Today's Top Scoops - 15 January 2008
Scoop Satire: Light Verse Versus Politics
Crime:
"Give Bailey Junior Kuariki A Break"
Government:
Republicans Welcome Moore's Convention Call
Sir
Ed: Which Day For The Public Holiday?
D.I.V.O.R.C.E: Natalie Imbruglia Torn Apart And Plenty
of Others
Legal Eagles: Marilyn Monroe Stages A Comeback In Image
Protection Lawsuit
Finger Lickin' Good?: New Code of Practice for Poultry
Processing Sector
Commercial
Design: Barcodes Attempt To Be Beautiful
European
View: Gordon Brown Explains Vision Of "Global
Europe"
Australian
Climate: 5th Wettest Darwin Day On Record
Overall
Ship
Wreckers: Steel Beach - Shipbreaking In Bangladesh, An
Exhibition
Sour
Note: Coca-Cola Ally Recommends India Plant
Closure
Sherwood
Ross: D.C. Appellate Court Holds Gitmo Prisoners Are
"Non-Persons"
Michael
Carmichael: It Wasn't A Miracle, Hillary Won Via A
Rigged Vote -- European Press
Uri
Avnery: The Hands Are The Hands Of Esau
Rock Excess: IFK support Melbourne's Bang!Bang!Aids!
At PR Bar
Jaws:
Omaha Reopens After Shark Incident
Popular Music: Steve Abel Leads Ak Super Folk/Rock
Group On Nationwide Jaunt
Adventurers:
Aerial Photos of Aussie Kayakers'
Arrival
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LEAD STORY
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Scoop Satire: Light Verse Versus
Politics - Scoop's Lyndon Hood poeticises the
pollies:
Though a wit, Michael Cullen
Made some
people sullen.
They were grinding their axes
'Cos he'd
not cut their taxes.
More >> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00114.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Crime:
"Give Bailey Junior Kuariki A Break" - "Bailey
Junior Kuariki is due for release from prison this year...
Every time the community or the media publicly highlights
his offending, or criticises decisions around his ongoing
rehabilitation and reintegration, it will erode his
determination to change," said Kim Workman, Project Leader
for Rethinking Crime and Punishment. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00083.htm
Government:
Republicans Welcome Moore's Convention Call
-
"The Republican Movement welcomes former PM Mike Moore's
call for a constitutional convention" said Lewis Holden,
chair of the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00086.htm
Sir
Ed: Which Day For The Public Holiday? - The
Green Party believes that an annual public holiday on the
day of Sir Edmund Hillary's birth would be a fitting tribute
that all New Zealanders could share. "Sir Ed's birthday,
July 20, or the Monday nearest to it, would be perfect..."
More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Gordon Copeland - MP supports call to pause for Sir Edmund's funeral [2]
- Newmarket Business Association - 29 February should be the day to mark Sir Ed [3]
- EPMU - NZers should have holiday to commemorate Sir Ed [4]
- TV3 Video - Sherpas mourn the loss of Sir Ed - a great friend of their country [5]
- TV3 Video - NZ Government pays tribute to Sir Ed [6]
- TV3 Video - Brits remember Sir Ed [7]
- Scoop Full Coverage - Sir Edmund Hillary's Passing [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00088.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00092.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00071.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00081.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/international/4322.html
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/4308.html
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/4299.html
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00109.htm
D.I.V.O.R.C.E: Natalie Imbruglia Torn Apart And Plenty
of Others - For couples whose marriages are on the
rocks, first comes the Christmas break - then the new year
break-up. And then, reports the Melbourne Age, the offices
of family lawyers will be filled with the annual wave of
broken hearts and bitter feelings. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00080.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Legal Eagles: Marilyn Monroe Stages A Comeback In Image
Protection Lawsuit - Loeb & Loeb LLP attorneys
secured an order in the Los Angeles Federal District Court
granting reconsideration of the previous summary judgment
decision that stripped Marilyn Monroe of her posthumous
publicity rights. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00094.htm
Finger Lickin' Good?: New Code of Practice for Poultry
Processing Sector - New Zealand Food Safety
Authority and the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association
have developed a new code of practice (COP) specifically for
poultry processing. For many years, the Poultry Industry
Processing Standard 5 (PIPS5) has been the industry's main
standard. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00086.htm
Commercial
Design: Barcodes Attempt To Be Beautiful - The
"ugly duckling" of packaging - the barcode - is being turned
into a swan by a collaborative effort of three organisations
who want to encourage designers to incorporate the barcode
into their art, as opposed to feeling it is an intrusion. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00079.htm
WORLD
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European
View: Gordon Brown Explains Vision Of "Global
Europe" - Speaking to business leaders at a London
conference, the PM said that Europe should act as a
''driving force'' in the changing global economy and called
for continued economic reform and liberalisation. Mr Brown
highlighted the importance of the EU. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00178.htm
Australian
Climate: 5th Wettest Darwin Day On Record
Overall - On the morning of Sunday 13 January Darwin
Airport recorded its second highest January daily rainfall
total on record, and its 5th wettest day overall. It was the
highest daily rainfall total since 244mm recorded when
Tropical Cyclone Thelma was nearby in December 1998. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00177.htm
Ship
Wreckers: Steel Beach - Shipbreaking In Bangladesh, An
Exhibition - Skeletons of half-scrapped ships and
workers tearing them apart on the mud-flats of Bangladesh
are vividly captured in a new photographic exhibition
showing the tough reality & dangers of unregulated
shipbreaking. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00176.htm
Sour
Note: Coca-Cola Ally Recommends India Plant
Closure - In a major blow to the Coca-Cola company
in India, a report by its ally, the Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI), has called for the closure of one of its
bottling plants in India - in the village of Kala Dera in
the state of Rajasthan. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00175.htm
COMMENT
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Sherwood
Ross: D.C. Appellate Court Holds Gitmo Prisoners Are
"Non-Persons" - It's hard to believe, but the U.S.
Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., just ruled three
Muslim British humanitarian workers and a religious pilgrim
captured in Afghanistan and detained in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, prison, were non-persons! the Appeals Court held the
Pentagon can do as it pleases to aliens held outside U.S.
borders.More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00125.htm
Michael
Carmichael: It Wasn't A Miracle, Hillary Won Via A
Rigged Vote -- European Press - The mainstream
Italian media are reporting both the rigging of the New
Hampshire primary for Senator Hillary Clinton and the
official demands for a swift, accurate and impartial
recount. In an article written by Marcello Foa, one of
Europe's most respected journalists, it appears that vote
tallies for all Democratic candidates as well as Republicans
were reduced by Diebold vote-counting machines. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00124.htm
Uri
Avnery: The Hands Are The Hands Of Esau - Jacob
exploited the absence of his brother and went to his father
in order to steal a blessing. "The voice is Jacob's voice,
but the hands are the hands of Esau." (Genesis, 27: 22). Yet
Jacob, the impostor, did receive the blessing and became the
father of the nation of Israel. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00119.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Rock Excess: IFK support Melbourne's Bang!Bang!Aids!
At PR Bar - Infinite Flying Kick support Melbourne
band Bang!Bang!Aids! at the PR Bar, Ponsonby on Tuesday Jan
22 ( that's next week). The small venue should be the ideal
catalyst to ensure some lovely early week chaos. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00093.htm
Jaws:
Omaha Reopens After Shark Incident - Lifeguards will
be back on duty at Omaha Beach after an incident involving a
three-metre bronze whaler shark biting the lifeguards'
inflatable rescue boat... Lifeguard Manager Dean Storey says
that public should not let the incident put them off going
back into the water. More
>> [1]
MORE BEACH NEWS:
- Greens - Beached whales pile-up in Green campaign [2]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00072.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00093.htm
Popular Music: Steve Abel Leads Ak Super Folk/Rock
Group On Nationwide Jaunt - Steve Abel & The
Chrysalids are making their first appearance as a band in
the South Island in January. The band is: Geoff Maddock,
(Goldenhorse) electric guitar; Mike Hall (Pluto) double
bass; Milan Borich (Pluto) drums; Gareth Thomas (Goodshirt)
accordion. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00087.htm
Adventurers:
Aerial Photos of Aussie Kayakers' Arrival - A
Scoop reader writes... "I was on board a Air New Zealand
flight from New Plymouth to Wellington at 12:30pm yesterday
when the kayakers from Australia arrived. The air crew
announced the arrival before takeoff and then the pilot took
an unusual departure route so that we would be able to see
the arrival." More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Daestra Ltd - TracPlus follows trans-Tasman paddlers home [2] (Includes pic)
- Other Boaties:
- Police - Hokitika: Missing Kayaker Located [3]
- Police - Queen Charlotte Sound: Boating incident [4]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00110.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00011.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00049.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00052.htm
:)
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