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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken on SH1, leaving Kaikoura, heading south. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging

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The Rohingya Crisis, an Alternative View

The Rohingya Crisis, an Alternative View

15th July 2021 Nothing that follows in the article below is to be taken as an endorsement of what happened to the Rohingya during their expulsion from Myanmar which was of course unforgivable and horrific. I have always thought that the West didn’t understand the situation and their reactions

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Shame on the Lock Down Fanatics

Shame on the Lock Down Fanatics

From the very start of the Wuhan pandemic, the immediate response to anyone who questioned the wisdom of lockdowns was self-righteous condemnation. “We’re trying to save lives! Do you want people to die?” The universal tone of the lockdowners was that we dissenters should be ashamed of ourselves. In

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Is Australia a Sitting Duck for Ransomware Attacks? Yes, and the Danger Has Been Growing for 30 Years

Is Australia a Sitting Duck for Ransomware Attacks? Yes, and the Danger Has Been Growing for 30 Years

Paul Haskell-Dowland Andrew Woodward Edith Cowan University Associate Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Associate Dean for Computing and Security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Professor Andrew Woodward is the Executive Dean of the School of Science, which includes the two major discipline groupings of

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was the view from Holden’s Bay, Lake Rotorua – Mt Ngongohaha across the lake in the background. Editor Note: The BFD needs

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was a view of Mt Taranaki/ Egmont and Pouakai range, a New Plymouth perspective. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was a view of the Tutaekuri River bridge. Taradale, Napier. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was a view looking down into Waimamaku valley heading south. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly

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Krokodil Russia’s Flesh Eating Drug

Krokodil Russia’s Flesh Eating Drug

Jason Green weirdworldwire.com Jason Green is Weird World Wire’s resident expert on weird wars, weapons, dictators, and various other bizarre aspects of the world. He particularly enjoys covering the weird aspects of the UK and Eastern Europe. Many say the war on drugs is simply unwinnable. As governments

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China Weary of Min Aung Hlaing

China Weary of Min Aung Hlaing

10th July 2021 I mentioned yesterday about a report that I was putting together ready for today that would raise a few eyebrows. I have managed to get confirmation of the details from other sources and there are indications that there are changes blowing in the wind. There is a

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COVID Weddings: Why Some Couples Got Unofficially Married during the Pandemic

Rajnaara C Akhtar De Montfort University Rebecca Probert University of Exeter Rajnaara is a socio-legal researcher with a focus on family law. In particular, her research centres on marriage formalities and legal treatment of non-state registered religious-only marriages. Her research into informal marriages looks at transitional relationship norms, normative influences,

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was a view of Bunnings carpark Whangarei. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging views

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The World’s Busiest Shipping Routes

conexboxes.com To understand just how connected our world has become, you don’t need to do much than to head down to a store. Whether it’s a clothing shop, the local grocer, or a hardware store, you’re bound to find goods from all over the world, all

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How Andrei Sakharov Went from Soviet Hero to Dissident — and Forced the World to Pay Attention to Human Rights

How Andrei Sakharov Went from Soviet Hero to Dissident — and Forced the World to Pay Attention to Human Rights

Robert Horvath La Trobe University Dr Robert Horvath is a specialist on Russian Politics, Civil Society and International Human Rights. His latest book, Putin’s ‘Preventive Counter-Revolution’ (Routledge, 2013) is a study of the programme of reforms and repression that transformed the face of Russian politics during Vladimir Putin’s

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