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		<title>The truth about the West Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally (mostly by accident), I hear or read about someone damning Israel for its mistreatment of the Palestinians in the &#8220;occupied territories&#8221; of Gaza and the West Bank. If an idea, opinion or belief, regardless if it is morally wrong or untrue, is proclaimed long enough, it will eventually be believed by the masses as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sound of Inception</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inception is one of the best movies I&#8217;ve seen.  Every aspect of the film is near-perfect, especially the ultra-loud and dramatic instrumental theme repeated throughout the film. The theme was like nothing I&#8217;d ever heard before, but was somehow hauntingly familiar.  Like somewhere deep in my sub-conscious I knew it had meaning, but just couldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster crocodiles&#8230; How fast can you swim?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by Great White sharks, but have only just realised that Jaws is not the largest nor most dangerous water dwelling man-eater.  The Crocodile. Out of all wild predators who attack humans for food, the Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles are the most prolific and dangerous. Each year, hundreds of deadly attacks occur, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symondrake.com/monster-crocodiles-how-fast-can-you-swim/</link>
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		<title>Engage Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that 9 months have passed since our trip to Israel.  It had always been a life-long dream of mine to visit Israel, and through some divine appointments, a generous church and generous people, Kristy and I were able to spend 2½ weeks in the Holy Land and be the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top secret war tunnel found in Northland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article appeared in Friday&#8217;s edition of our local newspaper, which told of a secret WW2 tunnel entrance being discovered in Whangarei&#8217;s Harbour entrance. It is no secret that I have a border-line obsession when it comes to secret WW2 tunnels, so you can imagine my elation when I was told about the article. Apparently, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politically incorrect retro ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first day of a long overdue holiday and what better way to spend a lazy Saturday morning than to trawl the web in search of hilarious, utterly non-pc (and some even downright disturbing) retro magazine advertisements.  My, how times have changed. (Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the following ads aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disasters, judgement and love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God&#8217;s green earth has definitely had it&#8217;s fair share of disasters lately.  Naturally, disasters of this magnitude (especially when it&#8217;s close to home) conjures up a mixture of emotions, responses and opinions – the following are a few that have been publicly expressed by people of various religious beliefs: “This is God’s judgement because of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symondrake.com/disasters-judgement-and-love/</link>
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		<title>The Congolese Giant Spider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people would define a giant spider as being a big hairy scary  tarantula.  Take for example, the Goliath Bird Eater – which originates from the dark corners of the Amazon rain forest, with a whopping 14 inch leg-span. Yes, definitely a giant spider. But what if bigger spiders existed? Real giant spiders, that weren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symondrake.com/the-congolese-giant-spider/</link>
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		<title>Skinny girls don&#8217;t have oomph!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Skinny girls don&#8217;t have oomph!  It takes those extra pounds of solid flesh to bring out your natural curves.&#8221; Media advertisements are a window into our social worldview.  They portray the perceived cultural norm, what we think is important and what makes us happy. Interestingly, our perceived cultural norm, what we think is important, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symondrake.com/skinny-girls-dont-have-oomph/</link>
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		<title>The Porn Identity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Hopefully the title doesn&#8217;t get my blog blocked by net-filters.) An intriguing entomological experiment shows that a male butterfly will ignore a living female butterfly of his own species in favour of a painted cardboard one, if the cardboard one is big. If the cardboard one is bigger than he is, bigger than any female [...]]]></description>
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