Archive for August, 2007
First Day in Edinburgh
Friday, August 31st, 2007I have spent my first full day in Edinburgh after arriving here on Wednesday afternoon.
The new Air NZ Boeing 777 I took out of Auckland was awesome featuring more leg room and a brilliant entertainment system (but too hard to navigate, and the handset should have a lock on it to prevent calling the hostesses [...]
Old Stuff I’m Finding
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007In packing for Edinburgh I’m going through lots of old papers. Here are some highlights (in no special order.
PETITION FOR THE RETURN OF TELECOM TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP by SPOT (Society for Publicly Owned Telecommunications) , 1998. Their reasons:
Telecom rips us all off
Telecom sacks thousands and bashes workers
Telecom abuses its monopoly
Service has deteriorated
Negative social impact – [...]
The Bible, Theology and the Environment
Monday, August 6th, 2007UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
is having an Open Lecture Series on
The Bible, Theology and the Environment
“The Bible and the Environment”
Dr James Harding and Professor Paul Trebilco
Archway 2, Wed 15 August 7.30 pm
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“God and Creation: A Theological Framework for Environmental Ethics”
Dr Murray Rae
Archway 2, Wed 22 August 7.30 pm
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“Environmental Ethics in the [...]