FED:SA's Mike Rann praises mental health effort

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2011
FED:SA's Mike Rann praises mental health effort

South Australian Premier MIKE RANN says there's been a terrific discussion about future
mental health reform at today's COAG meeting in Canberra, but concedes a lot more work
needs to be done.

He says state and territory leaders have been briefed by invited experts, who say a
one-size fits all approach doesn't work.

He says while more acute beds are not needed, the leaders have been told intermediate
care beds and community-based mental health care are the answer.

They've also agreed for a heightened focus on young people and mental health issues
for Australia's indigenous community.

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02-23-2007
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Mr Iemma said if the states left parochial politics behind and did not get caught up
with structures and systems within the plan, an agreement would be reached today.

"We'll get an agreement if we stay focused on what the real issue is here," he said.

"And that is the health of the two mighty rivers and the future of the families …

FED:Tributes to be paid to Anzac veterans

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2011
FED:Tributes to be paid to Anzac veterans

SYDNEY, April 23 AAP - Younger relatives of departed and frail diggers will march on
their late loved ones' behalf this Anzac Day, keeping the spirit of the national memorial
day alive.

On Monday, it will be 96 years since Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli,
kickstarting their first major military battle of World War I.

The anniversary will be marked across Australia with memorial services, marches and,
of course, games of two-up.

Anzac Day is also dedicated to commemorating the sacrifices of servicemen and women
in all wars, including personnel currently serving overseas.

Vietnam War veteran Denis Connelly said around 50,000 people were expected to attend
the dawn service and march on Monday in Perth.

The editor of The Listening Post magazine for RSL members said with many World War
II veterans "falling off the perch" or getting frail, their younger relatives were taking
their places on Anzac Day.

"We're getting those involved now. They're marching with their medals and marching
in their fathers' and grandfathers' units," he told AAP.

In Darwin, people would begin the day at 5am (CST) with a glass of rum and milk, Darwin
RSL secretary manager John Lusk said.

Next year, will mark 70 years since Japan launched an air attack on Darwin Harbour,
the city and the Darwin RAAF Base.

In Sydney's George Street, about 20,000 service and ex-service men and women, who have
served in conflicts from Borneo to Afghanistan, will take part in a march.

The day will begin at 4.30am (AEST) with a traditional dawn service at the Cenotaph
in Martin Place.

With the Easter weekend coinciding with Anzac Day, many will enjoy a five-day weekend
this year, prompting police to ask those in holiday mode to show some respect on Monday.

"We will be present to ensure the solemnity of this national day is observed appropriately,
and that ex-servicemen, their families and the community can commemorate Anzac Day without
fear of being a victim of drunkenness or violence," NSW Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch
told reporters in Sydney.

He said police would be present at events to ensure the safety of large crowds expected
to attend.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid homage to the "courage" of Australians
and New Zealanders, in a message sent on behalf of President Barack Obama.

"The United States is your partner and we will continue to stand with you in support
of freedom and democracy around the world," she said.

"As the Ode of Remembrance says, 'At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
we will remember them'."

Australia's Governor-General Quentin Bryce will lead an Anzac Day dawn service at Hellfire
Pass, the site of the infamous Thai-Burma railway.

Former Australian prisoners of war, now in their 80s, will return to where 12,400 fellow
PoWs, including about 2800 Australians, died during construction of the so-called Death
Railway link between Thailand and Burma for Japan's Imperial Army during World War II.

Up to 800 people are set to attend the dawn service on Monday at the Konyu Cutting,
known as Hellfire Pass after the fires lit by PoWs during the railway construction gave
the appearance of the gates to hell.

Later, Ms Bryce will join former PoWS and their families together with ambassadors
and diplomats in laying wreaths at the Kanchanaburi town's war cemetery, close to the
River Kwai.

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd will honour Australians who fell on the battlefields of
the Western Front at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Villers-Bretonneux.

He will meet with Australian pilgrims and attend a ceremony at Bullecourt - the site
of two of the bloodiest battles involving Australians on the Western Front.

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Blogs set up to help Malaysian authorities

New Straits Times
02-03-2011
Blogs set up to help Malaysian authorities
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

KUALA LUMPUR: A few blogs and Facebook accounts were set up by Malaysian students studying in Egypt expressing concern over the Egyptian political turmoil and seeking help from the authorities to ensure their safety and wellbeing.

Blogger Nurul Nadia Md Zin in her blog Nadia-sim expressed concern about the safety of Malaysians in Egypt as the situation there was getting dangerous.
"There is a shortage of food and every minute they feel threatened by the situation," the medical student wrote in Bahasa Malaysia.

"All of us are assets of our country... Pray for their safety."

The same quotes were found on a Facebook profile Selamatkan pelajar dan rakyat Malaysia di Mesir.

Another blog, Krisis Mesir, Nasib Pelajar Kita (http:// krisismesirnasibrakyatkita.blogspot.com/) was set up by a group of Malaysian students, including those who had recently returned to Malaysia, to furnish students with up-to-date information.

The blog also serves to help the authorities with information pertaining to the safety of students.

Azizi Al Fahri, who is championing the cause, yesterday updated the blog informing students that the Internet system had been restored in certain areas and parents could try to contact their children through the internet.

There were also claims in some blogs that there were some Malaysian students who had been robbed.

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NSW:9 arrested over drug ring

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2010
NSW:9 arrested over drug ring

Nine people have been arrested following a 13-month covert police operation into a
sophisticated drug ring targeting ski resorts in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Six men and three women were arrested during seven separate raids carried out by 80
police officers at Jindabyne about 9.30 this morning.

Police say six of them are itinerant ski season workers while the other three are local
residents.

Police will allege they're all involved in supplying large quantities of illegal drugs
in the alpine region.

During the raids .. police allegedly seized drugs with a street value of 40 thousand
dollars .. including ecstasy .. LSD and cocaine.

Police are expecting to make more arrests.

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Fed: Abbott says state opposition will scupper health reforms

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2010
Fed: Abbott says state opposition will scupper health reforms

Federal Opposition Leader TONY ABBOTT says Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD'S health reform
proposals are bound to fail in their current guise .. in light of state opposition.

On the eve of tomorrow's COAG meeting in Canberra .. Mr ABBOTT's told reporters he
doesn't expect any real change to the current system.

He says he thinks the meeting will result in an agreement to talk .. not an agreement to change.

Mr ABBOTT says Mr Rudd's plan for the federal government to seize 30 per cent of GST
revenues .. in return for taking control of 60 per cent of state hospital funding .. would
create more red tape.

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Vic: Five teenagers hand themselves in over alleged rapes

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2009
Vic: Five teenagers hand themselves in over alleged rapes

By Edwina Scott

MELBOURNE, Dec 3 AAP - Five teenagers have surrendered themselves to police and been
questioned over the gang-rape of two 15-year-old girls in a Melbourne park.

The girls were targeted by a group of up to 10 males unknown to them at the Broadmeadows
railway station in Melbourne's north before being separated and assaulted at a park in
nearby Roxburgh Park on the evening of October 24.

Two 16-year-old boys and one 15-year-old went to local police stations on Thursday
morning before being taken to St Kilda Road headquarters, where they spent the day being
interviewed with detectives from the sexual crime squad.

Two more youths, aged 16 and 17, turned themselves in on Thursday afternoon and were
also being questioned at St Kilda Rd.

Detective Inspector Glenn Davies said the result came after a public appeal to find
the alleged rapists.

But he stressed police were still looking for several others believed to have taken
part in the assaults and were keen to speak with any witnesses.

Police have obtained CCTV footage of some youths believed to be associated with the attacks.

The assaults - which appear to have been planned - and the ages of those involved were
"very concerning", Det Insp Davies said.

"We'd like to get the message out to young people that they need to be very careful
with issues of consent," he said.

"There has been an increase in sexual assaults involving young people, both young people
as victims and young people as offenders."

Police say more education about sexual consent is needed following a rise in assaults
among young people.

In another recent incident, members of a Melbourne northern suburban football club
were arrested over the pack rape, assault and imprisonment of two young women during an
end of season trip at Phillip Island on October 10.

Three teenagers from the Montmorency Football Club - two aged 18 and a 17-year-old
- have so far been charged over that attack.

While parents and teachers need to educate youths about the seriousness of sexual offences,
it is ultimately offenders who must change their behaviour, Det Insp Davies said.

"People should have the right in the community to walk around without being attacked," he said.

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Vic: Communcations breakdown delayed fire response

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
Vic: Communcations breakdown delayed fire response

It's been revealed a communications breakdown prevented firefighters attacking the
Murrindindi blaze before it developed into an unstoppable fireball that consumed the Victorian
township of Marysville on Black Saturday.

Fire authorities say crucial minutes slipped by as jammed phone lines frustrated attempts
to send crews to the fire.

Public warnings also lagged behind the fire front as it roared towards Marysville ..

and locals say lives could have been saved if residents were forcibly evacuated.

In a story to be aired on the ABC's Four Corners program tonight .. Country Fire Authority
volunteer PETER RICE .. who was deputy incident controller on Black Saturday .. tells
how he sent a strike team to Wandong just before he heard about the Murrindindi Mill outbreak.

He says the telephone system was congested .. and the two-way radio system was heavily
overloaded .. and it took more than 10 minutes for him to get permission to divert the
strike team.

Mr RICE says on a day like Black Saturday it was crucial to hit a fire quickly .. while
it was smaller than about half a hectare.

He also tells how he tried to get the emergency siren broadcast on the radio to alert
people .. but he couldn't get it through the official channels.

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FED: Financial crisis important in tackling homelessness

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2008
FED: Financial crisis important in tackling homelessness

CANBERRA, Dec 22 AAP - Tackling homelessness depends on how well the Rudd government
deals with the financial crisis, the federal opposition says.

The government has announced a $1.2 billion package that it says will halve the number
of homeless people in Australia by 2020.

More than 100,000 people are homeless each night and about 16,000 sleep rough in the
streets and parks.

The government will halve this by funding 50,000 rental homes for low-income earners,
3,000 homes for the homeless and a range of services.

Opposition housing spokesman Scott Morrison says reaching the targets will also depend
on how well the economy is protected from the financial crisis.

"If there are 200,000 more unemployed people over the next 12 months then that is going
to put real strain and pressure on homelessness services and other public housing services,"

he told ABC Television on Monday.

"The efficient and responsible management of our economy is as important in addressing
this issue as anything else."

Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek said the targets are ambitious and will be
hard to meet, but are necessary to get the ball rolling.

"This is an ambitious target, it is going to be hard to reach this target," Ms Plibersek
told ABC Television.

Welfare group Hanover says the package brings "substantial and deep reform" and the
targets will be met.

"It can be done," the group's chief executive Tony Keenan told ABC Television.

The Mercy Foundation says it's important the funds are not only spent on crisis accommodation.

Mercy Foundation chief Felicity Reynolds said support services help keep people off the streets.

"That might mean clinical help ... someone coming to help them with independent tasks
... ensuring they get on-going training," Ms Reynolds told ABC Radio.

Ms Plibersek said funding will go towards personal helpers and mentors to help people
stay in accommodation.

"It is very important that they (homeless) are at least connected to the system and
that they're getting the benefit they are entitled to."

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Ath: Collated athletics results = 2

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08-16-2008
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MEN



Shot put (final):

1. Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.51 m

2. Christian Cantwell (USA) 21.09

3. Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) 21.05

4. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 21.04

5. Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) 20.98

6. Yuriy Bilonog (UKR) 20.63

7. Reese Hoffa (USA) 20.53

8. Pavel Sof'in (RUS) 20.42

9. Rutger Smith (NED) 20.41

10. Yury Bialou (BLR) 20.06

11. Ivan Yushkov (RUS) 19.67

. Adam Nelson (USA) 0



1500m (1st round - 5 first of each heat and 4 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1

1. Mehdi Baala (FRA) 3:35.87 Q

2. Nick Willis (NZL) 3:36.01 Q

3. Daham Najm Bashair (QAT) 3:36.05 Q

4. Tarek Boukenza (ALG) 3:36.11 Q

5. Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu (ETH) 3:36.22 Q

6. Leonel Leonel (USA) 3:36.67 q

7. Javier Carriqueo (ARG) 3:39.36

8. Reyes Estevez (ESP) 3:39.62

9. Taylor Milne (CAN) 3:41.56

10. Youssef Baba (MAR) 3:42.13

11. Viatcheslav Shabunin (RUS) 3:42.53

. Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) DNS

Heat 2

1. Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN) 3:41.28 Q

2. Nathan Brannen (CAN) 3:41.45 Q

3. Leon Higuero (ESP) 3:41.70 Q

4. Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:41.98 Q

5. Antar Zerguelaine (ALG) 3:42.30 Q

6. Goran Nava (SER) 3:42.92

7. Tom Lancashire (GBR) 3:43.40

8. Alistair Cragg (EIR) 3:44.90

9. Hais Welday Ghebrat (ERI) 3:45.06

10. Mohammed Othman H Shaween (KSA) 3:45.82

11. Mitchell Kealey (AUS) 3:46.31

12. Isaiah Msibi (SWZ) 3:51.35

. Ivan Heshko (UKR) DNS

Heat 3

1. Juan van Deventer (RSA) 3:36.32 Q

2. Arturo Casado (ESP) 3:36.42 Q

3. Andy Baddeley (GBR) 3:36.47 Q

4. Abd Alaati Iguider (MAR) 3:36.48 Q

5. Lopez Lomong (USA) 3:36.70 Q

6. Belal Mansoor Ali (BRN) 3:36.84 q

7. Hudson Souza (BRA) 3:37.06

8. Demma Daba Bikila (ETH) 3:37.78

9. Tiidrek Nurme (EST) 3:38.59

10. David Freeman (PUR) 3:39.70

11. Nicholas Kemboi (KEN) 3:41.56

12. Bayron Piedra (ECU) 3:45.57

13. Abdalla Abdel Gadir (SUD) 3:47.65

Heat 4

1. Rasheed Ramzi (BRN) 3:32.89 Q

2. Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR) 3:34.80 Q

3. Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:35.47 Q

4. Christian Obrist (ITA) 3:35.91 Q

5. Kevin Sullivan (CAN) 3:36.05 Q

6. Carsten Schlangen (GER) 3:36.34 q

7. Mulugeta Wendimu Genbere (ETH) 3:36.67 q

8. Thamer Kamal Ali (QAT) 3:41.08

9. Mahamoud Farah Farah (DJI) 3:43.62

10. Chancy Master (MAW) 3:44.96

11. Kamal Boulahfane (ALG) 3:45.59

12. Jeffrey Riseley (AUS) 3:53.95



100m (2nd round - first 3 of each heat and 1 best time qualify for next round):

Heat 1 (wind: -0.1 m/s)

1. Churandy Martina (AHO) 9.99 Q

2. Michael Frater (JAM) 10.09 Q

3. Naoki Tsukahara (JPN) 10.23 Q

4. Simeon Williamson (GBR) 10.32

5. Jenris Vizcaino (CUB) 10.33

6. Pierre Browne (CAN) 10.36

7. Dariusz Kuc (POL) 10.46

8. Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.93



Heat 2 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Richard Thompson (TRI) 9.99 Q

2. Tyson Gay (USA) 10.09 Q

3. Martial Mbandjock (FRA) 10.16 Q

4. Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (NGR) 10.21

5. Andrew Hinds (BAR) 10.25

6. Jos Carlos Moreira (BRA) 10.32

7. Simone Collio (ITA) 10.33

8. Daniel Grueso (COL) 10.37



Heat 3 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

1. Marc Burns (TRI) 10.05 Q

2. Kim Collins (SKN) 10.07 Q

3. Tyrone Edgar (GBR) 10.10 Q

4. Samuel Adelebari Francis (QAT) 10.11 q

5. Ronald Pognon (FRA) 10.21

6. Matic Osovnikar (SLO) 10.24

7. Tobias Benjamin Unger (GER) 10.36

8. Nobuharu Asahara (JPN) 10.37



Heat 4 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.92 Q

2. Doc Patton (USA) 10.04 Q

3. Francis Obikwelu (POR) 10.09 Q

4. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (NOR) 10.14

5. Craig Pickering (GBR) 10.18

6. Obinna Metu (NGR) 10.27

7. Anson Henry (CAN) 10.33

8. Angel David Rodriguez (ESP) 10.35



Heat 5 (wind: -0.1 m/s)

1. Asafa Powell (JAM) 10.02 Q

2. Walter Dix (USA) 10.08 Q

3. Derrick Atkins (BAH) 10.14 Q

4. Daniel Bailey (ANT) 10.23

5. Aziz Zakari (GHA) 10.24

6. Andrey Epishin (RUS) 10.25

7. Vicente Lima (BRA) 10.31

8. Hu Kai (CHN) 10.40



400m hurdles (1st round - first 3 of each heat and 4 best times
qualify for next round):

Heat 1

1. Bershawn Jackson (USA) 49.20 Q

2. Pieter De Villiers (RSA) 49.24 Q

3. Mahau Suguimati (BRA) 49.45 Q

4. Jonathan Williams (BIZ) 49.61 q

5. Kenji Narisako (JPN) 49.63

6. Edivaldo Monteiro (POR) 49.89

7. Harouna Garba (NIG) 55.14



Heat 2

1. Angelo Taylor (USA) 48.67 Q

2. Danny Mcfarlane (JAM) 48.86 Q

3. Alwyn Myburgh (RSA) 48.92 Q

4. Bayano Ali Kamani Redman (PAN) 49.05 q

5. Alexander Derevyagin (RUS) 49.19 q

6. Ibrahima Abdoulaye Maiga (MLI) 50.57



Heat 3

1. Markino Buckley (JAM) 48.65 Q

2. Lj van Zyl (RSA) 48.86 Q

3. Marek Plawgo (POL) 49.17 Q

4. Javier Culson Perez (PUR) 49.60 q

5. Meng Yan (CHN) 49.73

6. Aleksey Pogorelov (KGZ) 51.47



Heat 4

1. Kerron Clement (USA) 49.42 Q

2. Periklis Iakovakis (GRE) 49.50 Q

3. Isa Phillips (JAM) 49.55 Q

4. Dai Tamesue (JPN) 49.82

5. Flix Snchez (DOM) 51.10

6. Mowen Boino (PNG) 51.47

. Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) ABD



WOMEN



10 000m final:

1. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 29:54.66

2. Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 29:56.34

3. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 30:22.22

4. Linet Masai (KEN) 30:26.50

5. Maria Konovalova (RUS) 30:35.84

6. Inga Abitova (RUS) 30:37.33

7. Lucy Kabuu (KEN) 30:39.96

8. Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 30:40.27

9. Kimberley Smith (NZL) 30:51.00

10. Kara Goucher (USA) 30:55.16

11. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 31:01.14

12. Jo Pavey (GBR) 31:12.30

13. Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 31:14.21

14. Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni (ETH) 31:22.18

15. Hilda Kibet (NED) 31:29.69

16. Zhang Yingying (CHN) 31:31.12

17. Yoko Shibui (JPN) 31:31.13

18. Peninah Arusei (KEN) 31:39.87

19. Tatiana Aryasova (RUS) 31:45.57

20. Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 32:00.37

21. Bai Xue (CHN) 32:20.27

22. Aniko Kalovics (HUN) 32:24.83

23. Kate Reed (GBR) 32:26.69

24. Nathalie De Vos (BEL) 32:33.45

25. Preeja Sreedharan (IND) 32:34.64

26. Amy Yoder Begley (USA) 32:38.28

27. Dulce Maria Rodrguez (MEX) 32:58.04

28. Dong Xiaoqin (CHN) 33:03.14

29. Isabel Checa (ESP) 33:17.88

. Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) ABD

. Mestawet Tufa Demisse (ETH) ABD

. Nataliya Berkut (UKR) DNS



Heptathlon shot put

Group A

1. Nataliia Dobrynska (UKR) 17.29 m

2. Austra Skujyte (LTU) 17.02

3. Jolanda Keizer (NED) 15.15

4. Laurien Hoos (NED) 14.98

5. Niina Kelo (FIN) 14.82

6. Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) 14.61

7. Kamila Chudzik (POL) 14.34

8. Sonja Kesselschlger (GER) 14.33

9. Liudmyla Blonska (UKR) 14.29

10. Rebecca Wardell (NZL) 14.28

11. Anna Bogdanova (RUS) 14.08

12. Karolina Tyminska (POL) 14.08

13. Kelly Sotherton (GBR) 13.87

14. Olga Kurban (RUS) 13.84

15. Jessica Zelinka (CAN) 13.79

16. Jennifer Oeser (GER) 13.62

17. Yana Maksimava (BLR) 13.60

18. Hyleas Fountain (USA) 13.36

19. Argyro Strataki (GRE) 13.22

20. Ganna Melnichenko (UKR) 13.18

21. Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA) 13.12

22. Ida Marcussen (NOR) 12.97



Group B

1. Viktorija Zemaityt (LTU) 14.01 m

2. Gretchen Quintana (CUB) 13.10

3. Shobha Jagadeeshppa Javur (IND) 13.07

4. Kylie Wheeler (AUS) 13.06

5. Kaie Kand (EST) 12.91

6. Tatiana Chernova (RUS) 12.88

7. Liu Haili (CHN) 12.71

8. Aiga Grabuste (LAT) 12.70

9. Yuliya Tarasova (UZB) 12.60

10. Julie Hollman (GBR) 12.45

11. Marie Collonville (FRA) 12.42

12. Linda Zublin (SUI) 12.34

13. Gyrgyi Farkas (HUN) 12.06

14. Jackie Johnson (USA) 11.82

15. Pramila Ganapathy Gudanda (IND) 11.66

16. Lucimara Silva (BRA) 11.59

17. Susmita Singha Roy (IND) 11.27

. Irina Naumenko (KAZ) DNS

. Diana Pickler (USA) DNS

. Denisa Scerbov (CZE) DNS

. Wassana Winatho (THA) DNS



Heptathlon 200m

Heat 1 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Jolanda Keizer (NED) 23.97

2. Liudmyla Blonska (UKR) 24.14

3. Anna Bogdanova (RUS) 24.24

4. Kylie Wheeler (AUS) 24.28

5. Gretchen Quintana (CUB) 24.34

6. Ganna Melnichenko (UKR) 24.35

7. Rebecca Wardell (NZL) 24.64

8. Kamila Chudzik (POL) 25.36

. Diana Pickler (USA) DNS



Heat 2 (wind: +0.3 m/s)

1. Hyleas Fountain (USA) 23.21

2. Kelly Sotherton (GBR) 23.39

3. Karolina Tyminska (POL) 23.39

4. Jessica Zelinka (CAN) 23.64

5. Tatiana Chernova (RUS) 23.95

6. Olga Kurban (RUS) 24.34

7. Susmita Singha Roy (IND) 24.34

8. Pramila Ganapathy Gudanda (IND) 24.92

. Denisa Scerbov (CZE) DNS



Heat 3 (wind: -0.1 m/s)

1. Yuliya Tarasova (UZB) 24.36

2. Aiga Grabuste (LAT) 24.71

3. Viktorija Zemaityt (LTU) 25.06

4. Niina Kelo (FIN) 25.90

5. Yana Maksimava (BLR) 25.94

6. Gyrgyi Farkas (HUN) 26.10

. Irina Naumenko (KAZ) DNS



Heat 4 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. Nataliia Dobrynska (UKR) 24.39

2. Ida Marcussen (NOR) 25.02

3. Marie Collonville (FRA) 25.06

4. Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) 25.25

5. Austra Skujyte (LTU) 25.40

6. Julie Hollman (GBR) 25.41

7. Argyro Strataki (GRE) 25.47

8. Kaie Kand (EST) 25.49

9. Sonja Kesselschlger (GER) 25.50



Heat 5 (wind: +0.4 m/s)

1. Liu Haili (CHN) 24.47

2. Lucimara Silva (BRA) 24.56

3. Laurien Hoos (NED) 24.57

4. Shobha Jagadeeshppa Javur (IND) 24.62

5. Jennifer Oeser (GER) 24.67

6. Jackie Johnson (USA) 24.74

7. Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA) 24.90

8. Linda Zublin (SUI) 24.99

. Wassana Winatho (THA) DNS



Heptathlon general standings after 200m (4th event):

1. Hyleas Fountain (USA) 4060 pts

2. Nataliia Dobrynska (UKR) 3996

3. Kelly Sotherton (GBR) 3938

4. Anna Bogdanova (RUS) 3922

5. Liudmyla Blonska (UKR) 3912

6. Jessica Zelinka (CAN) 3866

7. Jolanda Keizer (NED) 3864

8. Karolina Tyminska (POL) 3813

9. Kylie Wheeler (AUS) 3802

10. Tatiana Chernova (RUS) 3749

11. Ganna Melnichenko (UKR) 3711

12. Jennifer Oeser (GER) 3704

13. Austra Skujyte (LTU) 3702

14. Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) 3694

15. Olga Kurban (RUS) 3683

16. Marie Collonville (FRA) 3664

17. Sonja Kesselschlger (GER) 3648

18. Laurien Hoos (NED) 3629

19. Liu Haili (CHN) 3626

20. Lucimara Silva (BRA) 3621

21. Kamila Chudzik (POL) 3620

22. Jackie Johnson (USA) 3592

23. Aiga Grabuste (LAT) 3572

24. Rebecca Wardell (NZL) 3568

25. Gretchen Quintana (CUB) 3523

26. Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA) 3498

27. Viktorija Zemaityt (LTU) 3496

28. Yuliya Tarasova (UZB) 3488

29. Shobha Jagadeeshppa Javur (IND) 3482

30. Ida Marcussen (NOR) 3445

31. Niina Kelo (FIN) 3435

32. Pramila Ganapathy Gudanda (IND) 3419

33. Julie Hollman (GBR) 3400

34. Susmita Singha Roy (IND) 3391

35. Argyro Strataki (GRE) 3387

36. Yana Maksimava (BLR) 3352

37. Linda Zublin (SUI) 3324

38. Kaie Kand (EST) 3271

39. Gyrgyi Farkas (HUN) 3243

. Denisa Scerbov (CZE) ABD

. Wassana Winatho (THA) ABD

. Irina Naumenko (KAZ) ABD

. Diana Pickler (USA) ABD



3000m steeplechase (1st round - first 4 of each heat and 3 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1

1. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) 9:15.17 Q

2. Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (KEN) 9:19.75 Q

3. Wioletta Frankiewicz - Janowska (POL) 9:21.88 Q

4. Cristina Casandra (ROM) 9:22.38 Q

5. Habiba Ghribi (TUN) 9:25.50 q

6. Helen Clitheroe (GBR) 9:29.14

7. Zhu Yanmei (CHN) 9:29.63

8. Lindsey Anderson (USA) 9:36.81

9. Mekdes Bekele Tadese (ETH) 9:41.43

10. Fionnuala Britton (EIR) 9:43.57

11. Valentyna Gorpynych (UKR) 9:43.95

12. Rosa Maria Morat (ESP) 9:45.33

13. Victoria Mitchell (AUS) 9:47.88

14. Trkan Erismis (TUR) 9:48.54

15. Clarisse Cruz (POR) 9:49.45

16. Minori Hayakari (JPN) 9:49.70

17. Widad Mendil (ALG) 9:52.35



Heat 2

1. Tatiana Petrova (RUS) 9:28.85 Q

2. Roisin Mcgettigan (EIR) 9:28.92 Q

3. Jennifer Barringer (USA) 9:29.20 Q

4. Zulema Fuentes Pila (ESP) 9:29.40 Q

5. Jessica Augusto (POR) 9:30.23

6. Ancuta Bobocel (ROM) 9:35.31

7. Sophie Duarte (FRA) 9:38.08

8. Sofia Assefa Abebe (ETH) 9:47.02

9. Durka Kalameya (SUD) 9:53.09

10. Veerle Dejaeghere (BEL) 9:54.65

11. Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) 9:56.41

12. Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru (KEN) 10:01.69

13. Oxana Juravel (MDA) 10:04.38

14. Asli Cakir (TUR) 10:05.76

15. Eirini Kokkinariou (GRE) 10:22.39

16. Zhao Yanni (CHN) 10:36.77

. Mardrea Hyman (JAM) ABD



Heat 3

1. Eunice Jepkorir Kertich (KEN) 9:21.31 Q

2. Marta Dominguez (ESP) 9:22.11 Q

3. Ekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:23.06 Q

4. Zemzem Ahmed Deko (ETH) 9:25.63 Q

5. Elena Romagnolo (ITA) 9:27.48 q

6. Anna Willard (USA) 9:28.52 q

7. Antje Mldner (GER) 9:29.86

8. Rasa Troup (LTU) 9:30.21

9. Donna Macfarlane (AUS) 9:32.05

10. Sara Moreira (POR) 9:34.39

11. Katarzyna Kowalska (POL) 9:47.02

12. Barbara Parker (GBR) 9:51.93

13. Li Zhenzhu (CHN) 10:04.05

14. Inna Poluskina (LAT) 10:18.60

. Korine Hinds (JAM) ABD

. Dobrinka Shalamanova (BUL) ABD

. Zenaide Vieira (BRA) ABD



Discus (Qualifying - qualification 61.50 m or 12 best):

Group A

1. Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA) 62.77 m Q

2. Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) 62.26 Q

3. Yarelys Barrios (CUB) 62.23 Q

4. Melina Robert Michon (FRA) 62.21 Q

5. Dani Samuels (AUS) 61.72 Q

6. Olena Antonova (UKR) 61.25 q

7. Ellina Zvereva (BLR) 60.28 q

8. Natalia Semenova (UKR) 60.18

9. Wioletta Potepa (POL) 59.44

10. Joanna Wisniewska (POL) 59.40

11. Elisangela Maria Adriano (BRA) 58.84

12. Kateryna Karsak (UKR) 58.61

13. Vera Begic (CRO) 58.50

14. Ma Xuejun (CHN) 58.45

15. Suzy Powell-Roos (USA) 58.02

16. Philippa Roles (GBR) 57.44

17. Harwant Kaur Harwant Kaur (IND) 56.42

18. Oxana Yesipchuk (RUS) 55.07

19. Tereapii Tapoki (COK) 48.35



Group B

1. Lenuta Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 62.51 m Q

2. Aretha Thurmond (USA) 61.90 Q

3. Song Aimin (CHN) 61.67 Q

4. Vera Cechlova (CZE) 61.61 Q

5. Li Yanfeng (CHN) 61.29 q

6. Dragana Tomasevic (SER) 60.19

7. Yania Ferrales Monteagudo (CUB) 59.87

8. Svetlana Saykina (RUS) 59.48

9. Elizna Naude (RSA) 58.75

10. Krishna Poonia (IND) 58.23

11. Natalya Sadova (RUS) 58.11

12. Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) 57.15

13. Hanna Mazgunova (BLR) 56.77

14. Anna Soderberg (SWE) 55.28

15. Zinaida Sendriute (LTU) 54.81

16. Venera Getova (BUL) 54.00

17. Dorothea Kalpakidou (GRE) 53.00

18. Barbara Rocio Comba (ARG) 51.36

. Zaneta Glanc (POL)



Triple jump women (Qualifying - qualification 14.45 m or 12 best):

. Group A

1. Yargeris Savigne (CUB) 14.99 m Q

2. Victoria Gurova (RUS) 14.78 Q

3. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.64 Q

4. Anna Pyatykh (RUS) 14.45 Q

5. Marija Sestak (SLO) 14.44 q

6. Biljana Topic (SER) 14.14

7. Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (FRA) 14.11

8. Mabel Gay Tamayo (CUB) 14.09

9. Carlota Castrejana (ESP) 14.02

10. Svitlana Mamieieva (UKR) 14.01

11. Magdeln Martnez (ITA) 14.00

12. Carolina Kluft (SWE) 13.97

13. Gita Dodova (BUL) 13.53

14. Erica Ashley McLain (USA) 13.52

15. Yelena Parfyonova (KAZ) 13.46

16. Chinonyelum Pius Ohadugha (NGR) 13.29

17. Kseniya Pryiemka (BLR) 13.08

. Athanasa Prra (GRE) 0



. Group B

1. Chrysopigi Devetzi (GRE) 14.92 m Q

2. Tatiana Lebedeva (RUS) 14.55 Q

3. Francoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 14.50 Q

4. Olga Saladukha (UKR) 14.46 Q

5. Xie Limei (CHN) 14.27 q

6. Kaire Leibak (EST) 14.19 q

7. Tricia-Kaye Smith (JAM) 14.18 q

8. Adelina Gavrila (ROM) 13.98

9. Yarianna Martinez (CUB) 13.96

10. Baya Rahouli (ALG) 13.87

11. Gisele Oliveira (BRA) 13.81

12. Liliya Kulyk (UKR) 13.66

13. Shani Marks (USA) 13.44

14. Anastasiya Juravleva (UZB) 13.36

15. Irina Litvinenko (KAZ) 12.92

. Martina Sestakova (CZE) 0

. Yamila Aldama (SUD) 0

. Dana Veldakova (SVK) 0

AFP mg

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Fed: New lifeboat clue to fate of Sydney=2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2008
Fed: New lifeboat clue to fate of Sydney=2

Senior naval historian JOHN PERRYMAN .. an observer on the search mission .. says there
are four other boats not accounted for.

He says several different types of boats have been identified .. ranging from 27-foot
whalers to the larger 36 foot motor cutters.

Mr PERRYMAN says some showed signs of damage by gunfire and in one instance two of
the boats were resting on top of one another.

He says this supports the assessment that few of Sydney's boats were launched following
the action.

Other discoveries in the debris field included the Sydney's foremast .. its severed
bow .. bridge roof top and director control tower.

AAP RTV pw/rl/bart

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Vic: Man arrested over fatal Melbourne stabbing

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
Vic: Man arrested over fatal Melbourne stabbing

Eds: Changes circumstances of arrest on updated advice from police



MELBOURNE, Dec 5 AAP - A 21-year-old Melbourne man wanted for questioning over a fatal
stabbing last week has given himself up.

Jie Zhu of Doncaster was sought over the death of 17-year-old Yan Yu, also known as
Ricky, who was stabbed outside a 7-Eleven store in Box Hill last Thursday night.

Police had earlier speculated Mr Zhu might have been hiding with associates in Sydney.

But Mr Zhu handed himself in to police at Doncaster shortly after 10.15pm (AEDT) yesterday,
a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.

He was arrested and taken to the St Kilda Road police complex, where he is being questioned
by homicide squad detectives.

Police have interviewed but not charged another two men and a woman, all in their early
20s, over the stabbing.

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Vic: Woman found dead in unit, man helping police=2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2007
Vic: Woman found dead in unit, man helping police=2

A police spokeswoman later said the dead woman was aged 51 and from Hughesdale.

She said an autopsy would be conducted today and forensics experts were now at the woman's home.

"Police are currently speaking with a 52-year-old Hughesdale man. No charges have been
laid," she said.

AAP ce/cp

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Fed:Goverment cuts 06/07 growth forecast, ups budget surplus

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2006
Fed:Goverment cuts 06/07 growth forecast, ups budget surplus

The federal government's slashed its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal
year because of the drought .. but it's maintained a healthy cash surplus in its mid-year
budget review .. out today.

PETER COSTELLO says Australia's economic growth forecast has been cut from 3.25 per
cent to 2.5 per cent.

But the treasurer's raised the forecast for the underlying cash surplus from 10.8 billion
dollars to 11.8 billion for 2006/07.

Mr CoSTELLO says it reflects unexpectedly strong employment growth and and high company
tax receipts.

He says the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook report shows Australia's economy remains
sound .. although it's being affected by severe drought.

Mr COSTELLO says drought will cut farm growth by 20 per cent.

AAP RTV cb/sb/tm/rt

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SA: Operation to recover body continues today

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
SA: Operation to recover body continues today

South Australian emergency services are trying to recover the body of a Coober Pedy
woman who fell to her death down a mine shaft.

Police say the 35-year-old woman fell down the shaft .. in the Dead Man's Gully opal
field .. about 10 kilometres from the town .. yesterday afternoon.

The woman was dead when emergency services arrived on the scene.

AAP RTV tjd/maur

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Fed: Campbell hypocritical on wind farm ban - Aust Institute

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
Fed: Campbell hypocritical on wind farm ban - Aust Institute

The Australia Institute says federal environment policy has sunk to a new level of
absurdity with the blocking of a wind farm because of a threat to a rare parrot.

The Victorian government is seeking legal advice on whether it can overturn the federal
government's rejection of the 220 million dollar wind farm project in south Gippsland.

Federal Environment Minister IAN CAMPBELL blocked the 52 turbine Bald Hills proposal
yesterday .. citing concerns about the orange-bellied parrot's habitat.

Institute director Clive Hamilton says Senator CAMPBELL's pandering to a vocal minority
at the cost of Australia's economy and environment.

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People in Wireless Verticals: Scholastic Names Radwell President, e- Scholastic

Wireless News
03-13-2005
People in Wireless Verticals: Scholastic Names Radwell President, e- Scholastic

WIRELESS NEWS-March 13, 2005-People in Wireless Verticals: Scholastic Names Radwell President, e-Scholastic (C)2005 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com

Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, announced the appointment of Seth D. Radwell as Executive Vice President of the Company and President of e-Scholastic, the online information and e-commerce division.
Radwell, a veteran e-commerce and publishing executive, was most recently President, Marketing and Editorial Group for Bookspan, a direct marketer of general interest and specialty book clubs. Radwell will report to Richard Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic.

In his new role, Scholastic said Radwell will guide the growth of e-Scholastic, tapping into the potential of the Internet as a significant channel of distribution and e-commerce to expand the company's core businesses. He will also oversee the development of new interactive products and services on Scholastic.com.

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quantum meruit

quantum meruit (Latin: as much as has been earned)
1. Denoting a payment for goods or services supplied in partial fulfilment of a contract, after the contract has been breached.

2. Denoting a payment for goods or services supplied and accepted, although no price has been agreed between buyer and seller.

Norton Abrasives Joins Trading Partner Connect; Prophet 21 Internet Trading Network to Streamline Supply Chain.

Business Editors

YARDLEY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2002

Saint-Gobain Abrasives the world leader in abrasives featuring Norton, Carborundum, Winter, Merit, and many other brands has joined Trading Partner Connect, Prophet 21's (Nasdaq:PXXI) Internet trading network.

They bring with them the strength of Saint-Gobain's entire product catalog.

Prophet 21 Trading Partner Connect streamlines the commerce process between distributors, their manufacturers/suppliers, and end-users, thereby increasing sales and improving customer service while reducing operating costs.

"Prophet 21 welcomes Norton and Saint-Gobain to Trading Partner Connect," says Chuck Boyle, Prophet 21 president and CEO. "We are confident that as they look to streamline their processes with distributors, Saint-Gobain will find Trading Partner Connect an invaluable resource."

Rick Nowlin, Industrial Distribution & Marketing manager at Saint Gobain Abrasives is convinced. "Trading Partner Connect fulfills a need in the supply chain," he says. "Manufacturers and distributors must work together in the future in order to be successful, and Trading Partner Connect provides an efficient means to do just that."

Nowlin says Saint-Gobain Abrasives became aware of Trading Partner Connect through several of their distributors who recommended that they join as well as other manufactures that were already members or Trading Partner Connect.

"They knew we were looking for ways to reduce transaction costs and streamline processes," says Nowlin, who is also a member of the Industrial Supply Manufacturers Association (ISMA) e-commerce committee. "Trading Partner Connect enables us to have a direct connection with our distributors, giving them the ability to order directly from our ERP system. At the same time, Trading Partner Connect allows us to integrate with the distributors' system, allowing us to share information that will enable us to operate more effectively."

Saint-Gobain Abrasives joins more than 15 other manufacturer members on Trading Partner Connect. As a manufacturer, Saint-Gobain Abrasives will be able to offer several of Trading Partner Connects' capabilities including:

 -- Real-Time Availability Lookup - reduce time-consuming price and availability calls while improving customer service  -- Streamline Commerce Transactions - send and receive documents electronically to reduce costly re-keying errors and better service distributors by automatically uploading ship dates and invoices into a distributor's computer system  -- Supply Chain Collaboration - view distributor data to gain important sales and manufacturing information and provide electronic price updates to eliminate pricing errors  -- Sell More by Better Educating Distributors - link information about products and related items to educate distributors so they can make better recommendations to their customers  -- And much more. 

About Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Saint-Gobain is a $28 billion company based in Paris. Saint-Gobain is ranked among the top 150 industrial companies in the world.

Saint-Gobain Abrasives supports major markets including metalworking, automotive manufacturing, automotive aftermarket, aerospace, woodworking, bearing, sporting goods, Do-It-Yourself retailers, and the foundry market.

The world's leading supplier of bonded abrasives, with more than 250,000 types and sizes, most custom-designed and engineered for specific applications, Norton is also a leading manufacturer of coated abrasive products, offering more than 38,000 types of coated products with a variety of abrasive grains and backings.

About Trading Partner Connect

Trading Partner Connect, an Internet trading network, streamlines the commerce process between distributors, their manufacturers/suppliers, and end-users, thereby increasing sales and improving customer service while reducing operating costs.

Distributors benefit from dead stock reduction, lower EDI/VAN costs, and access to a rationalized catalog of millions of items, enabling them to compete on a larger scale and improve customer service. In addition, distributors may connect with other purchasing platforms and trading communities through Trading Partner Connect.

Distributors may also develop Web sites to give their customers on-line customer service and ordering capabilities 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Manufacturers/suppliers benefit, by improving their ability to interact with distributors and more accurately predict consumer usage of their products. This reduces transaction costs and will increase sales and improve customer service.

Prophet 21 CommerceCenter and Prophet 21 Acclaim are fully interoperable with Trading Partner Connect.

About Prophet 21

Since 1967, Prophet 21 has been a leader in providing durable goods distributors with innovative, adaptive solutions essential for running their businesses.

With more than 2,000 customers and 70,000 users conducting over $35 billion in highly complex supply chain transactions annually, Prophet 21 is a true business partner, helping companies of all sizes leverage technologies and maintain a competitive advantage.

Through its business technology and services, Prophet 21 seeks to streamline customers' business processes and reduce transaction costs to maximize profit and growth.

Prophet 21 offers enterprise software solutions for Windows 2000 and UNIX. Prophet 21's enterprise software solutions provide organizations with powerful, highly customizable applications designed to improve customer service and maximize their return on investment.

In addition, the company offers an Internet trading network that streamlines the commerce process between distributors, their manufacturers/suppliers, and end users. A complete line of professional services backs all Prophet 21 solutions.

For more information about Prophet 21, please visit www.p21.com or call 1-800-PROPHET, ext. 3120.

Copyright (c) 2002 Prophet 21, Inc. All rights reserved. Prophet 21 and Prophet 21 Acclaim are registered trademarks of Prophet 21, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks detailed in the Company's filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially.

Potential risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company's future operating results include, but are not limited to: (i) economic conditions, including economic conditions related to the computer industry; (ii) the availability of components and parts from the Company's vendors at current prices and levels; (iii) the intense competition in the markets for the Company's products and service; (iv) the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property; (v) potential infringement claims against the Company for its software development products; (vi) the Company's ability to obtain customer maintenance contracts at current levels; and (vii) the Company's ability to develop, market, provide, and achieve market acceptance of new service offerings to new and existing clients.

Time Warner Oceanic Installs Scientific-Atlanta Prisma II bdr Fiberoptic System to Support Interactive TV.

First Installation of Scientific-Atlanta's Prisma II bdr System Paves the Way

For Interactive Services Through High-Performance Reverse Path Technology

ATLANTA, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

The first installation of a Scientific- Atlanta Prisma(R) II bdr(TM) baseband digital reverse fiberoptic system is enabling Oceanic Cablevision, a division of Time Warner Cable, to make more bandwidth available from existing fiber as it continues its deployment of video-on-demand and other interactive services to its subscribers in Hawaii. By providing additional bandwidth on existing fiber for the reverse-path signals required by interactive services, the Prisma II bdr system enables cable operators to maximize their ability to deliver new services over current cable networks.

"You hear about 'plug and play' products all the time, but not many meet the ease of installation and the immediate performance enhancement that the Scientific-Atlanta Prisma II bdr products deliver," said Metod Lebar, Transmission Systems Director at Oceanic Cable. "As soon as we deployed the Scientific-Atlanta equipment in Oahu, we saw an immediate 10db improvement in our fiber link performance. We were also able to concentrate multiple return segments on a single fiber, thus conserving remaining fiber for future use. Until recently, it was the reverse path performance that limited maximum distance between the headend and a customer. Prisma II bdr technology enabled us to recently upgrade the Big Island of Hawaii by implementing a digital headend and a single hub with associated optical transition nodes, while traditional methods would require a digital headend with six fully equipped hubs. Capital and operating expenses have been reduced substantially."

In addition to the increased performance and cost-savings provided by the Prisma II bdr system, its space-saving, rugged design delivered additional benefits for Time Warner Oceanic. Typically, fiber equipment resides in buildings with heating and cooling systems, but the Prisma II bdr system is capable of tolerating temperatures from -40 to +140 C. As a result, the Oceanic engineers were able to install it in an unconditioned facility, using otherwise unused space.

"We're not aware of anyone else who has transmission equipment that is rugged enough to work in an extreme heat and humidity environment without air conditioning," said Paul Connolly, vice president of marketing and network architectures for transmission at Scientific-Atlanta. "Our products let cable operators use less expensive structures for cable transmission equipment and eliminate heating and cooling expenses while increasing the productivity of their currently installed fiber. This installation validates our approach to the design and installation of transmission equipment -- help the operator control costs, improve performance and expand the subscriber's satisfaction with their cable service."

Scientific-Atlanta's second generation optical transmission products, the Prisma(R) II family, is the cable industry's first "carrier class" optical transmission platform, capable of enabling network operators to deliver quality of service and reliability for interactive applications. Prisma II platform's advanced design allows it to enable the advancements in Scientific- Atlanta's bdr technologies for digital reverse and its 24 DWDM capabilities for forward and reverse applications.

The Prisma II family of products will enable operators to meet the bandwidth and extended-distance demands of today's voice, data and video applications required of hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks; scale their HFC networks to deliver "multi-megabits per home" to support Internet protocol (IP)-based interactive applications; and cost effectively upgrade their networks to a "fiber deeper" network architecture for improved network reliability and lower operating costs.

About Scientific-Atlanta

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE: SFA) (http://www.scientificatlanta.com ) is a leading supplier of digital content distribution systems, transmission networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber systems designed for video, high speed Internet and voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support.

"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. A variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to the Company's Cautionary Statements (Exhibit 99 to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q), which statements are incorporated into this news release by reference.

Additional information on Scientific-Atlanta and its Broadband Access products are available via the Internet at http://www.sciatl.com . For Broadband Access product information select Products, then Broadband Access Products. For high-resolution photographs select News, then Press Room, then Photos, then Broadband Access Products. Select Investors to access a variety of financial and investor services. Prisma is a registered trademark and bdr is a trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

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Wachovia To Offer Two-way Wireless Retail and Commercial Financial Services Using 724 Solutions Software.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ATLANTA and WINSTON SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000

Mobile services to allow consumers and businesses continuous,

interactive access to financial data

In anticipation of the expected worldwide growth in the use of wireless technology, Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) today announced it soon will begin piloting interactive wireless financial services for both retail and commercial banking customers. Wachovia has engaged Toronto-based 724 Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNX, TSE: SVN) to provide this unique suite of services.

Wachovia's wireless retail banking service is being developed to enable customers to access real-time account information, transfer funds between accounts, pay bills and track performance of selected stocks on an array of Internet-enabled devices such as digital mobile phones, pagers and personal digital assistants. Wachovia also has licensed 724 Solutions technology for retail brokerage services.

The wireless commercial banking service is being customized to enable businesses to manage time-sensitive financial activity any time from virtually anywhere. The functionality is expected to allow corporate banking customers to gain access to a wide range of treasury functions such as balance and transaction reporting, payment approvals and account notification.

"The market for wireless banking is emerging, and it is expected to grow significantly over the next few years," said Lawrence G. Baxter, head of Wachovia's eBusiness Division. "Wachovia has established itself as an innovator and technology leader by leveraging the Internet in the development of enhanced financial services. Through this wireless connectivity, Wachovia will provide its retail and commercial customers an interactive wireless gateway to the financial services they value the most."

Wachovia expects to begin piloting the first of its retail and commercial banking wireless services in third quarter 2000 and to start rolling them out to businesses in fourth quarter 2000 and consumers by first quarter 2001. Retail brokerage services are expected to follow.

"The alliance of 724 Solutions with Wachovia is about elevating banking to a new level, by offering both retail and corporate banking customers the financial services they want, when they want them," said Greg Wolfond, chief executive officer of 724 Solutions Inc. "724 Solutions has created a multi-application, enterprise-wide platform with the scalability, security and personalization to meet the complex needs of a large financial institution. We anticipate that the 724 Solutions Financial Services Platform will help Wachovia deepen its customer relationships and build on its reputation as a leader in customer service and electronic access."

Wachovia has the nation's highest online banking penetration rate and has the second fastest-growing online customer base among the largest U.S. banks, according to an April 28 report by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. As of June 30, Wachovia had 370,000 enrolled Internet customers, approximately 20 percent of its retail customer base. Wachovia's Web site at www.wachovia.com was the first in the country to feature fully transactional investing and banking. The site also allows customers to apply for a variety of loans and credit products, as well as access online retirement and insurance services.

About 724 Solutions Inc.

724 Solutions, www.724.com, provides an Internet infrastructure solution to financial institutions that enables them to offer personalized and secure online banking, brokerage and e-commerce services across a wide range of Internet-enabled wireless and consumer electronic devices. The company's solution currently enables consumers to access online banking and brokerage services using digital mobile phones, personal digital assistants, two-way pagers and personal computers through network service providers. 724 Solutions is headquartered in Toronto and has offices in London, San Francisco, Sydney and Tokyo.

About Wachovia Corporation:

Wachovia Corporation, www.wachovia.com, with dual headquarters in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, N.C., is a leading financial holding company serving regional, national and international markets. At March 31, 2000, Wachovia had assets of $68.8 billion. Member companies offer consumer and commercial banking, bank card, asset and wealth management, capital markets and investment banking, brokerage and insurance services. Wachovia Bank, N.A., the principal subsidiary, has more than 700 offices and 1,300 ATMs in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

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XOR Leads the Pack with Groundbreaking Kentucky Derby Web Site.

BOULDER, Colo., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- XOR, Inc. delivers Internet technology solutions for Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby (www.churchilldowns.com or www.kentuckyderby.com) Web sites.

On Saturday May 1st the world's greatest horse race will celebrate its 125th running at Churchill Downs. Over 20 million people are expected to watch the race on television. XOR and Churchill Downs expect over a half million Web site visitors during the week surrounding the event.

The Web site features a stunning photographic tour of the glamour and excitement of the Kentucky Derby and the Derby Festival including the Hat Parade, Millionaire's Row and the Derby Infield. The site offers the most comprehensive historical data on the Kentucky Derby covering 124 years of Kentucky Derby racing statistics and includes over 7,500 entries on jockeys, trainers, breeders, owners and horses.

Everyone from general horse racing enthusiasts to serious handicappers will find up to the minute information on the Churchill Downs Spring Meet. Horse racing fans are viewing real time live racing data including results, odds, and scratches.

XOR redesigned the sites and created an exciting interactive horse racing game, "Run for the Roses Fantasy Challenge" for Churchill Downs. Racing fans manage a stable of thoroughbreds, and compete against celebrity players and race fans around the country in a series of 15 Derby preps and The 125th Kentucky Derby on May 1. Players can check their score by visiting a Web page that lists each 'member' of their stable and the accumulated points. XOR will also host the Churchill Downs family of Web sites including Hoosier Park, (www.hoosierpark.com), Sports Spectrum (www.sportsspectrum.com) and the Kentucky Horse Center (www.khc.org).

"XOR has been relentless in the pursuit of our goal of launching the site in time for the Kentucky Derby on May 1st. XOR has provided a singular dedication and attention to detail day in and day out to make the site a definitive information resource for horse racing fans," says Steve Fugitte, Editor, Kentucky Derby Online.

With offices in Boulder, Colorado and Naperville, Illinois, XOR provides enterprise management, eCommerce, Internet and Intranet development, and expanded voice and data solutions. XOR's commitment to technical excellence and customer service has benefited such companies as Times Mirror Magazines, Whole Foods Market, The Colorado Rockies, Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS), The Almond Board of California, and Vail Associates.

Recently, XOR was named to both the Inc. 500 and the Deloitte & Touche's National Technology Fast 500 lists of America's fastest growing companies. While this fast growing, technology-driven company continues to draw large national companies as clients, it maintains its small-company atmosphere. With quirky benefits including a pets-always-welcome policy and Processed Cheese Appreciation Day, XOR continues to provide employees with a fun environment and opportunities to excel.

Churchill Downs Incorporated, headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the world's leading horse racing companies. In addition to the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs has additional racing and simulcast-wagering operations in Kentucky and Indiana and interests in various racing services companies.

Gorilla Logic's Stu Stern Demos Latest Release of FoneMonkey to Local Boulder Tech Community.

Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications, recently demonstrated the latest release of its popular open source testing tool, FoneMonkey, to a packed audience at Boulder's local iOSMeet-up event. Local technologists seeking practical tips for iPhone and iPad App development learned how FoneMonkey improves application quality by automating the detection of bugs prior to release. The product helps shorten time-to-market and reduces development and testing costs by lowering the need for resource-intensive manual testing processes.

Gorilla Logic's passion for delivering quality software applications for enterprise customers led to the creation of FoneMonkey. It is the only test tool for iOS that records all actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use and plays them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using FoneMonkey, developers and quality assurance team members can create suites of tests that automate and perform user operation sequences, and then verify results. FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing, and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments.

"The strong turnout for the FoneMonkey demo shows how important iPhone and iPad applications have become to organizations of all types and sizes," said Stu Stern, CEO of Gorilla Logic. "Since the launch of FoneMonkey we have witnessed unprecedented downloads as developers continue to seek tools and services which enable them to deliver quality software."

Gorilla Logic continues to lead in developing open-source automated test tools for emerging development platforms. Gorilla Logic's open source testing tools have grown out of the company's extensive experience providing mobile, web and rich Internet application development services to customers, from Fortune 500 companies to next-generation Internet start-ups.

For further information or to download FoneMonkey or FlexMonkey please visit (http://www.gorillalogic.com/what-we-bring/open-source).

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

Anderson Realty USA to Conduct Online Only Auction for Fort Walton Beach Florida Waterfront Home and Destin Beachfront Condo.

Anderson Realty USA (www.AndersonRealtyUSA.com) announces the online only auction of a waterfront luxury in Fort Walton Beach, along with a beachfront condominium in Destin, according to Corey Ledbetter, Vice President of Operations.

"This is a tremendous opportunity to buy Florida gulf coast properties at auction prices," said Ledbetter. "We have a gorgeous waterfront home on the Intracoastal, right across the street from the beach, as well as a beachfront condo in Destin."

Located at 910 Santa Rosa Blvd. in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., the featured property is a 3,406 sq. ft. home with 127 ft. of frontage on the Intracoastal waterway on Okaloosa Island. The western side of the property is adjacent to military reserve land that will never be built on.

The home has a pool and hot tube with waterfall overlooking the water, a deep water boat dock with two boat slips and two boat lifts. Expansive deck and patio areas surround the back of the home, which is located just across the street from the Emerald Coast beaches with views of the Intracoastal waterway and views of the gulf from the top floor bedroom.

The second property is a beachfront unit with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and over 3,100 sq. ft. of living space. This condo can be used as two units or one.

"This would make an excellent rental income unit," said Ledbetter. "One side would make a three bedroom rental, and the other side would make a two bedroom rental, each with its own living area and private balcony. The gross rental income from this property from April 2010 to April 2011 was over $53,000."

Located in the Inn at Crystal Beach on scenic Highway 98 in Destin, amenities include beachfront pool and patio, fitness center, high-speed internet access and beach service with exclusive beach access for owners and guests only. There is also a first-class restaurant.

Bidders can register online to bid on the properties. The online pre-bidding will end June 23, 2011. Broker participation is encouraged along with pre-auction offers. For more details about the properties, including auction terms, visit www.AndersonRealtyUSA.com or call toll free (877) 654-5300.

Anderson Realty USA is a highly qualified team of specialists in the field of Accelerated Real Estate Auction Marketing, selling choice real estate at auction throughout Florida and the gulf coast states.

Keywords: Advertising, Anderson Realty Usa, Defense, Marketing, Military, Real Estate.

This article was prepared by Defense & Aerospace Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Defense & Aerospace Week via VerticalNews.com.