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The companies have issued a tender inviting "several international companies" to bid to lay the cable, Telecom spokesman Andrew Pirie says.
The development is the first outward sign of progress since the three companies made an announcement in February that they would collaborate on building the Trans Global Access cable, at an expected cost of US$60 million (NZ$76.2m).
The cable will provide an alternative transit route to the Telecom half-owned Southern Cross Cable for internet traffic to and from New Zealand and the rest of the world.
The three firms expect to evaluate the bids in August and sign a contract by the end of the year, with work likely to begin early next year, Pirie said.
The cable would terminate either in Auckland or Raglan, with the other landing point near Sydney, he says.
The Commerce Commission said in February that it will consider competition concerns once it had contracts to look at. Pirie says the three partners have decided against inviting other companies to invest in the cable but will be wholesaling capacity on the cable, which he believes should mitigate any competition concerns.
The commission is expected to review the wholesale arrangements to ensure the cable partnership does not unduly advantage Telecom and Vodafone's retail internet provider businesses.
CallPlus chief executive Mark Callander says he still had concerns about the cable partnership, given Telecom and Vodafone's combined share of the telecommunications market.
"Having your two largest players integrating vertically like that is a very dangerous position."

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Speak Up For Human Rights: The Documentary
The aims of the project:
After corresponding with the Initiative Middle and Eastern Europe for the Speak Up for Human Rights! New Media! campaign, independent film makers Johannes Franke and Sebastion Hasse decided to form a documentary team to follow the project. The documentary follows a human rights seminar uniting 30 young adults from Germany, Ukraine and Belarus for three one-week seminars, in which they discuss the state of human rights in general and in their countries. During this time participants learn about the past and current state of human rights, and importantly how they can help advocate for those rights. All the participants come from very different political and social backgrounds, and it is hoped through the project that the participants will not only learn from one another but find a way to unite in the struggle and fight for human rights.
At the end of the project, Johannes and Sebastian plan to release a 30-45 minute documentary which chronicles the project and portrays diverse group of participants, their interests, goals and their lives in Central and Eastern Europe, and the limitations they must face.
The film intents to follow the project and its participants; How do they see their joint future, what are their desires, hopes and visions for their countries? What kind of external powers are they facing in their daily struggle to maintain their grounds and their human rights? And how do they relate to each other?
The filmmakers hope to create a very informative and innovative documentary that will be available to many around the world. However, these efforts are costly and the crew need every penny they can get to contribute to the project. To find out more about the project or to donate select the following link:
To meet other fans and supporters of this project visit their facebook page. Take part in the development of this film.
Who are the filmmakers:
Sebastian Hasse studied computer science and drama. He ended up in the film business over producing interactive DVDs. While he works as an computer scientist half of the time, he devotes the rest of his time to making film projects. Among others he produces the intercultural web-comedy-series "Points Of You": www.pointsofyou.eu. In the board of the non-profit organisation "Kunstwandel e.V.i.G." he engages in the support of the free filmmakers and art scene in Berlin: www.kunstwandel-berlin.de.
Johannes Franke is cameraman, cutter, and director as well as an actor, which makes him a film maker all through. His most recent movie EWE successfully ran at the "up-and-coming" film festival in Hanover and at the "Youki" in Wels (Austria). In the past years he mostly worked on documentaries such as a short documentary on a gestures singing workshop for deaf children with Rolf Zuckowski and a long-playing documentary on the generation of "young entrepreneurs". More information on his work as a filmmaker on: www.gone-astray-films.de – and on his work as an actor on: www.johannesfranke.de
Lara Sielmann studies Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism. She is working as a freelance journalist, production manager and as assistant for miscellaneous cultural projects such as: litradio, Edition Pächterhaus,100 Wort!, documentary "Gründerbus" and is the co-editor of Landpartie 2010, Kein Katalog.
They are lent support by Sophia Gross (second camera in Ukraine and camera assistance www.lights-n-arts.de) and Elisabeth Wolf (second camera in Germany).


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Hermes Trismegistus:
The Greek title of the Egyptian moon god, Thoth, one of the most interesting figures in Egyptian mythology. He is represented by Ibis or with the ibis head, and is fully illustrated in the monuments and papyrus rolls from time to time brought to light.
He is the god of time and of its divisions; he is the measurer and the god of measurements. He is the conductor of the dead. He is also the god of human intelligence, to whom are attributed all the productions of human art. All the literature of Egypt is attributed to him-- all the writings that relate to the different sciences, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, music. These were called by the Greeks the Hermetic Books. Thoth is also credited with the invention of alchemy and magic.
The Hermetic art is used to mean alchemy. The secrets of this art were handed on from teacher to pupil orally and in secret and this transmission was termed the Hermetic chain. For these reasons the Greeks identified him with their Hermes, and besides called him Trismegistus, "Thrice Greatest."
By later writers, Euhemerists, Neoplatonists, and Christians, Thoth was considered a great Egyptian king, a teacher of mankind, who had left books of magic and mystery behind him. Numerous books of such sort once existed in Egypt. Clement of Alexandria knew of 42, and so-called Hermetic fragments are still extant in the works of Stobaeus Cyrillus, Suidas and Lactantius. The Hermetic books as we know them belong probably to no earlier date than 3rd or 4th century of our era and are in Greek and Latin.
- The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 14, Page 132
1962 Edition
An Egyptian deity identified by the Greeks with Hermes. He was originally the moon god, and the invention of letters, arts, and sciences was attributed to him.
The ibis was sacred to him and he is represented with the head of that bird, and with the tau cross in his hand. The dog-headed ape is also one of his attributes, and he is frequently depicted with a dog's head.
There were 42 sacred books bearing his name, which were under the guardianship of the Egyptian priests. These books he is said to have composed; and he accordingly appears in the monuments with tables and stylus.
- The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 26, Page 590
1962 Edition
The Baphomet we recognize today is a winged goat with a masculine torso and breasts; he has a blazing torch between his horns, and cloven feet. Adding to the confusion, one arm is male and the other is female, and all in all this has become a real boogeyman of a symbol, inspiring fright and terror.
The image made its first appearance relatively recently, in Eliphas Levi's Dogma and Rituals of High Magic (1854). Although Levi intended the creature (also called the Goat of Mendes) to be an idealized symbolic form, an amalgam of images from all disciplines including the Kabbalah, he actually created something that looks far more terrifying than he may have originally intended. The picture influenced illustrations of the Devil, not only in Tarot card illustrations but also among latter-day rock bands and, as already mentioned, among Satanists.
Baphomet himself was first described at the trials of the Knights Templar, centuries before Levi's interpretation. When the Order began in the twelfth century, it was designed to protect pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. Because the Knights were exempt from taxation, they amassed a huge amount of wealth and, consequently, power. When they became a threat to the establishment, they were persecuted and part of this persecution included accusations of heresy including the worship of a peculiar looking goat-headed creature.
- The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs And Symbols, Pages 24-25
Cagliostro Seal:
This curious sigil, the image of a snake, impaled by an arrow but with an apple in its mouth, presses all sorts of symbolic buttons; all three elements of the seal are powerful emblems in themselves. Is this snake that tempted Eve with the apple, being punished for its transgressions? The snake also makes a curious S shape; is this significant, and if so, how? In addition, the union of the line of the arrow and the serpent seems to make a lemniscate, or figure-of-eight, symbol, meaning infinity. Unfortunately, it seems as though the precise meaning of the seal died with its namesake.
Cagliostro himself seems to be as mysterious as his seal. The self-styled Count Alessandro Cagliostro was actually born as the much less grand-sounding Guiseppe Balsamo, and lived in Italy in the eighteenth century. The rumors surrounding his life and adventures come thick and fast and there is very little that is known for certain, due in no part to the dense forest of fantastical stories that Cagliostro seems to have hidden himself within.
He said that he has been born into nobility but for some reason was abandoned on Malta, whereupon he wandered, as a child, throughout Morocco and Egypt where he learned many arcane mysteries, including those of the Kabbalah and alchemical magic.
Whatever the truth, he certainly had skills as a pharmacist. It seems that the secure advantages of regular employment held no attraction for the Count, his attention being much more drawn to magical and mystical matters. He became a maker and vendor of magical amulets and talismans, and later, forgeries, including letters, certificates and a myriad of official documents. He also offered the sexual favors of his beautiful young wife as trade for instruction in forgery.
Cagliostro's Seal has been the result of much analysis and conjecture, it's appearance so convincing that it was even incorporated into an early Masonic-style organization called The Brotherhood of Luxor.
- The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs And Symbols, Pages 32-33
1:- Man dying to his lower self becoming celibate, serpent bites his tail (ancient Egyptian symbol) becoming a priest after the order of the priest kings Melchizedek 2:- This is what happen when it is written Jesus died on the cross i.e. he died to this world to ascend he went up into the clouds. Now this: V (Vau) indicates affinity; completes the trinity is pictured by the bond of love and the mystery of union exemplified by the four knights and suit of swords so we see Vau completes the union; so we see Jesus was taken up or went up as we use the king of reality Selassie. As the four knights, of tarot symbolizes the mystic union so does in the book of revelation the four recording angels surround the throne each of which possess six wings, the elders or are four and twenty all these numbers are teaching us of something hidden if we only knew. H (He) the second He represents the second marking in transition from the metaphysical: in other words Haile Selassie was taken up beyond the physical (metaphysical) and as the second He, shows, will return unto the physical view of this world proving on all levels the metaphysical and esoteric teaching concerning the mastery of life over death and or mind over matter. Here the poet priest Rastaman will tell you that the return of the king Haile Selassie is the utterance of the true name YHVH represents the four syllables Ra - Sta - Far - I .
Originally posted by darrman
did you know ,, the dollar sign,, " $ " has lost the story of WHY we use it?? or , Where it came from....
know-body Really knows..
Some say," Didn't it used to be a "U" and an "S" intertwined?
Old paper currency used to have the 'U' over the 'S', but the arms of the 'U' were bolder than the loop at the bottom. It was easier to hand write it with 2 strokes than a 'U' so it stuck .
but i think that the "$" is older then that..
many stories go back before there was a U. S.,, to Spanish doubloons and how, the $ was meant to mean silver..
We know there are a number of other theories about the origin of the symbol, some with a measure of academic acceptance, others the symbolic equivalent of false etymologies.
it seems odd that in only 200 years (give or take)- we would Definitively lose, something, that at the time, must have been,-- obvious -- to the population..
ETA and THAT is why i placed it "lost Civilizations"
Lets hear what you think!!
edit on 5/10/12 by darrman because: add a thingy
The Dollar Sign $ - Theories of its Origins
Since the symbol is more recent than the name, and the origins of the latter are well understood, one might expect that the origins of the sign would also be known for certain particularly when the origin of the British pound sign, £, which is far older, is well-established. However that is not the case with regard to the dollar. Perhaps this is less surprising when there has been controversy over the origin of the sign for the European euro, €, a currency that did not come into existence until 1999. (It has been claimed that the euro sign was invented by Arthur Eisenmenger more than a quarter of a century before the currency was introduced). Nevertheless a number of theories about the origin of the dollar symbol have been proposed.
The United States Abbreviation Theory One of the most popular theories is that the dollar sign is derived from the initials of the United States. If you superimpose a capital "U" on a capital "S" then drop the lower part of the "U", what you end up with is a version of the dollar symbol with two strokes. This theory was endorsed by the American libertarian philosopher and staunch defender of capitalism, Ayn Rand, in her novel Atlas Shrugged. Chapter 10 is entitled the Sign of the Dollar. Rand claimed the dollar sign was the symbol not only of the currency, but also the nation, a free economy, and a free mind.
The Peso Abbreviation and Piece of Eight Theories However, a more widely accepted theory nowadays is that the sign owes its origins to the Spanish peso. One version of this theory is that the standard abbreviation of "peso" was simply "P", but the plural form was a large "P" with a small "s" above it and to its right. This was simplified by retaining only the upward stroke of the "P" and superimposing the "S" upon it. Hence the symbol of the dollar.
Kinda interesting that nothing solid has turned up yet. Hmmm.
The staff considered as a symbol and attribute of the Greek god Hermes and the Roman god Mercury. Among the moderns it serves principally as a symbol of commerce.
The English name for the Roman god Mercurius who, with winged hat and sandals, was messenger of the gods and divinity of the market place and commerce. He was originally a Greek God, Hermes.
Originally posted by Druid42
Kinda interesting that nothing solid has turned up yet. Hmmm.
And also sold 'coc aine' too
Originally posted by darrman
reply to post by crimsongod21
i hear yah..
i think Somebody should do a Doctoral Thesis on this!!
It's amazing how in only a few hundred years we could lose track..
did you know SEARS sold CARS?? from a Catalog ?
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Originally posted by sputniksteve
Originally posted by darrman
did you know ,, the dollar sign,, " $ " has lost the story of WHY we use it?? or , Where it came from....
know-body Really knows..
Some say," Didn't it used to be a "U" and an "S" intertwined?
Old paper currency used to have the 'U' over the 'S', but the arms of the 'U' were bolder than the loop at the bottom. It was easier to hand write it with 2 strokes than a 'U' so it stuck .
but i think that the "$" is older then that..
many stories go back before there was a U. S.,, to Spanish doubloons and how, the $ was meant to mean silver..
We know there are a number of other theories about the origin of the symbol, some with a measure of academic acceptance, others the symbolic equivalent of false etymologies.
it seems odd that in only 200 years (give or take)- we would Definitively lose, something, that at the time, must have been,-- obvious -- to the population..
ETA and THAT is why i placed it "lost Civilizations"
Lets hear what you think!!
edit on 5/10/12 by darrman because: add a thingy
Your grammar is very interesting. You speak as if you are an American using "we" and "us" and such. But then you say "know-body knows" which is wrong in more than 1 way. ... instead of just periods and capitalizing random words in the sentence.
ETA- Estimated time of arrival is the definition.
ETA and THAT is why i placed it "lost Civilizations" is how you used it though.
I know it sounds like I am ishing on you but honestly it is just very curious. Sorry for not contributing at all, it is an interesting topic that I had never thought of. Is there a significance that I am missing somehow though?


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Posted by BE on June 8th, 2012
I hadn't intended to return to this topic, but a response by Kevin Milne to my critique of Fair Go's modus operandi leaves me little choice. Kevin was speaking to Herald media commentator John Drinnan. Drinnan reports him as having said:
"I don't know if there is a word for people who attack their own babies. Brian's comments are outrageous and criticism about the show from day one is just nuts. He started an amazing programme that has been hugely popular for 30 years and I think he knows that. My impression [of the people who commented on the Edwards blog] was that they are not the sort of people who watch Fair Go very often. It's a major conversion on the Road to Damascus. You also need to put into focus that he makes his living – an extremely good living one would assume – advising big business how to deal with Fair Go."
A deranged Waiheke neighbour of ours, whose ginger tom was terrorising every other cat in the district, and to whom I complained, put it about the island, when the cat mysteriously disappeared one Christmas, that I had killed it by throwing it over the cliff. I hadn't. But for some time people would approach me and say, 'Ah Brian, the Waiheke cat killer!'
This is, however, the first time I have been accused of attacking my own babies, whatever the word for that is – 'child abuse' I suppose, Kevin – but I'm going to treat the accusation as an elderly moment and move on.
Kevin was not there on 'day one' or for some years after the programme started. So there are things about the early programme that he may not know or may have forgotten. Some are positive, some negative.
In the corner of our office on the sixth floor of Avalon we had a telephone recording booth. We used this facility primarily to record our conversations with 'the baddies'. These conversations were usually the first indication they had that a complaint had been made against them or that they were about to be asked to appear on the programme to defend themselves.
We did not tell the person at the other end of the phone that we were recording the conversation. If they asked, which was rare, we would make some vague comment along the lines, 'Of course, I'm taking down what you have to say.'
Our principal goal was to get the complainee to appear in the studio to answer the allegations. Fair Go was broadcast live throughout the time that I was host and it was not unusual for the complainant as well as the complainee to be interviewed live, sometimes sitting with me in the audience.
If someone refused to be interviewed live in the studio, parts of their answers during that first and subsequent phone conversations would be treated as their defence. The selected parts of the conversation were then 'acted out' as a to-camera dialogue between one of the reporters and another playing the role of the accused. These 'playlets' were often the source of great mirth among the audience in the studio and, I assume, at home.
By Programme Three, Fair Go had rocketed to the top of the ratings.
Not everyone was happy. At one point the Consumer's Institute, which at the start had fully co-operated with the programme, withdrew its support. I had no qualms about what we were doing. We were knights on white chargers, weren't we?
What was positive about these early days was that the show was live. The complainant's side of the story was usually but not always filmed. Complainees were encouraged to appear live and often did.
'Live' or 'recorded as live' means 'not edited', which in turn means that the viewer is aware of everything the interviewer asked and everything the interviewee replied. Though appearing live on television is incredibly frightening for most people, the transparency which it offers is a major protection for the interviewee. As I said in my original post, 'what you see is what you get'.
That transparency no longer exists on Fair Go. A complainee may be interviewed for half an hour or more, but the viewer will see only a fraction of the interview on air. 'What you see' is what the reporter or producer 'allows you to see'.
So the early Fair Go was both better and worse than today's version. Talking it over with Judy, who was a reporter on the show for a period after I left, we concluded that in its first decade, Fair Go 'felt nicer' than it does today. It was fun to work on and to watch. It had less of the grim intensity, the Inquisition quality that it has today. Our aim was to put things right, not to destroy.
As for the rest of what Kevin had to say, I would never deny that Fair Go has done a great deal of good in its long history. It has much to be proud of.
But, like some other commentators on the post, Kevin wants to attribute my criticism of the programme to base motives:
"You also need to put into focus that he makes his living – an extremely good living one would assume – advising big business how to deal with Fair Go."
In the 28 years that Callingham and Edwards has been around, the company has acted for less than a handful of 'big business' companies in a matter involving Fair Go. Most of those seeking help in defending themselves against the programme have been small businesses or individuals.
And, to put it 'into focus', Kevin, the total amount we have earned in those 28 years from Fair Go accused, would be a fraction of what you earned in just one year as the programme's host.
Finally, in the original post I described in detail how Fair Go currently deals with complaints. None of the following have to date identified a single inaccuracy in that description:
I'm not holding my breath.
Brian, you know perfectly well that the only "baby" of yours I'd accuse you of attacking is "Fair Go". So stop being so silly, you lovely Irishman. As for your list of those who haven't "identified a single inaccuracy" in your original post…they would know that any such response is never simply left to stand by Dr Brian Finbar Edwards. It would draw a new, maybe harsher reaction which, once again, would have to be responded to. Maybe they're a little busier than you and me.
BE: Hi Kev.You look very comfy sitting in that armchair on your beautiful property. I don't think I'm being particularly 'silly', but you made up for it with the 'lovely Irishman'. You and I will remain friends regardless and agree to differ. But you do present me with a bit of a Catch 22 scenario: The defenders of Fair Go won't respond because, if I disagreed with anything they said, I'd only come back at them, and they'd have to respond again. It has a certain logic. But the problem is that this isn't a philosophical debate; it's a simple matter of my having described the process by which Fair Go operates, as we've observed it consistently in several cases where people have come to us for help. We've seen the emails, heard the recordings, viewed the written statements and watched the programmes. So I'm uncertain how we can have got it wrong.
Anyway, why don't I take you up on your suggestion. Whether you reply to this reply or not, I undertake not to reply again in return. Unless it's over dinner and a bottle or two of wine. Oh and by the way, we're having some renovations done to our house and will need to re-carpet several rooms. Seriously.
Is TVNZ subject to the OIA? I feel a request for the legal services costs for Fair Go coming on.
Well I have been a regular watcher of Fair Go, and for most of that time have had a high regard for the programme. I believed it performed a useful function in exposing some ratbags but recognised that justice might not always be served because of the limited opportunity the complainee had to respond. I felt that the good outweighed the bad. This high regard lasted until Kevin Milne left.
The programme as fronted by Alison Mau is a joke and she unlike past presenters has minimal credibility. The programme has been dumbed down and is unbelievably trivial. Your baby, Brian, has grown into a vacuous, narcissistic yob which if it existed in the UK would have been served with an ASBO.
I am not in favour of the death penalty but execution of Fair Go would be a blessing.
"As for your list of those who haven't "identified a single inaccuracy" in your original post…they would know that any such response is never simply left to stand by Dr Brian Finbar Edwards. It would draw a new, maybe harsher reaction which, once again, would have to be responded to. Maybe they're a little busier than you and me".
Hmmm. Seems Kevin is making the accusation you are a nit-picker, Brian. If you need a substitute, give me a call!
Milne's response is pathetic. You've detailed the process which is an affront to natural justice, you've given a forum for people burned by Fair Go to corroborate – and they have, and Milne dismisses it all as tiresome lint to be brushed off his jacket sleeve. A good reason why "the sort of people who (do not) watch Fair Go very often" should increase.
Power without accountability – but the lightweight Kevin Milne justifies it with shallow and diversionary superlatives such as, "amazing programme", and "hugely popular".
I'm voting with the off-switch, and I have a suggestion what Kevin can do with his "2nd most trusted man in NZ title".
Surely investigative programmes like Fair Go are always going to face issues of relevance and integrity when the broadcaster is mandated to return a dividend to the government. Truth for truths sake is replaced by truth adjusted for ratings. And of course ratings are dictated by the dividend that is to be paid annually to the Government.
I hear a common complaint in my world that our national broadcaster habitually replaces a seeking of what is relevant with facile fare.
Heavens if one was a conspiracist, one could see such a government mandate as a conscious move to disarm televisions role in a democracy-that being to inform the people of the happenings.
Today that rarely exists in prime time television in New Zealand. And Fair Go tries mightily to survive in this banal environment.
…and having read the NZ Herald article, I hasten to add Kevin should rest up, recover from his opertation, and THEN, when he's recovered his strength and had some time to reflect, give a better response…
Kevin Milne's credo has taken a hit now that he's become a carpet salesman.
BE: Sorry to spoil your word play joke, but I don't want this to be about Kevin. I've never had any reason do doubt his personal integrity.
I don't want to see this turn into a "let's bash Kevin Milne" thread, because from what I see there's a great deal of respect between Brian and Kevin, just a difference of opinion over how Fair Go carries out its mission. Fair Go has changed in a way that reflects TVNZ's change from public broadcaster to a profit-driven one. Ratings matter and in that environment the more eyeballs you get to view the advertising, the better. Sadly that means nuance can be abandoned for sensationalism.
BE: "I don't want to see this turn into a "let's bash Kevin Milne" thread." Nor do I.
As an occasional 'wee looker' at FAIR GO, I tend to agree with the good Dr. Edwards. The style of pwogwamming has definitely changed … for the short – attention – span tabloid end of the investigative reporting spectrum. On the plus side, Alisons' ethnic mix makes for a very telegenic host ! Be nice to each other, guys !!!
"The programme as fronted by Alison Mau is a joke and she unlike past presenters has minimal credibility. The programme has been dumbed down and is unbelievably trivial. Your baby, Brian, has grown into a vacuous, narcissistic yob which if it existed in the UK would have been served with an ASBO."
I am not in favour of the death penalty but execution of Fair Go would be a blessing."
This statement's right on the money. I'v watched Fairgo since its inception, have always cheered for the little guy, and have enjoyed seeing some real rogues brought to their knees.
Today's version looks more like morning T.V.show, Basically ill-informed and vacuous.
I don't bother anymore.
I think the days of programmes like 'Fair Go' and 'Target' are numbered. In the past a simplistic approach to a dispute, involving a poor 'taken advantage of' member of the public, and a hardened 'baddie' was like an old Western, and considered just entertainment. The fact that the 'baddie' was just an ordinary tradesman with ordinary faults and the 'goodie' may have been a nitpicking perfectionist was irrelevant. The purpose was cheap and highly rating, i.e money, entertainment and if there were a few casualties, well who cared. Anyone who has been a juror on a major trial, knows that what can appear to be easy to judge in a ten minute precis, is anything but after two days of evidence. This is why we have an expensive legal system, and why, when livelihoods and business survivability is at stake, 'Fair Go et al' are out of their depth. More importantly, don't let let this blog turn into an egotistical challenge between presenting generations, as there are much more important values involved here.
The notion that Fair Go the 'TV Show' at any period in its history, should be held to scrutiny but the main front-person(s) are immune from any censure does not make any sense at all.
Mr Milne adroitly sidesteps the points made by Dr Edwards and many people posting from personal experience.
I wonder how Fair Go would handle his avoidance of the substance of the issue? Turn up at his front door with the cameras rolling?
It's hard to respect someone who refuses to acknowledge a genuine consumer complaint (from Dr Edwards and others)after years of making a very good living hammering others for just the same thing.
You have to laugh.
Brian points out that Fair Go is a process where the programme edits, censors and has the last word.
Kevin responds that Fair Go will not reply on Brian's blog because he might edit, censor and have the last word – which would be unfair.
Delicious irony.
I think perhaps the resolution of this dispute lies in establishing which of you two gentlemen holds the exulted role of Pater Familias. That may be the noun that you are seeking, Kevin.
This endowment allows the office bearer powers of life and death over resultant bloodlines in order to uphold moral propriety and enforce the well being of the entire broadcasting family that Fair Go purports to be representative of. As far as witnessing the dialogue between you two, the expression,"Two Throats to Choke", comes to mind.
The sad thing is that Kevin Milne as a carries the mantle of being "one of NZ's most trusted people" thus his words hold sway. And yet he is blind to truth of Brian's courageous expose'.
Being witness to a client of mine ambushed, threatened, blackmailed and humiliated by Gordon Harcourt is my proof enough of Brian's statements. Harcourt takes the classic 1-3, forget about 2 (the facts) approach (1 being the accusation, 3 being judgement).
There is no balance in Fair Go. They seem to delight in abusing their power to destroy kiwi business people; all for vain self congratulation and TV One ratings sensation.
In my view Kevin needs to re-look at the facts and reconsider his support for what has become a repulsive programme run by despicable people.
p.s. It is with some relief that I see that The Herald is giving Brian a fair hearing in this matter. In the case of my client The Hearld published Harcourts false and misleading accusations without question, being too lazy or incompetant to seek out the facts from the accused.
Perhaps a new program to compete with Fair go. Call it unfair go ,where the fair go particients get to respond.
We were the unfortunate victims of Kevin Milne's so called Fair Go Show. We never gave our side of the story as we were given only one minute of air time. My husband offered to do a live interview but this was denied by Kevin Milne himself, so our side of the story was never heard. We were stalked by the presenter. They iroared up and down our street trying to get the right shot We lived at no Ten at the end of our street that's how small it was. The presenter practiced running to and from the door trying to make it look like we were running away from her. Then they took footage of my husband picking up my son from primary school and made it look like we were driving off. It was nothing but sensationlized crap!
Our case was going through the courts, the normal process with disputes, and we were winning! The collection agency was even trying to get the money from this woman, this infuriated her! That's when she went to Fair Go with her bleeding heart story. What we would like to know, Is our court system so corrupt that Kevin Milne is above the law of the land? When did he become Judge Jury and Executioner!
BE: Gratuitous abuse. Not acceptable for publication.
That's an astonishing story Helen
Perhaps Kevin Milne would care to respond?
After 37 years as a public servant (my wife almost as long) we went into business and certainly found the other side of being consumers.
Our cafe and nursery seemed to attract lovely customers but once I was threatened by a guy with being taken to 'Fair Go'. He bought a dry area plant-clearly labelled as such but it died – he told me that when it looked sick he watered it often! I offered to replace or refund but at first he was adamant that he was going to 'Fair Go'.
Never watch the programme now – like much of TV it has been dumbed-down so much that its credibilty is now less than zero.
Kevin Milne – a most trusted New Zealander … says it all really! Pathetic.
I no longer watch Fair Go at all. Kevin Milne was the presenter last time I watched it (except for the time the reporter got thumped). Fair Go used to bat for the underdog or catch out the crims, break the scams… now it just wants ratings. Sign of the times. Target is worse. I watched the first five minutes of that carpet cleaner one and turned it off. I got the point. I didn't need to see him ** over and over again. Both programmes are now just boring, embarrassing reality tv, which I despise. Just like MasterChef, which is not about the cooking!
I watch fair go as often as time permits. There is a part of me – shared with many I suspect – that likes seeing the underdog championed and the bad guys dealt to.
I am also aware this is cartoon like in it simplicity, but hey this is telly right.
I wonder if Fair Go has been infected with the same drive to dramatise TV programmes that the reality show business started.
Compared to many years ago we seem to have a lot more clever dramatisations – tricky editing etc to amp up the "product" . Is it the producers or the watchers that drive this push to add visual drama – I don't know but for me it gets in the way of the story.
I'm glad to see this debate taking place as of late I've quite often had some misgivings over what I've just watched on "Fair Go". Indeed, a couple of times, I've felt that "Fair Go"'s point of view of a particular complaint or investigation was dead wrong. The programme is losing credibility, in my view. And it doesn't help that Gordon Harcourt now seems to also keep popping up on other programmmes (or is it the news?), as a kind of 'and now, here's The Man From "Fair Go"'. It's starting to look like ambulance chasing.
Kate said: "Fair Go … now it just wants ratings. Sign of the times. Target is worse."
Indeed. Target appeals to pruriece, the most recent "sensational" episode of which looked like a jack-up to me.
A thought: I've often wondered what would happen if someone managed to do a "reverse Target" and get some hidden cameras into television's boardrooms and production offices. Now, that might produce some delicious results
Kevin, hopefully in 10 years time when you have a bit more distance between yourself and the show, and have mellowed out a little more – you will be able to look back on Fair Go (as Brian has done) and openly admit that yip, often the editing on Fair Go was less than fair. Fair Go is all about coming clean, apologising and putting things right (right?)… A lot if people have been genuinely hurt by the show… I understand that even a small acknowledgement of this is big step for you right now… maybe even your Everest… I sincerely hope you knock the bastard off before you leave this world… Take care
I totally support the person stating the reporters on fair go make their minds up before speaking to the accused, they judge you and execute you before hearing the full picture.
Happening to a close friend of mine this week. He tried to start a business, it fell over which left customers out of pocket, however he is making attempts to repay his customers and all Fair Go can think of is what a great story they have lined up. Thought fair go was about fixing a solution NOT TRYING to attack people!!!
Totally pathetic fair go, what makes it worse is my Friends father passed away only days ago and they have showed no compassion at all.
Fair Go needs to be held accountable at times. They are a joke
Come on Brian, isn't it time to stop drumming up business with your "once a year publicity attack" on TVNZ with your "I started Fair Go" . Surely, you can think of something new and fresh to generate interest in your business. I hold my breath for the next attack next year.
BE: Come on Jamie, don't project your own base thinking onto me. We have all the business we can handle, thank you. During the past year we gave advice to only two Fair Go victims, one of them gratis. Doesn't sound quite as unscrupulous and money-grubbing as you suggest.
Regardless, your "when I was on Fair Go" speech is old and tired. I can't help but think you wish you still worked at TVNZ.
BE: I can't recall what this was about. But I don't normally make 'when I was on Fair Go' speeches. I rather suspect that I was indicating that we were 'cowboys' in those early days and no more blameless than the present lot. Hardly a yearning for the good old days. And I have no interest at all in 'still working for TVNZ'. Never mind. Carry on putting the worst possible interpretation on what people say and their motivation for saying it.


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text: The history of what people wear is never simple, hemmed about with culture, nurture, mores and occasionally cockamamie ideas. Sills strives to address all of these issues in a busy format, but doesn't always hit the mark. Her chapters are only a few pages in length and her pictures—most of them photographs—are well chosen. However, the text is printed on papers that reflect many kinds of printed cloth, visually interesting but hard to read. Her subject is American girls' clothing and the confining aspects of girls' clothes—from swaddling and stays to hoopskirts to bustles—is highlighted in the 12 chapter headings. She's so breezy, though, that sometimes information isn't complete—like why bobbed hair was such an innovation (freeing girls from caring for very long locks) or incorrect (the derivation she gives for "nylon, for instance). Young female readers will be delighted with the photos of Lucia, who designed her own dress, and astounded at how late the idea of females wearing pants came along. (glossary, index, bibliography, Webography, author's note, lists of museums and organizations) (Nonfiction. 8-12)


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I have long believed that Etsy should have a gift certificate option. Sometimes you want someone to have something cool, but you maybe don't know what colour they'd like something to be, or their taste is not what you think it is, or they would want something completely different to what you thought to give them. And finally, Etsy has Gift Cards, and some sellers accept them as payment.
Thing is, you can only buy an Etsy gift card if your billing address is from the US. Burn.
In other news, I hope to be on here more often. I have no reason as to why I haven't been posting…too distracted by shiny things I guess. Well, we'll see if I will post more often. Keep smiling!


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I've been on this mailing list for a few months now, seems to me to be
mostly a linux mailing list.
Are there other discussions going on for
other open source projects?
Are there any open source projects by
Malaysians, or any discussion on open initiatives in Malaysia?
Encouraging more people to adopt open source, or encouraging more
developers to release to open source? Or even discussion on open source
Just wanted to see if there are other discussions other than linux in
this list.


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Chapter 13 continued....
Shit Street in Pusan had not changed in a hundred years—if you wanted a knockoff of the latest Parisian fashion that would unravel a week later, a full length leather duster that would smell suspicious and leave dye on your clothes, new decks at one-tenth the price, the latest in electronics and wet gear—all legal and illegal and all garbage. It was a perfect port money trap. Rube goes in, credit goes in, rube goes out, credit stays.
Nevada-tan wasn't sure what she was looking for but would know it when she saw it. There was a cool clinging mist coming off the water; it had a heavy flavor of diesel with just a touch of rotting fish. Nevada-tan moved slowly from storefront to storefront, stepping over several passed out sailors and an ROK Marine holding a bloody rag to his forehead while smoking a bent cigarette. Stopping in front of an electronics store; most of the stock in the windows was dust- covered and out of date. Pushing the door open, she was startled by a loud electronic chime. The store's interior reflected the window display perfectly. Behind the counter stood a man with a young, unlined face. His hair was cut in a symmetrical bowl that highlighted his ebony ear plugs. A Maori tattoo decorated his chin and lower face. Armless, he was reading a newspaper, turning the pages with a long rubber-tipped stick he held in his mouth.
"Good morning," Nevada-tan chirped happily.
"So you say," he grunted around the stick.
Nevada-tan was a little flustered but continued. "Any day you are alive and free is a good day."
The stick fell to the counter top with a clack. "Really?'
Nevada-tan reddened. "Yes, I think so."
The man peered at her as if he just noticed her. "Let me ask you a question Princess, may I call you Princess?"
"Yes," Nevada-tan stammered.
"Well, Princess let me ask you a question. Do your balls itch?"
" 'Ah,' is not an answer. Can you talk?"
"Well?" he demanded.
Nevada-tan thrust her chin forward and replied. "I have no balls so they do not itch."
"Well good for fucking you. Grab that pointer."
Nevada-tan grabbed the pointer with both hands and held it in front of her like a sword.
"Now put it down on the counter with the point facing me."
Nevada-tan did as instructed. "Push it about half way over toward me."
She did as she was told. To her horror he straddled it and began to rub his crotch back and forth growling, his face scrunched up in something resembling ecstasy. Nevada-tan could feel his weight and movement through the stick. Frozen with dread and repulsion she could not let go. He hopped off abruptly as he had hopped on.
"There! That is probably the most use you have been to anyone in years. Now do you want to buy a deck?"
Nevada-tan let go of the stick and pushed it away from her with her fingertips.
"I need a chip and flow access."
"Chip?" The man behind the counter looked confused. "Lady, everyone in the Pacific fucking rim has a chip. It comes with your fucking belly button."
"You have a scanner?"
"Of course I have a scanner," he rolled his eyes. "This look like a charity to you?"
"Scan me."
The man ducked behind the counter and popped back up with a hand scanner in his mouth. He dropped it on the counter. "Wave your right wrist over it."
She did. The scanner read nothing. "Wave your left then, slowly."
She passed her left over slowly. Nothing.
"So fucking what. You moved it. Pick up the scanner and pass it over yourself." She did, covering her arms, legs, torso and head—nothing.
"Hmmm. Wave it over my right shoulder." She did and it beeped on the screen came up his I.D. and credit balance.
"Holy shit. I didn't think it was possible. It's like walking around without a head. How the hell did you make it through school or buy a bowl of kim chi for Christ sake?"
"I was different, special."
The man behind the counter shook his head. "I guess. What the hell can I do for you?"
"Can you get me a chip?"
"Hell, you got enough credit I can make you King of Thailand. How much you got?"
"If I can get access to the flow I can get as much as you need."
The man smirked. "How? Magic? Integral baffles prevent any unauthorized transfers or even contact with accounts not keyed to your chip."
She shrugged. "Let me try."
The man made a farting noise with his lips. Then he turned his back and stepped through a beaded curtain. Nevada-tan stood there, unsure of what to do. He poked his head back through the curtain and said, "You coming?
She walked around the end of the counter and went through the curtain. The front of the store looked like an operating theater compared to the back. Piles of opened crates with all manner of ephemera: electronics, spoiled foodstuffs, sex toys, and a moth eaten pair of shrunken heads. He led her to the back wall and a small desk. On it was what appeared to be an arcade-grade crown with filaments; she was sure of dubious cleanliness.
"This is it?"
"It ain't Sony labs, Princess. It's what we got."
She sat at the desk and placed the last prophylactic sleeve in the dispenser over her head, adjusting the crown to fit. It formed a fit slowly, tightly gripping her head. She felt the pinprick pressure as the microfilaments bore in. The connection was fuzzy and indistinct; not anything like the connection at the compound. She focused and pushed her way to into the flow. Letting herself drift until she came upon a financial beachhead. Getting herself in as a loan query she moved among accounts, taking small amounts from only the largest and readjusting the totals, depositing these small withdrawals into an earnest money account for a large corporate real estate auction. Finally, she keyed that to a blind account accessible by the counterman's chip number. Closing all the portals behind her, she pulled back into the flow erasing, her wake as she withdrew. Disconnecting, wincing as the filaments withdrew; she was covered in a light dew of sweat from concentration she expended in the effort to stay in the flow over such a poor connection. The man was watching her closely.
"Well?" he asked.
"Access your account at this number," she said, rattling off a series of digits.
"Hold on for shit's sake." He moved to the counter, picked up the pointer and tapped a series of commands into the scanner. He leaned in with his shoulder to scan his chip. As he peered at the small screen, his eyes grew to the size of saucers. Dashing to the front door he flipped over the sign to Closed, locking the door with his foot and switching off the lights. Running back to the counter, picking up the scanner in his teeth and returned to the back room. He dropped the scanner and looked at her in a state of high agitation.
"Is this fucking for real?"
"The credit is in your account."
"Can't be traced?"
"I would break it down into smaller amounts. Spread it around. I'm sure someone of your…" she paused, "…economic class would draw some attention from the authorities."
"No shit." His eyes couldn't leave the tiny screen. "What exactly do you want?"
"A chip, and then you never saw me."
She sat watching a small wall screen that had been hidden behind some crates of plaster-chipped Chinese dragons. It was a Singapore soap opera called Properties about a beautiful young real estate agent working for a large agency. It seemed to involve a lot of attractive vaguely Eurasian males who had a lot of trouble keeping their shirts on. She was enthralled; she had never seen anything like it.
"If you can pull yourself away from that for a minute, our man is here."
She turned and saw a tall thin man in a tank top and shorts. Except for his face, every centimeter of his skin she could see was covered with tattoos.
"This is Han; he does chip switches on occasion. He will be able to fix you up."
Holding a small case in his hand, he placed it on the desk and hit some switches she couldn't see. It flipped open, exposing a piston-operated medical device and two small cylinders. He reached down, pulled the covering off the end of one and screwed it into the handle of the applicator. Reaching into his pants pocket, he removed a small transparent container. Inside it she could see a small black cylinder with some tiny white numbers etched on the outside.
"Is that the chip?" Nevada-tan asked.
Han looked at the counterman. "No questions," he said.
He placed the cylinder into the dispenser, it hissed as it locked into place.
Removing a spray bottle from his shorts pocket he reached over and pulled up her right sleeve. He sprayed her wrist before laying the muzzle of the device against her skin.
"Is this going to hurt?" she asked.
"No questions," the man replied.
"Is it clean?"
"No questions."
"Where did it come from?"
"No fucking questions!"
Nevada-tan closed her eyes and heard the injector hiss. She felt a burning in her forearm which caused her to jerk.She was shocked to see just a tiny red spot and no bleeding.
"It'll bruise. In a day you will never know it happened."
"Thanks Han. I'll walk you out."
Nevada-tan looked at her wrist. She had just joined the human race. No longer something from a lab, an experiment, she was normal.
The counter man reappeared.
"Where did it come from?" she asked.
"You don't want to know."
"Is it stolen?"
"What do you care?"
"I care."
The man smirked. "I'll call Han back. He'll yank it."
Nevada-tan covered her wrist protectively. "No. I'll keep it."
"I thought so. Let's see if it reads."
They walked over to the hand scanner. She picked it up and ran it over her wrist.
"Put it in the base by the screen. We'll take a look at the bio as well"
Nevada-tan put in the base and hit the power stud. The screen sprang to life with a photo of young dark haired Asian women. Her stats were listed under the photo. Height, weight, age, nationality and credit balance.
"Not bad. She looks like you."
" It says I'm Korean."
The man looked at her. "Is that a problem?"
"No. She doesn't have much credit." Nevada-tan tapped into the earnest account and shifted half of the credit.
She heard the man grunt behind her. "Is that a problem?'
"No," he said sullenly.
"I didn't think so. That amount will be redeposited when I get to my destination. And no one finds out I was here."
"That's not a problem with me, sister."
"Good, thank you, Mister…?"
He looked at her and said nothing.
"Right, no questions."
The sun had burned off most of the fog. She stood and watched the street surge around her with a life and vitality that had not been evident three hours earlier. Across from her was a public screen with a throng of people around it . She crossed the street and inched her way closer to the screen to see what was happening.
On it was a picture of a smoking reactor. Underneath ran a tag line: "Kyushu meltdown. Japan powerless. A nation in the dark….."


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Upgrade Your Netbook to Ubuntu 9.04
Over the years I have owned a number of personal computers. I have enjoyed them all except for one of my first two. It was a Compaq luggable. It had a small green screen, 5.25 inch floppies, no hard drive, a 300 baud modem and 128K of memory. I had upgraded the memory from 64K so I could run Lotus 123.
It served its purpose. I actually use to lug it onto planes with a wheeled luggage carrier and store in an overhead bin. That was in the days before everyone took take on baggage as their preference so their was usually room.
My other first computer was a first generation Macintosh. I loved that little box with the black and white screen. I remember spending hours playing a sub chase game called El Gato. I did not do a lot of regular computing on it.
I did on my next Macintoshes. I used nothing but Macs at home from 1991 to 2002. They were great machines. For cost reasons, I switched to PC Window machines in 2002, and that is what I have used since. I had also used PCs at work from 1987 to 1991 and Macintoshes at work the following two years.
I now run Vista Basic. I am upgrading to Windows 7 as soon as it comes out. I have had few problems with Vista. The most persistent one is when I try to upgrade some software and it fails due to permissions problems in the registry. I hate trying to track those down.
Last spring, I got on online offer from Dell that I could not turn down. It was a Dell Mini 9 running Dell's version of Linux Ubuntu. It was cheap and I bought one just to surf the Net. It is highly portable but has no CD/DVD drive or hard drive. It uses flash memory.
For my purposes, I figured out Ubuntu just fine. But then, something happened. My netbook tried to update Ubuntu online while connected wirelessly via a router to the web. I think it shut down or I shut it down before the entire upgrade was downloaded. Ubuntu then would not work.
I spent about three hours trying to figure out how to fix it. Dell does not fully support Linux so they were not help. But after three hours, I came up with the following. The netbook is working great again, even faster than before.
For this to work, you must have access to a Windows machine connected to the Internet, preferably broadband.
You have to get a USB stick drive. You will need one at least 1GB but get a bigger one. They are cheap.
Your have to download a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook remix from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ubuntu-9.04-netbook-remix-i386.img.
You will also have to download a copy of a disk imager from here: http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/0.1/0.1/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.1-r15-win32.zip. Unzip the disk imager file.
your USB drive with the Windows machine and note the drive letter.
Then find the Disk Imager program, Win32DiskImager.exe, on your
computer. Next, find the Ubuntu 9.04 netbook image file on your
On your netbook, find out how to set it to boot from a USB drive. Plug in your USB drive with the Netbook image file into your netbook and boot from the USB drive.
The instructions for installing the operating system are then easy to follow. You should have no problem.
WARNING: All of the information previously on your netbook will be erased so make sure you have made copies of anything important.


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Before we even begin discussing Spelunky on XBLA, go download the original PC version for free this very moment. Seriously. Do it.
Armed with bombs and ropes to scale high altitudes, Spelunky's hero is fragile. His own bombs can end his life in a second, and getting bumped by a skeleton too many times or falling onto spikes will send him back to the beginning all over again. Spelunky is unapologetically hard, but super rewarding for anyone patient enough to clear a level of its treasure, maiden in distress, or golden idols.
You get a single life, so even if you clear ten levels of treasure, one mistake can send you careening back to the start. In writing, this just sounds mean. But the design, charm, and rewards present in Spelunky make this a challenge worth taking, not an unfair "I can't believe I have to start over" moment.
In each level, you begin near the top and use ladders, bombs, ropes, and leaps of faith to travel downward and find the exit. You don't have to collect treasure along the way, if you're simply trying to survive, but that's kind of the point. You want to collect treasure, save innocent ladies, and cash in on the wonders of the underground. But any flippant decision will remind you just how human the little adventurer is.
This fragility of life is most apparent in the XBLA version's multiplayer modes. Up to four players can join in on an expedition, though they're all locked to the screen at hand. Thus, if one player gets antsy and tries to proceed ahead, his avatar hides off-screen with an indicator pointing the direction. The catch is, any number of terrifying dangers can hang out just out of sight. This means you need to stick together as a group to survive and not make any risky jumps. The players' ability to stun each other (even as they're floating around the screen as a ghost) can be devastating to progress. Smack a friend too close to an enemy, or during a jump, and they might land on spikes and end it all.
There's also a Deathmatch mode that truly tests one's survival skills. This frantic one-screen battle features power-ups that can teleport you around the tiny screen, and additional ways to quickly end each other's lives. It's a fun use of the simple mechanics the game already excels at.
Spelunky's many avatars read like a polite nod to the indie community. A muscled Meat Boy hides in the character choices, and other familiar faces from the independent world find their way into the lineup as well. The quirky character design and new cartoony look actually works really well in this version of Spelunky. If you downloaded the PC version like I demanded, you'll see a vastly differently style, but the new take is charming.
Spelunky's creator says that the adventure's coming to Xbox Live Arcade this summer, but we don't have an exact release date just yet.
Peter writes for IGN's Xbox 360 team. You can follow him on Twitter and MyIGN.


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My Secret Pal Rocks
(Warning: I think I've blown my monthly quota of exclamation points in one post).
I got a package from the Royal Mail! It's from my Secret Pal, Special Mittens!
It contained a gazillion goodies:
You thought I was exaggerating when I said "gazillion"? Seriously, there's 7 (seven!) types of candies there!! My absolute fave is the "Pocket Coffee": chocolate filled with syrupy espresso. This is GENIUS. (You'll also notice licorice, which I loooove, and roses made out of ribbons and a stretchy sequin thingy and Brighton Rock candy which I've never heard of but is delicious, let me tell you).
*And* she made me a cake cookbook, called "Special Mitten's Guide to Cake". It is beautifully decorated with japanese-inspired prints. Here's a exerpt:
"Naughtiest brownies", he he he...
*And* she made me a bracelet! It was all wrapped up in gold lame fabric. Ooh! Shiny! Me likey! It's i-cord with big pink glass beads. I love its non-subtleness.
*And* the piece de resistance: Candy-colored yarn! It's a candy theme!
Special Mittens found this yarn in a shop that was closing, and she liked the idea of yarn living for so long in the UK, then travelling all the way across the ocean to come to rest in my greedy little hands. (Well, she didn't use the word greedy, but I know what I am). This yarn is very fine gauge, and although Special Mittens suggested I make socks, I'm thinking ... lacy shawl. I don't want an intricate lace pattern to compete with these beautiful colors, so I might make a very simple shawl. Plain old garter stitch? Boring! Hey, maybe I'll make an adult version of the Pinwheel blanket! Hmmm...


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Interpersonal difficulties refer to repetitive struggles that people have in relationships due to specific problematic (unhealthy) responses and coping behaviours that result in a dysfunctional interactive style. These responses and behaviours are usually learned in childhood by watching our parents and other family members deal with pain and may include withdrawing, blaming, clinging, attacking, or surrendering.
As psychologist dr. Rovers explains in his book Healing the Wounds in Couple Relationships, people who repeatedly fall into unhealthy patterns in their relationships with friends, family members, coworkers, and romantic partners may need to explore and heal the family-of-origin wounds. He describes a wound as "the button that gets pushed, the trigger, the reaction, the gut feeling that catapults us back into an old feeling or pattern of action" (p.43). We all have them as we are living the legacy of our family of origin. They may have served an adaptive function at some point in life, but in adult relationships they tend to be problematic and it is our responsibility to do something about them.
By healing the wounds and learning to act on their values instead of tripping over wound-influenced emotional reactions and behaviours, clients can eventually overcome the relationship difficulties that hold them back.
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User review on BMW R 1200 RT written by (Guest) on 2015-08-15 13:14:09
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Bike variant reviewed for: BMW R 1200 RT
Year of Manufacture: 2014 | Driven no. of Kms. : 14550
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This bike is totally different from any other bikes in the Indian market. The R1200RT series is powered by a four-stroke 1170cc flat-twin ???????Boxer??™ engine mated to a six-speed manual gearbox through a single dry plate clutch. This means the engine is really tough and is only made for style and speed. It also gives a good performance on city roads. This bike is just awesome and the bike lover really loves it. With good suspension, tires and other security features it had took the place in the Indian market.


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Four students of the University of Benin have been reportedly killed in a renewed cult war between two rival cult groups.
It could not be ascertained what led to the recent killings.
Sources said two of the victims were at Osasogie Street close to the university main campus at Ugbowo along the Benin-Lagos express road.
They said several shots were fired in other areas around the university including the staff quarters.
Apparently in reprisal attacks, another two students were shot inside the university campus where students queued for biometric registration at the university sports complex.
One of the victims who is a 200-level Mathematics student and simply identified as Snazzy was shot in the neck.
The attackers reportedly dropped their guns and escaped in the ensuing stampede.


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Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee released its Concluding Observations on Canada's sixth report in relation to Canada's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (advanced unedited version). While it commended recent legislation adopted by individual provinces in relation to human rights, there was no overall commendation for Canada. In fact, the majority of the report expressed numerous concerns about Canada's failures in relation to the basic human rights of Indigenous peoples.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee directed Canada to "widely disseminate" this report among judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society, non-governmental organizations and the general public. It is not likely that Canada will do so, therefore, here is a summary of some of their concerns and key recommendations specific to Indigenous peoples:
Concern: "persisting inequalities between women and men" including "high level of the pay gap" which is more pronounced for Indigenous women and the "underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in the public and private sectors";
(a) guarantee equal pay for equal work, with special focus on Indigenous women;
(b) promote better representation of women in leadership;
Concern: "continued high prevalence of domestic violence in the State party, in particular violence against women and girls, that mostly affects indigenous and minority women" as well as insufficiency of shelters and failure of police to investigate and prosecute;
(a) make efforts to "firmly combat" domestic violence against women in all forms, especially Indigenous women;
(b) investigate all reported cases and follow through with prosecutions;
(c) increase shelters and support services;
Concern: "indigenous women and girls are disproportionately affected by life-threatening forms of violence, homicides and disappearances" and Canada's "failure to provide adequate and effective responses" and failure to provide information about their investigations, prosecutions and punishments of those responsible;
(a) conduct a national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in consultation with Indigenous women's organizations and families;
(b) review its legislation to prevent further murders and disappearances;
(c) investigate & prosecute offenders & provide reparations to victims;
(d) address the root causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls;
Concern: "excessive use of force by law enforcement officers during mass arrests in the context of protests at federal and provincial levels, with particular reference to indigenous land-related protests" as well as concerns about "complaints not always promptly investigated and the lenient nature of sanctions imposed";
(a) ensure all allegations of ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police investigated;
(b) need strong independent oversight bodies with adequate resources;
(c) those responsible are prosecuted and punished with appropriate penalties;
Concern: "potential extinguishment of indigenous land rights and titles" and the number of years of unresolved land disputes places financial burden on Indigenous peoples and "Indigenous peoples are not always consulted" on legislation that impacts our lands and rights;
(a) seek free informed and prior consent for legislation and actions that impacts our lands and rights;
(b) resolve land and resource disputes.
Concern: "slow" pace at which Canada is removing gender discrimination in the Indian Act thereby preventing Indigenous women and their descendants from transmitting Indian status equally with men
(a) remove all remaining discriminatory effects of Indian Act for Indigenous women and children so they enjoy rights of Indian status on equal footing with men;
Concern: "disproportionately high rate of incarceration of indigenous people, including women, in federal and provincial prisons across Canada"
(a) prevent excessive use of incarceration of Indigenous peoples;
(b) wherever possible use alternatives to detention (including serving sentences in communities);
Concern: "risk of disappearances of indigenous languages", "lack of access to basic needs", lack of funding for child welfare, and not all students of residential schools have been given redress;
(a) implement and reinforce programs to provide basic needs;
(b) programs to preserve Indigenous languages; and
(c) provide child and family services on reserve with sufficient funding;
(d) implement TRC recommendations;
Canada should be ashamed that it has such a poor record on protecting the basic human rights of Indigenous peoples - especially in relation to Indigenous women and children. It is a disgrace that Canada sits with other countries, like Mexico, for the continued murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls. Even after decades of litigation, Canada has still has not addressed Indian Act gender discrimination which excludes thousands of children of Indigenous women. Canada has no defense for its discriminatory under-funding of First Nations children in care which causes hardship for our most vulnerable. The extreme poverty, over-representation of our people in prison, dying languages, and Canada's continued failure to respect our Indigenous rights and title have all been noticed by the United Nations as violations of our basic human rights.
It is long past the time for Canada to address these long-standing human rights violations of Indigenous peoples - this is not the Canada anyone envisioned - including our mutual ancestors who signed peace and friendship treaties.
This blog represents my own personal opinions, thoughts and ideas, and should never be relied on as legal advice. My goal is have a national discussion with the grass roots citizens to see where we can affect the changes we want for our families, communities, and Nations. We owe it to our ancestors to protect our cultures and territories for our future generations.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
United Nations Human Rights Committee Critiques Canada's Human Rights Violations of Indigenous Peoples
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German American Business Outlook 2018
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most important economic indicators of German American
business relations.
The seven German Chamber offices and the Washington, D.C. liaison office, together with KPMG in Germany, surveyed more than 1,900 German subsidiaries in the United States on their views of the U.S. as an investment location.
The results presentation and a panel discussion was held at J.P. Morgan in New York City on Monday, December 11, 2017 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.
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On March 1, 2018, President Xi Jinping held talks with King Tupou VI of Tonga at the Great Hall of the People. The two heads of state agreed to push China-Tonga strategic partnership for new and greater development at a new starting point in history.
Xi Jinping welcomed King Tupou VI to pay a state visit to China on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and conveyed his sincere condolences to Tonga over the recent damage it had suffered from a severe cyclone. Xi Jinping pointed out that King Tupou VI came to China in the capacity of foreign and defense minister 20 years ago to sign the Joint Communique between China and Tonga on Establishing Diplomatic Relations and made historic contributions to establishing and developing China-Tonga relations. It is hoped that the royal family of Tonga would continuously play a positive role in advancing the development of China-Tonga relations.
Xi Jinping stressed that China and the Pacific Island countries, including Tonga are good friends and good partners with the same fate, common destiny and shared development. It is put forward at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that China will promote the building of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. The Congress stressed that China will adhere to the correct viewpoint of righteousness and benefit and the principles of sincerity, real results, affinity, and good faith, and strengthen solidarity and cooperation with other developing countries. The concepts and principles mentioned above will open up broader prospects for China-Tonga relations and bilateral cooperation.
Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Tonga should reinforce exchanges at high level and across various levels, increase political mutual trust as well as continue supporting and understanding each other on issues concerning respective sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity. Both countries should expand dialogue, exchanges and cooperation between government departments and legislative bodies, deeply tap potential, actively expand practical cooperation in various areas and jointly advance cooperation under the "Belt and Road" framework, in a bid to achieve win-win and shared development. China knows well that Tonga, as a small developing island country, faces special challenges in its economic and social development. China is willing to continue providing Tonga with economic and technological assistance within its capability without attaching any political conditions. Instead of unilaterally offering assistance and simply providing the "blood-transfusion" mode of aid, which is like giving the country fish, China teaches Tonga "how to fish". China would fulfill all the promises it has made to the letter to let local people gain more sense of fulfillment from China-Tonga cooperation. China is ready to enhance South-South cooperation on climate change with Tonga and intensify exchanges and cooperation with Pacific Island countries.
Tupou VI congratulated on the successful convening of the 19th CPC National Congress last year, and expressed that President Xi Jinping is a visionary and wise leader. Tupou VI believed that China would score even greater achievements under President Xi Jinping's leadership. Tonga attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with China, sincerely appreciates the long-term and precious support and assistance provided by the Chinese government and people for the country's economic and social construction, and also thanks China for providing disaster relief assistance immediately after Tonga was hit by a recent cyclone. The country agrees with China on the important proposition to build a new type of international relations and stands ready to make joint efforts with the Chinese side to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Tonga firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and stands ready to intensify friendly cooperation with China in such fields as trade, infrastructure construction and tourism as well as under the "Belt and Road" framework. It is hoped that China could help Tonga to achieve greater development and address the challenges posed by climate change. Tonga supports the deepening of cooperation between Pacific Island countries and China.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents in such fields as economic and technological cooperation, human resources development and education. Both sides also issued the Joint Press Communique between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Tonga.
Prior to the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Tupou VI at the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. President Xi Jinping's wife Mme. Peng Liyuan, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Ping, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chen Xiaoguang and others were present.


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Members of the Worthington Kilbourne High School football team would enjoy nothing more than to end a frustrating season by sending Dublin Scioto into the Division I, Region 3 playoffs on a sour note.
Members of the Worthington Kilbourne High School football team would enjoy nothing more than to end a frustrating season by sending Dublin Scioto into the Division I, Region 3 playoffs on a sour note.
The teams meet Friday, Oct. 26, at Kilbourne in the annual Battle of Hard Road.
"For some of our kids, this rivalry is bigger than the rivalry with Thomas (Worthington) because we weren't allowed to play (Thomas) for several years," Wolves coach Vince Trombetti said. "We've only played Thomas like five times, and the rivalry with Scioto began when they opened in 1995."
The Wolves and Irish play for a hunk of asphalt from Hard Road, with the significance dating back to when Scioto was built 2.7 miles from Kilbourne.
"When they were building Scioto, Hard Road was all torn up," Trombetti said. "Our coach then was Jeff Gafford and he grabbed a piece of the asphalt and that's what we play for. It's painted and part of a trophy now, but it's a big deal for all of us."
Kilbourne leads the series 11-7, but Scioto has won the last two, including 34-19 last season. The Irish will be seeking an unprecedented third consecutive win in the series. They won the first two meetings in 1995 (21-7) and 1996 (66-28) and back-to-back meetings in 2002 (44-21) and 2003 (10-7). Their others wins came in 2006 (27-24) and 2010 (31-14).
"We haven't had the trophy in a while and it's time to get it back," Trombetti said. "They're a playoff team and it's our last game. It's senior night and we'll have 'senior tackle' after the game. It'd be a cherry on top of it all to bring the trophy back to its home."
Scioto is 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the OCC-Cardinal Division and Kilbourne, which has won two of its last three games, is 3-6 and 2-4.
The Wolves will need to contain a Scioto offense that is averaging 36.4 points. The Irish have scored at least 28 points in each of their wins and have scored 42 or more points five times.
Scioto's losses have come against Dublin Coffman (34-14 on Aug. 31) and Hilliard Darby (28-24 on Oct. 12). Both teams are both 9-0.
"We're going to have our hands full because they have a lot of weapons," Trobetti said. "They have a quarterback (Evan DeMars) who throws it well and a running back (Will Houston) who can hit you with some big runs."
DeMars has completed 203 of 281 passes for 2,351 yards and Houston has rushed for 968 yards on 202 carries and has 12 touchdowns. DeMars' primary target is Tim Shadoan, who has 71 receptions for 940 yards and has scored 16 touchdowns.
The Irish has two other receivers with 30 or more receptions through eight games in Darius McDonald (37 for 336 yards) and Mason Matheny (30 for 354 yards).
Kilbourne is averaging 20.9 points and allowing 19.1. The Wolves have lost four games by seven points or fewer.
Kilbourne is coming off a 26-6 victory over winless Westerville North on Oct. 19. The Warriors' points came on a 20-yard fumble return for a touchdown, giving them a 6-0 lead.
"Things didn't start well because they scored first on a scoop-and-score," Trombetti said. "Then we took control. Our defense was extremely good. We've played well defensively most of the season, but I think this was our best effort. It should've been a shutout."
Kilbourne limited North to 159 total yards. Linebacker Josh Happ led the defense with 12 tackles. Defensive back Eric Wahoff had nine tackles, defensive lineman Gavin Elifritz had eight and defensive end D.J. Freer and defensive backs Chandler Bridges and Seth Hill each had seven.
"Seth Hill has been our quiet hero," Trombetti said. "He's a running back who gives us a speed threat we haven't had in years and he garners defensive attention. He's done a terrific job at cornerback and he rarely comes off the field because he's our kickoff and punt returner."


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