Facets of Cambridge taken, euphemistically, from the other end of the telescope. Bikes are two a penny in Cambridge …. but never ‘buy one&n.
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It has taken me till now to realise that at least around here, they are two a penny .
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Where is the Green Sheep? plus Plush Toy Author : Mem Fox Illustrator : Judy Horacek Format : Box set with hardcover book and plush toy. Condition : New Dimensions : 23cm x 22.5cm x 1cm About the Book Here is the blue sheep and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep? Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in their rollicking search for the green sheep. Mem has never owned a sheep let alone a green one but she does admit to having woolly thoughts from time to time. Judy loves drawing things especially sheep. This is her first flock. Brief Introduction of Mem Fox Mem Fox was born in Australia grew up in A more here…..
Turquoise Jewelry is very popularly utilised, although recent times have seen the proliferation of two-a-penny imitations.
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Police are annoyed at having to rescue a tramper for the second time from a snow-covered ridge in the Ruahine Ranges as dusk fell last night.
The 59-year-old Hastings man had been rescued from the same spot less than a month ago.
A spokeswoman for the Lowe Corporation rescue helicopter said it responded to a police search and rescue request to find the tramper who was experiencing difficulties.
Police say last night’s rescue cost $1500 and put the lives of the rescue team at risk. He misjudged the weather and his timing,” she told .
“It was getting dark and he was at the top of a ridge in the snow.
But police say the man had been warned not to attempt the trip in alpine conditions, Hawke’s Bay Today reported.
The man was flown to Hawke’s Bay Hospital for a check-up but there was nothing wrong with him medically.
Police said then he was not carrying the right equipment, had not planned his trip well and didn’t have the fitness level to complete the trip.
He was first rescued on July 14 from the Golden Crown area of the Ruahine Ranges after he was caught out by heavy snow, deteriorating weather and lack of daylight.
Hawke’s Bay search and rescue co-ordinator Detective Sergeant Luke Shadbolt said today the man’s actions were irresponsible at best and “have put the lives of our rescue staff at risk to get him out of situations that he was ill-equipped and under prepared to deal with”.
At that time poor weather had prevented the rescue helicopter from being used, so police search and rescue squad members and volunteers from Hawke’s Bay LandSar walked into the Ruahine Ranges and found the man about 11pm in a cold and mildly hypothermic state. He has a poor appreciation of winter conditions in the Ruahine Ranges. .”
Mr Shadbolt said he had looked into what charges could be laid but said it was unfortunate no provisions existed to take the man to court.
“It highlights the importance of good planning, good equipment and a good understanding of your capabilities and limitations in the back-country environment.
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The Government will not be pressured by the United States to send the Special Air Service (SAS) back to Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key says.
The US has put more pressure on its allies to boost their contribution in Afghanistan and has warned New Zealand through its Nato ambassador that it should fight as a “partner and ally” in case it ever needs US military support.
Ambassador Ivo Daalder told a New Zealand journalist visiting Afghanistan that New Zealand should be fighting the Taleban and should consider its relations not just with the US, but with other allies such as Australia. Wouldn’t it be good for a country like Holland or Canada or Slovakia or the US to be there?” Daalder said.
“God forbid there be a threat directly to New Zealand.
Daalder had merely been stressing that members of the international community needed to support one another, she said.
A spokeswoman for the US embassy in Wellington said the US had been at pains not to pressure any of its allies over Afghanistan.
“We understand that this is a decision for the New Zealand Government and for New Zealanders,” she said.
“I think you’ve got to take those comments with a grain of salt,” Key said.
Key said yesterday that Daalder’s comments were “a little gung-ho”, and New Zealand would make its own decisions.
“I’m reasonably relaxed about the comments that are being made. “It’s quite clear the Americans have asked all of their Nato and ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] partners to contribute greater effort to Afghanistan to stabilise the position there.”
Asked what he meant, Key said: “Well, only in the sense that read the wrong way they could be implied as putting pressure on New Zealand. They are a little gung-ho, but I’m reasonably relaxed about it. .”
He said the Cabinet would decide on whether to send the SAS back to Afghanistan by mid-August, “but that decision will be made in what we deem to be the best interests of New Zealand”. Whatever decision we make has to be made here in New Zealand,” he said. “We are able to say `no’. They are the people entitled to that answer, not anybody else.
“I answer to the New Zealand public.
“Whether we agree or not is something Cabinet has to consider, but my view is I am somewhat sympathetic to the position on the basis that we send New Zealanders all around the world and they are in harm’s way,” he said.”
Key said he was sympathetic to the US request. I can’t see how that is in New Zealand’s best interests. “What is the counter-factual? If the world doesn’t get on top of the position in Afganistan, the counter-factual is it becomes an even bigger hotbed for global terrorism.”
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A man with a woman and child and a firearm in his car allegedly fled a police checkpoint in Waikato overnight before crashing, police said today.
Eastern Waikato area commander Inspector Glenn Dunbier said the blue Holden Commodore’s occupants, including a pre-school aged boy were lucky to escape unharmed when their car rolled on a rural Waikato road at about 8.30pm.
“I think it is very fortunate the driver, his female passenger nor the young child were hurt in what appears to have been a totally avoidable crash,” he said.
The crash happened on the Ohinewai-Tahuna Rd shortly after the man allegedly fled with his lights off as officers approached the car to speak with him..
“Because of heavy fog the pursuit was abandoned however another patrol car at Tahuna spotted the car and a second pursuit ..”
The car was believed to be heading towards Ohinewai when the driver lost control of the car and crashed. ensued.
Separate investigations were under way in relation to the firearm, a semi-automatic, and other items located in the car at the crash scene, he said.
Mr Dunbier said there would be a review of the chase but it appeared police had acted according to protocol.
The man was likely to face a number of driving charges at this stage, he said.
A Hamilton police spokesman refused to elaborate on what the other items were but said police inquiries were continuing. .
He refused to say whether or not the man was known to police
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Wild weekend weather continued to cause havoc today with part of State Highway 10 in the Far North collapsing under the weight of a major landslide.
Police were alerted to the slip when a truck close toly rolled off the road about 6am, Senior Sergeant Shane Mulcahy of northern police communications said.
Drivers in Otago and South Canterbury were being warned to take care this morning as black ice made travelling treacherous.
The highway was now closed and roading authorities were making their way to the scene.
The MetService has also issued a snow warning for the Rimutaka Hill Rd north of Wellington.
Snow and ice also closed SH1 at the Desert Road, and a snow warning remained in place. However there was still expected to be icy patches on the Desert Rd.
It said light snow was possible this morning on both roads but said little if any snow was expected to accumulate.
The deep low that brought the severe weather was expected to move slowly away from the country this morning, the MetService said. .
A strong wind warning has also been lifted for eastern parts of the Bay of Plenty, with gales easing though gusty southerlies expected to ease during the day.
It has since lifted a heavy rain warning Gisborne, with only around 25mm of rain expected by midnight.
Gusty southerlies which have buffeted Taupo are to settle gradually while heavy rain is no longer predicted in Napier.
The weather is also expected to ease around Taupo and Hawke’s Bay.
GIRL KILLED
The severe weather claimed the life of 15-year-old Danielle Anne Finlayson, who was killed early yesterday morning when a tree fell on a caravan she was sleeping in, at her home in Whangapara, 23km northwest of Whangarei.
However, rain is still forecast to fall in the ranges north of Napier.
Danielle was with two friends when the incident happened at 12.
Authorities who rushed to the scene said the incident could have resulted in a triple fatality.
Veteran volunteer fire brigade chief Snow Buckton told The New Zealand Herald it appeared a branch from a large puriri tree crashed into the caravan where Danielle was sleeping after the tree and a tree hut were blown over.50am.
“I was thinking how lucky, I suppose, if you want to call it that, that we didn’t go to a triple fatality,” he said. Danielle was crushed under the branch and died almost immediately but the two friends escaped. There was nothing we could do to help save her,” he said.
“Obviously the family, (on our) arrival, were quite devastated.
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Lawyers for John Campbell and four other TV3 staff today argued in court they should not be summonsed as witnesses in a possible trial of two men charged with stealing bravery medals from the Waiouru Army Museum.
Police want the High Court to compel Campbell and fellow journalists Ingrid Leary, Carol Hirschfeld, Hannah Story and Zoe Duffy to reveal the identity of an informant they interviewed in February 2008, around the time that 96 medals stolen from the museum in December 2007 were returned.
Today’s hearing before chief high court judge Tony Randerson debated the application of a law which means journalists do not have to reveal their sources, unless there was a clear public interest.
The interview, in which an informant confessed to being involved in the burglary, was subsequently re-shot and broadcast with an actor delivering the lines.
Journalists had an important public watchdog role and that included talking to people who had important information to reveal but who would feel compromised if their identity was revealed, he said. .
As a fallback position, Mr Miles said the testimony was not necessary as prosecutors already had enough information to put the accused before a court.
Forcing the TV3 staff to testify would have a chilling effect, stopping people in such cases in future coming forward with important information, Mr Miles said.”
Mr Miles rejected suggestions the law was more to protect whistleblowers who went to media rather than people who may be admitting to a crime, saying the right to protect sources should only be overturned in extremely serious cases.
“If the Crown already has a case it thinks is good enough to put before a jury, it doesn’t need this top-up.
“This is not a case where the media is carrying out the function of being public watchdog, which is reason we have this protection in the first place,” he said.
But police lawyer Lance Rowe disagreed, saying the law was put in place to protect whistleblowers more than any other groups.
He said that under the law journalists could never promise absolute confidentiality to a source “unless they’re also promising to go to prison for contempt of court”.
“What is it exactly that’s being protected here?”
Mr Rowe said that the revealing of the identity of the person TV3 interviewed could play a major part in the prosecution and was therefore in the public interest.
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Mr Miles said TV3 was prepared to hand over transcripts of both the original interview with the informant and of the “interview” with the actor that was eventually broadcast
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Slippery fugitive William Stewart is styling himself “Billy the Hunted One” and appears to be enjoying his new-found notoriety.
A Teddington farmer, whose property was broken into by the 47-year-old, showed Stewart’s table-top calling card yesterday.
Stewart, who broke into the farm’s smoko room and helped himself to a meal the weekend before last, had carved his thanks into the dining table.
Stewart has been on the run since early February.
“Thanks guys, Billy the Hunted One,” he wrote.
He has five warrants for his arrest and is thought to have committed a string of burglaries and car thefts while on the run.
He has not been seen since he picked up hitchhikers in Hororata more than a week ago.
Police believed his latest crime was to swap a stolen car for a 2008 Hilux in Waddington, central Canterbury, on Tuesday.
“He helped himself to a nice meal of hot pies and coffee and wrote a thank-you note carved into the table.
The Teddington farmer, who declined to be named, said Stewart had been “sleeping rough” in the hills towards Gebbies Pass behind the property before he ventured down to the farm’s sheds.
“It was more that he had been watching and seeing where the keys were kept,” the farmer said.”
The fact that the door had not been forced but was opened using keys hidden on the property was unnerving.
The farmer said it was clear Stewart was “having a lot of fun and games”.
After carving his thanks, Stewart stole one of the farm motorbikes and blasted through a police cordon towards Governors Bay early on March 22.
However, police had called his antics “silly”.
However, police had called his antics “silly”. .
The Teddington farmer said Stewart, who had popped up in Tai Tapu the following day he evaded police in Governors Bay, obviously had some bushcraft skills as it was a long hike over the hills