John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum’ is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms’ on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928), who was working at The Royal Observatory at Greenwich
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Stephen Bagwell University of Missouri-St. Louis Stephen Bagwell studies the economic causes and consequences of political violence and human rights. His work has appeared in the Journal of Global Security Studies and the Journal of Human Rights. Human rights activists and international leaders first warned in April 2020 that
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Information Opinion Recently, our intelligence agencies declassified their threat assessments in New Zealand which included a summary of the ‘extremist’ groups that were considered a security risk. The things they said: Under “faith motivated violent extremism”: They acknowledged there are still ISIS-inspired radicalised people in New Zealand. However, they
familyfirst.org.nz Looking back at the events which unfolded over the summer months, it’s interesting to read that Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, told the Prime Minister last year there was a “divisive quality” to the traffic light framework. “I said that I thought there was a risk
Dr Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. If you are a science
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Two pieces of information were released yesterday that show that the economic tide has turned against the Labour Government. The first was the revelation that government spending has exploded rather dramatically, by a massive 41.3% in just four years. But the news gets worse, as the latest forecast for
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Don Brash was interviewed on Wednesday by Tim Dower on NewstalkZB. Don Brash told him that Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has a major inflation issue on his plate. “If the inflation number tomorrow is seven per cent or above, it will be the highest since 1988.” Don Brash If
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