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About LivinginPeaceProject

Paul Murray is the founder of the LivinginPeace Project. www.livinginpeace.com Paul originally from Australia, but have been living in New Zealand for 14 years. Before that he was in Japan for a decade working as a journalist. He met his wife Sanae in Japan and they married in 2008.

GR8 Poem by a Cranky Old Man

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.   Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, … Continue reading

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A Letter to Hollywood from Mr Kim Dotcom

Dear Hollywood, The internet frightens you. But history has taught us that the greatest innovations were built on rejections. The VCR frightened you, but it ended up making billions of dollars in video sales. You get so comfortable with your … Continue reading

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ArtofNature: Exhibition of One Photograph

By Photographer Paul Murray & Belgian Graphic Artist Arnaud “PsoMan” Vanderkerkin I walked the Heaphy Track in 2004 to collect information and take photographs for the http://www.heaphytrack.com Web site. Along the way, I happened across an interesting rock and took its … Continue reading

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Flood Destroys Lewis River Bridge on Heaphy Track

Media release 17 July 2012 Heavy rain over the weekend has taken its toll on the Heaphy Track. The swing bridge across the Lewis River was destroyed during serious flooding that occurred in the region. “We believe that the unusually … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course

Permaculture Design Course in Karamea (September 30 to October 14, 2012) The course will cover theory and practice in Permaculture and will be held on a developing permaculture farm in sunny Karamea at the top of the West Coast of … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #13

Karamea Ministry of Red Tape A New Zealand Government Department Authorised by a Deliberately Ambiguous and Subtly Rhetorical Act of Parliament and Compounded by a Tacitly Implied Royal Approval to Receive Official Complaints.   Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senorita … Continue reading

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Savaged: Oliver Stone Sells Out…AGAIN!

Off the Top of my Head   By Paul Murray   Oliver Stone’s counterculture credibility was seriously knocked with the 2008 release of his George Bushathon “W,” which clearly revealed his political leaning and showed that the Republicans have a … Continue reading

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Re-Invent: Changing the Way People Choose and Use Art

Re-Invent: Innovative Art Project in Suburban Chicago Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray    School friends Kristin Mikrut and Cecilia Lanyon have joined forces to open Re-Invent, a gallery/artist workspace/art supplies store in the leafy Chicago suburb … Continue reading

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TruckNuts: Another Must-Have Product from The United States

TruckNuts, also known as Truck nutz, truck balls, BumperNuts, BumperBalls, or Trucksticles, are plastic accessories for pickup trucks and other vehicles that resemble a pair of dangling testicles.  They appeared in 1998 in the United States, and were first sold on the Internet in 1999. TruckNuts are usually hung … Continue reading

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Things that look like other Things…

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