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Monday, April 30, 2012

That is what I call a fantastic card trick...

That is what I call a fantastic card trick. Have a look Readers. Ever seen seen such a live trick?


http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/Uh0CMcLiRkw%26feature%3dshare
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The Bronze age disc of Nebra has been deciphered...


Bronze Age Sky Disc of Nebra Deciphered...
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A group of German scientists discovered that an ancient 3,600 year-old Bronze Age artefact called the Sky Disc of Nebra was an advanced astronomical clock.
The explanation of the disc’s purpose sheds new light on the astronomical knowledge and abilities of the Bronze Age people, who used a combination of solar and lunar calendars as important indicators for agricultural seasons and passage of time.
"The sensation lies in the fact that the Bronze Age people managed to harmonize the solar and lunar years. We never thought they would have managed that," Meller said.
http://donsmaps.com/skydisc.html (Read the story and see pictures)
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Dotcom gave secret donation to John Banks during the last mayoral campaign...


Kim Dotcom says he gave John Banks money to help his mayoral campaign. Photos / Sarah Ivey, Jason Dorday

Kim Dotcom says he gave John Banks money to help his mayoral campaign. Photos / Sarah Ivey, Jason Dorday

Act leader John Banks asked for a $50,000 political donation to be split into two parts so it could be made anonymously, says Kim Dotcom and one other witness.
Dotcom said the request was made on April 15, 2010, when Mr Banks was preparing to campaign for the Auckland mayoralty.
He said there were at times three other people in the room while the donation was discussed - and Mr Banks rang later to thank him for it.
The allegation comes after police were asked to investigate Mr Banks' listing of a $15,000 donation from SkyCity as "anonymous".
Political candidates are required by law to declare donations if they know who made them. Failure to do so is punishable by up to two years' imprisonment and up to a $10,000 fine.
A vacancy is automatically created if any MP is convicted of an offence punishable by two years or more, no matter what punishment they get.
In the case of Mr Banks, a conviction would place at risk his Epsom seat under the Electoral Act and force a byelection. The loss would leave the Government exposed, with its 59 votes in the 121-seat Parliament supplemented only by United Future's one and the Maori Party's three.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Anzac Day April 25 NZ and Australia...



Anzac Day April 25  NZ  and Australia...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Kiwis part of international force that marched into Madrid...



Kiwis part of an international force that marched into Madrid during Spanish Civil War


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Kiwis part of an international force that marched into Madrid during the Spanish civl war
http://anzacbloggersunite.blog.co.uk/2012/04/22/kiwis-part-of-an-international-force-that-marched-into-madrid-during-spanish-civil-war-13557149/

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Friday, April 20, 2012

A thought for the day today...


"Sometimes the loudest noise is the chatter of thoughts inside our heads."
— Robert Earle Howells


The "Shhh" Zone
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The World's Week in Pictures...

World's on Fire
World's on Fire (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
World's End (US cover)
World's End (US cover) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The World's Week in Pictures. View now...


http://nz.news.yahoo.com/news-gallery/photo/-/13414769/the-worlds-week-in-pictures/13414781/

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The copper wire discoveries...

Australia 2009
Australia 2009 (Photo credit: stoofstraat)
Australia 2009
Australia 2009 (Photo credit: stoofstraat)
     

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

The nasty little things found in some food products...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 10: People line u...
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 10: People line up to try the new Double Down burger at KFC Point Chevalier on May 10, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. The KFC 'Double Down' is a 604-calorie 'bunless' burger that consists of two strips of bacon, cheese and 'special sauce' served between two KFC chicken fillets and has been a hot topic after being condemned by nutritionists concerned with the high calorie and saturated fat content. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
A high-tech tracking device embedded in a slab of chocolate is among hundreds of bizarre complaints about foreign objects found in food.

Among the most unsavoury items was a condom found in a KFC meal, worms and maggots on supermarket pork and a sticking plaster on pizza.

Information obtained by the Herald on Sunday revealed 201 complaints of food safety breaches had been investigated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) since January last year.

One of the more unusual complaints came from a woman in London.

She was shocked to find a small watch-like battery in a Whittaker's Roast Almond Gold chocolate slab which had been sent to her as a gift from relatives in New Zealand.

Whittaker's food safety manager Claire McKay said the complaint was lodged via email and the company immediately issued an apology and requested the chocolate be sent back to its Porirua factory to be investigated.

Whittaker's hired an external electronic expert Keith Bowen who reported it was a sophisticated tracking device which had been placed in the bar after it left the factory.


A report obtained by the Herald on Sunday said the device - 10mm in diameter, 4mm thick and containing a circuit and aerial - was not planted in the slab during the manufacturing process as it would have been found by quality control systems.

It also said the molten chocolate would have leaked into all the cavities and ruined the device, indicating it had been put into the slab once solid.

"Extraordinary as it may seem, the most likely way this device got into the chocolate slab seems to be by deliberate placement," said Bowen.

McKay said the Whittaker's factory had two metal detectors for each product line, which were tested every two hours, as well as x-ray machines which would have picked up the device.

Paragon Investigations director Ron McQuilter said the tracking device would have been highly technical and expensive because devices that tiny were difficult to find.

"Something that small isn't normal," said McQuilter. "I'm imagining it would be very high-tech which means it will be expensive."

He suggested it could have been taken from animal researchers or made at home then placed in the chocolate to trace the woman's movements.

"It sounds like a lunatic friend with personal issues going on as opposed to someone at Whittaker's doing it," said McQuilter.

"That would have taken a while to do, a determined person has done it. He has had to open the wrapper and glue it back again.

"You see this kind of thing on the movies but you try opening something and put it back together again, it's not easy."

He said anyone could buy a larger tracking device on the internet for about $70 which was "scary".

"Technology has moved with the ability to plant a small tracker, which is effectively a small phone which you can dial. In the old days you put the device in and it had a battery on it and the battery would run out."

Security Risk Management managing director David Horsburgh said it was unlikely the person wanted to track a chocolate bar.

"What needs to be analysed is what was sent with the package," Horsburgh said.

Whittaker's did not lay a complaint with police.

Condom surprise in quarter pack:

A KFC customer claimed to have found a condom in their quarter pack meal from Hamilton's Frankton store in February last year, Restaurant Brands spokeswoman Jo Bell said.

She said it was not known how the condom got in the meal or if it even came from the franchise. She said the incident was taken very seriously, with formal investigations undertaken internally and with external authorities, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

"The store manager was informed several months later by the Waikato District Health Board officer assigned to the case that 'it was a prank by a flatmate of the person concerned'," Bell said.

As a result, KFC has installed cameras in all of its stores' kitchens, serving and customer areas.

Food Safety New Zealand consultant Suresh Din encouraged customers to inform authorities about foreign objects in their food, poisoning or a lack of hygiene.





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