VIC:Crash pilot was a 'reliable' volunteer

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2011
VIC:Crash pilot was a 'reliable' volunteer

By Belinda Merhab

MELBOURNE, Aug 16 AAP - A volunteer pilot who died in a plane crash along with the
teenage girl he was flying home from a medical appointment had bought a plane especially
to help people in need.

Don Kernot, 69, had 40 years' experience as a pilot when his plane crashed in a paddock
in Wallup, near Horsham, around 6.30pm (AEST) on Monday.

The grandfather had moved to the nearby town of Yarrawonga when he retired last year.

He began volunteering as a pilot with the Angel Flight charity earlier this year and
told the Yarrawonga Chronicle newspaper that he bought his Piper Cherokee 180 especially
for his charity work, because his Cessna 150 was too small and slow.

Angel Flight offers free flights to medical facilities, with volunteer pilots offering
their time as well as their aircraft and the associated flight expenses.

Mr Kernot's work with Angel Flight cost him up to $500 a month.

The father of three began flying back in 1968.

Angel Flight founder and chief executive Bill Brinstow said Mr Kernot was an experienced
pilot who had been involved in 24 missions for the charity and had "proved very reliable".

He said Mr Kernot had more than 850 hours in-command flight experience and had a rating
to fly at night.

"There's something different about a volunteer being killed in this way," Mr Brinstow told AAP.

"Flights tend to take a day, they mostly write-off a day to do a flight so they're
making an important donation."

Mr Brinstow said the flight had caused him to wonder whether he should have established
the charity to begin with.

"I had moments last night of going, `gee, if I hadn't started Angel Flight', this wouldn't
have happened," he said.

"It's a dreadful, dreadful disaster, what a shame.

"How dreadfully sad for the family and friends of the girl and also of the pilot."

Mr Kernot died at the scene of the crash along with his 15-year-old passenger, who
was travelling home to Nhill after receiving regular treatment in Melbourne.

Mr Brinstow said the girl and her 43-year-old mother, the sole survivor of the crash,
were on their 20th mission with Angel Flight and had been flying with the charity every
three months for five years.

The girl's mother suffered head, chest and rib injuries and remained in a critical
condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Mr Brinstow said this was the first accident the charity had experienced since it was
founded in 2003.

He said he found out about the tragedy about 9pm, when the girl's father called to
say the flight had not arrived.

Neville Blyth, duty manager at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said a team
of four aviation safety investigators would spend three to four days examining the crash
scene.

They will conduct a preliminary site survey, examining the site and any evidence of
impact marks, talking to witnesses and studying weather conditions at the time of the
crash.

Emergency services were called to the scene after a local farmer reported seeing a
low-flying plane, before hearing a crash.

"I heard the plane fly over probably about 6.15pm, flying low, heard the throttle,
heard him throttle back a little bit... sounded fine, kept going, that's the last I heard
and saw," a local man told ABC Radio.

The plane was found in a paddock off McLennans Road about 8pm.

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WA: Slash HECS debts for country teachers: McGowan says

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2007
WA: Slash HECS debts for country teachers: McGowan says

Western Australia's Education Minister MARK MCGOWAN says teachers should be forgiven
some or all of their HECS debts .. if they work in the country.

Mr MCGOWAN says the federal government should consider the incentive for teaching graduates
.. who he says usually enter the workforce with a HECS debt of about 25 thousand dollars.

He says he's sent a proposal to his federal counterpart .. JULIE BISHOP .. proposing
a scheme to write off one year's worth of HECS debt .. for every year they work in the
country.

The minister says the cost of the scheme would be a drop in the ocean for the commonwealth
government.

The prime minister arrives in Perth today ahead of tomorrow's federal cabinet meeting
.. and is due to leave WA on Thursday.

JOHN HOWARD's set to announce details of a 181 million dollar education funding boost.

AAP RTV lk/tm/bart

KEYWORD: TEACHING WA (PERTH)

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FED:US facing substantial challenges: Swan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2011
FED:US facing substantial challenges: Swan

CANBERRA, April 19 AAP - The debt challenges facing the United States could not be
more different to the situation in Australia, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the US outlook on Monday from
stable to negative, saying its AAA rating was at risk unless policy makers agree on a
plan to reduce it budget deficit and US national debt by 2013.

Mr Swan said the US is facing some substantial fiscal challenges, but it has got a
big, dynamic and diversified economy which is starting to recover.

"The debt situation in the US and in a number of other advanced countries could not
be more different to the situation in Australia," Mr Swan said in a brief statement.

He said Australia's net debt will peak at less than a 10th of the peak in the US and
the government's strict fiscal rules will have the budget back in surplus in 2012/13.

"The situation in the US shows how important it is that difficult decisions such as
necessary spending cuts are not delayed until such time that they need to be harsher and
deeper," he said.

Mr Swan will deliver his fourth budget on May 10.

AAP cb/sb/nb

KEYWORD: US SWAN

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Knowledge Networks Releases iPad Study

Wireless News
01-20-2011
Knowledge Networks Releases iPad Study
Type: News

The iPad is still a ways off from becoming a fourth screen and creating new revenue streams for content providers, according to Knowledge Networks' How People Use Media: iPads - A First Look report.

According to a release, a survey of 205 iPad owners and users, the report found early adopters are not demonstrating unique behaviors: six of the seven top reported activities are familiar ones, like web surfing and email.
How People Use Media: iPads provides marketers and researchers with insight on how to best appeal to versed iPad users, who typically use the devices often. In fact, 76 percent of owners use the iPad at least five days a week, while 55 percent of owners use the device everyday.

But these users are bringing the free Internet mindset to the iPad, and only a small portion of users is willing to pay for content. This is a trend worth watching, as the iPad's advertising- supported media model is different from that of any other medium, since iPad users must register with iTunes, providing much personally identifiable information through a pay wall. At the same time, Apple's iAd advertising product can be purchased only through Apple, creating an entirely different advertising ecosystem that industry analysts are watching closely.

"Early-adopters are currently treating the iPad as an Internet appliance," said David Tice, Vice President, Group Account Director at Knowledge Networks and leader of The Home Technology Monitor research program. "Media companies and other content creators cannot assume that iPod behaviors - purchasing content for the device - will be immediately transferred to the iPad. In our early-adopter group, we saw, by nearly a 6-to-1 ratio, that iPad users prefer an ad-supported model over a pay model to gain access to content. At this point, a pay-for-content model would appeal only to a niche group of consumers."

Ironically, users who watch TV episodes or movies on their iPads most often learn about them from branded apps created by services like YouTube, Netflix and SlingBox. Word-of-mouth, typically the most common information source, came in second in the survey, just ahead of TV network apps, with iTunes mentioned less.

The study also shows that 70 percent of iPad owners/users have read an e-book on the device; 61 percent an electronic magazine or journal; and 51 have watched network TV programs. Yet only 13 percent of iPad owner/users would be willing to pay extra for an iPad-friendly version of a magazine or TV show they already pay for in its standard format (such as a cable or magazine subscription).

The Home Technology Monitor provides information on the media technologies consumers have access to - from smartphones to Internet- enabled TVs; its reports draw on trend data from 1981 to the present, as well as KN's How People Use approach to studying consumers' interactions with media.

Knowledge Networks is a provider of research in marketing, media, health and social policy.

Report information:

adage.com/digital/article?article_id=148247

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FED:Howes looks to WA for narrow Labor win

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2010
FED:Howes looks to WA for narrow Labor win

CANBERRA, Aug 21 AAP - Australian Workers Union secretary Paul Howes predicts Labor
will win 75 seats at the election, falling one short of being able to govern in its own
right.

"All eyes will be on Western Australia, in terms of the result we get out of that state,
whether we retain Hasluck or we pick up Swan," he told ABC Television, with 55 per cent
of the national vote counted.

"They will be very difficult for us, for Labor, to pick up."

Mr Howes said he didn't think there was any likelihood of a majority coalition government.

The coalition needs 17 Labor seats to win the election by garnering a uniform swing
of 2.3 per cent across the country. But the government can lose its absolute majority
if it loses 13 seats.

ABC election analyst Antony Green has already predicted a loss of 13 seats for Labor.

AAP gd/sb/jl/jlw

KEYWORD: POLL10 COUNT HOWES

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Fed: Governor-general to attend Kaczynski funeral

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2010
Fed: Governor-general to attend Kaczynski funeral

Governor-General QUENTIN BRYCE will represent Australia at the funeral of Poland's
late president .. LECH KACZYNSKI.

KACZYNSKI and 96 others died on Saturday when the plane they were travelling in crashed
in thick fog while approaching an airport in the west of Russia.

His state funeral .. and that of first lady MARIA KACZYNSKA .. who was also killed
in the crash .. will be held at St Mary's Basillica in Krakow on Sunday.

Ms BRYCE will be accompanied by her husband MICHAEL BRYCE.

AAP RTV gd/kms/crh

KEYWORD: POLAND AUST (CANBERRA)

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Netcracker completes first phase of OSS transformation at Russian VimpelCom

Internet Business News
09-07-2009
US-based Netcracker Technology (NASDAQ-OTCBB: NIPNY) and Russia's VimpelCom Group said on Monday that they have completed the first phase of OSS transformation at VimpelCom.

The OSS solution for VimpelCom includes NetCracker modules, such as resource inventory, discovery and reconciliation, outside plant and order management.

NetCracker's solution helps VimpelCom improve the overall efficiency and management of the network, the companies said in a joint statement.

NetCracker Technology is a global solution company enabling service providers to deliver rapidly and manage effectively convergent and content-rich offerings. The company delivers service and resource management through its software and implementation expertise.

The VimpelCom Group consists of telecommunications operators providing voice and data services through a range of wireless, fixed and broadband technologies. The group includes companies operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia.

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FED: Another boat arrives in Australia with 32 Sri Lankans aboard

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2009
FED: Another boat arrives in Australia with 32 Sri Lankans aboard

By Julian Drape and Andrew Drummond

CANBERRA, April 22 AAP - Another boatload of asylum seekers has been intercepted off
the West Australian coast, less than a week after a fishing boat exploded, killing five
Afghans.

The latest boat was carrying 32 Sri Lankan men, Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus said.

It was intercepted 47 nautical miles southwest of Barrow Island after entering Australian waters.

"The vessel had just entered our migration zone ... that extends 33 nautical miles
off our shore," Mr Debus told reporters in Perth.

"The people on board will be transported to Christmas Island.

"I am told that the boat is secure and the operation is proceeding very successfully."

The boat was intercepted by HMAS Wollongong after being spotted by a border protection
plane "in the last 24 hours", Mr Debus said on Wednesday afternoon.

It is the seventh boat to arrive in Australian waters this year.

It's the fifth to be intercepted in the past two weeks, and the 14th since Labor made
changes to Australia's immigration policy last September.

The coalition has argued that "soft" policy shift is to blame for the recent influx
of boat people, which has seen 485 asylum seekers arrive in the last eight months.

Now, it's also pointing the finger at cost-cutting.

Opposition immigration spokeswoman Sharman Stone says funding for the immigration department,
border protection and customs has been cut.

"Resources have been slashed," she said.

"One of the things we have insisted the Rudd Labor government do is review that cost slashing."

Dr Stone questioned why aerial surveillance missed the latest arrival.

"We had been given a heads-up there was a boat coming in, probably about 36 hours ago," she said.

"We've got a series of bungles and series of problems here."

As the boat was being intercepted, debris and personal belongings retrieved from the
vessel which exploded off Ashmore Reef last Thursday arrived in Darwin for forensic testing.

Northern Territory police have finished interviewing 55 witnesses to the fatal explosion.

Fifty-one defence personnel have been interviewed, as well as four people who were
aboard the boat.

Some 29 of the Afghans can't immediately seek refugee status because they were first
taken to an oil rig - the Front Puffin - which is excised from the mainland.

However, 13 others who were taken directly to Darwin for medical treatment can apply
straight away, and will be able to appeal any decision regarding their status.

The Greens says there's a two-class system, and are calling for all asylum seekers
to be processed on the mainland.

"In this particular case, members of the same family could potentially be presented
with different legal entitlements," Greens immigration spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young
said.

"The inconsistency ... throws a spotlight on the arbitrary and unfair nature of these laws."

Dr Stone said the two groups were treated differently because of the Rudd government's
offshore processing policy.

She said none of them should receive special visa consideration because of the ordeal
they went through.

But it remains unclear whether the coalition wants temporary protection visas back on the agenda.

"In terms of temporary protection visas, they are part of our consideration for a strategy
for the future," Dr Stone said.

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KEYWORD: BOAT WRAP (WITH GRAPHIC & PIX)

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Vic: Visa deadline approaches for Homeless World Cup players

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2008
Vic: Visa deadline approaches for Homeless World Cup players

By Michelle Draper

MELBOURNE, Dec 17 AAP - Up to 60 international players from the Homeless World Cup
remain in Australia as the deadline for their departure approaches.

Between 40 and 50 participants are expected to apply for asylum.

So far, the Department of Immigration has received 24 applications for further visas
from players.

More than 380 of the 440 international players and officials who travelled to Melbourne
for the soccer tournament have now returned to their home countries, a department spokesman
said on Wednesday.

Melbourne homeless service HomeGround has received 46 requests for crisis accommodation
from players from a range of countries in Africa and the Middle East.

HomeGround chief executive Stephen Nash said the group has been housed together in
student accommodation in Melbourne's west.

"Keeping people together allows them to provide support to each other as they go through
a difficult period in their lives and await the outcomes of their applications for asylum,"

he said.

"The asylum seeker group has also received a lot of support from members of the community.

"We are all now working on the next step to ensure people have a longer-term plan for
accommodation and support services."

Players seeking asylum include members of teams from Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Liberia.

The Homeless World Cup players were issued 21-day visas.

Most players arrived on November 29 with visas which would expire from this Friday and Saturday.

AAP md/pmu/bwl/de

KEYWORD: HOMELESS ASYLUM

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Hoc: Hockey results today

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2008
Hoc: Hockey results today

BEIJING, Aug 12 AFP - Hockey results today:

Women's Preliminary league

Pool A

Australia 6 (Angela Lambert 27, 60, Nicole Hudson 47, Casey Eastham 54, Emily Halliday
66, Megan Rivers 70) bt Spain 1 (Silvia Munoz 6)

H-t: 1-1

Pool B

Argentina 2 (Agustina Garcia 10, Alejandra Gulla 27) drew Great Britain 2 (Sarah Thomas
49, Mel Clewlow 51)

H-t: 2-0

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KEYWORD: OLYR08 HOC

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NSW: Two children jump from burning house to safety

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2008
NSW: Two children jump from burning house to safety

EDS: Gender of children unknown at this stage.

SYDNEY, April 3 AAP - Two children trapped in a house fire in Sydney jumped from the
second storey of the building to flee the blaze and, remarkably, walked away without significant
injuries.

Two adults and four children were taken to hospital after escaping from the house fire
in west suburban Greenacre this morning, police say.

Firefighters were called to the house on Banksia Road shortly before 6.30am (AEDT)
where they were told three people were trapped on the second floor of the two-storey property.

In all, two adults and four children were trapped in the building.

NSW Fire Brigades spokesman Craig Brierly said two of the children jumped to safety
from the upper floor of the two-storey building, while the remaining residents were rescued
by firefighters.

"Two children evacuated themselves by jumping from the second storey," Mr Brierly said.

"The others were rescued by firefighters using ladders."

All six were treated by ambulance officers at the scene and were taken to Bankstown
Hospital suffering minor burns and smoke inhalation.

A hospital spokeswoman said they were all in stable condition.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which Mr Brierly said caused "significant damage"

to the top storey of the house.

Investigations into the cause of the fire were underway.

AAP ab/wjf/sp

KEYWORD: RESCUE LEAD

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COLUMN: Generation Quiet?

Gregory Wolfe
University Wire
10-12-2007
(Cornell Daily Sun) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- In an Oct. 10 article in the New York Times, columnist Thomas L. Friedman calls our generation "Generation Q." Q means Quiet. Friedman is "impressed because [students] are so much more optimistic and idealistic than they should be." But he is "baffled because [students] are so much less radical and politically engaged than they need to be." He goes on to laud us for doing quiet but meaningful activities, such as joining ROTC, volunteering in AIDS clinics and working for organizations like Teach for America in record numbers. However, Friedman also criticizes Generation Q for its passivity and unwillingness to become a political force, while in my opinion, suggesting that our generation should take after the student movements of the 60's and 70's. He also bemoans the fact that, when we do protest, it is through electronic media: "Virtual politics is just that -- virtual." Friedman calls for student activism in a more "real" in-your-face format. He then concludes by listing three issues that all young people should be concerned with: Social Security, the environment and the growing budget deficit.

To begin, I must say that Friedman's cause is a noble and commendable one. I am especially impressed that the three issues that he names as important to all students are, in fact, pertinent to all students; they defy partisan politics and will affect both conservatives and liberals equally in the future. However, I must disagree with him on several issues.

First, I believe that the biggest barrier to massive student activism in general is that it lacks power and cohesion. Usually, students have neither the money to alter the outcome of political elections nor the ability to be elected to positions of power in the first place. In addition, because being a student is a temporary vocation divided by long winter and summer breaks as well as eventual graduation, it is difficult for students to organize and sustain activism over long stretches of time. If you will recall the Red Bud protests, the issue basically died once summer break hit, and lacked salience once students came back to school. Students are unwilling to stay together for an issue once break hits; they have summer jobs and their lives to live. Political issues will inevitably take a back seat to real life in the end. As an electorate, students are hopelessly impotent because of this.

Second, the new free flow of information has irrevocably changed the way students are able to protest. The Internet is, in fact, an effective way to change politics. In order for activism in "the real world" to be considered important, it must be large and flamboyant enough to gain national attention from the media. The Red Bud protests did not gain notoriety outside the local media. Had they, Cornell may well have folded if confronted by a national outcry. On the other hand, "Internet activism" does not need second party coverage because it can be broadcast more easily. Friedman is incorrect; the Internet can change the world.

Also, activists have a reason to be afraid of what will happen when they protest because everything seems to be public information. Unlike when our parents were protesting in the 60's and 70's, we actually have something real to lose because information about us will most likely end up on the Internet, possibly putting our future jobs in jeopardy. Activism is just much riskier now than it was during our parents' generation.

Moreover, Friedman's hope that we will stop being virtual ignores reality. We were raised on the Internet and will likely use some form of AIM until the day we die. It is natural that we would feel comfortable blogging and protesting through a virtual medium. Even politicians use the Internet now, as evidenced by the millions of dollars presidential candidates are currently raising for their primary campaigns. Heck, they even have Facebook accounts now!

Third, I believe that students, through their organized activities, are actually changing the world as a cohesive group as opposed to expecting someone else to do it for them. A student protester, using his voice, has no idea if he will even be heard. However, a student who works with the poor knows that he has changed the world with his own hands. Actually effecting change is beneficial and rewarding. These experiences will later better equip students to effect change through politics once they have joined the real world, as they will have idealism and optimism ingrained into them through their own hard work. Not to pick on those Red Budders, but they did lose their fight. In hindsight, they may have been better served planting new Red Buds elsewhere.

Thus, in this writer's opinion, Generation Q is an unfair characterization because we are not exactly quiet. We are more introverted but not quite Generation I. Perhaps, "Generation Pragmatic" could best describe us. Why pragmatic? Because, perhaps unlike previous generations, we are obsessed with the future and long term goals, whether that means getting a job, going to graduate school, etc. However, we are also absurdly focused as well. How many of you got summer jobs this year with the goal of being hired at the same place sometime down the road? I know you are already thinking 20 years down the line; before Cornell, most of you were thinking of going to college as early as middle school or, at the very least, the beginning of high school. That means you were focused on college a full four years before you went! And you probably do not even know what you will have for dinner tonight. Quiet? No. Focused on the future so much that you cannot participate in the diffuse student activism of our parents? Yes. This is Generation P.


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Vic: Pyne covering up gastro outbreak fiasco - union

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2007
Vic: Pyne covering up gastro outbreak fiasco - union

Union officials have accused federal Ageing Minister CHRISTOPHER PYNE of a cover-up
.. demanding he release all information about the fatal gastro outbreak at a Melbourne
nursing home.

The Health Services Union Victorian branch says Mr PYNE owes it to the families of
the five people who're died .. and the wider community .. to reveal everything he knows
about the crisis.

The union says he's sitting on much more information over the gastro outbreak.

The HSU's SHAUN HUDSON says ultimately the buck stops with Mr PYNE who can intervene
immediately .. but so far he's been sitting back and letting Victorian health minister
BRONWYN PIKE take the flak.







Mr HUDSON'S comments follow reports of a cover-up .. with a whistleblower alleging
staff were threatened with the sack if they didn't sign backdated infection control cleaning
procedure forms handed out just this week.

Mr HUDSON says reports that Broughton Hall bosses sought legal advice before revealing
details of the deaths are completely outrageous and unacceptable.

AAP RTV sjm/gfr/bart

KEYWORD: HOME HSU (MELBOURNE)

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Fed: States could get more infrastructure support under Rudd

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2006
Fed: States could get more infrastructure support under Rudd

Labor leader KEVIN RUDD says states should not have to bear all the burden of providing
infrastructure for national projects .. like Western Australia's proposed 15 billion dollar
Gorgon gas project.

Mr RUDD's made his statement after discussing the Gorgon project and Western Australia's
infrastructure needs with WA Premier ALAN CARPENTER yesterday.

The opposition leader was in Perth as part of his so-called listening tour of the nation.

The massive Gorgon gas project off WA's northern coast moved a step closer to production
this week .. after the state government cleared the path for environmental approval.

AAP RTV lk/wz/tm

KEYWORD: GORGON RUDD (PERTH)

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Fed: People can't live forever so stop trying

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2006
Fed: People can't live forever so stop trying

An outspoken geneticist says humans will never live forever .. so we should really
stop trying to.

ROBIN HOLLIDAY has told an international medical conference .. the anti-ageing medicine
movement is ridiculous .. and he's called on scientists to stop claiming people could
one day live for hundreds of years thanks to biotechnology.

Dr HOLLIDAY .. from the Australian Academy of Science .. has told the Brisbane conference
.. mammals have a limited natural life span that's unlikely to change.

But he says the best chance of extending it comes from tackling age-related disease
and understanding more about body maintenance .. not biotechnology.

AAP RTV tam/srp/tm

KEYWORD: FOREVER (BRISBANE)

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NSW: Habib to launch legal action over "police abuse"

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2006
NSW: Habib to launch legal action over "police abuse"

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee MAMDOUH HABIB is planning on suing NSW Police.

HABIB says he was robbed .. assaulted and abused by officers .. after reporting last
week's double shooting in Granville.

The 50-year-old witnessesed the aftermath of the murder of BASSAM CHAMI and IBRAHIM
ASSAD as he drove his son home from work.

MR HABIB says he told police he didn't know who was involved in the shooting .. but
he and his son were arrested and forced to do an eight-hour interview.

Their clothes and car were also seized for forensic examination.

MR HABIB says he plans on suing for false imprisonment and assault.

AAP RTV kjd/hn/klf/jv

KEYWORD: SHOTS HABIB (SYDNEY)

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NSW: Bob Carr called to give evidence to committee

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2005
NSW: Bob Carr called to give evidence to committee

Former New South Wales Premier BOB CARR has been called to give evidence to a state
parliamentary committee examining Sydney's Cross City tunnel contract.

The committee .. chaired by upper house MP Reverend FRED NILE .. is looking at the
way the then CARR Labor government negotiated the building of the tunnel with private
operator CrossCity Motorway.

Mr NILE says it's also examining the level of community consultation.

Former NSW South Wales treasurer MICHAEL EGAN and former Roads Traffic Authority boss
PAUL FORWARD are also due to front the hearing .. which starts today.





Mr FORWARD was removed from his RTA post in October after failing to inform roads minister
JOE TRIPODI of an agreement which allowed the tunnel's toll to be increased.

The hearing ends on Thursday.

AAP RTV pc/jmt

KEYWORD: TUNNEL (SYDNEY)

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monetary reform

monetary reform The revision of a country's currency by the introduction of a new currency unit or a substantial change to an existing system. Examples include decimalization of the UK currency (1971), the change from the austral to the peso in Argentina (1992), and the introduction of the euro (1999–2002).

Holding the line on telemarketers. (nation in brief).(Federal Communications Commission Web site)(Brief Article)

With all the junk mail coming in over the Internet, it's almost a relief now and then to get a call from a telemarketer. Well, not really. Most irritating are the cheerful folks peddling long-distance telephone plans. How can each be better than the other? But if they really were so bothersome, of course, we could sign on with one of those "do-not-call" lists. And if that's too much trouble, an extensive telemarketing site put up on the Internet by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has an easier suggestion: Pick 'em off one at a time. "When you receive telephone solicitation calls, clearly state that you want to be added to the caller's do-not-call list," the FCC advises. The site, chockfull of advice on rules and what to do if they are broken, is located at www.fcc.gov/cgb/ consumerfacts/tcpa.html.

But most of us wouldn't mind saving a few bucks on long-distance calls if only we could figure out which offer is the really good deal. FCC to the rescue again. Designed for military and defense personnel but applicable to all consumers, "Calling Home: What You Should Know" may be found at www.fcc.gov/cgb. A brochure by the same title may be obtained by calling 1-888-225-5322.

S & P Equity Group Analyst to Interview On RadioWallStreet.com.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2000

Today, on RadioWallStreet.com, S & P Equity Group Analyst, Thomas Smith, will discuss Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW).

This event will be broadcast Friday, June 9, 2000 at 3:30 PM ET.

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Books-A-Million Brings ''Smokey'' the Tennessee Volunteer Mascot to Its Knoxville Store.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1999--Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:BAMM) announces that on Tuesday, January 19, "Smokey," The Tennessee Volunteer's mascot, will be at their Knoxville store from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Knoxville store is located at 8613 Kingston Pike.

Books-A-Million will be exclusively offering customers the opportunity to special order a limited edition "Smokey the Dog" bean bag toy. As mascot of the Tennessee Volunteers, Smokey can be seen cheering the Vols on to victory at sporting event as well as supporting the University at other campus activities. "We are thrilled to host Smokey at the Knoxville location of Books-A-Million where customers will have the opportunity to have their picture taken with the mascot," said Chris Korotky, Vice President of Marketing. "Smokey plays a tremendous role in Tennessee athletics and we are pleased to exclusively offer the commemorative bean bag toy celebrating the 1998 NCAA National Championship."

In addition, Books-A-Million stores in Knoxville and the Tennessee area as well as northern Alabama and Kentucky also have the official Fiesta Bowl game day program, the Sports Illustrated Commemorative Edition, a variety of additional merchandise and collectibles. Limited-edition items bearing the Fiesta Bowl Champion and NCAA National College Football Champion titles are featured among the variety of memorabilia that are offered by Books-A-Million. Many of the limited-print and commemorative collectibles will be available while supplies last.

Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet at www.booksamillion.com. The company presently operates 175 stores in 17 states. The Company operates four distinct store formats, including large superstores operating under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co., traditional bookstores and combination book and greeting card stores, both operating under the name Bookland, and Joe Muggs Newsstands.

i2 Announces New TradeMatrix.com Services Specifically for High-Tech Companies; Compaq and HP Become First Leading Customers of HightechMatrix.com.

DALLAS, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITWO), the leading provider of intelligent eBusiness solutions, today announced the first of a number of planned, industry-specific marketplaces within TradeMatrix.com, i2's intelligent eBusiness portal that spans multiple digital marketplaces. HightechMatrix.com is a vertical, online marketplace designed for buyers, sellers, designers and service providers in the high-technology industry. Compaq and Hewlett-Packard Company are among the leading customers participating in HightechMatrix.

i2's TradeMatrix.com is a portal that provides a one-stop destination for online collaboration and dynamic trading, electronic procurement, spot buying, selling and order fulfillment, logistics services and design services. It is differentiated through i2's industry-leading advanced optimization and execution capabilities for improved decision-making. HightechMatrix.com is powered by TradeMatrix.com and will provide customized solutions for the high-tech industry.

The initial focus of HightechMatrix.com will be on procurement services for the high tech electronics industry. "There is a rush among the many players in this market space to provide online procurement capabilities of indirect materials," said Sanjiv Sidhu, CEO of i2 Technologies. "i2 provides a highly-differentiated solution through intelligent direct and indirect material procurement capabilities that are tightly linked into suppliers' fulfillment and planning processes. We believe that i2 is the only company to provide total procurement solutions."

Direct material procurement includes the materials that a company uses to produce its products and services and can often account for more than 50 percent of a high-tech company's total annual revenue. Indirect material procurement covers materials that are needed outside of the production process and typically account for 10-20 percent of a high-tech manufacturer's total annual revenue.

For example, a computer manufacturer's direct material procurement needs may include materials to produce the motherboard, computer chips and a case to house the computer-processing unit. Their indirect material procurement needs could cover a belt for an assembly line, light bulbs for the plant or a desk for an employee.

HightechMatrix.com builds on earlier efforts by i2 and HP to create a trading community for electronics distributors and electronics suppliers. As part of today's announcement, HP and i2 are moving the electronics distributors and suppliers trading community into HightechMatrix.com and setting up HP as the community's first customer. HP's first implementation will involve running its material procurement transactions and customer order fulfillment transactions through HightechMatrix.com.

"The successful experience gained by developing the HP and i2 trading community can now be leveraged into the broader electronics supply chain," said Bill Russell, vice president and general manager, HP's Software and Solutions Organization. "We invite all of our trading partners, and in turn, all of their trading partners, including HP's competitors, to join this marketplace and benefit from increased market agility and reduced overall supply chain costs."

Compaq, an aggressive adopter of i2's intelligent eBusiness solutions is incorporating HightechMatrix.com into its fast-track eProcurement roadmap. This will enable Compaq and its trading partners to gain access to the broad suite of marketplace services, including material procurement, design collaboration and logistics. Compaq was the first high-tech industry adopter of i2's Product Lifecycle Management solutions to optimize their product development and product transition functions.

"Compaq's vision is to deliver ever increasing value to our customers and suppliers by leveraging the Internet in every possible manner," said Ed Straw, senior vice president of Supply Chain Management, Compaq Computer. "Electronic marketplaces are the next revolution in reducing supply chain costs and improving customer responsiveness. We believe that HightechMatrix.com will rapidly emerge as the industry's leading marketplace for sharing information and optimized decisions across companies' borders. We encourage our trading partners to come online."

i2 has long held the leading position in providing supply chain management software solutions for the high-tech industry, with a current 72 percent market share in electronics, according to a September 1999 report by Benchmarking Partners. In fact, nine of the 10 largest computer makers in the world have adopted i2's solutions to optimize their supply chains.

i2 is offering qualified high-tech companies free trial services of HightechMatrix.com for up to 60 days. These qualified companies and their suppliers will be able to have their direct material procurement processes online shortly after registration. Future service offerings in HightechMatrix.com are intended to include indirect material procurement (including configuration of items, such as PCs), customer and channel collaboration, Internet order-fulfillment services and third-party logistics services.

HightechMatrix.com subscribers may be individual users at companies or may be entire internal or private exchange networks. Individual companies who participate in other exchanges may also opt to participate in HightechMatrix.com without the risk of conflicting with their existing exchange.

"HightechMatrix.com provides the security and data control of a proprietary trading community and the fast access to data of a critical mass of trading partners in a public marketplace," said Mark Jensen, i2's vice president, High Tech Industry business unit. "Latency issues and timing problems for data exchange across trading partners are eliminated, without the company giving up control of who sees its data."

Benefits of HightechMatrix.com:

-- For corporate buyers, HightechMatrix will use advanced optimization and execution capabilities to consolidate the buyer's requirements and reduce total purchase costs, while helping to ensure that ordered items are available and delivered on time.

-- For corporate sellers, HightechMatrix.com will expand their market presence with reduced effort by exposing sellers in one high-technology marketplace to all potential buyers.

-- For product developers, HightechMatrix.com will provide a planning hub for internal development projects, market feedback and customer collaboration. Product managers and designers have the ability to gain new insights and streamline collaboration with trading partners. These services are designed to significantly reduce time-to-market, while efficiently aligning product and service offerings with profitability goals.

-- For service providers, such as brokers, logistics providers, contract manufacturers, fulfillment houses and distributors, HightechMatrix.com will help increase total revenue and profit by directly linking the value-added service into the buying, selling and planning processes.

Other companies that have committed to HightechMatrix.com include Amkor Technology Inc. and NCR Corporation's Systemedia Group.

The arrangements described in this release are subject to the parties concluding definitive agreement.

About TradeMatrix.com and HightechMatrix.com:

Additional information on TradeMatrix and HightechMatrix, including features and benefits, an interactive tour and partner and customer information, is available on our Web sites at www.TradeMatrix.com and www.HightechMatrix.com.

About i2:

i2 is the leading global provider of intelligent eBusiness solutions that help enterprises optimize business processes both internally and among trading partners. Founded in 1988, i2's vision is to add $50 billion of value for its customers by the year 2005. i2 is headquartered in Dallas, TX, has approximately 2,700 employees and maintains offices worldwide. For additional information, visit i2 on the Web at www.i2.com.

Cautionary Language:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the expected delivery and benefits of use of the Company's products. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are competition, market demand, technological change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations and general economic conditions. For additional discussion of factors which could impact the Company'' financial results, please refer to the Company's recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 8-K filed November 30, 1999 and Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1999.

i2 Technologies and logo design is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. RHYTHM(R) is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies.

Contact:

Julie Swartzlander Lara Kohl

Cunningham Communication, Inc. i2 Technologies, Inc.

512-347-2314 469-357-3246

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STC increases data capacity by 5 times.

STC, Saudi Arabia's leading telecom company, has launched QuickNet chips with new prices and with additional data capacity for current customers as well as new customers.

This move comes as part of the company's qualitative efforts that aim at providing the best in class services to its various customers while at the same time providing them with various choices for internet usage when they are on the move and when using various devices, said a statement. When renewing the QuickNet Style package, the amount of data capacity will be increased five times while the price remains the same at SR99 ($26.41) with 5 GB. QuickNet Light service which is considered the best internet chip in the kingdom that was launched earlier by STC witnessed high customer appeal due to the flexibility in usage based on need add to the that savings which is the main factor that increased the demand on this new service, it said. QuickNet Light is a pre-paid internet chip at SR25 with 400 MB of free internet. The customer has the choice once the free data credit for QuickNet Light is finished to use the internet based on need using the QuickNet Easy at SR0.4 per megabyte and with any amount being recharged, it said. This allows customers high flexibility in enjoying the internet when on the go based on high speed technology enabling them to browse the web, read emails without any restrictions or conditions and enjoy new high speed internet that reach 42 MB when uploading.

'This comes as part of the company's keen interest in its customers and packaging their desires, requests, and aspirations under one umbrella following a detailed study of what customers want and as part of the company's customer centric focus that covers their needs and providing a multitude of choices without any conditions or restrictions,' the statement said.

STC is delivering the internet at speeds reaching 42 MB with superior coverage on inhabited areas where STC's coverage is covering 98 per cent of the total area across the kingdom bearing in mind the increasing demand for broad band services to cover the kingdom's cities and areas with the 3G network to serve more than 24 million customers across the kingdom. - TradeArabia News Service

Copyright 2011 www.tradearabia.com

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PT Telkom Indonesia selects Clarity OSS for Broadband; Indonesiaa[euro](tm)s largest telecommunication and network services provider extends its relationship with Clarity to its broadband network.

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Sydney, Australia: -- Clarity, the award-winning provider of unified solutions designed to simplify the operations of communication service providers, today announced that the next phase of its rollout for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TELKOM) has commenced. The latest deployment enables Fulfilment and Assurance capabilities for TELKOM's broadband access network.

Since 2006, TELKOM has undertaken a transformation program to support their Next Generation Network (NGN) initiative. A key component of the program is the migration to a flexible and unified operational support system. To date, TELKOM has unified their Switching, Transmission, Multimedia, Fixed Wireless and Metro-E domains onto the Clarity OSS solution. This latest solution for Broadband Access continues the consolidation of TELKOM's networks onto one management platform and supports their commitment to delivering excellent customer service. In this phase the Clarity solution will provide:

* Inventory Management

* Discovery and Reconciliation

* Service Configuration and Activation

* Auto-provisioning

* Trouble Ticketing

By unifying their network management using the Clarity OSS, TELKOM is able to implement an umbrella solution, to support their entire NGN topology, including DSLAM, MSAN, WiMAX and GPON inventory.

"Standardising our operational support systems is one of the four pillars of our transformation program. It eliminates the challenges of proprietary network and resource management systems, so that we can implement new business strategies easily and efficiently," commented Indra Utoyo, Director of IT Service and Solution (CIO) at TELKOM. "Clarity's Fulfilment and Assurance solution is well proven at TELKOM, providing us with a clear view of our entire network status, regardless of the technology or the vendor. Now, as we move forward with our NGN program, Clarity is once again our solution of choice to support our strategic objective of service innovation and convergence based on an IP platform."

Jon Newbery, Chief Executive Officer at Clarity, added: "Operators worldwide are deploying next generation networks to lead their markets with innovative new services using a convergent IP backbone. Our continued work with TELKOM highlights the benefits of the unified Clarity OSS. By supporting any network or technology, Clarity greatly simplifies and reduces the cost of introducing new network technologies, so that as operators grow and innovate, they can leverage their existing infrastructure to get to market quickly."

For further information please contact:

Nicholas Vangelis

Skywrite Communications

Email: clarity@skywritecomms.com

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7608 4650

Alison Ruttens

Group Marketing Manager

Email: aruttens@clarity.com

Tel: +44 (0) 7766 037028

About Clarity

Clarity enables its customers to simplify their operations with a unified operational management solution. Clarity provides an integrated, modular solution to optimise and automate core operational processes to manage network build and movements, develop and sell next generation products, and deliver and assure the quality of customer services.

Clarity solutions provide the lowest total cost of ownership using embedded best practices and process-driven workflow to reduce the complexity, risk and cost of operations. Clarity empowers its customers to generate and protect revenue and enhance the complete customer experience. With over 35 Telecom customers worldwide, Clarity solutions currently help companies around the world manage over 250 million subscribers.

Established in 1994, Clarity has offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.clarity.com.

About PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. ("TELKOM")

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. ("TELKOM") is the largest telecommunication and network services provider in Indonesia. Serving millions of customers nationwide, they provide a strong portfolio of information and communication services, including fixed wireline and fixed wireless telephone, mobile cellular, data and internet, and network and interconnection services, directly or through their subsidiaries.

TELKOM Flexi Division specializes in the fixed wireless telephone (CDMA technology). Flexi is the market leader of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and supports over 15.9 million subscribers in over 370 cities in Indonesia.

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Industrial communication systems; the industrial electronics handbook, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)

9781439802816

Industrial communication systems; the industrial electronics handbook, 2d ed.

Ed. by Bogdan M. Wilamowski and J. David Irwin.

CRC Press

2011

962 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

The electrical engineering handbook series

TK5105

The focus is on technical principles, application-specific areas, technologies, Internet programming, and the outlook for the future--trends and challenges, and processing data in complex communication systems. Containing 68 contributed chapters, it is about twice as big as the other volumes. The complete Handbook offers up-to-date coverage of complex field, following closely current research trends and applications that appear in the widely respected journal IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. The scope is broad, from electronic circuits and their uses in final products to the larger issues of control and mechatronics, from control of simple devices to control of entire fabrication processes, including the various elements of communications systems that must be tailor-made to link industrial processes using intelligent systems.

([c]2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Universal Electronics Sets First Quarter 2011 Financial Results Release.(Financial report)

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI), announced it will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, May 5, to discuss its first quarter 2011 earnings results.

In a release, the company noted event details:

To access the call in the U.S. please dial 877-655-6895 and for international calls dial 706-758-0299 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the conference. The conference ID is 60888542. The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and available for replay for one year at uei.com In addition, a replay of the call will be available via telephone for two business days, beginning two hours after the call. To listen to the replay, in the U.S., please dial 800-642-1687 and internationally, 706-645-9291. Enter access code 60888542.

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) is a provider of wireless control technology for the connected home. UEI designs, develops, and delivers solutions that enable consumers to control entertainment devices, digital media, and home systems.

More Information:

uei.com

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Joachim Schafer heads Messe Dusseldorf medical fairs.(EXHIBITION NEWS: COMPAMED)

As a result of organisational restructuring, Joachim Schafer, who was Managing Director at Messe Dusseldorf since June 2006, has taken charge of the company's medical fairs. Among other things, Schafer is now strategically responsible for the Medica, Rehacare International and Compamed events.

In addition to being responsible for other trade fair projects such as Wire (cable), Tube (pipes) and A+A (safety, security and health at work), he retains under his command advertising, press activities, Internet services, information technology and in-house services. "Our medical and health fairs are the centrepiece of the event programme," he says. "Because of the demographic trends and industry's innovation, it is necessary to further extend their success in a dynamic market environment."

www.messe-duesseldorf.de

SpeechCycle to Participate in BroadSoft Connections 2009 Customer Conference.(Conference news)

SpeechCycle announced that the company is participating in the BroadSoft Connections 2009: Voice & Vision customer conference to be held from October 25-28 in Scottsdale Arizona at the Phoenician resort (see also SpeechCycle).

SpeechCycle will be participating in the BroadSoft Connections Solutions Showcase in order to introduce the BroadSoft unified communications customer ecosystem to SpeechCycle's LevelOne Digital Phone Agent, currently deployed as a contact center self-service application at some of the world's leading services providers. "We are happy to have contact center self-service innovators like SpeechCycle participating in the BroadSoft Connections Solutions Showcase," said Leslie Ferry, Vice President of Marketing for BroadSoft. "As a technology pacesetter in Unified Communications, BroadSoft is providing SpeechCycle with an opportunity to showcase our voice self-service innovation in the context of their breakthrough BroadWorks platform," said Roberto Pieraccini, Chief Technology Officer for SpeechCycle. "We are excited and honored to have been invited to participate in this timely and relevant conference," he concluded. About SpeechCycle LevelOne Digital Phone Agent for BroadSoft SpeechCycle LevelOne Digital Phone Agent is a voice self-service application that assists callers with questions about their unified communications services, and intelligently guides them in configuring popular features and capabilities, thereby freeing contact center agents to focus on high value customer interactions.

Based on SpeechCycle's award-winning Rich Phone Application (RPA) platform, and available as on on-premise or on-demand service, callers are asked to select their area of interest from a natural language menu of common questions and issues while the SpeechCycle automated agent interacts with the caller to explain procedures, repeat steps when requested, and connect to a contact center agent if necessary.

LevelOne Digital Phone Agent Delivers: Voice-Guided Configuration Services: Intelligent agent assistance with voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding and other Broadsoft Unified Communications services. Personalized Experience: Caller experience optimized by caller profile, with support for Repeat Caller Detection to identify if the same caller is calling back within a specified timeframe for "special case" call handling. Multi-Modal 'Display Phone' Support: Integrates voice interaction services with menu and other multimedia services on multimodal customer devices. Integration-Ready for BroadSoft: SpeechCycle LevelOne Digital Phone Agent supports seamless integration with the BroadWorks platform for customized service experiences. About SpeechCycle SpeechCycle, the leading provider of Rich Phone Applications (RPAs), powers innovative voice-based solutions for more than 50 enterprise deployments across more than 35 contact centers in North America and around the world. With hundreds of millions of minutes of phone-based user interactions processed through the SpeechCycle service to date, SpeechCycle is in the vanguard of a new generation of on-demand contact center automation innovators, delivering strategic customer value that speaks for itself. For more information please visit www.speechcycle.com. About BroadSoft BroadSoft[R], the world-wide leader of VoIP application software, enables the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class products, including its award-winning flagship BroadWorks[R] technology, empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and increase customer satisfaction. BroadSoft products deliver the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to nine of the top 10 and 15 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue, including KPN, Korea Telecom, Qwest, SingTel, Sprint, Swisscom, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems, and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.BroadSoft.com.

Keywords: , Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Internet, Networks, Software, Audio and Video, Telecommunicat, Advertising, Broadband, Communications, Electronics, Emerging Technologies, Intelligent Agents, Marketing, Software, Technology, Telecommunications, Speech, SpeechCycle.

This article was prepared by Biotech Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Biotech Week via NewsRx.com.

Kostech Small Cap Research Releases Bulletin on International Meta Systems, Inc.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- International Meta Systems, Inc. (OTC: IMES) designs and develops advanced microprocessor chips for the personal computer industry. The corporate headquarters are located in El Segundo, California and the engineering design headquarters are located in Austin, Texas. IMES currently has 67 employees, 90% of which are directly involved in the engineering process. IMES has drawn away engineering talent from Rockwell, IBM, Cyrix, AMD, Ross Technologies, NexGen, Motorola, Hughes, and AT&T for the purpose of designing high performance Intel compatible microprocessors.

The microprocessor is an integrated circuit that serves as the Central Processing Unit (CPU) or "brain" of the computer. This market is valued at over $25 billion worldwide and is growing daily. IMES has been working for some time developing and patenting chips which are in many ways superior in speed and processing ability to what is currently available (for full specification sheet and performance data contact the company).

Intel currently dominates the CPU market as they designed the first CPU capable of being mass marketed in small PCs in the mid-seventies. The chip that shipped in the first PCs was the 8088 (IBM PC). This was followed by the 8086 (IBMXT), the 80286 (IBM AT/PS2), the 80386, 80486, and finally the Pentium and Pentium Pro. With the advent of the 80286, the CPU market saw competition mounting, and by the time 386s were shipping, AMD and Texas Instruments were fighting for Intel's market share. AMD remains a capable competitor due to the fact that the company decided to make their chips "pin compatible" with Intel chips. This design allowed the design work previously done in the Intel compatible machines, to be re-used, and the virtues of the CPU alone would influence the AMD/Intel decision. Cyrix and AMD are presently the two major competitors to Intel with IMES being featured in engineering magazines as a good possibility for a third. This year, IMES will introduce an x86 chip that will fit standard Pentium sockets and delivers P6 (Pentium Pro) level performance. Under contract to a major international semiconductor manufacturer, IMES is developing the Meta 6000, a fully custom pin-compatible chip with performance targeted to the equivalent of a 300 mhz Pentium. This would mean that consumers could replace their existing Pentium chips with a chip that is 50% faster than the most current Intel Pentium. The Meta 600 design provides full on-chip multimedia capability with the new Pentium MMX.

Consumers could also order new computers with the Meta 6000 pre-installed at a reduced cost to a Pentium. The upcoming M2 Cyrix chips are expected to receive much attention, due to the fact that Cyrix has priced their chips at about half the cost of a comparable Pentium. In addition, they have made major strides in improving reliability. If IMES gets further positive review from industry publications, their products will be in demand very quickly as well.

Microprocessor manufacturing requires the use of a billion dollar facility known as a silicon foundry. IMES established a strategic partnership in 1995 with a major international semiconductor manufacturer to help deliver and market the Meta 6000. Upon completion of the development and design of the Meta 6000, the foundry partner will utilize its marketing and sales organization to distribute the product and compensate IMES on a royalty basis. In addition, IMES will sell the microprocessor through an internal OEM and direct marketing sales force.

This major foundry partner is expected to be announced when production begins. Together with the foundry partner, IMES intends to capture a modest 3-5% of the chip market over the next 2 years. If the Company's superior technologies are produced and this market share is accomplished, IMES will become a very profitable entity as well as an extremely attractive acquisition target.

There are many other products in the pipeline scheduled for release later this year including the Meta Expresso which will compete with Sun Microsystems Pico Java chip. These chips are used in the market which drive Internet Computers, HDTV, and Web Coupled TV. We will cover these products in our next update.

For further information visit http://www.imes.com

SOURCE International Meta Systems, Inc.

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AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE DAILY REPORT

Exchange closed lower today in moderate trading.

INDEX: 522.26 DOWN 2.65

VOLUME: 19,408,660

ADVANCED: 205

DECLINED: 334

UNCHANGED: 225

AVERAGE PRICE PER SHARE: down seven cents

THREE MOST ACTIVE AMEX STOCKS TODAY:

1. Boston Fed Bancorp, Inc. up 3/8 to 12 3/8 on 1,323,500 shares.

2. Viacom Inc. Class B down 3/8 to 48 5/8 on 1,240,800 shares.

3. IVAX Corporation down 1/4 to 23 7/8 on 983,700 shares.

AMEX Index Options closed as follows:

S&P Midcap Index (MID): down 2.59 to 210.35. Contracts volume 154 with 144 puts and 10 calls.

MID Leaps Index (MID): down 2.59 to 210.35. Contracts volume 0, with 0 puts and 0 calls.

Major Market Index (XMI): down 5.01 to 502.58. Contracts volume 844, with 470 puts and 374 calls.

XMI Leaps Index (XLT): down 0.50 to 50.36. Contracts volume 3, with 3 puts and 0 calls.

Hong Kong 30 Option Index (HKO): up 1.31 to 198.55. Contracts volume 17, with 16 puts and 1 calls.

Hong Kong Leaps (HKL): up 0.14 to 19.86. Contracts volume 0, with 0 puts and 0 calls.

Securities Broker Dealer Index (XBD): down 5.86 to 355.70. Contracts volume 5,856 with 31 puts and 5,825 calls.

Natural Gas Index (XNG): down 4.08 to 229.82. Contracts volume 21, with 0 puts and 21 calls.

Mexico Index (MXY): down 2.53 to 80.65. Contracts volume 444, with 250 puts and 194 calls.

MXY Leaps Index (MXL): down 0.26 to 8.06. Contracts volume 0, with 0 puts and 0 calls.

Israel Index (XIS): up 0.11 to 153.71. Contracts volume 1, with 0 puts and 1 calls.

Airline Index (XAL): down 1.66 to 317.74. Contracts volume 2, with 0 puts and 2 calls.

Institutional Index (XII): down 3.45 to 602.16. Contracts volume 350 with 50 puts and 300 calls.

Eurotop 100 Index (EUR): up 1.30 to 126.04. Contracts volume 100, with 100, puts and 0 calls.

Japan Index (JPN): down 0.41 to 128.75. Contracts volume 1,682, with 37 puts and 1,645 calls.

Morgan Stanley Cyclical Index (CYC): down 2.39 to 328.27. Contracts volume 822 with 400 puts and 422 calls.

Morgan Stanley Consumer Index (CMR): down 0.14 to 271.82. Contracts volume 412, with 412 puts and 0 calls.

North American Telecommunications Index (XTC): down 1.16 to 359.04. Contracts volume 160 with 0 puts and 160 calls.

Pharmaceutical Index (DRG): up 0.76 to 275.01. Contracts volume 2,047 with 705 puts and 1,342 calls.

DRG Leaps Index (DGL): up 0.08 to 27.50. Contracts volume 0, with 0 puts and 0 calls.

Biotechnology Index (BTK): down 1.85 to 104.94. Contracts volume 79, with 35 puts and 44 calls.

BTK Leaps Index (BKL): down 0.19 to 10.49. Contracts volume 0, with 0 puts and 0 calls.

Computer Technology Index (XCI): down 5.11 to 247.62. Contracts volume 461 with 251 puts and 210 calls.

Oil Index (XOI): down 1.09 to 289.81. Contracts volume 123, with 78 puts and 45 calls.

Morgan Stanley High-Tech 35 Index (MSH): down 4.05 to 330.36. Contracts volume 3,644, with 1,144 puts and 2,500 calls.

The Inter@ctive Week Internet Index (IIX): down 2.25 to 219.22. Contracts volume 243, with 38 puts and 205 calls.

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Research and Markets: Video Streams Rose by 80.7% in 2004 to 14.2 billion Served.

M2 PRESSWIRE-31 May 2005-Research and Markets: Research and Markets: Video Streams Rose by 80.7% in 2004 to 14.2 billion Served(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c18419) has announced the addition of Streaming Media 2004 - 2007: Market Development and User Data Analysis to their offering

Streaming Media (Internet Radio and video) exhibited strong growth in 2004, with both Internet-only and major offline brands capturing share in this growing on-demand broadcast segment. This report looks at usage data by site, network, channel, aggregator and combines that with in-depth historical usage data to provide accurate forecast and trend analysis across multiple content categories, including film, music, TV, general entertainment, sports and news.

Video streams rose by 80.7% in 2004 to 14.2 billion served. The growth in video streams served was powered by:

- Increased broadband connection penetration at the residential level;

- The continued popularity of streaming media in office/work-related environments;

- More ad-supported broadband content, media players that queue up files for auto-play (Yahoo Launch, MSN Video, MSNBCNews, ESPN.com and others), and;

- Increasing video views per unique user per month associated with broadband users who consume more of the Internet, particularly multimedia Internet.

Video streams are forecast to grow by 48% in 2005 to over 21 billion served. Broadband streams (100 Kbps and above) made up 79.3% of total streams served in 2004. Narrowband video streams made up 20.7% of total streams served, largely driven by AOL, which continues to make content libraries available at narrowband bit rates. Aggregate tuning hours (ATH) for the top ten Internet radio sites and networks rose by 75.9% in 2004 per month, to 178.9 million hours. ATH per month grew by 53.2% in 2003 compared to 2002, a year which saw significant contraction in the market due to the advertising slowdown and regulatory uncertainly with regard to copyright fees for re-broadcasting content.

This report covers the following topics:

- Total Video Streams Served Annually

- Broadband and Narrowband Video Stream Growth Rate Comparison

- Content Category Comparison: Full Year 2004

- Total Streaming Video Accesses: The Top Ten Sites and Networks: Full Year 2003 and 2004

- Internet Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours per Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001 - 2004n

- Content Category Comparison: Full Year 2004

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