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Originally posted on John's Space …..:
[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [A right-click might allow you to open a photo in a separate tab or window.] The Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Patti. Patti invites us to share A Quiet Moment. ‘…many have rediscovered the value of finding quiet moments on which to…

Originally posted on Fast Twitch NZ:
Reports have emerged from an AIDS Research Centre?in Barcelona of a newly identified variant of HIV that is showing resistance to current antiretroviral drugs. The scientific journal?The Lancet Microbe?has disclosed last week that a 75-year-old patient is a man who was diagnosed in 1989 and the virus he carries…

The Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch on June 22 1954. One of the most infamous murders in that era. Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme (Awa Press) Armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand’s most notorious murderers when they killed Pauline’s mother,Continue reading “The Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch in the 1950’s”

The Wairau incident: An unfortunate dispute in the Nelson district on 17 June 1843 Scene of the Wairau Massacre, painted by Charles Gold, c. 1851 (Alexander Turnbull Library, B-103-030) Four Māori and 22 Europeans were killed in the first violent clash between Māori and Pākehā since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Nelson colonistsContinue reading “The Wairau Dispute”

Originally posted on My Life as an Artist (2):
Hummingbirds weaving unseen magic and energy  – watercolourDuring the last few days I have been going through many albums and files looking at old photographs and letters in preparation for my VIRTUAL trip to Wales which will begin on Monday 6th July.  One file contains many letters…

15 June 1935 Lovelock wins ‘Mile of the Century’ The Ivy League Princeton University hosted an annual elite mile race during the 1930s. New Zealand medical student Jack Lovelock, who had set a world record there in 1933, was invited to return in 1935 to run in what became known as the ‘Mile of the Century’. Read more…

Originally posted on Fast Twitch NZ:
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Originally posted on Fast Twitch NZ:
I wanted a home for health, recreation and sport posts. Decided on this new one so readers and followers could find them. I regularly reblog some good posts of my friends. Athletics