My general impression is the further from evidence-based decision making something is, the less well it clearly holds together. The quotes here, which I think are saying my vision is to bring together your visions, does nothing to dispell that stereotype.

at the age of 14 I started to mediate, not really knowing how powerful working on my energy could be.

I wonder whether that was Transcendental Mediation?

When The Secret was shown to me by a friend, I slept through the whole thing

Possibly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffJ9aDYst4&feature=related

(OK, I lied — but the world's greatest pop-funk setting of a Dadaist poem seemed appropriate. Remember, folks,

__Gadji beri bimba glandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A bim beri glassala glandride
E?

Graziella's transformative journey via The Secret

subconscicous

Sorry, had to stop reading there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbKVdHhz6U&feature=player_embedded

So, what's the 't' in FOStR Nz stand for?

It's a Secret.

From the same site, the video for The Power, much-awaited follow-up to The Secret, is teh awesome:

I'm touch-typing this because my eyes stopped bleeding and exploded. Thanks a bunch, Brown.

(Do we even have budgets any more, or does Gerry just pass supply through an Order in Council one Monday morning?)

Wait, *was* that email in English?

I'm not sure whether to laugh hysterically or just have hysterics.

The astonishing thing is how many influential, powerful?

From the same site, the video for The Power, much-awaited follow-up to The Secret, is teh awesome

Definitely having the hysterics.

And I think I speak for many ppl here in Chch when I say that Teh Power is all very pretty and dolphiny until it bites you on the?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocf5mc69W-c

I'm touch-typing this because my eyes stopped bleeding and exploded. Thanks a bunch, Brown.

No-one forced you to watch it, you know.

That may be a bit hyperbolic, but the "power of positive thinking" philosophy meshes cosily with the victim-blaming ideology of this government.

I had a conversation with a?

the circle towards the end

Priceless! Though to be fair, Stephen Fry does indeed seem to be a higher power.

Words fail me.

But I have found a spot where she and her ilk fit.

The dark and the light green bits on the table. Or at least well to the right of the table. Take your pick.

Edit: Nah.?

Anyway, "The Secret of Mass-Delusion" pretty much sums it up: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/the-secret-of-mass-delusi_b_42212.html

the video for The Power ...

or The Power book trailer
...more subtle Apple promotion, eh?
;-)

my heart belongs to Dada...

A bim beri glassala glandride

or Bambi's glossolalia gland ride?
deer me...

When the leaders of a major economy lapse into mysticism and come to believe they can accomplish things through their mental vibrations, without lifting a finger – then it's time to start thinking about going into subsistence farming on a remote compound?

18 November 2009:

Court liquidation: International leadership business operator Thake?s Insinclife (now Scarabetta) wound up

Defendant: Scarabetta Ltd (ex-Insinclife Ltd)

Directors: Graziella Thake, Kohimarama

Applicant: Westpac Banking Corp

Liquidators: Official Assignee

Other details: Insinclife changed its name on 13 October. Another application to wind the company?

Social responsibility in New Zealand requires organisation and a centralised portal to avoid replication and increase contribution and awareness in ways that are both good for business and good for New Zealand?s development.

Just to be serious for a moment: on the planet I come from, social responsibility (in New?

__"Hey, there's this thing called social responsiblity. But what is social responsibility? What does it taste like? If you rub it against nylon carpet, will it zap you with a little electrical shock? Is social responsibilty that stuff you?

So, what's the 't' in FOStR Nz stand for?

Timtams.

Now THAT I could get behind.

Also, in the world of inaccurate precis, does "psychologist with Corrections" encompass "reading lots of psychology books while on jail on fraud charges"?

Just to be serious for a moment: on the planet I come from, social responsibility (in New Zealand as elsewhere!) requires people looking after each other.

Also, paying your fucking taxes, an area Ms Thake does not seem to have regarded as a priority.

I can't find the person

Thake's Facebook page is still there, you need to google it though.

Before the aspersion are cast any further, I invite everyone who's on Facebook to see how many friends they have in common with Graziella Thake. I bet we all have at least one. (I do.)

I know and respect two of the four trustees. I can't say what they think?

I can't find the person

Thake's Facebook page is still there, you need to google it though.

No, there's a link to her personal page under the "Our People" tab on the FOStR NZ page.

Rich, which link was broken for you?

Talking out loud. No doubt. Given what has snuck through and been aired recently.

Fancy the HRC linking up with this thingy. Bizarre. Once might argue OUR rights have been flagrantly violated by the HRC allowing themselves?

I bet we all have at least one. (I do.)

I have one Friend in common with her – a fellow I met at a tweet up over two years ago. I barely know him and I'm not sure why we're friends on Facebook, but he's one of those social?

I barely know him and I'm not sure why we're friends on Facebook, but he's one of those social media guru types, so it's probably what he does with everyone.

You know what they say, though, it takes two to become friends on Facebook.

I know and respect two of the four trustees. I can't say what they think they're doing there.

I'll be interested to hear. I know someone who knows Gabriella but I've never seen anything about what she does or believes. Wonder if Corrections are exposing inmates to Te Secret?

Fancy the HRC linking up with this thingy. Bizarre. Once might argue OUR rights have been flagrantly violated by the HRC allowing themselves to be hoodwinked by this claptrap.

I tend to agree. There's a failure of standards there.

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The Liquidator visited the office/ premises of Scarabetta Limited to view and evaluate the office furniture. The office furniture consists of two?

However, the entire weird site is a shit-heap: what on EARTH is the HRC doing being involved? Please, journo peeps, find out what has been going on here?

Or is the HRC something like the Hoodoo Righteous ComplianceCouncilcorporated?

Longer boats are coming to win us
They're coming to win us, they're coming to win us
Longer boats are coming to win us
Hold on to the shore, they'll be taking the key from the door.

I don't want no god on my lawn
Just a?

terrifying times
(especially when you throw the name Yusuf Islam into the already dicey mix...)

As Russell pointed out, I do actually exist! My name is perhaps a bit unusual because I come from an Italian / Maltese background – however I am a New Zealander living in Auckland.

The Foundation for Social Responsibility New Zealand (FOStR NZ) is a fledgling organisation, having?

They come up under participants in the HRC programme of NZ Diversity Action Programme.

Seems they cottoned on to it along with 250 other organisations. Voluntary inclusion it seems.

Makes good media though!!!!!

(I'm still thinking "Insinc[ere]life".)

(Pops wee symbol for 'possible nutter' in my mokihi logbook – o yes! both those words were used!)

[Droll]
[Sorry]

ETA: Are there other instances of putting itinerant consonants or vowels in acronyms to make them easier to say?

Por examplo;

ARTA to spARTA.

This could really catch on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et_jG58qg1k&feature=related

I know and respect two of the four trustees. I can't say what they think they're doing there.

To delve into the depths of cynicism for a moment – do we in fact know that everyone listed on the page knows they're listed there?

The ?t? in FOStR NZ is?

So the acronym for Association of Consumers and Taxpayers can be lACkwitTed

The tragedy is, a few more rounds of cuts in governmental comms. departments, and all .govt.nz websites are going to read something like this. But then again, I guess "Plain English" is so unevolved, right?

You obviously never received a student loan statement between 1999-2008.

No knowledge of 'the secret' is required to help and empower me in posting a cutting cathartic remark.

My personal definition of social responsibility, which FOStR so casually offended, has now been appeased.

Thank you.?

You obviously never received a student loan statement between 1999-2008.

Their student loan statements have nothing on Child Support payer letters. It's not unusual to receive three different letters on one day, all saying different things, none of them explaining themselves at all.

my daughter Serenity is thriving and learning to live the Secret, too, at 5 years old.

Is that considered child abuse? If it isnt it should be.

Grazelia sez somewhere

Next year another dream will be realised – I will get married in my country of origin, something I've always?

my daughter Serenity is thriving and learning to live the Secret, too, at 5 years old.

Is that considered child abuse? If it isnt it should be.

Calling your child Serenity? I do have a friend whose wife has just given birth to a daughter they've called Zoe. A new?

Calling your child Serenity? I do have a friend whose wife has just given birth to a daughter they've called Zoe. A new little sister for Kaylee.

Hey, be kind. It could have been "Kaywinnit", if they'd decided to go for accuracy.

(Best I've seen is a newspaper announcement for?

Hey, be kind. It could have been "Kaywinnit", if they'd decided to go for accuracy.

I think it's lovely. I have cautioned him against going one more daughter down that line, though.

I think it's lovely. I have cautioned him against going one more daughter down that line, though.

Dunno. Sons would be worse.

It's was an Opera Mini / Facebook Mobile artefact. I'm now pleased to report that I have zero friends in common with Ms Thrake. I knwo a few hippies, but clearly not that kind.

Also, one of the people on the site claims?

Are there other instances of putting itinerant consonants or vowels in acronyms to make them easier to say?

We did that at the Centre for New Technology, but people didn't like it for some reason.

You obviously never received a student loan statement between 1999-2008.

Oh, I received plenty of those. I just never opened any of them ... :)