Pacific Party is nearly officially historyIn March the Family Party was deregistered by the electoral Commission. At the time I said that as three Christian parties - Family, Pacific and Christian Heritage - had departed from the political scene [...]

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Concept ships by Pat C. Presley

phattro.blogspot.comKeywords: digital concept spaceship art by pat c presley illustration design san francisco california phattro blog imperial hover tank video game concept [...]

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Fast, Cheap, Reliable VPN for Linux

I did some research into VPN services because even if I'm not in the US or UK for a while I don't want to be prevented from accessing certain websites there and signing up for services there.You can sign up to the PureVPN shared IP services here. I have [...]

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Concept ships by Jeremiah Humphries

Jeremiah's art portfolio.Keywords: rusty concept ship series by freelance illustrator artist jeremiah humphries country side spaceship re [...]

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Chris Carter has been suspended from the Labour Party caucus updatedChris Carter has been suspended from the Labour Party caucus after admitting to sending an anonymous letter claiming there is a plot to overthrow leader Phil Goff.There isn't.You can [...]

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The drink driving limitWhile there are various opinions as to whether the drink driving limit should be changed, one of the justifications of not lowering the limit was more research is needed to be done. This 23 page report, released under the OIA, [...]

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Family First approaches sex party for preference dealHa, this is so funny. Australia has a Sex Party, and the conservative Family First Party* approached it to do a preference deal in the federal election. The election will be run on a preferential [...]

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The narrow door to education: getting entrance to university just got harderOne of the things that affects student achievement is how the government funds students and tertiary institutions.The Government has a Tertiary [...]

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MADOX-01 on conceptships

Some animated Flash loops from MADOX-01. Better ones on conceptrobots.Keywords: animated pilot thruster concepts flash loops from metal skin panic (メタルスキンパニック MADOX-01, Metaru Sukin Panikku Madokkusu Zero Wan?) a 1988 anime OAV released in Japan licensed [...]

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The Story of the VP8 Encoder and Decoder

An x264 developer blogs about the work on writing a decoder for ffmpeg and how the code is not really perfect and the spec not really existing:For example, Google’s decoder will, if told to “swap the ALT and GOLDEN reference frames”, overwrite both with [...]

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No parliamentary support for abortion law changeSteve Chadwick has confirmed via e-mail to two separate people concerned about her bill to legalise abortion – including a worker in the medical profession whom she appears to know - that there is currently [...]

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Massey University students given 30 minutes warning to enrol for summer school*** Breaking news***At 4.25pm today, Massey University domestic students were given 30 minutes notice to enrol for summer semester papers. That is because at the end of [...]

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Comic book style concept ship art by Travis Charest

Travis' SPACEGIRL book looks hot. I love the one panel per page layout. These panels are just a few selections, please check here for the complete set. Robots too!Keywords: comic book style concept ships by canadian born [...]

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Jennifer Aniston : Jennifer Aniston wins order against duct tape stalker

Jennifer Aniston was granted a restraining order Tuesday against a stalker, described by her lawyers as "violent" and "delusional," who was arrested outside her Hollywood Hills home last week.Jason R. Peyton, 24, was detained [...]

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JerksA Christian school - Middleton Grange - Board of Trustees has sacked a school sports coach because he is gay - because of a belief that homosexuality is a sin. This is the sort of school I would never send my kids to - and had I been on the Board [...]

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Nestle's Obesity Summer Swindle

The Nestle Press Release says"Nestlé is offering families the chance to try out one of 37 different activities for free at more than 4,600 venues. With activities ranging from martial arts, swimming, dancing, paint–balling [...]

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EarlyBird Diabetes Trust

EarlyBird Diabetes Trust: New research by the EarlyBird Diabetes Study claims that lack of exercise is a result of obesitynot a cause of obesity and that that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity [...]

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Jennifer Love Hewitt : Jennifer Love Hewitt's mom on prostitute role

Jennerfer Love Hewitt’s mother is proud she is playing a prostitute in her new film.The 31-year-old actress stars in TV movie The Client List – which aired on US TV channel Lifetime last night — as a married mother of three [...]

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Holiwood Actress Lindsay Lohan's Journey to Jail

Lindsay Lohan was taken into custody on Tuesday to start a 90-day jail term for violating her probation on a 2007 drunk-driving and cocaine-possession charge.Lohan arrived about 10 minutes late and was accompanied by attorney [...]

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Pulling a sickieThe Dominion Post reports:The so-called "mental health day" could become extinct under law changes allowing bosses who suspect a worker of pulling sickies to demand they front up with proof after only one day.I was under the impression [...]

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Concept ships on Microsiervos and Sedentario.org

Shouts out to Microsiervos and Sedentario.org. Both brought tons of traffic, thanks!Keywords: concept ships highlighted on micrsiervos spanish site micro servants canary islands and sedentario.org hiperativo brazillian website [...]

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.:CAMELICIOUS:. healthy camel milk

.:CAMELICIOUS:.:Dubai is apparently about to try not to flog us a dead horse but flog us healthy camel milk.Apparently it has half the fat of normal cows milk, up to 5 times the amount of vitamin C and more unsaturated [...]

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Paul Holmes on well constructed writingPaul Holmes comments on the National Standards and shows how he can write after looking at a blank screen.Now I can feel fairly sure that in three or four hours this blank screen with be adorned with neat, well-spelled, [...]

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Calorie Counter - Easter Eggs

Calorie Counter - Easter Eggs:Many thanks to The Sun for their "Here's how long it will take you to walk off your Chocolate Easter Egg favourites" ... Mars Milk Chocolate Egg with two full-size bars, 89p [...]

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Minister wants education linked to jobsOkay, the heading is misleading... it's not true at all. Tertiary Education minister Steven Joyce only wants the education that is on the back of state funding linked to jobs. And I agree that education should be [...]

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Concept spaceship designs by Rado Javor

Super nice stuff from Slovakian artist Rado.Keywords: digital concept spaceship illustration designs art by slovak slovakian concept artist rado javor star wars empire total war imperial walker conce [...]

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Check the Strength of your Passwords

There's a great new website which tells you roughly how long it would take to brute force crack your passwords, giving you a good indication of how good your passwords are. Of course you should not input any of your real passwords for security reasons, [...]

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Law to be changed as it is not used as intendedThe Government is to change the claim of right defence so it cannot be used the way it was when three activists got off a criminal conviction when they damaged the Waihopai spybase.[Briefing paper [PDF]]. [...]

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Uni magazine’s inaccuracies confirmed by the MinisterYesterday morning,, I rang up minister Steven Joyce’s office regarding yesterday’s inaccurate story in Salient regarding entitlement to student assistance, before I wrote this blog post. They weren`t [...]

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Concept ships by Feng Guo

Feng on CGHub. Tons of line art in Feng's CAOrg sketchbook.Keywords: digital concept spaceship flying vehicle jet plane modifications art by feng guo george guo shanghai china professional concept art [...]

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