@mcquillanatorz: Wow… Awkward/insensitive ad placement on the story about the Waikato family whose house was trashed by kids http://twitpic.com/csgj9s
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As we saw yesterday, The NZ Herald are really concerned when there is an error in their crossword, but they don’t care if there are major factual errors or insensitive ad placements.
Spotted outside the Bunnings Warehouse in Rongotai on Friday 17th May 2013,
Questioned the lady on a permit and all she said was it was ok because she was dropping off her boy!!
Andrew Sullivan blogs a quote from Pope Francis:
“This ‘closing off’ that imagines that those outside, everyone, cannot do good is a wall that leads to war and also to what some people throughout history have conceived of: killing in the name of God. That we can kill in the name of God. And that, simply, is blasphemy. To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy … The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! … Read more »
An incredibly brave mother of two and cub scout leader confronted the crazed Woolwich killers and attempted to talk them down:
A cub scout leader confronted terrorists just seconds after they had beheaded a soldier asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: “It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose.”
A mother-of-two described tonight how she put her own life on the line by trying to persuade the soldier’s murderers to hand over their weapons.
Cub scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett selflessly engaged the terrorists in conversation and kept her nerve as one of them told her: “We want to start a war in London tonight.”
Mrs Loyau-Kennett, 48, from Cornwall, was one of the first people on the scene after the two Islamic extremists butchered a soldier in Woolwich, south east London.
She was photographed by onlookers confronting one of the attackers who was holding a bloodied knife. Read more »
The stitch up continues, with the strong local candidates Henare O’Keefe and Meka Whaitiri getting it in the arse from the nasty faction who are promoting ring in Shane Taurima.
The decision looks likely to be stripped out of the local’s hands by the nasty faction. Paul Tolich’s new coffee machine has been purchased and he is working overtime on behalf of Shane together with the nasty faction led by Carol Beaumont and Sue Moroney. Emails are being sent supporting Shane by Deb Mahuta-Coyle on behalf of Shane Taurima.
Unfortunately for the Nasty Faction they don’t seem to understand the party rules. Sources inside the faction are telling me that they are frantically trying to sign up members at this very late stage, although new members will have no say in the decision. The sources are in disbelieve that Paul, Sue and Carol can be so inept, and through their immoral tactics and skulduggery they are putting the chances of a good man at jeopardy.
Shane Taurima is known to be honest and reasonable, but is ruining his reputation by working with inept, nasty party fixers. He should take a big step back, look at those who are supporting him, and wonder whether it is the Maori way to screw over two very good people in Meka and Henare. Selections should be fair and honest, not nasty and unethical.
Parekura Horomia was a man whose integrity and decency was recognised by all sides of the political spectrum. He would be disgusted with the lack of mana shown by the nasty faction trying to stitch up the selection in his old constituency.
Advice to Tim and Moira, if you want selection to be an absolute shambles get Carol Beaumont involved. Everyone knows Carol is useless and got kicked out of the union movement and into parliament because even unions can’t have useless people working for them.
The Maritime Union caused one of the longest industrial disputes in the last decade striking against the Ports of Auckland when the Ports wanted to make their port more efficient.
MUNZ held the port to ransom, trying to protect $92,000 a year plus jobs for working 27 hours a week at an unproductive port that was not producing adequate returns to their owner, the ratepayers of Auckland. Section 97 meant that the Ports of Auckland were unable to replace striking or locked out workers with temporary workers while they continued the negotiations, causing disproportionate financial costs to the Port.
The law is so ludicrous that during the industrial dispute when crucial equipment broke down the Port bought in temporary labour and were fined $40,000 for employing contractors to keep the port running. Read more »
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This is a real nerd post. You might want to skip it if you’re not interested in the way Windows Phone manages its programs and memory use.
I see many people mention that they want to see “improved multitasking” in Windows Phone, and attribute the “Resuming…” and “Loading…” screens to a fault with the operating system being “slow at multitasking”.
I want to explain how multitasking works on WP…
The successful Charter Schools in the USA are changing the education landscape. Now other schools are having to adapt to their practices which means teachers working harder and longer days.
Carol R. Johnson, Boston school superintendent, has strived to build a collaborative relationship with charter schools, and she said she intends to review the report and identify any best practices that can be adopted by the city’s school system.
But she noted that many characteristics of charter schools, such as high expectations and extended days, are in place in several city schools, and she said she is eager to see that expand to all schools.
“In the highest-performing schools in Boston, we see similar results when those items are in place,” Johnson said. Read more »
Take your pick.
What has been the most hilarious reaction to the IPCA Operation 8 report?
How about Tame Iti planning to seek compensation?
Or another one of the guilty four seeking separate indigenous reservations?
Parihaka’s Emily Bailey, her partner Urs Signer, Tame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara were found guilty of firearms charges in March last year following Operation Eight, the Urewera raids in 2007.
“If countries like Canada and the United States can cope with separate indigenous reservations and entire states with separate laws inside one country, then why can’t we?” she said. Read more »
