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Maradona invades from Invercargill - straight thru Dunedin - West Coast attack with Christchurch behind - but he passes to Wellington - who kicks back to Piha where Maradona is parked - God waits near Kaitaia … GOOOOOOOOAAALALLALLLLLALLLL

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A week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to here the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.
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MESSENGER’s Wide Angle Camera (WAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), is equipped with 11 narrow-band color filters, in contrast to the two visible-light filters and one ultraviolet filter that were on Mariner 10’s vidicon camera.
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By combining images taken through different filters in the visible and infrared, the MESSENGER data allow Mercury to be seen in a variety of high-resolution color views not previously possible.
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The navigation team is lead by KinetX, Inc. of Tempe, AZ. KinetX is the first private company to be responsible for navigation of a NASA deep space mission.
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> boomshanka > “Call me a communist but i’m not sure i like the fact commercial interests are getting involved in this sort of expedition - democratically elected governments sure, be my guest, but McCompany? Harks to me of the Dutch East Indies ventures - discover, take control, plunder . But how many governments have that sorta cash? Well if they weren’t too busy fighting stoopid wars…”

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yeah moved on - should’ve given that sorta crap as much as it deserved - 1 femtosecond …

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	heres some more subversions … . www.penisland.net www.therapistfinder.com www.speedofart.com www.whorepresents.com . snigger, giggle, hyuk

i’ve been sitting on this for a coupla days now, so please bear with me .

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i don’t know who reads this stuff i’m putting out here …

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i’ve been trying to (discretely) place (relevant) hotlinks onto the web - here & there - you know, as you do …

trying to raise the profile of the site a bit - trying to get some people reading it, trying to get a comment outa someone, anyone .

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on the 20th January on the ‘Wikipedia fails’ post , i get a comment .

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i have no idea who ‘cheesecake’ is . i have no idea why they are so angry with my opinion . to me they are a faceless, asexual, cloud of hate that has been spat my way .

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i’d like to believe we live on a planet where we can trust, listen, understand, care, love each other . i’m obviously miles out there - we all know aggression happens all around us - thankfully its usually via a video feed . but when it does happen to you, wow - you gotta ask why .
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maybe this is where the fate / influence equation breaks down .

maybe us humans are always destined to hold onto our animal agro - a method of survival .

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but this isn’t survival, this is self-destruction .
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bah, who knows - i sure don’t .

the Wikipedia main page has a section on ‘In The News’ .

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I T N contains recent events that have happened - plane crashes - discoveries - deaths .

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Bobby Fischer - the Chess player - died recently and was included on the list … a few days ago Sir Ed was not .
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wikipedia is by the people, for the people - including people.. here in NZ - people in Nepal - people you, people me .

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my point being is why Sir Ed - a hero to millions - can be deemed un-includable while Mr. Fischer is includable .

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No offence to Mr. Fischer’s memory - i’m sure he was a brilliant man who truely believed in what he felt inside .

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for me personally ? I feel a bit let down that Ed, the great great man, has no ‘notability’ in such a historic record .

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There are certain criteria that obituaries should meet to make ITN . Sir Ed’s failure was the lack of an ‘unexpected death’ - while Mr. Fischer - at the young age of 64 - met these .

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meanwhile, my solace lies in the fact that Sir Ed, the person who ‘knocked the bastard off’, would not have given a shit .

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your life is a ratio between fate & influence … i discovered this while fishing over the break .
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some things belong in the book bag of entropy - the undeterminable, the unforseen, like lotto numbers, like cars crossing centre lines into your path
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also in there are the books we write - the determinable, the decisions we make, the numbers we pick, the people we hurt
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fate & influence

there must be a ratio equation in there somewhere. .. . . . .

muralmosaic.com 

the Golden Globes were a pile of poo this period ‘pparently - i don’t see why … . . the thought of another ceremony with some over-paid over-hyped celebrities stroking each others thighs doesn’t really get me going… .. . .. . . but never fear - the randomstupid.com (in association with Rust - Rust : the family band) Lego awards are here ! yay !

7 / 10 - for sheer persistance .. . . . . . marks off for … .. . . . - using steel strings (yeah they had to make sound somehow but thats no excuse)- sounding like some new form of Bush administration torture methodthanks to oddmusic.com
	5 / 10 - this is not only foolish its also very dangerous . meh - who cares … . .. . 5 marks .
6 / 10 28 metres tall - 400,000 bricks - but what is it ?marks off for… . .. . .. . … . .- absolutely no colour coordination - its just a big pile of bricks
	9 / 10 surely its won !!!!!! a mark off for not actually been made outa lego
4 / 10 hmmm … i thought homer was yellow ? why not stick 5 fingers on his hands while yer there ? hmmm ? hmmmmm?? blah … . . 18/01/08 - theres be an appeal - vote as been adjusted to 5/10

. our father our brother our friend Sir Edmund Hillary passed away this morning .

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. the book of New Zealand closes one of its largest and most interesting chapters .

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. weird to think hes not around anymore … just yesterday i was pondering what his thoughts might be when he saw his own honest mug on a $5 note .

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. RIP Sir Ed .

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. Edisms - some great ones here

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* “We knocked the bastard off” – announcing he and Tensing had reached Everest’s summit.

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* “I like to think that I am a very ordinary New Zealander, not terribly bright perhaps but determined and practical in what I do” – at the 50th anniversary

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* Nepalese, he said, did not ask for poverty while New Zealanders lived in affluence: “The fact that we do is a blessing, and with it comes responsibilities.”

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* On becoming a knight: “It was a tremendous honour, of course, but I had never really approved of titles and couldn’t really imagine myself possessing one”

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* “In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander. I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination and I rather like to succeed.”

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* To an Indian reporter who asked him if he knew he was seen by many as a god: “Well I know I’m not, so it doesn’t bother me.”

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atop Everest
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* From Hillary’s diary, published in his ‘Nothing Venture, Nothing Win’:

“I continued on, cutting steadily and surmounting bump after bump and cornice after cornice looking eagerly for the summit. It seemed impossible to pick it and time was running out. Finally I cut around the back of an extra large hump and then on a tight rope from Tensing I climbed up a gentle snow ridge to its top. Immediately it was obvious that we had reached our objective. It was 11.30a.m. and we were on top of Everest!”

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He describes the landscape below them and continues: “Tensing and I shook hands and then Tensing threw his arms around my shoulders. It was a great moment! I took off my oxygen and for ten minutes I photographed Tensing holding flags, the various ridges of Everest and the general view. I left a crucifix on top for John Hunt and Tensing made a little hole in the snow and put in it some food offerings - lollies, biscuits and chocolate. We ate Mint Cake and then put our oxygen back on. I was a little worried by the time factor so after 15 minutes on top we turned back at 11.45.”

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