http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Home is Where the Heart Is en Vox Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:44:37 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96859ae40003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96859ae40003.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96859ae40003.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:44:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c98ab0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c98ab0000b-50si" alt="Fluffy &amp; Xmangerm" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Fluffy and me this afternoon before the rain came. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96859ae40003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96859ae40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile dog walking fluffy relaxation nokia n93 bichon frise http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69812550004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69812550004.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69812550004.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:54:26 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c989f0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c989f0000b-50si" alt="The rain is coming" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Today started off very sunny but the clouds moved on in to bring us a tad cooling off period. Thanks Mother Nature:)) How was the weather in your neck of the woods today? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69812550004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69812550004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rain weather sunday nokia n93 http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad696cbfd0005.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad696cbfd0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad696cbfd0005.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:17:56 -0700 [Cross-posted] If you follow my ramblings, even when they don’t make sense, you know I had my knives out for the ANZ National Bank here in New Zealand for what I think is questionable practice. So it was interesting to meet a few people tonight ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad696cbfd0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad696cbfd0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand branding ethics wellington transparency anz aotearoa tsb whanganui-a-tara anz bank bank fees tsb bank http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69493d30005.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69493d30005.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69493d30005.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:41:26 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69576670004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69576670004-50si" alt="Counties&#39; Hunting &amp; Fishing" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Photographed on the way back to Auckland Airport: Counties’ Hunting & Fishing. If it were not for the Japanese truck outside, this could have passed for a similar store in the US, according to colleagues who have been to the southern states. There... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69493d30005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69493d30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand auckland shop store aotearoa counties http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c274000b.html?_c=feed-rss 60 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c274000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c274000b.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:28:44 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69465e10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69465e10005-50si" alt="BMW 633 CSI and Hansa Coupé copy" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968230610002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968230610002-50si" alt="Riley" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968230660002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968230660002-50si" alt="Vauxhall Velox convertible copy" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69465ec0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69465ec0005-50si" alt="Vauxhall Velox" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69548780004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69548780004-50si" alt="What year is this" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c108000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c108000b-50si" alt="Ford LTD badging" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Not everyone in New Zealand has a brand-new car. At Bristol Motors in Upper Hutt, where I get my car serviced by Stephen Hamilton (one of the rare breed: an honest mechanic, ex-New Zealand Army), there are quite a few classics being looked after. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c274000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6c274000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand cars ford bmw bentley riley lloyd classic cars hansa vauxhall coupé aotearoa upper hutt bristol motors borgward hutt city vauxhall velox ford ltd stephen hamilton http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1d10003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1d10003.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1d10003.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:45:36 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad695474f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad695474f0004-50si" alt="BMW X6 rear three-quarter view" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfd6000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfd6000b-50si" alt="BMW X6 number plate" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad695474a0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad695474a0004-50si" alt="BMW X6" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfe2000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfe2000b-50si" alt="Jaguar XF side view" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1860003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1860003-50si" alt="Jaguar XF rear view" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfd8000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8c6bfd8000b-50si" alt="Jaguar XF rear quarter view" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday wasn’t all Audis. Some of my journalist colleagues came in other press cars. There were plenty of jokes being bandied about the BMW X6, the car that blends a coupé roofline with a four-wheel-drive concept. I even joked that someone ha... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1d10003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9682d1d10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand auckland car cars bmw audi jaguar 2008 lucire aotearoa jaguar xf bmw x6 pukekohe http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cd970c86034cd500fad69538990004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(reechard) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cd970c86034cd500fad69538990004.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cd970c86034cd500fad69538990004.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd970c86034cd500fa9682c3290003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd970c86034cd500fa9682c3290003-50si" alt="Dynamic Skyscraper" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> David Fisher's company 'Dynamic Architecture' have developed a moving skyscraper! The building will be made up of 80 floors, with an apartment on each floor. The rotating building is made possible by 79 giant power-generating wind turbines. As ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00cd970c86034cd500fad69538990004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd970c86034cd500fad69538990004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> design architecture technology unseen http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69429c80004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69429c80004.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69429c80004.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:55:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69428a50004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69428a50004-50si" alt="Litter control (1)" /></a> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69428a90004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69428a90004-50si" alt="Litter control 2 (1)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The picture on the right is of a trash can at a local park that contained a "Diet Coke" can and the picture on the right shows a crushed and discarded "Classic Coke" can very close where I live. The problem I have with this is in Germany each alu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69429c80004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad69429c80004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money recycle waste trash nokia n93 http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad692ed030005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad692ed030005.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad692ed030005.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:17:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c548c0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fae8c548c0000b-50si" alt="My tax Euro at work" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One thing that I love about life is when my share of tax Euros are spent well. This redesigned traffic circle island is a good example. Simply beautiful. Hopefully, other voxland members are experiencing similarly supported infrastructure in thei... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad692ed030005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad692ed030005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> taxes euro nokia n93 http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad692c78e0005.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad692c78e0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad692c78e0005.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:41:00 -0700 Since I posted about the use of the word coon on radio in New Zealand, I did get a reply from the plumbing firm which it advertised. It was very short: It is raccoons the ones in the woods. Of course there is no limit to the number of interpre... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://livingabroad.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad692c78e0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad692c78e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media new zealand radio english advertising commercial racist racism model vernacular colloquialisms supermodel naomi campbell lucire fashion magazine aotearoa epithets coarse language