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Ships in the Night

May 26, 2011 by  
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Ten days ago Kate Raue was moved from Rangipapa to Te Whare Ahuru. For privacy reasons Rangipapa weren’t telling anyone where she’d gone, only that she’d ‘left the Unit’. I thought at the time that the construction of the explanation was an interesting one so I had my doubts about whether she’d been released to […]

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

January 16, 2011 by  
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Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

Consensus As scarce as Hen’s Teeth

December 20, 2009 by  
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“Analyses of events or data can result in differing interpretations depending on the perspectives and bias of those involved. Moreover, the long evolution of community water fluoridation has its beginnings anchored in the duality of