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02-27-2008
QLD: Medical board suspends doctor =5

A Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria spokeswoman said Dr Hasil was not registered
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However, she said federal mutual recognition legislation meant …

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VIC:Main stories on 3AW's 0630 news

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08-29-2011
VIC:Main stories on 3AW's 0630 news

- Airlines plan to resume flights to NY and other US east coast destinations tomorrow
after Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared;

- A learner driver caught with blood-alcohol reading of 0.242;

- Police appealing to witnesses to a multi-vehicle crash at Pascoe Vale;

- Car driven into front wall at Mooroolbark;

- Qld police searching for Daniel Morcombe's remains to return to search site;

- Police hunting sexual predator who attacked woman in Lalor;

- New report finds grass fires more likely this summer due to all the rain;

- Legacy week;

- Sport.

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FED:Insurance wouldn't have covered Qld =2

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02-16-2011
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Economist Saul Eslake, of the public policy think tank the Grattan Institute, said
the Queensland government's extra borrowing in the wake of recent natural disasters wouldn't
put upward pressure on interest rates or have other adverse affects on the Australian
economy.

Mr Eslake said the fact that federal Labor's decision to impose a flood levy was political
didn't make it wrong.

"Other choices would have been equally (economically) sound ... hence it's really a
political judgment," he told the inquiry.

"It's not correct to say the specific choices the government has made are ones that
- had they made different choices - could legitimately have been depicted as economically
irresponsible."

However, Mr Eslake said it would be "problematic" if the government slugged taxpayers
with an extra tax every time a significant expense popped up that needed to be covered
quickly.

Fellow economics expert Warwick McKibbin said Canberra's and the public's focus on
debt levels wasn't good for the economy.

"Both sides of politics should actually move away from this focus on deficit and debt
(and) focus on the quality of government spending," he said.

Professor McKibbin is a Reserve Bank of Australia board member but said he was not
speaking on the institution's behalf.

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WA:Residents return home after WA bushfire

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12-02-2010
WA:Residents return home after WA bushfire

Residents in the suburb of Karnup .. south of Perth .. have been told it's safe to
return home .. after a bushfire threatened their homes overnight.

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority last night issued an emergency warning for
residents to act immediately as a devastating blaze approached.

At the bushfire's peak .. the authority advised people it was too late for them to
leave their homes either by car or on foot .. and taking shelter and actively defending
their home was the best chance of survival.

By this morning .. authorities announced the fire .. which has now burnt 350 hectares
in the area approximately 50km south of Perth .. was contained and under control .. and
it's now safe for them to return home.

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NT: Autopsy on man who died on Uluru

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04-26-2010
NT: Autopsy on man who died on Uluru

The body of a man who died while climbing Uluru is in the hands of the Northern Territory
coroner.

The 54-year-old Australian tourist collapsed while he was descending the 348 metre
climb on Saturday afternoon.

His body was brought back to Alice Springs .. where an autopsy is being conducted today
to determine the cause of death.

The climb was closed yesterday out of respect .. and remains close because of strong winds.

It's the first climbing death on Uluru in 10 years and the 36th death since records
began in the 1950s.

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Fed: Tas police arrest 10 in crackdown on drunken misbehaviour

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12-12-2009
Fed: Tas police arrest 10 in crackdown on drunken misbehaviour

Ten people have been arrested in Hobart for public order offences .. as Tasmanian police
join the national crackdown on drunken and disorderly conduct.

Police say preliminary figures indicate the public were generally very well behaved
.. with noticeably less aggression shown by hotel patrons in the Hobart CBD and waterfront
areas.

Police directed a number of people to leave the CBD .. and also issued liquor infringement
notices.

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Fed: Grech's story doesn't make sense: Ciobo

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08-04-2009
Fed: Grech's story doesn't make sense: Ciobo

CANBERRA, Aug 4 AAP - The timeline of events put forward by the public servant at the
centre of the OzCar scandal doesn't add up, Liberal frontbencher Steve Ciobo says.

Senior Treasury official Godwin Grech has said he faked an email which purported to
involve Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's office in the affair.

He then allegedly showed the faked email to Mr Turnbull and the Liberal's Senate deputy
leader Eric Abetz on June 12, a week before giving evidence at a Senate inquiry hearing
into the matter.

Mr Grech said he cooperated with the coalition in order to secure their support for
the OzCar finance bill in the Senate.

But Mr Ciobo said by the time of Mr Grech and Mr Turnbull's meeting in June, the opposition
had already decided to support the legislation.

"Indeed it actually went through the House of Representatives on the 28th of May without
dissent," he told Sky News on Tuesday.

"So the notion that in some way there was some kind of deal or something simply doesn't
hold up at first glance."

Mr Ciobo denied that Mr Grech was coached by the Liberal Party ahead of his Senate
inquiry appearance.

While the controversy was a boon for Labor, Mr Turnbull had acted in good faith.

"Fundamentally there is nothing wrong with the opposition leader seeking to hold the
Rudd Labor government to account on the basis of what we thought at the time was a legitimate
email," Mr Ciobo said.

Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry called on Mr Turnbull and Mr Abetz to clarify whether
they did indeed meet Mr Grech before the Senate hearing.

"They also need to explain whether they put any pressure, attempted to coerce him,
attempted to intimidate him in respect to the evidence he was going to give at those Senate
committees," he said.

"They should fess up and if they don't do that today they should both resign."

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SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide newspapers

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03-27-2009
SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide newspapers

ADELAIDE, March 27 AAP - The main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser:

Page 1: Rogue defence spies accused of hacking into Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon's
personal laptop.

Page 2: Race driver injured in a crash at the Clipsal 500 calls for changes at turn
eight on the circuit.

Page 3: SA sex offenders to be forced to register email addresses and internet use with police.

World: Vigilante group targets banking chiefs in Britain (London). North Korea ready
to launch a long-range missile, a US official says (Washington). A US woman who used fake
ID to obtain breast implants from plastic surgeon turns herself into police (Los Angeles).

Finance: Job losses in the Australian resources sector surge past 11,000. Australia's
share market heads for its biggest monthly gain for 20 years. The Reserve Bank says a
boom in lending for housing is not expected to cause a sharp rise in bad debts.

Sport: Carlton thrashes Richmond by 83 points in AFL opening round. Formula One teams
protest over the design of some cars ahead of the Melbourne Grand Prix. Cameron Meyer
wins a gold medal for Australia at the World Cycling Championships in Poland.

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NSW: Eyewitness says baby whale suffered as they killed it

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08-22-2008
NSW: Eyewitness says baby whale suffered as they killed it

Wildlife authorities have defended the way a whale calf was put down today .. following
criticism it suffered inhumanely before dying.

The injured baby humpback affectionately called Colin .. which has now been identified
as a female .. was put down by vets today after being abandoned in waters north of Sydney
earlier this week.

CHERIE CURCHOD says she saw the whale thrashing around near a jetty below her home
after it was given more than six injections.

She says the whale was then tied up and dragged across the bay at Pittwater before
it actively started trying to get away.

Ms CHURCHOD says it was upsetting to watch because it didn't have an easy death at all.

JOHN DENGATE from the National Parks and Wildlife Service says the whale's death was
the best possible result in the circumstances.

He says it was the best way to put the animal out of its misery.

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NSW: Huxley accused wrote suicide note, disappeared: court

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04-16-2008
NSW: Huxley accused wrote suicide note, disappeared: court

By Amy Coopes

SYDNEY, April 16 AAP - The man accused of attempting to murder Lauren Huxley contemplated
suicide the night she was attacked and fled Sydney the following day, a court has been
told.

Ms Huxley, now 21, was bashed, doused in petrol and left to die in the garage of her
home in Northmead, in Sydney's west, on November 9, 2005.

She was on life support for 23 days and suffered permanent brain damage as a result
of the attack.

Northmead construction worker Robert Black Farmer, 39, is standing trial in the NSW
Supreme Court for her attempted murder and arson.

The jury today was told Farmer had been released on parole in January 2005, after serving
an 18-month jail term for an earlier offence.

His ex-girlfriend Catharine Beverley and his mother, Gail, said Farmer had been depressed
in the weeks before Ms Huxley was attacked, after he was badly burned in a worksite accident.

Farmer's injuries prevented him from working and he feared he would be sent back to
jail for stealing diesel fuel - an offence constituting a breach of his parole.

On November 9, Ms Beverley said she did not see Farmer between 12.30pm and 5pm, but
when he called her that afternoon he seemed "happy and jovial".

After she had finished work that day, Farmer had driven to her home in Parramatta "just
to say hello and give me a kiss", she told the court.

"In fact, he appeared to be overly nice," Ms Beverley told the court.

It was a hot night and Ms Beverley said Farmer suggested going for a drive to visit
one of his friends.

He directed her through Northmead to Moxhams Road, where Ms Beverley said they encountered
a police road-block.

Farmer agreed they should just go home and proceeded to direct her, again taking them
to Moxhams Road, the street where the Huxleys lived.

Later that night, Ms Beverley said Farmer woke her in a distressed state and told her
he had tried to commit suicide but "couldn't do it".

"I drove your car down the M2 trying to crash into a wall," he said.

Gail Farmer said she found her son writing a suicide note in the early hours of November
10. He told her he'd "had enough" and just wanted to "sleep".

Ms Farmer and Ms Beverley both told the court Farmer disappeared later that day.

School friend Yuri Naranjo said Farmer showed up at his Southern Highlands property
on November 11 looking for a place to stay.

Mr Naranjo said Farmer asked him to keep his whereabouts a secret, and told him he'd
"done something wrong, but he didn't want to tell me and I shouldn't ask him about what
it was".

When he read about Ms Huxley in the newspaper, Mr Naranjo said Farmer told him the
"bloke who did this to Lauren" was an "arsehole".

Farmer looked "stunned" when Mr Naranjo told him the police were looking for him in
relation to the case, and allegedly said: "I've got to get out of here".

Mr Naranjo's wife, Nicole, told the court Farmer left their house on November 27 and
returned four days later, telling her he'd been "out bush".

He appeared anxious and asked if the police had been there, warning her to watch what
she said in case the house was bugged, Ms Naranjo said.

Farmer was arrested at the premises later that evening.

The trial continues.

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LOS ANGELES - Will Cate Blanchett be snubbed again and can Nicole Kidman breathe life
into a flagging Oscar campaign? (US Globes)

SYDNEY - ABC TV has nabbed SBS star producer Debbie Lee to join a line-up of women
heading its arts, entertainment and comedy department in 2008. (Lee)

PORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea's Tourism Minister Charles Abel has added his voice
to concerns that a proposed gold and copper mine could damage the famed Kokoda Track.

(PNG Kokoda)

PORT MORESBY - A man has been killed by a crocodile in Papua New Guinea's Oro Province
where authorities are warning people to watch out for crocs and snakes displaced by recent
heavy flooding. (PNG Floods)

PORT MORESBY - A man was killed instantly when he ran into the spinning propeller of
a twin-engined plane on a remote airstrip in Papua New Guinea. (PNG Propeller)

CANBERRA - Members of the Liberal Party's federal executive have arrived in Canberra
for their first meeting since last month's election loss. (Liberals Meeting. More on merit)

CANBERRA - There is Bomber Beazley and Kevin07 but it's not so easy to come up with
a nickname for the acting prime minister. (Gillard)

CANBERRA - A doctor convicted of having sex with an underage girl he thought to be
17 years old has had his appeal dismissed by the High Court. (WGC)

CANBERRA - Greenpeace has urged the Australian government to send a naval vessel to
the Antarctic, as the environmental group prepares to harass Japanese whaling vessels
with its own ship. (Whaling Greenpeace)

CANBERRA - Mandatory reporting of all suspicious transactions will be crucial in tackling
crime, the nation's anti-money laundering regulator says. (Laundering Austrac)

CANBERRA - Males are two thirds more likely to acquire a brain injury during their
life than females, a new report has found. (Brain Injury)

SYDNEY - Billions of dollars could be lost when the NSW government privatises the electricity
industry, NSW opposition finance spokesman Mike Baird says. (Electricity Hedge)

SYDNEY - A Sydney man who used a popular video website to threaten students at his
old high school has been described as "sick" by a magistrate. (Cousins)

SYDNEY - The NSW auditor-general has sounded an alarm about recovering $223 million
owed to NSW taxpayers by the operator of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. (Tunnel)

SYDNEY - International websites are selling "paper steroids" promoted as being undetectable
by Australia's customs officers. (Steroids)

SYDNEY - A two-year-old boy went into cardiac arrest and died after arriving on an
international flight to Sydney. (Flight. N/L on merit)

MELBOURNE - Victorian Treasurer John Lenders has ruled out any more poker machines
in the state. (Pokies Vic. N/L, reax and factbox to come)

MELBOURNE - Four people have been charged over the death of a man believed killed with
a samurai sword and whose body was dumped by the side of a road in northern Victoria.

(Arrests. N/L to come.)

MELBOURNE - The Victorian government is flush with cash, revising its budget surplus
up by more than $500 million. (Budget Vic)

MELBOURNE - The owner of a cat which was sexually abused and set alight in Melbourne
says she hopes the perpetrator rots in jail. (Cat)

MELBOURNE - A body wrapped in plastic has been discovered by workers in Melbourne's
south-east. (Plastic. N/L to come)

BRISBANE - A jealous man has been jailed for almost 25 years for lighting a house fire
which killed three people, including his own son and former partner. (Hayes)

BRISBANE - Queensland Rail (QR) services north of Brisbane will be disrupted until
Friday because of concerns about dangerous substances in a derailed freight train. (Derail)

BRISBANE - Eight years of negotiations have finally paid off for a north Queensland
indigenous group with the recognition today of their native title rights over an area
south of Cairns. (Native)

BRISBANE - Accused Palm Island rioter Lex Wotton will go to trial in April next year. (Wotton)

BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she is disappointed that explosives maker
Dyno Nobel Ltd has suspended its Moranbah project indefinitely because it no longer meets
the group's financial criteria (DYNO NOBEL BLIGH) to come

GOLD COAST - After being described as an eyesore and temporarily shut down because
of safety concerns, the Sea World Eye is about to be closed for good. (EYE)

ADELAIDE - Former psychiatrist jailed for the murder of SA mental health chief Margaret
Tobin makes final appeal to the High Court. (Gassy)

ADELAIDE - A drug addicted mother who bit and hit her six-month-old daughter during
a fatal assault has been jailed for at least five years. (Christensen)

ADELAIDE - A potentially large uranium deposit has been found in an area near Whyalla
on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. (Uranium SA)

ADELAIDE - Firefighters are making good progress in their efforts to contain three
bushfires still burning on South Australia's Kangaroo Island. (Bushfires SA Daylead )

ADELAIDE - Mother charged with manslaughter of baby daughter to be sentenced. (Christensen)

PERTH - Construction union official Joe McDonald has been awarded $5,000 in costs after
being cleared of another trespassing charge. (McDonald)

HOBART - The Labor Party has seized one Tasmanian Senate seat from the former government,
with final election results declared today. (Poll07 Tas)

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Labor Climate Rudd (SYDNEY)

Families will be able to borrow up to 10 thousand dollars in low interest loans ..

under a Labor plan to boost the uptake of rain water tanks .. solar panels .. and other
initiatives to combat climate change.

Opposition leader KEVIN RUDD's announced the 300 million dollar plan to make homes
greener .. at Labor's national conference in Sydney today.

He says it's practical bread and butter stuff that the Labor Party is so good at.

However .. Australian Green's leader BOB BROWN says the package doesn't go far enough
.. and has urged the ALP to put a stop on coal exports.



Labor Rudd (SYDNEY)

Labor leader KEVIN RUDD has launched a direct personal attack on JOHN HOWARD .. for
claiming that only he has the experience needed to lead the country.

Earlier today .. Mr HOWARD said Mr Rudd was too inexperienced to be prime minister
.. and accused him of failing to have a plan for safeguarding the nation's economy.

Mr RUDD's returned fire on the floor of the ALP national conference in Sydney .. attacking
Mr HOWARD for taking the country to war in Iraq and for failing to tackle climate change.

He's told cheering delegates .. if that's experience .. then let's have something else.



Nuclear Abbott (SYDNEY)

Health Minister TONY ABBOTT says any Australian nuclear power plants will probably
be located near existing coal-burning power stations .. in areas which already have planning
and environmental approvals.

Mr ABBOTT declined to comment on how he would feel about having a nuclear power plant
in his electorate of Warringah .. which encompasses some of Sydney's northern beaches.

He's labelled Labor's new policy to expand the mining of uranium for export .. but
not to use it .. as illogical.



Stress (SYDNEY)

The AMA says suicide by returned Australian soldiers may be on the rise and needs urgent
government action.

Veteran activists say up to five soldiers have committed suicide after returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan.

The claims follow reports from the federal government which says two soldiers killed
themselves after returning from duty in the Middle East.



Royals Harry (LONDON)

Prince HARRY has reportedly told friends he's a nervous wreck ahead of his much publicised
posting to Iraq as a British army officer.

The News of the World has reported him telling friends of his fears .. but also his
desire to serve his country.

Commanders are reportedly reconsidering their decision to allow the prince to fight
in Iraq because of fears that his presence could endanger other soldiers.



Tillman Move (SYDNEY)

A child sex offender has been moved to a new address by parole officers for an undisclosed
reason.

KENNETH TILLMAN .. who has a 30-year history of sex offences .. was released from Sydney's
Long Bay Jail this month .. after serving 10 years for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old
girl.

The 45-year-old has consistently refused to attend intensive treatment for sex offenders
while in custody and three psychologists have said they believe he is at high risk of
reoffending.

Parole officers visited TILLMAN's address last week and accompanied him to a new location.

A NSW Department of Corrective Services spokesman says TILLMAN wasn't originally located
near a school or near premises where children frequent .. but she could not disclose the
reason why he was relocated.



Labor Workplace (SYDNEY)

Labor leader KEVIN RUDD says he's never expected big business to approve of his new
industrial relations policy.

But the Opposition Leader has denied the plan to restore collective bargaining and
abolish individual contracts .. will damage Labor's relationship with industry.

The Business Council of Australia has labelled the new policy as retrograde and a step
backwards .. but Mr RUDD says his priority is to ensure fairness for workers and their
families .. not get a big ticks from the BCA.



Shark (BRISBANE)

Police in Queensland have warned locals not to swim near a community jetty after a
13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark.

The say the teenager had been swimming in waters off Mornington Island .. in the Gulf
of Carpentaria .. on Thursday when the attack happened.



Heart (SYDNEY)

The Heart Foundation says it's worried thousands of Australians would risk dying from
a heart attack .. rather than call an ambulance.

Research commissioned by the foundation for Heart Week .. shows 61 per cent of those
surveyed wouldn't call triple-0 if they thought they were having a heart attack.

It shows 35 per cent of people were too afraid of wasting the ambulance officers' time
if it turned out to be false alarm .. while 15 per cent said they'd just be too embarrassed.

Heart Foundation national chief executive LYN ROBERTS says the results are frightening
.. and too many people are losing loved ones unnecessarily.



Briefly in other news ..




Foreign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER's condemned what's believed to be an Al-Qaeda bombing
in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala .. which has left 60 people dead.




One of Qantas' key institutional shareholders says he won't accept the current 11 billion
dollar takeover bid because it falls a long way short of a reasonable price.




Almost one in four women in NSW are putting their health at risk by failing to have
regular pap smears .. according to new figures.



in Sport ..



League Souths (SYDNEY)

New Zealand Warriors winger TODD BYRNE has scored a try with 36 seconds remaining to
snatch an amazing 18-16 NRL victory from South Sydney at Telstra Stadium today.

Five-eighth MICHAEL WITT kicked to the corner with the Warriors' last roll of the dice,
BYRNE sprinting unopposed to ground the ball and sink the hearts of the Rabbitohs.

Souths had come from 8-0 down to lead 16-8 with 12 minutes remaining before the New
Zealand side stole it at the death with two tries in the final three minutes.



AFL Hawks (MELBOURNE)

The superior skills of the Western Bulldogs have allowed them to hold off a wayward
Hawthorn for a 16.14 (110) to 13.15 (93) win in their AFL match at the MCG.

The Bulldogs led by 30 points at the last change, with the Hawks kicking the only three
goals of the final term to briefly give themselves hope of a comeback victory.

Veteran midfielder SCOTT WEST starred with 41 disposals for the Bulldogs, in a tireless
display, while ROBERT MURPHY and SHAUN HIGGINS kicked three goals each.

Key forward LANCE FRANKLIN starred with six goals for the Hawks.




AFL FARMER (PERTH)

JEFF FARMER has been suspended and fined by his AFL club Fremantle after being arrested
and charged with common assault for allegedly punching a security guard at a Perth nightclub
last night.

The Dockers have suspended FARMER until round 13, at which point the club's board will
assess his playing future.

They've also fined him five thousand dollars.



WC07 Aust (BRIDGETOWN, Barbados)

World Cup match referee JEFF CROWE has admitted that Sri Lanka had been mistakenly
asked to come back on the field for a final three overs in the rain-reduced World Cup
final against Australia.

Australia were celebrating their third consecutive World Cup victory after the Sri
Lanka batsman had gone off for bad light when the teams were told they would have to complete
the final three overs or come back on Sunday to finish the match.

The game was already completed because Sri Lanka had batted the minimum 20 of their
reduced allotted of 36 overs.



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12-30-2006
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THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Page 1: Premier Morris Iemma sneaks pokies into shopping malls; Satellite mapping shows
Australia has lost 92 Sydney harbours worth of fresh water in the past three years; The
Exclusive Brethren sect has tried for almost four years to cover up the sexual assaults
of two girls.

Page 2: As he steps up his nuclear push, Prime Minister John Howard declares he would
have no problem with a nuclear power plant being built next door to his family home.

Page 3: Random testing of fresh food and vegetables for drug-resistant bugs.

World: Iraq's justice ministry denies Saddam Hussein has been handed over by US authorities.

Finance: Corporate Australia feeling a bit more generous about a $180-billion win on the market.

Sport: Even the Barmy Army wonders if a humiliated England will be able to take the
fifth Ashes Test as far as day four.

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Vic: Staff of Australian car makers

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08-21-2006
Vic: Staff of Australian car makers

Staff employed by Australian car makers:

Ford, Broadmeadows (2,000 staff)

Ford, Geelong (2,000 staff)

Holden, Elizabeth (4,000 staff)

Holden, Port Melbourne (1,000 staff)

Toyota, Altona (3,500 staff)

Mitsubishi, Adelaide (2,000 staff)

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Vic: Police warning as speeding p-platers caught

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04-14-2006
Vic: Police warning as speeding p-platers caught

Police in Melbourne have urged drivers to slow down .. after two p-plate drivers were
caught well above the speed limit overnight.

A man in his early 20s has automatically lost his licence for a year .. and fined 451
dollars after being clocked at 180 kph in a 100 zone .. along the Eastern Freeway near
Kew.

And a 20-year-old woman was caught on the same road .. with a recorded speed of 133 kph.

She's lost her licence for a month and been fined 278 dollars.

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Vic: Boy & woman stabbed at house in Melbourne's outer-east

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2004
Vic: Boy & woman stabbed at house in Melbourne's outer-east

A 16-year-old boy and 35-year-old woman are in a critical condition in hospital after
being stabbed at a house in Melbourne's outer-east.

A police spokeswoman says the attack happened at The Basin about 6.20am (AEDT).

The spokeswoman says the boy was stabbed in the shoulder and back, while the woman
was stabbed in the chest.

Both were airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition.

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FREESERVE AND FAIRMARKET(SM) JOIN FORCES TO EXPAND LEADING UK AUCTION SITE.

Top U.K. portal awards FairMarket multi-year contract

PR Newswire, London, August 29. This press release is transmitted on behalf of FairMarket, Inc.

London and Woburn, Mass., /PR Newswire/ -- Freeserve plc, the UK's leading Internet company, and FairMarket, Inc. (Nasdaq: FAIM) a leading provider of outsourced, online selling solutions, today announced that the two companies will work together to deliver more comprehensive auction capabilities for Freeserve's auction site, www.fsauctions.co.uk. FSauctions is one of the most visited online auction venues in the U.K.

In addition to providing traditional online auction capabilities, FairMarket's technology offering will allow Freeserve to expand its dynamic pricing solutions to include automatic price markdowns and RequestIt(SM)!, a service that matches buyer requests with sellers able to fill their orders.

"The next stage of growth for FSauctions requires a technology partner that can provide a full range of selling services along with reliable and scalable hosting," said Frank Keeling, chief operating officer of Freeserve. "FairMarket will provide this level of support, and we look forward to working together to build our e-commerce offering while delivering to our members a dynamic auction trading place and a first-class shopping experience."

"We are pleased to work with Freeserve to power their auction site and to expand their e-commerce capabilities with our full suite of online selling solutions," said Louis Shipley, president of FairMarket International. "As one of the leading portals and most frequently visited sites in the UK, Freeserve is a strategic customer win for us. We look forward to working with them to deliver superior e-commerce capabilities for their two million users."

FairMarket Solutions

FairMarket provides retailers, manufacturers, small businesses and communities with fully hosted e-commerce selling solutions. The company's products include AuctionPlace(SM), an online, private-label auction solution, AutoMarkdown(SM), a falling price clearance service, and Request It!, a shopping by request service that matches buyers with sellers.

About FSauctions

FSauctions was established in November 1999 and is the Freeserve online auction site. It is available to all two million Freeserve members, plus the entire online community. www.fsauctions.co.uk offers everything from antiques to computers, business goods to memorabilia, holidays to cars and sports goods to Beanie Babies. Newsquest Media Group, the second largest publisher of regional newspapers in the UK, is a venture partner of FSauctions, giving the auction site access to an overall circulation in excess of 10m copies.

About Freeserve

Freeserve is the UK's leading portal with an integrated offering of UK- focused content, e-commerce services and free Internet access. Freeserve has approximately two million active registered accounts and in May 2000 recorded over 150 million page impressions.

Freeserve was launched in September 1998 as part of the Dixons group, Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer. Freeserve distributes its access software through Dixons' network of over 1,000 Dixons, Currys, PC World and The Link stores plus gameplay stores.

About FairMarket

FairMarket, Inc. is the leading provider of outsourced, online, distributed selling solutions, including hosted auction, falling price, and shopping-by-request services. The company helps businesses generate online revenue by expanding e-commerce functionality and strengthening brand recognition. In the U.S., the FairMarket Network(SM) includes the some of the world's leading portals and vendors on the Web with the potential to reach millions of online shoppers. The company is headquartered in Woburn, Mass. with offices in the U.K. and Australia. Corporate information can be obtained on the Web at www.fairmarket.com or in the U.S., by calling +1 800-531-7871, or the investor hotline at 1-877-4IR-FAIM. The U.K. office can be reached at +44 0207 203 8424.

This press release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of FairMarket, Inc. that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including but not limited to FairMarket's limited operating history; market acceptance of online auction and other e-commerce services; growth of the market for dynamic e-commerce services; the competitive nature of the online markets in which FairMarket operates; currency, regulatory and other risks associated with expansion into international markets; FairMarket's ability to retain existing customers and to obtain new customers; the operation and capacity of FairMarket's network system infrastructure; FairMarket's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and the other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in FairMarket's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2000 in connection with FairMarket's initial public offering and the other reports filed by FairMarket from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FairMarket assumes no obligation to update any of the information included in this press release.

RMBS, CSGP, STLD, LNCR, WBS, NKSH Expected To Be Up Before Next Earnings Releases.

M2 PRESSWIRE-July 5, 2011-BUYINS.NET: RMBS, CSGP, STLD, LNCR, WBS, NKSH Expected To Be Up Before Next Earnings Releases(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed Before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and July earnings reports. RAMBUS INC (NASDAQ:RMBS), COSTAR GROUP INC (NASDAQ:CSGP), STEEL DYNAMICS INC (NASDAQ:STLD), LINCARE HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:LNCR), WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:WBS), NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC/VA (NASDAQ:NKSH) are all expected to be Up Before their earnings are released. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go Up Before earnings are released Thursday:

Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Date

RMBS RAMBUS INC July Earnings Q2 07/21/2011

CSGP COSTAR GROUP INC 6 Quarter Q2 07/21/2011

STLD STEEL DYNAMICS INC July Earnings Q2 07/18/2011

LNCR LINCARE HOLDINGS INC 6 Quarter Q2 07/18/2011

WBS WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP 12 Quarter Q2 07/15/2011

NKSH NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC/VA July Earnings Q2 07/14/2011

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RAMBUS INC (NASDAQ:RMBS) - Rambus Inc. engages in the creation, design, development, and licensing of patented innovations, technologies, and architectures to digital electronics products and systems. Its patented innovations include Dual Edge Clocking, which is designed to allow data to be sent on the clock pulse; Variable Burst Length that improves data transfer efficiency by allowing varying amounts of data to be sent per a memory read or write request in dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory; and FlexPhase technology, which synchronizes data output and compensates for circuit timing errors. The company also offers Channel Equalization to improve signal integrity and system margins in high speed parallel and serial link channels; Module Threading, which improves the power efficiency of a memory module by applying parallelism to module data accesses; and MicroLens optical design technology, which provides optimum utilization of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LED) in edge-lit lighting applications. In addition, it licenses its architectures and industry-standard solutions for use in digital electronics products and systems, including XDR Memory Architecture enabling the production of DRAM; XDR2 Memory Architecture that incorporates DRAM micro-threading for graphics intensive applications, such as gaming and digital video; Mobile XDR Memory Architecture, which enables applications, such as HD video recording and 3D gaming on battery powered mobile devices; RDRAM Memory used in play stations, Intel-based personal computers, televisions, and routers; and FlexIO Processor Bus, a high speed chip-to-chip interface. Further, the company offers industry-standard chip interface solutions, including DDRx; digital logic controllers for peripheral component interconnect express and other industry standard interfaces; and custom solutions for displays, LED backlights, and general lighting. Rambus Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

COSTAR GROUP INC (NASDAQ:CSGP) - CoStar Group, Inc. provides information/marketing services to the commercial real estate industry in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Its Property Professional service provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, and multi-family properties and land; and Property Express service offers base-building information, photos, floor plans, maps, and reports. The companys COMPS Professional service provides coverage of comparable sales information to commercial real estate industry; CoStar Tenant offers commercial real estate professionals with commercial real estate-related U.S. tenant information available; CoStar Showcase provides commercial real estate professionals a way to get their for-sale and for-lease listings in front of an Internet audience who search on Google, Yahoo, Bing, Showcase.com, and Costar.com to find commercial properties; CoStar Property Express provides access, via an annual subscription, to a version of CoStar Property; and CoStar Listings Express offers access via an annual subscription to a listings only version of CoStar Property Express. The companys other products include CoStar COMPS Express, CoStar Connect, CoStar Commercial MLS, CoStar Advertising, CoStar Professional Directory, CoStar Market Report, Metropolis, Resolve Portfolio Maximizer, Request, FOCUS, SPN, Propex, Shopproperty.co.uk, and Grecam. CoStar Group serves commercial real estate brokers, as well as owners, landlords, financial institutions, retailers, vendors, appraisers, investment banks, and other parties involved in commercial real estate. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

STEEL DYNAMICS INC (NASDAQ:STLD) - Steel Dynamics, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products in the United States. It operates in three segments: Steel Operations, Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources Operations, and Steel Fabrication Operations. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products, including light gauge hot rolled, galvanized, and painted products; structural steel beams, pilings, and rails; special bar quality and merchant bar quality rounds, and round-cornered squares; billets and merchant steel products, such as angles, plain rounds, flats, and channels; and merchant beams and specialty structural steel sections. This segment primarily serves cold finishers, forgers, intermediate processors, original equipment manufacturers, steel service centers, distributors, fabricators, and other steel mills. The Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources Operations segment provides heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, and other scrap metal products, such as steel turnings and cast iron used in foundry and steel mill applications. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment fabricates trusses, girders, steel joists, and steel decking for the non-residential building components market. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

LINCARE HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:LNCR) - Lincare Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to home health care market in the United States. It provides home oxygen equipment, including oxygen concentrators, which are stationary units that provide a continuous flow of oxygen by filtering ordinary room air; and liquid oxygen systems, which are thermally insulated containers of liquid oxygen. The company also offers respiratory therapy services, such as nebulizers and associated respiratory medications that provide aerosol therapy for customers suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma; continuous positive airway pressure devices, which maintain open airways in customers suffering from obstructive sleep apnea by providing airflow at prescribed pressures during sleep; non-invasive ventilation that offers nocturnal ventilatory support for customers with neuromuscular disease and COPD; and ventilators, which support respiratory function in severe cases of respiratory failure. In addition, it provides various home infusion therapies, including parenteral nutrition, intravenous antibiotic therapy, enteral nutrition, chemotherapy, dobutamine infusions, immunoglobulin therapy, continuous pain management, and central catheter management. Further, the company supplies home medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other supplies. As of February 8, 2010, Lincare Holdings managed approximately 1,056 local centers in 48 states. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.

WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:WBS) - Webster Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for the Webster Bank that provides various banking and financial products and services in southern New England and eastern New York State. It provides business and consumer banking, mortgage lending, financial planning, and trust and investment services to individuals, families, businesses, and public entities. The companys deposit products comprise checking and savings accounts, demand deposits, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and brokered deposits, as well as health savings accounts. Its loan portfolio includes residential mortgage loans; consumer loans, including home equity loans; commercial loans, such as commercial non-mortgage, asset-based loans, and equipment financing; and commercial real estate loans comprising commercial construction and residential development, as well as residential first mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and other installment loans. The company also offers equipment financing, wealth management and investment planning, cash management services, brokerage and investment advice, and asset-based lending services. As of March 1, 2010, it operated 181 banking offices and 501 automated teller machines in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut.

NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC/VA (NASDAQ:NKSH) - National Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for the National Bank of Blacksburg that provides a range of retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, non profits, and local governments in Virginia. It accepts various deposit products, including demand deposits, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The companys loan portfolio comprises commercial, agricultural, real estate, home equity, and consumer loans. It also offers merchant credit card services, business and consumer credit cards, letters of credit, night depository, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, utility payment services, and automatic funds transfer services. In addition, the company provides wealth management, and trust and estate services for individual and business customers, as well as offers telephone and Internet banking services. It operates 24 branch offices and 25 automated teller machines in southwest Virginia. Further, the company, through its subsidiary, National Bankshares Financial Services, Inc., offers non-deposit investment products and insurance products. National Bankshares was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Google Awards Wild Fusion Adwords Certified Partner Status.

Lagos, Nigeria (PRWEB) June 15, 2011

Wild Fusion has been certified by Google as its AdWords Partner making it Nigeria's first Google Certified Adwords Partner.

Wild fusion is Nigeria's foremost internet marketing agency located in Ikoyi, Lagos providing internet marketing services, social media, mobile marketing, online media sales and ads operations services.

Google Adwords Certified Partners go the extra lengths to attain this status, including passing Adwords Partner exams, which demonstrates their in-depth knowledge of Adwords and meeting Adwords campaign benchmarks.

An event organized in Lagos recently by Wild Fusion (@wildfusion) for Nigerian advertisers and agencies titled "Growing your brand using Google," was aimed at deepening understanding of internet marketing platforms or technologies such as Insights for Search, Adwords, Admob and Youtube.

Speaking at the event, the Google Commercial Relations Lead for Africa, Victor Munyua said with Google Insights for Search, advertisers can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames and properties. According to him, the idea of the forum was to deepen understanding of online marketing opportunities which will enable local advertisers grow their brand and engage with their audience.

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Muppet Theatre rebuild takes Cree man back to childhood.(education)(Lance Cardinal's model of the theater)

VANCOUVER

Lance Cardinal welcomed Windspeaker into the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University in Vancouver to have a look at his model of the classic Muppet Theatre, complete with Muppet models, a secret door and a red, draping curtain that actually opens with the pull of a golden rope.

Cardinal, 35, is from the Bigstone Cree Nation at the Calling Lake reserve in Alberta. He built the model Muppet Theatre over many weeks, and he became a bit of an Internet sensation when he put pictures of the work online at lancecardinal.blogspot.com

The Muppet Show ran for five seasons, starting in 1976. It featured a vaudevillian-style show with sketches completely acted by Muppets, a puppet creation by the Jim Henson Company.

When he was growing up Cardinal had access to only one channel, CBC. He loyally watched the Muppet Show on CBC every week.

"It was one of the first shows to take me away to a magical place full of wonder and creativity," Cardinal said, sporting a large Kermit pin on his lapel. "It was an amazing half an hour of my life. There was a sense of whimsy and a sense of playfulness that I didn't have in my normal life."

Prominently displayed on his blog's profile is Cardinal's heritage. He proudly identifies himself as a full-status Cree, which many people have commented on positively.

"As a First Nations person as well, you come from a small pace and you don't feel important," Cardinal said. "You don't feel like anyone listens to you sometimes when you're First Nations and they underestimate what First Nations people can do creatively or even understand creatively."

"Basically I have two sides of my brain--one is this crazy, childlike, playful, totally weird, whimsical person and the other side of me is very political and serious, and very focused on my culture and what that means to me."

Constructing his very own toy theatre came about when Palisades Toys, which had plans to manufacture the Muppet Theatre models, didn't end up doing it. Cardinal had been collecting its Muppet action figures, and the theatre's backstage area, including Kermit's desk, the back doors and changing rooms.

"I thought, 'I'll just build it myself,' and I started building it," Cardinal told Windspeaker.

"It was getting done and I thought, 'Wow, this looks just how I imagined' and then I had a moment of.. .1 felt like I worked so hard, I wondered if this was worthwhile, I wondered if this magic was still out there. I didn't see it. I didn't feel it from people.

"But, I believe this magic still exists and I believe this magic is still out there in people."

Since posting it online, Cardinal has received tons of emails everyday--including a marriage proposal in exchange for his Muppet Theatre. He's also had offers to tour the theatre to Comic Con in San Francisco.

"It was absolutely an embracing of this whole world and these characters who have been in our home since [1976]," he said. "I've already had two online interviews, done a couple of articles. I just put it out there." He was also interviewed for the Daily Planet on April 20.

Cardinal is a second-year Emily Carr University student. He's working on his fine arts degree and is majoring in sculpture. He's worked behind the scenes in theatres and used that knowledge to put towards his childhood dream.

"I worked on a lot of theatres and I know what theatres should be like," he said. "Then I imagined the size of this playset and what Palisades would have done if they had actually built it."

He got in touch with a dollhouse shop both online and in North Vancouver who did the custom-made trim. Also, Palisades had shared some of their plans for the model theatre with him.

"For me, this particular project, I really wanted to make sure I built it from scratch, with actual wood that I bought with trim," he said. "I bought MDF [medium-density fiberboard] wood. I used doll house trim."

The theatre is hand-crafted with a baroque trim, which he made with puffy paint. Each panel is made from scratch with the use of the puffy paint as well and then painted red, and trimmed with gold.

The back wall is made from hand-mixed concrete. By using stickers, he was able to make an effect that made the bricks more realistic. He also added his own pipes made from bamboo skewers. At the back he put up Muppet movie posters that Jim Henson was involved in and made them look older and used.

All of the lights actually light up and were wired by Cardinal, who said that the project was quite expensive.

"A full month, one month," he added, about how long it took to construct the theatre. "And that was a lot of hours; full days, full nights, just because the more I built it, each phase just got me more excited."

He also intends to build additional sets, including a balcony for Statler and Waldorf, the grumpy old men Muppets, and a pit for the orchestra performers in front of the theatre. He already has sets from the show, including Pigs in Space. But, he wants to build other ones, such as Veterinarian Hospital.

"I'm just happy that people are feeling so happy about it and remembering all the positive times in their life and the time spent with their kids and their times spent with their family growing up," he said.

"A lot of people have been talking to me about the emotional connection they had with the Muppets and seeing this fulfilled satisfies the fulfillment they needed to have that experience."

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No matter the time or cost, the experience and results were worth it, according to Cardinal, because it's in homage to Jim Henson and Palisades.

"We didn't have much money growing up. I always missed out on having toys and such," he explained. "So in some ways I sort of build these things to have my own youth and that feeling that was once there."

At the end of the day, Cardinal is excited to finally live through his imagination and become Kermit (although Fozzie Bear is still his favorite), utilizing his hand-made theatre as a tool to access his childhood.

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He said it was an enriching moment to pull that gold string and see the curtain open. "I always wanted to be Kermit. I pulled the curtain and I was like, 'I have to share this.' I know there's other people who want to see that again."

"As Kermit said, it's about making millions of people happy."

The Muppets are experiencing a comeback with a Hollywood feature film simply titled Muppets expected to be released later this year.

By Stefania Seccia

Windspeaker Contributor

Financial Services Firm ALPS Holdings Inc. Reaps Big Returns from Investment in LogRhythm SIEM 2.0 Technology.(Company overview)

LogRhythm, the company that makes log data useful, announced that ALPS, a leading service provider to the financial services industry, has significantly simplified security monitoring, management and regulatory compliance since deploying its platform one year ago. ALPS is expanding its LogRhythm deployment with the addition of the File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) module to detect unauthorized changes and malware across its business critical applications. LogRhythm has enabled ALPS to gain deep visibility into security threats and suspicious activity across its network, systems, and applications - from a single pane of glass.

Established in 1985, ALPS has nearly 350 employees across its four US locations and as of December 31, 2010, the firm manages more than $2.7 billion in assets and provides servicing to more than $288 billion in client assets. ALPS selected LogRhythm to automate security monitoring for hundreds of servers, databases, network devices, security appliances, and applications that span three datacenters, and to meet GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) compliance requirements.

"LogRhythm has allowed us, with one easy-to-use platform, to meet GLBA regulatory compliance requirements, monitor our network and critical applications for security threats, and quickly investigate problems," said Pete Blood, IT Security Professional for ALPS. "With very little effort, we have been able to develop specialized rules to monitor our custom applications for suspicious activity, and protect sensitive files from unauthorized changes. LogRhythm gives us deep visibility into our IT environment, which makes it much easier to secure." LogRhythm Delivers for ALPS ALPS maintains several custom web applications that are critical to its business including a portal that provides customers with access to account information and shareholder reporting data. The company also uses back office applications for mutual fund accounting and transfers that must be kept secure and always available. LogRhythm enables ALPS to protect these critical information systems and sensitive data through centralized log and security event monitoring and management.

"With LogRhythm we generate results faster, and we quickly find bad log-in attempts, multiple user IDs from the same IP address, and symptoms that show someone is trying to get into the system," added Blood. "It's very simple to check the Windows, firewall and custom app logs, which is an important benefit-if someone is trying to get into the system, we need to know."

Keywords: Finance, Financial, IP Address, Internet, Investing, Investment, LogRhythm, Technology, World Wide Web.

This article was prepared by Information Technology Newsweekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Information Technology Newsweekly via VerticalNews.com.

Savtira Corporation Signs Agreement with Source Capital Group, Inc.

TAMPA, Fla., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Savtira Corporation, a new provider of B2B Cloud Commerce solutions, is proud to announce they have entered into an agreement with Source Capital Group, Inc.

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Source Capital Group (SCG) has been retained by Savtira Corporation (Savtira) as a financial advisor. SCG's Investment Banking division raises capital for high-growth small cap companies in industries including e-commerce. SCG will also assist and negotiate on Savtira's behalf for potential Merger & Acquisition opportunities.

"Source Capital has deep industry knowledge in our space. They understand the value of our Cloud Commerce technologies and our potential to capture a meaningful share of the growing $428 billion worldwide digital e-commerce market. We are pleased to work with them and look forward to deploying growth capital which will enhance our competitiveness in the market," said Timothy Roberts, CEO of Savtira.

"Savtira plays in the sweet spot of cloud streaming technology, digital media and e-commerce. Mr. Roberts and his team have an extensive background in these industries and have developed a compelling plan to create an innovative cloud streaming platform for e-commerce businesses. We are excited to bring the merits of their vision to investors in an effort to ensure the success of this worthy project, which we anticipate will evolve the e-commerce and digital download markets towards a Web 3.0 paradigm," said Vik Grover, CFA, Senior Managing Director of Source Capital Group, Inc.

Vik Grover joined Source Capital Group in 2006 to focus on telecom and digital media investment banking. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Grover worked as managing director of the Communications Practice of Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., a specialty small-cap focused boutique firm. Before working as an investment banker, Mr. Grover was with Thomas Weisel Partners and Needham & Co. as a senior research analyst covering communications services, including international long-distance carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), Internet service providers (ISPs), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet infrastructure.

Mr. Grover's other Wall Street experience includes positions as director of research at Kaufman Bros., a boutique technology and communications investment bank. He also worked in the research department of Sterne, Agee & Leach, in the institutional sales group of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, and as a buy-side analyst for a technology-oriented hedge fund.

Mr. Grover conducted his undergraduate studies at the University of California in San Diego, received a master's degree in finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

About Source Capital Group

Source Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1992 by a management team with extensive financial industry experience at firms such as Bankers Trust, Chemical Bank, and Smith Barney. Source Capital began as a boutique investment banking firm specializing in small to medium-sized transactions, and the firm continues to focus its investment banking activities in those segments of the market. Source Capital has grown to include businesses in general securities, emerging market securities, distressed and high yield debt securities, investment management, mortgages, and business lending. For more information about Source Capital Group please visit www.sourcegrp.com.

About Savtira Corporation

Based in Tampa, Florida, Savtira is in the business of Digital Distribution with a Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) e-commerce platform that is a turnkey system for the distribution, marketing, merchandising, and selling of both digital media and physical goods in a single store and a single, unified shopping cart. Savtira's solutions make it possible for businesses to distribute digital goods directly from a custom-tailored eStore, as well as the option to include physical goods. Savtira is also building the next Carrier-Class "Entertainment Distribution Network" (EDN) to stream all digital media from the cloud with a feature set that eclipses anything on the market. For more information on Savtira, visit: www.savtira.com. Follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/savtira.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Expressions of future goals and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual results that the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this news release.

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ACT Conferencing Renews Master Agent AB&T Telecom.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- ACT Conferencing has extended its contract with AB&T Telecom, a national telecommunications master agent headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, as AB&T increases its focus on conferencing services.

Founded in 1963, AB&T Telecom is a master service provider in telecommunications, cloud computing and converged technology solutions. AB&T works with 500+ value-added resellers, agents and consultants across the U.S. to deliver voice, data, SaaS, Internet and wireless network solutions to business and government customers. As a result, AB&T Telecom, in collaboration with ACT, is launching a series of education and training initiatives to enable AB&T reseller partners to even more efficiently offer ACT Conferencing services to their customers.

"ACT Conferencing offers a breadth of high quality audio, video and Web conferencing products and services that extend communication efficiencies to businesses of all sizes and in all market segments," said Emmet J. Tydings, president, AB&T Telecom. "This gives our technology partners great flexibility in customizing conferencing solutions to match their customers' particular needs, and combining that with AB&T and ACT's joint commitment to superior customer service makes this partnership a win-win situation for all involved."

AB&T now offers the entire suite of ACT conferencing products and services, including: ReadyConnect[R], Elite audio conferencing and ConferenceCast[TM] webinars.

ReadyConnect offers self-managed audio conferencing that enables customers to schedule conference calls on-demand, 24 x 7. Using one convenient dial-in number and passcode, participants can collaborate via audio conferencing anytime.

Elite audio conference calls offer a customized experience with seasoned conference coordinators available to help customers plan and manage the details of every meeting, which can include tailored invitations, RSVPs, welcome scripts, Internet broadcasting, real-time interpretation, Q&A, continuous event monitoring and archiving.

ConferenceCastwebinars offer a cost-effective way to conduct Web conferences with up to thousands of people that involve training, distance learning, presentations or demonstrations. Webinars are broadcast using non-streaming media such as PowerPoint format. Skilled ACT operators can facilitate audience participation during Web conferences by moderating Q&A sessions and using other Web meeting tools.

"Adding AB&T, one of the largest, most well respected master agents in the country, to our partner program will enable us to further demonstrate the quality and value that our conferencing services provide and help us to expand the reach of our services into new markets across the United States," said Paul Vick, director of channel sales, ACT Conferencing.

About ACT Conferencing

Established in 1989, ACT Conferencing is a global provider of corporate audio conferencing, video conferencing, and Web conferencing services. ACT's integrated platforms provide managed, international and local-language services. The company is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, with operations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore and the UK. For more information, visit www.actconferencing.com.

Cautionary Statements

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts, such as those discussing future plans and management's beliefs, are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, future economic conditions, competitive services and pricing, new competitor entry, availability of financing, the delivery of services under existing contracts and other factors. Such statements are based on management's current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our industry and business and include statements about markets for our products and services, and development and expansion of products. ACT does not expect and disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Pizza Pan Launches ONOSYS 3.0, Latest Online Ordering System.

ONOSYS, the leading provider of online and mobile ordering technologies for pizza, quick-service and casual restaurants, has completed a system 3.0 upgrade at 64-unit Pizza Pan in North Ridgeville, Ohio. Known widely for "buy one, get 2 free" pizza and rib deals, Pizza Pan has used the award-winning ONOSYS system for several years.

According to Pizza Pan Director of Operations Annie Joseph-Maver, ONOSYS 3.0 delivered multiple improvements to its already advanced platform.

"The graphics in the new system are even more rich and vivid than in the past, and that's very validating for a company that wants a highly professional image," says Joseph-Maver. "The old system was fantastic, but this is a huge step up. We're very proud to use it."

In addition to a host of new standard features such as advanced group and family ordering, iPhone/mobile ordering, coupon and up-selling engines, a statistics dashboard, an integrated email marketing program and advanced delivery-area mapping, ONOSYS provided multiple custom touches to Pizza Pan's system.

"The new system runs our TV commercials and our 30-minute franchising video, plus it allows our customers to print out up-to-date coupons online," says Joseph-Maver. "Convenience is key with online ordering, and I can't imagine a pizza company not taking advantage of it."

According to ONOSYS partner Stan Garber, system 3.0 is built on the latest Microsoft ASP.Net 3.5 Framework and is able to morph to any restaurant concept's look and feel. The robust system is both flexible and powerful and able to manage online ordering systems for restaurant companies large and small.

"Pizza Pan has done an amazing job bringing value to customers in this economy with their buy one, get two free principal," Garber says. "We are excited to see Pizza Pan franchisees and customers taking advantage of the news tools offered in ONOSYS 3.0." About ONOSYS ONOSYS is the leader in online and mobile order technology for pizza, quick-service, and casual restaurants. The system streamlines the order taking process, increases average ticket size, and allows restaurants to stay connected to customers.

ONOSYS services more than 50 brands, more than anybody in the industry, including: Papa John's International, Hungry Howie's, Jet's Pizza, Papa Gino's, Boston Pizza, Jersey Mike's, D'Angelo Subs, and several others.

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