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    Who should win the Mercury Prize 2008?

    Burial has got something very special but Estelle's album should beat the pants off little Laura Marling's. I'd like to see that actually.
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    Contracting in New Zealand

    I was a permie who went to Christchurch, New Zealand last year. I wanted to contract and looked for a month (staying with friends) until we realised that Christmas was coming along with the month and a half summer-holiday dead zone and we wanted a house before then, so I went for a permanent...
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    Dental Bridge or implants?

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    Emmigration

    Sure is. I've been in Christchurch for nine months, I'm going in three and I won't be too sad to leave. If I skied/mountain biked/canoed as much as I talk about it then the surrounding country would more than compensate for the dull city, but I'm all talk really. NZ is a great place though and...
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    Newbie question - enough experience to start contracting?

    Lurker turned poster, hi all. I have a newbie question: have I got enough experience to secure a first contract without to much bowing/scraping/lowering of rates? I'm returning from NZ to the UK in a few months. I have three years commercial JEE/Java development experience plus this last year...
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