Kids these daysApparently more than half kids who start school cannot count to 20, do not know the alphabet, cannot hold a pencil correctly, cannot write their own name or recognise colours. A quarter cannot tell the difference between a number and [...]

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Do you think a person who is taken to court for drunk driving should be let off if they say they were drinking coke? UpdatedMost people understand the above question and will say that a person should not be let off for drunk driving if they say they [...]

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Organic Foods - TheTruth on Health

Soil Association response to the Food Standards Agency's Organic ReviewI'm still at a loss at how the FSA reached their decision when you read their report carefully, despite the biased nature of the report, it still manages [...]

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CYF boss apologies after parents go public - not for wrongdoing, but because those his department hassled were "upset".A parent tells how he smacked his child "I grabbed hold of her ankle and smacked her bottom" Two of his fingers went above the line [...]

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How the referendum question should be interpreted"Do I want to go to jail if I smack as part of good parental correction in New Zealan [...]

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Lobbying on the training incentive allowanceTrudy Basire is a frequenter of the TradeMe message boards frequented by Natasha Fuller, who gets $715 as a beneficiary. Basire is leading the campaign to reinstate full access to the Training Incentive Allowance [...]

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The smacking debate on Campbell LiveCampbell Live had an excellent programme on the smacking debate tonight. You can watch it here. Anton Blank (Te Kahui Mana Ririki) and Murray Edridge (Barnardos) represented The Yes [...]

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I support an allowance as an incentive for trainingIn the past day or two I have written about people on benefits who want an allowance from the Government to undertake tertiary training. It may appear from those posts that I do not support assistance [...]

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Miguel Angel Martinez Monje concept spaceship art

bymonje.comKeywords: miguel angel martinez monje grew up in alicante spain spaceships and robots lego models of his favourite TV series like Mazinger Z and Space 1999 and Tron and Star Wars passion for mechanical and vehicle [...]

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Natasha Fuller admits she may have been getting WINZ payments she was not entitled to post is updatedNatasha Fuller is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the latest in a series of five posts on the women who protested National's decision to can [...]

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Why couldn't Jennifer Johnston go to SIT - they have no feesJennifer Johnston wants to be a nurse and is moaning she can't get a training incentive allowance. She lives in Invercargill and started training two year's ago. Jennifer is passing with [...]

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Labour's hypocrisyNobody has seemed to have pointed out the hypocrisy of Labour going to the Privacy Commissioner because National released details of the income of two beneficiaries on the Domestic Purposes Benefit. Turns out that Labour - well [...]

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Claims that Fuller was getting WINZ assistance illegally Natasha Fuller is the beneficiary who is getting $715.00 a week on the dpb to spend most of her day on message boards complaining she cant get the Training Incentive [...]

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I have no sympathy for rich beneficiaries who lose their Training Incentive Allowance post has been updatedI do have a problem with Social Development minister Paula Bennett releasing private details of beneficiaries to a newspaper purely because they [...]

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District 9 concept ships

Woah.... Went to Yellowstone for a week and now I am trying to catch up on shop stuff!Some nice vfx work from the upcoming film DISTRICT 9.Keywords: animated flash sample loop helicopters over city spaceship over earth alien invasion cinematic shot from [...]

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McCoskrie and Savill on Q+A todayBob McCoskrie, and Sheryl Savill in particular, did pretty well against Paul Holmes on Q + A today. You can see both the interview and the transcript here. I wish TVNZ would start spelling their guests' names correctly, [...]

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Herald poll reveals parents are afraid to admit to smacking kids The Herald has done a poll on how often people smack their kids. They interviewed parents of four year olds and compared this to surveys of parents [...]

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How would you feel if you lost $1.3m every day?This guy did last year, and he doesn't seem to mind all that much. The amount he lost on average every week is equal to the cost of the smacking referend [...]

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Number one Progressive Party policy: Supporting Jim Anderton financially until he retiresJim Anderton, who has turned 70, has told his Progressive Party supporters that they can join Labour and retain their Progressive membership. That is discriminatory [...]

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White Lies: Not a bad bandDriving back from Palmy a few hours ago I was listing to NatRad and they had a special on a London band that sound's like a cross between Joy Division and The Editors, with a bit of OMD, Cure etc. They are playing at a K Road [...]

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Female drivers are skipping meals, driving on an empty stomach

Female drivers are skipping meals and driving on an empty stomach | Sheilas' WheelsCan a better diet help your concentration and mood? Nutritionist, London Yvonne Bishop-Weston says "yes"Yvonne is on the Radio today talking [...]

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Goffs gaffeYesterday I covered the story of Bruce Burgess and how he has threee properties, no job and was turned away from WINZ because his wife earned $21k. I broke the news yesterday that Burgess is entitled to some benefit from WINZ - and not just [...]

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Why does Phil Goff ask such dumb questions?Hon Phil Goff: Why did the Prime Minister answer in the House yesterday that a person who has been made redundant and who has a spouse earning $26,000 a year is eligible for financial support for job search [...]

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I worked hard, but I may lose my home *** what do Labour's researchers do? ***updatedBruce Burgess lost his $750 per week job in the recession and was turned away from WINZ because his partner worked part time. She earns $21,000 a year. WINZ turned [...]

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Stuff stuffs up more stuffThe mainstream media think blogs are bad for discussing the Weatherston case. But the above story was pulled from Stuff today. The cache is here.The jury members have been allowed to return to [...]

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How To Calculate Body Mass Index - BMI Calculator

How To Calculate Body Mass Index - BMI An easy way to calculate your average Body Mass Index, to assess your excess body fat, is by using this free Body Mass Index calculator from the CDC. Determining your BMI will give you a pretty good idea of your [...]

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Stephen Chu concept ship art

Some ridiculous car design work on stephensanity.blogspot. Check out Stephen on conceptrobots.Keywords: concept design art visualization concept spaceship illustration by artist stephen chu car automobile body designer los [...]

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Phil Goff's idiotic ideaPhil Goff wants the dole paid to people made redundant due to the recession even if their partners are working. He wants partners income to be disregarded in means testing.To pay the full unemployment benefit to partnered [...]

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Punter loses $43k on Warriors gameLast week the NZ Herald reported that last week an Australian punter bet A$35,000 ($43,260) on a Sydney Roosters victory at $1.85 against the Warriors in the weekend.The Warriors won 30-24.Ouch. I wonder if he [...]

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Clayton Weatherston trial: Spooking bloggers is now weekend newsIt appears some bloggers have been spooked by the media in relation to comments they may have made on the Clayton Weatherston trial. I had a chat to Kiwiblog's David Farrar in the pub [...]

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Truth on Swine flu - Man Made

YouTube - WARNING! Truth behide Swine flu! ~ Do NOT take Vaccines! ~More Videos accusing biochemical companies of genetically engineering SwineFlu from 1918 human Spanish Flu, Avian Flu and Swine Flu to concoct a new virus that only they have a vaccine [...]

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Jakarta bomb blast Got the news of the bomb blast in Jakarta this afternoon. One Kiwi was killed in the blast. My wife heard an interview on the radio with one of our close friends who was one of the Kiwi survivors in the JW Marriott Hotel at the [...]

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Police admit they may prosecute for smacking cases initially considered "reasonable force in the circumstances"Police have not ruled out prosecuting a parent who lightly - and with reasonable force - smacks their child, despite proponents of a law change [...]

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Prominent QC criticises Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s workAn article in the Press yesterday [PDF] by QC Grant Illingworth said that the law that banned smacking is inappropriate. In the article titled Good motive, but bad law, Illingworth, who specializes [...]

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You look worried...things not going according to planYou have to watch this video from Young Labour. Its a rip off of this ad. Check out Pete Hodgson's cameo. He'll get you the good stuff. Then the bells of socio-economic [...]

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How To Get Free Business Consulting Advice

How To Get Free Business Consulting Advice If you're just starting a new business, or even if you're an established business in need of excellent advice, you can get free business consulting from a source of professionals that most likely have the answers [...]

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Does Clayton Weatherston deserve a lower sentence than a robber or a sex offender?Clayton Weatherston took a knife to his girlfriend’s place and stabbed her 216 times in the face, eyes, neck and heart. He has been charged with murder but is pleading [...]

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Concept spaceship art by Luke Mancini

Here is some pretty amazing work by mr--jack over at deviantart. Lots of diverse subject matter and styles.Keywords: concept spaceship vehicle art from by australian concept artist luke mancini melbourne mr jack portfolio [...]

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Kait Kybar concept ship speed paintings

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Labour's woes are self-inflicted - but linked to the Maori Party's successLabour Party activist Tony Milne has written an interesting piece eight months on from the election.No one wants to hear from Labour. The public had 9 years to hear from Labour [...]

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A Netbook for Linux

While most netbooks use common intel chips, some use the GMA500, which is yet badly supported for linux. An open source driver "may" be there in Q4 2009. But as the video decoding acceleration benchmarks show, it might be worth waiting for it. It's not [...]

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Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men

Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men Research by the University of Warwick and University College London has found that levels of inflammatory markers vary significantly with sleep duration in women, [...]

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Human Rights Commission says you are allowed to smack your kidsHurrah for the Human Rights Commission. The Human Rights Commission says parents are allowed to smack their kids after all.They can even use correction provided [...]

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How To Save Money on Electric Bills - Heating & Cooling

How To Save Money on Electric Bills - Heating & Cooling Below you'll find some pretty simple tips on how to save money on electric bills. A few of these tips you may have heard of before and it should go without saying that the more energy we use [...]

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Concept ships by Peggy Chung

Peggy Chung's website... I'm pretty sure this is the first female artist highlighted on conceptships... NICE!Keywords: concept spaceship technical illustration hard surface renders by peggy chung peg concepts studying entertainment [...]

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