1.      The Life and Times of a Brown Paper Bag

Kevin Milne, the beloved television star of Fair Go, provides a memoir that is funny, insightful, incisive, moving and all-round entertaining. He talks of his long television career – 40 years – including 25 years of the long-running, top-rating Fair Go. Kevin writes in a relaxed, laconic style that draws the reader in immediately – he’s an excellent story-teller and raconteur. He includes many wonderful anecdotes about the well-known people who have been Fair Go reporters over the years, for example Kerre Woodham, Brian Edwards, Carole Hirschfeld, Kim Hill.

Author Biography

Kevin Milne has been on Fair Go for 25 years – and in television – for 40 years.

2.      Hubbard: A Biography of Allan Hubbard

Allan Hubbard is a man very much loved by thousands of South Islanders, but whose finance company Aorangi Securities is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office. Despite this, thousands of passionate supporters marched in Timaru, flocked to defend him on the internet and some even complained to the Ombudsman. Well known for his generosity, his frugal lifestyle and his entrepreneurship, Hubbard is something of a folk hero and held in very high esteem.

This authorised biography tells his story by way of fascinating anecdotes – from his squalid childhood in the Depression as a child of alcoholic and abusive parents through to his successful businesses such as Mutual Group, Helicopters NZ, Scales Corporation and South Canterbury Finance. South Canterbury has been good to Allan and he has given back to the region on a grand scale, helping hundreds of young people onto farms, saving good farmers from bankruptcy and underwriting large-scale projects to bring water to the drought-prone region. How did Allan fall from being the wealthiest man in the South Island to having no money for groceries after his assets were placed under statutory management? And how did the ‘most trusted man in New Zealand’ come under investigation from the Serious Fraud Office? Whatever the outcome, this is a fascinating read about a Kiwi phenomenon.

Author Biography

Virginia Green is a much respected writer who has previously written a biography of Sir Gordon Tait.

3.      Celluloid Circus: the Heyday of the New Zealand Picture Theatre

Long before DVDs, long before plasma screen TVs and home theatres, New Zealanders went out to escape and be entertained. In an often stuffily suburban little country at the bottom of the world, the local picture theatres were their places of dreams, where they went to see Garbo and Gable, Monroe and Hayworth. The movie theatre impresarios who ran Kerridge Odeon and Amalgamated knew all about romance and fantasy, building ever more grand picture houses, decking them out like the grand buildings of Europe, Moorish palaces and rococo shrines. It was all fakery, of course, but the crowds who lined up for the matinee screenings loved every contrived and elaborate inch of them.

Today most of those great places have gone, but for a generation of New Zealand memories remain of the velvet curtains, the ice cream boy at half time, standing to sing the National Anthem before each screening, the cartoons and more. Wayne Brittenden is the son of a movie theatre manager and grew up in Christchurch in the 1960s, when the picture theatres were reaching their apogee. It would not be long before TV knocked them for six.In this lively social history he talks to the few surviving projectionists and brings together a marvellous collection of over 150 images and pieces of ephemera such as movie posters and newspaper advertisements to take the reader back to that fantastical time. Such a history has never before been published and it is sure to appeal to movie buffs and nostalgia fans alike.

Author Biography

Wayne Brittenden is a New Zealand journalist who has worked overseas for most of his career. A former National Radio correspondent in Tokyo, he later worked for the BBC and now works as an independent documentary maker, based in London. He has done extensive research in New Zealand for this

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Consider the USA where recently the mantra has been “free market” and the US government viewed as “the problem.” Not long ago in California, and in particular the Silicon Valley, the most dynamic economy on the planet was in place, thanks, partly, to local, state, and federal government, where a tremendous incubation of new companies and new technologies was occurring. Those companies went on to produce their products in California, realizing great job growth and bolstering the economy. The birthplace of semiconductors and biotechnology, this area has thrived with the incubation and then the scale-up to production and manufacturing of new technologies. Seated next to one of the world’s wealthiest communities with much disposable income, packed with venture capitalist, ringed by three of the great universities on the planet (UC Berkeley, Stanford, and UCSF), and many other institutes providing a vast quantity of intellectual assets and intellectual property, loaded with entrepreneurs, supported by federal dollars, and even supported by state initiatives such as the 1980s California Commission on Industrial Innovation instituted by then Governor Jerry Brown ( a noted fiscal conservative, but proponent of high-tech industry and education), the Silicon Valley has long been the champion of the world economy.

However, something is changing and the change is not good. Iconic to this change, witness where the birth of the world’s first silicon chip happened in Mountain View, CA, where now that seminal site of the chip industry is a nice place to pick up some fresh produce. This produce stand once was the world’s first semiconductor lab, established by the American physicist William Shockley and where the founders of Fairchild and Intel first worked. However, nowadays just a couple of marks on the sidewalk indicate a glorious past of America’s chip making industry, among all the fruits and veggies.

Unemployment in the Bay Area is about 10%, which is higher than the national average. Clearly, the great Silicon Valley innovation machine hasn’t been creating many jobs lately in the USA. Instead, those jobs are headed to Asia.

The underlying problem isn’t simply lower costs in Asia. Rather we face a number of problems that are self-inflicted.  To paraphrase Tom Blair, American companies eat their young, often for a few years of heightened profits, then they disclose and transfer their expertise and technologies to China. Another words, we give away our know-how and hence the long-term survivability of our US companies for the sake of several years increased income for the short term gain of entry into the Chinese market. Further, we have our own misguided belief in the power of startups alone to create new technologies and U.S. jobs. Americans love the idea of the guys in the garage inventing something that changes the world. We all think of the Apple Computer start-up in a garage somewhere in Northern California back in the 70s or the more recent version of Google with a beautiful campus where innovation runs rampant. Often I hear businessmen espouse the view that we are living in a country where we create ideas but not products, and this is exactly what the US should be doing. Recently New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman

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HP Pro 8500 Business Inkjet flagship one machine

One machine as a business, in addition to set fast printing, great fax, intelligent scanning and copying in one highly efficient addition, HPOfficejet Pro 8500’s powerful advantages include: the cost of color printing color than the same price Laser Printer Low 50% less than the same grade laser printing power of 10%, A4 black and white one-page costs as low as 0.12 yuan, up 15,000 on printing capacity, able to print excellent quick-drying waterproof document, in addition, standard automatic two-sided printing unit and cable Network Connectivity, is the bright spot in. The above optimal performance and full functionality configuration, HP OfficejetPro8500 listing, will have high and efficient batch printing needs of small and medium enterprises (SMB), SOHO users and large enterprise sector to provide “full” value of the new election.

HP Pro 8500 Business Inkjet flagship of one machine

New listing HP Officejet Pro8500 bring to the market and customers is one of the largest low cost shock. Research and testing show that the use of HP’s next-generation products for business jet HPOfficejetPro color printing, the cost of a single page than most color laser printer with low price 50% reduction in energy consumption is far more than 50%. With the use of the original’s HP940XL large capacity ink cartridges, replacement ink cartridges will not only remove the frequent troubles, more black document printing up to 2200 and 1400 color document, in which black and white one-page cost as low as 0.12 yuan, the same performance than many laser printers much cheaper and obvious advantages. In addition, a separate four-color print cartridge design, the user used the same color just want to change the corresponding color, greatly increased the usage of ink, from every minute for the sake of users, to avoid unnecessary expenditure. Through standard wired network connectivity, HPOfficejet Pro8500 can achieve 10 users to share printing, users can further reduce the expenditure on purchase of printing equipment.

HP Pro 8500 Business Inkjet flagship one machine

Set to print, fax, scan, copy 4 Office Skills in one, HP Officejet Pro8500 definitely is a “business all-round champion” pleasant surprise is that it has held up quite well on each one: print side, the draft mode, black and white print speed of up to 35 pages / minute Color 34 pages / minute, comparable to the mainstream market in the high-end laser printer, but with a new formula HPOfficejet pigment inks, can print on plain paper in the drying effect of superior waterproof document, together with the monthly print up to 15,000 load, so that business users to print out full color; fax connection, the rate of up to 33.6kbps, users only need to wait 3 seconds, you can send a fax, then a written communication distance becomes quickly became available, the automatic response, junk fax filter, paperless fax, up to 125 fax pages Memory And other functions, can also substantially improve office efficiency; scanning, the use of CCD flatbed scanning, optical Resolution Up to 2400×4800dpi, let alone deal with day to day business scanning completely, and it also has scan to PC applications and OCR text recognition Software Make more intelligent scanning; copy is concerned, the speed of black and white 35 copies / minute, 34 color / min, the same high speed and efficiency.

Edit Comment : HP Officejet Pro8500 not only feature rich, outstanding performance, print, laser power less than 10% of the same grade, with more clean, reliable, high-performance LED copy technology, compared with the previous techniques can be the standby mode can consumption decreased 4 times, copy mode, power consumption will be reduced 1.4 times, the Energy Environmental protection , The same can be used to save some cost, using standard two-sided printing unit, can be reduced by 50% in paper consumption; these can be in helping customers

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Installing industrial flat panel displays in your business settlement is a pretty smart decision you can make. Even a few years back, business owners would think twice or even thrice before installing these monitors in their industrial facilities, mainly because of the steep expenditure involved. However, nowadays, the prices have dropped considerably, making it an absolutely worthwhile investment.

Here are the top reasons why you should install industrial flat panel displays instead of older CRT displays in your office facilities:

Easy setup procedure: Industrial flat panel displays are lightweight, and can be easily mounted on wall racks. These monitors put less stress on the racks than traditional, heavy CRT displays, and thus cause fewer accidents. Besides, the much thinner structure also means these take up much less space than CRT displays.   Less power consumption: Older CRT monitors simply guzzle power, and this rate of consumption goes on increasing as time progresses. On the contrary, LCD monitors consume much less power and this rate of consumption stays fairly constant, even with the progress of time.   Display quality: The quality of display in CRT monitors is pretty low, even for high end models, when you compare it to that of industrial flat panel displays. LCD monitors use Liquid Crystal Display technology, where there is no flickering visible on the screen. As a result, the display is high in clarity, and still causes much less eyestrain.   Compatibility with latest technology: Most CRT monitors still use older technology, and need additional adapters to work with newer display equipment that support only USB connectivity technology. Newer industrial flat panel displays are, on the other hand, compatible with these technologies out of the box. So setting these up is more hassle free.   Reasonable price: Even some years back, industrial flat panel displays cost a lot more than CRT displays. However, nowadays, the difference has reduced to a great extent. Besides, the longevity of LCD displays far outweighs the marginal difference in price.

However, you need to be careful when buying an industrial flat panel display. Be sure to buy one of a reputable brand only, in order to be sure that you have gotten a high quality display monitor. Always do some researches on the internet before you buy the monitor.

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It’s similar to asking an IT expert to build a custom computer for you. Firstly, you will need to consider exactly what kind of applications your custom power supplies will need to service. Is your business a workshop based enterprise? If so then your power supplies will need to be able to cope with heavy load demand, perhaps have to deal with three-phase mains supply and ensure that delivery to the machines is smooth and continuous with no chance of voltage spikes. This is particularly important if you are running a CNC based workshop, where a power fluctuation can affect the computer programs of the machine, causing possible damage to both the product you are manufacturing and the tools themselves.

If your business is office based then your custom power supply may need to be able to run a network of computers and office equipment. In which case, are your custom power supplies to act as back-up or ‘UPS’ systems or are they to be your main source of power for the machines? Again, with electronic equipment it is important to look for voltage spike protection and reliability, so sitting down with a custom power supply specialist and going through in detail what you want your power supply to deliver is important. The more they know about your business needs, the more accurately they can select from components to make up a power supply that does everything you need it to do.

Those who work in the medical profession will need to take into consideration the additional legislation surrounding medical grade power supply units. Standard commercial units do not have the same level of electromagnetic field protection or current leakage protection as medical grade units, so in this instance it is best to deal with companies who specialise in medical grade equipment to ensure you comply with all legislation.

Once you know exactly what you want your power supply to do for you, a custom power supply expert will then go through a process of design and consultation with you, factoring in operations, safety, the amount of space you have to install your custom power supplies and of course, budget. Once everything has been agreed the system will be built and installed to your final specifications and fully tested. Customer care and after-care service is a crucial part of the operation, so deal with a company you know is going to look after your long-term interests and not just your short-term installation worries.

Installing your own custom power supplies can help to make your business run more efficiently and smoothly, reducing the amount of lost working time due to power fluctuations and ‘brown outs’ and even reducing your electricity charges through a more efficient use of power. Despite the initial financial outlay, a well designed and properly run custom power supply can constitute a considerable financial saving in the long run, and is a worthwhile investment for any small to medium sized business.

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Besides to make the user of the computer feel comfortable, carpet or area rugs can also make the computer feel happy because by covering the floor with carpet, the room will be cleaner than before and there will be no more dirt, dust or other small things that can make the computer dirty. To keep the computer clean of course will extend the useful time of the computer because its CPU is free from the dust. In choosing the rugs for your computer room, you have to match with the size or dimension of your room so that the entire floor surface can be covered with the carpet or rugs.

You don’t have to buy expensive rugs or carpet to make your computer room clean, cheap rugs and carpet will do as long as the size is correct. Nowadays, you can easily buy carpets or rugs in many carpet stores scattered across the town and they usually sell many choices of carpet which you can freely choose. To make you easier in choosing and buying carpets there are also available online carpet shops which will deliver your carpet or rugs of your choice after you make the payment so you don’t have to worry about how you will bring the carpet home after you buy it.

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When you first rev up your scanner, it’s tempting to design elaborate stationery for business or personal use, importing all sorts of images and interesting props—but showing off your new scanner’s capabilities is not the goal of effective communication.More is not always better when it comes to making just the right statement,particularly for business communication.

When you design your own stationery, you don’t have the feedback from a professional printer who can offer you a trained eye from developing hundreds of layouts—but you can borrow the following tips from the printing pros for a good layout design for a business:

• Select the color and quality of your paper carefully. Pay particular attention to the texture and thickness. Avoid paper that is thick and grainy or thin and glossy. Opt instead for a texture that falls between these extremes, to convey a confident, understated image.
• Pay the extra money for stationery bearing a watermark. It can make a good subliminal impression.
• Avoid trying to make too strong a statement with colored paper, which might distract from your graphics and undermine a professional image. Stick with off-whites, beiges, and grays. If you choose a stronger color, stay with pastel colors, although even these tones are not generally recommended. Follow this advice even if you’re in a creative profession such as media relations.
• Remember to choose the color of your stationery to complement your logo and overall layout.

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It’s made of hundreds of thousands of interconnected networks in more than 100 countries using large computers, called servers, to interconnect them. A network is a grouping of  interrelated computers, such as those for commercial, academic, and business entities.Originally developed as a tool for the U.S. military, the Internet has become a tool for communication and research that businesses, governments, and individuals nowdepend on.

A term closely related to Internet, but not synonymous, is the term World Wide Web. Figuratively speaking, it’s a web of documents. The World Wide Web connects documents by the use of web-page links called hypertext markup links.

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