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Starving in the age of recession

A three-day conference is being convened called, "Starving in the age of recession". According to one journalist;One in five Kiwi children are now being raised in households reliant on benefits, sparking fears that children are "starving in the age... Read More

Making web business flow

It has been a busy time of late, which is good, but it means I have not been able to write for Sun Live, which isn't good. Still, I hope this post will make up for it. Because so much of my work involves business use of the web I hear lots of different... Read More

Building a top class venue

Last Sunday I was on hand at the Bay of Plenty Cricket Oval at Blake Park when the Bay Development team took on the Northern Districts under 19 squad. While there were no prizes at stake, the game was a chance for both teams to get game time before... Read More

Free healthcare at a cost

Actor Jon Voight, speaking at a rally of Americans opposed to President Obama's planned health ‘reforms', has condemned socialised healthcare. I believe he is quite correct in his denunciation of the health systems that operate in countries such... Read More

Opening the debate

When Graham and I began this blog the objective was (and still is) to bring forth Op-Eds, views and information that you'd not normally see in the mainstream media - to date we believe we've done just that. From Monday to Friday we do our best to... Read More

Time to sell?

As I was driving to Royal Palm Beach yesterday afternoon to drop my beautiful little boy home to his mum after a fantastic weekend, I noticed that there are a lot more for sale signs out again. I decided to take a bit of a tour around some of the... Read More

World s best cricket teens in NZ

Defending champion India is opening its Youth World Cup campaign against qualifier Afghanistan in front of the ESPN Star Sports (ESS) cameras at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Christchurch on January 15. Worldwide broadcast coverage will carry many of... Read More

Bus station tactics and abstentions

There appear to be moves afoot by some elected members to revisit the decision to site the proposed bus station on Willow Street. For this decision, elected members not supporting either the Willow Street or Durham Street site were left with having... Read More

New found friends offer advice

Now I know there is someone out there, be it Santa, Elvis, or some other higher being sitting on a cloud because my wish has been granted. Now just to get things straight, I am not re-born, as my attendance at Sunday School is only to clean up at the... Read More

What Just Happened? (M)

Set against the Hollywood backdrop of child support, ex-wives, therapy, and affairs of the heart, mind and bedroom, What Just Happened? is based on the memoir of successful movie bigwig Art Linson and stars Robert De Niro in the central role of a fading... Read More

Political Correctness: Lacking rhyme or reason

Disturbing news this week from the frontlines of Politically Correct insidiousness: There are reports that preschool establishments are motherf***ing with our nursery rhymes. Ironic, even, that this news comes hard on the heels of one of the worst... Read More

The cupboard is full but

I speak to I guess over 1000 people a year about their health and try to give some practical steps they can implement to maintain or to improve it. Usually I will ask about the supplements they are using and of course I get a variety of replies. A typical... Read More