Posts by Tim Michie
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Links to coverage of the American role in escalating Russian/Georgian tensions:
"Bush pressed the other NATO powers to place Georgia's application for membership on the fast track. The Europeans rejected the idea, understanding the geo-strategic implications of pushing NATO's boundaries right up to Russia's border. If the Europeans had let Bush have his way, we would now be obligated by treaty to send troops in Georgia's defense. That is to say, we would now be in a shooting war with the Russians. . ." which doesn't exactly make it a Cold War.
[T]hat while Iraq was a mistake originally, it hasn't turned out all that bad
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Let's reserve judgement of that until journalists feel safe enough to leave the Green Zone and report on the rest of the country.
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Welcome to your blog Emma, although welcoming does seem strange as I've been reading your comments in recent posts... Looking forward to reading another work-lover...
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Or sky dye..?
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Good. God.
It wouldn't just be the baby screaming if ti were me... I really glad you found yourself able to write about that day David. Too many of such stories shelved and everyone assumes they were the only ones it happened to.
I hope Big Boy Bob had a Onederful Day.
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Happy Birthday Russell!
Lesbians of Lesbos - You're still OED definition 1 ... is it the tourism that's getting you down..?
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Och! Go well Keith. I really appreciated the poll dancing and onpointing. This election won't be same without you...
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I've been listening to mostly RNZ for some time and would generally agree with Russell's take on the quality of the schedule.
But even if the interview style or subject tunes me out for a bit, commercial advertising sends me but to the nation broadcaster every time.
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Simon - I'm not sure whether you saw the NZ coverage of the iPhone quue here but it seemed to me les a Ponsonby fashion fest than it was a collectors convention...
And by the bye, on Apple viruses: every week, among those I receive on Windows-based systems, Apple and other *nix vulnerablities arrive. And have done for years now. Like all the systems, some will never get to affect you (and praise be for that) but they are certainly out there.
An Apple isn't an alternative to anti-virus and anti-spam apps or *very* wary browsing habits.
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As general background on reporting domestic violence and plausibility of attempting to pass off some of the acts speculated of Veitch as 'falling down the stairs' earlier in the discussion:
The Ministry of Health Family Violence Intervention Guidelines (http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/4220/$File/family-violence.pdf) although not always uniformly practised, the advice not to without training for one, or the violence acknowledged by the paitent includes:
"[I]dentification of abuse based on signs and symptoms, or questioning of individuals/groups thought to be at high risk of partner abuse does not improve rates of identification
"There is a legal and ethical obligation to take action if serious harm is likely to arise through not doing so.
"A court may order disclosure of transaction details whether they have been recorded or not, although this rarely occurs."
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So, Russell, any ideas what you'll discuss on next week's Media7?