Posts by Hebe
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Lots of bubbles on a wobble! Here's one or two (this was all in 20 minutes this afternoon so I'll be trying more). Some have a down-a-tunnel effect from not zooming the lens enough. The spiky one is my cat's fur
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Pest in a bubble
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The first play with the Raynox dcr-250 (thanks Jos): inexpert results but the magnification is amazing! I must find that old tripod.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Tories can't do numbers? How many of the swingers can they severely piss off and win in 2014?
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Clare Curran .... her Pundit column on Geddis, the Crown Minerals Act and various other elisions of democracy is worth reading
Add to that taking over Christchurch, New Zealand's second-largest city.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Sue,
what the fucking fuck!
this is WRONG and yes i actually yelled at my computerPlus fucking one.
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
I just wish that for all you down there, your home, roads, sewer and land were considered more important than a friggin "community" convention centre but as is consistent with other National significant projects, I doubt it.
Sofie, I could live with what is being planned for my home if it were the result of a democratic process where the people who will pay for these projects had a voice in the future shape, tone and type of city. As it is, we have zero say: the laughable three-year LTP is being finalised by our council as required by law while talks are ongoing between the govt and the council on how the big projects will be funded.
In other words, without knowing what we have to budget for, the council is forced to decide its spending priorities. When the government decides the funding split, the LTP will be overridden.
No say on what or where for anyone local. Add to that the central government's takeover of the regional council, and a city council bypassed by the CCDU and CERA. This is the biggest suspension of democracy ever seen in New Zealand. It's time to give it back! (Beds Are Burning keeps running though my mind as I write this.)
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Apropos of my usual subject, Christchurch (I can hear you groan but I'll be brief), I reckon we could get a similar jiggery-pokery deal set up for our unwanted mega-convention centre that ratepayers are being threatened with.
It is a sore point with many down here that the government has decreed that a large convention centre in Christchurch is essential to save the South Island tourism industry, and that Christchurch people have to pay for it. We have no way of stopping it even though it will take over a good quarter of the Square and loom over Victoria Square.
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Jos,
Here is the link I was pursuing yesterday (and decided in favour of local and used): http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?is=REG&Q=&A=details&O=productlist&sku=275182
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to Jos,
A lucky google!
