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Scoop Top Stories For May 12, 2010 News Summary

Scoop Top Stories For May 12, 2010 News Summary

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NZ POLITICS

Tories: Key Congratulates David Cameron After UK Election

'Promoting Or Encouraging Criminal Acts': Freedom Of Speech: Up In Smoke

World Power: NZ To Join International Renewable Energy Agency

Policing: Expect Unmarked, Zero Tolerance Road Police

Govt won't hand over National Park to Tuhoe - Key

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Gordon Campbell: The Ongoing Peter Saunders Saga And The UK Election

Pass The Prison: Auckland Central Remand To Be Re-Privatised

Thinking Of The Children: Kiwi Wins UNICEF Award

Checkups: Minister Welcomes Special Rapporteur Visit

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Mobile Termination - He's Ba-aack: Commerce Commission Recommends Regulation

More Exciting Than It Sounds: Auckland Design Company Picks Up Two Pencils

Changing Weather: Windflow, Windfarms Feud Officially Over

Scoop Full Coverage: PM’s Pre-Budget R&D Announcement

Business.Scoop: Vodafone And Axia Team Up For Broadband Bid

What's Not To Love? Customers Dissatisfied With Banks Says Survey

Money/Love Ratios: More Spent On Mother's Day Than Father's Day

Bills: InternetNZ Targets Copyright Bill At Seminars

COMMENT

Martin LeFevre: What Is Intelligent Life?

Gordon Campbell: Gordon Brown’s Exit

Danger! Big Science Peer Review: Jeff Farias Show

Walter Brasch: Arizona and the Alien-Nation of America

VE Day in Russia: ‘Noble’ Stalinism and Western partners

John Minto: The Booze Barons Are At It Again

The Lies Love Tells: Imelda Marcos On The Campaign Trail

Martha Rosenberg: Do You Have Excessive Sleepiness? Shift Work Sleep Disorder?

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nevada

Making Room For Mr Cock-Up: The UK General Election

LIFESTYLE

Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House

Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs

Comedy Fest Last Days: Improv Diva Fever (I'm A Believer)

Sport: All Whites World Cup Squad Announced

Conservation: Scientists "Have Old Whalers Turning In Graves"

Vague, Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station

Not Hating On The Feelers: Rugby World Cup Theme Officially Not Bad

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NZ POLITICS

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Tories: Key Congratulates David Cameron After UK Election
Prime Minister John Key today offered his congratulations to David Cameron on becoming the next British Prime Minister. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00171.htm

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[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00068.htm [7]

'Promoting Or Encouraging Criminal Acts': Freedom Of Speech: Up In Smoke
"Our most basic freedoms are threatened by an outrageous attempt to shut down peaceful activist magazine NORML News," declares Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman Luke Howison. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00100.htm

World Power: NZ To Join International Renewable Energy Agency
Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has announced New Zealand’s intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00166.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00143.htm [2]

Policing: Expect Unmarked, Zero Tolerance Road Police
"All bets are off!" That's the message from Superintendent Russell Gibson of Central Police District, Russell Gibson who is authorising covert tactics to prevent further deaths and injuries on our roads. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00089.htm

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Govt won't hand over National Park to Tuhoe - Key
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/36034.html

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00159.htm [2]

Gordon Campbell: The Ongoing Peter Saunders Saga And The UK Election
Yes, Bennett has indeed appointed the bloke who writes paranoid, Islamophobic science fiction novels and who sees a link between social class and low intelligence... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00069.htm

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Pass The Prison: Auckland Central Remand To Be Re-Privatised
The joint Mt Eden-Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) has been selected to be operated by a private contract manager, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00152.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00160.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0405/S00262.htm [3]

Thinking Of The Children: Kiwi Wins UNICEF Award
Every Child Counts congratulates Dr Ian Hassall on receiving the international UN Aldo Farina Award in Seoul on Sunday 9th May 2010. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00052.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00172.htm [2]

Checkups: Minister Welcomes Special Rapporteur Visit
Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples is very pleased that the UN Special Rapportuer on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples has accepted the Government’s invitation to visit New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00154.htm

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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

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Mobile Termination - He's Ba-aack: Commerce Commission Recommends Regulation
In a draft reconsideration report issued today, the Commerce Commission has indicated that its preliminary view is to recommend that the Minister for Communications and Information Technology regulate mobile termination access services, and not accept undertakings from Telecom and Vodafone. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00337.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00173.htm [2]

More Exciting Than It Sounds: Auckland Design Company Picks Up Two Pencils
The champagne was again flowing at Auckland based multidisciplinary design firm Alt Group’s offices this week, with the company netting two Pencils and two Merits at the esteemed One Show Design Awards in New York on Monday night (New York time). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00355.htm

Changing Weather: Windflow, Windfarms Feud Officially Over
Wind turbine manufacturer Windflow Technology Limited (WTL) is pleased to advise that the agreement it reached in early April with its customer NZ Windfarms (NWF) is now unconditional after the successful completion of the NWF capital raising last week. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00351.htm

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[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/11/meridian-buys-australian-windfarm-for-a191m/ [2]

Scoop Full Coverage: PM’s Pre-Budget R&D Announcement
Scoop Coverage and Reaction: Farmers and firms will be the big winners in this year’s Budget with an extra $225m in science, research and technology funding, Prime Minister John Key announced... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00097.htm

Business.Scoop: Vodafone And Axia Team Up For Broadband Bid
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd., the country’s biggest mobile phone carrier, has announced it will partner with Canadian company Axia NetMedia Corp. if it’s successful in its bid to build a new fibre network for the country. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/10/vodafone-and-axia-team-up-for-broadband-bid/

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00254.htm [2]

What's Not To Love? Customers Dissatisfied With Banks Says Survey
Results released today showing high levels of customer dissatisfaction with the Australian owned banks are a wake up call to the industry and highlights the need for the government to step in to make banking in NZ fairer says the finance sector union Finsec. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00242.htm

Money/Love Ratios: More Spent On Mother's Day Than Father's Day
New Zealand families spend much more money on mothers than fathers, with Mother's Day now the second largest single-day event in the retail calendar behind Christmas, while Father's Day barely features, according to an Auckland retail advocate. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00240.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00294.htm [2]

Bills: InternetNZ Targets Copyright Bill At Seminars
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) will host seminars this month on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing Amendment) Bill, to assist with submissions to the Select Committee. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00082.htm

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COMMENT

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Martin LeFevre: What Is Intelligent Life?
One of the world’s premier celebrity brains, Stephen Hawking, says that humans should avoid contact with aliens at all costs. “I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00087.htm

Gordon Campbell: Gordon Brown’s Exit
Now that Gordon Brown has resigned, the way is a little bit clearer for Nick Clegg to make a deal with Labour – but only a little bit clearer. The arithmetic of cobbling together a parliamentary majority for a Lib/Lab government (which would need a gaggle ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/11/campbell-gordon-brown%e2%80%99s-exit-women-in-afganistan/

Danger! Big Science Peer Review: Jeff Farias Show
As I promised, we're joined now by a very special guest, Suzan Mazur is back with us on the program. She's the author of The Altenberg 16: An Expose of the Evolution Industry . She did a recent article on peer review called '' The Peer Review Fig Leaf ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00082.htm

Walter Brasch: Arizona and the Alien-Nation of America
My father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was stopped by the Border Patrol... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00089.htm

VE Day in Russia: ‘Noble’ Stalinism and Western partners
There is always a time for firsts, and the Russian VE parade on Sunday to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany 65 years ago was no different. On this occasion, there was something rather unusual: forces from Nato countries, including the United States... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00088.htm

John Minto: The Booze Barons Are At It Again
Last Thursday morning I was driving through Otahuhu in South Auckland and came across a huge billboard for a new RTD (ready-to-drink) of bourbon and cola with the message “Would you prefer to walk in on your parents or have them walk in on you?” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00074.htm

The Lies Love Tells: Imelda Marcos On The Campaign Trail
When does the pornography of violence sweeten and remould political messages for public consumption? In a feature on the BBC, which provided a platform to air an example of astonishing guff, we have an apologia in motion, enriched by missives ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00094.htm

Martha Rosenberg: Do You Have Excessive Sleepiness? Shift Work Sleep Disorder?
Do you work in customer service? Health care? The restaurant industry? You might be suffering from shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) says a new ad campaign from Frazer, PA-based Cephalon who makes the Schedule IV stimulants Provigil and Nuvigil. One ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00085.htm

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nevada
Who is Nevada Bill, and why did he get screwed? Trick question! “Screw Nevada Bill” is the nickname the Silver State’s residents gave to a 1987 Congressional bill that singled out Yucca Mountain, NV, as the sole site the federal government would ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00076.htm

Making Room For Mr Cock-Up: The UK General Election
Cranky returning officers, with names such as Longbottom. Solemn punters awaiting the results of their candidate’s performance with funereal dignity. Then, calls of ‘Yes we Khan’ (in favour of Labour member Sadiq Khan) stopped when they became... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00067.htm

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[2] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/10/campbell-ongoing-peter-saunders-saga-uk-election/ [2]

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LIFESTYLE

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Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House
The long awaited move of the house of Sir Edmund Hillary will take place tomorrow [Wednesday]. Students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, the future site for the house, will acknowledge Sir Edmund’s legacy as the building is removed at 10.30am. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00141.htm

Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs
Many migrant job seekers, more usually those from Asian backgrounds, still experience a level of discrimination when applying for jobs. This can be at the very early stages of the selection process, when they submit their CVs and applications to employers. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00304.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00144.htm [2]

Comedy Fest Last Days: Improv Diva Fever (I'm A Believer)
The Improv Divas are back! NZ's leading ladies of improv are ready to rock the capital with an all new, all improvised show in 2010's International Comedy Festival. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00294.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00067.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00069.htm [3]

Sport: All Whites World Cup Squad Announced
Canterbury United’s Aaron Clapham and United States based Jeremy Christie are the notable selections in the 23 man All Whites squad named today to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, beginning next month. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00124.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00152.htm [2]

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Conservation: Scientists "Have Old Whalers Turning In Graves"
Scientists are using centuries-old whalers' data from the southwestern Pacific & Tasman Sea to help better protect threatened whale species. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00023.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/35946.html [2]

Vague, Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station
In Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station , a portrayal over the last days of Leo Tolstoy’s life and a battle over the disposition of his estate and copyright to his works, politics and personalities clash. The wily aide and pejoratively labelled ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00057.htm

Not Hating On The Feelers: Rugby World Cup Theme Officially Not Bad
Most Kiwis who have heard the campaign song for marketing the Rugby World Cup think it’s a hit, but it’s a definite flop for older people. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00065.htm

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