1 day ago by homepaddock

1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1577 Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I. 1773 At Wharehunga Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, 10 men who were with James Cook’s navigator Tobi ...

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58 days ago by anni

James Packer James Packer, Sohn der verstorbenen Polo-Legende Kerry Packer, plant offenbar den Bau eines neuen Polozentrums fr sein Team Ellerston. Der Casino-Mogul, dem mit dem Crown Casino Melbourne unter anderem Australiens größte Zockerpalast gehört, will geschätzte 20 Millionen Pfund in eine ne ...

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73 days ago by Kim Wingerei

One of the most ingrained human traits is the fear of change - or, rather, the fear of the unknown. We all suffer from it to some degree. Even if you are the kind of person who embraces change, challenges and growth, you will still have some things in your life that define your comfort zone - be it ...

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127 days ago by Paul Chong

Comparison Unlimited Bill Gates has been the world’s richest man. Any other billionaire would be poor by comparison. The scale of comparison is unlimited, and is no basis to gauge the wealth of a person. By the same token, it is grossly unfair to measure the intelligence of a person in his own field ...

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130 days ago

Sachin Tendulkar has been considered the most complete batsman by the likes of Shane Warne and Wasim Akram. He holds almost all world records. But is he actually the best?

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161 days ago by Chatterbug

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has left Melbourne and is thought to be enjoying a vacation with his longtime mate and fellow Scientologist, James Packer. Packer inherited a billion-dollar publishing and media fortune created by his late father, the tycoon Kerry Packer. Speculation has it that Cruise ...

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162 days ago by Administrator

I have hardly been watching cricket for the last two weeks. The blame lies, in part, to the overkill of T20 with the IPL and the ICC World T20 over the last ten weeks. So, the India-West India ODI series was a little bit of a washout [...]

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181 days ago by Michael

About time. I’m currently watching The Celebrity Apprentice from the US, it’s pretty cool. Mark Bouris is the lead man, founder of Wizard Home Loans, and probably a good choice. I certainly would have liked to see the late Kerry Packer leading the show – but I heard he rejected the offer in the past ...

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187 days ago by Joe Hildebrand

Dear Mr Packer Kerry Dad, Okay, um, this is really hard for me to write. All these years… All those buried emotions… Whoa. Okay, deep breath. Here we go. I know it will surprise you to read this, not least of all because you are dead. Which reminds me, I meant to come to the funeral but, [...]

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221 days ago by billbennettnz

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Rupert Murdoch says News Corporation will start charging for access to its news websites within a year. The Guardian quotes him saying this will fix what he describes as a ‘malfunctioning business model’. Unless he has something very clever up his sleeve, I think hi ...

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