tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86673532012-02-17T08:47:39.502+13:00<b>Views on Palmerston North City, New Zealand, and international news and current affairs</b>Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-64180271261575984682011-02-06T22:31:00.001+13:002011-02-07T08:09:07.468+13:00

Today being the 6th of February is Waitangi Day. It’s the day we celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which essentially is New Zealand’s founding document. So in essence Waitangi Day is actually our country’s national day. But I’m afraid to most New Zealanders Waitangi Day is not a celebration of our country – it’s just a day of protests. I think we must be the only country in the

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Stage 3, the final stage of The Plaza redevelopment finally opened today so we went to check it out this afternoon. And I’m not as impressed as I thought I would be. Sure it’s bigger now and the new Farmers looks quite flash, but most of the new stores are just these “fashion” stores which mean nothing too me. Here are some of the names of the new stores: Dotti, Hartleys, James & August, K&K,

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Here it is folks, my top 10 movies of 2009. These are movies that were released this year that I have seen1. Star Trek2. Avatar3. 20124. Up5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen6. Angels & Demons7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian8. Monsters vs. Aliens9. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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As you may have already heard the Santa Cave in the Farmers department store is closing after 90 years. This is because Farmers are moving to their brand new building at The Plaza next year. The Santa Cave is an institution in Palmerston North as it has been around for so long. Both my parents went to it as children, I went to it as a child, and I have taken my own daughter to the cave – that’s

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I like listening to talk radio so I can keep up with the issues of the day. I usually listen to Newstalk ZB, as I’ve tried to remain faithful to them as they are a part of The Radio Network and I used to work for this company a few years ago. However, recently I’ve been giving Radio Live a go. This is the other news and talkback radio network in New Zealand. This is for the following reasons:1.

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Someone I know has gone up to Taranaki for the weekend and they sent a txt back to us saying "I can see Mt Egmont today". Now I don't like this name but apparently that's what their family and friends up there still call the mountain. I prefer to call the mountain Mount Taranaki as this is it's original name. Time for a little history lesson. For many centuries the mountain was called Taranaki.

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I'm looking at buying myself a Freeview box for my current good old CRT TV. And for something that's supposed to be "free" I'm not having much luck finding one at a decent price. I went to Dick Smith, Norman Ross, Harvey Norman, and DTR and prices for satellite and terrestrial boxes ranged from $230 to $500!! To me that's not a very cheap alternative compared to Sky TV. One guy said they aren't

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I usually do my grocery shopping at Countdown or Woolworths (or Pak n Save when I have a lot to buy), but today I decided to go to our local New World supermarket for a change. When I got to the checkout I noticed they had these new self-scanning machines so as I only had a few items I thought I would give it a go. I also thought that I would be able to find a problem with their new system – and

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The following is my report on the 125th Celebrations of Terrace End School in Palmerston North (1884-2009). I’m sure it was an enjoyable weekend for most (if not all) of those who attended.This story begins 25 years ago in March 1984. I was just 10 years old and in Standard 4 – my final year at Terrace End School. I spent my whole primary school days at this school (starting in 1979). March 1984

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Previously I have mentioned that I don't believe New Zealand TV ratings, and another example of this is the ratings war between TV One's news and TV3's news. I cannot understand how One News is so popular when 3 News is by far superior. Currently TV3's news anchor, Mike McRoberts, is in Gaza, reporting from the middle of the war zone. Where is TV One's news anchor, Simon Dallow? In his comfy

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Yet another year is over - 2008. It hasn't been the greatest year for me as I was made redundant from my job earlier in the year, then made a move to Palmerston North. But this entry in my blog is to review the year in local and world news.Of course most of the year was the campaigning and build up to the United States Presidential Election in November. The year started with primaries for both

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I went to the movies this morning and after I came out I couldn't believe how many people were up town. I reckon there were more than on Christmas Eve! As we were coming out of the Downtown shopping centre people were just pouring in! Boxing Day shopping is something I just can't work out. It's like the shops have been closed for 7 years - not just one day. Hasn't everyone's money run out before

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I saw this long awaited movie today - very funny!

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Yesterday when I was up town I met the local National candidate, Malcolm Plimmer, and he said John Key (leader of the National Party) was coming to Palmerston North. So I went down to the Terrace End shops this morning at about 9am to wait. There were quite a few assembled there including the media, National supporters, and Labour protesters. Just after John Key arrived I got to shake his hand! I

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Two days later I'm still in a buzz about the tremendous and historic win this week of Barack Obama - now the new President of the United States of America! I watched the coverage on CNN from midday our time (6pm EST) right through to 5pm (11pm EST) when the announcement was made. I jumped for joy! It was so emotional (I nearly cried :-) And then an hour later Obama's amazing speech to 100,000

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I always knew that the "Top 10 TV" listed in the TV Guide each week (listing the Top 10 watched TV programmes of the week) was rubbish, especially of the bias towards TV One programmes, but now I am totally convinced! New Zealand's Got Talent is a show on Prime TV at the moment and I was sure it would be in the Top 10 this past week. I know heaps of people that watch this programme. But I had a

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It’s now less than two weeks away to what I would say is the most important election so far this century – the 2008 US Presidential Election. Even though Obama is leading in the polls it’s not a for-gone conclusion and a lot can happen over the next couple of weeks. This blog entry mainly goes out to all those Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in the States. You don’t have to vote Republican!! And here

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This is from the Cafferty File on CNN:http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/are-you-confident-about-the-future-of-the-us-economy/The responses to the question "How confident are you about the future of the US?" are very interesting:Cindy from North Carolina writes:Jack, I am scared to death. I am so scared that my children will not have a real prosperous future. I am saving for college but

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I hope you got to watch New Zealand’s Got Talent on Prime TV on Monday night. What an excellent show. At last a show where anyone can participate – any age, any act! (Not like that pathetic NZ Idol where it was only a certain age group and only singing). There were all sorts of acts on Monday night’s show – some good and some really terrible of course! You may have thought that they rushed

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It’s convention time in the United States in the build up to the presidential election this November. First of all the Democratic National Convention was held last week in Colorado. What an amazing spectacle it was. I have never seen anything like it. The speeches were incredible – Michelle Obama, Ted Kennedy (who has recently had brain tumor surgery), Bill Clinton (Bubba), Hillary Clinton, Al

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As we know state broadcaster TVNZ has the rights to cover the Olympic Games from Beijing this year. But so far their coverage has not been that terrific. They had yet another slip up of a very important moment last night:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10528186Tom Ashley, in the boardsailing, won New Zealand’s 3rd gold medal at these games. He won it just before 7pm

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At last, after waiting for months, Radio Hauraki started in Palmerston North today – on 105.8 FM!! I think this is the last main area in the North Island (and one of the last in New Zealand) to get Radio Hauraki – I don’t know why it has taken so long. I moved down here from the Waikato over three months ago and I’ve been suffering without my daily dose of Classic Rock! So if you’re in the

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We were in Wellington today down Manners Mall and we saw a group of people with signs offering Free Hugs. We thought this seemed a bit weird, but first my Dad received a hug then my daughter. I was a bit hesitant at first but decided to join in anyway, and I received a hug from a nice young girl. I must say it was very nice. So if you were in Auckland or Wellington today I hope you got a nice hug

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Well, of course it’s election year, so it’s time for the political parties to come out with their policies in order to woe voters. National’s latest policy announcement is to get those on the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) to spend some time each week working:http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=142514This is something that directly affects me because I am on the DPB. I became a

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My video recorder (VCR) which I have had for about six years broke down on Friday night. I knew after six years of excellent use that it would be a waste of time and money to try and get it fixed, so I needed to bite the bullet and get a new one.So, on Saturday morning, with my Dad in tow, we set out to buy a new VCR for me. I thought this would be quite a quick and simple task. Boy was I wrong!

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This is very interesting. Facebook is a very popular social networking website. Many of the world’s politicians have their own pages on there. Here’s a list of the ten most popular politicians on Facebook ranked by the number of supporters.1. Barack Obama - 866,398 supporters (Democratic Party candidate for US president)2. Hillary Clinton - 158,561 supporters (Democratic Party candidate

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Here's an email today which I found quite interesting. It's good to see when communications are knocked out in a disaster it's back to good old amateur radio!Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:53 PMSubject: Fw: SPECIAL BULLETIN - ALL RADIO AMATEURSPLEASE PASS THIS EMERGENCY BULLETIN ON TO EVERY AMATEUR YOU KNOW, THE EARTHQUAKE IS VERY SERIOUS AND PLEASE KEEP THE LISTED FREQUENCES OPEN FOR EMERGENCYS.

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Just over a week ago we made the move from Te Awamutu (in the Waipa District) down here to Palmerston North. Terrace End is the name of the suburb that I live in in the city of Palmerston North, hence the name "The Terrace End Blog". This blog will continue to feature similar articles as before, as well as my views of local events in Palmerston North City and the Manawatu District.

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Now this really annoys me. Yesterday TVNZ launched its new "news" channel called TVNZ 7 (wow, what an original name). Trouble is, this channel is only available on Freeview. So if you're like me and already have a digital TV service - Sky Digital, like half of the country - then you will miss out on this new channel. And the reason this annoys me is that this channel is government funded!

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Here's a great thing to see - our prophet, President Monson, at an NBA basketball game:http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695265794,00.htmlHe got in with the crowd and players. In fact there was more excitment with him at the game than the players! It's great to see that our prophet goes to sporting matches just like the rest of us.

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Just click on the picture:

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Yesterday was like “Super Tuesday 2” or “Mini Super Tuesday” in the race for US president. There were four contests – Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont. Rhode Island and Vermont are small states, but Ohio and Texas are large ones and both very important to the race. Firstly for the Republicans John McCain won then all. This means he passed the Republican’s magical number of 1191 delegates so

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Forget Waitangi Day and all its protests, today was Super Tuesday! Most of the results of the day's voting are in now, and what does it really tell us? Well, not a lot really. In the Democratic race Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both had a number of wins today but the race is still very close between them, although Hillary is still slightly ahead. For the Republicans John McCain won a few more

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This morning Thomas S Monson was called as the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of course we've seen him speak many, many times, so he is going to be an excellent prophet for the church. It will be interesting to see what direction the church goes under his leadership. I'm sure it will be a very exciting time for the church.His two counselors are Henry B Eyring (

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While everyone is concentrating on Super Tuesday, we can't forget the Republican Maine Caucuses today (why should they miss out?) Mitt Romney won Maine today with 52%, followed by McCain with only 21%. Mitt even won Maine today by taking time out of his campaign to attend President Hinckley's funeral this morning!http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MESo on Super Tuesday,

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Who says Mitt can’t get down and dirty! Make sure that you scroll down to the bottom to see the pictures. One of the great things that you don't see on the news!Fisher's Assisted By Mitt and Matt Romney and Friends (Personal Journal Entry By Reed and Kathy Fisher, 11372 Luz Place, Westwood Neighbourhood, San Diego, CA 92127)Remember that big pine tree right in the front as you walk out the front

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Today it was the turn of Florida to have their primary. Hillary Clinton easily won for the Democrats with 50% of the vote, and Obama second with 33%. It didn't mean much for the Democrats as they had their delegates removed for this primary, but I'm sure it will be a confidence boost to Hillary.It was a different story with the Republicans. John McCain narrowly won with 36%, and Mitt Romney

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Here's some more website articles about President Hinckley's passing:http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/NEWS01/80128004http://origin.sltrib.com/news/ci_8096896http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=7781608http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_8095754http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/28/romney-responds-to-death-of-lds-president/http://religion.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/

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A great, great leader died earlier this afternoon - our beloved prophet President Gordon B Hinckley. He was 97 years old - the oldest ever prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I guess we have been expecting this for the past couple of years, but of course it is a shock when it happens. The church has gone through incredible growth during his presidency, including membership

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Australian actor Heath Ledger died today at only 28 years old - it was probably of a drug overdose (why do these actors get into drugs??).http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.htmlHe was one of the actors in the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain". Perhaps his death was a "Brokeback" incident??!!

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Here's a blog post I found about the hui I am attending in Ngaruawahia this week. It's from the Waatea 603AM blog. Just scroll down to where it says "WANANGA TUTORS REFRESH MODEL CLASSES"http://waatea.blogspot.com/2008/01/tuwhare-laid-to-rest.html

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The race for the Whitehouse continues with the Nevada caucuses and the South Carolina primary (for the Republicans) today.I'm glad that Hillary Clinton won Nevada for the Democrats and Mitt Romney won for the Republicans. I'm not so happy that McCain won in South Carolina. If he became president it would be like a third Bush term!Watching CNN and Fox News today it appeared that McCain and

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Here's an email someone sent me today. It's quite clever...So....if Mitt Romney became President of the US (from this point forward referred to as POTUS), won't we have something we've never had before - a president who goes to a specific church? All other presidents belonged to religions that didn't have tight congregational boundaries. Now, think about that: What Ward would POTUS be in? If you

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Very sad news today for New Zealand. One of our greatest New Zealanders has today died - Sir Edmund Hillary:http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=130460I heard it as breaking news on Newstalk ZB at about 11:30 this morning. It was a statement from the Prime Minister read out. Among the many great things he did in his life he was the first person to climb the highest mountain in the

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As you probably know by now a new Star Trek movie is being released at the end of this year. Here's some more spoliers about the movie that I came across (some of it could be true and some could be rumours). Some things sound good, but some not so good - like Kirk being a "bad boy" at the academy.http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35208

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The New Hampshire primary is all over and I’m very happy that Hillary Clinton was able to come back and win it for the Democrats today! It’s going to be very close between Clinton and Obama over the next few weeks until one of them shows a clear lead. I like both these candidates but I feel Hillary would be better as president as she has had much more experience in politics than Obama (and she

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One of my favourite TV programmes, "The Late Show with David Letterman", is back on after two months! His company was able to make a deal with the writers so he could go back on air. (Don't know about his new beard though!)http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-latenight0103,0,6878018.story?coll=bal-features-columnistsMeanwhile his rival, Jay Leno (not to be outdone by Letterman), also

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I always read the readers letters in The TV Guide (New Zealand) every week and sometimes I agree with their comments, but most times I don't. There's a couple of letters in the TV Guide which came out today (Jan 12-18) which I'd like to reply to.The first letter is "Doctor is wrong prescription". This person complained about the Doctor Who marathon on Prime on Christmas Day. I thought it was a

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Happy New Year 2008 to everyone! Now a quick round up of New Year's coverage on some of the TV channels.Last night I was watching to see which New Zealand TV channels would have a countdown to the new year (remember the new years parties they used to have on TV on New Year's Eve?) I had been watching the music on C4 and at midnight they had a countdown to midnight. A quick switch over TV3 and

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Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, gave his much-anticipated “Faith in America” speech yesterday explaining how his religion would or wouldn’t affect his candidacy. Even though I am a Democrat supporter I am following Mitt’s campaign closely because I am a member of the same church as him – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.I have not seen the speech yet but I’ve read a

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You may have heard in the news recently about a British teacher in Sudan who called a teddy bear “Mohammed”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-7126099,00.htmlShe is 54 years old and I’m sure she is a very nice person. However, she allowed her seven-year-old pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammed. Because of this she spent more than a week in prison and has now been deported back to

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Tomorrow is the big day in Australia - the federal election. I am fully supporting Labor. They just have to win! The Liberal Coalition have been in power far too long - a very long and boring 12 years! John Howard is such an idiot (especially for cuddling up to Bush) and I can't believe how anyone would vote for him. I really hope Kevin Rudd becomes Australia's new Prime Minister.The latest poll

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Here's some spoilers from the new Star Trek movie coming out at the end of next year (can't wait, can't wait!) Now it's always hard to tell if this really is what the movie is about at this early stage, but have a read anyway:http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3696&Itemid=99

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Now this is news that really sux! Television and movie writers in the United States have gone on strike:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/05/writers.strike/index.htmlThis means two of my favourite TV shows, The Late Show with David Letterman (on Prime) and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (on C4) have immediately been cancelled and are now showing reruns - tonight's episode of The Daily

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It’s the evening of the 5th of November (Guy Fawkes Day) and I’m trying to get my daughter to sleep, but it’s quite difficult with the noise of those damn fireworks outside!So what is Guy Fawkes Day and why on earth do we celebrate it in this country? Guy Fawkes, as you may know, was a Roman Catholic conspirator who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the 5th of November 1605 (

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After waiting a year the latest New Zealand radio survey ratings are out. Of course radio stations have their big promotions during this period trying to attract listeners by giving away lots of money. There are four markets that I’m mainly interested in and I’ll make comments on these:WaikatoThis is where I live and listen to the radio so that’s why I’m particularly interested in this market.

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We all thought it would be a straightforward win to the All Blacks in the World Cup quarter final this morning, and I was thinking wouldn’t it be funny if NZ lost the match against France. When I was watching the match this morning and the All Blacks were in the lead at half-time I thought they would win no problem. But as is the case all too often with NZ sport, when it comes to the crunch, they

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If you want a nice place to go to the loo then come to my beautiful town, Te Awamutu! It has been named by the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society as the winner in the Best Public Toilet category! The chief executive of the society said: "A lot can be told about a place from its loos, so Te Awamutu must be a great place to live." So when you think of nice toilets you think of Te Awamutu!!See:http:

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At last, a phone company has done the sensible thing and got rid of all the toll boundaries for the Waikato:http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0709/S00206.htmTelstraClear have announced that we can now call anywhere in the Waikato for free! This is excellent! The toll boundaries around here imposed by Telcom were crazy! I live in Te Awamutu and I can call Kawhia for free, but not Hamilton or

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-28848115209249704742007-09-15T17:18:00.000+12:002007-09-15T17:21:33.656+12:00

Today I finally got to see the Al Gore documentary movie “An Inconvenient Truth”. And it is an “inconvenient truth” for a lot of people, especially our politicians. This movie has had an effect on me and I didn’t think that it would.Global warming had been a topic that I have been quite sceptical of – especially living here in New Zealand. I feel that the older I get the colder the winters get,

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-61129385178224950922007-09-08T11:30:00.000+12:002007-09-08T11:33:57.513+12:00

Someone pointed out this CNN video of Bush giving a talk on subprime mortgages. Check out the alien behind the window in the background. [Above Bush's right shoulder].http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/07/bushs-alien-overlord.html

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-70166641617560383262007-09-07T13:09:00.000+12:002007-09-07T13:56:12.030+12:00

You may have heard some rumours recently that TV One and TV2 are no longer going to be on Sky Digital. Well, this is true, but not until 2011. This is when their contract expires.TVNZ are starting their new channel called “TVNZ 6” and the end of this month, but it will only be on Freeview. This means to see this channel you will need to purchase a Freeview receiver, costing between $200-$300 (not

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-74885901036109860652007-08-30T20:49:00.001+12:002007-08-30T20:55:10.490+12:00

We all by know that there is a member of the LDS Church running for US president in 2008 - Mitt Romney (aka "Mitt the Mormon"). The church has come under scrutiny with Mitt running and there has been a lot already in the media about it.Here's a well-written in-depth article by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp, who teaches American religious history at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-76766491778207644792007-08-24T14:16:00.000+12:002007-08-24T14:23:45.910+12:00

I really can’t believe this. Nicole Richie was admitted to jail this morning after being convicted for driving under the influence of drugs last year. She was supposed to serve four days, but was released after just 82 minutes! Flippin’ heck!! She beat her friend Paris Hilton on this one! I guess money talks again.So what does this tell young people that idolise people like Nicole Richie and

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-43032921556058582752007-08-24T14:13:00.001+12:002007-08-24T14:15:30.532+12:00

Astronomers have made a discovery in George W Bush's head!http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070824/9/1f34.html

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I had the fortune today of going to see a broadcast of the funeral of President James E Faust. It was a lovely service for such a great leader in the church.To find out what happened at the service click here:http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5b46c41d93164110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRDAnd to view the funeral service click here

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It's always sad when a great leader in the church dies. President James E Faust, 2nd counselor in the First Presidency passed away yesterday. I guess there will be someone else just as great to take his place in the First Presidency. I guess we'll have to wait until next General Conference to find out who.Here's an article from the LDS website:SALT LAKE CITY 10 August 2007 President James E.

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At last, a great programme on TV to watch – America’s Got Talent! It screens on Prime TV on Mondays at 8:30pmhttp://www.primetv.co.nz/default.asp?a=25&t=25&View=FullStory&newsID=85This show is much, much better than other “talent” type shows such as American Idol and Dancing with the Stars. Why? Because it’s not just singing and dancing - the acts could be absolutely anything. And there’s no age

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Yesterday TVNZ announced the programming line-up for its news Freeview channel TVNZ 6 (really original name by the way):http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10451942&ref=rssThe broadcasting day will be split up into three blocks – Kidzone, Family, and Showcase. But it appears that most of the programmes will be repeats – so hold me back! If it’s one thing that people love

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-67048263635789484782007-07-02T10:04:00.000+12:002007-07-02T10:51:34.548+12:00

Just when we thought the smacking debate was all over after the anti-smacking bill was recently passed, it’s back in the spotlight again.Cabinet minister David Cunliffe has been accused of smacking his 2-year old son at a shopping mall in Auckland:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10449047Apparently someone saw him smack his child on the hand after having hit another

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As this is The Waipa Blog I thought I had better write something about the Waipa District! Earlier this week I received one of the new wheelie bins from EnviroWaste (obviously contracted to do rubbish collection by the Waipa District Council). I can use this wheelie bin for the next three weeks as a free trial, but then it will cost me money! A flyer came attached to the bin stating the prices.

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I've been watching 3 News this evening and I'm quite annoyed over some things happening in the world.http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/Teenwhomurderedelderlywomantoserveatleast14years/tabid/184/articleID/29172/Default.aspxIn February this year a 77 year old widow on the North Shore was bludgeoned to death by a 15 year old boy. He has been jailed today for a minimum 14 year non-parole period.

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Woohoo! I was very happy to hear this on the news this morning after what I heard yesterday morning:http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/08/paris.hilton.ap/index.htmlShe most definitely deserved to go back to jail to finish her sentence. Spending her sentence in her luxury mansion is not a form of punishment! I hope she spends the whole 45 days in prison now.When she found out she was going back

Adam Claydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670876679539418444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667353.post-81468105722333814022007-06-08T11:03:00.000+12:002007-06-08T11:25:51.970+12:00

Oh my heck!! I could not believe this when I heard it this morning. The "stupid spoiled whore" has been released after barely four days in the slammer! http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/07/paris.hilton/index.htmlI was very happy that she was going to jail. It was about time she realised that she couldn’t get away with whatever she wanted, but now she’s out!And what was the reason? Medical

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I received this email recently which I thought was quite interesting. It's a letter to the American TV network PBS by a BYU professor after their documentary about the Mormons.To: PBS Frontline & American ExperienceRe: "The Mormons"Fr: Thomas E. Sherry, Ed.DDear PBS,I was disturbed and disappointed at the imbalanced portrayal and misrepresentation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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The news today has said that there have been many complaints against the current Burger King ads and that the complaints have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.(See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4076122a1860.html)Good grief! Don't people have better things to do with their lives than complain about these type of ads on TV?? Personally, I think these ads are quite amusing. The ads

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I was sent this via email today and I thought it was quite good so decided to post it here. It was written by a housewife from New Jersey and sounds like it! This is one ticked-off lady!"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally

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To answer the above question quickly I would say Yes, given the percentage of Maori in New Zealand compared to the percentage of Maori programming on TVNZ (at a very rough guess).CEO of TVNZ, Rick Ellis, said yesterday there is plenty of Maori content in TVNZ programmes such as Dream Home, Shortland Street, Ten Years Younger, Intrepid Journeys, Location Location, Animal House, Game of Two Halves,

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Now here's a funny story from my home town of Palmerston North:http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1134409You may remember that John Cleese did a tour of NZ last year. When he was in Palmerston North he said the city was so miserable depressed people would find the courage to end it all there. "If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage...I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick."I

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Boy racers are in the news again after the death of a 20 year old in an illegal street race in Tauranga on the weekend:http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NewsDisplay/tabid/209/Default.aspx?ArticleID=27445So what are we to do to stop these boy racers drinking then going and racing their cars all over the show on public roads? Some suggestions are 24-hour liquor bans in public areas, reviewing all liquor

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It's been all over the news today. Howard Broad, the police commissioner, showed a pornographic video showing bestiality (apparently something to do with chickens) at a party in his home in 1981. See: http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=117410Now we all know this type of video is sick and wrong, but this was 26 years ago, so who cares?! Why has this issue suddenly being brought up

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Editor's note: This may look like a real news story, but it isn't. It is from The Onion, a humor publication that calls itself "America's finest news source." CNN may beg to differ, but we do enjoy a good laugh and hope you will enjoy a weekly selection of their satire.WASHINGTON (The Onion ) -- The Department of Health and Human Services issued a series of guidelines Monday designed to help

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Now for some local news. Next time you travel around the Waikato on the State Highways have a look to see if you can find any signs pointing to Te Awamutu. You probably won't. I live in Te Awamutu and I know the Waikato quite well so I can find Te Awamutu, but what about people who don't know the Waikato roads very well? Most people will probably end up in Cambridge (as they may know that Te

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Here's an email that's been circulating since earlier this month, and beleive it or not it's true!http://www.snopes.com/politics//bush/house.asp

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The anti-smacking bill has been getting a lot of attention in the media recently. The government is trying to speed the bill though parliament while there have been lots of protests around the country:http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070328/2/8dd.htmlI personally favour the bill. There has to be someway to stop the abuse of our children. No one else has come up with something that will work towards a

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Thought you might like this article from the March 5th, 2007 Edition of the Boston Herald. JetBlue, an American airline, have been in the news recently, and this article is about their CEO. It would be great if more CEOs would be like him.Faith, flight plan guide JetBlue boss: Other CEOs need his humilityBy Jeff BenedictMonday, March 5, 2007JetBlue Airways recently made headlines after the worst

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I was watching South Park on C4 last night and the episode was about a conspiracy over the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. The story was that the US government was responsible for the attacks.One character in the episode was wearing a T-shirt showing this website: www.911truth.org. I was curious of course to see if this was a real website, and to my surprise, it is.This website,

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The Maori Party today decided to support Sue Bradford's anti-smacking bill which means that it may go through to become law.See: http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070313/3/5nw.htmlI thought it was about time that I gave my views on this issue. Personally I am against hitting children at all. You get many people around the country, especially those of the older generation, saying that a little smack won't

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There's more talk in the news today about the drinking culture of New Zealand. Unfortunately NZ has a problem with binge drinking. There has also been talk recently about banning these party pills because of the problems they cause. Trouble is there are far more problems with alcohol in this country yet there is no talk about banning this! I personally think alcohol should be banned altogether,

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Very sad news today. One of Britain's great comedians has died. John Inman died yesterday aged 71. Of course he is most well known for his role of Mr Humphries in the top BBC comedy "Are You Being Served?", and of course the famous catchphrase "I'm free!"See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6429425.stmAre You Being Served? was one of the funniest comedies on TV of all time. I have

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Hoodackey - what's that? I just found out about it today but it's well know in my home town of Palmerston North. They are a bunch of "hoons" who live in MilsonCheck out their website (if you dare!)http://hoodackey.co.nz/main.shtmlAnd check out this article from today's Manawatu Standard:http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/3983648a6003.html

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I saw an ad on TV of two people kissing and realised it was an ad for Xtra joining Yahoo. The new Yahoo Xtra website launched at the start of this month. So no more XtraMSN - it's now Yahoo!Xtra. I'm not sure of the reason why Xtra (Telecom) left their long standing relationship with MSN (Microsoft) to join up with Yahoo!7 (a joint venture between Yahoo and Australia's TV Channel 7). I've also

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A date has been set for what we've all been waiting for - the continuation of Star Trek! The new movie, Star Trek XI, will be released Christmas 2008. We know that the story is about a young James T Kirk and Spock but we don't know any details yet. It will be directed by J.J. Abrams.Check out this article:http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/45415.htmlAnd check out these facts about

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