Posts by ChrisW
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It's still pretty solid, but I'll try with a bit less milk next time.
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An interesting aside from that cable -
(The [pharmaceutical] industry may be paying a price for its unsuccessful effort in 1990 to unseat Clark, who at the time was health minister.)
Did we know about this in 1990, or 2004? Not that I recall. And more fool the pharmaceutical industry - throughout 1990 Clark was obviously going to be unseated by the change of government at the beginning of November, but they thought their urgent actions could only have beneficial consequences?
post will work with companies to identify U.S. speakers to be brought to New Zealand and possible International Visitor Program participants, with the goal of educating New Zealand's health practitioners, policymakers and consumers on pharmaceuticals' role in health care.
Such touching concern for the educational needs of this benighted land.
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to Islander,
Best wishes for the future fruitfulness of Bill Minehan's walnut tree. Though perhaps as a memorial tree its emphasis is not on fertility?
Still, Bill produced Debbie - please pass on my best wishes to her and Ian too. Their warm hospitality to me much appreciated, 12 years ago on the occasion of the powhiri for the return arrival and release of the first kiwi/rowi juveniles artificially incubated and grown to stoat-resistant size on Motuara in the Marlborough Sounds.
Could you add to your list of special birds the koekoea/ long tailed cuckoo? One called insightfully throughout that thoroughly memorable powhiri and release ceremony - not at all musically, but I was sure it was offering positive commentary on the good sense of the foster-parenting approach to breeding and the raising of offspring. I attempted to persuade the TV reporter there to include reference to this in her piece, but such was way too subtle for a 60-second fragment.
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to Islander,
Over the hill - yes, no doubt the walnut trees there are more prolific than those of Big O! Perhaps you can bring a half-sack of walnuts back with you.
It's been a lovely aromatic walnut-focused day. As well as the cake, the green walnuts are instead thoroughly black afer a week's soaking, today boiled up with cloves, allspice and cinnamon, and now slowly subsiding into a hot brew of malt vinegar and sugar to end up well more pickled than I am on my glass of cab sav. And a visiting tui calls from my walnut tree in the dusk, a fine affirmation.
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to dyan campbell,
Report-back on the brown walnut cake - 'twas great, verified by independent witnesses, so thanks for the inspiration and information.
First time I've used treacle rather than gol'slurp in anything. I toned down the ground ginger a bit, and used straight cinnamon rather than mixed spice as in the 1924 "Highlander" recipe, could easily have used more. The 1 1/2 cups flour (less flour than chopped walnuts?) meant a very sloppy mix, added another 3/4 cup at the end and it still took 55 mins to cook but came out just so.
Will make another with soft lemon-and-ginger icing for Christmas.
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I make a mean carrot cake, recognise the principles, but happy to be schooled.
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Thanks - temptation will definitely be succumbed to! Will report back, within a week or so I reckon.
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to ScottY,
But why would the head of the UN Development Programme have known about this let alone be yelling from rooftops?
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Hard News: The Wellington Cables, in reply to Ross Mason,
Why did both governments consciously keep the news quiet?
1. Helen would have had to admit it and that would not be a good Labour look before the election. Far better to just let things ramble along as if we were real mates but not look like we were assisting.
From a leak:
When the U.S. Administration decided in March of
2009 to seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, New
Zealand, which was also on the ballot, withdrew its name so
the United States could run uncontested.How timely...just af ew months later it was August 29th 2009.
Helen and Labour??
Change of government (executive) in both US and NZ after elections in November 2008 may well be relevant to the agreement to formalise full intelligence-sharing in 2009.
And consciously not telling us would be the system's default position on secrecy about secrecy, which I suggest John Key did not bother to engage brain on, ie he was relaxed about that. -
Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to dyan campbell,
Dyan - your recipe for colonial brown walnut cake - something like this? I have the colonial brown walnut tree, and am seriously tempted, it sounds great.
I've just picked the accessible green walnuts for pickling, but there's plenty brown ones in the sack still.