Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: Friday Music: New Classical, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
Can anyone place the still on the UTR page?
an image search indicates it's probably Ian Watkin as Uncle Les in Braindead
NSFW:and surprisingly the whole movie seems to be here as well
dunno if that's okay or just a Joycean 'pretty legal'I guess you found the Neville Purvis Family Show on NZ on Screen as well:
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-neville-purvis-family-show-episode-1978/overview -
Polity: Labour and the Greens in a tree..., in reply to Tom Johnson,
United fact…
gentlemen …. of ego and stagnation.
At least they never get enough party votes to bring more of their ilk into Parliament, it would be good to get rid of both of them, and also to woo the Maori Party away from the Overlords, they can’t see a truly inclusive future with the Nats can they?
Surely even Winston Peters wouldn’t want to make the country suffer another term of National’s self serving, spirit crushing hegemony (or is that hedge money) if it was within his power to join a posse to ‘head them off at the pass’? -
Earliest civilisation ended by climate change...
It may be time to rewrite history textbooks. Scientists from IIT-Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have uncovered evidence that the Indus Valley Civilization is at least 8,000 years old, and not 5,500 years old, taking root well before the Egyptian (7000BC to 3000BC) and Mesopotamian (6500BC to 3100BC) civilizations. What's more, the researchers have found evidence of a pre-Harappan civilization that existed for at least 1,000 years before this.
and just for fun, here's a well out of date 1957 documentary on the Harappa and mohenjo daro, with a wonderfully archetypal Brit archaeologist - walkshorts, moustache and pipe in hand - those were the days, what!
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More on the Swiss UBI proposal:
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
Nothing to see on the surface…
They’ll be thanking their lucky stars that it’s Friday and hoping the story will disappear over the weekend.
Stuff shut the comments down pretty darn quick and it has disappeared from the main web page already – buried down in the National News click through and then lower down in ‘Politics’ – no chance of ripples undermining the shored up government here…
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Hard News: Friday Music: New Classical, in reply to ,
‘abnormally puny roadie’ off to the side at the back.
:-)That phrase was Chris’s description of me from his introduction to the Rock Strips comic – I recently recovered my original art for that, above are some dodgy photos of my 3 pages of dodgy doodles…
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This guy looks like an interesting read as well...
From fresh food to magic mushrooms
At Radcliffe, Michael Pollan probes the medicinal uses of psychedelic drugs.
Pollan’s books about food, diet, and industrial agriculture — he is perhaps best known for 2006’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals” — have made him an influential voice in America’s food fight over obesity, nutrition, and diabetes, and have made him revered by those who believe that something is fundamentally wrong with how we mass produce and prepare our meals.
Yet Pollan’s books have always been about learning, he says, constituting a journey of exploration for him as well as for his readers. He attributes his success and influence in part to his ability to take others along with him, exploring the answers to questions that intrigue him and that the rest of us may not have even known to ask. Now, a new subject has caught his eye.
Pollan is exploring a budding rebirth of psychedelic drugs, all but banned since the 1960s. His latest work examines new research into the drugs’ potential therapeutic use, and the impact those trials have had on subjects, including those facing death from cancer.
Despite the success he’s already experienced, Pollan said in an interview that this work is forcing him to stretch as both a reporter and a writer. It’s taking him places he’s never before been — including on deep dives into others’ pain.http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/05/from-fresh-food-to-magic-mushrooms/
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BOOKINGS are now OPEN for Kidsfest School Holidays Workshops during the July School Holidays 2016
o Week 1 Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 July 10-12 noon OR 1.30-3.30 pm
o Week 2 Tuesday 19 to Friday 20 July 10-12 noon OR 1.30-3.30 pmMake a Maze/Marble run, Dreamcatcher
or
Foosball game
at Creative Junk 25 Disraeli St, Addington10:00am to 12:00pm or 1:30pm to 3:30pm each day
Cost: Members $15.00 per workshop, non-members $20.00 per workshop
Age Group: 6 to 13yrs, Caregiver optional. Limited to 12 per workshopCome and let your imagination run wild in our warehouse of recycled materials
For more information and bookings
Ph: 379 4040 or email: creativejunk@xtra.co.nzNB:Please note: Cash or Cheque. only NO EFTPOS
Open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 11.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday 11.00am to 1.00pm
o Wednesday 8 June open till 6.00pm
o Wednesday 13 July open till 6.00pm
Closed Public holidays & over Christmassee:
https://www.facebook.com/Creative-Junk-Early-Childhood-Resource-Centre-529725650403004/?ref=hland other KidsFest events:
https://www.facebook.com/KidsFestNZ/
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http://www.kidsfest.co.nz/ -
Rider wails…
Keisha Castle-Hughes hits the Roadie for punk new role
Says the Herald headline,
"Keisha Castel-Hughes in a new television show Roadies appearing on the SoHo channel" says the photo caption – (quality subs are hard to find apparently).Castle-Hughes portrays outspoken sound engineer Donna Mancini in the show, which follows behind-the-scenes dramas of the crew working for a successful rock band.
Nice of Cameron Crowe to tip a hat to NZ’s own Celia Mancini ( King Loser and former Into the Void* manager)
:- )http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11650379
*ITV – Playing at The Wunderbar June 10th!!Into the Void vocalist Ronnie van Hout will be in Christchurch on a secret mission so the band thought they would make good use of him. And what better way than with a gig!
Joining them will be Christchurch’s own Ex Waves – an unholy marriage between Dick Dale & The Cure, they’ll add their own sonic stamp to the proceedings.http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/50129/Into-The-Void—Ex-Waves.utr
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The Herald's tame Labour basher Bazza Soper weighs in again (sigh):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11650077
You'd think after being an 'alleged' journalist/writer' for this long that he'd know the difference between 'sewage' and 'sewerage' - especially as a Parliamentary 'reporter'...
