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Hard News: A cog in the Mediaworks machine, in reply to scarey,
Greetings Perlina, welcome, welcome.
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Even if NZ raises it's quota, the system is quite slow moving and won't do a great deal to help the people that need help immediately. To get here they first have to get to a UN camp, where they will have to wait a long time to be processed. They will then spend a long time in the centre in Manurewa.
If we had land borders that people could cross it would be different, and our quota would already be higher to reflect that, but as it stands we have the luxury of being able to take the time and cherry-pick our refugees. -
Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to sandra,
"Um, anyone else think the author of the flag story in this morning's NZ Herald "
I wish that someone at the Herald would look up the meaning of gerrymander before they use it again. 5 times in two days, all wrong.
(it's getting like that time journalists were all about 'beltway' issues)
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Lyndon Hood,
Regarding the Hundertwasser flag, the reason it wasn't submitted is most likely the same reason why the derivative flag was pulled out for copyright infringement.
The Hundertwasser heirs are very protective and very litigious . They even stepped in and nixed a poster for a kids holiday art program in Masterton. They refuse the use of words on pictures of his, and all sorts of strange rules around use of his work. Things that would be fair dealing here. -
Polity: BURGERGASM, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Are you a meat inspector?
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Polity: BURGERGASM, in reply to Rob Salmond,
"What if I buy a thick steak or roast cut, sear all sides to kill surface pathogens, then grind it at home? At that point, can I sear the patty and have some rare mince in safety?"
Absolutely, or you could poach it briefly in boiling water. But you will have grey bits in your pink mince unless you trim off the outsides.
In America people die eating burgers, that doesn't happen here.
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Polity: BURGERGASM, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'm a chef, with my safety certificates, who has watched cows go down the chain.
I wouldn't eat raw mince. And you are not going to convince me. -
Not true. It is not "likely", it is possible if hygiene standards are not met, but by no means likely.
This is fine if you are cooking a solid piece of meat, as any pathogens will only be on the outside surface. With mince the outside surface is on the inside and any pathogens are mixed right through. So now the inside of the patty has to reach 75 degrees, which will kill the bacteria , and cook the patty well.
I wouldn't recommend that anyone trusts supermarket mince to be free of bacteria.
Stop for a second and think about what the cows go into the works covered in. -
I dreamed a dream of the house of the rising sun.
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NPR has an intersting test of your perception of audio quality. Various songs in 128 & 320kbps mp3 and uncompressed wave files.
I'd be interested to see what the results are for those that say they prefer high quality audio. It's not as obvious as the audiophiles would have you believe.(I got 3/6)