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December 19, 2013 8:00am by Kokila Patel

General Debate 19 December 2013

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wikiriwhis business

‘this trip of Browns to HK in January this year ..’

Methinks there will be many more overseas junkets for the rest of his term
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December 19, 2013 4:17pm
wikiriwhis business

Te Rapa Shopping Centre for sale

The Te Rapa Shopping Centre has been put on the market with vendor KCL Property asking for a minimum offer of $8 million.

We feel it’s an opportune time in market for potential disposal. The Waikato market is starting to come back.”

The property has a $5.8 million capital value according to Hamilton City Council’s rating valuation records.

Its seven tenants return more than $640,000 a year.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/9528716/Te-Rapa-Shopping-Centre-for-sale

Dime

This sounds pretty interesting investment.
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December 19, 2013 4:26pm
jaba

“what are you trying to suggest?

That you’re all mouth no trousers – a know nothing partisan arse licker from the provinces”.

yep .. drugs
and interesting you consider the Auckland Supercity the provinces but that’s what makes you special I guess.
Anyway, life is far too short to waste time on you.
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December 19, 2013 4:35pm
Longknives

Told Ya the Masturbating Mayor wasn’t going anywhere!!
He will be sitting at his sticky little desk as we speak rubbing one out to celebrate getting away with it (again!)..
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December 19, 2013 4:36pm
Pete George

Paul:

RadioLIVE Newsroom ‏@LIVENewsDesk

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is adamant there are no more skeletons in the closet after a stern telling-off by councillors today

That’s despite this being raised at the meeting today:

‏@publicaddress

Brewer wants “full and final disclosure” from Brown, inc “other girlfriends”.
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December 19, 2013 4:38pm
Longknives

Badass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-oZeSqxT2I
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December 19, 2013 4:47pm
Nostradamus

Pete George:

I don’t think Graeme Swannn has been listening to your sermons on rape culture…

England’s Graeme Swann apologised for a “crass and offensive” comment on Thursday after he compared the third Ashes Test loss to Australia to being “raped”.

The comment, made in a Facebook exchange with his brother and picked up by British newspapers, prompted outrage on social media and from rape charities.

“Sorry to anyone who was offended by my comments in the papers today. Crass and thoughtless of me in the extreme,” the spin bowler said on his Twitter account.

He had posted the Facebook comment in response to his brother, Alec, who said he had enjoyed a night out seeing a band in Northampton.

“Rather have been there than being a— raped in Perth!” Swann replied, referring to England’s humiliating defeat that handed Australia an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the Ashes series.

His message sparked condemnation from Yvonne Traynor, the chief executive of Rape Crisis in Britain.

“We are appalled that Graeme Swann equates a cricket match with the devastatingly serious crime of rape,” she told British media.

“It is the duty of people in the public eye to make sure that their own distorted views are kept to themselves and not shared with the general public.

“These comments lack compassion and intelligence and he should apologise to anyone who has suffered from this heinous crime.”
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December 19, 2013 4:52pm
Judith

So the butt groper gets to wear his crown a little longer.

I expect there will be nothing but exemplary behaviour from his worship, and all transactions will be open and accounted for.

The women of Auckland will be able to walk in front of the Mayor again….

But then it is the season for fantasies –
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December 19, 2013 5:03pm
nasska

Back to the girdle & a chain mail thong Judith? 🙂
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December 19, 2013 5:07pm
thedavincimode

chain mail thong

nasska

It’s starting to look like he ought to be keeping it in a sling.
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December 19, 2013 6:02pm
KevinH

@PG
Brewer and company’s move for a vote of no confidence was political gamesmanship, a request that was slightly ridiculous and always doomed for failure because it achieves nothing but stating a political position.
The reports are in, apologies made, and censure enacted. The ball is now in Brown’s court and I predict that he will consider his position over the holiday period then return with a decision early in the New Year. That decision will be to resign, the controversy has taken a toll on his health and of course on his family and both of those are of a higher priority to him.
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December 19, 2013 6:05pm
KevinH

P.S. Michael Barnett would make an excellent mayor for Auckland. He is an experienced operator, knows the ropes, and could slot into the role relatively easily. Providing he has the time and energy he would do a fine job.
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December 19, 2013 6:10pm
Manolo

In some places resignation is alive and well: http://news.msn.co.nz/worldnews/8773789/tokyo-governor-resigns-over-money-scandal

It’s a pity the dishonest Mayor or Auckland does not have an ounce of dignity in his corrupt body.
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December 19, 2013 6:11pm
Harriet

“……….Bob Jones had this in his Herald piece today – and the Herald has since removed it!

You wonder how many people actually believed that he talked a guy into killing himself.

You can’t tell obvious porkies these days without most people believing it, and you can’t tell the truth without them calling you a liar…….”

What the fuck makes you think I believe it?
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December 19, 2013 6:23pm
lilman

Heard some silly bitch on Larry Williams show tonight suggest Brown should stay “because who else could do the job”.

Why do these commentators even get air let alone airtime.

I could think of 500 people off the top of my head who could do the job better and within the rules.

Silly bitch,imagine if he had another attack and was in a coma,(seriously hope that doesnt happen),would the city cease to function,would the government in Wellington evacuate the city because Len was they ONLY person who could do the job.

Shiit some people a absolutely stupid.
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December 19, 2013 6:25pm
Manolo

@lilman: I believe she was the hack Maria Slade from the Fairfax stables.
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December 19, 2013 6:30pm
lilman

Cheers,lol I seriously thought someone would get the irony in that last line,guess everyones too pissed off to laugh about it yet.
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December 19, 2013 6:37pm
OneTrack

kevinh – ” That decision will be to resign, …”

Yeah, right. He still doesnt seem to think anything is wrong and he is just talking the talk. A few weeks and he will be back to condition normal. Len is in the trough for the long haul. He isnt going anywhere.
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December 19, 2013 6:57pm
MH

len was able to walk away on water,because of all the bloody wet bus tickets thrown at him. All his advisors are giving him the Just wait till the New Year….they’ll forget.
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December 19, 2013 7:10pm
nasska

Many people will forget MH but there are a few, like myself, who will be happy to put the knife into dear ol’ Len & give it a turn on a regular basis. Especially for the fun of watching the socialists squirm in the run up to next year’s general Election.

Sucks to be a Jafa but at least the source of their embarrassment can be used to educate the electorate of the perils of voting for the troughers of the left. 🙂
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December 19, 2013 7:19pm
Ross12

My early Xmas present ( thanks to the Courts)

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/20405204/greenpeace-fails-in-bid-to-stop-anadarko/
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December 19, 2013 7:20pm
Viking2

A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in a store.The store clerks

Called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor.

The paramedics rushed the man to the nearest hospital where he had emergency

Open heart bypass surgery..

He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at the

Catholic Hospital. A nun was seated next to his bed holding a clipboard

Loaded with several forms, and a pen. She asked him how he was going to

Pay for his treatment.

“Do you have health insurance?” she asked.

He replied in a raspy voice, “No health insurance.”

The nun asked, “Do you have money in the bank?”

He replied, “No money in the bank.”

Do you have a relative who could help you with the payments?” asked the

Irritated nun.

He said, “I only have a spinster sister, and she is a nun.”

The nun became agitated and announced loudly, “Nuns are not spinsters!

Nuns are married to God.”

The patient replied, “Perfect. Send the bill to my brother-in-law.
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December 19, 2013 7:33pm
Viking2

During a lady’s medical examination, the doctor says:-
“Your heart, lungs, pulse and blood pressure are all fine. Now let me see the bit that gets you ladies into all kinds of trouble.”

The lady starts taking off her underwear but is interrupted by the doctor.

“No! No! Don’t remove your clothes… Just stick out your tongue!”
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December 19, 2013 7:35pm
Pauleastbay

That’s despite this being raised at the meeting today:

‏@publicaddress

Brewer wants “full and final disclosure” from Brown, inc “other girlfriends”.

PG

That’s because he truly believes nobody is going to ask, he truly believes all is good, he is truly a fuck wit on an epic scale
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December 19, 2013 7:37pm
nasska

Frederick II, the eighteenth-century king of Prussia, fancied
himself an enlightened monarch, and in some respects he
was. On one occasion he is supposed to have interested
himself in conditions in the Berlin prison and was escorted
through it so that he might speak to the prisoners. One after
the other, the prisoners fell to their knees before him,
bewailing their lot and, predictably, protesting their utter
innocence of all charges that had been brought against them.

Only one prisoner remained silent, and finally Frederick’s
curiosity was aroused.
“You,” he called. “You there.”

The prisoner looked up. “Yes, Your Majesty?”

“Why are you here?”

“Armed robbery, Your Majesty.”

“And are you guilty?”

“Entirely guilty, Your Majesty. I deserve my punishment.”

At this Frederick rapped his cane sharply on the ground and
said, “Warden, release this guilty wretch at once. I will not
have him here in jail, where, by example, he will corrupt
all the splendid innocent people who occupy it.”
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December 19, 2013 7:45pm
nasska

When the secretary entered the Mayor’s office one morning,
he looked out the window and announced idly, “It’s certainly
going to be a beautiful day.”

“I don’t think so,” replied the secretary. “The weather
forecast is for heavy rain.”

“It’s not going to rain,” contradicted the Mayor.
“I’ll lay you twelve to one.”

“I’d rather not,” she remarked. “That’s my lunch hour,
and I got to go to the Postshop.”
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December 19, 2013 8:06pm
Harriet

“…..The technical trading glitches seem a fair complaint. But aren’t earnings projections inherently speculative? Isn’t that the whole point in trading? You’re betting what might happen. Get it right you win, get it wrong you lose….”

Yep – sort of!. And betting on earnings projections alone is inherently speculative.

But that is generally not called ‘trading’ as earnings reports come out quaterly, it’s more then like ‘investing'[buying and forgetting about them for a period of time e.g 4 periods of earning reports.] Having ‘faith in the company’ in other words.

‘Trading’ is generally for much shorter periods of time – several days or several weeks. It’s all about the ‘action in the price, volume ect of the shares being traded’.

Making ‘projections’ when ‘trading’ can be based upon almost anything e.g the voloume and price of shares being traded in 5 min intervals, or daily, or weekly ect. And yes you are betting of course on ‘what might happen’. So the main thing then to remember is to see what the ‘TREND’ has been doing over a period of time – regarding volume or price or whatever else you are using as an ‘indicator’. GENERALY it is better to buy in an ‘uptrend’ for mums and dads.

Which brings me to the ‘get it right you win – get it wrong you lose’. Well, it doesn’t really matter! –

But that’s if your aim over the year is to make a profit from trading – as it is only 1 trade you will make out of 20, 100 or even 500 over the year.

But all that is dependant on how you manage your capital[your total amount of money available for trading]. e.g. If you invested $10k into each of 6 stocks out of an available $100k – some may inrease in value almost immediately whereas others may fall.

The one’s increasing in price you then hold on to, while the others you are best to sell based upon a previously set market ‘indicator’ – OR – you sell if the lose you are seeing in ONE trade is greater than say 2% of your TOTAL trading capital – $2k of $100k.

In other words – your initial $10k trade can sit in the market for as low as $8k before you need to sell it. Or, all 6 trades can sit at $48k before you need to sell them. That is so you can stay in a trade that may have gone down over one week, but that you believe is going to go up over three weeks. That is how you can preserve your $100k capital over your trading year.

At other times, your trades may increase in value and you then sell them when a market indicator tells you to. And then you take your capital -which can include your profit also – and invest it in further trades that you have been studying.

The main thing to remember is that studying the charts to select ‘stocks’ is different to managing ‘your total investment capital’ – in other words: managing your capital properly will manage your mistakes of stock selection. Your money then lasts if you are wrong, giving you the time to re-adjust the way you select stocks. And that’s how you CAN manage the risk of ‘being in the market’.
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December 19, 2013 8:22pm
Sofia

Pants Down Brown

The EY Review covered the period May 2011 to October 12 2013.
Len Brown’s wife apparently did almost all the accommodation booking and Brown said [on Campbell Live] the earlier period of his Mayoralty saw greater use of such accommodation,
so what of examining his expenses October 2010 to May 2011, the beginning of the affair – the period not covered by the Review?
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December 19, 2013 9:28pm
Nookin

Greenpeace may well be jubilant over the soviet decision but it sure as heck had its ass handed to it in a sling over the andarko proceedings.
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