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		<title>Politics: parties vs policies</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2014/10/politics-parties-vs-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2014 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I decided I should become better informed about NZ politics, and so I started following a number of New Zealand blogs, both right wing and left wing.   I think I managed about three days of reading Whale Oil before I couldn&#8217;t stand it anymore.  There was no information, no analysis, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The atheist label &#8211; I don&#8217;t really want it anymore</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2014/09/the-atheist-label-i-dont-really-want-it-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never believed in any gods.  The correct term for a lack of belief in gods is atheist, and I&#8217;ve been happy to apply that term to myself for the past two decades.  In New Zealand, Australia and most of western Europe, identifying as an atheist is not particularly problematic.  Religion is no longer [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass data collection in NZ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable that Edward Snowden&#8217;s leaked document would eventually reveal that New Zealand too is involved in mass spying on civilians.  As more and more came to light about the extent of spying by the NSA and their UK counterpart GCHQ, it would have been very surprising if as one of the &#8216;five eyes&#8217; nations, we [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic right / civic duty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandmother always said that voting was our duty as citizens.  If we couldn&#8217;t be bothered making the minimal effort to choose our representatives for the next three years, then we had no right to complain about anything the politicians did. This will be the 7th election since I was old enough to vote.  Most of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>MasterChef and other cooking shows</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2014/07/masterchef-and-other-cooking-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 04:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m working on something that doesn&#8217;t require 100% focus, I like to have a bit of distraction in the background.  Without it, I find that my mind tends to wander and then I switch over to another task and end up wasting time.  My favourite background distraction is watching cooking shows like MasterChef, Great [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Multilingual</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2014/06/multilingual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Henderson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hindi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been incredibly busy with work since I got back to India.  Actually, it&#8217;s really been like this since the start of this year.  I&#8217;m working full time for Essential Resources, a New Zealand based company who publish awesome educational resources for teachers, as well as part time for the University, and for an Auckland-based [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Crocheted creations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My crochet skills have now progressed beyond coasters and dishcloths. Here are some of the crochet projects I finished last year:]]></description>
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		<title>Furniture Update</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2013/11/furniture-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it turns out it was back in February that I last posted an update about the furniture situation.  At that point, we had a bed, a single plastic chair, washing machine, fridge, microwave and a single element induction cooktop.  Things have improved since then, although, as with everything else in India, it wasn&#8217;t easy Sofa [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pondicherry Road Trip</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2013/10/pondicherry-road-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/?p=1541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago, we got back from our first road trip in India.   It was only a week long, but we managed to cover some 2500km and see quite a bit of south India: We started just before lunch on a Saturday and reached Bangalore that evening.  We spent a lovely two [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Guntur Road Trip</title>
		<link>http://sarah.geek.nz/blog/2013/09/guntur-road-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, we went to the wedding of the daughter of one of Gopal&#8217;s friends.   After a honeymoon trip to Ooty, they were ready to head back to their home in Guntur, some 300km from Hyderabad.   Although both of them work for the railways, they were unable to get a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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