WA:WA lawyer questions alleged victim's story

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
WA:WA lawyer questions alleged victim's story

The lawyer for a police officer on trial for allegedly fracturing a man's jaw during
an arrest has told a Perth jury to dismiss the alleged victim's evidence due to inconsistencies
in his story.

ADAM HIKATAREWA WIRINGI is on trial charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly
throwing DAVID AARON JACOB BARNARD to the ground in February 2007.

The court heard that police saw Mr BARNARD riding a BMX bicycle without a helmet and
told him to stop, but he sped off.

Mr BARNARD was eventually apprehended by police but claimed that during his arrest
he was thrown to the ground head first.

WIRINGI says Mr BARNARD tripped or fell to the ground, and his lawyer KAREN VERNON
said her client hadn't used excessive force on him, but was just doing his job of trying
to arrest Mr BARNARD.

Mr BARNARD admitted to inconsistencies in his evidence, which included telling Swan
District Hospital staff he'd been "beaten up by Aboriginals" the night before.

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KEYWORD: WIRINGI (PERTH)

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FED:Rudd entitled to opinion, says Shorten

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2011
FED:Rudd entitled to opinion, says Shorten

By Andrea Hayward

CANBERRA, April 5 AAP - Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is entitled to his opinion on factional
thuggery in the Labor party but Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten denies intimidation is
a problem in the ranks.

Mr Rudd caused a stir on Monday when he told a television audience about the division
in Labor's Cabinet caucus over his emissions trading scheme (ETS) plans, saying he was
urged by some to abandon it but would not say who.

The former prime minister went on to say his party was fundamentally failing because
factional leaders intimidate many in the party, preventing it from being politically effective.

"When the Labor Party is at its best, it's putting the nation first and the party last,"

Mr Rudd told ABC Television on Monday.

"The Labor Party at its best is putting its members first, as opposed to factional
thugsters first."

Mr Shorten, a member of the ALP's powerful Victorian right faction, who helped back
Julia Gillard into the prime ministership last year, did not answer a direct question
on Tuesday as to whether he thought Mr Rudd was referring to him.

He said all political parties had factions, pointing to a recent difference of opinion
between Australian Greens leader Bob Brown and that party's Senator-elect Lee Rhiannon
on Israeli boycotts.

"I think that the Labor Party has functioned pretty well for 120-plus years," he said.

"I think that people can say their mind. I do believe that the Labor party can always
do things better."

Mr Rudd had done nothing wrong by revealing cabinet divisions over the ETS.

"I think he's entitled to his opinion. He's stated it," Mr Shorten said.

"I welcome his contribution."

The former prime minister was doing a very good job as foreign minister, Mr Shorten added.

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SA:Aboriginal man survived major trauma

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2010
SA:Aboriginal man survived major trauma

By Tim Dornin

ADELAIDE, Dec 15 AAP - An Aboriginal man who lived about 1000 years ago survived a
life-threatening fall and went on to live for many years in a case that has amazed scientists.

The man, aged about 50 when he died, suffered multiple leg and arm fractures and lost
a large amount of blood in what was probably a fall of several metres from a tree or cliff.

Given the level of care and medical knowledge available at the time, such injuries
should have claimed his life.

But recent studies of his skeleton, which was found in a single burial site in Adelaide
in 1920, have revealed he not only recovered from his injuries but suggested he, and those
caring for him, expected him to.

In a report published in the latest ANZ Journal of Surgery, surgeons Brian Cornish
and associate professor Lucian Solomon and indigenous archaeologist Keryn Walshe said
the man's injuries were severe.

He would have suffered initially from shock, blood loss and pain and later from pressure
ulcers and the risk of infections.

They said the fact that he survived, and lived on for years, could only be the result
of his outstanding fitness and the standard of care he received.

"This is the remarkable thing about this case," Professor Solomon said.

"These days, surviving multi-trauma is strongly associated with emergent resuscitation
and treatment in modern medical facilities.

"Multi-trauma survival before the advent of modern medicine is likely to have been
extremely uncommon, particularly in primitive societies."

Prof Solomon said the man's survival reflected an impressive depth of nursing and social
support in a community of hunter-gatherers.

It also raised questions about the use of very effective herbal medicines and sedatives
to control infections and ease pain.

The report said the sustained diligence required in the man's level of care also suggested
those caring for him had an expectation of success and were evidence of the prevailing
support mechanisms in his community.

As his injuries healed he was left with deformities to both his arm and leg, affecting
his ability to walk and severely limiting his ability to hunt or gather.

The fact that he appeared to have lived for years after the incident, demonstrated
his community's ability to care and provide for such individuals.

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KEYWORD: TRAUMA

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FED:PM flies away from distractions

08-08-2010
FED:PM flies away from distractions

Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD has put some distance between herself and two former Labor
leaders as she takes her campaign to marginal territory in Darwin today.

If yesterday in Brisbane wasn't hard enough .. facing the cameras with KEVIN RUDD for
the first time since she replaced him as PM .. Ms GILLARD was later confronted by another
ex-Labor leader MARK LATHAM .. in his role as guest reporter for Nine's 60 Minutes program.

Nine boss DAVID GYNGELL has since apologised for Mr LATHAM's conduct.

In Darwin .. Ms GILLARD is tipped to announce funding for more school chaplains ..

a HOWARD government initiative .. two days after she met the Australian Christian Lobby.

Mr ABBOTT will seek to regain the election limelight at the Liberals' official campaign
launch in Brisbane later this morning .. focusing on the asylum seeker issue and jail
terms for people smugglers .. of up to 10 years for repeat offenders.

AAP RTV rl/jmt

KEYWORD: POLL10 (CANBERRA)

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FED: Aviation authorities investigate near collision over NT

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2009
FED: Aviation authorities investigate near collision over NT

CANBERRA, Dec 28 AAP - Aviation safety authorities are investigating how two passenger
planes wound up on a collision course over the Northern Territory on Tuesday.

The two commercial flights were travelling on the same flight path and headed for one
another before the situation was corrected early on Tuesday morning.

A mid-air collision was only avoided after the crew of an Airbus A330, travelling south
to Melbourne from Hong Kong, questioned the air traffic controller, who confirmed there
had been a breakdown of separation standards.

A Boeing 737 was simultaneously headed north from Melbourne at the same height level
of 37,000 feet.

The Airbus was told to climb an extra 1,000 feet and divert its path slightly.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the incident was serious and will prepare a report.

A bureau spokesman told AAP it was unlikely the planes had been close to colliding,
given neither of their automatic warning systems had been activated.

A final report should be completed by April, he said.

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KEYWORD: COLLISION

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Qld: One person dead in Mt Isa

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2009
Qld: One person dead in Mt Isa

One person is dead and another injured .. after an incident at a house in Mount Isa
in northwest Queensland.

Police were called to the home about nine o'clock this morning.

A spokesman has denied media reports of shots being fired.

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KEYWORD: RESIDENCE (BRISBANE)

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Fed: Rudd still preferred PM - poll

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2009
Fed: Rudd still preferred PM - poll

Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD'S popularity has lifted .. while Opposition Leader MALCOLM
TURNBULL'S support has slumped .. the latest Newspoll shows.

Support for Mr RUDD as preferred prime minister climbed two percentage points to 67
per cent since the last poll .. while Mr TURNBULL'S support dropped two points 18 per
cent.

The poll .. taken at the weekend and published in The Australian newspaper today ..

shows 68 per cent of voters are satisfied with Mr RUDD'S performance .. up from 63 per
cent .. while just 21 per cent of voters say they're dissatisfied .. down from 26 per
cent.

In contrast .. satisfaction with Mr TURNBULL'S performance dropped from 42 per cent
to 39 per cent .. and dissatisfaction rose from 40 to 42 per cent.

Meanwhile .. Labor has increased its two-party preferred lead over the Coalition ..

58 per cent to 42 per cent.



The poll also shows almost sixty per cent of Australians believe a bid by Chinese state-owned
Chinalco .. to increase its stake in Rio Tinto .. should be blocked.

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KEYWORD: NEWSPOLL (SYDNEY)

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Fed: Govt urges Aussies to be careful in Gulf of Aden

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2008
Fed: Govt urges Aussies to be careful in Gulf of Aden

People are being urged to be extremely cautious when travelling in waters near Somalia
.. after pirates attacked a cruise ship with 50 Australians on board.

The Oceania Nautica .. carrying 684 passengers .. was attacked on Saturday in the Gulf
of Aden between Somalia and Yemen by pirates in two small boats.

Special Minister of State JOHN FAULKNER says DFAT's travel advisory warns people of
the dangers of piracy in the area.

Owners of the ship say eight rifle shots were fired from the pirate boats .. but none
hit the cruise liner.

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KEYWORD: SOMALIA PIRATES AUST (CANBERRA)

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Fed: Govt wants urgent start to water purchase for basin

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2008
Fed: Govt wants urgent start to water purchase for basin

The federal government says it'll create a new body .. to administer water allocations
it buys from the Murray-Darling Basin to replenish the depleted river system.

Water and Climate Change Minister PENNY WONG has announced details of a 12.9 billion
dollar plan .. to secure water in rural and urban Australia over the next decade.

Senator WONG says the government will invest in infrastructure projects to improve
efficiency and to return water to the rivers.

She says the purchased water will be held by a new body called the Commonwealth Environmental
Water Holder.

And the minister says the government will ensure the three billion dollars .. set aside
to buy back water from irrigators in the basin .. is spent on securing water for healthy
rivers in the form of water entitlements.

AAP RTV krc/evt/tm/af

KEYWORD: WATER (SYDNEY)

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The main stories on today's ABC

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2007
The main stories on today's ABC

The main stories in today's 1900 ABC tv News:



- The spinnakers are out and the fleet is flying, with Wild Oats XI ahead on its way
to a possible victory.



- Australians took to the shops with a vengeance for post Christmas sales.



- Another child drowns in a Sydney swimming pool



- Two Sydney families are homeless tonight after two home fires



- A 27-year-old man dies after being hit by a 4-wheel-drive and a truck.



- Australia's consumer regulator has picked another fight with the big oil companies,
proposing better access to fuel storage facilities.

AAP RTV wz

KEYWORD: MONITOR 1900 ABC NEW

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NSW: Fat babies may risk cot death

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2007
NSW: Fat babies may risk cot death

SYDNEY, Aug 19 AAP - Fat babies could be at higher risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS) because their extra body weight makes breathing and movement more difficult, a
top pathologist says.

Professor Roger Byard from the University of Adelaide has highlighted the risks of
maternal obesity in a recent health journal publication, News Ltd newspapers report.

"We are getting more obese mothers and we are getting more obese babies and infants,"

Prof Byard told The Sunday Telegraph.

"I am not saying all obese babies are going to die but there may be a link to SIDS.

"Is it possible that markedly obese infants may be less able to move from the prone
position, may have upper airway narrowing and may have abnormal pulmonary function? All
of these factors have been linked with an increased risk of SIDS."

Prof Byard will present his work to an international medical conference in Europe in December.

AAP ad/jl

KEYWORD: BABIES

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Qld: Police continue search for missing mother

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2007
Qld: Police continue search for missing mother

Eds: changes keyword from Missing



BRISBANE, April 3 AAP - The parents of a Queensland woman who went missing after giving
birth to her fifth child will make a public appeal today for information on her disappearance.

Belinda Martin was last seen at 8.20am (AEST) on Saturday at the Bundaberg Base Hospital.

The 30-year-old, from Bundaberg, had given birth to her fifth child two days before.

Police said Ms Martin left the hospital without her newborn child and concerns were
held for her safety and welfare as her disappearance was out of character.

Searches of the local area have so far found nothing.

Ms Martin's parents have travelled from NSW to make a public plea this afternoon.

Ms Martin was described as being of slim build, 160cm tall, with fair skin and brown
shoulder length hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen wearing a green shirt, dark coloured trousers and no shoes.

AAP jmm/pjo/de

KEYWORD: MARTIN (PIX AVAILABLE)

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NSW: Grave fears for koalas in Pilliga Nature Reserve

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2006
NSW: Grave fears for koalas in Pilliga Nature Reserve

Wildlife rescuers hold grave fears for a large koala population in the Pilliga Nature
Reserve in central NSW .. where bushfires continue to rage out of control.

Officials fear up to hundreds of koalas could have already died.

A rescue team of a veterinarian .. a veterinary nurse and a koala handler .. from Sydney's
Taronga Zoo .. have arrived on the scene.

They say a specialist team managed to rescue only two koalas .. when a fire burnt through
the area several years ago.

No injured koalas have been presented to the team so far.

AAP RTV krc/wf

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES NSW KOALA (SYDNEY)

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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 26 =2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2006
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 26 =2

CANBERRA - Australia's system of subsidised medicines could disappear in coming decades
if the government does not keep trying to tackle rising health costs, Treasurer Peter
Costello says. (PBS Costello)

CANBERRA - The federal government has defended its action against illegal fishing in
the face of complaints from northern Australian residents that Customs officials are taking
too long to detain boats. (Fishing Ward)

CANBERRA - Greenpeace has accused federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell of engaging
in an anti-wind farm vendetta following his rejection of a project in Western Australia.

(Windfarm)

CANBERRA - The federal government has announced the reappointment of Ken Henry as Treasury
secretary for another five years. (Henry )

CANBERRA - Australia's top diplomat's recent visit to Indonesia was useful in helping
to repair relations between the two countries, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said
today. (PAPUA DOWNER to come)

KUALA LUMPUR - Two Malaysian youths have each been sentenced to 10 years' jail for
killing a German-born Australian businessman during a scuffle after breaking into his
home in 2003. (Malaysia Aust)



SYDNEY - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has claimed a small victory in
fast-tracking his compensation case against the federal government. (Habib Nightlead)

SYDNEY - A New South Wales woman was on the last leg of a trip of a lifetime when she
and her new Australian friend were injured in the latest bombings in Egypt. (Egypt Resort
Aust Nightlead)

SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard has defended his attacks on AWB executives over
the Iraqi kickbacks scandal and warned there will be serious consequences for anyone involved
in the affair. (AWB Howard. N/L to come.)

SYDNEY - Former federal opposition leader Mark Latham has avoided the cameras once
again by opting for a second time not to front a Sydney court on charges of theft and
assault. (Latham)

SYDNEY - Gang rapist Bilal Skaf had spent much of the past five years in solitary confinement,
while his co-accused had been treated for cancer, his sentencing judge has been told.

(Skaf)

MELBOURNE - A former executive of Victoria University who received shares in racehorses
and home renovations for taking part in an elaborate conspiracy to defraud the organisation
has been jailed. (Tierney Nightlead)

MELBOURNE - A Supreme Court judge will today give a judgement about whether to revoke
the $1 million bail of fugitive drug dealer Tony Mokbel. (MOKBEL)

MELBOURNE - Five men are dead following a horrific 24 hours on Victoria's roads. (Toll
Vic Daylead)

MELBOURNE - Four men will face court today after police raided a sophisticated drug
lab in Melbourne. (Laboratory)

BRISBANE - A toddler will be scarred for life after being attacked by a neighbour's
kelpie cross, prompting her plastic surgeon to warn about the unpredictability of dogs,
even family pets. (Mauled Doctor)

BRISBANE - The Beattie government will announce today the sale of the customer base
of the state's two electricity suppliers. (Power Qld. N/L to come)

BRISBANE - A long-haul truck driver who scammed almost $100,000 from a fuel rebate
scheme has been jailed for three years and ordered to repay the money. (Hawks)

BRISBANE - Mother in court for allegedly stalking her child's school principal. (STALKER
TO COME)

BRISBANE - A Queensland policeman has conquered polar bears and extreme sub-zero temperatures
to become the first Australian to run a marathon in the North Pole (MARATHON to come with
pix)

BRISBANE - A prominent gynaecologist says it's normal to give birth by caesarean, even
if it's not natural. (Caesareans)

ADELAIDE - A magistrate has threatened to dismiss criminal charges against a prominent
Adelaide lawyer unless prosecutors better detail their allegations. (McGee)

ADELAIDE - Woman who had sex with the 14-year-old friend of her son gets a suspended
jail term. (To come)

ADELAIDE - The South Australian government will legislate to protect Adelaide's linear
park that runs either side of a 35km section of the Torrens River. (Linear )

PERTH - Fremantle Dockers midfielder Heath Black is seeking to avoid trial over an
alleged assault at the Perth races. (Black)

PERTH - Perth socialite Rose Porteous will be well enough to face trial later this
year on charges of altering a prescription, a court has been told. (Porteous. N/L to come)

PERTH - The West Australian tourist destination of Broome has issued warnings about
the dangers of jellyfish after three people have been stung in five days. (JELLYFISH to
come)



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Qld: Two week deadline to solve VMO dispute

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2005
Qld: Two week deadline to solve VMO dispute

Queensland Premier PETER BEATTIE has set a two week deadline to solve an ongoing industrial
dispute with visiting medical officers.

Mr BEATTIE met with VMOs for the first time today as 95 officers threaten to quit public
hospitals across the state in frustration over pay and working conditions.

Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dr STEVE HAMBLETON says while there
is no firm agreement, Mr BEATTIE is willing to act in good faith to resolve the dispute.

Dr HAMBLETON says Mr BEATTIE wants to get a good outcome within two weeks.

He says VMOs want a four per cent pay rise.

Mr BEATTIE says both sides must have goodwill and be willing to compromise.

AAP RTV rm/wf/wz

KEYWORD: VMO (BRISBANE)

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Fuxi

Fuxi One of the Sanhuang or “Three August Ones” in Chinese legend and myth (see Chinese Deities, Chinese Emperors), the Emperor Fuxi (Fu-Hsi) was the brother-husband of Nügua (see Nügua). He is usually depicted in the form of a snake.

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Waukegan Township offers a used cell phone program for seniors to call 9-1-1 in an emergency. Seniors can pick up a free phone from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Park Place Senior Center, 414 S. Lewis Ave., Waukegan. Anyone wishing to donate old cell phones can drop them off at the senior center or the supervisor's office, 149 S. Genesee St., Waukegan. Details: (847) 244-9242. Computer classes teaching how to surf the Internet, use e-mail, word processing, play computer games or just learn the basics of a home computer system are available at the Round Lake Park District, 814 Hart Road, Round Lake. Volunteers are available on Mondays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Details: (847) 546-8558, ext. 233. The Mundelein Senior Center operates a small lending closet for area senior citizens in need of special equipment for short or long term use including a wheelchair, several canes, a walker and bath stool. Details: (847) 566-4790. ExtraCare has a social activity program for individuals in the early to mid-stages of Alzheimer's disease. The program is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Wildwood Presbyterian Church, 33428 N. Sears Blvd. Details: (847) 543-0922. A program is offered for seniors with developmental disabilities from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sundays at the center, 280 Saunders Road, Riverwoods. Oldies music, table games, crafts, cooking healthy snacks and other activities are offered. Details: (847) 948-7001. Lake Forest Hospital program provides low-cost, nutritional meals to adults ages 55 and older on a daily basis from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria, 660 N. Westmoreland Road. On the third Thursday of each month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. a free meal is accompanied by a speaker or educational program. No reservation is necessary. Details: (847) 535-6176. Major programs funded by the federal Older Americans Act include Supportive Services, which enables communities to provide rides to medical appointments and grocery and drug stores. Services provide outreach, case management, handyman services, legal assistance, educational and recreational activities and pharmaceutical assistance. The Nutrition Program offers meals to homebound seniors or meals in senior centers or group settings to share meals, camaraderie and friendship. The National Family Caregiver Support Program offers services to people who provide primary care to spouses, parents, older relatives and friends. Services include counseling, support groups, care-giver training, and other supplemental services. Details: Illinois Department of Aging, (800) 252-8966 (voice and TTY). The Web site www.medicare.gov provides fast access and easy-to-understand information. Features include a screen reader for those with visual disabilities; additional information on benefits, nursing home staffing levels and disenrollment for managed care plans. Details: (800) 633-4227. The Health Care Financing Administration offers booklets providing information on Medicare benefits: Medicare Questions and Answers covers the most commonly asked questions; Medicare and Home Health Care shows aspects of home health care that are covered under Medicare; Medicare Hospice Benefits tells how to find a hospice program and where to get more information. For a free Medicare Basics package, call (888) 878-3256 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays; or send name and address to Federal Consumer Information Center, Medicare Basics, Pueblo, Colo., 81009; or visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read, print out or download any FCIC publication for free. The Council on Family Health offers an educational guide for seniors, Medicines and You A Guide for Older Americans. The guide offers practical information for older Americans about the use of prescription and nonprescription medicines. To receive a free copy of the guide, send a self-addressed, 6x9 stamped envelope to Council on Family Health, "Medicines and You," 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 1200-B, Washington, D.C. 20036. My Medicine Record and a tip sheet on safe medicine use for older Americans are available on the CFH Web site at www.cfhinfo.org. The not-for-profit agency gives legal assistance at no charge to senior citizens and low-income persons in Lake and McHenry counties. Legal representation is offered to seniors who have problems with Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and veterans benefits, as well as help to seniors who are financially or physically abused by family members. Three publications are available to aid senior citizens in understanding a number of medical assistance programs available to them. Help with Medical Bills, Questions and Answers About Medicaid Spend-down and Financial Help for In-home and Nursing Home Care for Married Couples in Illinois are free of charge from Prairie State. Details: (847) 662-6925. The Illinois Department of Insurance provides free Medicare counseling services for Illinois senior citizens through its Senior Health Insurance Program. Counseling centers are located at Highland Park Department of Senior Services, details (847) 432-4110; Lake Forest Senior Center, details (847) 234-2209; Warren Township Senior Citizens Center, Gurnee, details (847) 244-1101; Victory Medical Center, Waukegan and Village at Victory Lakes, Lindenhurst; details: (847) 360-2172. For a complete list of counseling centers, call (800) 548-9034 or visit the Web site at www.state.il.us/ins/.

Coastal America Recognizes Maritimes' Environmental Efforts.

BOSTON -- James L. Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Coastal America, presented Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes) with the 2001 Coastal America Special Recognition Award for its leadership in establishing the Maine Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP). Maritimes was the only company to receive the national award this year.

The Maine CWRP is a partnership of businesses and environmental organizations working with government agencies to help restore Maine's critically important wetlands and other aquatic resources. Maritimes launched the program last year at a kick-off breakfast attended by Maine Gov. Angus S. King, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Martha Kirkpatrick and business leaders.

In presenting the award to Maritimes Senior Vice President and General Counsel Patrick J. Hester, Connaughton praised the company for its work in assisting with wetland and aquatic habitat restoration. "You have set an example for our nation by demonstrating how important it is for companies to take a proactive role in protecting and restoring our valuable coastal and aquatic habitats," said Connaughton. "By working with federal and state agencies, you are assisting in the development of a unique public-private initiative to restore wetlands."

"Maritimes is honored to receive this award from Coastal America recognizing the company's continued commitment to preserving Maine's environmental resources," Hester said. "We will work closely with Maine businesses to expand this partnership to support additional restoration projects throughout the state."

The Maine CWRP has received pledges of more than $400,000 from Maine companies and, in its first year, awarded over $136,000 in funds and in-kind services to wetlands restoration projects across the state. Contributions from private businesses provide local matches for the projects entitling them to receive additional federal funds. On average, every $1 of corporate contribution will bring to a project up to $3 in federal matching monies.

At the ceremony held earlier this month at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, Maine, Coastal America also recognized George A. (Gus) McLachlan, Maritimes environmental engineer, for his contributions to the Maine Coastal Wetland Restoration Partnership Team. As part of the team, McLachlan received Coastal America's Partnership Award and a letter from President George W. Bush commending his efforts to preserve coastal watersheds.

Coastal America was formed to join the efforts of federal agencies with those of state, local, tribal and private alliances to collaboratively and more effectively address environmental problems along our nation's coasts, waterways and wetlands. Federal agencies involved in Coastal America include the departments of agriculture, Air Force, Army, commerce, defense, energy, housing and urban development, interior, Navy, and transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the executive office of the president.

Maritimes is owned by affiliates of Duke Energy (37.5 percent); Westcoast Energy, Inc. (37.5 percent); ExxonMobil (12.5 percent) and Emera Inc. (12.5 percent). Duke Energy serves as the vice- chair of the national CWRP advisory council. For more information, contact Maritimes on the Internet at www.mnp-usa.com.

Contact: Marylee Hanley of Duke Energy Corporation, +1-617-560-1573, or 24-Hour, +1-704-382-8333

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SHOPCREATOR DEVELOPMENTS: New Finance Director for Shopcreator.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 1999-SHOPCREATOR DEVELOPMENTS: New Finance Director for Shopcreator (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Yorkshire-based e-commerce specialist Shopcreator Developments Ltd has appointed David Rix as its new Finance Director.

David is a graduate chartered accountant and has many years experience in both UK and international companies.

After qualifying with Coopers and Lybrand, he worked for Les Fils de Louis Mulliez (Sunday Times 4th richest family in Europe) in France and the UK. More recently he was the CFO of VisionWare, an MBO company in the connectivity software business, and he joins SDL from Leeds-based mini conglomerate FTL Holdings where he was the Group's Financial Director.

Shopcreator is a revolutionary and unique product that allows anyone to design and construct an online (e-commerce) web site and connect it to the Internet without knowing anything about HTML, javascript or any other computer language. It provides a fast, efficient and highly cost-effective platform for stores to sell their products online and looks after all the technical issues, allowing store owners to concentrate on their core businesses. Typically the cost of creating a fully functional electronic shop has been reduced to about one per cent of what it used to cost before Shopcreator first made its appearance.

CONTACT: Brian Salter/Naomi Langford-Wood Tel: +44 (0)1276 855050

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GOOGLE PLANS TO EXPAND INDONESIA PRESENCE.(Brief article)

JAKARTA, July 25 Asia Pulse - Internet giant Google is planning to expand its presence in Indonesia, starting with the opening of an office here this year, officials said last weekend.

Yopie Hidayat, the vice presidential spokesman, said the business would be similar to what Google did in China, where it helped connect small- and medium-sized enterprises to buyers in the rest of the world.

They said they would open an office hereideally before 2012, Yopie told reporters after Vice President Boedino's meeting with Google chief Eric Schmidt.

According to Yopie, the investment would involve setting up a network with local companies that would benefit from the trading efficiency provided by digital connectivity.

Schmidt declined to elaborate on the details of what business Google was specifically interested in expanding in Indonesia, saying only that negotiations with the government were ongoing.

He said, however, the increasing Internet and mobile penetration in Southeast Asia's largest economy, along with the high use of its search engine, made Indonesia interesting to Google.

Schmidt also said he saw an opportunity in the problems posed by the country's large and scattered land area.

The best way to solve the isolation of the islands is to get them connected to the Internet, he was quoted as saying by the newspaper Jakarta Globe.

(ANTARA) ry 25-07 1113

MOROCCO : Morocco's Ministry of National Education and Cisco Launch Regional CiscoA Networking AcademyA.

Cisco announced today that it has joined forces with Morocco's Ministry of National Education to launch a regional Cisco Networking Academy program. The Department has committed to an ambitious program to develop its communications network and recognizes the importance of offering its network administrators the opportunity to receive training in information, communications and technology (ICT) skills. This initiative will allow the Department to better manage its network and ensure skills development for its trainees.

As part of the joint agreement the Networking Academy will provide training to the more than 100 of the ministry's IT administrators in 16 regional government academies' in Morocco. The program will also be introduced into technical high schools throughout Morocco to provide ICT skills training to students.

Highlights / Key Facts:

* The new regional academy, which is located in Morocco's capital Rabat, boasts an impressive training center equipped with the latest state-of-the-art Cisco technology. The official launch kicked off with a training session for 10 IT managers from the Ministry. General Secretary of State, Ministry of National Education, Mr. Belqasmi who is personally involved in the program and has Networking Academy program certification, officiated in the launch ceremonies alongside the Secretary of State and the directors of the Ministry's regional academies.

* The Networking Academy program in Morocco has trained nearly 21,000 candidates since its inception in 2001. It continues to go from strength to strength witnessing a 10 percent increase in student numbers year on year and currently boasting 73 academies and 90 certified Instructors. Today there 8553 students enrolled in the program in Morocco of whom 35 percent are female.

* The Networking Academy program provides ICT skills to students globally to improve their career and economic opportunities. It operates in high schools, colleges, universities, technical and military schools, community-based organisations, and government bodies.

* The Networking Academy curriculum combines the theory and practice of designing, developing and implementing the networks that underpin businesses and other organisations. In addition, its advanced technology curricula in areas such as security, wireless and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony provide exposure to the latest technology skills in those fields. It also has a module teaching computer technician skills.

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Market Maker Surveillance Report. FRP, CDTI, SCON, FFHL, GLUU, PSPW, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Thursday, May 19th 2011.(Report)

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 20, 2011-BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. FRP, CDTI, SCON, FFHL, GLUU, PSPW, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Thursday, May 19th 2011(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Thursday there were 2754 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2552 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2215 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Thursday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:FRP), CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:CDTI), SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:SCON), Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Ltd. - ORDINARY SHARES (NASDAQ:FFHL), GLU MOBILE INC (NASDAQ:GLUU), PRIME SUN POWER INC (OTCBB:PSPW). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:

Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction

FRP $1.480 15.16% 1,170,170 56.07% 900,250 43.14% 269,920 1,824

CDTI $0.630 16.31% 103,046 51.09% 98,236 48.71% 4,810 76

SCON $0.460 18.70% 1,000,302 54.13% 833,459 45.10% 166,843 3,627

FFHL $0.670 17.78% 179,071 56.26% 136,121 42.77% 42,950 641

GLUU $0.690 20.12% 3,359,360 51.45% 3,140,036 48.09% 219,324 3,179

PSPW $0.240 26.67% 280,327 33.81% 233,663 28.18% 46,664 1,944

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net buy volumes (buy volume, sell volume) and low price friction in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.

For example, the chart above shows FRP with a dollar gain Thursday of $1.48000 and a Friction Factor of 1,824 shares. That means that it only took 1,824 more shares of buying than selling to move FRP higher by one penny. The Market Makers are currently allowing the stock to rise quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and positive market direction can drive prices higher much faster than normal.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC (NYSE:FRP) - FairPoint Communications, Inc. provides communication services to residential and business customers in rural and small urban communities primarily in northern New England. It offers an array of services, including local and long distance voice, high speed data (HSD), Internet access, and television and broadband product offerings. The company also engages in the provision of network access to interexchange carriers; and enhanced services, such as call waiting, call forwarding and transferring, three-way calling, automatic callback, call hold, caller name and number identification, voice mail, teleconferencing, video conferencing, store-and-forward fax, follow-me numbers, Centrex services, and direct inward dial. In addition, it provides billing and collection, and directory services; offers video services to its customers by reselling DirectTV content and providing cable and Internet Protocol television video over digital subscriber line (DSL); and sells and maintains customer premise equipment. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated approximately 1.4 million access line equivalents, including voice access lines and HSD lines, which comprise DSL, wireless broadband, cable modem, and fiber-to-the-premises. FairPoint Communications, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:CDTI) - Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and licensing of technologies and solutions that reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion engines. Its solutions reduce emissions formed by the combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides, and hydrocarbons. The companys products comprise ARIS(R) selective catalytic reduction (SCR); combination of SCR and exhaust gas recirculation; hydrocarbon injection for emissions control applications; Platinum Plus(R) fuel-borne catalyst; Purifier family of particulate filter systems; and wire mesh filter particulate filter technologies. Its solutions focus on various markets comprising on-road vehicles, construction, mining, agriculture, port/freight handling, locomotive, marine, and power generation. The company also manufactures and distributes emissions control systems and products for use in the heavy duty diesel and light duty vehicle markets. Clean Diesel Technologies provides its products for original equipment manufacturers; Tier 1 suppliers and retrofit providers; businesses entering the emissions control market seeking solutions and expertise; operators requiring compliant emissions solutions; fuel, biofuels, and additive suppliers seeking low emissions and energy efficient products; and regulators creating public policy. Clean Diesel Technologies Inc was formerly known as Catalytic Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to Clean Diesel Technologies Inc in October, 2010. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Ventura, California.

SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:SCON) - Superconductor Technologies, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of infrastructure products for wireless voice and data applications. It provides interference elimination and network enhancement solutions to the commercial wireless industry. The company leverages its key enabling technologies, including RF filtering, HTS materials, and cryogenics to develop applications for advanced RF wireless solutions, power efficient HTS materials, adaptive filtering, and government research and development. Its product lines include SuperLink, a receiver front-end high temperature superconductor wireless filter system that eliminates out-of-band interference for wireless base stations; AmpLink, a ground-mounted unit for wireless base stations that includes a high-performance amplifier and up to 6 dual duplexers; and SuperPlex, a multiplexer that provides low insertion loss and cross-band isolation. The company also grants the Federal government a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and nontransferable license to use its intellectual property. Superconductor Technologies, Inc. sells its products primarily to wireless carriers through direct sales force in the United States, as well as through indirect channels internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Ltd. - ORDINARY SHARES (NASDAQ:FFHL) - Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Ltd. - ORDINARY SHARES

GLU MOBILE INC (NASDAQ:GLUU) - Glu Mobile Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and sale of mobile games worldwide. The companys games based on licensed intellectual property include Call of Duty, Deer Hunter, Diner Dash, Guitar Hero 5, Family Feud, Family Guy, The Price Is Right, Transformers, Wedding Dash, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, World Series of Poker, and Zuma; and games based on its own intellectual property comprise Beat It!, Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded, and Super K.O. Boxing. It designs a portfolio of games for the wireless subscriber population, as well as for the users of smartphones. The company also develops games for social networking Websites. It markets and sells its games primarily through wireless carriers. Glu Mobile, Inc. has a strategic partnership with NVIDIA Corporation to deliver gaming experiences to Android-powered tablets and mobile devices. The company was formerly known as Sorrent, Inc. and changed its name to Glu Mobile Inc. in May 2005. Glu Mobile Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

PRIME SUN POWER INC (OTCBB:PSPW) - Prime Sun Power Inc. focuses on the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale photovoltaic power plants. It intends to generate photovoltaic solar power in Europe, primarily in Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The company was formerly known as ATM Financial Corp. and changed its name to Prime Sun Power Inc. in April 2008. Prime Sun Power Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.

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FROM PETER G PETERSON FOUNDATION.

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation:

On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, senior Administration officials, policy experts and Democratic and Republican elected leaders will come together in Washington to discuss solutions to the nation's fiscal challenges at the 2011 Fiscal Summit: Solutions for America's Future, convened by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. As the nation confronts critical choices about how to address our long-term debt and deficits, the Foundation's second annual Summit will bring together hundreds of stakeholders from across the ideological spectrum to discuss proposals to be presented by leading policy organizations and explore concrete, bipartisan solutions.

Participants include keynote speaker President Bill Clinton; Members of the Congress working on fiscal issues including Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mark Warner (D-VA) and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI); National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Governor Mitch Daniels, Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Alan Simpson, and Foundation Chairman Pete Peterson and Vice Chairman Michael Peterson.

At last year's Summit, participants agreed on the need to take action on the nation's long-term debt and deficits. With increased consensus that our country's fiscal situation is unsustainable, this year's Summit will bring together stakeholders from across the political spectrum to discuss a range of concrete, comprehensive solutions.

The American Enterprise Institute, Bipartisan Policy Center, Center for American Progress, Economic Policy Institute, Heritage Foundation and Roosevelt Institute Campus Network will present and discuss their own proposed packages of solutions for achieving long-term fiscal sustainability at the Summit. These leading policy organizations, representing diverse perspectives, received grants from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to develop comprehensive plans to address the nation's projected long-term debt and deficits.

The 2011 Fiscal Summit will be viewable on the Internet.

About the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established by Pete Peterson - businessman, philanthropist, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of key long-term fiscal challenges threatening America's future and to accelerating action on them. To address these challenges successfully, we work to bring Americans together to find and implement sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results. To learn more, please visit www.PGPF.org .

BLOOMBERG TRADEBOOK POLL SAYS M&A TARGETS ARE ABUNDANT.

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(BW)(NY-BLOOMBERG) Bloomberg Tradebook Poll Says M&A Targets Are Abundant

- Blackstone, KKR, and Perella Weinberg speakers provide market insightsInstitutional investors want more technology for merger arbitrage

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Apr. 13, 2011-- Mergers and acquisitions will remain strong in 2011 because of an abundance of attractive targets and valuation, Bloomberg Tradebook executives said today, revealing the results of a survey of leading institutional investors.

More than 150 buy-side and sell-side executives attended Bloomberg Tradebook's conference, "Mergers & Acquisition Outlook in the New Economy," held at Bloomberg LP's headquarters in New York, where the poll was conducted.

"Mergers and acquisitions continue to increase," said Ray Tierney, Bloomberg Tradebook's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have seen a jump of more than 115 per cent in M&A trading in just the first quarter of this year."

The abundance of attractive targets and valuations will be the primary drivers of M&A activity in 2011, according to 35 per cent of those surveyed. Other key factors include increasing competition (19 per cent) and the difficulty/ease of securing deal financing (15 per cent).

Other Bloomberg Tradebook survey questions included:

* Who will take over the New York Stock Exchange (NYX) - Of those surveyed, 48 per cent said Deutsche Boerse, 24 per cent said Nasdaq OMX and ICE and 28 per cent said neither.

* What do you expect to be the major source of capital for M&A deal financing in 2011? Equity financing (22 per cent), Debt financing (34 per cent) and Internal cash reserves (42 per cent)

* Are you looking for technology to improve your execution of merger arbitrage and pair strategies? Of those polled, 65 per cent said yes, 12 per cent said somewhat and 21 per cent said no.

* Do you have access to research that helps them recognize and take advantage of M&A opportunities? Of those surveyed, 63 per cent said no or somewhat, while 36 per cent said yes.

Leading the event were Bloomberg Tradebook's Tierney and Tom Keene, host of Bloomberg Surveillance and Surveillance Midday. Cristina Alesci of Bloomberg TV moderated a panel discussion featuring Andrew Bednar of Perella Weinberg Partners, Chinh Chu of The Blackstone Group and Marc Lipschultz of KKR.

Bloomberg Tradebook also demonstrated Pair, a platform that helps traders seek price improvements on trades. The Pair platform models and takes advantage of ratio-adjusted, absolute or merger statistical arbitrage opportunities.

For more information on Bloomberg Tradebook's Pair Trading Platform go to PAIR <GO> on the Bloomberg Professional service, www.bloombergtradebook.com or contact Michael Baradas at mbaradas1@bloomberg.net.

About Bloomberg Tradebook

Bloomberg Tradebook is Bloomberg's agency broker that partners with both the buy-side and sell-side to provide high-quality liquidity, market insight, and customized solutions based on innovative technologies.

Founded in 1996, Bloomberg Tradebook offers its customer base trading solutions for equities, futures, options, and foreign exchange (FX) to actively manage complex trading strategies in more than 70 global markets.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength--delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately--is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 12,900 people in 166 locations around the world.

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Investigators at Swinburne University publish new data on vehicle technology.(Report)

"The IEEE 802.16 standard is a promising technology for the fourth-generation mobile networks and is being actively promoted by the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) Forum: an industry-led consortium. Among the various service classes supported in the standard, best-effort service is expected to be the major service class subscribed to by users due to its operational simplicity and lower charging rate compared with other service classes," researchers in Hawthorn, Australia report.

"In this paper, we investigate the throughput and packet-access-delay performance of best-effort service using the contention-based bandwidth request mechanism in a saturated IEEE 802.16 network. In particular, we develop a simple fixed-point analysis to approximate the failure probability of a bandwidth request and derive analytical expressions for network throughput and packet access delay. Furthermore, the uniqueness of the fixed point is established. The accuracy of the analytical model is validated by comparison with simulation over a wide range of operating conditions. The implications of various different parameter configurations on the system performance are investigated using the analytical model," wrote H.L. Vu and colleagues, Swinburne University.

The researchers concluded: "The utility of the model is further demonstrated by finding the maximum achievable throughput and obtaining its corresponding optimal initial contention window."

Vu and colleagues published their study in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Performance Analysis of Best-Effort Service in Saturated IEEE 802.16 Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2010;59(1):460-472).

For additional information, contact H.L. Vu, Swinburne University Technol, Fac Informat & Commun Technol, Center Adv Internet Architectures, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia.

Publisher contact information for the journal IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology is: IEEE-Institute Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-4141, USA.

Keywords: City:Hawthorn, Country:Australia, Bandwidth, Electronics, Microwaves, Mobile Network, Networks, Technology, Vehicular Technology

This article was prepared by Journal of Transportation editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, Journal of Transportation via VerticalNews.com.

Former Salomon Brothers Technologist Joins Dow Jones Markets.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1997--Dow Jones Markets announced today that it has named Emily H. Susskind as its new senior vice president, technology, effective immediately. She will be responsible for Dow Jones Markets' technology development worldwide, including the implementation and integration of new technologies.

Ms. Susskind's appointment rounds out the formation of Dow Jones Markets' new senior executive team. Five of the eight senior managers have joined Dow Jones Markets within the last 18 months. The other three have new responsibilities.

Ms. Susskind, 42, has 20 years of experience in systems management, development, design and integration. She was most recently senior vice president, systems development for Tele-TV Systems L.P., a new media and technology joint venture of Bell Atlantic, Nynex and Pacific Telesis, where she was responsible for developing a comprehensive digital video services platform.

From 1985 to 1996, she held several senior-level technology positions at Salomon Brothers. In her last position with Salomon, she was the senior executive responsible for managing the firm's global network infrastructure. She held a number of other technology-related senior posts during her 11 years with the firm, introducing strategic solutions for data access and delivery, formulating new desktop systems and Internet strategies, and developing a database management architecture.

Prior to joining Salomon, Ms. Susskind managed technical consulting services for mainframe customers at Martin Marietta's Mathematica Products Group. She received an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School, and has a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from Wellesley College.

Dow Jones Markets is a leading global provider of news and market information, decision-support applications, trading room systems and transaction services for financial institutions. Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) also publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, other business periodicals, the Dow Jones Global Indexes, business and financial newswires and community newspapers, and produces business television programming. Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, the electronic publishing arm, provides business and financial news and information services, including The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition on the World Wide Web and Dow Jones News/Retrieval.

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Have a Norse day; WAR FOOTING: John Browett, boss of PC World and Currys, expects an invasion from American rival Best Buy.

Byline: NEIL CRAVEN

VIKINGS and public relations don't usually go hand in hand, so Norwayseems an unlikely place to turn for lessons in customer service.

But DSG International, the former Dixons Group and owner of Currys and PCWorld, has to start somewhere.

Dixons became a byword for poor customer service in the Nineties and the groupstill suffers a reputation hangover from those days.

Chief executive John Browett, who has been in the job for five months, thinkshe has found the solution at the company's Norwegian chain Elkjop.

Its five-step approach to dealing with customers that begins with a simple'hello, how can I help you?' is being imported to UK stores to standardise howstaff talk to shoppers.

Elkjop is the biggest of DSG's Scandinavian chains, the jewel in the crown ofthe group, together accounting for three-quarters of the group's profit.

Browett says it was the last place he expected to find a solution to his problem.

'The Viking spirit is still alive and well,' he says.

'In the Nordic business, customer service is ingrained in the managementprocess. It begins with the chief executive and includes the commercialdirector, the human resources director, all the way down the chain.'

While Browett says the UK arm of the company can boast 'large numbers' ofexemplary staff, he concedes it is far from ingrained in the culture.

'I don't think it was even bolted on to the side of the strategy,' saysBrowett, who quit last year as head of Tesco's online business to run thetroubled electrical retailer. 'Management just didn't take responsibility for it.

For them, it was all about product and price.' In-store training programmeswill be held over the coming months, providing staff with up to a week oftuition.

In future, team bonuses will also include an individual payment based on avariety of measures including sales, customer satisfaction and the results ofmystery shopping tests.

Customers should start to feel the benefit by Christmas, while the full effectswill take two or three years to filter through, Browett says.

He was appointed last year amid increasing concerns.

The UK business was not growing as quickly as it should, hampered by aproliferation of internet retailers nibbling at the edges of its business.

It also faced problems at some of its overseas operations.

But Browett's plans left the City unimpressed last week.

He said he would close 77 Currys.digital stores as leases expire, but that wasless radical than had been expected - particularly as American giant Best

Buy, which recently gave the green light to a joint venture to sell electricalgoods with The Carphone Warehouse, appears to be waiting to pounce on any signsof weakness.

Instead, Browett outlined a gradual programme of change led by betterlookingstores, more choice and improved service.

He plans to open Currys' biggest megastore to date - its location is a closelyguarded secret - countering a plan by Best Buy to open large stores in Britainnext year.

Browett will also expand ranges by almost 15 per cent in PC World stores and 75per cent in Currys through better use of space. He is also urgently reviewingperformance of its offshoots, including DSG operations in Italy and Spain.

His message is that the core UK business is not broken, but can be better run.But with consumer spending on the wane, this will be a tough time to provehimself right, with or without help from his Viking friends..

FIVE STEPS TO A SALE

1 Greet. ' Good morning.'

2 Establish need. ' How can I help you... what is your budget?'

3 Offer alternatives. ' The features on this one might interest you...'

4 Explain benefits. For example, ' if you are buying a computer mainly forusing the internet, you might find this one better...'

5 Close with a complete solution. ' Have heard about our after-sales careoffers...?'

Workplace & Careers III 2006 Feature Releases.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The following releases focus on the topic Workplace & Careers III:

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PROVO, Utah--Corporate Untouchables: New VitalSmarts Poll Reveals 93 Percent Work with an 'Untouchable' No One Confronts (09/28/06, 06:00, SOURCE: VitalSmarts, L.C.)

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--Breakthrough Sales Achievement - the Good, the Bad & the Ugly Truth of Getting to the Next Level of Personal Performance (09/28/06, 12:30, SOURCE: Chuck Mache Communications)

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Bill Broderick, partner of Work Ministry, Ltd., can discuss social network recruiting from job support programs. Work Ministry, www.workministry.com, assists Faith-Based and Community Organizations in developing Job Support Groups and connecting groups with employers. Job seekers in today's market are actively using networking methods to find opportunities. Work Ministry organizes and supports the networking groups. The website, Workministry.com is the only online, offline social network of job seekers on the Internet. Work Ministry offers job seekers access to social networks for job search and job leads and employers access to candidates. Mr. Broderick's expertise is in staffing and recruiting issues using social networks for developing candidates. He has extensive background in job search coaching and executive development. 877-967-5646, ex. 1 - bbroderick@workministry.com

Joseph Grenny is an acclaimed keynote speaker and consultant. For the past 20 years, he has designed and implemented major corporate change initiatives. He has consulted with thousands of leaders on every major continent, from the board rooms of Fortune 500 companies to the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Joseph is co-founder and co-chairman of VitalSmarts, a corporate training and organizational performance company. He is also coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High" and "Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior." jgrenny@vitalsmarts.com, 801-724-6272, PR Contact: Mary Dondiego, 801-724-6323, mdondiego@vitalsmarts.com

Dr. Janice Presser can discuss the challenges business leaders face in getting the right person into the right job; how to identify and nurture high potentials; and the ethical dilemmas business leaders face as they attempt to satisfy their multiple constituencies. She describes how Role-Based Assessment accurately predicts potential employees' workplace behavior, providing the tools that leaders need to create results-driven teams. As CEO of The Gabriel Institute, the originator of Role-Based Assessment, she can comment on the new definition of job fit - a two-way process that makes or breaks employee engagement. Her expertise includes human capital valuation and improvement; qualitative measurement and business-critical metrics, and she can contribute to the discussion on the unintended consequences of recent legislation in the HR arena. The Gabriel Institute is a professional services company, formed in 2001 and headquartered in Philadelphia that serves organizations of all sizes, in all industries and market sectors, with tools and services that help them evaluate and improve their human capital and organizational culture. These include assessment of leadership for succession planning and restructuring; web-based screening and selection for hiring; workforce improvement initiatives including training and coaching; and human resource strategic development solutions. TGI's value proposition provides customers with measurable return on investment based on the metrics businesses need to satisfy both financial and compliance requirements. TGI's corporate values - trust, respect and faith - drive our single minded purpose of helping our customers manage, measure and maximize their human capital. Her current research includes qualitative measurement and improvement of human capital; ethics education in the post Sarbanes-Oxley environment. Prior research includes optimal, growth-promoting relationships (business and personal). 215-825-2500, jpresser@thegabrielinstitute.com

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