Posts by anth
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Wow, that Stuff story has a poll that is really bad even for an online opinion poll. No option for "good for me but I don't like it" or the reverse.
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Apparently Labour are doing well at the local level, the minor parties are sufferring.
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I think his message came through much more clearly after I changed "MMP" to "democracy".
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They're counted by hand. That would just be mean.
How 24 batches each with a different order, but each ballot office only gets papers from one batch? The grouping may have to be at a higher level than the individual office to make logistics easier, eg supplying extras to an office which has run out, but this doesn't seem too hard.
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The tech news sites are carrying stories about this. The Sino-British Joint Declaration says that Hong Kong Special Administrative Region gets to keep capitalism and its way of life until 2047. There is a page with a summary of Google service accessibility from within mainland China.
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According to the Dom Post story linked to earlier Nikki Kaye hadn't yet discussed this with other caucus members. On TV3 news John Key said he knew she was going to make that statement.
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You most likely did not put yourself in a position that the driver could see you easily.
I was told "didn't see you" after getting hit on my bike last year. At the time I was waiting for the red light to change, over the central part of the detector loop in the middle of the lane, with no other traffic around (it was a Sunday morning), and wearing fluorescent yellow. So what position should I have been in?
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I've often wondered why the withdrawal method is encouraged by the Catholic church
It not only isn't encouraged it is put in the "intrinsically wrong" category along with other forms of contraception. They are OK with natural family planning or periodic abstinence. The confusion seems to be because the rhythm method is one form of calendar based NFP but for some reason I don't get is often mistaken for withdrawal.
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Increased internet availability seems to lead to decreased sexual violence too.
Media story
Study