Stateside with Rosalea Vox 2009-02-05T03:37:49Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251d559f604a/ How my father's family got to New Zealand tag:vox.com,2009-02-05:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a011017a70c73860e 2009-02-05T03:37:49Z 2009-02-05T03:37:49Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Strathallan

On 17 January, 2009, the city of Timaru in South Canterbury celebrated the 150th anniversary of the immigrant ship Strathallan arriving there. My father's grandfather, Enoch Barker, sailed from England on the Strathallan with his family, but they ...

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RevBooks

There’s only one news story in Oakland at the moment. It began in the very early hours of New Years Day and won’t be going away any time soon. I’ve been trying to write about it ever since Day One, but just can’t find a way in. So this will be a c...

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]]> 2008 Party Political Conventions tag:vox.com,2008-09-25:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00fae8e1923f000b 2008-09-25T05:11:32Z 2008-11-09T02:03:22Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This year, I was given the opportunity to attend both the Democratic and Republican Conventions as credentialed media. My reports were published in the commentary section of www.scoop.co.nz. Democratic Convention Pre-Convention: Day One Part 1 ...

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]]> Hope Dies With The Heartbeat tag:vox.com,2008-08-30:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00fad6a7b9770005 2008-08-30T00:25:21Z 2009-11-06T14:26:41Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

StraightOutta

Hope dies with the heartbeat An interview with Rev. Harry Williams, author of Straight Outta East Oakland, which is available through Amazon.com. Q Did you have a particular audience in mind when you wrote the book? Yes. I’m a minister to priso...

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]]> Christmas Wish tag:vox.com,2007-12-26:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00e398cbbf1a0004 2007-12-26T08:23:07Z 2007-12-26T08:23:07Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

2007Xmas

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]]> Summer in the City tag:vox.com,2007-08-12:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00e3989cc5d80001 2007-08-12T00:26:57Z 2009-01-16T05:27:07Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Arch Streetware NovoMetroPoster ScissorHaynz Shuckers Victory GaryAndVirginia MyJournal Nopal PonyRide Diverse Cv1 guitarist Cv1 Drummer CV1 HornnBass

The second Saturday in August, the Laurel Business District in Oakland hosts a street party called the World Music Festival. Arches at each end of the six blocks of MacArthur Boulevard known as the Laurel define its boundaries and give a sense th...

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]]> Voila! Mes garcons! tag:vox.com,2007-08-11:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00e3989cc72c0004 2007-08-11T17:49:36Z 2007-08-11T17:50:33Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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]]> What? tag:vox.com,2007-08-04:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00e3989a7d890003 2007-08-04T17:49:39Z 2008-11-09T01:49:08Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "Only in the lonely confines of voting booths will Americans, with no looking on, be able to climb our Great Wall and make history sooner rather than later." Chauncey Bailey, Jinn magazine, 1998 On November 5, 1998, Bay Area journalist Chauncey B...

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]]> Mood music tag:vox.com,2007-07-28:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00e398983ba70003 2007-07-28T18:27:55Z 2007-07-28T18:27:56Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Was just alerted to a wonderful interactive music website. It is so beautifully designed. Go here: http://musicovery.com/index.php?ct=us

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]]> Design excellence tag:vox.com,2007-07-22:asset-6a00c2251d559f604a00d4144a7897685e 2007-07-22T18:05:54Z 2007-07-22T18:32:45Z Stateside http://stateside.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

LomakHeadUnit

Peter Haythornthwaite of creativelab in New Zealand has won a Gold Award in the 2007 IDEA awards, which are sponsored by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America. The light-operated mouse and keyboard system he designed, mark...

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