laban
Friday June 22
Introduction to Sufism and Rumi
Dr. Art Beuhler
Tuesday 17 July
A Wellington Woman in China 1930-1945: Observations from Agnes Moncrieff when an International secretary with the YWCA of China.
Barbara Francis
Friday 20 July
Real Life meets theory: the hermaphrodite and the sexologist
Mani Mitchell and Dame Margaret Sparrow
Tuesday 24 July
Diplomatic Ladies: New Zealand's unsung Envoys
Joanna Woods
Friday 27 July
The development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft
Bob Ellison
Tuesday 31 July
A playwright's career
Dave Armstrong
Friday 3 August
To get to the other side
Bob Norman
Tuesday 7 August
Pickwick Club of Wellington
Lydia Wevers
Friday 10 August
Don Merton: the man who saved the Black Robin
Alison Ballance
Tuesday 14 August
Global economy
John McDermott
Friday 17 August
Lost in translation
Vicky Watson & Naomi Scow
Tuesday 21 August
Gallipoli – a health hazard
Roger Ridley-Smith
Friday 24 August
The origins of Todd Energy, where it is today and where it is heading
John Palmer
Tuesday 28 August
Maori in Australia: a history of risk and opportunity
Paul Hamer
Friday 31 August
New Zealand at the click of a mouse: Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Jock Phillips
Tuesday 4 September
French Influences on the English Country House
David Maskill
Friday 7 September
Fraud, deception and drugs
Dallas Mildenhall
Tuesday 11 September
New Zealand's Oil & Gas Heritage
David Robinson
Friday 14 September
To Quit or not to Quit
Peter Martin
Tuesday 18 September
Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Michael Bassett
Friday 21 September
AGM then 'Green' Concrete
Ken MacKenzie:
Tuesday 25 September
Kauri – The History
Tom Williamson
Tuesday 16 October
Charles Dickens – the literary reporter
Nikki Hessell
Friday 19 October
From vine to wine: Linking grape chemistry to wine flavour and aroma
Rob Keyzers
Tuesday 23 October
Joan of Arc in New Age Spirituality
Heather Kavan
Friday 26 October
A surgeon in Vietnam
Michael Shackleton
Tuesday 30 October
Making Festivals Matter in the 21st Century
Shelagh Magadza
Friday 2 November
Researching, Writing and Publishing Local & National History
Judy Siers
All 2013
Tuesday 12 March
Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator
Joan Druett
Friday 15 March
New Zealand and the war in Vietnam
Ian McGibbon, Malcolm McKinnon and Keith Locke, Gerald McGhie, (moderator)
Tuesday 19 March
From global to local: Women, development and human rights
Dr Gill Greer
Friday 22 March
Surveying and mapping in Antarctica: The past and the present
Graeme Blick
Tuesday 26 March
What a conglomeration! He kohikohinga miharo!
Paul Diamond
Friday 5 April
Earthquakes and civilisation
Bruce McFadgen
Tuesday 9 April
Mission possible
Denise Carnihan
Friday 12 April
Stem cell transplantation
John Carter
Tuesday 16 April
World Heritage sites: What it takes to become one
Les Molloy
Friday 19 April
Getting roped into science
Julian Thomson
Tuesday 7 May
Happy families: So you think your kids get on well
Greg Kelly
Friday 10 May
Don't Put Your Foot in it! – Common foot conditions & how to deal with them
Trevor Tillotson – Registered Podiatrist/Podiatric Surgeon
Spit, slaver, slobber and drool – saliva and health
Dr Rose Mary Jones
Tuesday 14 May
The changing face of James Hector
Simon Nathan
Friday 17 May
The Environmental Protection Authority
Kerry Prendergast
Tuesday 21 May
The New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform
Mike Williams
Friday 24 May
Thirty years of Morning Report
Geoff Robinson
Tuesday 28 May
Finding a lost masterpiece
Elizabeth Kay
Friday 7 June
On edge: The awesome forces continue
Hamish Campbell
Tuesday 11 June
2012 report from the Office of the Children's Commissioner on child poverty
Bob Stephens
Friday 14 June
Local Body elections
Sir Geoffrey Palmer
Tuesday 18 June
Jules Verne, his life and works
Christiane Mortelier
Friday 21 June
Australia and New Zealand: Two countries, one system?
John Larkindale
Friday 28 June
How best to redistribute income and wealth in New Zealand via the tax and welfare system
Susan Guthrie
Tuesday 2 July
How Jerusalem became the Holy City
Sir Lloyd Geering
Friday 5 July
The New Zealand food assurance and control system
Mike Clear
Tuesday 9 July
Restorative justice
Judge Sir David Carruthers
Friday 2 August
So They Can: Educational projects in Kenya
Cassandra Treadwell
Tuesday 6 August
Let's save our newspapers
Richard Long
Friday 9 August
Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake
Adam Thornton
Tuesday 13 August
Travels to Central and South America and China
Nathan Guy
Friday 16 August
Everybody and everything wants to be unique
Peter Stevens
Friday 23 August
Weather and forecasting
Erick Brenstrum
Tuesday 27 August
Justice for the vulnerable
Sonja Cooper
Friday 30 August
David Hall
Tuesday 3 September
Creative ageing
Nicola Pauling
Friday 6 September
Mongolia Unplugged – the tale of an aspiring diplomat and part time camel herder
Peter Allport
Tuesday 10 September
Bolton Street Cemetery: An amazing heritage in central Wellington
Kate Fortune and Priscilla Williams
Friday 13 September
Ecological corridors in the Wellington region
Russell Bell
Tuesday 17 September
How the Asia New Zealand Foundation is equipping New Zealanders for the Asian century
John McKinnon
Friday 20 September
Dr Jenny Visser
Tuesday 24 September
SF: A personal view
Phil Mann
Friday 27 September
End-of-life choice
Hon Maryan Street, Dr Brian Ensor, Yvonne Shaw, Dr Alistair Macdonald (moderator)
Tuesday 15 October
Grandma and the aunties
Jessie Munro
Friday 18 October
A novel method to protect the heart during surgery
Jenni Williams
What makes a superbug so super: A day in the life of hospital bacteria
Laura Green
Tuesday 22 October
Early New Zealand collectors and their 15th-century books
Ruth Lightbourne
Friday 25 October
How stable is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in a warming world?
Nancy Bertler
Tuesday 29 October
New Zealand's China experience
Chris Elder
Friday 1 November
NZ Festival of the Arts 2014 programme
Shelagh Magazda
All 2014
Tuesday 18 March
A Wellington actor
Ray Henwood
Friday 21 March
Keyhole surgery: The journey from candle to robot
Dr Dynes McConnell
Tuesday 25 March
The Kermadec Islands: Vignettes from their history
Steven Gentry
Friday 28 March
An insider's view of the World Bank
Helen Sutch
Tuesday 1 April
A year on an island adrift in time
Gwen Levick
Friday 4 April
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Pole 3 Project: The inter-island link
Andrew Gard
Tuesday 8 April
What goes on at our Interest Group meetings?
Friday 11 April
River dog
Grant Muir
Tuesday 15 April
What do unions do?
Helen Kelly
Tuesday 6 May
New Zealand in political time: The 2014 general election and beyond
Dr Jon Johansson
Friday 9 May
Modern weather forecasting
Dr Mike Revell
Tuesday 13 May
Sewing freedom: Philip Josephs and early New Zealand anarchism
Jared Davidson
Friday 16 May
New Zealand fossils
James Crampton
Tuesday 20 May
'Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink': Vision and violence in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Heidi Thomson
Friday 23 May
The New Zealand coast watchers in the Pacific in WW II
Dale Williamson
Tuesday 27 May
The role of the Banking Ombudsman scheme
Deborah Battell
Tuesday 3 June
Remembering war: New Zealand's changing international situation
Terence O'Brien
Friday 6 June
Sustainable utilisation of fisheries resources in New Zealand
Dr Kevin Sullivan
Tuesday 10 June
Transport, climate and health: Wellington at the crossroads
Russell Tregonning
Friday 13 June
Wellington's roads of national significance
Rod James
Tuesday 17 June
Colours of India
Valerie Carson
Friday 20 June
A New Zealand environmental issue
Dr Jan Wright
Tuesday 24 June Midwinter lunch
Exhibiting colonial culture
Dr Rebecca Rice
Friday 27 June
Linking eco-restoration, reproductive behaviour and climate modelling to predict tuatara offspring sex ratios
Anna L Carter
Tuesday 1 July
An Insider View into the World of Translation
Liz Seymour
Friday 4 July
Environmental sustainability in New Zealand depends on people, cows and water. What can you do?
Dr Mike Joy
Tuesday 22 July
Mahy magic in New Zealand's School Journal
Vivien van Rij
Friday 25 July
Wellington's zoo
Baukje Lenting
Tuesday 29 July
What is it that diplomats do for New Zealand when posted overseas?
Gerald McGhie, Derek Leask, Suzanne Blumhardt, Denise Almao
Friday 1 August
Recent 'shakes' in Wellington and the future
Russ van Dissen
Tuesday 5 August
Montecassino, the abbey and WWII: A story of fall and resurrection
Barbara Pezzotti
Friday 8 August
Geoff Robinson
Tuesday 12 August
New Zealand politics in the 1950s: Was it such a boring decade?
Elizabeth McLeay
Friday August 15
Our living city
Myfanwy Emeney
Tuesday 19 August
From Worcestershire to Wellington: A musical voyage
Mark Dorrell
Friday 22 August
The Karori Lunatic Asylum
Dr. Roger Ridley-Smith
Tuesday 26 August
From Brooke to Borges, Brecht to Billy Bragg: Kipling's legacy
Harry Ricketts
Friday 29 August
3D printing
Ross Stevens
Tuesday 2 September
Talk at work: Addressing challenges for new immigrants
Janet Holmes
Friday 5 September
To mine or not to mine, that is the question
Ian Graham
Tuesday 9 September
SPCA and its future
Iain Torrance
Friday 12 September
Clostridium botulism: Old enemy, new threat?
Steve Flint
Tuesday 16 September
Sewing freedom: Philip Josephs and early New Zealand anarchism
Jared Davidson
Friday 19 September AGM
My life in science
Mike Berridge
Tuesday 23 September
Reporting the full picture
Michael Johnston
Friday 26 September
Medical ethics: Good people doing the right thing cost effectively for a diverse population
Ben Gray
Tuesday 14 October
"A hitch-hiker's guide to trade agreements"
Stephen Jacobi
Friday 17 October
The Art of Genetic Science.
Dr Kate Neas
Tuesday 21 October
New Zealand Portrait gallery
Avenal McKinnon
Friday 24 October
Maritime Law
Judge Tom Broadmore
Tuesday 28 October
Panel discussion: What agendas are driving tertiary education policy and what are the effects on staff, students and NZ communities?
Dr Sandra Grey, Dr Todd Bridgman, James Houkamau, Rory McCourt, Dr Charles Sedgwick
Friday 31 October
The Origins of New Zealand
Dr Hamish Campbell
All 2015
Tuesday 3 March
New Zealand Art on the World Stage
Dr Rebecca Rice
Friday 6 March
Rainwater Collection
Stan Abbott
Friday 13 March
Managing and Minimising Your Power Bill
Bruce Medcalf
Friday 20 March
The Science of Geodesy: Measuring a Dynamic World
Dr Graeme Blick
Tuesday 24 March
New Zealand Schools: A Changing Landscape?
Dr Cathy Wylie
Friday 27 March
Radiation Technologies. Science, the Public and Controversy
Dr Peter Roberts
Tuesday 31 March
New Zealand Trade Policy: CER Today
Charles Finny
Tuesday 21 April
Stealing Beauty – The Fate of Great Art in Wartime
Judge Arthur Tompkins
Friday 24 April
Crohn's & Colitis (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD): a New Zealand Story
Brian Poole
Tuesday 28 April
Organised Crime: It's What We Do
John Goddard
Friday 1 May
Accelerating Today for a Better Tomorrow
Dr William Rolleston
Tuesday 5 May
The NZ Legal System Today – Changes, Themes and the Future
Christine Grice
Friday 8 May
The NZ – Germany Bilateral Relationship: A Proven Recipe for Success in a Changing World
Dr David Lowe
Tuesday 12 May
Patients' Rights and Citizens' Rights: Reflections from a Former Health and Disability Commissioner and Current Parliamentary Ombudsman
Professor Ron Paterson
Friday 15 May
Place Names in New Zealand
Wendy Shaw
Tuesday 19 May
Transparency International & the Broader Implications of its Work for NZ
Suzanne Snively
Friday 22 May
The Surveying of New Zealand
Tony Bevin
Tuesday 26 May
The Independent Bookseller's Response to the Electronic Age
Lincoln Gould
Tuesday 2 June
A 12th-century manuscript in the Alexander Turnbull Library
Ruth Lightbourne
Friday 5 June – Note: Change of topic & speaker
What Lies Beneath? – Wellington's Archaeology
Mary O'Keeffe
Tuesday 9 June
Investigative Journalism: "How it is Done and Why it is Needed"?
Nicky Hagar
Friday 12 June
The Corporation Yard: A Forgotten Microcosm of Wellington's Urban Working-Class
Gábor Tóth
Tuesday 16 June
A 3D Printed World
Ross Stevens
Friday 19 June
Surviving Pol Pot
Dr Max Stevenson
Friday 26 June
Fruit and Vegetables for Human Health
Professor Julian Heyes
Tuesday 30 June
Niue Island Involvement in World War I
Margaret Pointer
Friday 3 July
Food and Food Manufacture in the Future
Professor Richard Archer
Tuesday July 21
"I've just got no idea what you're talking about – just absolutely no idea:" music students talk about transition to tertiary study
Lynne Wenden
Friday July 24
Modern Wooden Building
Alistair Cattenach
Tuesday July 28
Outlook for NZ Growth Amidst High Uncertainty
Tony Alexander, Chief Economist, Bank of NZ
Friday July 31
Euthanasia, a Debate – or a discussion on how to live with people we disagree with
Dr Ben Gray
Tuesday 4 August
Trade Aid: improving the life of the world's most disadvantaged
Ken Nelson
Friday 7 August
Tsunamis in New Zealand – their past impact and implications for the future.
Dr Bruce McFadgen
Tuesday 11 August
The Opportunities and Challenges of Asia – three views based on the personal experiences of three New Zealand Ambassadors.
Friday 14 August
India – A Superpower-in-waiting?
Srikanta Chatterjee, Emeritus Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University
Tuesday 18 August
Sobieniowski, Wyspianski and Kraków: Katherine Mansfield and Poland
Dr Gerri Kimber
Friday 21 August.
Landcorp Farming Limited, the Growth Years
Christopher Kelly
Tuesday 25 August
Thornbirds to Luminaries: historical fiction and why it's hot
Dr Lydia Wevers
Friday 28 August
The Role of the Hikurangi Plateau in the Canterbury and Cook Strait Earthquakes
Dr Martin Reyners, Principal Scientist at GNS Science, Lower Hutt
Tuesday 1 September
Capturing Courtesans, Cardinals and Caliphs: the Renaissance portrait reconsidered
Phyllis Mossman
Friday 4 September
Natural Disasters: a function of global environmental change
Dr Michael Crozier
Tuesday 8 September
Gold Card Years: delights, challenges, and opportunities.
Anne Horrill
Friday 11 September
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World.
Assoc. Prof. Andrew Mackintosh, Deputy Director, Antarctic Research Centre
Tuesday 15 September
Matiu Somes – the Jewel in our Harbour
Gerald Rawson
Friday 18 September AGM
The Sistine Chapel
Dr Christopher Longhurst
Tuesday 22 September
The Young Eye
Kate De Goldi
Friday 25 September
Recent Advances in Medical Imaging in New Zealand with Nuclear Medicine Techniques
Dr Trevor Fitzjohn
Tuesday 13 October
PHARMAC's Value to Health in New Zealand
Dr John Wyeth, Medical Director, PHARMAC
Friday 16 October
Te Araroa – NZ's Long Pathway From Cape Reinga to Bluff
Bill Wakelin
Tuesday 20 October
Jane Austen: Body and Mind
Heidi Thomson
Friday 23 October
The Real Oil: exploring for New Zealand's elusive (or illusory?) petroleum resources
Dr Peter King
Tuesday 27 October
Cartoon number 2000
Dr Bob Brockie
Friday 30 October
Modern Harbour Management
Mike Pryce
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All 2016
March 1
Writers' Week
Kathryn Carmody
March 4
Cancer, Therapy Resistance and the Surprising Role of Mitochondria.
Dr Melanie McConnell
March 8
Does New Zealand Need a New Written Constitution?
Sir Geoffrey Palmer
March 11
Cancer Immunotherapy – The Science
Professor Gavin Painter
March 15
The Making of the Film Festival
Lindsay Shelton
March 18
Work of the Land and Water Forum
Alastair Bisley
March 22
Private Lives of Empire: Edinburgh, Rothschild and New Plymouth
Charlotte Macdonald
March 29
Sustainable Development Goals
David Payton
April 1
The Cartoonist in NZ
Martin Doyle
April 8
Polish Children Immigration to Paihiatua
Adam Mantreys
April 12
Rae Julian
April 15
All You Ever Wanted to Know About TTPA
Stephen Jacobi
May 3
Climate Change: A New Deal? Making Sense of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Adrian Macey
May 6
Wellington: from Conception to Capital to Empire City
Gabor Toth
May 10
Should Wellington emulate Oslo's goal of fossil free public transport by 2020?
Paul Bruce
May 13
Forensics of Catastrophe: Volcanic Eruptions
Colin Wilson
May 17
St Peter's Basilica, Rome – a 'Communis Patria'
Christopher Longhurst
May 20
The Commercialisation of University Technology
Geoff Todd
May 24
New Zealand Opera in the 21st Century
Stuart Maunder
May 31
Cabinet, Ministers and Cabinet Office: Is Yes Minister a documentary?
Marie Shroff
June 3
Chinese Immigration in Wellington
Lynette Shum
June 7
Inequality: Where We've Been, and Where We're Going
Max Rashbrooke
June 10
Freaky Scientists Who Have Come My Way
Bob Brockie
June 14
50 Countries in 50 Years
David Barber
June 17
400 Years of Shakespeare
Dawn Sanders
June 24
WWI Exhibition at Te Papa
Sir Richard Taylor
June 28
Never work with kids and animals
Karen Fifield
July 1
The Place of the Battle of the Somme in WW1
Chris Pugsley
July 5
New Zealand's Marine Estate From the Perspective of a Seafloor Geomorphologist
Joshu Mountjoy
July 8
The United Nations – Can it Survive, Can it be Fixed?
Colin Keating
July 26
Human rights and human wrongs in New Zealand
Judy McGregor
July 29
Exploring Northeast Zealandia
Hamish Campbell
August 2
Diabetes and obesity
Jeremy Krebs
August 5
International Court of Justice
Sir Kenneth Keith
August 9
The future of privacy: the internet of things and other challenges
John Edwards
August 12
Economics of Wellbeing
Dr Arthur Grimes
August 16
The notorious Captain Hayes
Joan Druett
August 19
Work of a Coroner
Peter Ryan
August 23
What Rudyard Kipling can do for you
Harry Ricketts
August 26
From Mull to Mongolia – Wanderings of a materials scientist
Ken McKenzie
August 30
Community music: what is it and who is it for?
Julian Raphael
September 2
Creating new Futures with the Children of the Mist
Hugh Tennent
September 6
Being a Public Servant in Wellington and Whitehall
Len Cook
September 9
Emissions Trading Systems and Pathways to a Low Emissions Future
Dr Suzi Kerr
September 13
UnionAID – cycling solo in Myanmar
Mike Naylor
September 16
Botanic intrigues – from g-forces and radicals to Agincourt
Reg Harris
September 20
Renaissance art and science
Phyllis Mossman
September 23
Photography at Te Papa
Athol McCready
October 11
What's all this about poverty and inequality in New Zealand?
Bryce Wilkinson
October 14
Devils on Horses
Terry Kinloch
October 21
South Island Alpine Deep Fault Drilling Project
John Townend
October 25
Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Heidi Thomson
October 28
Mountains, Mausoleums and Murder along the Silk Road
Dr Les Molloy
All 2017
Tuesday 7 March
All New Zealanders are equal, but some are more equal than others
Professor Lisa Marriott
Friday 10 March
Portholes to the past
Sir Lloyd Geering
Tuesday 14 March
PMs wise and wonderful, PMs great and small
Professor Nigel Roberts
Friday 17 March
The life and work of Suzanne Aubert
Sister Josephine
Tuesday 21 March
The role of police in modern society
Greg O'Connor
Friday 24 March
Old St Pauls. Bringing stories out of the woodwork
Elizabeth Cox
Tuesday 28 March
My life in film
Gaylene Preston
Friday 31 March
Travelling in Iran repairing rugs, and viewing the demise of the carpet trade
Anna Williams
Tuesday 4 April
The kidney: medical history
Dr Peter Hatfield
Friday 7 April
Researching the everyday life of NZ Women who self-identify as "fat."
Julie Howe
Tuesday 11 April
Psychiatry, blindness and me
Dr Toni Marks
Tuesday 2 May
Making and managing orchestral music in Aotearoa
Christopher Blake
Friday 5 May
NZ Radar, raiders and speed cops
Cam Smart
Tuesday 9 May
The role of business in achieving gender equality
Dr Jackie Blue
Friday 12 May
Applied Mathematics: Problem solved
Dr Mark McGuinness
Tuesday 16 May
Turning knowledge into value
Bill Macnaught
Friday 19 May
Maori relationship building at Treasury
Atawhai Tibble
Tuesday 23 May
Preparing Wellington for the shocks and stresses of the 21st century
Mike Mendonca
Friday 26 May
60 years of NZ science endeavour in Antarctica: What we learned and why it is important
Nancy Bertler
Tuesday 30 May
The state of play in our media
Colin Peacock
Friday 2 June
VUW: A true-blue green university
AProf Marian van den Belt
Tuesday 6 June
Victoria University: past, present and future
Sir Neville Jordan
Friday 9 June
Co-creating with a computer
Ross Stevens
Tuesday 13 June
Translation as socio-political commentary: Heaney and history
Dr Marco Sonzogni
Friday 16 June
Stone rubble masonry buildings – can they survive earthquake effects?
Win Clark
Tuesday 20 June – Mid-winter lunch
'While I don't agree with everything you write…'
Dave Armstrong
Friday 23 June
The past and future of virtual reality
Prof Neil Dodgson
Tuesday 27 June
The complexity of youth offending – the more we know the harder it gets
Judge John Walker
Friday 30 June
Economic developments in China and Asia: What NZ needs to know and look out for
Prof Siah Hwee Ang
Tuesday 4 July
Living together: Aotearoa/New Zealand's new religious diversity
Professor Paul Morris
Friday 7 July
Bringing New Zealand's industrial heritage back to life.
Tom Williamson
Tuesday 25 July
The office of the Ombudsman – democratic watchdog
Judge Peter Boshier
Friday 28 July
New Initiatives in crime prevention
John Goddard
Tuesday 1 August
Our elusive constitution
Professor Claudia Geiringer
Friday 4 August
Digital media design and wearable technology
Prof Anne Niemetz
Tuesday 8 August
Brexit and New Zealand: is history any guide to the future?
Professor Jim McAloon
Friday 11 August
Golden keys for your grandchildren – unlocking New Zealand's future
Dr Rosalind McIntosh
Tuesday 15 August
The headquarters of the verb: A vision for the Wellington region
Derek Fry
Friday 18 August
What's wrong with my house
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday 22 August
Why consumer protection matters
Sue Chetwin
Friday 25 August
Upping the ante on antibiotics
Dr Rob Keyzers
Tuesday 29 August
My life in film
Gaylene Preston
Friday 1 September
Digital futures and learning
Prof Steven Warburton
Tuesday 5 September
Prospects for democracy in Asia-Pacific monarchies
Christine Bogle
Friday 8 September
Kevin Norton
Tuesday 12 September
Frances Hodgkins, people painter
Dr Pamela Nunn
Friday 15 September – AGM
Development of thermal insulation for NZ houses
Nigel Isaacs
Tuesday 19 September
A Suffrage Day reflection on New Zealand's struggle for gender equality before and since 1893, when women won the right to vote
Sue Kedgley
Friday 22 September
Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and a cold day in Wellington.
Prof Lionel Carter
Tuesday 26 September
The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato, 1800-2000
Dr Vincent O'Malley
Friday 29 September
NZ China relations in the Trump Era
Dr Jason Young
Tuesday 17 October
Writers and cricket
Professor Harry Ricketts
Friday 20 October
Urban development in NZ
Dr Arthur Grimes
Tuesday 24 October
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, two hundred years on
Dr Heidi Thomson
Friday 27 October
The history of the breast in art and medicine
Dr Burton King
Tuesday 31 October
Who owns the sea and the seabed? Prospects for peaceful use or conflict
Bill Mansfield
Friday 3 November
Tackling poverty in New Zealand: reflections from the 2016 regional workshops
Wendy McGuinness
All 2018
Tuesday 20 February
Wellington – Most Liveable City
Mayor Justin Lester
Friday 23 February
Work and Prayer in the Medieval Monasteries
Dr Roger Ridley-Smith
Tuesday 27 February
Being a Music Critic
John Button
Friday 2 March
Digging up the Romans
Doug Miller
Tuesday 6 March
Stonehenge Aotearoa
Richard Hall
Tuesday 3 April
Food and Health
Jason Shon Bennett
Friday 6 April
Education and Entrepreneurship, the way forward in Afghanistan
Tariq Habibyar
Tuesday 10 April
U3A Interest Groups
Margaret and Ian Garrett
Friday 13 April
The future of work and the future of tertiary education
Stuart Brock
Tuesday 17 April
1915 The Gallipoli Campaign revisited with New Zealand women
Jane Tolerton
Friday 20 April
Current New Zealand Pandemic Planning
Dr Ryan McLean
Tuesday 24 April
Larissa Paris
Friday 27 April
Climate Change – Recent conference updates
Adrian Macey
Tuesday 1 May
Why did Wellington suffer nearly double the death rate of
Christchurch in the 1918 influenza pandemic?
Dr Geoffrey Rice
Friday 4 May
Artificial Intelligence and the impact on NZ
Ross Young
Tuesday 8 May
A Musical Life
Gareth Farr
Friday 11 May
Where the romance of the high seas meets hard reality
Joanna Mossop
Tuesday 15 May
The Banking Ombudsman Schemes – Complaints Traps and Scams
Kate Kenworthy and Tim Hope
Friday 18 May
Jury decision making
Yvette Tinsley
Tuesday 22 May
Susan Keall
Friday 25 May
What's more important – physical health or mental health?
Bernadine Reid
Tuesday 12 June
The challenge of governing for the long-term in a short-term world
Jonathan Boston
Friday 15 June
Biodiversity in Borneo
Ghazally Ismail
Tuesday 19 June
Midwinter Luncheon – Lord Reith and his Ideals
Sharon Crosbie
Friday 22 June
Foreign Aid: What is it and does it work?
Doug Webb
Tuesday 26 June
Visualising History
Bob Kerr
Friday 29 June
A Journey of discovery in Chemistry culminating in a cancer drug on the market
Richard Furneaux
Tuesday 3 July
The Power of the Story
Joy Cowley
Friday 6 July
Crime and victimization: modernising the courts
Andrew Bridgman
Tuesday 10 July
Where men can do what men do?
Archie Kerr
Friday 13 July
Medical conditions and harnessing the power of plants
Reg Harris
Tuesday 17 July
Zealandia: how social enterprise can transform a city
Denise Church
Friday 20 July
Base Isolation – a safe ride in earthquakes
Cam Smart
Tuesday 24 July
Can Art Change the World? : How New Arts Build Community and Bring Generations Together
Jo Randerson
Friday 17 August
Christopher Cockerell, of Hovercraft fame
Anthony Fletcher
Tuesday 21 August
The Early History of Anti-Nuclear New Zealand
Dr Matthew O'Meagher
Friday 24 August
Relations with China
Prof Robert Ayson
Tuesday 28 August
Government in the Pacific Islands
Dr Graham Hassall
Friday 31 August
Productivity: What it is and why it matters
Murray Sherwin
Tuesday 4 September
Electric cars
Dr David Bibby
Friday 7 September
Scotland before it was Scotland
Maureen Johnson
Tuesday 11 September
What does it really mean to be homeless in Aotearoa NZ today?
Rev Tric Malcolm
Friday 14 September
Discoveries in Superconductivity: Taking New Materials to Advanced Technologies
Bob Buckley
Tuesday 18 September
Educational Psychology understanding problems differently
Amanda Moore – U3A Wellingtoncity 2018 Award winner
Friday 21 September
The new magical theatre of the museum world
Ken Gorbey
Tuesday 25 September
The Story of ActionStation: Combining the Power of the Cloud with the Power of the Crowd for a fair and flourishing future.
Laura O'Connell Rapira
Friday 28 September
Designing a fair tax system for New Zealand-what works, and what doesn't?
John Shewan
Tuesday 16 October
The Value of a University Education
Chris Whelan
Friday 19 October
Seven Sawmills
Tom Williamson
Tuesday 23 October
What would the option of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 mean for the Wellington Region
Dr Roger Blakeley
Friday 26 October
Blasted by Seeds – Surviving prostate cancer and treatment and writing about it.
Tom McGrath
Tuesday 30 October
John Keats, Poet-Physician
Dr Heidi Thomson
Friday 2 November
The Infant Micro-biome – what it is, and why it is important.
Thorsten Stanley
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*Meandering with Mansfield
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*A Multiplicity of Rhapsodies
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As a church we believe that prayer is central to everything that we do. For this reason we hold regular mid week prayer meetings at the church, which are an opportunity to meet together, worship and pray for our church, community and world.
Coffee & Prayer
Every Tuesday morning we gather for an informal time of coffee and prayer, lifting up things which are happening in our church, community and world that week.
We meet at 9.30am at James & Julia's house, and usually finish by around 10.30am.
All are welcome to join us. For more details please get in touch with James & Julia on 01395 443137 or email@example.com.
If you have anything you'd like us to pray for please get in touch using the details above. Your details can be made anonymous if necessary.
Monthly Prayer Meetings
These meetings are normally on the fourth Thursday of the month at our chapel in Little Knowle.
We explore a number of different ways of praying individually and as a group: sometimes praying out loud together; sometimes using pictures or video to stimulate our prayers; sometimes using different forms of response to guide us in our prayers.
All are very welcome to join us, so do come along if you can. To check the date of the next prayer meeting, please see our church calendar.
Healing Prayer Group
Our healing prayer group are a small team of volunteers who are available to pray for people, whether you are normally a part of our church or not.
They are available at the end of each service at the front of the chapel, or if you prefer we can arrange for a couple of people to meet you at your home or a neutral location. If you'd appreciate prayer, please get in touch with our ministers.
Prayer Chain
Our prayer chain is a phone based way of passing on prayer requests quickly and anonymously.
If you'd like to add a request to the chain, please phone our ministers on 01395 443137.

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I'm very excited to be taking part in this special giveaway (giveaway is closed) ! And want to thank the Sponsor, King of Christmas, for hosting this giveaway for us.
Christmas is such a special time of year. I hope you had a chance to spend quality time with loved ones, and I hope you took the opportunity to really enjoy yourself. We had a wonderful Christmas. Filled with family and friends (and we are very lucky to have met new friends this year!). We had wonderful travels and adventures. This year for Christmas we did a nautical theme for our tree, and I wanted to share a few pictures with you.
I hope your New Year is filled with awesomeness! And, for me, I'm declaring 2014 'The Year of Gettin' Stuff Done'.


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The VNSC is a sports club, based on and run by members. Being a member makes you part of the Kampala sailing community, gives you unlimited access to the club, discount on many of the club's services and allows you to enter into the club's sailing handicap system.
You become member of the VNSC as follows:
- fill the membership form available at Kaazi or download by clicking here
- get it signed by two members and a committee member
- Pay your membership fee
- and start sailing
Before you decide to become a member, you can always come and visit the VNSC to have a look and feel if this is where you want to be on a Sunday afternoon. If you want to stay for a day, make sure you are introduced by a member and pay your daily guestfee (Ush 7,500). You will find certainly somebody to take you out on a boat ride, or to explain how the club works.
Click here to contact the club manager for more details.


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We often hear that each of us is unique in the eyes of God or that when He creates us He breaks the mold. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta repeatedly would explain her care of the sick and dying by saying that in their final hours those for whom the street was their home, would receive a bath or a hug and so enter eternity. Recently I administered the Sacrament of the Sick to Patricia, who was in the care of Hospice. When you are surrounded by many things to do, or, as in the case of our First Communicants with family members visiting from out of town, it is hard to imagine folks who have no one that is a part of their life. They will die alone. Patricia did die later that evening, but not alone. She had been visited frequently by our ministers to the sick. There were also two ladies from hospice who saw to it that she was bathed and comfortable and who prayed with her, even though she was unaware in her comatose condition. We have to believe that while our daily life is splattered with VIPs, persons with parking privileges or rectors who are spoiled with afternoon espresso, our Heavenly Father sees no such distinctions as we exit this life and arrive at the Pearly Gates. There is perhaps a practical lesson to be learned. If there is no distinction of persons in heaven, how wise is it of me to make any such distinctions here on earth? While it clearly has no value unto eternity, I am reminded that the game of golf is played overall on grass and occasionally in the sand, rarely in the drink, which is why one man wears the green jacket and the other feels he is watching an instant replay as he goes fishing one more time.
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Infertility is a reproductive problem encountered by some couples nowadays. Many infertile couples eventually experience insecurities and incompetence especially those who are wishing to be parents. In the advent of modern science, many treatments were established to enhance the probability of pregnancy in most infertile couples. One of which is the use of fertility drugs.
Types and Uses of Fertility Drugs
Fertility drugs are medication used to induce pregnancy. These drugs are especially designed to improve the production of hormones responsible for ovulation in women and spermatogenesis (production of sperm) in men.
A common infertility problem encountered by women is decrease in production or failure to produce egg cells. This is due to the decrease in production of gonadotropic hormones which is composed of the follicle-stimulating hormones (FSH) responsible for the maturation of the ovum and the luteinizing
hormone (LH) which is responsible for ovulation. Clomide Citrate is the drug, which is the counterpart of FSH and LH. Besides inducing ovulation, it also enhances production of sperm in males with low sperm count.
Another drug which enhances ovulation is menotropin (pergonal). This is also known as the Human menopausal gonadotropin. They have been taken out from the menopausal woman's urine sample which contains FSH and LH. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) is combined with menotropin to potentiate the effects of the latter drug to induce ovulation.
Some women have abnormalities in the production of FSH. Most physicians prescribe them with Urofollitropin (Metrodin). This drug usually contains only FSH. This is indicated to women with polycystic ovary syndrome. As a side effect, women often have multiple ovum production every month resulting in multiple pregnancies.
Progestin or Progesterone, which is also known as the" hormone of the mother", is another drug used to treat infertility. Progesterone stimulates the anterior pituitary gland to secrete hormones which thickens the uterine wall in preparation for implantation. As the fertilized ovum is released from the fallopian tube, it needs to attach to the uterine lining and begin to form germ layers which eventually will become the essential organs of the fetus. This drug is indicated to those women who have habitual miscarriages.
Other fertility drugs are especially produced for men with low sperm count or low sperm motility. Proxeed is a drug used to treat oligospermia but there are few reports to provide evidences of cure.
Additional Information
Fertility drugs can really induce pregnancy, but make sure that you use a drug that is prescribed by your physician. Dedication and conscientiously drinking these medications will give a better chance of having pregnancy and living your life as a parent.


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I was helping plan a large community event for the end of the summer. Every year there is a big party in our town and there are lots of vendors and other things to do. At the end of the evening, they finish the party off with fireworks. It is a big event that many people enjoy in our town. This year I decided that I would help with the event in any way that I could. I went to the first meeting for the committee and told them that I would love to help in any way that I could. They told me that they would be assigning tasks for people that want to help.
They went over the event and discussed the costs and what they would have to spend for the event this year. They talked about the vendors they planned on having and other activities and events they wanted to do during the party.
Next they went over the supplies and the other things we would need to get for the party. They said they would need to find a company that has event rentals because we would need to get tents for the event. They said that they always use the same company, but wanted to check to see what other rental companies charged for the tents. I told them I would take this task on and I started looking for information about event rental companies in our area.
I called to see what they would charge for the amount of tents that we would need for the party. I found that Regal Tent had the lowest price in the area. Their tents are also really nice and many people have great things to say about this company.
I went to the next committee meeting and told them what I had found out. I let them know that Regal Tent has the cheapest event rentals around. I told them what they charged for the tents and they agreed this is the company they would use for their tent rentals for this party.
This company also brings the rentals you get to you so you don't have to find the transportation to get the things you need. They arrived with the tents and even set them up for the event. These tents looked really nice and were exactly the right size. Everyone on the committee was really happy with the way they worked out and how much they cost to rent. I am glad I was able to help out with this party. It is something that I look forward to every year anyways and now I can help plan it. I plan on being part of this committee every year so I can help with the biggest party of our town. I love being a part of it and giving my ideas to the committee so they can make the party even bigger and better each and every year.


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Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony © San Francisco Symphony
It's well known how dear to the heart of Michael Tilson Thomas is the work of Gustav Mahler, and this week MTT and the San Francisco Symphony delight in presenting to their audiences a program in which the main work is a semi-staged version of Mahler's Das klagende Lied.
For this work, the San Francisco Symphony is joined by four internationally-renowned vocalists – soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Michael König and baritone Brian Mulligan – a cast of actors and dancers, and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director Ragnar Bohlin).
Also on the program are Mahler's symphonic movement Blumine (Bouquet of Flowers), written in 1884 as part of his incidental music for the stage work Der Trompeter von Säckingen, and an autobiographical work in poetry and music, the song cycle Lieder eines fahrendren Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer).
One of Mahler's earliest works, Das klagende Lied was originally written as a cantata, but in this presentation, MTT incorporates the skills of a creative team comprising Stage Director James Darrah and Projection Designer Adam Larsen, with scenic designs by Ellen Lenbergs, lighting by Pablo Santiago and costumes by Sarah Schuessler, to create the dark fairy tale kingdom in which the story unfolds.
According to San Francisco Symphony program annotator, the late Michael Steinberg, the title of this work isn't easy to translate. The German word "klagen" can be translated as "lament" or "complain". A derivative of this word, "anklagen" means "accuse".
The story tells of two brothers who go into a forest in search of a particular red flower in order to win the hand of a beautiful, but proud queen. The sweet-natured younger brother is the first to find this flower, which he sticks in his hat, and then falls asleep. His jealous elder brother kills him while he's asleep, steals the flower and goes on to claim his prize.
A wandering minstrel, walking through the same forest, then happens across a shining white bone, and carves it into a flute. As soon as he plays the instrument, it sings out the tale of the murder, which spurs the minstrel on to find the queen.
At her court, a feast is being held to celebrate the queen's forthcoming wedding to the knight who murdered his brother. When the minstrel arrives, he plays the flute, which again sings out its dark tale. The new king seizes the flute and puts it to his own lips, whereupon the flute makes a direct accusation of murder against him. At this point, the queen falls to the floor in a faint, the guests flee, and the castle walls collapse.
The origin of the story cannot be accurately determined, however it's thought possible that it was derived from a combination of a fairy tale, The Singing Bone, written by the Brothers Grimm, a tale unearthed by nineteenth-century folklorist Ludwig Bechstein, and a contribution by Mahler himself. Whatever its origins, it would seem that in this context, "accuse" might be considered the most appropriate translation of "klagen".
Michael Tilson Thomas says that his goal with this interpretation of Das klagende Lied " is to take listeners through the beautiful intricacies of this work, using video, lighting, and other elements to ….. illuminate every facet of Mahler's music" in the hope that "the audience will walk away having had a deeper, more inspiring experience than they might have had otherwise".
Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program of works by Gustav Mahler at Davies Symphony Hall from January 13 to 15. For further information, and for tickets, visit the San Francisco Symphony website.
San Francisco Symphony program notes by Michael Steinberg:
Lieder eines fahrendren Gesellen
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Which places do people usually prefer when it comes to travelling? Yes, it's somewhere warm and sunny and commonly by the sea. But that's not how I pick the city to go to. Number one priority for me is that the place must be interesting. I like to walk all over the place, visit castles and museums, climb mountains, view waterfalls and etc. Of course it's nice when it's also warm there but if it's not .. well, it doesn't stop me!
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Summer inspiration
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The Great Gatsby
Hi there! Today it was raining for a while and it's really a great thing! Now the weather is not so hot and it's absolutely perfect time for walking. Last weekend I had two wonderful things happened to me. First – we had lots of fun celebrating birthday of my office I'm working at. I think I'll share some pictures of this day sometime soon. The other thing was going to the movies. We've seen "The Great Gatsby" and I've got to tell you it was incredible! So I actually decided it's worth a separate post. Jazz music mixed with rap, beauty in every shot and amazing acting! Tobey Maguire is quite nice here, and Leo is cuter than ever!
пятница, 17 мая 2013 г.
Kaleidoscope glasses
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Instagram May
May days holydays have finally come to an end. I've had a great time! Hope you did the same. There was lots of fun and happy moments and I've accumulated a pile of nice pictures to share. Here are some of those.
пятница, 10 мая 2013 г.
Imagine dragons - Radioactive
Hi guys! How are you today? I must say I'm not so well after yesterday's Victory day. We walked and had fun all day. And now my legs a bit hurt. But it was worth it! The best part was in the end of the day when we were standing among hundreds of people and watched beautiful fireworks. I'll show you some pictures a little bit later and now I want to share with you a very nice song from the film "The host" I've seen recently. Enjoy!
воскресенье, 5 мая 2013 г.
May's wishlist
Hello and Happy Easter to you guys! Yep it's finally Easter here in Russia, very late this year. At the moment I'm having a big piece of Easter cake and in this happiest state of mind making my new wishlist. This month's wishlist is all about decorating my room. So it's a kind of interior design edition.
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Glambox | April
Yesterday I've received a new box from GlamBox. It's been two weeks since the delivery of those boxes has started so as usual I already knew from other girls what to wait for. Many people were arguing about Avon mascara that was included in some boxes. I couldn't understand why they are so rude about Avon. I mean I know it's not a deluxe make-up but hey, it was a bonus and Avon is not so bad after all. Why not try it first and only then say if you like it or not? Anyway I felt very curious about it and when I opened my box it was the first thing I was looking for...
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His Excellency Shinzo ABE
Prime Minister of Japan
The Hague, 14 May, 2013
Petition: 222
Subject: Visits to the Yasukuni Shrine hurt war victims.
It hurts the victims of the Japanese military war terror that ministers of your governments and members of the Japanese parliament continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine allegedly honoring Japan's war dead. As you know among the dead honored by the visits are 14 former World War Two war leaders convicted of war crimes. This time you did not visit the Yasukuni Shrine, but paid for equipment made of wood and fabric, bearing your name and title, decorating an altar at the Yasukuni Shrine. Indirectly thus you approved the Yasukuni visits by your party members.These visits hurt. They deny Japan's vicious and brutal military history and demonstrate that Japan did not learn from its past. How often do we have to tell you this? Excuses are meaningless as long as you approve of these insults.
Prime Minister,
What a contrast to the Dutch remembrance on May 4th. The Dutch remembered their war dead both in Europe and in Asia at the Dam monument. Our King and Queen laid a wreath and paid respect to those who died. Both were visible moved and emotionally involved. The former commander of all Dutch military forces General Van Uhm reflected on war and the egocentric attitude of those who glorify war for their personal benefit. He strongly advised all to remember the consequences of war and its criminal aspects. War mongers have no respect for others but for themselves. "Not you nor me, but we all must adhere this advice."
Prime Minister
However, it appears that your party continue to glorify Japan's military past.Changing the constitution and remembering the effective date of the San Francisco Peace treaty does not revive Japan's economy. It does not restore a sense of hope and determination for the future. In practice it is contrary: as long as Japan does not acknowledge its World War Two moral responsibility to the victims and their next of kin Japan's relations in the world will be strained ans suspect.
You cannot pass this responsibility to your and Japan's children.
Germany did not need a peace treaty to recognize that there was hope and determination for the future. The post war leaders of Germany recognized immediately after the war that the German nation would never be trusted again as long as they did not acknowledge the wrongdoings during World War Two. They paid respect, acknowledged and compensated for their wrongdoings.
Japan used the San Francisco Peace Treat only to its own benefit, avoided its moral obligations and will remain haunted for it. In the meantime Japan hurts the victims by visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.
On behalf of the Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts,
J.F. van Wagtendonk
We were able to join the demonstration in The Hague on this day May 14, 2013. As usual the curtains of the Japanese Embassy closed as soon as we arrived.
|The Hague, Japanese Embassy.
|The curtains are closed, Japan doesn't seem to be able to face the truth.
How much longer will Japan try to ignore us? How much longer will Japan keep hurting the victims from their vicious past? Is Japan ever going to acknowledge their wrong doings. Your military worked our fathers to death, raped our mothers and children, starved us to death and beat us to death.For almost four years you kept us behind barb wire and high walls and fences. You were using our mothers as slaves, to work your vegetable on the fields outside the camps. From morning till night they had to dig and shovel.
|Dig and shovel in the burning sun.
|The wall in camp Tjimani, where the Jap, European and Ambonese women tortured.1944
I was only one and half years old when my mother, her sister and my two cousins were taken from our houses and put in concentration camps.We were taken to Moentilan to a former Catholic training college. This would be our home for the next two years and eight months.Locked up by the Japanese with hundreds of other mothers and their children.We only had a bed, if you could call it a bed.On August 1, 1945 we were taken to another camp Banjoebiroe 10, where the Japanese were planning to mass murder us.I was 4 1/2 when we were finally free , my mother near death.
|Over full prison, Banjoebiroe 10.
It's unbelievable what a four year old can remember, it's blurry, but I often confronted my mother with questions. All her life she has tried to erase it from my mind.
What I saw as a 41/2 year old will forever be burned in my brains.Things I did not understand at the time, horrible things, which sometimes come back at me with so much force.Things I now start to understand.Things which gave me nightmares as a child.There was one picture which I was never able to forget.There was a church on the property of this concentration camp and I was waiting for my mother, because I had seen that a man with big boots.... (a Japanese) had taken her inside.Actually he had dragged her. I waited patiently outside, because I knew that I was not allowed inside.Finally my mother came out,she was crying and I remember seeing blood. It's something a child will never forget. I had no idea at the time what your military had done to her.
|Punishment in the sun for hours.
|Punishment in the rain in the middle of the night after a hard days work.
Not only my mother was raped her sister who was in the same concentration camp with her two small children was also viciously abused numerous times.How can Japan keep denying that this did not happen?
It makes me terrible sad to think about it. To live the rest of your life with these horrible memories must have been not easy. When Hirohito the emperor of Japan was invited to The Netherlands in October 1971, my mother and her sister were in disbelieve. How could this be, this murderer would be walking on Dutch soil, and would sit with our Queen at a table full of wonderful food and beautiful dishes. The pictures in the newspaper showed a smiling Hirohito next to our Queen on the balcony at our Palace. She and her sister never believed in our Queen ever again.
That day my mother and her sister died a little more again.There faith was shattered.
Hirohito who had seen the war as an adventure and had cost in Asian 20 million people their lives. Hirohito who had given the order to murder every men, women and children who were in Japanese concentration camps.He did not care how it was going to be done, as long as the military got rid of them.Poison them, shoot them, starve them, as long as there are no traces left.Women had to dig trenches, which they did not know at the time, would be their graves.
The prime minister, Hideki Tojo, bragged that no harm could ever befall the sun Goddess's blessed children and that their sacred homeland was inviolate. Hirohito was God, and damage to his land simply could not happen.
The military Samurai of the Sun God, would never permit such a sacrilege. Nihon Nippon, the sacred Land of the Rising Sun could never be bombed. That will never happen.Hirohito believed that they could win the war and would fight to the bitter end. Finally after the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the emperor Hirohito decided to capitulate.
We were saved by the A-Bombs.
In December 2012 Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe planned to take back the excuses made to the so called "comfort women"- foreigners (amongst them Dutch) women, who during World War 2 were forced to have sex with Japanese military. It was said that it was necessary for their military who fought so hard to be comforted by women. The question was asked;" why Japan did not ship and use their own women to comfort their military".......No comment.
Many forum participants had no words for this shameless decision from the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe plans, to take back the apology.
Japan I only have one word for you: ' Shameless'.
Its 'Unacceptable' and ' an Infamous deed!
It's a disgrace and rude to take back a statement to win popularity amongst the extreme nationalists. How deep can you sink?. "Excuses are never temporary".
Which concrete sanctions have to be taken to Japan if the excuses to the "comfort women" are taken back.There are different opinions, J.T. de Heus is thinking about calling back the Dutch ambassador in Tokyo to discuss this matter.Mark Beumer pleads for a boycott of some Japanese products and an accusation to the International Court of Human Rights. Peter Lendfers hopes that Tokyo will be forced to keep the apology in place and also that Japan will be forced to pay compensation to the victims.Fred Westen believes in an quiet diplomacy, he believes that threats with sanctions will not work with Japan. Rick Moermans thinks that sanctions are unwise due to the difficult times of the economy.
Not many survivors of that horrible time are still with us. But as long as we are able to, we will remind Japan of their past, so it will never be forgotten.
Let history not repeat itself.
This was a song which was often sang in camp, the author is unknown. It was written in Dutch so I try to translate it as best as I can.
Thanks for the memory!
Thanks for the memory
And thanks to the lovely Jap
Who we never forgot
The pleasures we had were so nice
There, in that over full paradise
Oh, I thank you so much
Many's the time we feasted
And few the times we fasted
Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted
We did have fun, and no harm done.
Thanks for the memory
and thanks to uncle Yamaha
Of whom we laughed so much
And Charley, the succulent little man
He studied to become a police man
How lovely it was with these yellow men.


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Copper Gutter Sizing: The minimum required size of a copper gutter is related to the intensity of rainfall and the area of roof that drains into the copper rain gutter. The two depends on the length of the copper gutter, which is related to locations of copper downspouts, copper expansion joints, and copper gutter ends.
Other factors considered in the design of copper gutters, include the size and spacing of outlets, the shape of the copper gutter, and the pitch of the roof that the gutters will be associated with. The copper gutter size must be capable of handling even fast moving water from a step roof.
Copper Downspout Sizing: Copper Downspouts should have a cross-sectional area of at least 7 square inches, except for small areas such as porches and canopies. Their size should be constant throughout their length.
The design roof area is divided by the area of roof shown in Table 4.4.2, column A2 or B2 (see discussion above), to give the minimum required area for each downspout.
Table 4.4.4 is used to determine the required width and depth of a copper gutter. To do this, a ratio, M that equals the depth divided by the width, is initially assumed. Starting with the length of the copper gutter, L, follow a vertical line until the ratio, M, is reached. At this point follow a horizontal line to the left until the vertical line of rainfall intensity x design area, IA, is crossed. The required copper gutter width can be read from the diagonal lines. If the intersection lies between two lines, use the higher value. Finally, the width is multiplied by the ratio, M, to determine the depth.
The size of copper gutters with an irregular shape can be determined by calculating the required size of a rectangular copper gutter, which closely matches in profile and cross-sectional area, the irregularly shaped copper gutter.
Table 4.4.5 shows an example of the complete process.


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Peruvian Royal Quinoa Salad is a delicious make-ahead combination of quinoa and vegetables that will delight and satisfy your guests.
There are not too many days between now and Christmas. Do you have plans? Do you have your menu in place? I admit, I only recently started noting what I am "actually" going to do this year. We are changing the plans slightly and while I am encouraged by the change, change is never easy right?
Are you serving turkey or beef? Mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes? Green salad or roasted vegetables? We will have turkey, but I am still undecided exactly how I am going to prepare it. We will have sweet potatoes, actually I will probably make the sweet potato casserole. When it comes to salad, you are in luck! I am still in search of the perfect salad to serve for Christmas dinner this year. I LOVE the idea of a make-ahead salad because there is so much going on during Christmas that the last thing I want to do is spin lettuce.
This salad is similar to the Soltero de Quinoa Salad that I shared a bit ago, but something about this one feels like it is a notch up. I know it is because of the extra goodies mixed in like tomato, bell pepper, carrot and hard-boiled eggs.
This quinoa salad has a fairly good chance of making it onto our holiday table this year. I will be sure the vegetables are boiled the day before and I will be able to mix it all together just before serving. I am crossing my fingers now that everyone will enjoy it!
- 2 cups of cooked red quinoa
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 Roma tomato, diced
- 1/2 cup queso fresco, cubed
- 1/2 cup boiled Peruvian corn
- 1/2 cup boiled, cubed carrots
- 1/2 cup boiled, green peas
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- torn Romaine lettuce
- 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed key lime juice
- salt
- pepper
- Whisk together the oil, lime juice, salt and pepper in a small bowl to make the dressing
- In a medium sized bowl, combine quinoa, red bell pepper, tomato, queso fresco, boiled Peruvian corn, carrots, peas, and parsley. Stir the dressing into the salad mixture. (You could refrigerate this mixture at this point.)
- Serve over lettuce or stir lettuce into the mixture. Decorate with sliced eggs.


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Remember, MINI produces a car roof tent for their vehicles, and we all know how small MINI's are!
Will TentBox fit on my vehicle?
As long as you have cross bars which are spaced at least 80cm apart, you can mount a TentBox on your vehicle. Have a look at our installation page for more info.
Can I set up my TentBox on my own?
I would like to fit my TentBox to a 4x4 vehicle, are there any special requirements?
What are the dimensions of TentBox?
Check out our Tech Specs page for this info.
How many people fit in a TentBox?
TentBox comfortably fits two adults. The interior is the same size as a small double bed.
What is the maximum speed I can travel with a TentBox on my vehicle?
Can I lock my TentBox to my roof?
Understandably, a lot of customers are concerned about thieves.
The shear size and difficulty of removal is one deterrent for thieves, but if you want to further protect your TentBox from being unbolted from the roof of your vehicle, we would recommend using a set of T-Groove nuts. These nuts can only be removed with a special key (provided when you purchase the nuts), and not a traditional spanner. This makes it much more difficult for a thief to remove it. Make sure you add these bolts in addition to the existing bolts, which are provided with your TentBox, and NOT instead of them.
Here is an example of a T-Groove nut: http://www.losspreventionfasteners.com/store/products/t-groove/
If you are concerned about the contents within your TentBox, your best option is to use a locking strap around your TentBox, like this one: http://www.lockstraps.com/lockstrap-products/#extension
Will a TentBox fit on a small car / hatchback?
Yes! As long as your vehicle and roof rack are rated to carry the weight of the TentBox, and you have roof bars, you can safely install a TentBox on your hatchback. We've had these on some pretty small cars!
How are TentBox products so much more affordable than other roof tents?
Many people ask us how TentBox roof tents are so affordable compared to the other brands. The short answer is that we are a modern company, operating online, and shipping directly to our customers. This cuts out the middle-man, and saves a lot of time and cost!
We also like keep our designs simple, so as not to unnecessarily increase the manufacturing costs – we don't have fancy things like in-built fans for example!


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Lucca clothes stand
Manufacturer: pieperconcept
+49 7231 313061
Lucca is a particularly space-saving and elegant wardrobe / clothes-rack made of chromed steel. The Lucca wardrobe has a remarkable stability just leaning on the wall. Therefore is no need to be mounted on the wall, so the wardrobe has a flexible, mobile character.
In addition to the hanger suspension it is complemented by three rotatable hooks at the top. "LUCCA" has their use everywhere.
Design: Hauke Murken, Sven Hansen
your specialist for clothes hangers, valet stands and wardrobe organizers
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dieter horn GmbH
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75179 Pforzheim
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