Scoop Top Stories For August 2, 2010 News Summary

Monday, 2 August 2010, 4:24 pm
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LEAD STORY

This Week, Cam Slater Vs Tim Selwyn!

NZ POLITICS

Any New Money For It? Major New Approach To Lifting Student Achievement

Travel Arrangements: Chris Carter On His China Trip

Cracks appear as Labour prepares for Carter expulsion

Scoop Audio: Newtown Woman Killed But Drowning Unrelated

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Mental Health: Mental Illness In Youth Linked To Poorer Future

Scoop Business: World Week Ahead: Caution Rules The Day

Sharing: Kiwis Launch Geotagged Photo Website

Scoop Business: TechNZ Grunt For Endace Internet Security Products

COMMENT

Martin LeFevre: Afghanistan - The Tunnel At The End Of The Light

Blasting Pakistan: David Cameron In India

Peter Dyer: The Chilcot Inquiry, Aggression and the International Criminal Court

Michael Collins: Chris Floyd Skewers Wikileaks

Neve Gordon: Ethnic Cleansing In The Israeli Negev

Lindsay Perigo: The Race For The Pits

Binoy Kampmark: Shrill Busy-Bodies And David Cameron’s Big Society

Julie Webb-Pullman: Tell The President

Martin LeFevre: Palin’s ‘Grizzly Moms’ Hard To Bear

Banning LA Zombie: The Aussie Way

The Demise of the Tome Raider: The Case of William Jacques

LIFESTYLE

With A Bullet: Golden Results For Army Shooters

Lighting: Efficient Bulbs Just As Good, Honestly

After The Raids: A New Documentary For Maori TV

WORLD

Greenpeace: Activists Are Shutting Down BP Stations In London!

Mexico’s Military Malpractice: Business As Usual Or About, Face?

This Week, Cam Slater Vs Tim Selwyn!
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00001.htm

Any New Money For It? Major New Approach To Lifting Student Achievement
Education Minister Anne Tolley has today announced a major new approach to lifting achievement for all students, alongside the $36 million in support for schools identified as needing extra help through National Standards. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00010/major-new-approach-to-lifting-student-achievement.htm

ALSO:

• Q+A's Paul Holmes interviews Labour Party Leader [2]


• School Holidays Won’t Help Voting Numbers [3]


• Lively discussion at Unitec [4]


• One Stop Candidate Portal a First [5]


• More Thompson & Clark style spying under new bill [6]


• Solidarity with Auckland Animal Rights Activists [7]


• Martin Doyle Cartoon: Another bloody pig [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00008/qas-paul-holmes-interviews-labour-party-leader.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1008/S00005/school-holidays-wont-help-voting-numbers.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1008/S00019/lively-discussion-at-unitec.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00011/one-stop-candidate-portal-a-first.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00005/more-thompson-clark-style-spying-under-new-bill.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00006/solidarity-with-auckland-animal-rights-activists.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00184.htm [8]

Travel Arrangements: Chris Carter On His China Trip
I see the latest attempt to deflect my message that Phil has to go involves spinning a story that my alleged concerns were raised to mask details of a recent trip to China I have no concerns over that trip and I doubt the New Zealander taxpayer would as well… More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00497.htm

ALSO:

• Little Says No To Goff On Cashing In 4 Weeks Leave [2]


• Q+A's Paul Holmes interviews Labour Party Leader [3]


• On the Chris Carter fiasco [4]


• David Beatson: Goff’s stormy ride is far from over [5]


• Carter Suspended for 'Goff Challenge' Letter [6]


• Carter commits 'death by cop', gifts Goff his biggest opportunity [7]


• Goff statement on Chris Carter [8]


• Party to consider MP’s future [9]


• Sad caucus [10]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00001/little-says-no-to-goff-on-cashing-in-4-weeks-leave.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00008/qas-paul-holmes-interviews-labour-party-leader.htm [3]

[4] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/30/gordon-campbell-on-the-chris-carter-fiasco/ [4]

[5] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/goff%E2%80%99s-stormy-ride-is-far-from-over" target="_blank [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00227.htm [6]

[7] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/carter-commits-death-by-cop-gifts-goff-his-biggest-opportunity" target="_blank [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00484.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00374.htm [9]

[10] - http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/07/29/sad-caucus/" target="_blank [10]

Cracks appear as Labour prepares for Carter expulsion
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/39101.html

Scoop Audio: Newtown Woman Killed But Drowning Unrelated
Wellington police are investigating two unnatural deaths in the city in the past week, but say the cases are unrelated. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00239.htm

Mental Health: Mental Illness In Youth Linked To Poorer Future
New Zealanders who experience mental illness in early adulthood face a range of negative economic outcomes at the age of 30, latest University of Otago, Christchurch, research shows. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1008/S00004/mental-illness-in-youth-linked-to-poorer-future.htm

ALSO:

• Mental Health Foundation supports new Kiwi film [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1007/S00047.htm [2]

Scoop Business: World Week Ahead: Caution Rules The Day
As the pace of growth in the world’s biggest economy moderates, investors are reining in some of their optimism and showing signs of somewhat heightened aversion to risk. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/02/world-week-ahead-caution-rules-the-day/

ALSO:

• IG Markets - Close of Markets Wrap July 30, 2010 [2]


• MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain; FRE, PPL up [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00890/ig-markets-close-of-markets-wrap-july-30-2010.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00889/market-close-nz-shares-gain-fre-ppl-up.htm [3]

Sharing: Kiwis Launch Geotagged Photo Website
Snapr, a new web service for sharing geotagged photos, officially launches today - http://sna.pr. The service aims to give smart phone photos a better home on the web. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00051/snapr-web-service-for-sharing-geotagged-photos.htm

ALSO:

• Sentencing for the illegal import of insects [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00372/sentencing-for-the-illegal-import-of-insects.htm [2]

Scoop Business: TechNZ Grunt For Endace Internet Security Products
Kiwi cyber-security firm Endace Ltd. will spend its newly announced $4.4 million TechNZ technology grant to hone products that help financial markets traders gain precious micro-seconds by ensuring their systems run at maximum efficiency. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/30/technz-grunt-for-endace-internet-security-products/

ALSO:

• Creating jobs in business R&D [2]


• Endace Growth on the Cards with TechNZ Investment [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00458/creating-jobs-in-business-rd.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00820/endace-growth-on-the-cards-with-technz-investment.htm [3]

Martin LeFevre: Afghanistan - The Tunnel At The End Of The Light
WikiLeaks, the semi-respectable sibling of Wikipedia, has demonstrated that journalism is not a dead on arrival joke on the Web. The gauntlet for the war in Afghanistan has been thrown down. In what every news organization, reputable and disreputable, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00235/afghanistan-the-tunnel-at-the-end-of-the-light.htm

ALSO:

• Michael Collins: Chris Floyd Skewers Wikileaks [2]


• You’ve been Wikileaked [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00222/michael-collins-chris-floyd-skewers-wikileaks.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00213/binoy-kampmark-youve-been-wikileaked.htm [3]

Blasting Pakistan: David Cameron In India
There was little doubt that the British Prime Minister David Cameron was playing to his audience. Pakistan was the convenient target of opprobrium before a gathering at the IT major Infosys campus in Bangalore. ‘We cannot tolerate in any sense the ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00240.htm

Peter Dyer: The Chilcot Inquiry, Aggression and the International Criminal Court
The 2003 U.S. led invasion of Iraq was a crime--a profound and catastrophic violation of international law. The crime was aggression: the waging of unprovoked war on a sovereign state. A growing international consensus says that not only was the invasion ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00229/the-chilcot-inquiry-aggression-and-the-icc.htm

Michael Collins: Chris Floyd Skewers Wikileaks
''So once again, and for the last time, we ask the question: How does this alter the prevailing conventional wisdom about the war?'' Chris Floyd, Leaky Vessels: Wikileaks ''Revelations'' Will Comfort Warmongers, Confirm Conventional Wisdom, Empire Burlesque ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00222/michael-collins-chris-floyd-skewers-wikileaks.htm

Neve Gordon: Ethnic Cleansing In The Israeli Negev
A menacing convoy of bulldozers was heading back to Be'er Sheva as I drove towards al-Arakib, a Bedouin village located not more than 10 minutes from the city. Once I entered the dirt road leading to the village I saw scores of vans with heavily ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00226/ethnic-cleansing-in-the-israeli-negev.htm

Lindsay Perigo: The Race For The Pits
I wonder how many television viewers there are like me for whom watching the six o’clock news on TVNZ or TV3 was until recently a staple of their daily routine but who now repair to online sources for their news because the network bulletins ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00215/lindsay-perigo-the-race-for-the-pits.htm

Binoy Kampmark: Shrill Busy-Bodies And David Cameron’s Big Society
Could it be right? A Tory Prime Minister unveiling visions of a ‘Big Society’ that would redistribute power and initiative from ‘elites’ to the broader community or ‘the man and woman on the street’? Society had been the elephantine target ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00205/shrill-busy-bodies-and-david-camerons-big-society.htm

Julie Webb-Pullman: Tell The President
''Tell the President (and I cannot stress this too strongly) that I seriously hope that Cuba and the United States can eventually sit down in an atmosphere of good will and of mutual respect and negotiate our differences.'' – Fidel Castro. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00198/julie-webb-pullman-tell-the-president.htm

Martin LeFevre: Palin’s ‘Grizzly Moms’ Hard To Bear
Sarah Palin recently granted her 50th endorsement of Republican office seekers. All but one are women. She is positioning herself as the biggest and baddest of the “Grizzly Moms,” fighting to defend the indefensible, sustain the unsustainable, and keep ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00186/palins-grizzly-moms-hard-to-bear.htm

Banning LA Zombie: The Aussie Way
Censors are paid to have dirty minds. The Film Classification Board of the office of Film and Literature Classification is being paid to have particularly filthy ones. A few little darlings, scant qualified to examine anything coming close to art or... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00185/banning-la-zombie-the-aussie-way.htm

The Demise of the Tome Raider: The Case of William Jacques
People are imprisoned for an assortment of offences against the social order. These rarely involve infractions against reading books, or their acquisition, unless one so happens to be living in a state suspicious of the written word. But in Britain, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00166/binoy-kampmark-the-case-of-william-jacques.htm

With A Bullet: Golden Results For Army Shooters
The NZ Army combat shooting team struck gold recently at the world renowned Central Skill at Arms (CENTSAM) military shooting competition. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00008/golden-results-for-army-shooters.htm

ALSO:

• Photo: new white jersey for All Blacks [2]

[2] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/2009/05/new-uniforms-for-all-blacks-and-silver-ferns/ [2]

Lighting: Efficient Bulbs Just As Good, Honestly
More than two thirds of Kiwis could not tell the difference between the light from an energy efficient light bulb and that of an inefficient light bulb, according to an innovative experiment. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00007/kiwis-have-their-light-bulb-moment.htm

ALSO:

• "The Returning" [2]


• A Million Poems at the Library [3]


• The mathematics of poetry [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00417/the-returning.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00393/a-million-poems-at-the-library.htm [3]

[4] - http://blog.teara.govt.nz/2010/07/30/the-mathematics-of-poetry/" target="_blank [4]

After The Raids: A New Documentary For Maori TV
October 15th 2007 is a date etched into the memories of all Tuhoe, and many other New Zealanders. This was the day New Zealand Police launched anti-terrorism raids on the people of Tuhoe, in the valley of Ruatoki and beyond. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00423/after-the-raids-a-new-documentary-on-maori-tv.htm

Greenpeace: Activists Are Shutting Down BP Stations In London!
Forty-six BP petrol station's in central London were shut down today and re-branded with signs announcing: 'Closed. Moving beyond petroleum' and featuring the new, 'oilier' BP logo. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00507/activists-are-shutting-down-bp-stations-in-london.htm

Mexico’s Military Malpractice: Business As Usual Or About, Face?
President Felipe Calderón’s aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in Mexico has begun to sprout a disturbing trend of abuse emanating from the Mexican armed forces. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00467/mexicos-military-malpractice.htm

ALSO:

• Budget Gap for 2010 Humanitarian Efforts [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00286.htm [2]

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