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Book DescriptionIn keeping with his commitment to revisit his first five pieces of fiction, Witi Ihimaera has reworked the original text of this much-loved classic. The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustain her people against the ravages wrought by the Pakeha. Priestess of the Ringatu faith, she has been virtually a law unto herself. In his search for the truth behind the legends surrounding the matriarch, his grandmother, Tama Mahana delves deeper and deeper into Maori history and lore to understand the mysterious sources of her power and ambition. Witi Ihimaera's prose is at turns lyrical and spare, sensuous and savage. Weaving fact with fiction, this remarkable odyssey into New Zealand history is a novel of stunning imaginative power. Also available as an eBook Winner of the Wattie Book of the Year, 1986 Runner-up for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 1987 'Witi Ihimaera's uncompromising masterwork ...A profound and spellbinding character study' - New Zealand Herald
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Pages: 512
Imprint: Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Publish Date: 30-Jan-2009
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Witi Ihimaera was the first Maori to publish both a book of short stories and a novel, and since then has published many notable novels and collections of short stories. Described by Metro magazine as 'Part oracle, part memoralist,' and 'an inspired voice, weaving many stories together', Ihimaera has also written for stage and screen, edited books on the arts and culture, as well as published various works for children. His best-known novel is The Whale Rider, which was made into a hugely, internationally successful film in 2002. His novel Nights in the Garden of Spain was also made into a feature film, and was distributed internationally under the name of Kawa. The feature film White Lies was based on his novella Medicine Woman. And his novel Bulibasha, King of the Gypsies inspired the 2016 feature film Mahana. His first book, Pounamu, Pounamu, has not been out of print in the 40 years since publication. He has also had careers in diplomacy, teaching, theatre, opera, film and television. In 1993 Ihimaera spent a year in France on the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship. He has received numerous awards, including the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the Montana Book Award, the inaugural Star of Oceania Award, University of Hawaii 2009, a laureate award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation 2009, the
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School Bus Driver Saves Student From Being Struck by Car
Randy Kronick of Connecticut prevents the 9-year-old girl from crossing the street as he sees a speeding SUV run his stop arm.
LOS ANGELES — The Reason Foundation last week released its 17th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems.
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It is a clock
1,2,3,4 I declare a tie war 5,6,7,8, daleks screaming EXTERMINATE 9,10,11,12 the doctors dead and silence fell 12,11,10,9 here he goes back in time 8,7,6,5 saving everybody live 4,3,2,1 grab her hand and whisper RUN!!!
Too awesome!
Well done !
That's so amazing!!
Love all of the doctor art work XD
11 looks so evil >. < scaaaary
But great work nevertheless
But great work nevertheless
where's the first
the eyes are always the same
I like how they are arranged like a Clock!
10s the BEST 11 is...not my fav
Great work May I suggest you doing the same with 12th and the clock will be completed For the war "Doctor" maybe in the middle. Just a suggestion
the 7th Doctor looks proper badass with that ? umbrella!
Woah ! Very nice work, i love it !
Then 12 is Peter Capaldi.
Nice work! Lighting!
Everybody's got a favourite. Who's yours? Mine is Ten by far.
Tennant will always be my Doctor~ But I respect the motion and time that Matt Smith put into it toward the end of his role. He really progressed his Doctor well.
Same here. You have to love ten.
you do know the 12th doctor in comeing out i think has name is peter
I do. And I have a good plan for this print when people buy it. I'm gonna include a diecut sticker of him so the buyer can self apply anywhere.
cool, love it.
like this, very nice, make a great clock face!
Add Capaldi and it WILL be a clock :3
Yes, they pulled the old John Hurt being the 9th Doctor out of a hat. Sad thing is now the Doctor and the Master have another thing in common.
Think this is missing a couple of faces now though.. haha
Incredible work though!
That is just Fantastic!
As the Doctors go, I think we can all appreciate the 6th Doctor being at the bottom and looking very depressed. I can't blame the actor as much as the direction of his rude, loud, and bad behavior. Yes the sixth Doctor should be at the bottom.
love this, I actually put this on my doctor who page on facebook a while ago, I will have to find it out and credit you
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the eleventh hour has already struck
i like doctor who and have all the recent seasons and some of the older episodes and can clearly match the doctors withyour pictures. love it.
Love love love!
this is so good. your style is wicked cool!
I am currently watching the christmas special. poor Doctor 11. poor Matt Smith.
1st: content
2nd: drunk
3rd: unamused
4th: battle-worn
5th: anime-style
6th: child-like
7th: calm
8th: looking-back-at-something-before-jumping-off-a-cliff scene
9th: annoyed
10th: cocky smirk
11: evil
... I'm not good with faces, alright?
The 11th doctor looks evil and like hes about to r*pe you it just like
"come in my tardis and I'll show you my sonic screwdriver"
"come in my tardis and I'll show you my sonic screwdriver"
Happy 50th Doctor!
50th DOCTOR WHO ANAVERSERY!!! Here's the names I know:
Patrick Tuff...nail? I dunno
Tom Baker
Peter Davison
Colin Baker
Alan McCoy
Chris Something
David Tennant
and Matt Smith
Any one know any more names?
Patrick Troughton - 2
Christopher Eccleston - 9
William Hartnell - 1
Those are the ones you left out.
And there's Sylvester McCoy. I now know all the names by hears, except for Eccleston. It's not that catchy
william hartnell !st
patrick Troughton 2nd
John Pertwee 3rd (the first one i saw)
Tom Baker 4th
Peter Davison 5th
Colin Baker 6th
Sylvesterr McCoy 7th
Paul McGann 8th
John Hurt (the worrior)
Christopher Eccleston 9th
David Tenant 10th
Matt Smith 11th
Peter Capaldi 12th
patrick Troughton 2nd
John Pertwee 3rd (the first one i saw)
Tom Baker 4th
Peter Davison 5th
Colin Baker 6th
Sylvesterr McCoy 7th
Paul McGann 8th
John Hurt (the worrior)
Christopher Eccleston 9th
David Tenant 10th
Matt Smith 11th
Peter Capaldi 12th
also Richard Hurndall, who played the 1st doctor in "The Five Doctors", as William Hartnell had passed away by this time!


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I haven't posted in a while, but this is blog-worthy material. I've recently become familiar with the thinking of University of Maryland physicist, James Gates Jr. Dr. Gates is working on a branch of physics called supersymmetry. In the process of his work he's discovered the presence of what appear to resemble a form of computer code, called error correcting codes, embedded within, or resulting from, the equations of supersymmetry that describe fundamental particles.… Read More
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Review: Rick Ross, Wale lead Maybach's "Self Made"
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Compilation albums have earned a reputation for having only a couple of songs that are worth a listen. Unfortunately, Maybach Music Group's debut album, "Self Made Vol. 1," helps solidify that view.
It's the label's first compilation album, starring one of hip-hop's best in Rick Ross, alongside Maybach's newly signed rappers Wale, Meek Mill, Pill and singer Teedra Moses. The burly and bearded Ross shines like expected through much of the 15-track album, but he doesn't completely overshadow the lyrically gifted Wale and Moses.
For Meek Mill and Pill, it's different story. Meek Mill struggles to hold his own, with his youthful tone, against the formidable combination of Ross and Wale. Pill delivers raps that aren't easy to digest and forgettable.
The separation of powers is obvious on the opening track "Self Made," as Ross and Wale offer swagger, with Moses backing them up with her soulful voice. The trio leaves Meek Mill and Pill in the dust.
"Self Made's" throwaway tracks include "Pacman" and "By Any Means." But there are some respectable songs, such as "Pandemonium," "Play Your Part" and "That Way," featuring Jeremih, which save the album from a complete downfall.
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French Kissing Is Sex -- Especially Between Adult and Minor, Court Rules
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The issue arose when John Stuart Moses challenged the legitimacy of his sex crimes conviction for his intimate relationship with a 13-year-old Anaheim girl he met at VampireFreaks.com.
Moses, who was 23 at the time of the incidents, avoided a conviction in his first trial after claiming that the girl was to blame because she repeatedly lied by claiming she was 18 years old, an assertion also contained on her MySpace.com profile.
The girl also claimed that they had engaged in oral sex and intercourse in the back seat of a parked car; Moses insisted they'd only French kissed.
But prosecutor Robert Mestman in the Orange County District Attorney's office won a conviction for lewd conduct with a minor in a retrial and Superior Court Judge David A. Thompson sentenced Moses to a punishment of three years' of formal probation after suspending a 365-day jail term.
The appellate court considered and rejected Moses' claim that there was insufficient evidence to convict him and that French kissing isn't sex.
"We conclude that evidence of making out and French kissing for an extended period of time in the backseat of a car parked in a dark parking lot is sufficient to prove the intent to gratify sexual desires necessary to [violate California's sex crimes laws]," wrote Justice Richard Fybel on behalf of his colleagues, justices Richard Aronson and Raymond Ikola.
But the justices did side with Moses on his complaints that certain probation rules issued routinely by Orange County court officials are unconstitutional.
Moses bitten after VampireFreaks.com visit
He'd been banned from working as a massage therapist (upheld), marrying anyone with kids under 18 (overturned), frequenting places where kids congregate (upheld), using sexually explicit materials (upheld), contacting anyone inside a vehicle (overturned) and hitchhiking (upheld).
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Four states, Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada and Maryland have seen their Obamacare exchanges drastically under-perform, racking up nearly half a BILLION dollars in federal debt. The cost of rehabilitating these exchanges may even go higher.
The federal government is now between the proverbial rock and hard place. They could rush wiring more exorbitant checks to try and keep these exchanges afloat - or adding still more states to HealthCare.gov, which will cost approximately the same.
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - All four of these exchanges have faced strong criticism. The four are now rushing to rebuild their systems or transition to the federal exchange.
The federal government is now between the proverbial rock and hard place. They could rush wiring more exorbitant checks to try and keep these exchanges afloat - or adding still more states to HealthCare.gov, which will cost approximately the same. The federal system is already serving 36 states, much more than was previously anticipated.
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A few of the contractors, which is shouldering the majority of the blame in this case, continue to insist that it's possible to set the system aright. Still others are braced for possible legal action; either that, or holding their collective breaths if now-sullied contracts will be terminated.
The $474 million spent by these four states includes the cost that officials have publicly detailed to date. If Minnesota and Hawaii, which have suffered similarly dysfunctional exchanges, are added, the costs will only climb higher.
These totals are just a fraction of the $4.698 billion that the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation calculates the federal government has approved for states since 2011 to help them determine whether to create their own exchanges. The amount of money that now appears lost is prompting calls for far greater accountability.
What is next for these four states? Nevada is still trying to figure out its future. Oregon has decided to switch to HealthCare.gov. Maryland wants to fix its own exchange, maybe by incorporating what worked in Connecticut. Massachusetts actually wants to do both. They want to start from the ground up while using the federal exchange as a backup.
Massachusetts' dual-track approach could require more than $120 million on top of the $170 million it already has been awarded, nearly twice the cost if the state were to simply bail on its Connector. Officials seem to be banking in part on the Obama administration's greater interest in helping the Massachusetts exchange to continue.
"Instead of a quixotic sprint to rebuild the whole site in five months, state officials should instead pivot quickly to utilize the federal exchange, saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in the process," Josh Archambault, a senior fellow with the right-leaning Foundation for Government Accountability says. He argues that the state's efforts to salvage its exchange is inherently just cosmetic.
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Print Order Share Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on googleplus Heres how you screw up current-account adjustment: seek to engineer a reduction in domestic demand through local-currency depreciation, rather than interest-rate hikes, introduce uncertainty and event-risk to monetary policy, and blame the Fed and speculators when your currency collapses and asset prices fall precipitously. Turkey and Argentina two distinct economies, with the former boasting much stronger policy fundamentals have trod down the aforementioned path in recent months, seeking a gradual approach to correcting imbalances with mixed policy messages. The result: their respective currencies fell to historic lows during the past week amid a lack of market confidence, triggering panic-selling, with usually resilient currencies, such as the Korean won and Polish zloty, coming under pressure. The fear is that such localized policy errors will exacerbate the generalized rout thanks to the prejudice of cross-over investors, who cast emerging markets (EMs) as a correlated asset class, prone to economic mismanagement, say analysts. In Turkey, the central bank has engaged in a dance of hiking-in-disguise to avoid the political fallout. On January 21, the central bank kept benchmark short-term policy rates unchanged despite huge pressures on the currency. Instead, the central bank said it would make sure interbank money-market interest rates will be set at around 9% for the additional monetary tightening days, making it unclear whether it would, in practice, deliver tighter liquidity needed to drive up market rates. In other words, instead of hiking rates to contain currency depreciation, the central bank helped to increase volatility in rates and asset prices through ambiguous messaging. Amid the market fallout, the emergency central-bank meeting on Tuesday, with a statement expected at 22.00 GMT, suggests authorities understand the importance of a tighter monetary policy to contain precipitous lira depreciation. Argentina is another case in point, where the government is beginning to capitulate. Last week, the cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich announced some controls on purchasing dollars would be relaxed for saving purposes and interest rates would rise by as a much as 6% at this weeks auction of peso-denominated bonds. The policy efforts aim to contain inflation and reduce demand for dollars at the parallel exchange rate, where a wide spread to the official rate reflects distrust in the local currency thanks to the governments inflationary zeal in recent years. However, there were mixed signals on the scope of the new foreign-exchange rules while the economy minister reiterated the governments expansionary policy. Argentinas heterodox economic policies are well known and the economy is not included in the fashionable moniker of the fragile five, markets said to be vulnerable to Fed tapering, comprising Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, Turkey and India. Instead, Argentinas latest missteps, like Turkey, underscore the importance of domestic factors in triggering the recent EM downtrend, rather than Fed-tapering fears. Sébastien Barbé, head of EM research at Crédit Agricole CIB, says although there is a broad consensus that Argentina is a case apart, the panic-selling last week in response highlights the fragility of market sentiment. The central bank likely decided to devalue because the depletion of FX reserves was becoming unsustainable, he says. This rings bells. The fragile five [TRY, ZAR, BRL, INR and IDR], after all, have also generated worries because of balance-of-payment and external-liquidity issues, in particular. Should the market move into panic mode, then liquidity fears generated by Argentina could continue to spread to the fragile five. By contrast, amid a temptation among EM central bankers to suggest the interest-rate policy tool is not a particularly effective real-economy mechanism, India highlights how resolute monetary policy action, together with fiscal measures, can deliver current-account rebalancing, rebuilding market trust. Notes Shweta Singh, EM economist at Lombard Street Research: A proactive monetary policy stance, a slew of macro-prudential measures and the gradual impact of structural reforms announced earlier helped India address high volatility and huge sell off last year. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the effective policy rate by 200 basis points in August alone, interbank call money rates jumped by 360bp during July to September and the RBI introduced quantitative measures to reduce liquidity, along with restrictions on gold purchases to reduce Indias import bill. As a result, the economy has undergone massive rebalancing compared with the other members of the fragile five. Source: Haver Analytics Indias gradual rehabilitation in the eyes of global markets means it is being excluded from the fragile-five moniker, with Russia taking its place. Source: Haver Analytics A second-leg of the generalized EM weakness after a bear market last summer, triggered by Fed tapering fears is to be expected, writes Mark Dow, a former IMF economist, hedge fund manager and financial blogger. 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Singaporean vs. Western ecommerce design: what are the UX differences?
Asia-Pacific is an important region for Western ecommerce retailers hoping to expand their businesses beyond their own domestic markets.
China is the most obvious target due to the sheer size of its population and the growing popularity of ecommerce in the country.
However other APAC nations shouldn't be ignored as they can also provide new revenue streams.
Battle of the behemoths: John Lewis vs Debenhams
If you were looking for examples of retailers that have really nailed online shopping, you wouldn't expect to have to look much further than goliaths John Lewis and Debenhams.
But what is the secret of a fabulous online shopping experience, is it about mimicking the in-store experience? Or about offering facilities that shops can't provide?
What is micro UX? 14 joyful examples
Micro UX is a small element in a product's design, focused entirely on a single task.
These simple interactions and effects are primarily designed to create an interesting and hopefully unique experience for the user.
Here we'll be finding out how these little details can make a big difference.
Fight Club! Toys R Us vs Smyths
Did you miss out on the bargains of Black Friday? Perhaps in an effort to catch up you're reading this in between filling your online Christmas shopping basket.
If so, you're in good company as today is Cyber Monday which typically has the biggest online sales of the year.
Ahead of this landmark day, we decided to take a look at two major toy retailers, which have both an online and offline presence: Smyths and ToysRUs.
Can a new platform disrupt the way we book cinema tickets online?
I'm going to set out my prejudiced little stall immediately: I hate booking cinema tickets online.
In terms of annoying outdated UX, booking tickets for all the major cinema chains is up there with pagination, full-page takeover ads and reading our old non-responsive site on a mobile.
I looked at the major players Odeon, Vue and Cineworld earlier in the year and each provided a frustrating experience, full of unnecessary distractions and barriers to purchase.
Gmail Inbox review: does email need a reboot?
A fresh approach to email or an unnecessary overhaul of something that doesn't need fixing?
Of course it's attitudes such as the latter which means we've been stuck with the same boring old umbrella design since the 18th century.
Gmail Inbox is a new email app that wants to hit the reset button in terms of what we expect from an email account. It's a year zero if you will, or to use Gmail's expression, 'a fresh start'.
Inbox is still in beta testing at the moment and you can only access it if you have an invitation. You can request one here. In the meantime a very generous colleague let me have their spare invite over the weekend, so I could offer you this sneak peek.
Halfords: the customer journey from search to checkout
Following the relaunch of its ecommerce site at the end of 2013, Halfords online sales have risen 13.7% from the same time last year.
As reported in Internet Retailing last week, Halfords' online sales represented 12.2% of its total retail sales. Conversion rates have risen by 19% and 92% of online orders were collected in store through its click and collect service.
Impressive figures that certainly position Halfords as a successful multichannel retailer, but what makes the Halfords online experience particularly conducive to improving its revenue?
Recently we've featured Halfords in various articles related to ecommerce - social customer service, guest checkouts click and collect - and to be honest this retailer hasn't come out particularly well.
Q&A: Jakob Nielsen on RWD, Google and the best ways to test your website
Jakob Nielsen has been dubbed the 'king of usability' and has been helping to make the web easier to use for more than a decade.
I had the pleasure of speaking to him yesterday, and we discussed the progress of usability, the challenges of providing a great experience across different devices, and the best methods for testing sites.
iPad app review: Manchester City's digital ambition is clear to see
Manchester City is at the forefront of digital in the footballing world.
We've written about MCFC a lot and found there are plenty of clubs that are way behind. That's understandable, given the gulf in finances between some teams.
What City does very well in this new iPad app is to create an experience that's about football (duh!) and content and is enjoyable to use. It befits the sport and should please the fan.
Plenty of rival apps don't allow you to watch highlights (without paying) and don't put enough effort into editorial, preferring to concentrate on monetisation.
Let's take a closer look at the City App.
15 delicious UX micro-interactions or 'clunks' from iPhone apps
The clunk is nothing to do with being clunky.
A clunk is, as defined by Ashley Friedlein, a door clunk, a design detail within the user experience that lends a user satisfaction. It could be called a micro-interaction. The clunk is feedback, it's often skeuomorphic.
I had fun using the few apps on my iPhone 4S to find some features that embody the clunk. Some of them are pretty simple but see what you think and please add your own.
NB: I'm aware that my header image is a door closer (designed to avoid the clunk).
Think customer first, not mobile first
There's been plenty of talk about the need for a 'mobile first' strategy, and this does make sense at the moment, as mobile use overtakes desktop for many sites.
However, the long-term thinking should be around the customer's needs rather than the device.
At the moment, that does mean mobile in many cases but this may not be how your customers will access your site in years to come.
Who knows how customers will use your site in a few year's time. Maybe even on watches...
Five simple website features that make Volkswagen stand out
I've written about car manufacturers' websites before and found most to be lacklustre.
They sort of do the job but are confusing and don't look particularly elegant (see the German and Japanese big three). Volkswagen, however, has a great website - I've previously picked out its homepage for its simple messaging.
I thought I'd highlight five more features on Volkswagen's website that other car manufacturers would do well to emulate. Here goes...


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Great delivery system for GSH
Posted by ZenCat on Jul 04, 2011
The liposomal encapsulation technology used for this product quickly and effectively delivers the GSH to where it's needed. I squeeze the packet contents into a little orange juice and drink it down to get past the taste. The results are well worth it!
good manuka honey
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This is a good brand of Manuka honey with antibacterial properties, and quite tasty.
Very good vitamin C source.
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I take this type of vitamin C along with the Lypo-Sphere GSH product. Great results.
great for digestive health
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mastic gum is very beneficial for the stomach and duodenum. i like this jarrow product.
good brand of ubiquinol
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I always trust Jarrow brand for quality, and this bio-available form of co-q10 (ubiquinol) is a good product.
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This UMF Manuka honey has good antibacterial properties, and tastes great!
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I take 1000mg, with 250mg of hordenine which acts as MAO-B inhibitor to extend the effect. It is a nice mood boost when it works. I give it four stars instead of five because it can be hit or miss; sometimes the same dosage doesn't produce as strong of an effect. Tolerance, perhaps?
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Height, health and celebrities: sometimes the size can make the difference
The Prevention.com website has highlighted the link between height and health. It appears that being petite as Kylie Minogue might bring some advantages
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