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Martha Stewart Talks Gardening with Tom Waits

STEWART: Tom, it’s a delight to visit you in your garden. Let’s have a look at your—wait, what’s that sound? WAITS: My old mutt Sullivan. Other week he drank some funny creek water downstream of the hydrofrack. Been breathin’ like a box … Continue reading

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Sex & Humour Sells: Satire and Innuendo in Advertising

  2. Sexy Camera: Soap Sexy Camera is new hidden camera show. (Italy) 3. Volvo: We’re Just As Excited As You   4. Burn: Are You Bad Enough? hint: kcuL hint: skooB hint: kcuD (Switzerland) 5. Hunkemöller Lingerie Store: String … Continue reading

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50 Tips for Better Photography

By Nik Rawlinson      Aperture 1. Understand aperture The most fundamental element any photographer should understand is aperture. The aperture is the physical opening within your lens that allows light through to the sensor (or film in an older camera). … Continue reading

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Gerar Toye: Global Gypsy

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray  A thirst for inspiration, wisdom, experience and understanding led Gerar Toye (52) on an international quest from his birthplace in South Auckland to Karamea at the top of the West Coast of … Continue reading

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Salt of the Earth: The Art of Polish Miners

Deep underground in Poland lies something remarkable but little known outside Eastern Europe. For centuries, miners have extracted salt there, but left behind things quite startling and unique. Take a look at the most unusual salt mine in the world. … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course 2013

Incorporating Art, Travel, Permaculture and Education Into a Sustainable Business.   Permaculture Design Course in Karamea (May 14 to May 28, 2013) The course will cover theory and practice in Permaculture and will be held on a developing permaculture farm … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #19

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately ambiguous Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal Approval to receive official complaints.   Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:    Antony Visigoth   … Continue reading

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The Day “Dean Buchanan” Came to Town

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Would the real Dean Buchanan please stand up? If you see this guy, he’s not Dean Buchanan… In the summer of 2006, a guy claiming to be Auckland artist Dean … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Holiday Vouchers

Frances Tordoff came to stay at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in the summer of 2012 on the recommendation of her daughter Bekki, who had previously worked at Rongo as a Wwoofer (Willing Worker on Organic Farm) several times since the … Continue reading

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Busy Day for Vlad the Impala

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