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Entries from October 31st, 2009

Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday!

October 31st, 2009 Comments Off on Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday!

On the first Thursday of every month, Auckland bloggers gather for the Bloggers Bar Bash: What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 5 November from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland Open to anyone who happens to be in Auckland. Past attendees include bloggers and bloupies from Annie Fox, Not PC, Interest.co.nz, […]

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Power Cuts and Deadlines

October 30th, 2009 7 Comments

At 12pm today I handed my supervised research project “Religious Restraint and Public Policy” across the counter at the University of Auckland Law School. It felt like quite a moment and it had been quite a morning. Last night I was feeling quietly confident about heading to bed at a sane hour. Matt had given […]

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Guest Post: Israel – Definitely One Subject Where One “Size-R” Does Not Fit All!

October 27th, 2009 15 Comments

This guest post, part of open mic week(s), is a long, uncharacteristically straight-forward and very interesting submission from Jonny King on Israel. Israel – Definitely One Subject Where One “Size-R” Does Not Fit All! Warning! Reading this could induce uncontrollable urges to spontaneously desire sleep!  Recommended for Insomniacs and other freaks! Now I thought that […]

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Re The Pain in my Neck

October 27th, 2009 7 Comments

I have just come from seeing my orthopedic surgeon to get the results of my recent MRI scan (following injuries sustained in a car accident in March 08). He has recommended more surgery. He wants to remove the disc replacement that was done Dec 08 and replace it with a spinal fusion. I am pretty […]

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Guest Sunday Study: Moral Perspectives on Lying

October 25th, 2009 2 Comments

Bethyada explores the morality of lying. (This guest post is part of open mic week(s)) There are a range of Christian theories on the moral acceptability of lying. The issues around lying seem difficult to fully categorise in English. The problem is a lack of simple words to express subtle differences in meaning. To illustrate […]

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Guest Post: The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand Christian Blogosphere

October 24th, 2009 7 Comments

ScrubOne has gone back through the  New Zealand blog rankings over the past year and documented the rise and fall of the Christan blogs to see if the launch of the MandM Top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings has had observable impact. (This guest post is part of open mic week(s)) A lot of people […]

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Guest Post: Dan Brown’s History of Science

October 23rd, 2009 135 Comments

This guest post was submitted by Dr James Hannam. Dr Hannam is a UK based historian with degrees in physics and history from the Universities of Oxford and London and a PhD in the history of science from the University of Cambridge. He blogs at Quodlibeta. The film adaptation of Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons […]

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