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EDITION ISSN 1172-4153 | Volume 3 | Issue 70 | | 5 November 2010 Heidi Paakkonen mystery deepens on the By Ian Wishart tary personnel on a training exercise in the Karanga today. “We ended up parking the Air Force truck Valley near Coromandel. In an exclusive interview, he’s beside her Subaru.” The whereabouts of missing Swedish tourist Heidi told TGIF Edition how he and two others, including The significance of the new sighting is that Heidi INSIDE Paakkonen became murkier this week as new sight- an Air Force officer, saw Heidi Paakkonen and the was still alive in the Coromandel bush, and not with ings of her emerged outside the area police claimed Subaru car she and Urban had been travelling in, in a David Wayne Tamihere, at a time when police claim she was last seen in. campsite in the Karanga Valley on the same day that she was already either a captive, or dead. Investigate magazine broke open the 21 year old a star police witness in the Tamihere trials claimed It raises questions about whether the police case cold case this month with a cover story revealing he’d seen her miles away with Tamihere. against Tamihere was an Arthur Thomas-style fit up Heidi had been seen by people who knew her person- Clearly, both versions can’t be accurate, but the new – the man heading the Swedish tourists investiga- ally, on Kawau Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, witness says Police under the leadership of Detective tion had also provided false evidence against Arthur weeks after police claim she had already been killed. Inspector John Hughes chose to ignore the three Thomas in the Crewe murder case. The information came in a confidential briefing military witnesses, and instead go with the rival ver- Police National Headquarters has so far failed to paper sent to former police commissioner John sion from a police search and rescue volunteer. make any contact with Investigate magazine over Jamieson and obtained by Investigate. In it, a cou- “She was absolutely striking, and all of us in the the positive sighting of Heidi on Kawau Island, first ple who knew Paakkonen and her fiancé Urban truck noticed her,” the witness told TGIF Edition publicised two weeks ago. Hoglin personally say they were surprised to see her on Kawau Island in late May 1989 in the company of another man, with no sign of Hoglin. They told Clinton Chronicles police Heidi looked “clearly distressed” but when End of military estrangement they tried to help her the man snarled at them, Page 6 “don’t touch her!”, and led Heidi off into the bush. Police denied it could have been Heidi Paakko- MT DOOM nen, because they already had the main suspect, David Tamihere, behind bars at the time of the Volcano death toll climbs sharply sighting. However, it was the only sighting of Heidi by people who actually knew her personally, and should have been taken more seriously by police. Instead, for 21 years the trail went cold, and no body has ever been found. However, in the wake of publicity about the mag- azine article this month, and Tamihere’s release on parole this week, new witnesses have come forward to TGIF Edition. One is adamant she saw Heidi Paakkonen on Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf By Sukino Harisumarto and Indonesian officials feared the death toll would rise. on April 11, several days after she’d last been seen In the nearby city of Yogyakarta, Sardjito General Canterbury Win alive in Coromandel, according to police files. JAKARTA (DPA) – At least 54 people were killed Hospital reported at least 54 bodies and 66 injured Third straight time But there’s a second new witness whose testimony is and more than 66 seriously injured Friday by the latest people had been brought from the disaster zone. Page 11 even more surprising. The man, now part of Auckland powerful eruptions of Mount Merapi on Java island, Continue reading Coastguard, was in 1989 part of a deployment of mili- Clinton wowed by ChCh recovery By Kate Chapman of NZPA seen just a little bit with my own eyes about how they are very impressed with how this community Christchurch has rebounded,” she said. responded,” she said. CHRISTCHURCH, NOV 5 – United States Secretary Police, firefighters and other emergency services New Zealanders were well known for helping out of State Hillary Clinton has congratulated Cantab- had all done a good job and the minister in charge of others in the wake of disasters and were admired by rians on the way they have handed themselves since earthquake recovery, Gerry Brownlee, had provided Americans for showing resilience and“irrepressible the earthquake. the leadership, she said. good cheer”. She told more than 300 people who attended a pub- Mrs Clinton particularly mentioned the Canter- “New Zealand is highly admired by Americans lic meeting in Christchurch Town Hall today it was bury University students who set up a Facebook who are intrigued by what you have built here, who hard for her, as an outsider, to image that a quake of page to recruit volunteers to help clean up. are trying to understand rugby and the great attrac- magnitude 7.1 had hit the city just two months ago. “For everyone here in Christchurch, the United tion that holds, and who are very committed to “I am delighted to have heard and to have States sends its best wishes and lets you know learning more about New Zealand,” she said.

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For more information contact H.E. Perry Ltd.phone: 0800 10 33 88 | email: [email protected] | http://www.heperry.co.nz NEW ZEALAND 2 5 November 2010 off Clinton: US will continue to lead world By Kate Chapman The US supported other countries that were In her brief opening speech Mrs Clinton said New becoming increasingly powerful. Zealand and the United States did not agree on BEAT CHRISTCHURCH, NOV 5 – United States Secretary “We support China’s rise, we support India’s rise, everything and had been divided by nuclear issues of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up the public part we support Brazil’s rise, we want to see South Africa, in the past. of her visit to New Zealand this afternoon, telling Nigeria, Turkey and others that are important But they now agreed on the importance of the Christchurch people her country would be the only regional players take a warm, responsible, produc- non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. global superpower for the foreseeable future. tive position in the world,” she said. Mrs Clinton was given a standing ovation at the More than 300 people, including academics, poli- That did not mean the US agreed with every- end of the meeting and went on to her last engage- ticians, business leaders and members of the public, thing those countries did. But it was important to ment, a reception hosted by the American Chamber attended her meeting in Christchurch Town Hall work with new, emerging power centres to promote of Commerce (Amcham). where she told them the US sent its best wishes responsibility. Amcham executive director Mike Hearn said her and wanted them to know it was impressed with There was a growing number of young people, presence reflected the importance the Obama Admin- the way the city had coped with the September 4 especially in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America istration placed on trade ties with New Zealand. earthquake. and Asia, who were not getting the right opportuni- Mrs Clinton said the US was focused on increas- Mrs Clinton took six questions and one came ties and would turn to extremist groups or criminal ing exports and wanted to see results from the from former finance minister Ruth Richardson, who networks instead. That would have consequences Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, asked about the international geo-political shifts that were not confined to one country, she said. which include New Zealand. that would affect the next generation. Mrs Clinton said the US believed in the United Mrs Clinton arrived in Wellington yesterday and “That’s a profound question and one that I wish Nations.“If it did not exist, we would have to invent held talks with Prime Minister John Key and For- I was smart enough to answer completely and con- it.” eign Minister Murray McCully at Parliament and LIBRARY BOOKS RETURNED AFTER 60 YEARS vincingly,” Mrs Clinton said. She said it needed to be more cost-effective and signed the Wellington Declaration which sets out a BOSTON, NOV. 4 (UPI) – The Boston Public Library said There were many overlapping changes and a streamlined. strategic partnership that draws the two countries it received a pair of books in the mail that were due constant balancing act, but the major movement “There is a minority within our country that is closer than they have ever been since the Anzus rift Sept. 21, 1950. would be towards a multi-polar world as opposed very suspicious of the United Nations, sometimes more than 20 years ago. Library officials said the books, Autobiography to the Cold War bi-polar model. to the point of really putting wild ideas into the Earlier today Mrs Clinton visited the US Antrac- by John Stuart Mill and The Writings of Henry David “We believe that the US will remain, for the far fore- media that it is going to take over the world, with tic Programme headquarters in Christchurch. Thoreau, arrived in a package Tuesday with an unsigned, handwritten note, the Boston Herald reported Thursday. seeable future, the largest economy, the largest military, black helicopters landing on lawns across America She leaves tomorrow for Australia. I came across these two books that don’t belong the only country with a true global reach,” she said. and the like,” she said. – NZPA to me, they belong to you. I must have taken them out when I was a college student in Boston, the note read. I did not mean to keep them. ... I am returning them to whom they belong, that is you and the people of the city Banjo Kahui hits bad note: inquest of Boston. Mary Frances O’Brien, head of public services for AUCKLAND, NOV 5 – The grandfather of the slain Chris Kahui. But when questioned later by Chris he did not want to incriminate his son over this the library, said the person who returned the books will Kahui twins has admitted lying to police to protect Morris, the lawyer assisting coroner Garry Evans, incident. not have to pay any late fees, which would have totaled his son, but he hasn’t been able to say why he felt he said he wasn’t sure why he felt the need to lie, and When asked why they didn’t go to the hospital, he $4,391.80. the need to do this. that he wasn’t actually that worried about his son. admitted he probably should have but they thought William “Banjo” Kahui admitted lying during Chris Kahui was charged by police with the twins’ Ms King could help. questioning by police lawyer Simon Mount at the murder but acquitted at a subsequent High Court But in answer to Ms Wilkinson-Smith, Mr Kahui Auckland inquest today into the deaths of three- trial. said he thought Cru was okay after he and Chris had month-old twins Chris and Cru, who died of severe Mr Kahui agreed with Mr Mount’s proposition attended to the child. head injuries in 2006. that both he and Chris Kahui were furious Ms King “If his eyes were rolling or something I would Mr Kahui said yesterday that he drove 50km was not at the Mangere home to look after the chil- have immediately taken him to hospital. He didn’t from Mangere to Papakura along with his son Chris dren on the evening of June 11. look like he was gasping or anything.” Kahui to search for their mother Macsyna King But he later told Mr Morris that though he was He said he knew the boys had a respiratory prob- after baby Cru stopped breathing on Monday, June furious with Ms King, he didn’t think his son was, lem -- though he wasn’t aware of either of them stop- 11, instead of taking him 4km down the road to saying that Chris Kahui“wasn’t yelling and scream- ping breathing before -- and they then sought out Middlemore Hospital. ing”. Ms King as they understood she knew something The babies were admitted to hospital the follow- He told Chris Kahui’s lawyer Michelle Wilkinson- about dealing with the respiratory problem. ing day and died a few days later. Smith that he felt Ms King should have been at Mr Kahui, who also today said he had hit Chris as Today he told Mr Mount he lied to police in an home as his son was trying to deal with his mother’s a child, will finish his evidence on Monday. interview when he said he didn’t know who lived at hospitalisation. Earlier today, Mr Evans heard legal argument the house they were travelling to on June 11. “She knew what strain we were under trying to in relation to the appearance of a witness who had RED RAG TO A BALL He said today that he had never been to the house, go to hospital. She should have been there looking given evidence in the High Court trial which acquit- LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 5 (UPI) – Police in Nebraska said but admitted he knew it was where Ms King’s sister after the twins while we were trying to deal with ted Chris Kahui of the twins’ murder. they cited a drunken driving suspect who was dressed Emily King lived. his mother.” The evidence of the witness, whose name is sup- as a Breathalyzer for a Halloween party. Mr Kahui agreed with Mr Mount today when he Mr Kahui also admitted he didn’t tell police about pressed, was adjourned to a later date. Lincoln police said Matthew Nieveen, 19, received suggested Mr Kahui lied in order to protect his son the incident where Cru stopped breathing because – NZPA citations for second-offense driving under the influence, being a minor in possession of alcohol, an open con- tainer violation and negligent driving after he was pulled over early Monday while on his way home from a party, the reported. Taxpayers spared dope bill, for now Lincoln Journal Star Officers said Nieveen, who was dressed as an alcohol WELLINGTON, NOV 5 – breath tester, had slurred speech and had a bottle of The Government has as the medicine’s efficacy in Even before the medicinal cannabis was legal- vodka, several cans of beer and a half-full bottle of legalised medicinal cannabis, but many multiple clinical trials. ised, four patients were given special approvals by vodka mixed with Mountain Dew in the trunk of his sclerosis patients allowed to use the commercial “We’d expect the drugs com- the Health Minister to use Sativex, two for chronic 1992 Ford F-150. form of the drug will have difficulty paying for it, pany to make the initial con- pain conditions, one for multiple sclerosis and one Nieveen’s blood alcohol content was measured at more says Multiple Sclerosis Society national director tact, but we’d be quite happy to for muscle spasm, chronic pain and nausea. than twice the .08 legal limit for driving. Rosie Gallagher. back them up,” she said. Ms Gallagher said there were 4000 people diag- “It’s something we’ve been watching for a while, “There’s so little available nosed with MS in New Zealand – usually diagnosed LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR and it’s exciting to hear that it’s been approved we’d in the way of MS medications, between the ages of 20 and 40 years – and spasticity LONDON, NOV. 5 (UPI) – Producers of a British game just love to see it subsidised.” and they’re so very expensive was one of the most common symptoms. show said part of an episode had to be removed when a British drug manufacturer, GW Pharmaceuti- that we’re happy to see any- A cannabis campaigner, NORML spokesman contestant used the given letters to spell a profane word. cals has been given approval to distribute cannabis thing new that comes on the market that has been Chris Fowlie, of Auckland, told NZPA that a small The producers of Channel 4 game show Count- extracts in New Zealand as a branded drug, Sativex. shown to improve symptoms.” spray which could last one week to a month – down, which calls on contestants to create anagrams from given letters, said a segment was scrapped and In its application to Medsafe, GW Pharmaceuti- The main MS drugs – hugely expensive phar- depending on the dosage rates for an individual refilmed with new letters after a contestant used the cals said that in therapeutic doses, Sativex sprayed maceuticals such as interferon beta – tended to be patient – cost about $300, and some patients found letters DTCEIASHF to create an expletive beginning with under the tongue may produce side-effects “inter- aimed at reducing the rate at which patients suffered they could buy illicit cannabis at a lower cost. a synonym for feces and ending with face, The Daily preted as a euphoria or cannabis-like high”. relapses, but the Sativex cannabis extracts approved “But growing their own or buying it illegally Telegraph reported. But Government drug funding agency Pharmac for the relief of spasticity were slightly different. brings significant risks.” The show’s language expert, Susie Dent, told host Jeff said nobody had applied to have the drug subsi- Two cannabis extracts in the drug can help MS The better news for MS patients is that sunlight, Stelling the phrase was acceptable, but Channel 4 bosses dised. patients control continuous or repeated muscle con- producing natural Vitamin D, has proved far more ruled to replay the round with new letters. Ms Gallagher said patients would normally tractions, spasticity which interferes with move- effective at relieving symptoms than cannabis – a timely expect the manufacturer to approach Pharmac, ments, speech, and walking and may include severe, revelation as NZ heads into summer. as the maker had key information on aspects such painful, and uncontrollable muscle spasms. – NZPA 5 November 2010 NEW ZEALAND 3 Obama’s loss, NZ’s gain? By Maggie Tait of NZPA “It’ll show whether the two parties to a certain Certainly President Obama if he likes can sell it to “Newly elected members of Congress like David extent are more interested in jockeying for position the people as vital to create jobs, the question is Rivera in the House and Marco Rubio in the Sen- WASHINGTON, NOV 4 – While the United States in a election two years from now for the presiden- whether his partisans in Congress will agree with ate support a free trade agreement with Colombia. midterm elections were a blow to President Barack tial election or they want to work together,” he told him but to a certain extent maybe it matters less “There should be renewed interest in free trade Obama, they could be good for New Zealand’s NZPA. in the House since the Republicans will have the agreements under newly elected tea party-backed chances of a trade deal, analysts in Washington “The issue you raise is precisely the opportunity majority there.” senators like Rand Paul who essentially subscribe DC say. for them to work together because while trade splits Barry University assistant professor of political to libertarian principles. Trade may well be an area in which the Repub- both of our major parties to an extent the Republi- science Sean D. Foreman also told NZPA that trade “Meanwhile, Obama is taking a trip to India, licans, who now hold the majority in the House of cans have basically been more pro-free trade. was a possible area the Republicans and Democrats Indonesia, South Korea and Japan that has been Representatives in Congress, can compromise with “The question is, are they more wanting to get could agree on. twice delayed. His trip through the Pacific does President Obama, a Democrat, the US specialists this part of their agenda accomplished or do they “They will certainly differ on most domestic and not include a visit to any of the TPP (Trans-Pacific told NZPA. want to deny the Obama administration even minor social issues. But they can find common ground on Partnership) countries, but it could lead to an Dr David Lublin, Professor of Government at victories?” foreign policy and on trade in particular during increased focus on the entire region and find an American University, said trade would be an inter- Resistance may come from the president’s own these tough economic times. Anything that can be area where political cooperation can be achieved.” esting area to watch as the two sides adjust to the side, he said. spun to create jobs will get support in Congress and NZPA political reporter Maggie Tait is part of a Washington Foreign new power equation. “We’ll see but I think it provides opportunities. also should from the Obama administration. Press Center reporting tour of the 2010 midterm elections. Hillary scrap the tip of the iceberg WELLINGTON, NOV 5 – Plans by Sir Edmund Hil- “Various Everest artefacts have just been given lary’s widow to sell several of his old Rolex watches, away, when really, by the will, they were supposed including one he wore to the South Pole, has pro- to come to Sarah and I,” he said. voked a war with his children according to son Peter. He says it really has come down to Lady June Peter Hillary told 3 News two recent events were versus the Hillary family. the straw that broke the camel’s back. Firstly he The feud has also spilled over into the Himalayan found out that Lady June was selling Sir Ed’s old Trust – a charity set up by Sir Ed and Mr Gill, which watches, and then the trust she is a chairperson of Lady June now chairs. expelled one of Sir Ed’s lifelong friends, Mike Gill. Yesterday Mr Gill received a letter saying he was A collection of some of Sir Ed’s original Rolex no longer a member of the trust board, effective Banjo Kahui hits bad note: inquest watches are up for sale in an auction in Switzerland immediately. on November 13. The Himalayan Trust Board have been in a These include an Oyster Perpetual watch pre- meeting today without Mr Gill. He says prior to sented to Sir Ed by Rolex after his ascent of Mt the meeting today he told the board of his inten- Everest in 1953 and worn when he led the New tion to raise two issues; that new young members Zealand Antarctic Expedition, which reached the would be recruited and that Peter Hillary should South Pole on January 4, 1958. be accepted to the board. But siblings Peter and Sarah Hillary have hired Mr Gill told 3 News he believed that was why he lawyers to stop the sale saying they and not Lady was expelled. June own the watches worth more than $25,000. Spokespeople for Lady June said it was a private Peter Hillary said Lady June put them up for matter and would not comment. auction without telling him while he was in Nepal. – NZPA Kiwi approaches US80c Data due next week is largely second and third-tier, including electronic card transac- tions, the REINZ housing market report and You’ve already been BNZ-Buisness New Zealand manufacturing index. swimming with the dolphins... Economists expect that the US economy added 60,000 jobs in October after 95,000 were Our one-stop connection will lost in September. have you in Phuket same day. The Australian dollar is trading at 28 year peaks and is above parity with the US dollar. WELLINGTON, NOV 5 – The New Zealand dollar But the NZ dollar pushing to its highest level in retreated from a 30 month high today ahead of the more than seven weeks against the Australian dollar release of US monthly non-farm payrolls data but around A78.60c on Thursday night from A78.06c it is expected to remain well bid and to test US80c at 5pm. By 8am the NZ dollar had fallen back to in the future. A78.36c and by 5pm it was A78.09c. The NZ dollar was at US79.27c at 5pm, little At 8am the NZ dollar was also around its highest changed from the US79.57c at 8am but below the level in about seven weeks at 0.5599 euro and by US79.75c it rose to on Thursday night. The US80c 5pm it was 0.5582 from 0.5552 at the same time level is seen as a psychological barrier but US dollar yesterday. weakness remains the overwhelming trend in the The NZ dollar was at 64.06 yen at 5pm from 63.42 market. The NZ dollar’s all-time high since floating yen at the same time yesterday. is US82.13c in February 2008. The currency has The trade weighted index rose to 69.35 at 5pm only been above US80c twice since floating in 1984. from 68.92 yesterday. It has been a week in which everything went The Fed’s commitment to open-ended purchases the NZ dollar’s way with strong employment data of Treasuries, implying low funding costs, also brings released as the greenback slumped broadly in into focus an expected increased use of the US dol- response to the United States Federal Reserve’s lar in carry trades in which the US dollar is used to decision to buy $US600 billion of US Treasuries fund purchases in commodities, emerging markets over the next eight months. and higher-yielding currencies. “While the labour market data this week -- data “What you achieve with quantitative easing is quality issues aside -- provided a positive surprise, that you signal to investors not to buy US govern- Fly THAI to the world, smooth as silk. with wage inflation on the ascent and solid employ- ment securities, take the money elsewhere, which in ment growth in the third quarter, it was again a case turn will weaken the (US) dollar and spur economic of ‘labouring on’ for the housing market,” said Phillip growth,” said Axel Merk, president and portfolio

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Guest Editorial Family Matters

By Bob McCoskrie

A message to the President -Supreme Court comes torescue of parents Family First NZ says that the quashing of the assault con- Presidential elections express voters’ candidate pref- control of Congress. In 1956, Eisenhower crushed additional workers in jobs that underemploy them; viction against Christchurch parent James Mason, who erences, of course, but they also capture the national Adlai Stevenson in their rematch; two years after one result is that President Obama’s approval rating was prosecuted by police for pulling the ear of his 4 year mood – a yearning for change, say, or for stability or that, Democrats picked up 48 seats in the House has plummeted from 80 percent shortly after his old when trying to prevent him from injuring himself as his peace. Midterm elections tend to be more fragmented, and 13 in the Senate. Those patterns have repeated inauguration to 44 percent today (though it is still younger brother had just done, should still sound warn- and the sentiments that animate them often are more more recently: Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, only healthy compared with the 21 percent of Americans ing bells to parents about the implementation of the anti- diffuse. On Tuesday, the fates of two candidates who to have Democrats lose 53 House and seven Senate who approve of Congress’ work). smacking law. excited“tea party” activists illustrated that phenom- seats in 1994; George W. Bush was reelected in 2004 The anxieties spurred by the recession have given Family First always said that if the conviction was for an enon: Rand Paul’s libertarianism won over Kentucky and lost control of Congress two years later. way to a broader unease, an inchoate sense that ear pull rather than a punch in the face, it was inappropriate. voters, who voted him into office and kept that Sen- Given that history, Tuesday’s results are hardly government is too big, too intrusive, too demand- The acknowledgement by the Crown Solicitor and the sub- ate seat in Republican hands; Christine O’Donnell’s astonishing; indeed, they are more part of a trend ing. Federal deficits, enlarged first by the long and sequent quashing of the conviction by the Supreme Court formidable negatives sank her in Delaware, and that than an aberration. Nevertheless, they do reveal ill-advised war in Iraq and then by the efforts to shows that the application of discretion and the lumping seat stayed Democratic. powerful forces at work in our politics today. Specifi- stimulate the economy, symbolize to many a govern- together of substantially different actions was flawed. Still, there are certain generalizations that apply cally, they reflect the descent from 2008’s hopeful ment detached from the consequences of its policies. The Court of Appeal had earlier admitted that ‘with his to most modern midterm elections. They have zeitgeist to 2010’s anger and bewilderment, emo- The federal deficit for the fiscal year that ended hands (Mason’s) literally full and undoubtedly distressed tended, in recent decades, to reflect voter second tions that found purchase in many of the bitter, Sept. 30 was $1.3 trillion. Voters are angry and are by what had happened to the younger boy he saw the thoughts, to signal a retrenchment after the election partisan races decided Tuesday. sending a sharp rebuke to Democratic incumbents older boy at risk of similar or worse trouble and acted of a popular president. Thus, in 1952, voters ended The change in mood is not only understandable and to the Obama administration, one that may not precipitately’. a generation of Democratic control in Washington but predictable: No nation where millions want be cause for them to panic but that they would be Parenting in New Zealand has been put on trial. The by electing Dwight D. Eisenhower and a Republi- work but can’t find it will be a settled one. Unem- foolish to ignore. politicians have dealt a heavy legislative blow to parents, can Congress; two years later, Democrats regained ployment today stands at 9.6 percent, with many – Los Angeles Times SUBSCRIBE TO TGIF! and parents are feeling disempowered, disrespected, and demonised as child abusers. As well as that, the police are Walker’s World caught in the middle trying to balance the zero tolerance approach to family violence against the so-called discre- tion offered under the anti-smacking law. Obama in India After almost two years and two appeals, Mason has been acquitted. By Martin Walker short-term American agenda and Pakistan’s long- Family First NZ is challenging Prime Minister John Key term national interests. to amend the law that he has labeled a dog’s breakfast, WASHINGTON, (UPI) – The White House has been The Pakistani military establishment still sees and introduce the amendment that he lobbied for before at great pains to explain that President Barack itself in terms of military parity with India, Gul he became Prime Minister which decriminalizes light Obama’s visit to India this weekend is all about jobs suggests, ignoring the reality that India has eight smacking for the purpose of correction. and trade. But nobody in Asia believes it. times the population and its economy is eight times With China cancelling a planned summit with bigger. As a result, India thinks it has bigger geo- -Parents warned about ‘News at Sex’ Japan’s prime minister, Kashmir erupting again, political fish to fry than the dysfunctional Pakistani Family First NZ is warning parents that the Broadcasting Afghanistan sinking deeper into disaster and Iran nuisance and wants to be treated by the United Standards Authority’s decisions released today have given loading fuel rods into its new nuclear reactor at States as an equal strategic partner. the green light to full frontal nudity and other offensive Bushehr, the Asian security agenda looks consider- Nor does India want to be taken for granted as sexual content in news coverage – as long as it’s deemed ably more compelling. a strategic ally in Asia, in part because India knows humourous. And yet Obama is hoping to save some Demo- that it has much healthier long-term demographics Family First made complaints to the BSA against TV3’s cratic congressional seats from the wreckage in this than China. If China will be challenging the United 6pm News and Nightline, the latter which featured full week’s mid-term elections, so the propaganda about States for the No. 1 economic slot around the year frontal nudity of a group of men including their genitalia. jobs makes a kind of sense. As a result, he is taking 2030, India thinks it could be the challenger by 2050. An earlier complaint had been made to TVNZ regarding a the biggest entourage of top businessmen ever to Owen/Black Star/NEWSCOM Moreover, India is one place on Earth where porn feature on Close Up. grace a presidential trip. Obama’s predecessor remains popular for his own The morally dysfunctional BSA has given the green A jumbo jet full of chief executive officers, some efforts to forge a close relationship with New Delhi. light to full frontal nudity in our current events and news 250 at last count, will be joining Obama’s own entou- that the United States, as the world’s most power- “It is ironic that there is nostalgia for the Bush programmes and has no problem with sexual innuendo rage of family, six armored cars and a total of 40 ful democracy, sees India, the most populous and years and apprehensions about the Obama admin- and offensive comments, as long as it’s said in humour, aircraft on the Indian mission, chasing deals. fastest-growing democracy, as a natural ally against istration,” noted Ronen Sen, India’s former ambas- They have effectively said that news programmes can And deals there will be. Ron Somers of the U.S. an authoritarian and potentially aggressive China. sador to Washington. It’s true that Bush had a deep now include full frontal images of women as well. India Business Council is talking of more than $10 But Obama must tread softly. His administra- personal fascination and an abiding admiration for The BSA has set a dangerous and harmful precedent billion being signed in contracts next week, bringing tion’s regional envoy Richard Holbrooke got off to India, well before he became president. He did more and parents and teachers should be aware that encour- with them 100,000 U.S. jobs. a bad start when India made it clear that it was no for India than any of his predecessors. We should aging young people to watch the news for educational GE thinks it has sewn up a $5 billion order to longer prepared to be seen through the traditional honor his legacy. purposes may not be safe anymore. supply locomotives for Indian Railways. Ameri- Indo-Pakistan perspective. India is bigger than that Bush, who also saw India as America’s key ally in Ironically, the BSA decisions follow on from an apol- can hopes of providing India’s new generation of now and has never welcomed any outside interest Asia against a rising China, set a positive course, and ogy from TVNZ after a huge number of complaints from advanced fighter jets may not come to fruition but in its troubles in Kashmir. Yet Pakistan remains it will be up to Obama to use his personal charm families regarding a recent Close Up programme which Boeing is confident of a $6 billion sale of C-17 mili- crucial to the embattled U.S. mission in Afghanistan. to maintain and extend it. The problem is that he offended many families with its promotion and explicit tary cargo and another $2.5 billion in commercial “The U.S. sees Pakistan as an indispensable but looks like arriving in India as a loser, as a defeated images of the porn industry. jets to India’s flourishing budget airlines. dishonest partner,” suggested Pakistani commenta- leader of the Democratic Party after a humiliating The incoming tide of sexual content disguised as news “We want to highlight growing U.S. exports to tor Imtiaz Gul, on a visit to Washington last week. loss in Congress, and with a big question mark over is a disturbing trend. Parents are sick and tired of lung- India but also growing inward Indian investment Pakistan has its own worries about the waning U.S. his power to get things done in Washington over the ing for the remote to protect children from offensive and into the U.S.”, said a White House official, speaking commitment in Afghanistan. It’s a war between the next two years. inappropriate content during family viewing hours. The tv off-the-record last week, and noting that India is the channels are trying to mask sexual innuendo and porno- second-fastest growing inward investor to America. graphic material as news and current events. The United States and India are each investing In a recent poll of 1,000 NZ’ers, respondents were more than $10 billion a year into the other country asked, “Television broadcasters are obliged to protect and bilateral trade is running at $43 billion a year. children from sexual content, violent material, and lan- That’s good but it’s not much more than 10 percent guage that exceeds current norms of good taste and of U.S.-China trade. decency. Are you concerned about the type of language There is some hard negotiating to be done over used, or the level of violence and sex shown on TV before intellectual property rights and export controls 8.30 pm when children are likely to be watching?”, 65% and a bilateral investment treaty that may someday said they are concerned, 29% said they aren’t, and 6% grow up to be a free trade agreement if roadblocks didn’t know or refused to answer. Women and over 60 in Congress and over nuclear technology transfer year olds are most concerned. can be resolved. It should be a no-brainer with U.S. Unfortunately we have no watchdog with the moral back- corporations salivating over some of the $5 billion bone to put the welfare of families first and protect them India is planning to invest in infrastructure this from this increasing level of offensive and sexual material. decade. Bob McCoskrie now blogging at http://bobmc- The really tricky negotiations will be over geo- coskrie.com/ politics. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, cur- tSign Up Now to receive FREE regular updates about the rently visiting New Zealand, may have been at pains issues affecting families in NZ http://www.familyfirst.org.nz/ last week to stress that the United States didn’t index.cfm/Sign_Up see China as an adversary. But there is little doubt ANALYSIS 6 5 November 2010 NZ/US Thaw: In from the cold WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, NOV. 5 – New Zea- Clinton, in her speech after the signing, noted that land and the United States ended a quarter century closer political and military ties are forthcoming. of political and military estrangement with the sign- “It is for me personally a great pleasure to help ing of the Wellington Declaration in the capital. deepen and broaden and strengthen this important U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who partnership and [I’m] hopeful that the Wellington signed the document in the iconic Beehive execu- Declaration will be a sign of closer cooperation in tive government offices, said New Zealand punches the years ahead,” she said. way above its weight. “We have a strong partner in New Zealand. This After the signing, Foreign Minister Murray is for us a very important relationship and it is McCully and Clinton said the document represents probably ... at its strongest and most productive in a new era of partnership in a relationship that has 25 years. Why is it so important? Together we can been disrupted since 1986 when New Zealand’s anti- address issues in this region and beyond that have nuclear legislation was passed. very real impacts on both of our peoples. The southern Pacific island nation hasn’t allowed There will be regular high-level political meetings nuclear-powered vessels into its national waters, at ministerial level and military talks will take place much to the irritation of the United States. The between officials from both countries every year.” NZPA / Ross Setford result has been cool political, as well as military, McCully said the new partnership is a great relations. opportunity. Particular fallout has been the cancellation of “We’ll also make sure that our subject experts Zealand could play a larger role within U.N. mili- conference – touched on the United States joining joint military exercises. meet regularly – there’s no point in working in isola- tary operations, as noted by this week’s defense the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the East Asia The new strategic partnership means New Zea- tion on issues like climate change, or non-prolifera- white paper. The white paper noted New Zealand’s Summit. land and the United States will begin closer coop- tion and disarmament,” McCully said.“It turns a new strategic goal of helping more nations in the Pacific The thawing of military relations may come as a eration in the Pacific in areas including renewable page in the relationship and establishes a framework region should the countries call on Wellington for relief to New Zealand’s defense community includ- energy and natural disaster readiness and response. for close cooperation across a whole range of fields military or peacekeeping support. ing private manufacturing companies. The white The Wellington Declaration comes after the gov- of shared interest.” Prime Minister John Key said New Zealand and paper set out military spending on upgrades and ernment published this week its first defense white During her three-day visit, Clinton will be dis- the United States had important parts to play in new equipment New Zealand will need by 2025, paper that said closer military ties with the United cussing trade issues and the war in Afghanistan. delivering a safe and more secure global environ- in particular aircraft. Contracts could benefit New States is a strategic goal over the next decade and She will also discuss the role of the United States ment. His discussions with Clinton – whom he mis- Zealand’s manufacturing base. longer. and New Zealand in the Pacific area where New takenly called President Clinton during the news – UPI Do those annoying preachy ads work? By Zak Koeske impact but said he believes their effects are tough ease – rather than something that requires habitual “I’ve never in my life taken illegal drugs but if I to separate from the effects produced by economic maintenance, like diet or exercise. would’ve seen that ‘This is your brain on drugs’ one WASHINGTON – By now, you’ve probably heard incentives, which he says primarily explain the Availability of products or services necessary more time, I was ready to go and score some cocaine that taking illicit drugs might have the unfortu- decrease in risky health-related behaviours over to change behaviours, i.e. access to condoms for just to spite the commercial. It was so irritatingly nate effect of frying your brain – especially if you’re time. preventing spread of HIV, is similarly crucial to preachy and not effective, either. And of course, that familiar with the now-cliche 1980s anti-drug ad that “New York City has seen smoking go down but persuading people to act on the media messages. isn’t your brain when you take drugs, it doesn’t fry elegantly compares drug use to egg frying with the it could also be attributed to the fact that is costs For Robert Thompson, professor of popular cul- like an egg.” – Robert Thompson, professor of pop pithy message: 10 to 12 bucks for cigarettes and you can’t smoke ture at Syracuse University, the success of a PSA culture at Syracuse University. This is your brain (an egg). This is drugs (a hot inside anymore,” he said.“A sin tax which hits people comes down to the level of sacrifice it requires of Throat Hole Guy (watch Youtube clip here) frying pan). This is your brain on drugs (one fried in the pocketbook – that’s more likely to change its viewers. In 2006, graphic ads featuring former smoker egg). Any questions? behaviour. Economics tend to nudge people along “A PSA campaign can be very good at making Rolando Martinez, who developed throat cancer Actually, a group of researchers led by Melanie more than health issues.” people do stuff that doesn’t require that much of at the age of 39, began airing in New York. In the Wakefield, the director of the Centre for Behav- The study’s findings do support Wheaton’s per- a sacrifice, like going and getting a colonoscopy, or spots, Martinez is seen poolside, in the shower and ioural Research in Cancer at the Cancer Council ception. The review found that the creation of poli- a mammogram or waiting to get to your garbage at local baseball fields, speaking through a hole in Victoria in Australia, did have a question. Namely, cies that give people a legal or financial reason to can to throw away your litter,” Thompson said. “It’s his throat with the aid of a microphone. The ads do mass media efforts such as the 1987 Brain on change their unhealthy behaviour provide addi- much harder to get people to stop eating fatty foods.” got plenty of ink on the popular advertising trade Drugs campaign launched by the Partnership for tional motivation and discourage such behaviours. One of the minds behind some of the most publication AdWeek’s AdFreak blog, which mock- a Drug-Free America really work? But Wakefield said that there is also an independent emotion-laden messages is Australian Paul Fish- ingly dubbed Martinez as Throat-Hole Guy and After reviewing the outcomes of hundreds of effect of mass media campaigns. lock, whose Campaign Palace has won numerous bemoaned his ubiquity. mass media campaigns worldwide aimed at a “The best studies in more recent periods have advertising awards and produces some of the most Separation (watch Youtube clip here) multitude of health-risk behaviours, their simple controlled for other policies that happened during spectacular tobacco control ads on display around In 2008, Paul Fishlock’s agency, the Campaign answer – published in the medical journal Lancet the mass media campaign and have been able to the world, Wakefield says. Palace in Australia, created an anti-smoking ad in October – was yes, they do. But some fare better identify the independent contribution of the cam- “These aren’t commercials that people want to meant to illustrate the effect that smoking can have than others. paign to reducing smoking prevalence and making watch but they are commercials that smokers need on the children of nicotine addicts. The ad depicts a The group found strong evidence that anti-smok- people quit,” she said. to watch,” said Fishlock, whose agency produced young boy who is left by his mother at a busy train ing campaigns, which have been the most widely The study also concluded that the likelihood a an anti-smoking ad called Separation that caused station. All alone and disturbed by the commotion, studied, were beneficial, especially when aired in media campaign succeeds increases substantially quite a stir when it was aired in New York. the boy beings to cry. The spot is meant to simulate combination with other tobacco control strategies when the target behaviour is one-off – like getting But even Fishlock, who said he believes media what a child goes through when they lose a parent. such as tobacco taxation and smoke-free policies. screened for breast cancer or vaccinated against dis- health campaigns play a vital societal role, said he’d When the ad aired in New York last year, it set off With the exception of campaigns to reduce have to be arrogant to believe that they are the pri- a firestorm of debate because some believed it went drunken driving, however, alcohol and drug pre- mary catalyst for spurring decreases in risky health too far and asked whether the young boy had actu- vention efforts have had little effect, the research- A PSA CAMPAIGN CAN behaviours. Instead, he said they operate under the ally been traumatized by making the commercial. ers said. BE VERY GOOD AT radar, causing some direct and many indirect effects Crying Indian (watch Youtube clip here) “I was sobered, pardon the pun, by the fact that MAKING PEOPLE DO STUFF in their wake. Although anti-littering campaigns weren’t campaigns to improve unsafe drinking behaviours “I see some of our work in communication as explicitly reviewed in the Lancet study, this ad, had been largely unsuccessful,” said Wakefield, who THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE providing unremitting background noise,” he said. which aired in 1971, is one of the most widely cited chalks up the failures to lax alcohol marketing regu- THAT MUCH OF A SACRIFICE, “I think if we took our foot off the accelerator a PSAs. It depicts a man, dressed in traditional lations that enable advertising that she says sends bit, if that noise wasn’t out there and continually American Indian garb, as he canoes down a river ambiguous messages. LIKE GOING AND GETTING being refreshed, that the tide wouldn’t be going out polluted with litter while dramatic music plays. As “They’re at once promoting alcohol use and then A COLONOSCOPY, OR A in quite the way that it is.” he pulls up on shore and steps up to a busy highway, saying, ‘Don’t drink so much.’ It’s not a clear mes- MAMMOGRAM OR WAITING a driver tosses a bag of garbage that lands at his feet sage.” A LOOK AT THE ADS: and the camera zooms in on a single tear running Most media campaigns fell somewhere in between. TO GET TO YOUR GARBAGE This is Your Brain on Drugs (watch Youtube clip here) down his cheek. The ad was shown throughout the The review found that messages aimed at improving CAN TO THROW AWAY YOUR This anti-drug PSA produced by the Partnership 1970s and ‘80s, winning two Clio Awards and being nutrition, increasing up physical activity and volun- for a Drug Free America first hit airwaves in 1987. named one of the top 100 advertising campaigns tary cancer screening rates were moderately helpful. LITTER,” THOMPSON SAID. It has since become one of the most well-recognized of the 20th century by Ad Age. The Crying Indian Ken Wheaton, managing editor of the marketing “IT’S MUCH HARDER TO GET mass media health campaign ads, evoking parodies became an icon of the anti-littering, clean Earth and media analysis magazine Advertising Age, said and drawing the ire of comedians and musicians. movement and is sometimes credited with inspiring he is skeptical of the study’s results. PEOPLE TO STOP EATING The ad came in at No. 11 on TV Guide’s 1999 Top America’s environmental movement. 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GET IT HERE Whitcoulls, Paperplus, Borders, The Warehouse, Take Note, Dymocks and all good bookstores WORLD 8 5 November 2010 One in 300 immune to AIDS update By Faye Flam in 60 seconds The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA – AIDS researchers announced IRONY: YOUNG STONERS TOO APATHETIC TO VOTE today that they have finally cracked a long-standing SACRAMENTO, NOV. 5 (UPI) – Low turnout among puzzle: Why a few people can get infected with the young people may have extinguished Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative, a poll released AIDS virus and remain healthy without treatment? today suggested. It was the culmination of a 16-year effort that The measure lost 54 percent to 46 percent, but the started with one HIV-positive minister coming into poll suggests it would have won in a presidential year, the office of AIDS researcher Bruce Walker and when young voters, who are more likely to support legal asking to become a human guinea pig. marijuana, are more likely to get to the polls. Episcopal minister Robert Massie was expected The poll by Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner found almost to have died from his infection years earlier, and yet half of voters, 49 percent, support legalization, 41 felt inexplicably well. He thought if doctors studied percent oppose it and 10 percent are undecided, the him, they might find a way to help others with HIV Los Angeles Times reports. More than half, 52 percent, to stay healthy too. believe banning marijuana creates more problems than it Eventually, thousands of HIV-positive volunteers solves, and about half say they expect legalization in the state soon. joined the effort, helping scientists to pinpoint a “There’s a fair amount of latent support for legalization set of genetic differences that allow about 1 in 300 in California,” Anna Greenberg, the polling company’s infected people to keep the virus in check. senior vice president, said. “It is our view, looking at this Thanks to their genetics, these“controllers” have research, that if indeed legalization goes on ballot in a slightly different immune response – a better abil- 2012 in California, that it is poised to win.” ity to signal danger so that “killer” T-cells can keep An aged woman is having an AIDS test during a HIV prevention campaign organised by the International Doctors Association, on October 9, 2010 in Vogan, Togo. /Ange Obafemi/Panapress) Another factor, the pollsters said, may have been the AIDS virus from replicating and destroying language protecting employees from being fired for immune cells. marijuana use that does not affect their work. The researchers hope their findings, released ners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts Gen- HIV controllers shared that made them different. Peter Lewis, an associate of billionaire convict and this afternoon in the online version of the journal eral, said he had gotten interested in such cases a The human genetic code is 3 billion letters long, drug reform baron George Soros, and himself busted Science, could help inform the quest for new AIDS few years earlier, after another researcher alerted Walker said, making it hard to know where to look. for smuggling drugs into New Zealand, was financial backer of Proposition 19, and paid for the poll. The poll therapies. About 33 million people worldwide are him to something strange she had seen among a Luckily, by the early 21st century, such studies was conducted between Sunday and Tuesday with 796 infected with the virus. cohort of gay men who had been tested for hepatitis could take advantage of a group of 3 million genetic people who voted this year surveyed by phone. The Luis Montaner, an immunology professor at Phil- B. Many had also tested positive for HIV, though a signposts, called SNPs, where the human genetic margin of error is 3.5 percentage points. adelphia’s Wistar Institute, called the work “a very few remained symptom-free years after infection. code tends to vary. These can help isolate regions significant and Herculean” achievement. Montaner Walker said at first he assumed Massie had gotten on a chromosome where key differences are likely DRUG CARTELS KILL 10,000 is engaged in a related project, trying to prompt a false positive test result. But retesting proved he to be found between one group and another. IN MEXICO THIS YEAR patients’ immune systems to control the virus even was indeed HIV positive. At a conference, Walker Using the SNPs led them to a group of genes on MEXICO CITY (DPA) – Violence blamed on organized when they’re not gifted with controller genes. quizzed other doctors and found that many of them chromosome 6 that code for a component of the crime has left 10,035 people dead just since the start of Massie said he discovered he was HIV positive in had seen a small number of similar cases. immune system called HLA – human leukocyte 2010 in Mexico, the newspaper Reforma reported today. 1984, the same year he was married. He was 26 years Eventually, he said, he found that about 1 in 300 antigens – which distinguish the body’s own cells With nearly two months left in the year, it is already old. Since childhood, he had been treated for the people were “controllers” – able to carry untreated from foreign invaders. the highest death toll in any year since then-president Felipe Calderon launched a policy of confronting drug genetic blood disorder hemophilia, which required infection without illness. A further breakthrough pointed to a specific set traffickers and other criminal gangs in 2006. him to get frequent blood transfusions. His HIV Those people showed very little of the virus in of these HLA genes where subtle genetic differences According to the newspaper’s tally, 24,197 people infection was traced back to a transfusion in 1978, their blood – in many cases it was undetectable, changed the way the immune system worked. have died since late 2006 in violence associated with which meant he had been living with the virus for though they tested positive for HIV antibodies, Walker describes the HLA proteins as factory the drug war. more than five years. proving they’d been exposed. workers. When a virus invades a cell, these HLA Doctors at the time told him five years was about Meanwhile, Walker kept studying Massie, often proteins can grab a piece of the viral protein and as long as anyone had carried the virus before get- going to the minister’s house to take blood and chat “hang it out the window.” That, he said, signals that ting deathly ill with AIDS. After he had had HIV for over coffee.“We became really good friends,” Massie something terrible is going on in that cell.“Then, the 10 years, that became the new outer limit. said. Massie kept asking Walker whether they had killer T cells come and blow up the factory.” “I always had a sense I was kind of staring right any idea what was protecting him from AIDS. For In most people, that system doesn’t work well off the cliff,” Massie said. years, the answer was no. against HIV, since the virus attacks key cells in the By 1994, he knew there was something unusual Gradually, Walker’s project grew to encompass immune system faster than they can stop it. But in about him, since nobody was supposed to remain researchers all over the world and more than 3,500 those fortunate few, the HLA proteins do a better symptom-free for 16 years. A former college room- HIV-positive volunteers, about 1,500 of whom were job of displaying the viral proteins, which signals mate who had become a doctor agreed, and after probable “controllers.” infection and prompts the killer T-cells to come some asking around, Massie connected with Walker “The patients were absolutely spectacular in in and destroy the infected cell. These so-called at Massachusetts General Hospital. terms of their contributions to this,” said Walker. controllers showed up among different ethnicities. “He was eager to start doing research on me “They enthusiastically lined up for this study when Had HIV mutated into a form that was spread and asked me a lot of questions,” Massie said. “He they heard about it – some of them flew into Boston by casual contact, these people might make up the was very pleased that I lived just a couple of miles to have their blood drawn.” majority of the remaining human race.“That’s why from Mass General so he could draw my blood on It was a combination of their large volunteer variability in the human genome is so important,” a regular basis.” pool and advancing genetics technology that Walker said. The human immune system is a balanc- Walker, who is now a professor of medicine at finally allowed them to crack the mystery, said ing act – and at some being too sensitive would lead CHURCH NEEDS “PURIFICATION” Harvard Medical School and director of the Part- Walker. What they wanted was something these to false alarms. VATICAN CITY, NOV. 5 (UPI) – Pope Benedict XVI called today for purification of the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of the sexual abuse scandals involv- Police said the death toll was expected to rise. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he when he heard people were trapped there after the ing Catholic clergy. “There are still places that can’t be accessed ordered the military to deploy health, engineering, midnight eruption. The message was one of the pope’s strongest statements so far on the impact of the scandal. It was because they are still covered by burning ash,” Rizal, infantry and marine divisions to help evacuees and “When we arrived, we saw burned bodies every- expressed in a letter to Archbishop Dionigi Tettama- a doctor working with the police disaster victim build shelters and field hospitals. where,” he said.“Some were still alive and screamed, nzi of Milan honouring the 400th anniversary of the identification division, told Metro TV. He also said the government would buy livestock ‘Help! Help!’” canonization of Saint Carlo Borromeo, the Italian news Metro TV showed residents and rescue workers left behind by the villagers so they wouldn’t have He said a woman who was dying asked him to agency ANSA reported. Borromeo, archbishop of Milan scrambling to escape the volcanic ash. Soldiers, to worry about their property in what appeared to take her 3-year-oldson. in the 16th century, was one of the great leaders of police and other rescue workers were seenremov- be a continuing disaster. “We took six injured people alive, including the the counter-reformation, instituting reforms including ing bodies and the injured from villages within “It looks like the eruption will continue, and we woman’s son, but we couldn’t save her because we seminary training for priests. Merapi’s danger zone. can’t predict when hot clouds and lava flows will couldn’t stand the heat,” said Gawtama, a worker In the letter, Benedict said the church is enduring trials Houses were destroyed by volcanic debris, and end,” he said.“Therefore, I havedecided to take extra from the Aksi Cepat Tanggap charity. and suffering. He said individual and institutional conver- charred animals werescattered in ash-covered yards. measures in this emergency situation.” “This is Merapi’s worst eruption in the last 100 sion is needed for purification and reform must come Twelve people were killed in one of the affected The number of people displaced by the eruptions years,” R Sukhyar, chief geologist at the Energy and from penance and suffering. The sexual abuse scandal spread from the United neighbourhoods but their bodies had not been climbed Thursday from more than 70,000 to around Mineral Resources Ministry, was quoted as saying States to Ireland and then elsewhere in Europe. There retrieved because their houses were in flames, Metro 100,000. in the Jakarta Post. have recently been allegations that Benedict, as Cardinal TV reported. Most of the dead were found in the Cangkringan Vulcanologists expanded the evacuation zone Josef Ratzinger before his elevation to pope, encouraged The latest eruption forced the closure of area in the Sleman district, about 15 kilometres around Merapi from 15 to 20 kilometres. On Wednes- bishops to shield abusive priests. Yogyakarta’s Adi Sutjipto International Airport, from Merapi’s peak, officials said. day, the evacuation zone had been expandedfrom Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Bayu Gawtama, a rescue worker, said he and sev- 10 to 15 kilometres. Ervan said. eral other people rushed to the hamlet of Bronggang Back to the front page 5 November 2010 WORLD 9 American pensioner admits Nazi past By Mike Carter as an armed guard on three other transports: Two The Seattle Times involved groups taken to the Semlin concentration camp, where 6,280 Jewish and Gypsy women and SEATTLE – An 88-year-old Bellevue man who faces children were killed, many of whom were gassed in loss of his citizenship and deportation as a possible a specially outfitted van. war criminal has admitted in court documents that The fourth was to the Avala site outside Bel- he belonged to a “despised” Nazi-run security unit grade, where the Nazis shot and buried thousands during Germany’s occupation of Yugoslavia during of prisoners, many of whom were killed in reprisal World War II. for partisan attacks on German and SS units. Those Peter Egner insists in documents filed by his prisoners, he recalled, were gathered from base- attorney that he committed no war crimes, but he ment interrogation rooms in the security police has acknowledged serving as a transport guard on headquarters. a train bound for Auschwitz, where he guarded a Egner was shot and seriously wounded in a par- boxcar filled with Gypsy men, women and children tisan attack in 1943, according to the documents. targeted for extermination by the Nazis. Egner, however, insisted he never saw or partici- Up until now, Egner has insisted he was nothing pated in any atrocities and did not know what went more than a soldier in the German army whose role on inside the camps. in the war ended when he was shot and wounded in “The government ... has no wartime documenta- 1943. He now says he lied because he was “embar- tion that Mr. Egner knowingly participated in such rassed” about his involvement in the security unit, persecutory conduct as serving as a concentration according to the documents. camp guard, executing or directing the execution of The new federal court filings, including motions prisoners, abusing or torturing prisoners, participat- by the government and Egner, contain hundreds of ing in the operation of the gas van used to kill Jews, pages of wartime documents as exhibits, and ask or arresting or directing the arrest of prisoners,” U.S. District Judge James Robart to either dismiss wrote his attorney, Robert Gibbs, of Seattle. the government’s lawsuit, or find that Egner lied “If they had evidence he was up to his elbows application, Egner said he was a German soldier but effect in 1965 did not include a “good moral char- about his activities and lacks the“good moral char- in blood, that would be another thing,” Gibbs said omitted his involvement with the security police. acter” clause and that the SD was not a banned acter” to be a U.S. citizen. during an interview. “That’s just not the case. The Federal prosecutors say that omission is enough group at that time. The new records show Egner was first a soldier, government has a high burden of proof in these to strip him of his U.S. citizenship. A break in the case came when investigators and later a sergeant, in the Einsatzgruppen – later cases, and it cannot meet it here.” Serbia has issued a warrant for Egner and seeks found a decades-old letter in Germany where Egner known as the“SD” – a Nazi-run security police force Alisa Finelli, a spokeswoman for the Justice to extradite and try him for his involvement in the had written seeking a pension for his service. He that federal prosecutors say “played a leading role Department’s Human Rights and Special Prosecu- Semlin and Avala executions. Egner has been listed acknowledged his involvement in the security in planning and carrying out the persecution and tions Section, said Thursday that the office would among the top 12 most-wanted alleged war crimi- police. annihilation of thousands” of Jews, Gypsies, commu- have no comment. nals by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, He also admitted that his commander helped nists, homosexuals and others deemed undesirable Egner moved to the United States after the war an international Jewish human-rights center whose him flee Denmark at the end of the war by pos- by the Third Reich. and applied for citizenship in 1965. He lived quietly mission includes hunting down the last remaining ing as a member of the German air force. He said Egner also told the Department of Justice in in Portland for most of his life with his wife and Nazi war criminals. he ditched his SD uniform, because the unit was sworn depositions and a statement that he served nephew, whom Egner adopted as an orphan. On his Egner’s lawyers say that the immigration law in “despised ... and hated” by the population. Beats lie detector, but admits murder IN AN INTERVIEW tained his innocence uttered a sentence that McAmis’ involvement in his daughter’s disappear- stunned her: “I might as well tell you.” ance, he always suspected that McAmis had killed LAST YEAR WITH In a confession that Loomis described as “une- her. A FULLERTON COLLEGE motional” and “matter-of-fact,” McAmis said he The possibility that she had run away didn’t attempted to rape Ekelund at his Whittier apart- make sense to him. She lacked motor control of STUDENT MAGAZINE ment and strangled her in the struggle, then drove her left arm, and would have had trouble surviving MCAMIS MAINTAINED HIS her body more than 50 miles to a Santa Clarita on her own. “I thought the worst had happened a INNOCENCE. HE SPECULATED construction site where he had worked with his long time ago,” he said. “There was just nothing to father and dug the grave with a backhoe, police said. indicate that she was alive.” THAT EKELUND MAY HAVE “I really couldn’t believe that I was hearing him Ekelund’s older brother, Scott, described her as ENCOUNTERED A BURGLAR, confess to what we knew in our hearts for years,” an upbeat and caring person who never complained Loomis said. about her disability “though she had every reason OR BEEN PICKED UP BY That day, she said, he pointed out the burial spot in the world” to do so. SOMEONE ELSE AFTER HE on a satellite map, and detectives accompanied him For years, he said, he had not understood the to a hillside in Bouquet Canyon, near a ranch-like strategy of Placentia detectives investigating the DROPPED HER OFF facility for the mentally disabled. case, but now he praised the work that culminated in The topography had changed slightly since 2001, the confession. “They played a psychological game By Sam Allen, Nicole Santa Cruz partially paralyzed from a childhood car accident, but police said McAmis indicated the general area with this guy,” he said.“They poked at this guy little and Christopher Goffard was not seen again. With her disabilities, family in which he remembered burying the body. by little by little, all along knowing that he was the Los Angeles Times members thought it unlikely that she would run McAmis has been charged with murder during one who did it.” away and be able to survive on her own. She didn’t the attempted commission of a rape and remains With no crime scene and no body, the investiga- LOS ANGELES – After nearly a decade of steadfast drive, and had little money with her. in custody. tion dragged on for nine years. Loomis said the denials, three interrogations and two inconclusive Although searches of his house and car yielded In an interview last year with a Fullerton break came after her department asked the Orange polygraph tests, the man who last saw 20-year-old no hard evidence, investigators were convinced that College student magazine McAmis maintained County district attorney’s office for help in 2008. Lynsie Ekelund alive led detectives to a tree-dotted McAmis, of Fullerton, was involved in her disap- his innocence. He speculated that Ekelund may Investigators re-examined McAmis’ statements and Santa Clarita hillside last week and indicated where pearance. have encountered a burglar, or been picked up by studied video cameras that would have captured to start digging. He had done a construction job “For many years we were often in a place of ‘Yes, someone else after he dropped her off. Neither his him on streets he said he passed. there, police said, and it was where he had buried her. you did,’ ‘No, I didn’t,’ ‘Yes, you did,’ ‘No, I didn’t,’” attorney nor family members could be reached for During the investigation, Loomis said, she spoke Tearing into the hillside with a backhoe this Placentia Police Detective Corinne Loomis said. comment today. often with Lynsie Ekelund’s mother, Nancy, who week, investigators unearthed a blue sneaker. 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www.mistralsoftware.co.nz 5 November 2010 SPORT 11 Canty win national rugby title threepeat Waikato preferred to keep the ball close among power on the Waikato line with lock Isaac Ross car- their forwards and bulldoze their way towards the ried over by his team mates but no try was awarded Canterbury line. because replays were inconclusive on the grounding. Both methods were effective. Crotty finally got on the scoreboard after Waikato Canterbury opened the scoring, albeit in bizarre halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow’s kick through came fashion. off Slade’s shin and Crotty was on hand to retrieve Fruean chipped the ball ahead and Waikato No the ball and score. 8 Alex Bradley appeared to have the ball covered The arrival of former All Black halfback Brendon but duffed his attempt to ground the ball in-goal Leonard in place of Kerr-Barlow was the spark that and allowed Canterbury wing Tu Umaga-Marshall briefly ignited Waikato in the second half. pounce on the loose ball and score after just two After Slade slotted an early penalty, Leonard help minutes and 13 seconds into the game. set up his side’s third try scored by Speight after a Waikato’s reply was built around a forwards rum- patient buildup and then made a try-saving tackle. ble, the continuous pick and gos finally breaking the Waikato’s spirits sagged when Nasi Manu charged Canterbury defence down with prop Toby Smith down a Leonard clearance for flanker Matt Todd to flopping down to score an unconverted try. grab the ball and score a converted try. Canterbury almost scored another equally bizarre They buckled in the 66th minute when Slade try after first five Colin Slade’s penalty attempt sailed plucked up a loose Waikato kick ahead and galloped NZPA / Dianne Manson wide only for Waikato wing Henry Speight to lose out through a wrong-footed defence to score beneath in the tussle with Umaga-Marshall for the ball with the cross bar and convert his own try. second five Ryan Crotty dotting the loose ball down. Canterbury substitute Stephen Brett kicked a WELLINGTON, NOV 5 – Canterbury won the them in the second half. But the television match official ruled Speight late penalty to put the issue beyond doubt. national rugby title for a third straight time, romp- The defending champions scored two uncon- had been tackled without the ball by Umaga-Mar- “We were pretty confident coming here even ing to a 33-13 victory over Waikato in tonight’s final verted tries but had another two turned down by shall and awarded Waikato a penalty. though it is a tough place to come and win but full at Christchurch. Canterbury wiped out memories the television match official in the first 40 minutes. Slade finally opened his account after missing his credit to Canterbury – they showed us how to play of a 6-26 loss to Waikato in the final round of the The wintry conditions did not provide ideal con- first three attempts at goal to put his side in front finals footy tonight,” Waikato skipper Nathan White regular season by scoring four tries to two. ditions but Canterbury were more willing to utilise again but Waikato opposite Trent Renata equalised said in a post-match interview. Waikato put in a strong performance in the first the power of centre Robbie Fruean and the speed with a penalty of his own. “We just couldn’t get down there (to the other half to stay in contention to win their first national of hardworking fullback Sean Maitland to run the Canterbury lock Isaac Ross was then denied a try end) and hold on to the ball long enough. Canter- rugby title since 2006 but Canterbury outplayed ball at every opportunity. after Canterbury dished out a dose of their forwards bury relived that pressure straight away.” NZ fight back before late resistance By Martin Davidson of NZPA when not offering a shot after he’d contributed 11. Harbhajan’s resistance ended when Vettori WENN.com / File AHMEDABAD, INDIA, NOV 5 – New Zealand deliv- induced an edge behind to snare his fourth wicket, ered some body blows only for India’s tailenders deserved reward after a marathon effort which saw to frustrate their intentions in the first cricket test him wheel down 54.5 overs for his four for 118. here today. Vettori was clearly the best of the bowlers, the India were dismissed for 487 on the stroke of tea left-arm spinner putting a firm clamp on the scor- here at Sardar Patel Stadium after beginning the ing this morning when conceding just 13 runs from second day staring down the barrel of a 550-plus total. 14 overs. The Indians, who resumed on 329 for three after Patel was too expensive, with three for 135 from first day centuries to Virender Sehwag and Rahul 29 overs, but he took crucial wickets. Dravid, lost five wickets for 29 runs in less than 14 Earlier, New Zealand had much the better of overs to be 412 for eight before a lusty, career best the first session by restricting the powerful Indian 69 from Harbhajan Singh handed the hosts back lineup to just 63 runs from 30 overs while picking the initiative. up three wickets. Offspinner Jeetan Patel had sparked a middle Tendulkar and Laxman were held in check until order collapse by removing linchpins Sachin Ten- the first drinks break as they bided their time while dulkar and VVS Laxman shortly before lunch as just 29 runs came in the first hour. India were placed under pressure for the first time Patel’s introduction changed the tempo as he in the match. leaked 20 runs from his first three, a continuation of Both Tendulkar and Laxman made 40 before New yesterday when the Wellingtonian went wicketless Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori joined the party on a while giving up 79 off 13. lifeless surface beginning to accept slow turn. But he held his nerve and tempted Tendulkar, 10 Vettori chipped in by having his Indian coun- runs short of becoming the first batsman to reach 50 terpart MS Dhoni caught at bat-pad and bowling in 10 consecutive test innings, with a floated delivery Zaheer Khan early in the second session although which was struck back at a grateful bowler. The New Zealand attack was undermanned PART-TIME SPINNER the tourists were then held up by an adventurous Part-time spinner and debutant Kane William- throughout the session due to the absence of rookie Harbhajan, who raised his eighth test half-century son also got in on the act as he picked up his first fast bowler Hamish Bennett. AND DEBUTANT KANE off 58 balls in 77 minutes. test wicket, having Suresh Raina caught for three Bennett, 23, who had some good moments in his WILLIAMSON ALSO GOT IN ON He ended with five fours and three sixes after at short cover by Brendon McCullum before Patel first day on the test stage yesterday, was resting a sharing a stand of 66 for the ninth wicket with struck again, trapping VVS Laxman leg before groin strain picked up late in yesterday’s play. THE ACT AS HE PICKED UP Pragyan Ojha, who became Patel’s third victim wicket for 40 in the final over before lunch. It is doubtful he will take the field at all today. HIS FIRST TEST WICKET Mixed bag for New Zealand By Cathy Walshe of NZPA Bidwell. The time was useful, considering the challeng- The three-times defending champion held a B final to win on Sunday.” ing conditions, and Sullivan said the pair had to work comfortable lead at the halfway mark, but paid New Zealand finished last in the four-crew wom- LAKE KARAPIRO, NOV 5 – New Zealand returned hard to ensure their passage through to the next round. the pricein the second half of the race for a quick en’s four final, and in the six-boat women’s quad a mixed bag from their last two semi-finals at the “I always find the semifinal the hardest race to get 1min 44.28sec opening 500m. He eventually fin- sculls while Lucy Strack and Julia Edward, who world rowing championships here today. through,” he said. “In the finals it gets even harder ished fourth, in a race won by the canny tactics of had punched above their weight all week in the On a day dominated by finals, with the home but once you’re in there you’ve got a chance. And as Denmark’s Henrik Stephansen in 7min 20.46sec. lightweight double sculls, also finished sixth. team returning modest dividends of a silver and two we’ve seen today, anything can happen in the finals. Grant afterwards described the race as the most The only win of the day came in the men’s quad bronzes from six finals contested, there was some But you ‘ve got to be in the race to make it happen.” disappointing of his career: “My best just wasn’t sculls, where John Storey, Matthew Trott, Robert good news for Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan However, that good news was negated by Duncan good enough today.” Manson and Nathan Twaddle won the B final. Their in the men’s double sculls. Grant’s disappointment in the men’s lightweight He said the testing conditions and cross-wind winning 6min 07.71sec showed just how much con- The pair qualified for Sunday’s final with a six min- single sculls, when he faded badly over the last quar- didn’t help, but he didn’t handle the conditions as ditions had deteriorated by the time the Croatia utes 44.77 seconds win, nearly two seconds clear of the ter of the 2000m race, and missed out on the A final well as he could have. took the gold medal in the A final four hours later Australian combination of Nick Hudson and Jared for the first time in four years. “Not to be in the A final is gutting, but I have a in 6min 15.78sec. Gourmet5528Inv.indd 1 20/07/10 4:43 PM 5 November 2010 WEEKEND 13

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Secretariat 0Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Margo Martindale 0Director: Randall Wallace 0Length: 116 minutes 0Rating: PG (for brief mild language)

Forget about the horse. The real prize-winner in Disney’s Secretariat is Diane Lane. The versatile actress makes a run for Oscar roses as Penny Chenery Tweedy, an unlikely icon of the ‘70s horse-racing world. To her role as a cooks-and-cleans housewife who emerges as the surprise owner of a 1973 Triple Crown winner, Lane brings the incandes- cent beauty of Tippi Hedren and the acting grace of Ellen Burstyn. Even when Secretariat wobbles like a newborn foal – a cheesy opening drips with NutraSweet and strained relationships are resolved too patly – Lane takes the reins and gallops this baby over the finish line. Hereafter pelling thing about Hereafter is the way it places Never Let Me Go, Hereafter is best approached with In tone and intent, Secretariat shares the DNA of 0Cast: Cécile De France, Thierry Neuvic, spiritual themes squarely in the kind of Hollywood as little specific information as possible. The Blind Side, last year’s megahit. Each takes cues Cyndi Mayo Davis, Matt Damon context that attracts stars such as Matt Damon The first story introduces us to a French couple, from the real world and presents families with a neatly 0Director: Clint Eastwood and top Belgian actress Cecile de France. What’s unmarried lovers and professional colleagues, vaca- packaged inspirational feature anchored around a strong 0Length: 129 minutes surprising and satisfying about this film are its tioning in Indonesia. female character with convictions and moxie to spare. 0Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic determination to deal with unconventional mate- Marie (de France, who appeared in Mesrine) is a Yet Secretariat is also cut from the Disney sports- elements and for brief strong language) rial in a classical way. journalist who leaves her napping companion to get movie cloth, with facts tailored to ensure the studio has a Hereafter was also a departure for screenwriter some last-minute shopping done. crowd-pleaser. No matter. This is a rousingly entertaining Peter Morgan, best known for fact-based stories This small excursion takes a nightmarish turn when, and robustly acted movie with electrifying horse-racing Death is the barrier we can’t get around, an eternal such as Frost/Nixon and The Queen. He apparently in a formidable piece of special effects work – orches- sequences filmed from the jockey’s perspective. Now, void burdening those among the living who yearn wrote the script after the death of a friend and, trated by visual effects supervisor Michael Owens, how cool is that? for those who are gone. What would it mean if we because it was so out of the ordinary for him, put effects house Scanline and editors Joel Cox and Gary Director Randall Wallace (We Were Soldiers) and could communicate with the other side, or even just it away for years. Roach – Marie gets caught in a monstrous tsunami. screenwriter Mike Rich (The Rookie) take a marginal be sure it existed? Morgan’s script turns out to be a fine match for Eastwood’s team makes this wall of water and risk by focusing on their heroine’s pluck and her resolve That is the theme of the haunting Hereafter, the Eastwood’s fluid, unassuming directing style. His Marie’s near-death experience in it so convincing to make a name for herself in a male-dominated sport latest work from Clint Eastwood, which presents a direct, unadorned approach pares everything down to that it can’t help but be deeply disturbing to watch, rather than spending more time on Big Red – aka trio of stories having to do with what might be on its essence, the better to express the core of the narra- giving us more of a sense of what being trapped in a Secretariat – the trophy horse Penny wins in a coin toss. that far side and how it relates to the world we know. tive in the most direct and effective way possible. This tsunami would actually be like than we may want. That might not appease the My Friend Flicka crowd, but Over the years, Eastwood has very much become is quiet but potent filmmaking that believes nothing So it’s easy to believe that once Marie returns to I appreciated the more-human, less-equine story line. a director we expect to deliver the unexpected, and is more important than the story it has to tell. Paris, she finds herself disturbed by what happened Penny’s entree into the boys club of horse racing he’s done that here. Hollywood once upon a time Actually, it is three stories that are told, and and her glimpse of the beyond. occurs as the country’s on the cusp of change over made films exploring these kinds of issues, but in “Hereafter” begins by providing a wonderful sense Next up is Matt Damon’s George, a blue-collar war, sex and gender roles. today’s climate only a filmmaker such as Eastwood, of uncertainty, giving us the gift of not knowing guy who operates a forklift in San Francisco and She doesn’t realize it, but her actions challenge the determined to never do the same thing twice, would where these tales are going and whether or not they yearns for a normal life. For it turns out that George, status quo of what a woman can achieve as she tries have the nerve and the clout to take it on. will have things in common besides dealing with rather like the Bible’s Jonah, is a man fleeing from to save her ailing father’s Virginia stables. As played by Though its subject matter is unusual, the com- death and the beyond. Like the similarly affecting his calling. In a world of fakes and frauds, he is the Lane, Penny comes across as driven and practical, but genuine article, a psychic who is very much for real someone not above using her charms to get what she and gets authentic messages from the other side. wants. Whether she’s bursting into a “gentlemen-only” But having the kind of gift that leads frantic club or wittily responding to a lame put-down about Movie picks people to invade your life day and night can be a being a housewife, Lane stays as true and steadfast to terrible burden, especially when George meets a cute her character as her Aqua Net hair. To turn “Big Red” into a trophy winner, Penny has Outstanding young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) he thinks of getting serious about. As he himself says,“A life that’s to clear a number of obstacles. A money-focused Worthy effort New all about death is no life at all.” brother (Dylan Baker) who wants to sell the biz after So-so review The film’s third story is set in London and involves their dad (Scott Glenn) dies and a hubby (Dylan Walsh) a set of identical twin schoolboys (George and who appreciates the starched tradition of a wife’s role A bomb Local critic Chicago Tribune Los Angeles TimesMiami Herald Philadelphia InquirerMinneapolis Star SeattleTribune Times Frankie McLaren) who run interference for their compound her problems. Each of the actors in those thankless, naysaying parts Conviction substance-abusing mother. Something happens in this family that demonstrates how the desperate does serviceable work. Lane gets her greatest on- Girl Who Kicked Hornet's need to communicate with the departed can take screen assist from John Malkovich, joyously goofy as over the lives of those still living. her fashion disaster of a trainer, Lucien Laurin. Malkovich Hereafter Hereafter cuts back and forth among these three is a hoot as the eccentric Lucien, who initially balks at working with Penny. He and reliable character actress ItÕs Kind of a Funny Story stories in an increasingly gripping way. Especially involving as always is Damon, convinc- Margo Martindale – as Penny’s assistant – provide Paranormal Activity 2 ing as an everyman torn by the kinds of conflicts welcome humor. few people have to deal with. Can peace be made They’re both terrific, but each exists in Lane’s shadow. Red between the here and the hereafter? It’s a question Like so many other films she’s been in – from Under that can’t be answered, but few directors have the the Tuscan Sun to Unfaithful – Secretariat winds up not Secretariat ability to explore the possibilities as gracefully as only her win but ultimately her show. Stone Eastwood, a singular filmmaker in his 80th year. Watch the trailer Watch the trailer – By Randy Myers © 2010 MCT – By Kenneth Turan REVIEWS 14 5 November 2010

Music

Henry Threadgill makes name for himself among jazz’s elite By Calvin Wilson achieved more than Henry Threadgill did with his recording debut under his own name in 1979 with because“Theme From Thomas Cole” is equal to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sextett,” said John Litweiler, author of the classic “X-75, Vol. 1” and the previously unreleased “X-75, best work of Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk. book, “The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958.” Vol. 2.” Working with a nonet (including vocalist Rounding off the boxed set are the Columbia One of the true visionaries of jazz, composer-saxo- “What beautiful melodies he came up with,” Lit- Amina Claudine Myers), Threadgill puts a post- albums“Carry the Day,”“Makin’ a Move” and“Where’s phonist-flutist Henry Threadgill occupies a zone of weiler said. modern spin on swing, creating music that’s glori- Your Cup?,” recorded from 1994 to 1996. One of his own. He’s not exactly famous – if asked to name A Chicago native, Threadgill was an early mem- ously unconstrained. The standout track is the lovely Threadgill’s most accessible recordings, “Carry the an important living jazz artist, most people would ber of the city’s legendary AACM (Association for “Luap Nosebor,” for three flutes and a piccolo. Day” features the septet Very Very Circus. Its intrigu- more likely cite Wynton Marsalis. Yet Threadgill isn’t the Advancement of Creative Musicians), which Threadgill has a distinctive approach to jazz com- ing instrumentation, including two tubas and two quite obscure, having recorded some of the most chal- championed innovative and avant-garde jazz in the position, said guitarist Liberty Ellman, who plays electric guitars, lends the compositions a rhythmic lengingly imaginative jazz albums of the last 40 years 1960s and ‘70s. Others in the organization included in Zooid, Threadgill’s urgency. “Come Carry – some of it, improbably, for major labels. saxophonist-composer Anthony Braxton, drummer current band. Its latest HIS APPROACH TO the Day,” the Latin- That music, originally released from the 1970s Jack DeJohnette (best known for his work in pian- release is “This Brings tinged opening track, through the ‘90s and some of which had fallen out ist Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio) and St. Louis- Us To, Volume 2.” JOPLIN’S MUSIC, is at once majestic and of print, has been reissued as“The Complete Novus reared trumpeter Lester Bowie. The AACM, which “He’s very influenced THREADGILL SAID, WAS TO mesmerizing. & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air” still exists, was affiliated with the subsequently dis- by modern classical Its title notwithstand- on the Mosaic label. The eight-CD boxed set covers continued Black Artists’ Group (BAG) in St. Louis. composers,” Ellman “OPEN IT UP AND LET IT ing, “Makin’ a Move” fea- 11 albums and features Threadgill’s sax-bass-drums Threadgill’s allegiance to the avant-garde is obvi- said. “There’s a whole BREATHE, AND LOOK AT IT tures Very Very Circus trio, Air; his chamber-style ensemble, X-75; his Sex- ous in the music of Air, in which he interacted with lot of really interesting IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT with guest artists; the tett group (which was actually a septet); and his bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall. The information that we get quintet Make a Move combos Very Very Circus and Make a Move. boxed set starts off with three Air albums for Arista to work with, and it feels ARE IMPLIED THAT YOU CAN makes its debut on In a recent phone interview from his home in Novus – “Open Air Suit,” “Montreux Suisse Air” and like there’s an infinite DO. BUT YOU CAN’T GET “Where’s the Cup?” New York, Threadgill said he was not involved in “Air Lore” – recorded in 1978 and ‘79. Performing amount of options for Both discs are well worth selecting the material for the boxed set, but thought on reed instruments including alto saxophone and us to create sound. AWAY FROM THE NATURE hearing, but“Where’s the Mosaic did a good job. flute, Threadgill comes up with something radically “But because of his OF SOMETHING – YOU HAVE Cup” demonstrates that “It covers a lot,” said the musician, 66, who con- different than the usual sax-trio explorations, deftly history in the avant- a small band – in this tinues to perform and compose.“I just got it myself.” blending composition and free improvisation. But it’s garde jazz world, there’s TO KNOW WHEN YOU’RE case, Threadgill, guitarist The set also effectively illustrates Threadgill’s incli- “Air Lore,” on which the trio performs ragtime tunes also a lot of freedom to BREACHING THAT” Brandon Ross, accordi- nation to move on artistically:“I never play the same by Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin as well as a express yourself indi- onist Tony Cedras, bass- music from one group to another.” Threadgill original, that earns desert-island status. vidually. And he really knows how to get the most ist Stomu Takeshi and drummer J.T. Lewis – can With his penchant for unusual instrumentation, It’s hard to imagine a sprightlier rendering of Joplin’s out of all of his musicians.” make a big impression. The quintet is at its most quirky song titles (such as“Make Hot and Give” and “Weeping Willow Rag.” When Novus moved from Arista to RCA, so did expressive on the epic “And This.” “The Flew”) and sheer musical adventurousness, His approach to Joplin’s music, Threadgill said, Threadgill, recording three albums with his Sextett “The Complete Arista & Columbia Recordings of Threadgill has consistently been a progressive force was to “open it up and let it breathe, and look at it from 1986 to 1988:“You Know the Number,”“Easily Henry Threadgill & Air” isn’t the definitive Thread- in jazz. Particularly during the 1980s, when“young in terms of things that are implied that you can do. Slip into Another World” and “Rag, Bush and All.” gill collection – he has recorded many albums for lions” such as Marsalis presented the music’s past But you can’t get away from the nature of something Like“Air Lore,” the Sextett albums have been much small labels, and continues to release new work. But as its endpoint. – you have to know when you’re breaching that.” sought-after by hardcore jazz fans. Of the three, the it’s an excellent introduction to an essential artist. “I can’t think of a composer in the 1980s who Sticking with Arista Novus, Threadgill made his best is arguably “You Know the Number,” if only Too Much Sugar For A Dime 5 November 2010 REVIEWS 15

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He saw silence 1952, Sinatra had lost his radio show, his TV show, ards is the sound of those records he created with as a vast canvas, and his mission was to leave spaces his record label deal, his agent, his movie studio Yes, Hootie has gone coun- the Stones at their best, and this book unpacks the in the music for the distortion and drone to drift contract – and was on the verge of losing the one try. But you can put aside secrets of that quest with a passion as searing as through like phantoms that haunt and resonate. true obsession of his life outside his career: actress the cynicism. Darius Rucker, the guitar solo on “Sympathy for the Devil” or the The Stones, he insisted, must be minimalists. He Ava Gardner, his wife. lead singer of pop’s Hootie ringing, distorted riff that ushers in“Gimme Shelter.” began shaping sounds on a five-string open-tuned And then, in little more than 12 months, he rebuilt and the Blowfish, made a Richards has always been a great interview, in part guitar, at last tapping into the vastness he heard it all (except his relationship with Gardner; they strong Nashville debut in because he never seems to have an agenda beyond on Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” or Reed’s separated in 1953, divorcing four years later), con- 2008 with “Learn to Live.” telling it like it is. “Little Rain.” quering Hollywood with that Oscar and, thanks to This follow-up reaffirms that he’s no mere poseur, His transparency stands in stark contrast to his He is frank about the group’s decline. His drug use arranger Nelson Riddle and a new recording deal unlike the pop has-beens in the old Alan Jackson partner in the Stones, Mick Jagger, the guarded, caused him to check out through much of the ‘70s, at Capitol Records, the music business. hit, “Gone Country.” glib celebrity half of one of rock’s most enduring, a period when Jagger assumed dictatorial control It’s considered the greatest comeback in showbiz For “(Charleston, SC 1966)” – that’s Rucker’s if fractious couples. over the band. When Richards got clean in the ‘80s, history, and rightly so. birthplace and birth year – the singer doesn’t try That relationship is at the heart of Life, and it his rift with Jagger only widened, and by the ‘90s the But in Frank: The Voice, the journey back is filled to pass off bland pop or ‘70s rock as real country, is a complex and often unsettling one. Richards is former mates who once wrote classic songs head to with regret, hostility and disappointment – all unlike some putative country acts. He works again brutally frank about his own shortcomings, and he head in their manager’s kitchen now couldn’t even reflections of the tortured artist at the heart of it all. with one of Music City’s best producers, Frank doesn’t spare Jagger. They move from close-knit stand to be in the recording studio at the same time. To relate the story of the man riding this roller Rogers, who helps ensure that the music has main- blues fanatics to rock’s decadent Glimmer Twins to Richards expresses his disappointment in Jagger, coaster, Kaplan decided he’d try to get inside Sinat- stream accessibility while maintaining vigorous warring divorcees to alienated co-CEOs presiding but his attitude toward his partner has never been a ra’s head. And not just Sinatra’s: We get Kaplan’s country elements. And Rucker, who cowrote all 13 over a multimillion-dollar corporation that lumbers secret; in one interview with the Chicago Tribune in versions of interior monologues for many of the songs, sings with the conviction of someone who’s into stadiums around the world every few years to the ‘90s, Richards was so disgusted with his songwrit- people he embraced, relied on and, just as often, all in, whether it’s the sunny domesticity of “This” play 30-year-old songs for fans paying as much as ing partner that he referred to Jagger only as “she.” abused or disappointed along the way. and “Might Get Lucky” or the darker situations of $500 a ticket. People grow apart, and Richards acknowledges It’s a popular strategy among celebrity biogra- “Whiskey and You” and “I Got Nothing.” The pair bonded in London during the early ‘60s that he’s at least partially to blame when friends phers. But it’s also fraught with peril, particularly Even the superstar guest appearance works, as on a mutual love of the hardest-edged Chicago blues; and lovers drifted from his life. when re-creating the worlds of figures whose every Rucker cuts up with Brad Paisley on the breezy they were part of a small but soon-to-be powerful sect – By Greg Kot move has been chronicled in big headlines and honky-tonk of their cowritten “I Don’t Care.” of callow British youth transformed by the sounds paparazzi pictures. And, particularly in the case of – Nick Cristiano of the first generation of Southern blues men who Sinatra, there are just too many conflicting sources migrated North in search of jobs after World War II. Book struggles to get to get a good read on what really motivated him, John Mclaughlin And For the Brits, these artists were deities whose every beyond a burning desire to be No. 1. The Fourth Dimension musical note demanded their absolute attention. inside the head More problematic in Frank: The Voice are the 0To the One “You were supposed to spend every waking hour sources Kaplan relies on to get inside his subject. 0Abstract Logix studying Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Little Wal- of Frank Sinatra Some of his sources – in particular, Kaplan’s inter- ter, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson,” Richards writes. views with those present at the creation of Sinatra’s “That was your gig. Every other moment taken away Frank: The Voice stardom – give the storytelling authority and life. Guitarist John McLaugh- from it was a sin.” 0James Kaplan For example, singer Jo Stafford, who was there when lin, who brought so much to Jagger, Richards and Brian Jones were room- 0Doubleday ($35) Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey (in Milwaukee, she Miles Davis’“In a Silent Way,” mates who played blues covers with a certain atti- says ), describes how Sinatra changed the game just pays tribute here to John tude, a spirit that set them apart from their more The Frank Sinatra most people know, or think they by singing one song with Dorsey’s big band, the Coltrane’s“A Love Supreme.” academic counterparts on the nascent British blues know, is the Chairman of the Board: the swaggering gig that made him a national star. “Everyone up McLaughlin’s focus is spir- scene. When Jagger-Richards became a songwrit- man’s man surrounded by booze, broads and bada- until then was sounding like (Bing) Crosby,” Stafford itual, as the title suggests, ing team, Jones was marginalized and eventually bing – and who could, when he wanted to, belt out recalled, “but this was a whole new sound.” and that’s a good thing because it takes a few cuts ousted from his leadership position. Three weeks one heck of a tune. But other sources are less authentic. Kaplan, for to get past some perfunctory fusion and evoke those after departing the band, he was found dead in his But before he was the Chairman, he was The example, relies for a big chunk of his story on infor- blissful, inner feelings. swimming pool. Even more than 40 years after Voice, the crooner whose dulcet tones left young mation from Kitty Kelley’s scathing and factually Playing here with his quartet – keyboardist Gary Jones’ death, Richards refuses to indulge in any girls swooning, young men steaming, Hollywood problematic biography His Way. Husband, bassist Etienne M’Bappe and drummer false sentimentality or regretfulness. beckoning and starlets in hot pursuit. In part because of his reliance on such inconsist- Mark Mondesir – McLaughlin is mining a fusion He is equally unsparing of former lovers, wives, And then, when he had conquered the world, he ent material, Kaplan’s often brutal portrait feels field that feels familiar. advisers, bandmates. The tone may be cruel, but it just about lost it all. less like a revelation and more like a legend that’s But the Mahavishnu man comes through. The disk also comes across as unfailingly honest. Not for noth- James Kaplan, in Frank: The Voice, charts the been printed before. In the Sinatra of “Frank: The deepens as it spins, and“Lost and Found,” with its rever- ing does Richards insist that he still carries a knife. improbable rise, crash-and-burn and even more Voice,” he didn’t grow into the role of Chairman of ent hush and plaintive melody, is especially fulfilling. He sounds disingenuous only when addressing improbable revival of Sinatra’s career, punctuated the Board – he always was Chairman of the Board. – Karl Stark the Stones’ infamously sexist (misogynist?) atti- by the night in 1954 when he won an Oscar for his – By Chris Foran HEALTH 16 5 November 2010 New research finds link between smoking, dementia By Shari Roan age, diabetes, heart at Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research and who quit or cut back were left out of the analysis. Los Angeles Times disease and sub- the principal investigator of the study. However, even Whether the threat of developing yet another stance abuse – the people who smoked heavily at mid-life and did not smoking-related disease will influence the roughly LOS ANGELES – Heavy smoking at middle age more study found a signifi- have any subsequent strokes were at higher risk for 20 percent of U.S. adults who smoke to quit, or than doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other cant link with heavy dementia, Whitmer said. persuade teenagers not to start, is unknown. But types of dementia later in life, according to one of the smoking at middle Of the 5,367 participants who were eventually dementia, Whitmer noted, is one of the most feared first long-term studies to examine the issue. age. diagnosed with dementia, just 416 were diagnosed diseases because there is no cure and no effective Smoking has a clear effect on the heart and Compared to non- with vascular dementia, a condition in which treatments to slow its course. lungs, but whether it also damages the brain has smokers, people who reduced blood flow to the brain triggers strokes “People know that smoking is bad for them,” said been controversial. The study, published Monday in smoked two packs that steadily erode memory. Gloria Soliz, a smoking-cessation trainer for the the Archives of Internal Medicine, overcomes some a day or more had a The majority of the cases were diagnosed simply American Lung Association in California. However, of the obstacles that have made it difficult to assess 114 percent increased as dementia, while 1,136 cases were diagnosed as she added, “that is not necessarily what motivates such a link. For example, some previous research risk of dementia (more than double), while people Alzheimer’s disease. them to quit or work on staying quit. One of the suggesting that smoking doesn’t cause dementia who smoked one to two packs a day had a 44 percent “Stroke is certainly one of the pathways that reasons why smoking is very insidious is that you mostly examined elderly people only for a short increased risk. Those who smoked a half-pack to one smoking causes dementia, but it’s not the only path- don’t see the effects until years in the future.” period of time. pack a day had a 37 percent increased risk. way,” Whitmer said. Oxidative stress and inflamma- A recent health care strategy shift toward focus- To get a more complete look, researchers in Middle-aged people who described themselves as tion caused by smoking may also damage the brain ing on the prevention and early detection of Alzhe- Finland, Sweden and the health plan Kaiser Per- former smokers did not appear to have an increased and lead to dementia, she said. imer’s disease may prompt smokers to confront the manente’s Division of Research followed 21,123 risk of later dementia. The link between smoking and later dementia risk of dementia sooner, Whitmer said. middle-aged Kaiser members who participated in One way that smoking might increase the risk did not differ according race, ethnicity or sex. The “We know dementia has a 10-to-15-year process a survey between 1978 and 1985 and then were fol- of dementia would be via the narrowing of blood researchers do not know how many of the smokers before people become really demented,” she said. lowed for an average of 23 years. vessels in the brain, a process that leads to the continued smoking into old age, quit or cut back. “People have to understand that it’s not a disease of After controlling for other factors that can con- well-established increased risk of stroke from the Therefore, Whitmer said, the actual rates of smok- old age. It’s a disease of a lifetime. We need to think tribute to dementia – such as education level, race, habit, said Rachel A. Whitmer, a research scientist ing-related dementia might be even higher if people about risk factors early on.” Drug-resistant bacterium raises alarms in Chicago By Judith Graham Cook County Health System. ology at Rush University Medical Center and an a growing problem” not only in the U.S. but across Chicago Tribune “This is a considerable threat that requires a author of the new study. the world, said Srinivasan of the CDC. coordinated response,” he said. Another drug-resistant Gram-negative bacte- An outbreak of KPC in Rio de Janeiro this year CHICAGO – A dangerous, often deadly bacterium While it is unclear how many people have died rium originating in India made headlines around claimed 18 lives. The epicenter for infections in the resistant to the most powerful antibiotics known in Chicago from KPC, studies suggest that the the world in September when disease trackers noted U.S. is New York. to medicine is spreading in Chicago hospitals and germ kills about 40 percent of people who become its emergence in Europe and the U.S. That organ- In Chicago, researchers found that 75 percent nursing homes, prompting an effort to mobilize a infected, according to Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, a medi- regionwide response. cal epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Known as KPC for short, Klebsiella pneumoniae Control and Prevention. Typically, these are older, KLEBSIELLA BACTERIA LIVE IN THE GUT AND CAN Carbapenemase bacteria are a drug-resistant form frail patients with multiple medical problems and SICKEN PEOPLE WHEN THEY ENTER THE BODY THROUGH of a common pathogen that was first reported 11 compromised immune systems. years ago in North Carolina. Klebsiella bacteria live in the gut and can sicken OTHER AVENUES – OFTEN INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS Earlier this year, 37 health facilities in Chicago people when they enter the body through other INSERTED IN THE URINARY TRACT OR BLOOD VESSELS OF reported an average of 10 KPC cases each, up from avenues – often intravenous catheters inserted in SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS. THEY’RE PART OF A CLASS OF an average of four cases in 2009 in 26 facilities, the urinary tract or blood vessels of seriously ill according to a new study presented Friday at the patients. They’re part of a class of organisms known ORGANISMS KNOWN AS GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA, WHOSE annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of as Gram-negative bacteria, whose best-known mem- BEST-KNOWN MEMBER IS ESCHERICHIA COLI, OR E. COLI America. The resistant bacterium was first identified ber is Escherichia coli, or E. coli. in Chicago in December 2007. Over the last decade, Gram-negative bacteria have “Although the number of infections is small, the begun to evolve resistance to drugs once commonly ism carries a carbapenem-disabling gene known as of patients who tested positive for KPC came from fact that so many places are seeing KPCs is very used to fight them as well as to the drugs called carbap- NDM-1, which experts worry might be transferred nursing homes or other facilities serving people with concerning,” said Dr. Robert Weinstein, interim enems – medications of last resort that are used to treat to other pathogens and hasten drug resistance. long-term, chronic illnesses. chairman of the department of medicine at Stroger infections that don’t respond to other interventions. Today, 8 percent of all Klebsiella infections in the “We think long-term care settings may be a sig- Hospital and chief operating officer of the Ruth “These are the most potent antibiotics available,” U.S. involve drug-resistant forms of the bacteria, nificant reservoir of this organism,” Hayden said. M. Rothstein CORE Center for HIV/AIDS at the said Dr. Mary Hayden, director of clinical microbi- and cases have been discovered in 35 states.“This is – MCT

Healthy Living Study suggests ways to Needing the sunshine vitamin lower colon cancer risk Scientists estimate that 1 billion people worldwide lack sufficient vitamin D, largely due to inadequate sun exposure, and may require supplements. By Shari Roan • Being physically active for at least 30 minutes Los Angeles Times a day. In our genes The participants did not have colorectal cancer • Researchers at Oxford University • In addition to causing rickets, LOS ANGELES – Colon cancer is most common in at the start of the study and were followed for an mapped the points at which vitamin a lack of vitamin D may also Westernized countries, such as the United States and average of almost 10 years to see who developed D interacts with our DNA and increase susceptibility European nations. That means lifestyle has a lot to cancer (678 people). identified more than 200 genes that to autoimmune diseases, such as do with why the disease develops. A study published Even modest lifestyle changes can have an effect, it directly influences multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid Wednesday confirms that adhering to five basic the authors noted. If all of the study participants arthritis, lupus and type 1 health tenets could dramatically reduce the risk. improved their lifestyles to follow one additional © 2010 MCT diabetes, as well as to some In a study of more than 55,000 Danish men recommendation, 13 percent of colorectal Source: Medical News Today, and women ages 50 to 64, researchers found cancer cases could have been avoided. MCT Photo Service cancers Graphic: Pat Carr these five factors cut colorectal cancer A similar study published in 2009 risk by 23 percent: found that 43 percent of colorectal • Not smoking. cancers could be prevented if people • Drinking no more than seven alcoholic improved fiber intake to at least 30 grams drinks a week for women and 14 drinks for a day, minimized intake of red and processed men. meats to 10 grams or less per day, did not drink • A waist circumference below 34.6 inches for alcohol, were physically active for at least 150 min- women and 40 inches for men. utes a day and had a body mass index of less than • Consuming a healthful diet (based on four 25. The authors of the new study, published online recommendations: adequate daily intake of fruits, in the British Medical Journal, considered waist vegetables and fiber, and limiting consumption of circumference a better measurement of health than red and processed meat and total fat.) body mass index. 5 November 2010 SCIENCE/TECH 17

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Big Brother tracks Space travel: Closer to reality SpaceShipTwo, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galaxy your online habits? spacecraft designed to take rich tourists into space, has made its first manned free flight over additional records include addresses to which California and successfully e-mail is sent, including the times and dates it’s landed. sent and received. The FBI also may seek access to users’ browser histories, the Washington Post recently reported. We probably should be relieved the government isn’t seeking to inspect the content of e-mails or “other Internet communication,” as the Post put it. But we wonder how far off reading your e-mail 1 might be without a judge’s OK if the FBI gains Ship climbs unfettered access to these Internet records. to 65 mi. (105 Industry lawyers and privacy advocates object. km) above Earth, But the government says it merely seeks expan- then glides back sion of warrantless access already permitted with down, landing like the issuance of so-called “national security letters,” an airplane McClatchy-Tribune News Service which are demands for information an FBI field In flight 2 office can make on its own authority. National Mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, The Internet is developing so rapidly that users security letters not only permit the government to carries the craft to a height typically discover only after the fact that their request such information, but to keep the request of 50,000 ft. (15,240 m) privacy was invaded or their private online activi- secret when obtaining electronic records. Wing ties were revealed to strangers. Safeguards don’t “It’ll be faster and easier to get the data,” Stewart span seem to keep pace. That’s troubling if, for example, A. Baker, a former Bush Homeland Security official 42 ft. a private marketer stealthily follows your online now practicing national security and surveillance (13 m) activities, as the Wall Street Journal has reported, law, told the Post. “And for some Internet providers, SpaceShipTwo at a glance or if trusted online sources permit others access to it’ll mean giving a lot more information to the FBI Hybrid users’ personal information without their knowl- in response.” WhiteKnightTwo The craft, which will be rocket edge or consent. We don’t doubt that. Expansion of the govern- christened Virgin Space It’s bad enough when private organizations ment’s warrantless accumulation of private commu- motor Ship (VSS) track or share the Internet behavior of unsuspect- nication records also proportionately would dimin- Enterprise, ing users. But private entities have limited control ish Internet users’ protections, and transform their uses the basic over our lives. It’s quite another thing when the Internet providers into arms of the government, technology, construction and government does the snooping. collecting and passing on users’ records without design of SpaceShipOne The Obama administration wants Congress to their knowledge or consent. Getting there make it easier for the FBI to force private companies One of the many problems posed by the sought- to turn over records of individuals’ Internet activi- after additional authority is that the phrase “elec- • Once operational, goal is to fly ties and to do so without so much as a court order if tronic communication transactional records” isn’t 50,000 people in the first 10 years government agents believe the information pertains defined in existing statute or in the proposed law. • Tickets cost $200,000; about 300 to terrorism or an intelligence investigation. “Our biggest concern,” said Kevin Bankston, have already been reserved Length The danger in such expansive powers to docu- attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a 60 ft. (18 m) ment personal online behavior – particularly with- nonprofit Internet privacy organization, is that the out court review and approval beforehand – should expanded power “might be used to obtain Internet Cabin Construction give all Americans pause. search queries and Web histories detailing every • Flight takes Six passenger Carbon The administration desires to add the words Web site visited and every file downloaded.” about 2 1/2 hours seats, large windows composite “electronic communication transactional records” We share that concern. We hope Congress does, body to items the law already permits the FBI to demand too, when this matter is taken up again after the © 2010 MCT Source: Virgin Galactic Graphic: Lee Hulteng, Pat Carr from Internet providers without a court order. The election. OUTDOOR LIVING with DANSKE MØBLER

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin pledged to sac- rifice short-term financial results to pursue lofty goals and dish out generous and costly perks to recruit the bright- est people

By Jessica Guynn easy to customize. Today, that software powers mil- I answered the question, the answer I would give is well on Wall Street. Investors for years have fret- Los Angeles Times lions of smart phones and is a significant part of the the one I heard from the founders: that Google is a ted that Google spends too much money and time company’s advertising strategy. company that likes to solve problems of scale using straying too far from its core business. And for all the SAN FRANCISCO – With mountains of cash and In 2008, Google bid $4.7 billion for rights to the technology,” Arora said. big winners, there have also been big losers, such as some of the world’s smartest engineers, Google Inc. nation’s airwaves in a government auction that sent Google says its unorthodox approach was set Google’s much-ballyhooed collaboration tool Wave, has always set aside research and development dol- investors into a tizzy over what would have been out in a now-famous letter from the company’s two virtual world Lively and SearchMash, a website to lars for futuristic ventures that appear to have little Google’s biggest single investment. It would have founders before they first sold stock to the public experiment with ways to organize search results. in common with its core business of Internet search. landed Google in the wireless business with the likes in April 2004. Larry Page and Sergey Brin pledged Arora says Google experiments “within reason.” But lately, it’s been backing some eye-popping of AT&T and Verizon. Google lost the auction but to sacrifice short-term financial results to pursue Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20 per- projects. In recent weeks, the company has revealed it’s won anyway: an open wireless network allowing all lofty goals and dish out generous and costly perks cent of their time on side projects, some of which working on self-driving cars and a multibillion-dollar sorts of devices and software to run over it. to recruit the brightest people. pay off. windmill farm – in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Equally baffling to observers was the $1.65 Google has developed what it calls a disciplined “We say to investors that you can’t have con- Crazy? Like a fox, analysts say. The projects, no billion that Google paid for video-sharing site approach that gives it the latitude to take on those strained innovation,” he said.“If you want to encour- matter how far afield from the company’s ambitious YouTube in 2006, a blockbuster all-stock payout kinds of projects: Seventy percent of resources go to age a culture of innovation, you have to allow people mission of organizing the world’s information, may for an 18-month-old start-up that drove values of its core search business, 20 percent to other projects to experiment.” turn out to be more calculated – and prosperous – other technology companies into the stratosphere. related to search and 10 percent than they initially appear. Now YouTube, increasingly popular with marketers, to other initiatives. “Some of these things will turn out to be wildly is playing a big role in Google’s growing display Brin, a mathematician by BizFact © 2010 MCT successful and others will just fade away,” said Jay advertising business. It has 2 billion views of videos training, determined the break- Wong, portfolio manager with Los Angeles invest- with ads each week. down. But underlying the ment firm Payden & Rygel, which owns Google And analysts could not fathom why Google approach is what the company Internet money shares. “It’s part of their creative culture and what bought a small satellite mapping company called describes as a deep desire to crack The Web has created some of the world’s wealthiest makes them so successful.” Keyhole in 2004. Today Google Earth has turned the code on the world’s serious people. Net worth of selected entrepreneurs: Or as Silicon Valley author John Battelle put it: millions of users into world explorers, giving them and elusive challenges. “We should be pleased we have a company that is a bird’s-eye view of the planet through detailed Page and Brin, two of the Larry Page, Sergey Brin U.S. founders of Google throwing spaghetti at the wall.” satellite imagery. world’s richest men, seem to be In billions Google can afford to gamble because it rules the Even Google’s popular free e-mail service, Gmail, not just concerned with the World $17.5* Internet’s most lucrative market: the text ads that was a head-scratcher in 2004 when Google rolled it Wide Web but with the whole Pierre Omidyar *Net worth of each run alongside search results, a giant business that is out. Now it’s one of the most popular. wide world (not to mention the French-born founder of Ebay booming even as the rest of the economy lags. It has So what about the millions of dollars it is invest- moon). They invest their money $5.2 allowed Google to amass more than $33 billion in ing in windmills and robotic technology? and energy through Google’s Robin Li cash, and third-quarter net income of $2.17 billion. Google, which guzzles massive amounts of energy business and its philanthropic Co-founder of China’s “We don’t think about what these things will eventu- to run its computer data centers, could benefit from arm, Google.org, and their own search site Baidu ally be used for,” Google sales chief Nikesh Arora said. new sources of cheaper renewable energy while mak- private efforts. Google has spon- “We try many things, and some of them work.” ing those resources commercially available to the sored a $30 million international $3.5 Consider Google’s mobile strategy. Google caused Eastern Seaboard. competition to land a robot on Andreas von Bechtolsheim a stir on Wall Street in 2005 when it bought a tiny And Google could one day provide navigation the moon, has tinkered with geo- German investor in Google start-up in Palo Alto, Calif., called Android. But and other services for self-driving cars or use fleets thermal energy in West Virginia $2.0 Google gobbled up a wealth of talent, including of them to take photographs for its online map- and plans to offer ultra-high- Yoshikazu Tanaka co-founder Andy Rubin, and software that is now ping service. The technology could also help make speed Internet access in some Founder of Japan’s social giving Apple Inc.’s iPhone a run for its money. highways safer and lower the nation’s energy costs. communities to push for faster networking site Gree Source: Forbes, BBC In fact, it is one of the best investments that “When I came to Google six years ago, the ques- broadband networks in the $1.4 Google has ever made. It created mobile software tion I would get often was: Is Google a technology United States. Graphic: Pat Carr, Paul Trap to give away to handset makers that was cheap and company or an advertising company? Every time But that hasn’t always played