Posts by dc_red
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But his mother was an atheist and so is he.
Agnostic surely
All I know is he'd better curtsey at his upcoming meeting with Betty Windsor - or else! - and none of that dodgy arms-around-the-back business a la Paul Keating.
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Brilliant rallying cry at the start of the 3 News coverage RB linked to:
"Does the government listen to the voice of the people, or do they not? (pause for thought) I don't think they do."
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He wasn't called the "smiling Assassin" for nothing.
I note with disappointment he's displayed precious little interest in assassinations lately. Despite the best efforts of the orange-hued member for Epsom, and the erratic member for Nelson, to gain his attention via general incompetence.
Although the smile remains, of course.
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@Craig:
Which earns any alleged adult a two-week, all expenses paid holiday on the naughty step.
Or worse, two weeks all-expenses paid in Northland enjoying "korero" with elders and the QC you have retained to try and save your bacon.
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Hey Russ Le Roq
That's a different guy. More throwing of phones, less writing of blogs.
This one's Russ Le Rite. Easy mistake.
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the trick to getting a response from Murphy is to use the most inflammatory language.
"Blog in inflammatory language shock!" (cue NZH manning the moral barricades)
First Harawira and now this?! ;-)
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Gordon Brown's remorse in relation to the death of a British soldier - and some fuckups in a subsequent letter seemed genuine - and he said sorry about 13 times in a personal phone-call following up on the whole saga.
As for Mssrs Hide and Harawira - the former is sorry because he got caught (and had his apology 'perfectly' scripted), the latter isn't sorry but knows he needs to offer at least a Clayton's apology.
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As I read this, I'm seeing a flashing blue banner ad for Auckland's MBA program at the top of the window (mutters darkly about MBAs being the problem, not the solution).
That institution's response is entirely predictable. Students caught plagiarizing are usually given "big red zeros" as someone put it up-thread, but I haven't heard of the more serious penalties provided for by University policy (expulsion from a course, suspension from a degree program) being applied.
Getting a zero on a moderately-weighted piece of internal assessment does not preclude passing the course, so generally the students stay on and can gain full credit, as if nothing had happened.
And, at least as of 12 months ago, there was no central database for recording offences, so no way to know (except via the grapevine) whether a particular student was a repeat offender. Is it too time-consuming to take plagiarism seriously?
Students who are caught will often try the "it was inadvertent" excuse - frequently accompanied by tears of self-pity - but no one should ever accept it.
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@ Simon G
Breaking news ... Key in 'Not Relaxed' shock:
Heh, I was just thinking the same thing. Finally we know what unsettles John - dishing out crude racial insults (in the direction of the very group who transferred a great deal of their support from Labour to National at the last election, no less).
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This manuscript is well-written and addresses an issue of concern to the scientific community. The methods appear to be appropriate, and the experiment well-designed (although a double-blind trial, whereby neither bees nor researcher can see each other would be more rigorous still). However, it still substantial revision prior to any publication. In particular, there is nothing in the results that will be of surprise to the scientific community. What, exactly, are we take from this experiment? Perhaps if the results were better contextualized in light of the extant literature the discussion and conclusion sections would be on firmer ground.