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Auckland, Sept 26 – Slain hero Austin Hem- mings had no idea his simple act of kindness to a stranger who asked for help would leave him dead in the street a few seconds later. NZ MILK Police said Mr Hemmings, 44, the father of three PINGED teenage children, went to the aid of a woman who Melamine found here was being attacked near Mills Lane in downtown Auckland shortly after 5pm yesterday. Page 3 He was stabbed in the chest and mortally wounded, staggered about 50 metres before he fell dead on the street, blood streaming from a chest wound and running in rivulets down Mills Lane. Members of the public and paramedics worked feverishly to revive Mr Hemmings but police say his chest wound was so bad there was nothing anyone could do. Today as Mr Hemmings’ body lay behind him KEA KAHA under a police tent and an hour after a man appeared Another chick born in court charged with assaulting the woman, Detec- tive Senior Sergeant Gerry Whitley said one simple Page 4 word described Mr Hemmings – “heroic”. Without his intervention the woman may have died. “He had no idea and there were no signs that in a very short space of time – just a second – it would escalate into a very violent reaction. “He did not do anything to provoke that reaction whatsoever. He went to the assistance of a woman asking for it and received a fatal wound,” Mr Whit- WORLD ley said. Mr Hemmings, a manager who moved to Devon- ON BRINK port on Auckland’s North Shore from Hamilton six Detective Senior Sergeant Gerry Whitley talks to the Media at the scene where Austin Hemmings was stabbed to death after trying to rescue a Money crisis spreads months ago, was not trying to stop the man, he was female colleague who was being attacked. NZPA / Wayne Drought. INSET: 44 year old Austin Bernard Hemmings who was killed while coming to the Page 7 aid of a woman adjacent to the BNZ Tower / NZPA / NZ Police trying to help the woman. Continue reading Clark and Key won’t debate the rest Wellington, Sept 26 TV3 and TVNZ wanted the leaders of all eight par- “There are only two people who can lead the next arrogant, and ACT leader Rodney Hide said it – Prime Minister Helen ties represented in Parliament to take part in an MMP government – Helen Clark and myself. It’s a very was the “old club” arrangement where Labour and Clark and National debate, which has happened in previous campaigns. important opportunity for New Zealanders to com- National stitched up deals between themselves. Party leader John Key But the two leaders refused, and did not change their pare and contrast.” In 2005 there was a row when TV3 tried to exclude have refused to share minds when both networks asked them to reconsider. They will appear in two leaders debates during United Future leader Peter Dunne and Progressive the stage with other “There are two candidates for prime minister the campaign. Party leader Jim Anderton from the MMP debate. party leaders in an election campaign TV debate. – I’m one and the Leader of the Opposition is the Neither would say which one of them instigated The network said eight was too many, but Mr They both say their head to head debates are the other. That’s why the head to head debates are so the agreement that neither would appear with the Dunne and Mr Anderton went to court and TV3 ones that really matter, because one or the other is important,” Miss Clark said on TV3 News. other leaders. had to let them take part. going to lead the next government. Mr Key held the same view. Political scientist Jon Johansson said they were – NZPA

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U.S. President George W. Bush THE FIRST BITE IS THE DEEPEST prepares to host a meeting Sydney (DPA) – An Australian woman has admit- with Republican ted grinding up glass and putting it in her husband’s Presidential sandwiches in anger over an affair that broke up their Nominee Sen. 20-year marriage, news reports said today. The husband John McCain found out and kept his lunches in a freezer to be used in (AZ), Democratic evidence against her, the court in Hobart, Tasmania, was Presidential told. The prosecution is pushing for the woman to face a Nominee Sen. Barack Obama charge of domestic violence, arguing that doctoring the (IL) and other lunches her husband took to work could have had fatal Congressional consequences. leaders to dis- cuss the current BLACK HUMOUR economic crises. DES MOINES, Iowa, (UPI) – An official at a community UPI Photo/Roger college in Des Moines, Iowa, says his school is struggling L. Wollenberg to deal with a handbook typo rife with controversy. Des Moines Area Community College school president Rob Wellington, Sept 26 – New Zealand’s economic The forecast at budget was for around $3.5 bil- recession if they see the path ahead to better Denson said nearly 10,000 copies of the student hand- fortune largely depends on the United States sort- lion a year. incomes,” Mr Key said. book were handed out with a typo reading Black History Linch and Learn, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register said. ing its financial crisis, Finance Minister Michael Treasury will open the Government’s books on “The reality is that fiscal initiatives at this point The Linch typo, which was supposed to read Lunch, Cullen said today. October 6 as well as its latest fiscal and economic must be targeted at strengthening the economy appears to refer to lynching and the typo unfortunately Speaking after statistics confirmed New Zealand forecasts in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal for the future. Only a strong economy can provide came attached to a reference to a minority group, had been in recession for the first half of the year, Dr Update (Prefu) continued improvements in public services.” Denson said. There’s no question in my mind that it was Cullen said the country was probably experiencing Dr Cullen said the“enormously successful” intro- Dr Cullen said tax cuts taking effect from next inadvertent, the school president said. a third quarter of economic shrinkage as well. duction of KiwiSaver had “fiscal consequences” week would help feed spending and the pressure He was confident there would be some growth in which would become apparent at Prefu. from high oil prices was down a little. Dr Cullen the last quarter of the year or early 2009. About two-thirds of the deterioration in position described the debt track as “not a pretty picture” Though this was subject to“one very, very impor- was based on the economy. and indicated it would exceed targets. tant caveat” – if the US financial crisis was not sorted “The slow down in the New Zealand economy has Asked if there was any room for big election prom- out then there was a serious risk an international been deeper than forecast at budget time. ises, Dr Cullen said there was room for a“modest total in credit crisis would create a major international eco- “The impact of the international credit crunch terms of spending promises provided there is restraint nomic slowdown, he said. and some errors by Treasury in terms of forecasting across the board in other areas of spending”. “That is something where New Zealand is a cork means the deficits that we are forecasting for the Figures published today by Statistics New Zea- on the wave in the ocean,” Dr Cullen said. next four years will be very much larger than they land show gross domestic product (GDP) shrank American political leaders are trying to get agree- were at budget time.” 0.2 percent in the June quarter. ment on a trillion dollar rescue package that would The other third in deterioration would be from That follows a decline of 0.3 percent in the March RADIO STATION CAUSES CHAOS result in the Government buying dodgy mortgages more spending due to KiwiSaver and the uptake of quarter, so the country now meets the common defi- FORT PIERCE, Fla., (UPI) – Fort Pierce, Fla., police are off banks and finance companies. early childhood education subsidies. nition of recession – two consecutive quarters of blaming at least four traffic accidents on a radio station Dr Cullen was very hopeful this would happen No matter who won the election they would be economic contraction. gas giveaway. Police Capt. Greg Kirk said Wednesday in a matter of days. forced into fiscal restraint without large increases The last time economic activity declined for con- afternoon’s promotion by WMBX-FM and attorney Willie Even if this did happen there were tight times in spending or reductions in virtue, he said. secutive quarters was the three quarters ending Gary caused four accidents and resulted in one arrest for ahead for whoever formed the next government. National leader John Key said Dr Cullen had shut March 1998. battery, TCPalm.com said. The gas giveaway took place Dr Cullen said the cash deficits for the next four up the shop and was blaming the world economy. Annual growth in GDP was 2.6 percent for the during a two-hour period. The first 102 people to reach years were “significantly worse than forecast at “At times like this, people look to the government June year. a specific gas station were eligible. Kirk said police were – NZPA unprepared for the more than 3,000 people who tried budget time”. for a sense of direction. People can get through a to reach the station in time for the giveaway. We would have redirected traffic and had more officers there, that’s for sure, he said. Kirk told TCPalm.com that more than 30 police officers were used to control traffic in the Underlying economic weakness worse than expected area during the publicity stunt and St. Lucie County Fire Rescue were also on hand as a precaution. Wellington, Sept 26 – The economy shrank ture and electricity were not quite as weak as he expects two more 50-basis point cuts before the less than expected in the June quarter, but some expected, declining 0.6 percent and 1.6 percent end of the year, followed by a pause at 6.5 percent economists are warning that underlying weaknesses respectively, he said. for six months. were worse than had been thought. Those sectors more exposed to the household “Housing and retailing are fast becoming yes- Figures published today by Statistics New Zea- slowdown were “much weaker”. Retail trade was terday’s story, and the emerging risks are sectors land (SNZ) show gross domestic product (GDP) down 1.9 percent, wholesale trade down 1.2 percent, related to the global growth cycle,” ANZ said. shrank 0.2 percent in the June quarter. and financial, business and insurance services down Bank of New Zealand head of research Stephen That follows a decline of 0.3 percent in the March 0.7 percent. Toplis said he thought the better than anticipated quarter, so the country now meets the common defi- Also suggesting a weaker underlying economy GDP figure was “actually an issue of timing and nition of recession – two consecutive quarters of was the 0.5 percent decline in expenditure GDP, not substance”. economic contraction. which was an alternative way of measuring GDP. As a result BNZ had lowered its pick for the third The last time economic activity declined for con- In particular, an 8.2 percent decline in residential quarter to a fall in GDP of 0.5 percent. LUCKY THEY WEREN’T PIRANHA secutive quarters was the three quarters ending investment in the quarter was far more severe than The main surprise in the second quarter was a 1.4 TACOMA, (UPI) – Proprietors of a Tacoma, Wash., March 1998. expected, Mr Tuffley said. percent jump in manufacturing, he said. nail salon said they are now offering a procedure that Annual growth in GDP was 2.6 percent for the Net exports also dragged on GDP growth sig- A closer look at the data revealed the surprise largely involves small fish removing dead skin from the feet June year. nificantly, with exports falling 0.2 percent in the came from a much larger stock kill than anticipated. of customers. The owners of the Peridot Nail Salon While confirming the economy was in recession quarter due to drought induced declines in dairy “Perversely, it reveals that the drought-induced said they are the first business in the Northwest United during the first half of 2008, the second quarter con- exports, while imports surged 3.3 percent. need to reduce stock numbers actually bolstered States to use chin chin, or doctor fish, to soften the traction was smaller than the 0.5 percent median As a result of today’s data he continued to expect GDP,” Mr Toplis said. feet of customers, the reported Tacoma News Tribune forecast from a Reuters poll of economists. the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate (OCR) “Of less surprise was the parlous state of the Thursday. Tuyet Tweety Bui, co-owner of the salon, said the 15-minute procedure does not cause any harm to But ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said the by half a percentage point, to 7 percent, at its next domestic economy largely stemming from the cor- customers, but the fish do tickle their feet. composition of the data revealed greater underlying announcement on October 23. rection occurring in the housing market and its flow weakness in the economy than expected. ANZ said that given the global backdrop, it on to household spending.” The drought-affected components of agricul- saw little reason to change its rate cut stance. It – NZPA 26 September 2008 NEW ZEALAND 

FROM FRONT PAGE Melamine in high-priced dairy protein “He was responding like a lot of people do in our communities. Every day people ... avoid crime, prevent By Kent Atkinson of NZPA told NZPA he had been busy working with the New melamine.“Explanations for its presence in this case it and he had no idea it would change so rapidly. Zealand Food Safety Authority until tonight. include leaching from plastic involved in processing “He was assisting the woman as she asked. Wellington, Sept 26 – One of New Zealand’s “This whole thing, internationally, is pretty major,” or packaging, or other unintended outcome of the “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” most expensive dairy exports, lactoferrin, which said Mr Allen. Overseas perceptions of the New Zea- manufacturing process.” Mr Whitley said the devastated and shocked sells for about $500,000 a tonne, has been contami- land food industry were crucial and it was impor- “We can’t say definitively where it’s come from,” woman was grieving for a man she did not know nated with melamine. tant to get all the facts right. he said. but who had tried to help her. But food safety officials say they don’t know how NZFSA director of compliance and investigation The authority was following a lot of leads, and had so Mr Whitley said Mr Hemmings’ family was find- the contamination occurred and are now looking at Geoff Allen told NZPA he believed the contami- far ruled out deliberate adulteration, and had “practi- ing it hard to cope with his death. whether the melamine was in the raw milk. nated lactoferrin might have come from more than cally eliminated” contamination caused by the manufac- “I am struggling to really describe the total grief The officials declined to say which manufacturer one company. turing process, which is common to all three exporters. they are going through – total devastation. sent the contaminated lactoferrin to China, where the “We’re still waiting for official results from all “We can see no mechanism where melamine can be “They are an amazing, beautiful family and the melamine was detected by in-market testing in the of the manufacturers of lactoferrin, so I can’t say introduced or produced during the process,” he said. dignity they are showing the police and the coopera- wake of the sale of poisoned milk as infant formula. which one is in and which one is out.” “Now, we’re looking back and saying ‘how can tion they are showing is just fantastic.” Only three New Zealand dairy companies produce Yesterday Mr Allen said the authority was consid- it come in or be introduced in the raw material’,” The family learnt of the tragedy when paramed- lactoferrin – a milk protein used in sports drinks, ering any role which might have been played in the he said. ics called them using the ICE (in case of emer- infant formulas and capsules sold as dietary sup- contamination by cyromazine, an insecticide which Dr Allen said the contamination was at low levels gency) system programmed into Mr Hemmings’ plements to boost people’s immune systems – and breaks down to melamine in mammals. which did not present any health risk for consumers. cellphone. Fonterra and Westland have both told NZPA their NZFSA has 24 livestock drenches and sprays He questioned whether the melamine would Within an hour family members arrived at Mills products were not involved. containing cyromazine listed among registered be detectable once it was diluted when used as an Lane where Mr Hemmings lay. The remaining company, Tatua, based at Tatuanui agricultural compounds on its website. ingredient in a finished product. They were kept away from the body but today near Morrinsville, is the world’s biggest manufacturer “The possible contribution of breakdown prod- In June, NZFSA published a list of contaminant they were allowed into the police tent which cov- of lactoferrin, and processes up to 14,000 tonnes of ucts from cyromazine is being included in the inves- levels it will allow in animal products, and specified ered Mr Hemmings’ body where it had lain for 20 raw milk to extract just one tonne of the protein. tigations that are underway.’ a maximum permissible level of cyromazine and hours. Tatua chairman Steve Allen referred media queries Dr Allen had earlier confirmed that NZ lactof- melamine as 0.3mg/kg in sheepmeats, and 0.15mg/ It was a poignant and heart-wrenching to the company’s’ chief executive, Paul McGilvary, but errin sent to China had been contaminated with kg in poultry and eggs. moment. Family members covered their eyes to hide their grief, hugged each other and cried. After a few min- Drunk woman caught driving kids to school – again utes they also helped pick up the grey body bag inside the tent, put it on a stretcher and wheel it Auckland, Sept 26 – A woman stopped twice She this time blew 695mg. and was able to collect her car when she was sober, to a hearse. within 24 hours for drink-driving while dropping She would appear in the Christchurch Traffic he said. Today a 45-year-old sickness beneficiary in a her children off at primary school, will be allowed to Court within the next few weeks, he said. Mr Murton said the woman had given no expla- white police boiler suit appeared in Auckland Dis- continue to drive until she appears in traffic court. In the meantime the woman was allowed to drive nation about why she was drunk at that time of trict Court charged with assaulting the woman. The 48-year-old was stopped at a compulsory her car “if sober”. the morning and why she drove her children to His name was suppressed and he was remanded breath testing site at 9am yesterday on Centaurus Mr Murton told NZPA police had to work within school. in custody to appear again on October 17. Road, Cashmere, in Christchurch, and was nearly guidelines and were not in a position to suspend her The woman was not aggressive and the children He was expected to face a murder charge at his three times the legal limit. licence or confiscate her car. were thankfully not harmed, he said. next appearance. The woman was dropping her primary school Even though the woman was more than three Mr Murton said the incident showed that com- He was arrested at 4.30am – 11 hours after Mr aged children off at school and blew 1199mg, Can- times the limit when stopped on the first occasion, pulsory breath testing should occur at all times of Hemmings died – when police raided a house in terbury road policing acting senior sergeant Greg it was her first drink-driving offence, he said. the day and night. Otahuhu, south Auckland. Murton said. “We have to take into account all types of things, “This is evidence of the dangers that drink-driving The weapon used to stab Mr Hemmings had yet The legal limit is 400mg. like the type of licence and whether it’s the first poses, not only to road users, but in this case to chil- to be found, Mr Whitley said. Today she was stopped at 8.45am, again as she offence.” dren, pedestrians and parents, even before school.” – NZPA dropped her children off at their primary school. The woman found an alternative way to get home – NZPA Back to the front page

Parliament comes to an end with small bangs and whimpers

Wellington, Sept 26 – The 48th Parliament has come to an end with a few small bangs and some whimpers as well. The adjournment motion debate today was the last chance for MPs to speak in this term and they will now head out on the campaign trail ahead of the November 8 election. It was also the last opportunity for MPs to drop any defamatory material under the cover of parlia- mentary privilege. This time there were no political“neutron bombs” though New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters continued to lob a few grenades at ACT’s use of trusts to funnel donations. There was much political rhetoric thrown around Mr Key said Prime Minister Helen Clark had led the House as both Labour and National predicted a“government of failure” and New Zealanders would each other’s demise during the election campaign. turn to his party to lead the way forward. Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen’s speech Mr Peters said National had done nothing in the THE ESSENCE OF DANISH DESIGN IS HIGH DANSKE MØBLER means QUALITY, TIMELESS ELEGANCE, SIMPLICITY, FUNCTIONALITY started off quietly, outlining the achievements of last three years waiting for the Government to col- AND BEAUTY. the Government and the heavy weather facing the lapse and it had not. SINCE 1958, THE DANISH HERITAGE OF DANSKE MØBLER HAS INSPIRED THE DESIGN DIRECTION OF DANSKE economy. He and New Zealand First had experience a DANISH FURNITURE means MØBLER’S FURNITURE. It was nine minutes before the heckling rose in “tumultuous” three months, battling “forces out THE ESSENCE LIVES ON IN THE EDEN OUTDOOR volume as Dr Cullen turned his tongue on National there working day and night”. COLLECTION, DESIGNED AND CRAFTED TO SUIT THE NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE AND LIFESTYLE. leader John Key saying Mr Key could not maintain Mr Peters said New Zealanders would flock to his A STUNNING COLLECTION OF IMPORTED OUTDOOR a position for two seconds. party as they knew the media were out to get him. DISTINCTIVE OUTDOOR DESIGN FURNITURE COMPLEMENTS THE NZ MADE EDEN RANGE. He predicted that Mr Key would trip up on In particular he predicted “tens of thousands” the campaign trail and expose National’s true of Maori had changed their minds and “would be PROUD TO BE SHOWROOMS www.danskemobler.co.nz agenda. coming home”.

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ZOO produces chick – 90th kea in national breeding programme

Wellington, Sept 26 – Hamilton Zoo has bred which were rejected – a move unlikely to be popular its first kea chick in 15 years, after being given per- with the public. mission to boost the numbers in captivity. The remaining egg hatched on September 15, and File photo. NZPA/Ross Setford Only 100 kea are kept in captivity throughout the the chick will take up to 13 weeks to leave the nest country in a managed breeding programme, and so won’t be on show to the public until around mid- when Hamilton was given the nod to put first-time December. Kea pairs bond for life and are the world’s parents, Tane (15) and Kowhai (9) to work, numbers only alpine parrot, with fewer than 5000 remaining in Harbourmaster defends jetboat rescue had fallen to 89. The pair laid three eggs. the wild in the South Island’s high country. “Four zoos have been asked to each breed a chick High country farmers used to carry cut-down Wellington, Sept 26 – Queenstown harbourmas- It took about 30 minutes for the helicopter to this year, if possible,” said Hamilton Zoo director shotguns to shoot kea they claimed were attacking ter Marty Black has defended the handling of the arrive, with Queenstown-based commercial divers Stephen Standley. lambs, but that practice was outlawed in 1986. rescue at a jetboat crash in which a Chinese tourist arriving after that. “We were very excited when the recommenda- Federated Farmers high country spokesman died after being trapped under the boat yesterday. “I know there is a timeline, but unfortunately tion to breed came through, and especially when Donald Aubrey told the NZ Herald that kea attacks The Kawarau Jet boat was carrying 22 passen- you have got to take your time and make sure you our birds were quick to respond and produced a were a known hazard for high-country farmers. gers, all from a China tour party, and the driver, when don’t put other people at risk and that was our main healthy chick. “They target the area around a sheep’s kidneys,” it flipped at 2.45 pm yesterday after apparently concern – not to put other people at risk and try to “We destroyed two eggs and replaced them with Mr Aubrey said. hitting a sandbar where Shotover and Kawarau do it as fast as possible, as safely as possible,” said dummy eggs.” “They do that by riding on the back of the sheep Rivers meet. Mr Black. The zoo did not wait to select the healthiest fledg- and pecking around the spinal region.” There was initial confusion about numbers on “At the confluence where the boat went over, the ling because that would mean killing the chicks – NZPA the boat, but when it became apparent a person was river was relatively swift, the boat was technically unaccounted for, helicopters were called to assist moving and you could not put anyone near that boat with aerial searches, while other jetboats scoured until it was secured or partly lifted by helicopter.” the river, a St John officer said. He said he was satisfied given the difficult cir- But it was about 90 minutes after the crash before cumstances that “we did everything possible.” the boat was lifted and the woman’s body was found, He said Kawarau Jet, New Zealand’s first commer- despite requests from her companions for earlier cial jetboat operation, was a responsible operator. action from rescuers. The company has suspended operations, with ( . # :  % 1 8 ' Mr Black, who headed the rescue, said it took director Andrew Brinsley describing the incident as some time but had to be done properly, otherwise the blackest in the company’s 47-year history. more lives would have been put at risk. Police, Maritime New Zealand and Traffic Acci- 6OJRVF
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Editorial Letters

-In defence of polygamy Having re-read your Investigate article on polygamy/poly- Bring back the death penalty amory, and in reply to your response to my letter to me subsequently (current issue, Investigate): There is a growing sense of utter frustration with of the culprit. Re-offending was unheard of, and In my youth I stumbled across a scuffle in cen- 1. You present a very one-sided view of polygamists/ the New Zealand justice system, and its capture by the threat of execution was a salutary reminder tral Wellington and leaped in to assist, only to find polyamorists as all requiring state-funded welfare. There is lobby groups with liberal agendas. of what lay in store if one spilt human blood in a myself staring down the blade of a 20 cm knife wav- no mention made of polygamists/polyamorists who support The senseless killing of Aucklander Austin Hem- criminal way. ing just in front of my nose, clutched by a man who themselves and are financially secure, contributing to society. mings is a poster-case for the return of the death What was wrong with capital punishment? had already stabbed two people. 2. You have not interviewed any local polygamists/poly- penalty. Arguments about getting the wrong person have I hadn’t known this when I tried to restrain him. amorists. Your story, by Melody Towns, is based on over- Since New Zealand abolished capital punishment some validity, but in this modern age we can reserve It didn’t put me off helping out, although it certainly seas cases. nearly fifty years ago, our crime rate has skyrock- capital punishment for those cases where the evi- caused me to focus – there was no way I was letting 3. To my knowledge, there are no calls whatsoever for eted. Sure, there are a number of factors, but equally dence is absolute. It would be necessary, I feel, to go of his knife wrist come hell or high water. polygamist/polyamorist families to be funded by the state we can’t ignore some fairly obvious ones. delineate between cold savagery and your common Anybody who is prepared to kill their fellow New here in NZ. (As opposed to “Working with Families”, which We’re too soft on crime. Full of white, western or garden homicide, to introduce ‘degrees of murder’ Zealanders in the course of committing a crime gives tax-rebates to other families.) liberal guilt, we wring our hands over the incar- for lack of a better description. doesn’t deserve our sympathy, in my view. So he 4. You present the statement, “marriage is between one ceration of a criminal. Our Labour-led politicians “Whodunnits” relying on screeds of circumstan- had a tough childhood? So have many other non- man and one woman...” That is not a view supported by shed political tears if prisoners aren’t treated in tial evidence and doubtful forensics would not criminals. So he has a drug habit? We don’t accept everyone in society. an utterly humane fashion, with all of their ‘rights’ attract execution, but scum like RSA killer Wil- alcoholism as a defence to drink driving. 5. You present the statement, “Do we betray the ideal now recognised. liam Bell would be a sitter for receiving the final Law and order is a real problem in New Zealand, by approving a form of union in which women are inevitably Liberal lawyers constantly remind us that a soci- whistle. and it won’t be solved by giving prisoners flat screen subservient?” This patronising statement seems to ignore the ety is judged on how it takes care of its prisoners, but Austin Hemmings’ only crime was to go to the aid TVs and Playstations. obvious; many women willingly engage in polygamist/poly- when was the last time you heard a journalist ask of a woman being attacked. His death should not put Execution may offend our liberal sensibilities, but amorist lifestyles. You also ignore those relationships where the bleedingly obvious question: Says who? any of us off, because we should still be prepared to it sends a message: crime has consequences. one woman has more than one male partner. Or where she I’m sorry. I’m sick of it. For thousands of years, help a fellow citizen. But it should serve as a warning has a male and a female partner. Or... (The permutations murder in most societies was met by swift dispatch to be more wary of potential weapons. SUBSCRIBE TO TGIF! are endless.) 6. You present the statement, “where children are Comment dragged into these adult fantasy lifestyles”. Without any research from your part, you make a blanket statement inferring that children in polygamist/polyamorist families Unpopular British prime minister are living in an inferior home? Yet, when we read the media stories, children are bashed, maimed, abused, and killed by either male-female couples; solo-parents; saves job with U.S. political tactic or by members of the Clergy who forego adult partners because “god told them to” – but find a spot of kiddie- fiddling quite ‘ok’. By Julie Sell And yet it’s polygamist/polyamorist families are detri- McClatchy Newspapers mental to children??? 7. You refer to “taxpayer subsidies” for polygamist/ LONDON – He is the son of a Scottish minister, a polyamorist families. serious man who is as dour as his predecessor Tony Under current law, if a couple are working; one Blair was gregarious. But only 15 months after tak- becomes suddenly unemployed; the fact that the other ing charge, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spouse is still in employment precludes the newly-unem- is fighting for his political life – with a chorus of ployed spouse from receiving an unemployment benefit. critics calling for him to resign. I assume that this would apply to polygamist/polyamorist Thanks in part to the growing international situations. financial crisis, and a well-photographed onstage Many In short, I found your article lacking in substance, poorly kiss from his wife, Sarah, at the Labour Party con- Labour researched, and with little value. It presented only one side ference this week – he pulled back from the brink of the situation; no local experiences; and was highly mor- of disaster, at least for the moment. insiders say alistic. The only thing missing was satanic-rituals, eating What made the Browns’ embrace in front of the the government babies, and conspiracies for Global Domination. party gathering so unusual in a country known for continues to It reminded me of the anti-homosexual hysteria during its repressed emotions was not only its originality the debate over the1986 Homosexual Law Reform Bill. – it was the first time a spouse had ever introduced founder under Highly moralistic critics of the Bill warned of an impending a British leader at a national conference – but also Brown, and some apocalypse; sex-in-the streets; and an end to society as we the plight of the kissee. As the Daily Mail said in know it. a headline, the popular Sarah Brown’s introduc- party officials Twenty-two years later, we are still here. (And no one tion before his speech to the conference on Tuesday have said they has offered to have sex-in-the-street with me.) “made Gordon at last seem normal.” Commentators Frank Macskasy Upper Hutt saw Sarah Brown’s appearance and kiss, which was will give him splashed in the press, as a campaign tactic borrowed only a few more Editor responds: from America’s political conventions. months, until Frank, you obviously aren’t frequenting the right streets! Brown, who previously had served for 10 years as There are a couple in Wellington that spring to mind Britain’s top financial official, was ironically also next summer at where, for a fee, such a service would be offered. helped by the financial crisis. During his time as most, to turn However, the bigger point is this: it is very easy and sim- chancellor of the exchequer in Blair’s government, around Labour’s plistic to trot out a series of seemingly innocuous scenarios London was transformed into a global financial cen- and to present them as analogous to the wider issue. On tre rivalling New York. Leading investment banks, fortunes the same grounds (consent), one could argue that a 13 hedge funds and private equity firms from around year old girl or boy capable of sexual activity is capable of the world were attracted by a system governed by making a judgement on whether they should have sex with what many call “light-touch regulation” – Brown resignation, and the prime minister flew to New York to extend the term during which police might hold an adult. Holland has pushed just this perverted line and it prefers the term “risk-based regulation” – that on Wednesday to belatedly join other world leaders suspected terrorist plotters without formal charges is now lawful for decrepit old paedophiles to groom 13 year involved fewer specific rules than financial firms at a big United Nations conference. to 42 days, far longer than is allowed in most devel- olds – even pre-adolescent ones – for sex. To add insult face in America. Critics say this makes him partly But with a general election required by law in oped countries. More recently, with a mortgage crisis to injury, the Dutch state has decreed that parents have no responsible for the risky behaviour of those firms, Britain before 2010, the question is how long the rippling across Britain and home prices falling, he right to interfere in such a relationship (the State and its laws saying he has had years to clamp down on them. reprieve will last. Many Labour insiders say the unveiled much-touted plans to help homebuyers being supreme to ‘outdated’ moral views) unless the child In his conference speech Wednesday, though, Brown government continues to founder under Brown, that fell flat with much of the public. was not a willing participant. said the current financial crisis required an experi- and some party officials have said they will give As Brown’s problems have mounted, Labour’s This is where unfettered sexual liberalism leads, Frank. enced pair of hands and collaboration with interna- him only a few more months, until next summer at popularity has fallen across the country. In recent Into insanity. And I think if we looked at what the commu- tional partners. “This is not a time for a novice,” said most, to turn around Labour’s fortunes. National months the ruling party has lost several important nity regarded as acceptable in 1986 and compared it to the prime minister. The swipe appeared aimed both at polls have consistently shown that the opposition elections to fill open parliamentary seats. what goes on these days, many would say there has been his Conservative opponent, David Cameron, but also Conservatives would soundly trounce Labour if a Speaking to his party this week, Brown empha- an increase in lewdness across the board. younger Labour officials such as the foreign secretary, general election were held now. sized the need for“fairness” in Britain. He proposed David Miliband, who are eyeing Brown’s job. Personality aside, unpopular policy positions free drugs for cancer patients, free nursery-school Letters to the editor can be posted to: Brown’s combination of unexpected passion and have contributed to Brown’s recent woes. These for young children, and a pledge to eventually elim- PO BOX 302188, Nort Harbour, North Shore 0751 or undoubted competence in financial matters appears included a proposal to revise tax policy in a way inate charges for drug purchases by people with emailed to: [email protected] to have fended off critics who sought his immediate that would hurt some of the poor, and his attempt long-term illnesses. THE BLOGS  26 September 2008 Best of the blogs

Democracy is dead: off the $40,000 debt Peters owed Clarkson. He has The liberal-left mediaocracy rule  to now declare this on his amended returns. By ‘Fairfacts Media’ This raises massive issues relating to the conduct of No Minister his portfolios. The whole idea of disclosure is that the Peter Hitchens at the (UK) Mail on Sunday has stirred transparency it brings to whether Government deci- a lively debate on the power of the media establishment. sions are affected by donations or gifts to an MP. Regardless of who his in control, its liberal-left So the Minister for Racing in 2006 had Donor A values help undermine those who oppose them. – almost certainly the Velas, pay a $40,000 debt on Witness the destruction of more conservative leaders his behalf. The Velas are multi-millionaires in the in Britain like Iain Duncan Smith, or David Davis. racing industry. And the Minister of Racing con- Thus, we see the rise of those who fit their values vinces the Government – against Treasury advice like Tony Blair and David Cameron. – to provide lots of money to the racing industry. Our political parties are corpses and democracy Does Helen Clark not think that this gift should as we used to know it is quite dead, Hitchens states have been disclosed as it strikes at the heart of deci- boldly. sion making in her Government? And no it is nothing Dr Richard North at EU Referendum notes that to do with NZ First – this is a personal gift to the every four years or so there is an electoral reshuffle Minister of Racing from persons massively affected but nothing really changes, the same lib-left poli- by the policies he is responsible for in his portfolio. cies stay, regardless of their continuing damage to Helen actually has three decisions to make. They health, education ,etc, etc. are: The Archbishop-Cranmer blog nods sadly in agreement. 1. Does she sack Peters as a Minister for breaking Indeed, the demonisation of Sarah Palin by the the Cabinet Manual and not disclosing a $100,000 liberal media seems to confirm this. The MSM prefers gift (let alone the multiple lies Peters has told) and adores Obama because he is what they seek. 2. Having the $100,000 gift declared, does she As for New Zealand, I guess much of the same allow Peters to keep it? Probably as it was paid can apply. Don Brash saved the National Party. He to Henry, not Peters – but here is the big problem doubled its support, making it the electable beast it for her. is today. But despite such achievements the media be used as an excuse to withhold information requested to make a donation.” 3. The $40,000 from the Velas (assuming it is was ever keen to stick the boot in, play up every by the Privileges Committee, particularly in circum- And their conclusion: them) has to now be filed on the Register by gaffe, and Orewa was branded as ‘racist’ or ‘hardline’ stances where this privilege does not apply.” “The majority of us find that Mr Peters had some Peters. Clark has to now decide whether she lets despite fitting in with the values of New Zealand. They make the point that they have required knowledge of the $100,000 donation. Further, we him keep the $40,000. They couldn’t wait to ask for his resignation on a high standard of proof for their findings, as the find that Mr Peters, having an understanding of Here is the Cabinet Manual quote from section the night of Election 2005. allegations are serious – beyond the normal balance the arrangement by which funds were raised by Mr 2.79: Similarly, when they can, the media tries to of probabilities. Henry, needed to make an honest attempt to file a cor- Ministers who accept gifts worth more than the present Roger Douglas as some old dinosaur, a They have determined that there was no debt rect return. For both these reasons, the majority of us prescribed value must not only disclose them to the relic of another age who will bring about whole- from Peters to Henry, so no adverse finding there. find that a contempt occurred.” Registrar of Pecuniary Interests of Members of Par- sale cruelty. But they have found the $100,000 constituted a gift The proposed penalty: liament, but also must relinquish them, unless they And so we get John Key and National as Labour- as it benefited Peters: “Making a false or misleading return is a serious obtain the express permission of the Prime Minister lite. The media give him an easier time as he fits in “We consider that the payment was of benefit to matter, akin to misleading the House. The majority of to retain them. with them more so than Brash. So whoever wins the Mr Peters. Mr Henry’s work on the election petition us therefore recommend that Mr Peters be censured for So it is clear Helen has to decide whether Peters election, be it National or Liarbour, the policy settings did not create a direct legal obligation for Mr Peters knowingly providing false or misleading information keeps the $40,000 gift (payment of a debt) from for New Zealand will be pretty much the same. to pay Mr Henry’s fees. However, Mr Henry told us on a return of pecuniary interests, and ordered to file, the Velas. We will have an ‘electoral reshuffle’ – new faces that Mr Peters “knows that he owes me in the moral within seven days of the House so ordering, amended Now how corrupt will she look, if she says it is , same policy.’What She said’ as the slogan goes. sense…”,18 and most clients would acknowledge such returns for the years ended 31 January 2006, 2007, okay for her Minister of Racing to take and keep National has abandonned its values, has gone ‘slip- a moral obligation to pay a barrister. and 2008 covering any gifts, debts, or payments in $40,000 from a family/company which has ben- pery’, so not to frighten the horses who have been “A third-party payment to a member’s barrister kind that he has not previously registered. We request efited hugely from the decisions of the Minister brainwashed by the mediocracy. benefits the member by discharging the moral (and that the registrar ensure that the amended returns are of Racing. He managed to force through millions Meanwhile, over in Australia, out goes the con- potential legal) obligation to make payment and also published, recording that they are made subject to an of dollars of funding of racing prizes, against the servative Brendon Nelson, for the centrist Malcolm by enabling the barrister to provide more assistance to order of the House.” advice of Treasury. Turnbull to lead the Liberals. A global warming the member in the future. Further, in these particular This could be interesting, as it means any other Clark has to make a decision on this. Peters has believing republican in tune with such mediacratic circumstances the payment contributed to funding an donation to Peters’ legal fees, in excess of $500, has to relinquish the gift unless she gives her express philosophies. The conservatives are sidelined in the election petition which, if it had been successful, would to be disclosed – if the House accepts the recom- permission he can keep it. Libs’ bid for support and electability. have been of political benefit to Mr Peters.” mendation. No wonder Winston wanted the SFO evidence That appears to be the line Peter Hitchens and They further note: Now on the part regarding who paid for the suppressed. It was bad enough that NZ First had others take. “It is clear that the intent of the donor in this case $40,000 to Clarkson. Brian Henry is saying that as benefited by huge donations from the Velas, but to It all sounds oddly and disturbingly convincing, was not to benefit the barrister. It was the member’s the cheque was from Wayne Peters’ trust account, have it revealed that Peters personally was gifted doesn’t it? legal expenses that were being contributed to, not the he saw this as a reimbursement by Winston person- $40,000 from them is hugely damaging. barrister’s wellbeing. Mr Henry’s actions on receipt ally. Hilarious. Now it is possible the donations were not from The Privileges Committee Report of Mr Glenn’s money were also unusual. Mr Henry Now onto the letter from the SFO. The Director the Velas but read the SFO letter and it looks highly By David Farrar wrote a “pro forma” invoice for GST and income tax makes it very clear he got advise on whether to likely. We should know more when Peters does his Kiwiblog purposes. We do not believe this is the normal response inform the Committee, and he has also bent over amended returns. The Privileges Committee report has now been of the recipient of a gift. For a GST invoice to have backwards to be fair to the donors who paid the And as you consider all this, consider what depths released and is online here. been written, there must have been a taxable supply $40,000 by redacting their names. He even asks the the ethical standards of the Clark Government have It is 280 pages long. of services by Mr Henry. The relevant services were Privileges Committee not to order him to supply descended to. Clark condones a Minister who: By a majority vote, they have recommended received by the member (or his solicitor, Mr Gates, on further information, even though he acknowledges 1. breaks the rules of the Register of Pecuniary Peters be censured by the House. I cannot recall his behalf). a request from the Privileges Committee over-rides Interests the last time an MP was censured. “Together, these elements show clearly that the pay- the secrecy provisions of the Serious Fraud Act. 2. breaks the rules of the Cabinet Manual The majority includes United Future’s Peter ment constituted a gift to Mr Peters.” The money laundering around the $40,000 is fas- 3. fails to disclose a $100,000 gift Dunne, the Greens’ Russel Norman and Te Ururoa On the issue of whether Peters knew: cinating. Brian Henry did pay the $40,000 but the 4. tells multiple lies about it Flavell from the Maori Party. This is every party “The majority of us believe it is extremely unlikely day before he sent Thompson Wilson (the law firm 5. gives false evidence to the Privileges Commit- on the Privileges Committee except members of that Mr Peters and Mr Glenn could have had a con- where two of the Spencer Trustees then worked) his tee Labour First. Note Peter Dunne is a Minister in versation on that date without the issue of a dona- bank account details. 6. benefits with $100,000 towards his legal fees the Government and the Greens have a co-opera- tion being raised, even if the original contact with Mr The Spencer Trust only has $15,400 being left over from a billionaire whom he then lobbies to be tion agreement with Labour and the Maori Party Glenn had been by Mr Henry, as claimed by Mr Peters donations from Donor A. Then Person B (not Winston made Consul to Monaco abstain on supply and confidence. and Mr Henry. The majority of us consider that the Peters we are told) lent the Trust $24,600 so they 7. has a $40,000 debt paid off by a company/fam- They note on the issue of Henry refusing to disclose sequence of telephone calls followed immediately by an could pay $40,000 to Brian Henry on 5 April. ily that benefits greatly from policy decisions he who suggested Henry approach Glenn for money: email containing bank account details indicates that Donor A (almost certainly the Velas) then donated makes as Minister of Racing “We have received advice that legal professional the topic must have arisen during one or both of those 4 cheques of $9,999 on the 7th of April 2006. Each 8. has filed false donation returns to the Electoral privilege relates to communications made for the pur- conversations. It would have assisted our considera- cheque was from a different subsidiary company. Commission pose of conveying legal advice and that it does not relate tion if Mr Peters or Mr Henry had been able to recall This allowed Person B’s loan to be repaid on 7 Any one of these should be enough for dismissal to the identity of a client, particularly when the issue more detail of their telephone conversation. Given the April. arguably. But Clark is keeping him on despite all does not relate to the communication of legal advice. evidence before us, the majority of us concluded that What this means is that Donor A (almost cer- of the above. Could standards possibly get any “We note that legal professional privilege should not Mr Peters had some knowledge of Mr Glenn’s intention tainly the Velas) personally donated $40,000 to pay lower? 26 September 2008 ANALYSIS  World financial crisis deepens

ominously from Scotland, where it is seen as clever despite a deep downturn in developed economies. English bankers taking advantage of temporary My view is that an outright contraction in global troubles to buy up Scottish assets cheap. GDP is entirely possible next year. Those temporary troubles took hold because of “The big surprise in store is what could happen a heavy amount of short selling of British bank in China. The potential for a deep recession in the stocks, and matters calmed when short selling was U.S. is already on the radar screen, but people will banned and shorts contracts had to be disclosed. be stunned if China’s economy contracts, as I believe The U.S. hedge fund of John Paulson, it emerged, it will.“Investors could be massively caught out. We had put close to $2 billion into a bet that British could see monthly trade surpluses in the U.S. within banks were heading down fast, shorting up to 1 a year,” he said. percent each of Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, This followed an ominous report from the China Barclays and HBOS. team of Fitch Ratings that China’s banks are in But maybe the short sellers knew what they were trouble, having used an underground market to side- doing. British and European banks, it now emerges, step state restrictions on lending and keep the loans tend to be far more heavily leveraged than their U.S. off their books. One such ploy, in which the banks counterparts. A recent Citigroup report reckoned act as loan-arranging brokers between clients, is that the average European bank’s tier-one capi- now valued at US$220 billion. tal represented only 3.1 percent of tangible assets, These types of credit and/or institutions fall out- about half the safety margin deemed essential in side the traditional structures of financial supervi- the United States. sion, exposing banks to a growing amount of risk “The dozen largest European banks have now, that is for the most part hidden. By getting a portion on average, an overall leverage ratio (sharehold- of their credit off books, Chinese banks are able to ers’ equity to total assets) of 35, which has actually comply with official loan quotas while in practice increased so far this year, compared with less than exceeding them, the Fitch team said. The Chinese 20 for the largest U.S. banks,” argues Daniel Gros, banking system is nearing the point at which it can who runs the leading Brussels think tank the Centre no longer sustain additional large net withdrawals for European Policy Studies. of liquidity without generating further strains on By Martin Walker ments. The first was that their plan was not imme- He estimated Deutsche Bank’s leverage ratio at banks’ ability to lend. diately hailed as the saviour of the U.S. economy, but 50, Barclays at about 60 and notes that while Fortis This is starting to sound apocalyptic. The Soc- ZURICH, Switzerland – Other countries that came in for considerable sniping in Congress and Bank’s leverage ratio is about 33, its obligations Gen strategist goes on to predict that the emerging have been raking in cash like China and the oil- from doubting commentators. It no longer looks amount to three times the GDP of Belgium, where market liquidity squeeze will intensify ferociously, exporting states have sovereign wealth funds. The like a done deal, and the markets have been sink- it is based. and assets linked to the region will become toxic United States instead has been forced to resort to ing again as a result, despite the awful warnings The largest European banks have become not waste. That includes previously resilient banks the opposite, a sovereign debt fund. that Paulson and Bernanke delivered to Congress only too big to fail, but also too big to be saved, he such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Banco That, at least, was how it looked when U.S. Treas- in their testimony Tuesday. concludes. Santander. ury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve The second unexpected event was the accumulat- One of those giant European banks, France’s Meanwhile, another warning came from a banking Chairman Ben Bernanke launched their $700 bil- ing evidence that while the United States is catching Societe Generale, is now warning that the financial forum in Beijing this week, where Tang Shuangn- lion plan over the weekend. Around the world, critics pneumonia, the rest of the world may be in even crisis is poised to get a great deal worse because of ing, chairman of China Everbright Bank, told the sneered at the humbling of America’s once-domi- worse shape. looming problems for emerging markets in general gathering, “Among all the financial crises, this may nant financial system. Start with Britain’s banks, where one key event and China in particular. be the one that affects China most.” “The American empire in the world is reaching of last week’s crisis was the government’s pressure “The collapse of emerging market economies will Whatever Congress finally agrees to do with the the end of its road,” crowed Iranian President Mah- on Lloyds Bank to rescue the sinking HBOS, which shake investors to the core. The great unwind has Paulson rescue plan, it looks as if this financial moud Ahmadinejad in his speech to the United had been formed from a merger of Royal Bank of only just begun,” said Albert Edwards, the bank’s crisis has a lot further to run and a lot further to Nations this week. Scotland and Halifax, Britain’s biggest mortgage global strategist. “The consensus has a touching spread. But then came two less-than-expected develop- lender. That rescue is now under heavy fire, most belief that emerging markets will prove resilient – UPI Fear of terror worsens attacks By Shaun Waterman undersecretary for preparedness until last year, Psychosomatic effects aside, isolate affected individuals and reassure questioned whether the average citizen would trust many experts believe the the public. WASHINGTON – The number of people suffering what the government tells them about the likelihood other effects of panic during a The department declined to comment, psychologically induced symptoms could far out- that they’ve been exposed or not been exposed to a chemical or biological attack but Foresman said he believed Homeland weigh the number of actual victims in a chemical, certain pathogen or a chemical. – the impact on transporta- Security and the federal biological or nuclear incident, according to a con- “The trust between the American people and tion systems and the nation’s government as a whole fidential US Department of Homeland Security those who are in positions of authority and respon- economy, for example – could had made progress on briefing document. sibility is not as strong as it needs to be,” he told far outweigh the direct effects on the communications and Mass psychogenic illness can spread rapidly United Press International. “People are cynical the victims and their commu- response issue, compared throughout a population, says the briefing, citing inci- about government communications especially about nity. with the way the anthrax dents in California in 2003 and Chechnya in 2005. terrorism.” There was a lack of truly attacks had been handled The briefing, prepared in 2006 but only leaked Foresman said public fears were likely to be strategic planning, said Harper. in the fall of 2001. last week, defines mass psychogenic illness as “a greatest when confronted with something where “What kind of communications will He said the response to phenomenon in which social trauma or anxiety you cannot see easily whether you’ve been affected reassure people that their society is not under Hurricane Ike had been a model of what he called combines with a suspicious event to produce psy- or not – for instance in the case of a release of a threat of destruction? joint information centres – where officials from chosomatic symptoms, such as nausea, difficulty biological agent. “It’s got to be more than just ‘run for the hills,’ different agencies could cooperate on developing breathing, and paralysis”. The antidote to that fear is guidance and infor- even if you’re saying ‘these are the specific hills you a common operation picture and sharing it with In October 2003, the briefing says, bank custom- mation, he said. should run for’,” he concluded. the public. ers and staff in California became ill, with symptoms “Government (communication) has got to be You have to give people a sense of control, said Because of that, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was able, including headache, fever, faintness, and numbness direct, it’s got to be quick and it’s got to be exact,” Paul Slovic of Decision Research, a risk-perception in one briefing, to cover the entire range of issues in extremities after a man sprayed an aerosol can Foresman said, adding that the officials (delivering specialist.“Either the sense that their government is they were dealing with, said Foresman, adding into the air – although subsequent investigation it) need to be credible, which would often mean in control, is handling it … and/or explicit informa- that a range of local officials had participated in determined that no chemical or biological agents local public health, emergency management or law tion (about the possible effects of any attack) which the briefings alongside Perry to address detailed were present. enforcement figures, rather than more senior elected will enable them to take control themselves.” questions. “Observed symptoms might have been psychoso- officials like a governor or a president. The leaked homeland security briefing recom- But the biggest improvement of the last six or matic,” the paper quotes investigators as concluding. He said this kind of crisis communication mends that the possibility of psych-somatic symp- seven years, said Foresman, was on the task of get- The document, posted last week by Wikileaks. required in-depth discussions with the local and toms be taken into account in incident planning ting the technical data and turning it into plain, org, highlights the fact that officials’ public state- national media about what you know and – to be and response scenarios. Officials should ensure they simple, understandable language. ments during chemical or biological events such as honest – what you don’t know. are communicating safety and security measures “The Department of Homeland Security as a a suspected terrorist attack can easily make matters Jim Harper, director of information policy stud- taken by the government and industry to defend whole and government as a whole is doing much worse – and that their ability to make them better ies for the libertarian Cato Institute, said the U.S. against attacks; educating the public on the nature better,” he concluded. is crucially reliant on a credibility with the public government had failed to do necessary strategic of biological and chemical attacks so they can accu- “Doing a better job with a smaller hurricane is that many fear is eroding. thinking about reassuring people in the event of rately identify symptoms; (and) ensuring a quick not good enough,” retorted Harper. George Foresman, the Homeland Security an incident. response to real or psychosomatic outbreaks to – UPI WORLD  26 September 2008 Trillion dollar bailout hangs in the balance China’s economy Washington – Just hours after Congress appeared fading fast on the verge of agreement on an emergency rescue plan for the US financial system, a historic White By V. Phani Kumar House meeting turned stormy and broke up this MarketWatch afternoon with no formal consensus on the contro- versial proposal. HONG KONG – Hopes of a US President George W Bush had called the rapid recovery in the health urgent meeting with legislators, Democratic presi- of the Chinese economy after dential candidate Barack Obama and legislative the Olympic Games are fad- leaders at the behest of Senator John McCain, the ing fast on weakening com- Republican presidential nominee. modity as well as property Participants afterward said that McCain said lit- prices, Citigroup said in a tle during the contentious meeting – and even may report released Thursday. have played a spoiler role. “All signs are pointing Bush called the meeting hoping to seal consensus towards an across-the-board on his US$700 billion dollar (NZ$1 trillion) rescue slowdown in the Chinese economy. The particular plan for a financial system in which credit has dried up worrying signs are rapid cuts in steel prices, surging amid the deepening crisis over bad mortgage debt. steel exports, deceleration in electricity consump- Tensions have escalated in Washington in the days tion growth and weakening coal prices,” Citigroup since Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Lan Xue wrote in the report. realized the economy was headed for serious trouble Lan said an unexpected reduction in steel prices – a“long and painful recession,” Bush said Thursday for November announced last week by Baoshan – without a quick fix of cash to buy up the bad Iron & Steel Co., China’s largest steelmaker, sug- mortgage debt and related securities. gested steel companies weren’t expecting any major By early this morning, it appeared Democrats rebound in economic activities. and Republicans had reached agreement on the Baoshan last week announced a reduction of 800 principles of the rescue plan that would include yuan (US$117) a tonne, or more than 10 percent over additions of bipartisan oversight, restrictions on Photo: Tom Williams October, in the prices of hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel executive salaries in firms benefiting from the deal coils for November, according to reports. and partial government ownership of the firms. “Another sign of weakening demand is the recent But House Republicans mounted a serious chal- surge in steel exporters which has been very evident” lenge to the agreement and even proposed an alter- The first Obama-McCain debate was slated for since the second quarter, Lan added. native solution by the time officials headed to the China’s economic indicators were expected to White House, several officials said. Saturday afternoon NZ time. McCain yesterday show an improvement after the Olympics, after Democratic Senator Chris Dodd suggested that called for a delay in light of the national financial industrial production weakened in the run up to McCain had ambushed the bipartisan agreement in the Games last month, partly because the govern- an effort to boost his profile on his weakest issue, the crisis and said he would not participate unless ment shut down several polluting factories in and economy, less than six weeks before the November Congress had reached agreement on the plan around Beijing. 4 elections. Dodd described the most contentious Official data released earlier this month showed moment at the White House as the point when that the growth in China’s industrial output slowed McCain appeared to be supporting a proposal from advocates of free markets. Democrats insist that a released a joint statement urging a speedy adoption to 12.8 percent in August from the same month a conservative House Republicans, who are wary of majority of Republicans in Congress get behind the of the rescue plan and agreeing on the conditions year ago, the weakest pace in six years. In July, Chi- what would be the largest intervention into the bill, seeking the political cover of a bipartisan plan suggested by Congress. na’s industrial production expanded 14.7 percent. capital markets in US history. amid an increasingly angry public reaction to the The first Obama-McCain debate was slated for Lan said“a significant deterioration in the prop- “I’m not sure what John McCain said at the meet- idea that tax dollars will bail out the Wall Street firms Saturday afternoon NZ time. McCain yesterday erty sector” was believed to be one of the key reasons ing,” said Dodd, who claimed that the Republican whose messy investments caused the current crisis. called for a delay in light of the national financial behind the weakness in domestic demand. candidate had not make clear any of his ideas. After the meeting, Obama said it appeared there crisis and said he would not participate unless Con- “We have seen quite widely spread month-on- Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who attended was a “rough consensus” on the plan, though details gress had reached agreement on the plan. month decline in sales volumes, which could hinder” the White House meeting, said that McCain said remained to be resolved. Negotiations are continuing. Obama plans to show up in Mississippi for the growth in property development in future, said Lan. “nothing of substance” at the meeting about the In a subtle jab at his opponent, the Democratic debate, calling it important for the candidates to “Along with its multiplier impact on the economy, 700-billion-dollar deal. nominee said he believed agreement had been “explain our vision of where the economy needs to it is very difficult to replace the damage from a Dodd charged that McCain’s sudden decision to reached “even before John McCain and I even go. ... One of us is going to be in charge of this mess slowing property sector.” suspend his campaign and rush to Washington in landed in Washington. Something happened in the in four months.” Other analysts echoed the views on the weaken- the middle of delicate negotiations “looked to me intervening hours.” “My sense is we can do more than one thing at ing outlook for the Chinese property market. like a rescue plan for John McCain” instead of a “One of the concerns that I’ve had over the last a time, and I think that’s what’s required of the DBS Vickers analyst Jasmine Lai wrote that rescue plan for the economy. several days is that when you start interjecting president of the United States,” Obama said. sharp price cuts by property developers and slug- The Democrats, who have held the majority in presidential politics into delicate negotiations, you McCain changed his message this afternoon, gish sales have“increased the risks for a hard-land- Congress for two years, are in the difficult posi- can create more problems rather than less,” he said saying he was “hopeful that we’ll get enough of an ing in the China property market.” tion of having to work with the deeply unpopular in a broadcast interview. agreement (Friday) that I’ll make this debate.” “About one-third of corporate loans are pledged Republican president to find a way to stave off full- “Both Senator McCain and myself need to be Asked if he could suffer for appearing to be by real estate. Any plunge in property prices may blown financial panic. very careful about how we inject ourselves into the grandstanding, McCain, told NBC News: “This is create uncertainties for the banking system. Hence, Republicans, especially in the House of Repre- process.” what I need to do for my country, and if that hurts the timing and aggressiveness of the introduction of sentatives, have raised the loudest condemnations After McCain on Thursday declared a unilateral me politically, well, I’ll gladly take the penalty.” government measures to revive the property market against plan, which is anathema for the centre-right suspension of his campaign, the two candidates – DPA is very important,” she added. Why a bailout? Here’s what could happen without one

By Martha Brannigan added bluntly that without a rescue plan, the country on normal operations face tougher hurdles. could go forward on steady footing and resume more faces a certain recession and rising unemployment. With mounting bank failures, banks have gotten normal lending. Without a government rescue of U.S. financial markets, For months, the credit markets that provide the increasingly fearful of even lending money to one “No one likes to see government money going to experts say some worst-case scenarios could ensue: lifeblood of the U.S. economic system have been another overnight – an essential element to provid- bail out other people, but we have no choice,” said Your employer won’t be able to make payroll bogged down, initially over fears and uncertainty ing the financial system with the liquidity needed Ken Thomas, a Miami banking consultant. “With because the company’s bank account has been about soured mortgage loans. to do business. Bear Stearns and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, frozen in a bank failure. Home mortgages are sliced into a variety of com- “Based on what Bernanke and Paulson say, there we were doing this piecemeal, and we realized the Your credit card will be rejected when you try plex packages that have made it difficult for inves- would be more bank failures and an exacerbation of piecemeal approach was not working.” to pay for groceries or fill your gas tank. tors to value then now that the real estate market the recent reluctance of banks to lend to one another As lawmakers hash out the details of the plan, Your bank may close. has turned down. Those doubts have dried up the and to their customers,” said Mark J. Flannery, a most experts say something has to be done – and “Continuing failures of financial institutions and market for trading these securities. finance professor at the University of Florida. quickly. frozen credit ‘threaten…families’ financial well- In turn, bankers, stung by bad loans, have tight- The hope of the Bush administration – and at “The financial markets and banking system are being, the viability of businesses both small and ened lending standards so that it’s now hard for the this point it is only a hope – is that the government based on confidence,” said Krishnan Dandapani, a large, and the very health of our economy,” Treas- average consumer to get a mortgage, a car loan, or stepping in as the buyer of last resort for the toxic Florida International University finance professor. ury Secretary Henry Paulson testified Wednesday a line of credit to carry out normal financial activi- mortgage securities will stabilize the market. “The failure of one institution could lead to a before the Senate. ties. Similarly, businesses that need to borrow cash Once the banks sell off the bad mortgage securi- chain reaction. It would be almost like the Great And Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to expand operations, buy new equipment or carry ties and find ways to rebuild their capital base, they Depression happening all over again.” 26 September 2008 WORLD 

Ireland joins NZ, officially in recession

LONDON – The Irish economy, plagued by a collaps- ing property market, became the first in the 15-nation euro zone to meet a widely accepted definition of recession, government data showed Thursday. U.S. troops clash with Pakistani The Central Statistics Office said gross domestic product saw a quarterly contraction of 0.5 percent in the second quarter, following a 0.3 percent drop forces near Afghan border in the first quarter, the Central Statistics Office said. A recession is informally defined as at least two By Jonathan S. Landay fire coming from the Pakistani checkpoint at the International Security Assistance Force).” consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP. helicopters. Our guys then fired suppressive rounds President Bush recently authorized stepped-up And economists say worse is still to come. WASHINGTON – Pakistani forces today fired at U.S. into the ground down the hill from the checkpoint,” cross-border U.S. missile strikes and at least one “All in all, it is clear that the Irish boom has well helicopters and traded shots with U.S. troops and said Adm. Gregory Smith, a spokesman for Tampa, commando raid. U.S. commanders have long com- and truly turned to bust. And with the (European Afghan police on the Afghan-Pakistan border in the Fla.-based U.S. Central Command. plained that Pakistan has failed to act decisively Central Bank) fretting about inflation concerns latest blow to cooperation between Washington and The Pakistani soldiers“turned their fire down the against extremist sanctuaries in the tribal area. elsewhere in the euro zone, there is little help on Islamabad, U.S. officials said. hillside at the U.S.-Afghan patrol,” said Smith. Pakistani civilian and military leaders, anxious the immediate horizon,” said Jonathan Loynes, chief Neither side reported casualties in the incident, The U.S.-Afghan patrol fired directly at the Paki- to tamp down widespread popular outrage over the European economist at Capital Economics. which occurred when the helicopters crossed into stani checkpoint, and the shooting lasted about five U.S. strikes and reports of civilian casualties, have Ireland’s economy had boomed as the property the Pakistani tribal agency of North Waziristan, minutes, he said. Smith said officers with U.S.-led been warning that their troops would use force to market surged. But prices began to tumble in early the Pakistan army said. NATO forces contacted Pakistani counterparts to defend the border. 2007, and the GDP data showed the bursting of a In New York, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zard- determine exactly what happened and work out “Just as we will not let Pakistan’s territory to be housing bubble was taking a significant toll. ari said that Pakistani soldiers only fired “flares” ways to avoid future clashes. used by terrorists for attacks against our people and The CSO data said real capital investment was to demarcate the mountainous border for the heli- “The good news here is that while there was some our neighbours, we cannot allow our territory and down 18.8 percent in the second quarter from a copter pilots. judgment error on the part of the Pakistani border our sovereignty to be violated by our friends,” Zard- year earlier, with significant falls in house build- “Sometimes the border in so mixed that they post to fire at our helicopters, no one was hurt,” said ari said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly. ing and in purchases of transport equipment and don’t realize they have crossed the border,” he told a senior U.S. defence official who asked not to be “Unilateral actions of great powers should not machinery. reporters as he sat down to talks with Secretary of further identified so he could speak freely. inflame the passions of allies,” he said. Industrial output, including construction, rose State Condoleezza Rice. Rice agreed that the border The Pakistani military gave a different version, say- Many experts inside and outside the Bush admin- by 1 percent from a year ago. But the construction “is very, very unclear.” ing in a statement that the helicopters“passed over our istration are concerned that the growing frictions sector itself fell by 12.2 percent, the CSO said. According to the U.S. military, Pakistani troops in border post and were well inside Pakistan territory.” are crippling cooperation between the United States Consumer spending fell 1.4 percent over the pre- a hillside border checkpoint fired at two U.S. OH-58 “Our own security forces fire anticipatory warning and Pakistan, supposed allies against terrorism. vious 12 months. Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters providing cover shots. On this, the helicopters returned fire and flew “This is really bad. This is not the way allies act,” Loynes said house prices, which are down around 14 for Afghan police and U.S. military trainers patrol- back,” the statement said.“The issue is being resolved said Seth Jones of the RAND Corp. “Both sides are percent from their peak, have much further to fall. ling inside the Tanai district of Khost Province. through existing coordination and communication clearly to blame, although to be honest, I don’t know “We previously estimated that they will fall by The Afghan police and U.S. soldiers “observed channel between Pakistan Army and ISAF (NATO’s that the U.S. had too many other options.” 20 percent, but that now looks too conservative,” he said.“We now predict that Irish house prices will fall by 30 percent from peak to trough, but even bigger falls are perfectly possible.” 500 year old treasure ship gives up its haul Not all economists view GDP as the best measure for the Irish economy, however, placing more empha- Oranjemund, Namibia – The archaeologists are were unable to exploit this find and everything is “These ingots still clearly show the trident that sis on gross national product due to the country’s into raptures about the close to 500-year-old ship- still in its place”. was the seal of the merchant house Jacob Fugger, large foreign-owned sector. wreck currently being removed from the seabed off Webber Ndoro from the African World Heritage the main suppliers of the Portuguese crown at the Still, GNP saw a quarterly fall of 3.1 percent in Namibia’s southern coast. Fund says the shipwreck not only gives an insight time,” Alves explains. the second quarter after a 0.8 percent rise in the “This is a world heritage that needs to be care- into life aboard a vessel of its kind in the 1600s, but it “And then the gold coins that show a very spe- first quarter. fully preserved,” says Bruno Werz, the archaeologist also allows for conclusions about trade at the time. cific embossing that shows they were minted after “The question of whether Ireland was in reces- leading the excavation. His colleague, Francisco “This ship really allows for a neutral insight into October 1525 and were of such high quality that sion or not in (the second quarter) is nitpicking and Alves agrees, saying the find provides a window into the world 500 years ago,” he said. “Until now, the everyone wanted them,” he adds. almost inconsequential because we are there now” bygone times of seafarers and discoverers. history of the time was written by the Portuguese The 60 elephant tusks from the ship appear to in the third quarter, said Rossa White, economist at Their work is concentrated around the wreck themselves.” indicate that the vessel was destined for India, Davy Research in Dublin. of a Portuguese merchant ship discovered along a Archaeologists and experts from Namibia, South because Indian carvers apparently preferred the The domestically owned economy, meanwhile, restricted area seven metres below sea level on the Africa, Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom, the United harder African ivory. is performing much worse than the multinational treacherous Atlantic coast about 160 kilometres States and Portugal are working round the clock Ndoro says the ship showed that“globalization is sector, White said. south of Luederitz. to retrieve the remains of the ship by October 10, not a modern day phenomenon, even in those days “Looking more broadly at employment, produc- The ship had been carrying a treasure of gold because the costs of sea-walling the site situated people traded between the continents of Europe, tion, output and household incomes, the economy coins from the 16th century, copper ingots and silver in a so-called mini-mine run into thousands of dol- Africa and Asia.” is clearly sliding,” White said. “But the worst of the coins, canons, swords and ivory, as well as pewter lars daily. He is convinced that more finds of this nature impact from the decline in house completions” has tableware, ceramic carafes and rare navigational Namibia’s state diamond mining company, Nam- could me made along the Namibian Coast. “It yet to be felt and will be seen in the second-half of instruments. deb, has lent its expertise to the operation. “They hasn’t been called the Skeleton Coast for nothing this year and the first half of 2009. The vessel – a Nau – was discovered during the know how to find diamonds in the desert and thus and Namibia should begin training its own archae- Declining business-confidence indicators across the sea-walling of a dredge mine in the area of the coun- they also know how to spot coins and other small ologists to prepare for what it could find in future”, euro zone have heightened fears that the 15-nation try classed as a “Sperrgebiet” or no-go zone. objects,” Namdeb archaeologist Dieter Noli told he said. region could also slide into recession after posting a “This treasure is so extraordinary, because we Deutsche Presse Agentur. The treasures found belong to the Namibian gov- 0.2 percent contraction in second-quarter GDP. really have found an extremely well-preserved part So far thousands of gold and silver coins have ernment, which is funding the excavation. But the Frankfurt-based ECB is still widely of history,” says Werz. been found and are being kept under lock and key But some artifacts are to be taken elsewhere for expected to leave interest rates on hold in the com- “We are very lucky, because it was lying beneath at the Bank of Namibia in the capital Windhoek. research and preservation purposes, an exercise that ing months as it deals with annual inflation rates the sea in the high-security diamond mining area, Tonnes of copper and tin are safely stored in sheds could take up to 30 years to complete. well above its target just below 2 percent. which means that treasure seekers and hobby divers on Namdeb premises. – DPA – MarketWatch.com Inc. WORLD 10 26 September 2008 Syria sprung over secret nuke facility Vienna – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) refused today to yield to the demand of the United States and other coun- tries to speed up the probe of an Syrian alleged secret nuclear reactor that Israel bombed in 2006. In response to a US request for a full report on Syria by November, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei told the agency’s board that “we will pro- vide a report as and when we have enough facts”. The timing of the report “will not be based on politics”, but on the inspector’s assessment, ElBa- radei said. He also mentioned that investigations had been slowed down by the assassination of a Syrian intermediary. In April, the US provided the IAEA with pho- tographs and other evidence indicating Syria had Pirates hit paydirt nearly completed an undisclosed reactor in the desert before Israeli warplanes bombed the site. off Kenyan coast IAEA inspectors visited the al-Kibar site in June. According to ElBaradei, they have not found any Kiev – Pirates operating near the shores of Kenya evidence of nuclear materials at the site so far. The grabbed a Ukrainian cargo ship possibly loaded location was razed and a new structure was erected with military munitions and even tanks, the Inter- after the air attack. fax news agency reported this morning. Officials close to the IAEA said that samples Three motor boats loaded with armed men inter- were also still being analyzed for graphite, a material cepted the Ukrainian bulk carrier Faini in inter- used in nuclear reactors. national waters off Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, Without mentioning Israel or the US, ElBaradei Ukrainian Foreign Ministry officials said. criticized both countries for not having shared their sus- The Belize-flagged vessel was carrying an author- picions before the “gratuitous use of force” in Syria. ized Ukrainian government arms shipment to “Once the evidence has been eliminated, it The Director General was referring to General Kibar was a conventional military installation. Kenya including 30 type T-72 tanks, an additional becomes quite difficult for us to establish the facts,” Mohamed Suleiman, a security adviser to Syrian The diplomat added that US efforts to prevent number of armoured personnel carriers, and muni- the Director General said. “The corpse is gone.” president Bashar al-Assad, who was shot by a sniper a discussion among IAEA members about Isra- tions, according to Ukraine media reports. At the board meeting that ended Thursday on August 2, a senior diplomat said. el’s nuclear weapons capabilities amounted to a Ukrainian diplomats confirmed that the vessel evening, IAEA members including the United Syrian Ambassador Mohammad Badi Khattab “double standard.” with 21 crew members aboard – 17 Ukrainians, 3 States and European Union countries criticized told Deutsche Presse Agentur his authorities were According to Western diplomats, several agency Russians, and one Latvian – had been captured by Syria for not allowing more visits that the nuclear not blocking inspections but had agreed with the members were disappointed that IAEA Director the buccaneers but declined to provided details on inspectors have asked for. nuclear agency to wait for final results of a first visit General Mohammed ElBaradei provided them with the ship’s cargo. “Syria’s failure to cooperate with inspectors in a IAEA visit to the site in June before considering only a very brief oral report this week. The captain contacted the ship’s owner by tel- full and timely manner is a matter of serious con- “further developments”. One official close to the IAEA said that rather ephone and reported that armed men were boarding, cern,” US Ambassador Gregory Schulte said. “It’s the International Atomic Energy Agency, than highlighting the Syria issue, it was the organi- shortly before losing communications. ElBaradei told the 35 members on the IAEA not the American Atomic Energy Agency”, Khattab zation’s goal to“keep lines of communication clear” Ukrainian government and commercial repre- board that “the reason that Syria has been late in said in reaction to the call on the IAEA to issue a with Syria, because inspectors wanted to make fur- sentatives were attempting to re-establish contact. providing additional information [is] that our inter- full report on Syria by November. ther visits to additional sites. The pirates’ demands, if any, were not reported. locutor has been assassinated in Syria”. Khattab reiterated his country’s claim that al- – DPA – DPA

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NZPA / Nigel Marple By Mark Geenty of NZPA the same goes for Manly legend Steve Menzies. “That’s a big job to stop those two guys. They’re Sydney, Sept 26 – Both sides are coming off big the guys that really lead from the front, they’re the wins but Manly’s brains trust are predicting a low- motivation and all the younger guys are jumping scoring, defensive slugfest against the New Zealand on their backs.” Warriors in tomorrow’s National Rugby League Orford labelled it his side’s toughest challenge (NRL) grand final qualifier. all year. Confidence isn’t an issue for either side, largely Canny Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler, a premiership injury-free and in form at the most important stage winner as a player with Manly in 1987 and 1996 and of the season as they eye either Melbourne or Cro- a beaten grand finalist as coach against Melbourne a nulla in next Sunday’s grand final. year ago, struggled to see a score blowout. Manly are warm favourites with Australian Last time the sides met in Sydney, Manly smashed bookmakers, with a single $A250,000 bet at odds of a defensively inept Warriors 52-6 at Brookvale Oval $A1.42 with TAB Sportsbet on Tuesday which fur- in March. ther shortened the Sea Eagles into Hasler wouldn’t hear of that $1.36 while the Warriors drifted Orford result having any relevance here to $A3. and acknowledged two key factors, Dally M medal winner and said the self-belief and momentum, were Manly halfback Matt Orford, Warriors’ spurring the Warriors. whose side had last weekend off “There’s plenty to admire after a 38-6 dispatch of the Drag- talismen in about their efforts so far. They’ve ons, was tipping a heart-stopper jerseys eight got good momentum and play at the Sydney Football Stadium and 10, Steve with plenty of energy mixed with as the Warriors breezed into town emotion. last night. Price and Ruben “They’re playing good football “We’re wary because they’re Wiki, had the and they’re an experienced side, a in great form. They just blew the lot of players who’ve played a lot Roosters off the park (30-13 last biggest targets of rep footy. Friday), they were too big and too on their heads “It’s very, very even ground strong and played a disciplined for the Sea come Saturday night. These game of football,” Orford said. games are 50-50, always have “But I just know that if we can Eagles’ pack been.” repeat that performance against The Sea Eagles were keeping the Dragons we’re going to give ourselves every it low-key as they shortened into NRL favouritism chance. with some bookies, holding just one media session “The plan is, a real disciplined type of football and a on Wednesday before locking the gates to their grinding game. I’m sure it’s going to be very close and training ground at Narrabeen. I dare say there won’t be too many points scored.” Key centre Steven Bell (calf) remained an injury Orford said the Warriors’ talismen in jerseys eight doubt for the Eagles. and 10, Steve Price and Ruben Wiki, had the biggest The Warriors were due to train in central Sydney targets on their heads for the Sea Eagles’ pack. It and face the media this afternoon to put the finish- could potentially be Wiki’s last NRL game, although ing touches on a trouble-free preparation.

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Singapore – With Singapore’s Formula One cir- The International Automobile Federation cuit given the final thumbs-up, drivers readied for (FIA), the sport’s governing body, gave the track crucial practice runs to attune themselves to the the green light Thursday and the final go-ahead 5,067-kilometre narrow street race under lights. for the event. The 20 drivers have practice sessions early tomor- Hamilton is leading the drivers’ standings by a row morning NZ time. point over Ferrari’s Felipe Massa with four races Campbell in red figures again “Practice will be as important as ever,” said world to go after Singapore. His appeal against a penalty championship leader Lewis Hamilton of the first received after cutting a corner at the Belgian Grand Sutton Coldfield, England, Sept 25 – Michael past four appearances. Grand Prix at night. Prix was rejected Tuesday by an FIA court. Campbell’s late season resurgence continued with Campbell was naturally happy with his consist- The drivers so far have only been able to test the Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali the New Zealand golfer posting a three-under-par ency, despite a double bogey at the ninth.. Marina Bay circuit on simulators. The actual prac- brushed aside speculation that Singapore could be 69 at the British Masters today. “I played nicely for 17 holes and there was just tice would supply data on tyre wear, grip levels and pivotal in the race for the driver’s title. Campbell recorded five birdies on The Belfry the one mistake and that’s when I found the water time lost at the pit lanes, observers said. “The Singapore race is very important because we course to end the first round of the Stg1.8 million to the right of the ninth. If it rains on race day Sunday, visibility and tyre only have four races to go,” he said, “but I’m expect- ($NZ4.93 million) event eighth equal, two shots “But overall I am happy and it was a good day’s performance would change, providing additional ing that this year, the championship will finish once behind the leading pair, Australian Marcus Fraser work,” said Campbell, who revealed he will end his challenges. again at the last race,” which is in Brazil. and Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg. 2008 European Tour campaign at next week’s Alfred The anti-clockwise track layout weaving around The lighting system consists of 108,423 metres of Five players, including Campbell’s playing partner Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Singapore’s landmarks has 23 turns. power cables, 240 steel pylons and 1,500 projectors, Lee Westwood, are next best after rounds of 68. Fellow New Zealander Gareth Paddison is “We’re all very excited to get out on the circuit creating light that is four times brighter than that It marked a continuation of Campbell’s recent already staring at the weekend off after carding a for the first time and experience what it is like,” used at sports stadiums. fine form. He has made the cut in his last six tour- disappointing 77. Hamilton said. – DPA naments and registered three top-10 results in his – NZPA SPORT 12 26 September 2008

Phoenix’s Tony Lochhead, left and Marriners Adrian Caceres leap over the Phoenix goalie Glen Moss as he makes a save in the A-League football match, Westpac Sta- Seven confirm dium. NZPA / Ross Setford entries for LV Fans in a fever over Phoenix’s lacklustre season Pacific series Wellington, Sept 26 – The Louis Vuitton Pacific By Peter Martinez of NZPA stretched 15 pages in length. trying to subdue the likes of John Aloisi, Steve Cor- regatta off Auckland has attracted seven confirmed It followed their eighth match without a win, ica and Mark Bridge, while goalkeeper Glen Moss entries, just a week after the announcement of the Wellington, Sept 26 – For many Phoenix fans, stretching back to last season. will need to be alert for Brendan Santalab, who event. Sunday’s home A-League soccer showdown with Said one poster:“Last week was apparently a line scored with a stunning 30m thunderbolt in the 3-0 Organisers said today that with 23 expressions of high-flying Sydney FC could well prove another in the sand. Well, guess what? The tide just came in win over Adelaide last week. interest received so far, the remaining eight berths frustrating test of their patience. and we’re back to square one.” The return of speedy All Whites winger Leo Ber- could be expected to be snapped up. After an unsettled week in the aftermath of sink- With striker Shane Smeltz suffering a goal tos from a groin injury which has sidelined him for Among the confirmed entries are five former cup ing to the bottom of the standings through a depress- drought by his high standards, the majority in the weeks could provide the spark the Phoenix need. competitors – Team New Zealand, Oracle Racing ing 0-1 loss to Perth, the Ricki Herbert-coached side thread wonder if Herbert has got his starting line- And Herbert’s recall of veteran striker Vaughan (US), K-Challenge (France), Mascalzone Latino conducted some soul searching with team owner up, tactics and game substitutions right. Coveny to potentially partner Smeltz points to an (Italy), and Shosholoza (South Africa). Terry Serepisos and among themselves. They may just be wondering a bit longer. attacking mindset on Sunday. An Italian and one other team have also entered, The answer, according to skipper Andrew Durante, The question is, what should the Phoenix do? However, it has been the midfield mix that has but will announce their participation later. was for the players to work harder and to overcome a With 16 matches left, do they go for the draw to proved to be the weak point in the Phoenix. The regatta will be held in Auckland from Janu- lack of self-confidence that had contributed to their earn respect or for a win to keep their season alive? There is only one genuine playmaker there in ary 31 to February 14 next year. record of two draws and three losses after five rounds. On paper, they should pose little threat to Daniel and variations from among Michael Fer- Three races are planned each day on a 3.2km Having seen their side score just three goals unbeaten Sydney who have three wins and two rante, Richard Johnson, Troy Hearfield, Leilei Gao windward-leeward course laid on Waitemata Har- while conceding nine, the Phoenix’s “Yellow Fever” draws for 11 points. and Adam Kwasnik have so far failed to gel and bour between Rangitoto Island and the city. fans vented their feelings in a website forum that Wellington’s back four will have their hands full impose themselves on their opposition. – NZPA nzru sticks with shield status quo Keenan to Wellington, Sept 26 – Proposed changes on succeed dumped a perceived need to spice up the Ranfurly Shield have been canned. Willering New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew said today the decision was made after Wellington, Sept 26 – Te Aroha Keenan has feedback from provincial unions clearly stated no been promoted to coach the Northern Mystics in changes were desired. the trans-Tasman netball league. “Based on various discussions regarding the Ran- Her appointment was confirmed today by the furly Shield, we had been encouraged to explore Auckland-based franchise. with provincial unions how we might look at raising Keenan assisted previous coach Yvonne Willer- the visibility of the Ranfurly Shield. ing, who was last month dumped one year into her “Having listened to the feedback, there is clear view three-year contract. that we should leave the rules regarding challenges in Wellington’s A former Silver Fern, she has previously coached Jeremy Thrush the Air New Zealand Cup as they are,” Tew said. shows off the New Zealand under-21, the Cook Islands and the However, the NZRU will recommend a change to Ranfurly Shield Auckland Diamonds. the shield regulations to provide that the winners on the arrival at The Mystics finished eighth among 10 teams of the previous year’s Meads Cups be automatically the airport after in the inaugural trans-Tasman competition this defeating Auck- granted a shield challenge in the following year as land 27-0 in the year. one of the two mandatory challenges. Air New Zealand “I’m really excited about the role. It’s going to The second mandatory challenge from a Heart- Cup rugby match. be a big challenge but I am confident I can get the land championship provincial union would be at NZPA / most out of this team in 2009,” Keenan said. Ross Setford the discretion of the holders. Keenan said she wanted to make winning the This change will be recommended at the next ANZ Championship title a priority, but her initial NZRU annual or special general meeting. Currently, the shield holder at the end of each The shield-holder is never forced to defend it in an goals were to get working with the team and the Among the proposed changes in the NZRU’s season is required to accept at least seven challenges away match, although they may choose to, as Auck- support network around it. competition review conducted recently was for for the following year. land did many times during their record tenure as “For me the first thing is to get to know the ins the shield to be at stake home and away after four All home games during league play, but not dur- shield holders between 1985 and 1993. and outs of the team and get the support team successful defences. ing knockout playoffs, in the Air NZ Cup or Heart- Auckland played both their mandatory defences together to form a cohesive unit with a view to Other options were to have one or two away chal- land championship are automatic challenges. against Heartland teams in 2008 on the road. winning games.” lenges in the regular season and the two pre-season The remaining shield defences must be made up Wellington are the current holders, having lifted Mystics officials said it was likely two assistant challenges to be automatically allocated to the hold- of challenges from unions in the other domestic it off Auckland with a 27-0 win last Saturday. coaches would be appointed to help Keenan. ers of the Meads and Lochore Cups. competition. – NZPA – NZPA 26 September 2008 WEEKEND 13

TV & Film

entertainment NEWS Survey: Wives rule the TV remote PHILADELPHIA, (UPI) – In 43 percent of all mixed gender couples women make decisions in more areas than men, including who controls the TV remote, a U.S. survey indicates. The Pew Research Centre survey says men make more of the decisions in 26 percent of couples, while 31 percent split decision-making respon- sibilities equally. Forty-five percent of women say they manage the money in the household and 23 percent say their partner does. Men see things differently – 37 percent say they manage the money, while 30 percent report that their partner mostly handles the household finances. For many couples, neither partner has the final word on shared weekend plans. But 46 percent jointly make decisions about buying major items for the home. Twenty-six percent of women say they are about as likely to decide what to watch on television as 28 percent of their spouses. Men are slightly more likely to say their spouse decides – 30 percent – than say they control the remote – 24 percent. A total of 2,250 adults were interviewed by telephone, including 1,260 who were married or living with a partner. The subsample of those who were in couples is plus/minus 3 percentage points, while the margin of error for the overall sample is plus/minus 2.3 percentage points. Earth-bound Hollywood returns to the centre of the Earth with a new dimension

We might be digging for an analogy here, but com- (It also inspired the Henry Levin movie of 1959, the image, increase the black to imply depth, soften pare the Earth to a golf ball (and the Big Bang as whose visual-effects people are forever in debt to the focus and put it behind other things. That’s the tee time!): Both have a dense inner core, a lighter the inventor of papier mâche.) basic recipe.” but rigid middle interior, and a relatively wafer-thin 3-D has its critics: Brevig admitted he wanted to But in stereo – everything is shot twice, and the surface. Our planet may not be white and dimpled, make something that “wouldn’t hurt the eyes.” images“married” – two eyes are working and forced but it certainly flies through space. “3-D opens up a wonderful tool set for the director perspective doesn’t cut it. “You can put the moun- What we’re pretty sure it doesn’t have inside are and shuts a lot (of doors) for the visual-effects people,” tain behind the person in the foreground, but it vast oceans, bejewelled caverns and prehistoric Brevig said. “Because a lot of what visual effects are will be on the same visual plane as the character,” animal life. about is tricking the audience, and you can’t trick the Townsend said. “So you need to really construct “Whattya mean?” joked Eric Brevig, director of audience if they can see it with both eyes. There are something larger and put it 1,000 feet behind your the action-adventure extravaganza Journey to the a lot of shortcuts you have to rethink.” character. It makes the work a lot harder.” This journey’s Centre of the Earth (opening this weekend) in which Effects vet Christopher Townsend (Star Wars,A. Still, Townsend thinks it’s the way to go, regardless the phantasmagoria of the 1864 Jules Verne novel I.,Pirates of the Caribbean), who led Brevig’s visual of content. “Someone was saying, ‘Well, you wouldn’t been taken before are recreated, and a plausible human drama is sand- tech team, said it was difficult bringing the experi- do a little romantic comedy in stereo,’ and I said, ‘No, I wiched in between the 3-D pyrotechnics. ence of a“mono” world to make a film in “stereo.” (“In think you do.’ You do My Dinner With Andre in stereo, Brendan Fraser may be a bona fide movie star, but can he possibly “My idea was taking the classic novel and making visual effects,” said Brevig, “3-D refers to computer you do Before Sunrise, two people sitting in a cafe compare to Pat Boone? When the ‘50s pop idol (now a column- it accessible for a modern audience,” he said.“It was a graphics that can move around and have shape, so talking. People will say, ‘That doesn’t make sense,’ but ist for WorldNetDaily) stepped into the role of Alec McEwen for challenge – there were scripts around that were period we used ‘stereo’ – and then it’s the sound people who if you imagine it as a stereo film, you’d be the third 1959’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, he was coming off scripts, but my idea was to take the fun of the movie, get all confused.”) In 2-D cinema, Townsend said, person at the table. It wouldn’t have to be an eye-pop- several years of singing top-charting hits and making Little Richard which is that there’s stuff down there that people don’t building a mountain involves certain conventions: ping thing. But you’d be more immersed in it.” songs (like “Tutti-Frutti”) safe for white America. His performance? know about, and make the characters emotionally “You make it small, you decrease the contrast on – By John Anderson Let’s say it ranks up there with fellow rockers Ricky Nelson in Rio interesting. ... And they’re not just uninteresting Bravo and Fabian in Five Weeks in a Balloon. humans in a movie about visual effects.” The crowning performance in Henry Levin’s version of the Brevig knew he had an edge with Brendan Fraser Make-believe is the real thing for Journey star Brendan Fraser Jules Verne classic is by James Mason, who is so hammy in the lead (“He was my first choice ... “I thought, ‘If I If anybody knows the secret to how one acts when starring in big-screen, big-effects summer movie spectacles, it’s Brendan Fraser. The guy’s you could smell it from sea level. As Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook, can get this guy, half my work is done”). Fraser plays done two Mummy movies, with a third in theatres now. And he’s in Journey to the Centre of the Earth, a 3-D action epic, opening today. knighted geologist from the University of Edinburgh, it is Mason Trevor Anderson, a forward-thinking seismologist “I have to believe what I’m playing against is real,” says Fraser, who faces a T-Rex and gigantic Venus flytraps in Journey. “If I don’t, the who leads Alec, strapping Icelander Hans Belker (Peter Ronson); whose brother disappeared some years before. When audience will sense that, and the movie won’t work.” Hans’ duck, Gertrude; the evil Count Saknussem (Thayer David), Trevor’s nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) comes to So the director, Eric Brevig, has to be the one who gives Fraser’s trade secret away. and the recently widowed Carla Goetaborg (Arlene Dahl) into a visit, he arrives with a box of his father’s “He’ll slug down a couple of Red Bulls, one right after the other, before a big scene,” Brevig says, laughing. “That’s subterranean lair of giant lizards and secret oceans. Carla’s late papers. Inside is a copy of the Jules Verne technique!” husband did the research Lindenbrook uses to make his trip. Bad book, with notes indicating the existence of Fraser, 39, has done his share of edgy, indie fare, turning in winning performances in films from Gods & Monsters to The guys are in hot pursuit. a portal to inner Earth. The next thing you Quiet American and Crash. But his forte is lighter fare, and his niche seems to be big, family-oriented action-adventures. He The ‘59 Journey got three Oscar nominations, and while the know, Trevor and Sean are off to Iceland, loves the idea of making movies his kids (he has three) would love. special effects pale in comparison to the 3-D pyrotechnics of the where they pick up a beautiful guide (Anita “You do something like this and you watch a kid of 8 sit through it and you know what unbridled glee looks like,” Fraser says. new film, they aren’t bad, considering their time. The older ver- Briem). The trio vanishes into the ground. And if family film is his niche, his MO as an actor doesn’t hurt. He’s a nice guy. Everybody says so. “Approachable” reads sion was also fairly faithful to the Verne book (except for the bad It was Fraser’s idea, Brevig said, to change his bio on the Internet Movie Database. Funny, too, a bit of a goof. He won the job in the break-out hit George of the Jungle guys, and the fact that the novel began in Germany rather than the Trevor-Sean relationship from father-son by working out for months, then tearing off his shirt in the audition. He tries his hand at a James Mason impression when Scotland). The new film uses the novel itself as a plot device; the to uncle-nephew, which gives them a common recalling the 1959 big screen version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. male principals (Fraser and young Josh Hutcherson) are Americans concern – the missing brother/father – and “Brendan’s just an incredibly likable human being,” offers his Air I Breathe screenwriter, Bob DeRosa. “Very charming and funny.” who team up with an Icelandic guide (Anita Briem) to follow a the movie more of an emotional hook. But there’s no “He’s fun to watch as a guy who can’t seem to do anything right,” says Brevig. “Vernian” route below ground. There are plenty of other updates getting around it: At the heart and soul of“Journey And “his ‘big dumb guy/Dad’ persona can carry a film,” adds the movie biz website Fantasymoguls.com. as well – Googling at 30,000 feet during the flight to Iceland, for to the Centre of the Earth” is a whole host of visual Which is why you can look forward to seeing him in “three gorgeous dimensions” in Journey to the Centre of the Earth, in August in The instance, or our intrepid explorers trying to use a cell phone miles effects and the attraction of 3-D. What Verne wrote Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and early next year in the fantasy Inkheart, based on the Cornelia Funke novel, playing, yup, “a dad, below the Earth’s crust. Things, we can be sure, that Pat Boone about – in a book that was geologically clueless com- who, little does his daughter realize, when he reads aloud can make things in the books become real.” never dreamed about. ing from a 19th century author who predicted space – By Roger Moore See the movie trailer travel – is custom-made for filmmaking technocrats. REVIEWS 14 26 September 2008

Music

But this was no Brady Bunch. According to world-famous soul singer then. He was a completely Quincy and Lloyd, Elvera outrageously favoured unknown, blind, 16-year-old musician from Florida her own children, even calling Quincy and Lloyd named R.C. Robinson, playing bebop piano and alto “Jones’ boys.” The emotional toll was deep. sax and singing like Nat Cole. How a 14-year-old “When you’d see a mother brush the hair of her kid would think to approach such a person speaks child,” he explains,“every bone and cell in your body volumes about just how determined Jones was to would just cringe. You wanted that so bad.” learn his craft. To earn spending money, Jones got a paper route, “I asked him,” says Jones, “ ‘How in the hell do pressed clothes and shined shoes for the pimps eight brass players play at the same time and not around Dick Green’s jook joint. “I carried a .32 play the same notes?’ And he said ‘Easy,’ and bang! snub nose in my paper bag,” says Jones. “Still have he hit a Bb7 in prime position and a C7. That was it. Who-o-o-ole lotta rednecks in the Army and stuff, the bebop sound. That opened the door. Because I you know. I never took a chance.” learn quick, you know?” At 12, Jones discovered music, which, with its The musicians Jones admired in those days were colour and emotion, became, he says, his surrogate the flamboyant new beboppers Charlie Parker and mother. At junior high school, he played trumpet in Dizzy Gillespie, and he and his gang did their best the band and sang in a gospel group. Babysitting to imitate the new styles, wearing zoot suits and for music teacher Joseph Powe (who later taught at fedoras and talking jive. Garfield), he also discovered books about arranging “We were the bad boys,” Jones says,“so we had all and Frank Skinner’s classic about composing for the girls, man. Like the rappers.” film, “Underscore.” His career launched, Jones moved to an apart- In the fall of 1947, Jones entered Garfield as a ment in New York with Jeri Caldwell, who’d been his sophomore. girlfriend since their junior year at Garfield. One of the first kids he met was Charlie Taylor, Jones married Caldwell, but it didn’t last long – who played saxophone and whose mother, Eve- mostly, he admits, because he was such a compulsive lyn Bundy, had been one of Seattle’s first society Don Juan. Jones has been married and divorced three jazz-band leaders. Taylor invited Jones to join his times: Caldwell, mother of his daughter, Jolie, was first; swing band, which soon attracted the attention of then Swedish model Ulla Andersson, with whom he local promoter Bumps Blackwell, who later made fathered Martina and Quincy Delight Jones III; and a name for himself as Little Richard’s producer. finally to “Mod Squad” star Peggy Lipton, mother of As the Bumps Blackwell Junior Band, the group Rashida (Karen on TV’s “The Office”) and fashion Daring to dream played all over the Northwest, backing up the great designer Kidada. Jones has fathered two other chil- Billie Holiday and Billy Eckstine, and discovering dren: Rachel, by dancer Carol Reynolds, and Kenya, By Paul De Barros on a white cushion next to an array of couches. Seattle’s lively jazz nightclub scene at places like the by actress Nastassja Kinski. The Seattle Times He looks trimmer than he did in February, and Washington Social Club, and the Black Elks Club. A workaholic who rarely participated in the rear- later boasts he’s lost nine kilos. (“I was drinking From the start, Jones had been as interested in ing of his children, Jones is alternately regretful In the late 1940s, when Quincy Delight Jones lived then.”) His mellifluous voice is deep and seductive, composing and arranging as in playing the trum- and defensive. on 22nd Avenue, just a block from his alma mater, his brown eyes magnetic, making you feel you’re pet. One night, the great swing band leader Lionel “Jolie was a model making $400 a week with Garfield High School, there was a place they called the most important person in the room. He smiles Hampton came to town and the 15-year-old Jones Eileen Ford when she was 14,” he says. “First black “the dream window” in the attic, where he and his broadly, and often. showed Hamp an original piece he’d been working model on Mademoiselle. But she was wild! She said, seven brothers and sisters slept. “I just got a doctorate from Washington Univer- on,“Suite to the Four Winds.” Hampton invited him ‘Why didn’t you stop me?’ I said, ‘I thought you “We would look out there,” recalls Jones’ youngest sity; Princeton; then there was the University of to join. Giddy, Jones jumped on the bus, only to be knew what you were doing.’ You know? But they all brother, Richard, now a federal judge in Seattle, Washington; the Pequot Tribe, in Alaska; Cambo- told by Hampton’s wife that he was too young. He survived their dramas.” “and think, ‘What is it I can possibly do? Where is dia; China; Brazil; Abu Dhabi; Dubai – it’s insane,” was crushed. Jones is fond of boasting his ex-wives and children life going to take me?’ We weren’t looking at a spec- he begins, like a man speaking with amazement “I wanted to escape, man,” he says. all get along. But Andersson (who raised Quincy III tacular lake. We grew up looking at the blackberry about somebody else’s life.“I got to go to London for And not just from Elvera, but from his mother, in Sweden, and once had severe drug and alcohol bushes and garbage in the lot across the street. You Mandela’s thing next week (Nelson Mandela’s 90th who eventually showed up in Seattle and shadowed problems) wrote a scathing autobiography, “Red had to have a big imagination.” birthday), then Sardinia on a boat for 10 days. Then Quincy and Lloyd until she died in 1999. (Seattle Carpet Blues,” and has called Jones a“sociopath” and A big imagination indeed. This was a very differ- the Montreux festival, Beijing. I’ve been to China Centre employees recall a gentle, volatile soul who accused him of turning their son against her. ent time in America. The armed forces, most musi- 16 times in the last year-and-a-half.” often dropped by and quoted the Bible.) Wrote Kidada in Jones’ autobiography: “My dad cians unions and Major League Baseball were still A plaque nearby honours him as an artistic In this family nightmare, Jones’ father, with does not deal well with pain. He does not allow it in. segregated; interracial dating was scandalous; and adviser for the Beijing Olympic Games. his big heart and sterling work ethic, somehow He’s like Winnie the Pooh. He is the sweetest, kindest lynching was still a fact of life in the South. There “Spielberg pulled out, you know,” he says, clearly trumped the pain and loss Jones felt from Sarah person ... but his own pain, he buried it with deals, were no black people on TV or radio, unless they disturbed. and Elvera: food, ideas, scripts, work, work, work.” were domestics. Along with film director Ang Lee, the three of “He was making $55 a week and had eight kids, Jones seems to be taking fatherhood more seri- Yet Quincy Jones, looking out that“dream window,” them were hired as consultants for the opening and man, but he gave me everything he had. He was an ously with his youngest, Kenya, 15, who lives down somehow imagined a future that not only transcended closing ceremonies. Jones had come under pressure absolute workaholic. He had a saying: Once a task is the street with her mother. all that, but in some ways would transform it. – especially from Mia Farrow – to quit, because of just begun, never leave until it’s done. Be the labour “She just got 11 A’s and two B’s at the Lycee Fran- You’ve seen the radiant Jones on Hollywood Chinese behavior toward Darfur. great or small, do it well or not at all.” cais,” he says proudly, then adds a little sheepishly, award shows or perhaps even read his heartbreak- “I love Mia,” he says.“I’ve known her since she was Sitting behing his huge desk in Seattle’s federal “I’m doing pretty good.” ingly frank book, “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy 17. I don’t need political lessons from her. I’m not a courthouse, Quincy’s brother Richard, 17 years his Some jazz musicians view Jones as an opportun- Jones.” You probably know he produced the big- quitter, it’s that simple. I’m just not a quitter. When junior, has a similar recollection: ist who deserted the art of jazz for the commerce of gest-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s a country is 1 billion, 300 million, you don’t pull out “Daddy hammered that into my head from the pop. But as many others have noted, Jones’ creative “Thriller,” and one of the best-selling singles, the star- on them. You work it out. They are comers, man.” time we came out of the womb. He used to talk about vision makes moot most arguments about jumping studded“We Are the World.” Or that he co-produced Such spirited independence, honouring of com- the ‘shelf of life’ – that there’s a lot of competition musical fences. In 1973, when funk was king, he the film “The Colour Purple” with Steven Spielberg mitments, indomitable work ethic and determina- on the bottom, because everybody wanted to go for coproduced the TV show“Duke Ellington, We Love and has won more Grammy Awards (27) than any tion to be where the action is have been hallmarks easy pickings. But if you went to the top shelf, there You Madly.” Quincy says Ellington himself told him other artist in popular music. of Jones from the beginning. weren’t a lot of people fighting for that, because after the show, “Q, you may be the one to decatego- But what was he like as a young man? What will Born during the Great Depression, March 14, they knew how hard it was to get up there. Shoot rize American music.” his legacy be? Who is Quincy Jones, really? And 1933, in Chicago’s South Side ghetto, Jones and his for the very best.” Jones continues to try to live up to that expec- what prompted the audacity of his dream, looking brother Lloyd braved gang-infested streets and Apparently, the lesson sank in. Quincy Jones and tation. One of the new albums he has planned is a out that window? looked on, terrified, as their schizophrenic mother, Taylor – who became a successful anthropologist collaboration between bebop trumpet player Clark A relaxed, rambling conversation in June at his Sarah, was taken away in a straitjacket. – sat around after rehearsals, practicing how they Terry and rapper Snoop Dogg.“That’s what we need, 2000-square-metre home in Bel Air, Calif. – designed “A guy attacked me with a knife when I was 7 would sign their names when they got famous. man,” he says. “Get (the rappers) involved in jazz. by high school classmate Gerald Allison – offered some years old,” says Jones, holding up his still-scarred “When all the other guys would go to study hall,” (Bill) Cosby slaps their hands. You can’t do that. insights into Jones’ complex personality and career. right hand. “I was on the wrong street.” says classmate and fellow trumpeter Morrie Cape- You got to get them involved.” Jones and Allison spent five years working on this Quincy’s father, Quincy Delight Jones Sr., a car- luto, “he’d go to the music room and he’d scribble At the commencement, he reinforced his abiding dream home, which features an enormous, round penter who worked for gangsters, remarried, this out maybe 16 bars and bring them to rehearsal. love of jazz.“We must never, never, never forget that living room with a domed ceiling in the style of time to Quincy’s friend Waymond’s mother, Elvera, And he’d say, ‘Hey guys, let’s try this out.’ He just jazz is the classical music of pop music,” he said. an African house. Art from every continent graces who had two other children, Theresa and Katherine. had a knack. You could tell right away he was some- But Basie probably summed it up best. After the rooms, and family photographs are arranged in Shortly thereafter, in 1943, the new, blended family body that was just going to go way, way ahead of “Thriller” came out, he told Quincy,“Man, that stuff galleries. On a grand piano stands a Humanitar- moved to Bremerton in Washington state, where everybody else.” you and Michael did? Me and Duke would never ian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Quincy’s father landed a wartime job in the Puget The story has often been told how Jones and Ray have even dreamed about nothin’ that big. You hear Arts and Sciences, and Jones’ Count Basie/Frank Sound Naval Shipyard. There would eventually be Charles met – probably at the Black Elks Club – and me? We wouldn’t even dare to dream about it!” Sinatra songbook. three more children – Jeanette, Margie and Richard it makes for a fine celebrity tale. But what usually Staring out that“dream window” on 22nd Avenue, Jones walks in, wearing shorts, and plops down – bringing the total to eight. gets lost in the telling is that Ray Charles wasn’t the Quincy Jones dared to dream. 26 September 2008 REVIEWS 15

NEW CD RELEASES Books

Jackson Browne Many levels of life in with more and more people (in Mumbai) was that zgerald’s 3 a.m., we’re presented one soul’s dark 0Time the Conqueror each person was a small part of a much larger game. night. 0Inside Recordings the Indian metropolis Even a gangster who has achieved the power to shut Then there’s a big-picture meaning: We are all down a city becomes a pawn in something that is doomed to our special brand of darkness, and when Sacred Games much larger than him. will man (human beings, that is) ever learn? It would seem unfath- 0By Vikram Chanda “That approach resonates with very old Indian In between those interpretive anchors, other men omable but Jackson 0Faber & Faber, $27.99 ideas about karma, the notion that we are forced to in the dark, with intertwining fates, also appear in Browne, a left-wing act and must make choices, but that often we don’t Auster’s aching and gripping 14th novel. One is a activist who is suing Chandra, 47, was born in understand why we are being asked to make these secondary character, who becomes the target of a Republican Sen. John Delhi, India. After briefly choices,” he said.“Then we don’t always have control sinister conspiracy. One is a hostage in the dark- McCain for using his attending St. Xavier’s Col- over the results of our actions. What we do (in our est of situations. Another is George W. Bush, not a song “Running On lege in Mumbai (formerly actions) resonates forever, in a sense.” character here but a presence, who’s a not-so-subtle Empty” in his presi- Bombay), he immigrated During the years Chandra spent writing Sacred target of Auster’s political distress. dential campaign, to the United States in 1984 Games, he shuttled back and forth between the Bay Intrigued? once thrived musically under Republican adminis- and enrolled in Pomona Col- Area and Mumbai, spending about five months a Entering a piece of Paul Auster’s fiction often trations. His finest, most eloquent albums – “Late for lege in Southern California. year researching his story in the Indian city. seems like a blindfolded journey through a maze. the Sky” (1974) and “The Pretender” (1976) – were He graduated magna cum “Going both ways was culture shock, yes, but that Ever since his debut in City of Glass (1981) and the released during the Ford administration. laude with an English kind of alienation is useful for a writer,” he said.“You metaphysical mysteries of the New York Trilogy, But during the Reagan era, Browne’s albums degree, with emphasis on start to notice things on both sides that otherwise readers have come to expect brooding explorations abruptly shifted the focus from poetic, interper- creative writing. become invisible when you live in a place full time. of character, consciousness and the contingencies sonal introspection to political diatribes scolding Some of his family and friends in India had The nice part of having an academic life is you get of life. American policy domestic and abroad. His fan base careers in filmmaking – “I lived on the edge of the chunks of free time you can use for research.” Man in the Dark is no different, though it should dwindled and his melodies failed him as he became industry for years” – so it seemed natural for him to The book’s characters are vividly drawn, but stand with the best of Auster’s work. As in other more strident. “I’m Alive” in 1993 was a welcome attend film school. He chose Columbia University Mumbai is very much a major player as well. Auster novels – Oracle Night, for example – there’s return to relationship-based material but his two in New York City. “Quite so,” he said.“It’s always been a unique city a book within a book, a fiction within a fiction. Even studio albums since then have been forgettable. Then something dramatic happened: One evening in the Indian context. The legend has always been the second-level characters contemplate their exist- On “Time the Conqueror,” Browne, 59, has in the university library, Chandra came across Col. that Bombay is a place you can go and make it really ence, a mind game in itself when we’re talking of reclaimed some of the musical grace of his best ‘70s James“Sikander” Skinner’s autobiography and was big, so it’s a city of immigrants from all over India, literary inventions. work despite mixing political commentary (the so inspired that he quit film school to spend the the place where change always seems to start and Auster frequently sets his fictions in the world of Bush administration-bashing“The Drums of War”) next few years writing his first book,Red Earth and spread through the country. writers and artists, which can come off as a form of with personal songs like the winsome “Giving That Pouring Rain. Skinner was a 19th-century soldier “Also, because of poverty and class structure, one precious literary navel-gazing. Despite that, there’s Heaven Away.” The latter, with its cheery organ and with a British father and an Indian mother. must acknowledge that it can be a very cruel place. much more going on here, and the human heart of pop hook, sounds of a piece with side two of 1980’s “I became obsessed,” Chandra recalled. “I’ve It eats people up. It’s got complete extremes of enor- the story becomes strong, complex and compelling “Hold Out.” always loved cinema and thought that (filmmak- mous wealth and the most atrocious poverty right as this short novel unfolds. Only two songs keep “Time the Conqueror” from ing) was the way to make a living, but I had to do next to each other. The central man in the dark is August Brill, a scaling Browne’s top shelf: the idiotic“Going Down what I felt compelled to do and worry about the “Added to that is Bollywood – our version of Los retired book critic (of all things) who, after the death to Cuba,” a tune so insipid – every woman in Cuba making-a-living part later.” Angeles. Because of Bollywood, Bombay is the most of his wife and a crippling car accident, has moved “has gardenias in their hair” he sings longingly – it Clearly, he made the right choice. mythologized city in the Indian popular imagination.” into their daughter’s Vermont country house. could offend. At nine minutes, the plodding“Where After the critically acclaimed debut of Red Earth, Bombay is also a city partly controlled by organ- Brill can’t sleep and so he writes in his head, Were You,” echoes Browne’s ‘80s missteps. Still, eight he wrote another hit, Love and Longing in Bombay. ized crime. While writing Love and Longing in Bom- orchestrating a novel that proposes an alternative out of 10 keepers is admirable, especially as it comes Next came Sacred Games, a sensation in India a bay, Chandra became friendly with several police- history to our recent national nightmares. In his this late in Browne’s formidable career. year before it became a hardback sensation in the men and crime-beat journalists. projected story, the terror attacks on the United –Howard Cohen United States. The megabook – in more ways than Later, they introduced him to social workers, his- States of Sept. 11, 2001, did not occur. Instead, one, at 928 pages for the newly released paperback torians and other law enforcement people –“Anyone the country is experiencing a civil war, a series of Pussycat Dolls – claimed seven years of Chandra’s writing life. who had behind-the-scenes stories about the crimi- regional conflicts and breakaways spawned by revo- 0Doll Domination The multi-award-winning tale was one of the nal underworld and was willing to tell them.” lutionary displeasure over the judicial decision in 0Interscope most anticipated titles of 2007 and the object of These contacts helped him gain audiences with 2000 that handed Bush the presidency. an international bidding war among publishers. the top crime bosses themselves.“I met some colour- Brill’s imagined central character, Owen Brick, Harper-Collins won, reportedly paying Chandra ful people on both sides of the legal line” he said.“In seems to be trapped and on the wrong side. And Has it really been US$1 million. some ways, the big bosses are curiously public fig- some very tough guys threaten to kill him unless three years since the On the surface, Sacred Games is the story of ures. The dons understand the value of public rela- he carries out the task of assassinating the man Pussycat Dolls sunk India’s most-wanted master criminal, Ganesh Gai- tions and act more or less like corporate heads. who has caused this conflict: yes, that’s right, the their manicured tonde, and his relationship with corrupt Sikh police “One of the first dons I met has since built a writer August Brill. claws into feminists’ inspector Sartaj Singh, who has made a career of career as a legitimate politician,” Chandra contin- “The story,” he relates, “is about a man who must jugulars worldwide busting his nemesis. ued. “Visiting him was like going to the court of a kill the person who created him, and why pretend with their strip-club- But this is no simple Holmes-Moriarty adventure. king. Of course, he was smart and was going to lie that I am not that person? By putting myself into worthy hit “Don’t It works on numerous levels, the most vibrant of to me about certain things. the story, the story becomes real. Or else I become Cha?” The girls are which paints a landscape of contemporary India “But for a fiction writer, his lies were interesting unreal, yet one more figment of my own imagination. back with the aptly titled “Doll Domination,” 16 and explores its sociological and political machin- because they revealed how he wants to be perceived Either way, the effect is more satisfying, more in har- new songs tailor-made for the Top 40. ery. It addresses crime, politics, religion, the caste in the public arena.” mony with my mood – which is dark, my little ones, The first track and single, “When I Grow Up,” gets system, history, business, the psychology of power, – By Allen Pierleoni as dark as the obsidian night that surrounds me.” the proverbial Cristal flowing quickly with a lively beat the juxtaposition of good and evil, and the effects of What Brill is really up to is diversion. Some ter- and sleek, sexy vocals. Of course, the vapid chorus lets merging cultures – to name a few of its topics. rible things have happened and he can’t bear to you know what you’re in for over the rest of the album: I talked with Chandra on the phone from his dwell. “When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a home in Oakland. He and his wife, Melanie Abrams Paul Auster’s But, of course, he must. And in the moving second star, I wanna be in movies/When I grow up, I wanna (author of the erotic novel Playing), teach creative half of the novel, Brill recounts the story of his life, see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have boobies.” writing at the University of California, Berkeley. thoughtful new novel his loves, his broken marriage and more. He shares Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was deep like them? “We had a baby girl on May 5 – Leela – so things this with his granddaughter one sleepless night. . All cattiness aside, the Pussycat Dolls take what are kind of surreal right now,” he said, sounding a bit finds healing in a The young woman, it turns out, has her own ter- the Spice Girls started to a more lascivious and sleep deprived. Forgive my ignorance, but why does rible grief, which she has escaped of late by watching therefore club-worthy level – they know what they Chandra call Mumbai by its former name, Bombay? fractured world movies and disengaging from ambition. really, really want, and exactly how to get it. “Depending on what language you’re speaking, Brill eventually allows himself to revisit the As on the Dolls’ 2005 debut album, the girls you call it by different names,” he explained. Man in the Dark horrific death of his granddaughter’s onetime boy- employ high-wattage help: Snoop Dogg lends the “ ‘Mumbai’ comes from right-wing nativist poli- 0By Paul Auster friend. A young man who’d been against the war, he monotonous yet hypnotic “Bottle Pop” some street tics.” In a conversation with the media last year, 0Faber & Faber, $35 took a trucking job with a contractor in Iraq and cred, even giving his own hit“Drop It Like It’s Hot” Chandra said “Sacred Games” was the fulfilment met his fate at the hand of kidnappers. His execu- a shout-out; Missy Elliott adds a playful, grrrl-power of his effort to write “an anti-thriller and overturn One way to read the title tion, a gruesome murder, was video-recorded for rap to “Whatcha Think About That” (“If your dude the classic cop detective structure.” of Paul Auster’s multilay- all to see, including Brill and his granddaughter, ain’t actin’ right, you tell that dude he got to go”); It appears he succeeded. ered new novel, Man in the on the Web. and embattled R&B vet R. Kelly helps power the “In crime fiction, there has always been the notion Dark, is literally: The main This is our world, Auster seems to be saying, and aching melody to “Out of this Club.” of the detective and the criminal being reverse mir- character lies fitfully awake we must find a way to live in it no matter how dark Fans of previous hits“Don’t Cha,”“Stickwitu” and ror images of each other,” he said. “They’re often at night, in his dark room, it gets. If his ending moments of healing and grace “Buttons” have much to rejoice over, as these Dolls played as independent protagonists. We like to see reflecting, regretting, creat- come a bit too easily, there’s no real harm in that. It are born for pop-chart domination, all right. ourselves as protagonists, but maybe we’re not. ing. is, after all, a fiction. Or maybe not. – Michael Hamersly “What I became increasingly aware of as I talked Whether or not it’s Fit- – By Steve Paul HEALTH 16 26 September 2008 Study: Massage helps recovery at cellular level By Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian the accumulation of lactic acid, the more fatigued St. Louis Post-Dispatch – and painful – the muscle becomes. Lactic acid will dissipate on its own, but enhanc- ST. LOUIS – US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps ing blood circulation helps get rid of it quicker. That got a massage twice a day in Beijing. His teammate, helps relieve muscle cramps and spasms, she said. Dara Torres, had two massage therapists on stand- Cynthia Riberio, vice president of the American by. And a bunch of sedated rabbits in Ohio recently Massage Therapy Association, has seen massage go had massage performed on their legs after bouts of beyond just helping with recovery from injuries and intense exercise. suggests using it during all phases of competition. Phelps, 23, made history by winning eight gold Before athletic events, a massage therapist can medals. Torres, 41, became the oldest swimmer help athletes warm up by jostling and stretching to compete in an Olympic event and win a silver the muscles and using circular friction and simple medal. compression on specific body parts. This can con- As for the rabbits? They might have proved sci- tinue, only more gently, during competition when entifically what athletes and trainers have long the muscles are fatigued. And after an event, Swed- believed: Massage really does help with muscle ish massage is best, Riberio said. recovery. That’s up for debate, says Mark Frank of St. Louis According to a recent study published in Medi- Rehabilitative and Sports Massage in Creve Coeur, cine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers at Mo. He says there are about 200 approaches to Ohio State University found that Swedish massage massage and that he’s had success with myofascial helped speed muscle recovery at the cellular level for therapy which targets tissue rather than specific rabbits who got mechanically intense exercise. muscles. Athletes also use Swedish massage – stroking, Whatever the case, experts have long touted other kneading and pressing soft tissue. Thomas Best, pro- means of reducing soreness and swelling after hard, fessor of family medicine at Ohio State University Frese thinks massage also may do something prolonged exercise, such as icing overworked mus- and senior author of the rabbit study, said it’s too else: promote the release of endorphins, a cles, taking anti-inflammatory drugs like ibupro- soon for clinical trials on humans. But he considers fen and properly cooling down. Cool-downs, during the rabbits a strong start toward confirming mas- natural sedative that alleviates pain and produces which activity is gradually decreased rather than sage’s benefits to athletes. a general sense of well-being. Massage is also more abruptly stopping, prevents lactic acid from pooling Best said he hopes further research “will dictate in tired muscles. how much massage is needed, for how long and when beneficial as athletes age Frese thinks massage also may do something it should be performed after exercise.” else: promote the release of endorphins, a natural In the study, researchers used a mechanical device athletic trainer for a US football team. He remem- thing can alleviate that pain and soreness, they look sedative that alleviates pain and produces a general to create a motion similar to the way quadriceps in bers players getting massaged 25 years ago. More at it as something good,” Anderson said.“It gets fresh sense of well-being. Massage is also more beneficial human thighs move when running downhill. than half the players get massages now, he said. They (oxygenated) blood in there, and getting fresh blood as athletes age, she said. Afterward, some rabbits got Swedish massage, hire their own massage therapists, who massage to an area helps speed recovery.” “The more fit you are, the less lactic acid you pro- others did not but were rested. Scientists found that them the day after a game, Anderson said. Many Muscles produce lactic acid during intense work- duce at a given workload and the faster you clear the muscles of the massaged rabbits had improved follow up with another the day before a game to outs, said Ethel Frese, a professor of physical ther- it,” she said.“As you age, you’re not as fit. You’ll never function, less swelling and fewer signs of inflamma- loosen their muscles, a process that relaxes them apy at St. Louis University and a cardiovascular and be at 70 what you were at 20 and you do tend to tion than did muscles in non-massaged rabbits. mentally. pulmonary specialist. The more intense the workout, lose flexibility.” Those findings don’t surprise Jim Anderson, the “The way their bodies feel after a game, if some- the more lactic acid is produced. And the greater Has anyone told Dara Torres? ‘Dog therapy’ among the prescriptions at children’s hospital By Harry Jackson help children enjoy their times in the hospital. The handler for Higgins. St. Louis Post-Dispatch program is more than 10 years old. Dogs are more like“spe - “The children are glad to see the dogs, and the cialists” at Cardinal Glen- ST. LOUIS – When Nel the Dalmatian stuck her dogs are glad to see the children,” Malan says. non. Children with brain head in the hospital room, Stephanie Brown’s mood “They’re great motivators.” tumours, strokes and head changed from sullen to tickled. Doctors are known to prescribe dog visits, Malan injuries“come in confused “When Nel walks in the room, Stephanie just says. and crying,” and the dogs lights up,” said Debra Hardy, mother of Stephanie Bill Dahlkamp, director of the TOUCH Dog pro- get specific tasks to help Brown, a patient last spring at St. Louis Children’s gram with Support Dogs of St. Louis, says his service the children. Hospital. provides dogs for about 70 sites. Some examples: Hig- Stephanie, 16, had been in and out of the hospital It takes a special kind of dog to visit paediatric gins will play tug of war since November. Nel visited her there, hopping into hospitals, Dahlkamp says. with children who need the bed to snuggle. “We want a dog that’s tolerant in any situation to get stronger, obey com- “I’ve been missing my dogs at home,” Stephanie and a dog that’s cautious around patients and hos- mands from children said, adding that when Nel arrives, “I feel good; but pital equipment,” Dahlkamp said. with speech problems when she leaves, I feel bad again.” To get into the TOUCH program, the owner due to brain injury and Nel is one of a dozen therapy dogs at Children’s. volunteers along with the pet. Both go through 12 play fetch with children Nel allows children to grab – sometimes at high weeks of training. who need to work on speed – hug, kiss and cuddle her. She often wears cos- Nel is a Dalmatian – a breed known to be high- coordination skills. tumes: bright-coloured hats, star-shaped sunglasses energy, impulsive and hard-headed – but that A dog will help a child and neckerchiefs with her name on it. doesn’t faze Dahlkamp. focus, get control and She’s allowed into bed with children. She seems “We don’t look at breeds,” Dahlkamp says. “It’s be distracted from the to just know how to pay special attention to a child all based on temperament. We have a Rottweiler, ordeal of being hospital- dog training. That was five years ago when a vet- who’s sad, and to play with a child who needs to pit bull, mixed breeds.” ized, Miller says. erinarian estimated that Nel was 2-3 years old. Nel burn energy. The typical graduates, though, are golden and “Once a child was crying during a hospital visit,” graduated with the highest grade a dog can get June Brennan-Mueller, Nel’s handler, recalls a Labrador retrievers. Miller recalls. Higgins quieted the child – reflexively, – four weeks ahead of schedule. 15-month-old girl who wouldn’t walk and hardly it seemed – by putting his head in the child’s lap. “Nel was sweet and good with people,” said Dahl- moved. HIGGINS THERAPY “Dogs just seem to know.” kamp of Touch Dogs. “They’d stand her up for a moment and she’d sit Keshia Fulton, 16, is another fan. She was born with What sort of dogs are suited for this work? Joey Murphy would agree. As a toddler, Joey, back down,” Brennan-Mueller said.“Nel went in and cerebral palsy and gets regular physical therapy at Higgins was specially bred and trained by now 8, grew afraid of dogs after watching a family the girl became fascinated with Nel’s wagging tail. Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital to stretch her C.H.A.M.P., which stands for Canine Helpers Allow puppy bite a sibling while playing. Even when he She followed Nel’s tail and before long she was walk- tight muscles – exercises that can be painful. More Possibilities. first visited St. Louis Children’s Hospital a year ing all the way around the room. Then one day, in walked Higgins, a 32-kg Golden Nel, on the other hand, was an apparent casualty ago to battle leukaemia, he put a sign on his door, “The children love her and she loves them. When retriever-poodle mix. Keshia became so fascinated of the Dalmatian fad that followed the Disney mov- “No Dogs.” we come into the hospital, it takes us a half-hour with the dog that she disregarded the pain. The ies “101 Dalmatians” and “102 Dalmatians” several One day, Nel got close enough to lick his hand and to get from the lobby to the elevator” because of physical therapist was able to stretch her legs almost years ago. A dog rescuer in rural Missouri found her nuzzle him. They’ve been friends ever since. the children. 30 percent more. abandoned, and Spotsavers, a Dalmatian rescue When asked where Nel got her name, Joey threw Jill Malan, Child Life Services Manager for St. “If they’re with Higgins, they’ll pay attention to group in St. Louis, took her in. Brennan-Mueller, his arm around Nel’s neck. Louis Children’s Hospital, directs programs that him and not the pain,” says Betty Miller, a nurse and a Spotsavers member, volunteered her for therapy “Never Ending Love,” he said with a smile. 26 September 2008 SCIENCE & TECH 17 50 years later, how the credit card changed the world nuson with the Washington, D.C.-based Consumer Data Industry Association recalls buying a “TV on credit in the ‘60s, and my father about had a heart attack. Today you stand in line at Starbucks and people use credit to buy a $4 cup of coffee.” Magnuson says credit“gives you the opportunity to not only have a better standard of living, but you’re also putting more money into the economy and it’s being recirculated. Since two-thirds of our economy is based on consumer spending, the more consumers purchase, the better off the economy.” Companies like Visa and MasterCard, which main- tain networks of financial institutions lending the money and collecting fees every time a card is used, have become spectacularly wealthy through this easy access to credit. Visa’s recent initial public offering was the largest in U.S. history, while Mas- terCard’s stock has soared nearly 500 percent since it went public two years ago, their markets overseas growing like wildfire. But while most cardholders pay off their debt, there remains a very dark side to the credit card, “a deceptively simple device that has the capability By Patrick May Being able to just ‘put it on my credit card’ fuelled our lives – how we save, spend, borrow and budget of destroying you,” says Adam Levin, co-founder of San Jose Mercury News the sense that you could do anything, like a Super- – went through a sort of time warp. San Francisco-based credit.com. man effect.” Armed with plastic, consumers now could charge Critical of the card issuers’ heavy fees and aggres- SAN JOSE, Calif. – They called it the Fresno The world would never be the same. Diners Club, their way into glittering new lifestyles their parents sive marketing tactics, especially toward finance- Drop. Fifty years ago this month, Bank of America a so-called charge card that required complete pay- could only have dreamed of. naive student and low-income communities, Levin mass-mailed to nearly every home in Fresno, Calif., ment each month, had come a few years earlier, “Before credit cards, credit came in small-dollar says “people have been bludgeoned” by credit card a small piece of plastic called the BankAmericard. the legendary brainchild of a wealthy New York instalment loans and people tended not to use them offers, often going to consumers already struggling The credit card had arrived, a shiny corkscrew for financier caught cashless after a meal at a high- unless they really needed help,” said Kathleen Keest, with debt. “It’s like taking a vampire and putting each recipient to unbottle thousands of dollars in class steak joint. a former assistant attorney general in Iowa who now him in the middle of a blood bank.” spending money that hadn’t existed before they But the Fresno Drop would pack a much bigger works with the Centre for Responsible Lending.“When Still, the middle-aged credit card seems destined ripped open those envelopes. wallop. Dee Hock, the credit card guru who later you had to go to your bank to get a personal note, you for many happy returns. With issuers pushing pre- That first taste went right to Fresno’s head. turned the BankAmericard into the sprawling Visa really thought about it. But when suddenly it’s a piece paid cards and direct-deposit products that link By the second year, cardholders had racked up network of member banks, was really the father of“the of plastic in your pocket, debt almost becomes some- your wages right to that plastic in your wallet, cash nearly US$60 million in purchases. BankAmeri- electronification of money,” says spokesman Will Val- thing that happens without thinking about it.” and cheques seem like endangered species in the card morphed into the Visa powerhouse. And a entine at San Francisco-based Visa, whose corporate The sea change has been extraordinary. Revolv- financial jungle. half-century later, as America embraced and then mantra is to “root out spending by cash and checks.” ing debt in the US, most of it from credit cards, “Globally, the Visa card is coin of the realm,” says exported the concept of buying things with money Along with its younger siblings like debit and stood at US$1.5 billion in 1968, according to the David Robertson, publisher of the payment-card folks didn’t necessarily have, the whole world has prepaid cards, the revolving credit card – which Federal Reserve. This year, it has reached US$969.9 industry newsletter The Nilson Report. “I can’t use gotten tipsy. charges interest and lets customers make partial billion (Reserve Bank figures in New Zealand reveal American currency or checks anywhere in the world And following in the wake of the subprime mort- payments – fundamentally changed not only the NZ$5.1 billion – US$3.5 billion – outstanding on like I can with Visa.” gage mess, the credit card bender could end up being way people think about money, but western civi- credit card debt alone in August this year). But in a delicious irony, wireless and other kinds uglier than ever. lisation itself. Those 60,000 cards dropped into Fresno 50 years of technology may soon free the credit card from “Credit lubricated the economy in ways we Santa Clara University finance Professor Meir ago have mushroomed to 3.67 billion payment cards that humble material that first brought it to life 50 couldn’t have conceived of before,” said Bella Ber- Statman describes credit as “interwoven into our today, with more than two-thirds of them in circula- years ago – plastic. lly, a certified financial planner in California. “But society.” With consumers no longer tethered to cash tion outside the US. “There will always be currency,” Robertson says. as a society we became completely inebriated on it. on hand or in the bank, the financial realities of It’s a great big plastic world out there. Norm Mag- “But there might not always be plastic cards.”

NASA to purchase Russian rockets Google, phone home WASHINGTON – NASA’s top achievement in Con- Google offered up a new vision online, always at work and always gress this year boils down to a single sentence – one of computing’s future this entertained. line in a huge spending bill that would allow NASA week, and it has little to do Google’s first phone, called Google to circumvent an arms-control law and purchase with desktops or laptops. G1, was developed in partnership Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft. It’s a future that focuses on with US wireless carrier T- For NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, that mobility, with access to the Mobile and handset maker might be enough to enable him to retire the space Internet – and the ability to HTC – better known dow- shuttle in 2010 and still get U.S. astronauts to the search its vastness, of course nunder for the Harrier and international space station. – no matter where you are from Apache handsets retailed by On Thursday, the House approved a US$630 bil- a device that clips to your belt Telecom. It will go on sale in lion measure to fund the government through next or sits in your purse. the US on Oct. 22 for US$179 year that includes a sentence allowing NASA to The Google phone has arrived. with a two-year contract. purchase Soyuz until July 2016. Breaking into mobile phones is a huge oppor- The phone is handsome and is operated by a For weeks, Griffin has told lawmakers that the tunity for Google, because the field is wide open, touch screen and a slide-out keypad. It runs on a Soyuz is the only reliable way to send American featuring an amalgam of carriers, software firms, software platform that Google developed, called astronauts to the space station in the gap between handset makers and a growing cadre of third-party Android. the shuttle’s retirement and the planned first mis- developers. The phone works with several Internet-based e- sion of its replacement, now set for 2015. But he “The mobile phone today is where the PC was mail clients, but it is optimized for Google’s Gmail. needed a waiver from the law banning high-tech 15 years ago,” said analyst Michael Gartenberg, a Other Google products prominent on the phone purchases from Russia because of that country’s vice president at Jupitermedia.“The key difference include Google Maps with Street View – useful for sale of nuclear materials to Iran. is that there is no ‘Windows’ for mobile devices, a pointing out landmarks for those who are direction- Now it’s up to the Senate, where a key panel dominant player that controls everything.” ally challenged – and Google Talk, an instant mes- approved the same waiver Wednesday. Passage is Indeed, there is no single gatekeeper, the way saging service for Gmail that can use location-based considered likely because it is attached to the spend- Microsoft with its operating system has remained tools on the G1 to pinpoint friends. ing bill – “must-pass” legislation before Congress on the vast majority of computers. Rather, Microsoft Like the iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 will provide a adjourns for the year. is one of many outfits – like Palm and Blackberry to platform for third-party applications. Google calls The tipping point may have come earlier this have the legal authority to continue paying Russia name a couple of top-end players – trying to capture it the Android Market – Google co-founder Sergey week when presidential candidate Barack Obama for Soyuz flights, so unless we act immediately, the mobile market share. So there is a huge opportunity Brin referred to it as the “App Store,” the name of sent a letter to Democratic leaders in Congress urg- U.S. will abandon its role in supporting, and benefit- for Google, like Apple showed last year, to develop Apple’s software store, during his brief appearance ing them to OK the waiver. ing from, missions to this amazing facility, leaving a product with a set of features that appeals to an Tuesday – where users will be able to download a “At the end of 2011, NASA will no longer even it to our international partners,” he wrote. increasing need to be always connected, always host of programs. DISCOVERY 18 26 September 2008

IF YOU GO the with coastal cities facing is the region south of Rome, WHERE: Campania city is Naples. Trains inland villages. The capital Tyrrhenian Sea and mountainous but a rental car is best for exploring. and buses go to most towns, and there are lots of (farmhouse) inns are popular, LODGING: Agriturismo The Food and in Carla Capalbo’s book, choices. See the recommendations . More listings are at www.agriturismo. is a Wine Guide to Naples and Campania t. Sant’Agata dei Goti www.campaniaagriturismo.i it/campania and Sentieri Luminosi the province of Benevento. convenient base for exploring See www. per person with breakfast. rooms for 23 euro (NZ$50) B&B has and Benevento) or e-mail: m (click on Campania vacanzebedandbreakfast.co t. family [email protected] Regina, owned by a is the agriturismo L’Ape Also recommended See www. per person with breakfast. Thirty euro (NZ$64) of beekeepers. t for English (click t (Italian) or www.itesorinascosti.i agriturismoaperegina.i of on La Regina). house rentals for a group Porta d’ Oriente manages In Calitri, Emma Basile’s old town. Call 00-39-3348-42- own homes in the medieval foreign owners who euros (NZ$32- g. Prices average 15-35 3372 or see www.portadoriente.or maintain a Web from a British couple who person per night. I rented is $75) per k. Palazzo Zampaglione with photos at www.calitriholidayhomes.co.u 160 euros site old town. Doubles are cellar restaurant in the an elegant B&B with a t. See www.palazzozampaglione.i (NZ$343), depending on the season. Rates are B&B Il Borgo degli Angeli. in the new town is the A good choice t (Italian), or book person. See www.ilborgodegliangeli.i 45 euros (NZ$96) per g (English). www.portadoriente.or through and Federico Studer operate TION: Barbara Goldfield MORE INFORMA wine and food that arranges sightseeing, the Sannio, a tour company Savour area. Call 00-39-0823-953663, classes throughout the tours and cooking in English on Calitri m. There’s detailed info or see www.savourthesannio.co Road trip Italiano at www.calitri.net.

By Carol Pucci local restaurant and shiatsu massage therapist, and her photographer home along cobbled pedestrian passageways – streets in ancient times husband, Enrico Pofi. – well-lighted, but not wide enough for cars. A few of the homes have CALITRI, Italy – Books on food make some of the best travel com- They were our hosts at Sentieri Luminosi, the B&B they opened fresh coats of pastel paint, but many more are vacant with weeds panions. One of my favourites is“The Food and Wine Guide to Naples recently in the 19th-century stone building they bought a few years growing around weathered doorways. and Campania,” filled with vivid descriptions and photos of Southern ago after moving from Naples. Fourth-generation Calitri resident Emma Basile, 29, remembers“the Italian towns and villages waiting to be discovered. The family lives on the top floor and rents out a bottom-floor apart- old town as a place for cats, not people,” when she was growing up. But Many Italian Americans trace their roots to this area, but guide- ment to guests for about US$70. From their garden planted with a few years ago, a private development company began buying up a books generally focus only on Naples, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast, fig, orange and olive trees, we looked down on the new town – built few of the houses, restoring them and selling them to foreign investors leaving travellers with the impression that a massive earthquake in after the earthquake – and the restored medieval old town built on as vacation homes. After finishing school in Milan and Naples, Basile 1980 left nothing much else to see. the ruins of a Samnite city, all of it surrounded by mountains and returned to Calitri and opened a real-estate and rental-property- Author Carla Capalbo, an American food writer who lives part-time terraced vineyards. management office that doubles as the unofficial tourist bureau. in a pocket-size village called Nusco, shows her readers what a dif- Fortified each morning by Loredana’s apple and raisin strudel, I couldn’t believe our luck when she met us in the town square on ference 28 years make, not only in the towns themselves, many with scrambled eggs, olives and fennel from her garden, we spent the next a rainy, windy evening and walked with us to the 15th-century house beautifully restored medieval centres, but in the food and wine of a rich few days exploring little mountain towns known for their ceramics; we had rented for four days from a British couple. agricultural region surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery. cow- and sheep-milk cheeses; wine; and torrone, a nougat candy made Basile brokered the sale after the death of the former owner, 90- Tuscany without the tourists and high prices came to mind when with honey, nuts and egg whites. year-old Graziella Di Cosmo. During restoration, workers exposed my husband, Tom, and I rented a car in Rome and drove inland to Our goal was to find some of the places in Capalbo’s book, but getting 500-year-old stone walls under crumbling plaster and preserved a spend a week exploring. on the road by 10 a.m. or so gave us only three hours before the midday stone hearth with slots for the big copper pots Graziella used for As it is in the next-door regions of Calabria and Molise, where work break when everything shuts down until late afternoon. making tomato sauce. our families have roots, big sites and important museums are few Rather than give into the frustration of finding things closed, we Our bedroom overlooked miles of rolling green pasture land and a in rural Campania. The reward for a long drive focused on what I called “Italian moments,” sur- trail of steps leading to a little hilltop church where locals go to pray on along a winding road might be a Roman arch left prises such as listening to opera music while sitting Good Friday and the start of soccer season. All for US$85 a night. standing in a field, or a country inn specializing in Calitri has on a cafe terrace overlooking miles of rolling hills Basile showed us around town the next morning, walking us through what Capalbo calls an “educated cucina povera,” always in Sant’Agata, or finding all the pottery studios the castle that’s being restored and taking us into cellars where locals a modern twist on the traditional peasant food been a town closed in the ceramics town of San Lorenzello and, age cheese and cure salami. She suggested day trips to nearby villages familiar to many an Italian American. instead, settling for a tour of the village bakery. and archaeological sites, but mostly we enjoyed spending time as Consider the 2 hour lunch we had at a farm that people In Cusana Murti, a centre for wood crafts, we temporary residents of Calitri. restaurant outside Taurasi, a wine town about an left. Thousands found no wood carvers, but the smell of cooking Thursdays are market days, when older women, dressed in black, hour’s drive from Naples. tomato sauce led us to a tent where a group of vil- shop the open-air stalls stocked with polka-dot bras, men’s suits and We toured the cellars of Antonio Caggiano, 71, emigrated to lage men hovered over cast-iron pots. A community lemons the size of miniature footballs. an architect who took up winemaking in 1990. other parts supper was planned for later that evening, and of Our dollars stretched easily. We sampled one-euro cups of hot choco- While helping clear debris after the earthquake, he of Italy, South course we were invited. late at a stand-up bar on the piazza, where the owner, Mario Andriaccio, gathered up stone carvings and farm tools and cre- We had no idea what to expect when we drove has a collection of 4,000 postcards, including one of Seattle’s Space ated an underground cantina where he decorated America and the to our next stop, the hilltop hamlet of Calitri in Needle. At a restaurant called Osteria Three Roses, we drank red wine passageways with antique fountains and arranged United States the province of Avellino. An isolated mountain from ceramic pitchers and sampled pasta cannazze, noodles shaped bottles of wine in vaults like museum pieces. town bordering Basilicata, one of Italy’s poorest like hand-rolled cigarettes topped with tomato sauce and sheep- and After a tour and tasting that lasted more than an in the 1900s in regions, Calitri has always been a town that people cow-milk cheeses. Dinner for three was $50. hour, he gave us directions to a friend’s farmhouse search of jobs, left. Thousands emigrated to other parts of Italy, Basile told us that her mother cried when she decided to move restaurant, where we sat around a table, eating South America and the United States in the 1900s back to Calitri. She hoped her daughter would work abroad or in one family-style with a group from Ireland. Platters and again in search of jobs, and again after 1980. of the big Italian cities. of air-cured salami and ham, dishes of marinated after 1980 Now tourism is starting to spawn a small migra- Maybe someday. But right now she’s busy chasing her vision of peppers and bowls of zucchini, potatoes and white tion of foreigners interested in exploring their roots what the old town might once again become. Her father, a banker, was beans were followed by pasta, lamb chops and salads. When the waiter or buying a vacation home. Browsing the Internet one day, I found Web born in the borgo, and they’ve become partners in several projects, finally served a nougat dessert topped with crushed hazelnuts, it was sites listing houses for rent in the “Borgo Antico,” the medieval-town including a new wine bar. nearly 5 p.m. centre that was all but abandoned after the earthquake. Sitting in her tiny office, surrounded by piles of tourist brochures, It sounds like a cliché to call this the “real Italy,” but if those words Ten thousand people lived in the borgo in the 1950s, some in caves she dreams of the day when couples will walk arm-in-arm along the define a part of the country so far untouched by mass tourism, this within the remains of a 12th-century castle, others in houses with narrow streets. Shops and art galleries will fill the vacant buildings is it. thick stone walls. There were 25 churches and elegant mansions. Today and cellars. Balconies will overflow with flowers, all signs of a new In Sant’Agata dei Goti, an ancient town built on a rock cliff above a just 500 of Caltri’s 5,000 residents live here, mostly elderly people who generation of Calitrians staking their future on a corner of Italy so river in an area called the Sannio, we met Loredana Fusaro, a cook at a refused to move to a modern, new town built next door. 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voice of those ancient Tritons whom poetic mythology endowed with who were now wrapped in a drunken sleep, also refreshed themselves life. Wilson and Mulrady hung to the wheel with all their weight. Some by a short nap, and a profound silence reigned on board the ship, herself cordage gave way, which endangered the foremast. It seemed doubtful slumbering peacefully on her bed of sand. whether she would go about without further damage. Toward four o’clock the first peep of dawn appeared in the east. Suddenly the wind fell and the vessel fell back, and turning her The clouds were dimly defined by the pale light of the dawn. John became hopeless. A high wave caught her below, carried her up on the returned to the deck. The horizon was veiled with a curtain of fog. reefs, where she struck with great violence. The foremast came down Some faint outlines were shadowed in the mist, but at a considerable with all the forerigging. The brig rose twice, and then lay motionless, height. A slight swell still agitated the sea, but the more distant waves heeled over on her port side at an angle of 30°. were undistinguishable in a motionless bank of clouds. The glass of the skylight had been smashed to powder. The passen- John waited. The light gradually increased, and the horizon acquired gers rushed out. But the waves were sweeping the deck from one side a rosy hue. The curtain slowly rose over the vast watery stage. Black to the other, and they dared not stay there. John Mangles, knowing reefs rose out of the waters. Then a line became defined on the belt the ship to be safely lodged in the sand, begged them to return to of foam, and there gleamed a luminous beacon-light point behind a their own quarters. low hill which concealed the scarcely risen sun. There was the land, “Tell me the truth, John,” said Glenarvan, calmly. less than nine miles off. “The truth, my Lord, is that we are at a standstill. Whether the sea “Land ho!” cried John Mangles. will devour us is another question; but we have time to consider.” His companions, aroused by his voice, rushed to the poop, and gazed “It is midnight?” in silence at the coast whose outline lay on the horizon. Whether they “Yes, my Lord, and we must wait for the day.” were received as friends or enemies, that coast must be their refuge. “Can we not lower the boat?” “Where is Halley?” asked Glenarvan. “In such a sea, and in the dark, it is impossible. And, besides, where “I do not know, my Lord,” replied John Mangles. could we land?” “Where are the sailors?” “Well, then, John, let us wait for the daylight.” “Invisible, like himself.” Will Halley, however, ran up and down the deck like a maniac. His “Probably dead drunk, like himself,” added McNabbs. crew had recovered their senses, and now broached a cask of brandy, “Let them be called,” said Glenarvan, “we cannot leave them on and began to drink. 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