Chris Renee – the lad whose rebuilding his life from drug addiction gets my attention today, with his version of Gangsta’s Paradise. What a redemption story in the making Chris has. Love it! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 11.11.11~
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GANGSTA’S PARADISE – CHRIS RENEE for THE X FACTOR
Posted: November 11, 2011 in Chris Rene, Hip Hop Community0
AFTER THE RIOTS AND A NEW COACH – PENN STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL REBUILDS AFTER SEX SLAVERY ABUSE OF POWER SCANDALS
Posted: November 11, 2011 in Abuse of Power, America, College Football, Football, SportsTwo days ago, I wasn’t joking when I tweeted that sexuality coach, Sy Rogers, should be contracted to coach football coaches at Penn State University. Sy could offer the college football team’s management a lot of insights into being less sex addicted. Here’s why: According to The Daily Beast website, the No.2 news story all [...]
AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE – THE RISE OF THE DATA SCIENTIST
Posted: November 11, 2011 in Augmented Intelligence, Data Scientists, Information Sharing, ITThe best of all knowledge can be summed up by your gut instinct. Go with the feeling that seems best to be just and fair. – – – Knowledge equals power. Knowledge is given to some people, before others. That’s why some people look smarter or more powerful than others. The truth is, access to [...]
SEAN GOURLEY HAS HIS MIND ON “BIG DATA” TRACKING SOFTWARE
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Canterbury, Christchurch, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, IT, New Zealand, Sean Gourey, TrendsWhen does aggregation and tracking software, fused into a search engine, start benefiting go-getters, inventors, humanitarians and innovators? Meet Sean Gourley. Whoever tracks data or creates catchment software of data on line, could quite possibly be best suited to know where the latest IP designs are located and how they are developing. Data capture gives [...]
JESSICA CLARKE IS A VICTORIA’S SECRET MODEL – NEW ZEALAND FASHION NEWS
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Fashion, Fashion Accessories, Fashion Designers, Jessica Clarke, Models, New ZealandJessica Clarke has been selected to be a fashion ambassador for Corporation. The NZ Herald’s Zoe W writes: “Jessica Clarke, a netball-mad, former Miss Teen Manawatu, has become the first New Zealander to walk the infamous Victoria’s Secret runway. The 18-year-old model appeared yesterday in the $12 million Victoria’s Secret catwalk show extravaganza in New [...]
POLITICIAN WINSTON PETERS ON RACIAL APARTHEID BY NEW ZEALAND MEDIA HINDERING MAORI DEVELOPMENT
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Grey Power, Hone Harawira, Inequality, New Zealand, Politics, Tau Henare, Winston PetersWinston Peters, the New Zealand politician with an uncanny knack of pinpointing inequality cases and biz cover ups has spoken up today about a divide which seeks to marginalize Maori development in New Zealand. Peters alludes to the fact that the New Zealand media haven’t been all that forthcoming in wanting to interview him or [...]
SPORTS PICK – ALBATROSS, DOUBLE EAGLE by MR. ADAM SCOTT
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Adam Scott, Australia, Awesome Aussies, Golf, Marketing and Branding, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Sports Talent ManagementHe’s been upstaged by his lippy Kiwi caddie lately, but Adam Scott managed to put all of that behind him, with some a sheer act of golfing brilliance. The most requested news item on Horiwood.Com today is: “Adam Scott Albatross Double Eagle“. Here ya go! What are the odds of this?! Amazing! :) Makes you [...]
Ngati Porou Were you, beloved to invite me, Straightway, by way of the hill I would come Lest I stray afar, and eagerly I would Follow the path you trod. Alas, you are gone, as if borne on high By some magic enchantment. Why did you not when we first met Set about [...]
Anxiety is apparently a big problem that many teenagers are encountering in tougher economic times. In Kiwiland, folk music, tends to calm the nerves in downtime. Here’s Fly My Prettiez with Garden. Very cute ensemble folk music. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 11.11.11~
WILLIAM RAMOS – BASEBALL KIDNAPPING AND BLACK CAPS CRICKET NEWS
Posted: November 10, 2011 in America, Baseball, Black Caps, Fossil Fuels, oil, Petroleum, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Venezuela, Washington D.C, William Ramos, World NewsWilliam Ramos – Washington Nationals baseball player has been kidnapped. USA Today’s updates of the story via The Washington Post report that, “Venezuelan police say the vehicle used to kidnap Ramos was found 25 miles west of Valencia. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said: “We have the duty to find who is responsible and to [...]
The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.–Walter Raleigh [Photo - Hawkes Bay] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 11.11.11~
KAPA HAKA WINNERS OF THE 2011 PRIMARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION 2011
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Children, Culture, Kapa Haka, Leadership, Maori, New ZealandA nation is strong when children in communities are strong. When this occurs, we have a culture and a society that is well knit with strong young people. That’s why I like this story. Four days ago my mom called. She was buzzing from attending a kapa haka event where 2000 young people in Northland [...]
CIA DRONE TECHNOLOGY AND CARELESS KILLINGS OF INNOCENTS NEED A REVIEW
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Afghanistan, America, Drones Technology, Human Rights, Military, War CrimesI’m reading a random blog today and I discover a post that mirrors a New Zealand news story from four days ago. It goes like this: “The expansion of the CIA’s undeclared drone war in the tribal areas of Pakistan required a big expansion of who can be marked for death. Once the standard for [...]
INVENTOR EDWARD LINACRE’S AIRDROP – TURNING AIR INTO WATER
Posted: November 10, 2011 in A Different View, Awesome Aussies, Entrepreneurs, Farming, Infrastructure Technology, Innovation, Inventors, Science, Technology, WaterAn Australian designer has beaten 500 inventors to win a £10,000 international prize for his beetle-inspired device that is capable of extracting water from even the driest desert air. With global temperatures continuing to rise and droughts set to become more severe, a device capable of literally pulling water out of thin air is likely [...]
FAN FOOTAGE – THE BAND PERRY, CMAS 2011
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Families, Family Vs Fame, Kimberly Perry, Live Music Artists, Neil Perry, Reid Perry, The Band PerryThe Band Perry have captured country music fans attention at this years CMA, with their bittersweet country ballad. The Band Perry’s appeal is that they are a group of three siblings. Kimberly Perry‘s music mythology of family sounds a like this: “Daddy rocked us to sleep with the Rolling Stones; Mama woke us up with [...]
TRUE FACT – THE GRASS IS GREENER IN NEW ZEALAND
Posted: November 10, 2011 in A Different View, Farming, Gratitude, New ZealandToday, I’m thankful that the grass is always greener in New Zealand. We have so much to be grateful for here. The world we see reflects our equanimity of thanks. [Photo - Taranaki pastureland] ~Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.11.11~
FAITH HILL CMA’s 2011 – RED CARPET AND COME HOME PERFORMANCE
Posted: November 10, 2011 in A Different View, America, Country Music, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Faith Hill, Music Industry NewsAccording to People.Com, it’s been 5 years since Faith Hill took to the stage. Gather.Com notes, “Faith Hill showed off her figure in a white, 3/4 sleeve Chado Ralph Rucci dress at the CMAs 2011.” Her performance of Come Home seemed to some up her return to Country Music’s main stage, nicely. Taste of Country [...]
WHAKARONGO – A MAORI CLASSIC SONG
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Aotearoa Television Service - Hollywood, Australia, Kiwi Pop, Kiwi Heroes, Maori, Maori Television Service - Hollywood, New Zealand, Northland, Pani Hauraki, South Pacific, South Pacific Television Hollywood, Te Reo Rangatira, Te Tai TokerauBack in the day, I lived in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. Pani Hauraki was the Maori teacher from Punguru, who taught me this song. The lyrics, “Whakarongo, ki te reo Maori, e karanga nei” are beautiful. They are, “Listen, to the Maori language, calling.” Love it! :) Perhaps these lyrics will stop the “cuckoo factor” [...]
WHY ARE KIWIS LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA IN RECORD NUMBERS?
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Australia, Energy, Greed, Inequality, Iwi Biz Partners, New Zealand, Politics, Wall Street CultureI’ve been trying to be upbeat about earning opportunities and living conditions in New Zealand for the average person – at the moment. Trying to shake that feeling, of “last Kiwi out of the country, don’t turn off the lights as it will bode better with the foreign power company owners, if you leave them [...]
AMERICA GETS IN THE VETERANS DAY MOOD
Posted: November 10, 2011 in America, Military Families, Suzie K, Sweetness & Diplomacy, WarVets on a tight budget can put away their wallets over the next few days. There’s good news for the 1 in 10 Americans who are officially listed as veterans of war. Retailers, restaurants offer Veterans Day freebies – USA Today. By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Vets on a tight budget can put away their [...]
CARRIE UNDERWOOD HOSTS COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES 2011
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Carrie Underwood, Country Music, Dierks Bentley, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Music Industry NewsCarrie Underwood sports gold hosting the CMA’s this year. 2011 Nominees via ACM Country Blog are: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Toby Keith Miranda Lambert Brad Paisley Taylor Swift Keith Urban TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton George Strait Keith Urban [Music Dierks Bentley's Up On The Ridge].
DOES ATTRACTING TALENT MEAN SELLING YOUR COUNTRY? – SHOW ME THE COAL NEWS – 10.11.11
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Banking System Flows, Energy, New Zealand Energy Assets Sales, PoliticsI don’t think you have to lose assets to attract talent. Once the assets go, so does the talent. That’s entirely a wrong approach. Talent works for a nation’s assets to serve them to their potential. Not necessarily, sells them. For example, how much percentage does the New Zealand government own in Lloyds of London [...]
OSCARS BUZZ – BRIAN GRAZER TO REPLACE BRET RATNER
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Brian Grazer, Don Mischer, Economy, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Oscars, Politics, Pop Cultural Commentary, Tom SherakIn Hollywood News Today, EW.Com dishes the latest on Oscars pre-production news: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Brian Grazer (Cowboys & Aliens, The Da Vinci Code) will be the new producer of the Academy Awards, the latest development in a wild 48 hours that saw previous producer Brett Ratner [...]
SOUNDTRACK TO FOREVER – TIKI TAANE
Posted: November 9, 2011 in Maori, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Tiki TaaneChur! Press play. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.11.11~
STEAM HEAT, ELECTRICITY – THE POWERMAKERS – 10.11.11
Posted: November 9, 2011 in Electricity, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Environment, Geothermal Energy, Geothermal Ngati Whatua, Maury Klein“Put more baldy, the clash was as much over money as over safety.” –Maury Klein, p.274 – Competition & Electricity, The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity & The Men Who Invented Modern America, Bloomsbury Press, 2008.
ELECTION CAMPAIGN NEWS – HELENSVILLE – 6.10.11
Posted: November 9, 2011 in Carbon Credits - How real are they?, David Parker, Environment, Helensville, Jeremy Greenbrook-Held, John Key, Nick Smith, PoliticsIn election campaign news this morning in the Helensville electorate, John Key (the nation’s PM) was referred to as a “Parnell resident” by a member of the audience, when he turned up for a little show and tell chat, with his opposition political peers, running for the Helensville seat. Key maintains that his government threw [...]
SY ROGERS WOULD BE A GOOD COACH’S COACH @ PENN STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Posted: November 9, 2011 in College Football, Sy RogersSo to make sense of my American college football news, I go to hear Sy Rogers last night talk about “sense & sexuality,” and Sy says “I know I’m loved, because the price paid was expensive.” Amen! What an interesting, intelligent and precious brother. He’s like the sci-fi Star Trek version of sexuality coaches. Wow! [...]
