Today's Top Scoops - 12 August 2008
Obituary: Stephen Mackendrick Thompson, 1939 - 2008
Gordon Campbell: National's Welfare Policy,
Tauranga and Georgia
Politics:
Winston Responds To Listener
Retail:
Is Paper Plus the Buzzy Bee Of Bookstores
Business: Telecom Responds To Elliott International PR
Exports: Overseas Booze Buyers Lift NZ
Spirits
Not
So Flash: Broadcast Of Opening Ceremony Used Fake
Fireworks (TV3 Video)
Genetically
Distinct: New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria, Says
FAO
Unacceptable
Action: U.S. President Bush Discusses Situation in
Georgia
Diversion
Of Funds: FBI Charges Two Wextrust Execs With Alleged
Fraud
Under
The Ice: Two US Scientific Cruises To Map Arctic
Seafloor
Crafty Art: Grandmas Beady Eye Creates Stunning
Art
Theatre:
British Legend Berkoff Brings Himself To NZ
Modern Art: Physics Room Showcases The Avant
Garde
Kiwi
Pride: Kiwi Wins Gold! (In Guitar
Hero)
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LEAD STORY
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Obituary: Stephen Mackendrick Thompson, 1939
- 2008 - Video + Funeral Order Of
Service - Stephen Mackendrick Thompson - 1939 -
2008 Husband, Father, Grandfather, Mathematician, Engineer,
Musician, Mountaineer & Co-Founder of Scoop.co.nz - Died 27
July 2008, Aged 69 years 2 days. "'And the sun came out to
dry me.' The headline of this page is the last line of a
poem that was a favourite of my father, Stephen Mackendrick
Thompson - one of the co-founders and the leading patron of
Scoop.co.nz." (Stephen's son and Scoop co-editor
Alastair Thompson writes) More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0808/S00140.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Gordon Campbell: National's Welfare Policy,
Tauranga and Georgia - Will John Key's policy
announcement on welfare this afternoon do much to resolve
the problems it claims to address ? Hardly. The measures
seem entirely punitive if - as mooted - they do entail a
part time work requirement of 15 hours a week for solo
parents once their youngest child turns six. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - National focuses on work in Benefits Policy [2]
- National - Key: National's Benefits Policy [3]
- Greens - National makes dangerous moves on welfare [4]
- National - Labour encourages 'can't–do' approach [5]
- Greens - National courts beneficiary-bashing vote [6]
- United Future - Best laid welfare plans can go bad - Dunne [7]
- KiwiFM - Wallace & Manning Analyse Natl's Welfare Policy [8]
- TV3 Video - Key: Working beneficiaries 'best way to reduce child poverty' [9]
- Lindsay Mitchell - National's DPB Plans Gutless [10]
- Muriel Newman - Welfare Plans a Step in the Right Direction [11]
- Libertarianz Party - To What End, Compulsory Welfarism? [12]
- Jigsaw - Dear Mr Key...Please Think Again [13]
- Child Poverty Action Group - Child advocates say work-for-dole a failed policy [14]
[1] - http://election08.scoop.co.nz/campbell-on-national%e2%80%99s-welfare-policy-tauranga-and-georgia/
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00168.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00169.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00167.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00192.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00176.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00178.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0808/S00138.htm
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/11581.html
[10]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00138.htm
[11]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00142.htm
[12]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00145.htm
[13]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00144.htm
[14]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00147.htm
Politics:
Winston Responds To Listener - Mr Peters says
New Zealand First Incorporated was set up well before the
political party with the sole purpose to preserve the name
"New Zealand First. This explains why in its first fifteen
years there has been no income or expenses and this
information could have been found out very simply by the
Listener journalist. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00170.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Retail:
Is Paper Plus the Buzzy Bee Of Bookstores - In
1983, some important things happened in little old New
Zealand. Princess Diana, already on her way to becoming a
pop-culture megastar, visited New Zealand and baby Prince
William obligingly played with a Buzzy Bee in front of the
world's media. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0808/S00176.htm
Business: Telecom Responds To Elliott International PR
- Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
("Telecom") today issued the following statement regarding
the press release by Elliott International regarding their
nomination of new Board candidates and the strategic
direction of the company. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Elliott International - Telecom Shareholder Nominates New Board Candidates [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0808/S00169.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0808/S00155.htm
Exports: Overseas Booze Buyers Lift NZ
Spirits - Demand from overseas for New Zealand
spirits and liqueurs is climbing with exports for the 12
months ended June 2008 climbing to $45.6 million. This is an
increase of 4.3 per cent on the previous year. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0808/S00158.htm
WORLD
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Not
So Flash: Broadcast Of Opening Ceremony Used Fake
Fireworks (TV3 Video) - It has been revealed
that part of the broadcast of the Beijing opening ceremony
at the weekend was faked by using computer generated images.
As the ceremony got underway a series of giant footprints
outlined in fireworks made their way across Beijing from
Tiananmen Square. However the broadcast pictures were not
fireworks but computer generated images.More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/11615.html
Genetically
Distinct: New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria, Says
FAO - Tests conducted by Nigeria and by the FAO
show that the new virus strain - which is similar to strains
identified last year in Italy, Afghanistan and Iran - is
genetically distinct from other forms detected in Nigerian
outbreaks in 2006 and 2007. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00197.htm
Unacceptable
Action: U.S. President Bush Discusses Situation in
Georgia - "It now appears that an effort may be
underway to depose Georgia's duly elected government. Russia
has invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatens a
democratic government elected by its people. Such an action
is unacceptable in the 21st century." More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00200.htm
Diversion
Of Funds: FBI Charges Two Wextrust Execs With Alleged
Fraud - Steven Byers and Joseph Shereshevsky of
WexTrust Capital, LLC ("WexTrust") were arrested today and
charged in a criminal Complaint with defrauding investors by
diverting funds that they raised through private placement
offerings. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00198.htm
Under
The Ice: Two US Scientific Cruises To Map Arctic
Seafloor - The U.S. Extended Continental Shelf
Task Force, chaired by the Department of State, plans two
Arctic cruises by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy this
summer, one of which will be conducted in collaboration with
the Government of Canada. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00184.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Crafty Art: Grandmas Beady Eye Creates Stunning
Art - There are 17,000 individual beads in just
one of the artworks Pukekohe grandmother Muriel Newall is
exhibiting in Auckland later this month, as she displays
some of her unique creations. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0808/S00102.htm
Theatre:
British Legend Berkoff Brings Himself To NZ -
British theatre legend Steven Berkoff is heading to Auckland
and Wellington stages in October for a strictly limited
season of his theatrical masterpiece One Man. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0808/S00094.htm
Modern Art: Physics Room Showcases The Avant
Garde - My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble is
the sixth touring group exhibition organised by CCNOA
Brussels, Belgium (www.ccnoa.org) and curated by
Brussels-based German artist & curator Tilman. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0808/S00092.htm
Kiwi
Pride: Kiwi Wins Gold! (In Guitar Hero) -
New Zealand's computer gaming team the 'eblacks' has been
named the best in Asia. The eblacks took out a gold and
silver medal at the World Cyber Games Asian Championship in
Singapore - which earned them the grand prize, the Asian
Championship Trophy for the Overall Winner. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Mixed results for Kiwi Olympians [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0808/S00082.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/11585.html
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