QLD:Hendra claims another Qld horse

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2011
QLD:Hendra claims another Qld horse

BRISBANE, Aug 24 AAP - Hendra virus has claimed another horse in southeast Queensland,
rattling horse-lovers in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Authorities on Tuesday announced the state's 11th Hendra case this year on a horse
stud. The horse died later in the day.

Its owner, a vet, and a further 22 horses on the property were being tested for the
bat-borne virus, which usually proves deadly in humans.

Gold Coast vet Michael Higgins told ABC radio the virus had the potential to be devastating
in the hinterland, where many people own horses as pets.

"They have a lot of contact with their horses so you have a high risk for both horses
and people involved with them," he said.

There have been an unusually high number of Hendra cases this year, including the first
known case in a dog, which was put down.

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Fed: Labor denies backflip on excision of islands=2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
Fed: Labor denies backflip on excision of islands=2

The Greens said Labor had clearly reneged on a commitment to restore thousands of islands
to Australia's migration zone, and had tried to rewrite history by deleting aspects of
Mr Burke's speech from its official website.

"Erasing lines from past speeches is not the action of a government seeking to be transparent
and accountable," Greens senator Kerry …

FED:PlayStation users told to watch credit use

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
FED:PlayStation users told to watch credit use

SYDNEY, April 27 AAP - PlayStation users in Australia are being urged to change their
passwords, usernames and pins, and monitor their credit usage after hackers broke into
the global network.

Sony Corporation shut down the network a week ago after some customers' account information
was compromised.

Purchase history and credit card billing address information may also have been stolen,
the company announced on Wednesday.

Seventy-seven million user accounts have been disconnected worldwide and industry experts
have described the scale of the breach as staggering.

NSW Police Force Fraud Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Col Dyson on Wednesday
warned Playstation users in Australia to be on the lookout for any breach of their personal
information.

"In this particular instance the risk appears to be one of possible phishing targeting
later on and that is unsolicited contact by email or telephone," Supt Dyson told reporters.

He urged people not to give away any of their information if they receive unsolicited
emails asking for confirmation of passwords or usernames, and to contact their bank.

People should also contact their bank if they see any irregular activity on their credit card.

"Certainly people should be changing ... regularly not just their passwords but their
usernames as well," Supt Dyson said.

Police have received no information from Sony or law enforcement agencies and at this
stage they won't be investigating the matter, he added.

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Wells Fargo Offers Online and Mobile Fraud Prevention Tips

Wireless News
02-14-2011
Wells Fargo Offers Online and Mobile Fraud Prevention Tips
Type: News

Wells Fargo & Company announced it has published a list of tips to help people keep fraud prevention top-of-mind as encouraging findings are released in the new 2011 Identity Fraud Survey Report from Javelin Strategy & Research, an independent industry research firm.

According to Wells Fargo, the study found that the number of reported identity fraud incidents in 2010 declined 28 percent over 2009.
"Wells Fargo has a long commitment of educating people about fraud and helping them protect themselves," said Secil Watson, senior VP, Wells Fargo Internet Services Group. "We offer tips, the Fraud Information Center, and we co-sponsor the Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Survey Report as part of this commitment. We'd like to see continued declines in reported fraud and we want to underscore the importance of people's continued vigilance in protecting their accounts and personal financial information."

According to Wells Fargo, the tips include, but are not limited to:

- Keep updated: Keep your computer operating system up-to-date to ensure the highest level of protection. Help protect your computers with regular anti-virus software updates.

- Change passwords: It's a good idea to regularly change your online banking passwords. Be sure your online banking username and password differ from those used on other websites.

- Use official apps: Mobile banking applications, or "apps," are programs you can download to your mobile device. To ensure the safety of your personal and account information, download mobile apps from reputable sources only. If you have suspicions about the authenticity of a mobile banking app, web-enabled mobile phone users can bookmark and visit the company's official mobile banking site, including wf.com.

- Go paperless and monitor: According to Javelin Strategy & Research, fraudsters continue to use traditional methods to gather information, including paper mail that may contain account numbers or other confidential information. Wells Fargo's multi-layered approach to online and mobile banking security makes going paperless - through bill pay and online statements - good alternatives to paper.

- Sign up for alerts: Keep a close watch on your finances to quickly spot suspicious activity. Wells Fargo offers many types of alerts, such as a low balance alert that tells you when your account balance falls below your chosen amount. Based on customer preferences, alerts can be sent through email or to a mobile device for quick notification. In addition, Wells Fargo Visa credit card customers can sign up for Rapid Alerts to be alerted near real-time when their cards are used.

- Review credit report: At least once a year, check your credit report for any suspicious or unauthorized activity.

- Be careful what you disclose: If you're suspicious about a request for your personal information that you've received through an email, text message, website, by mail or phone, first verify the request. Use a legitimate source to confirm the request by calling the number listed on the company's website, billing statement, or on the back of the debit or credit card. Never share your mother's maiden name, Social Security number, bank account numbers, or account usernames and passwords. Keep your phone number and home address private so they can't be collected.

- Store a copy of your personal & financial information in a secure location: Take a moment to inventory or photocopy the personal and financial information you carry in your purse or wallet, including items such as your driver's license and credit cards. Store this list in a secure location.

In addition to a layered security approach to online, mobile, and overall banking, Wells Fargo provides a variety of tools and services to help customers monitor their accounts and protect their information. Wells Fargo makes its Fraud Information Center available to everyone on wellsfargo.com.

Wells Fargo Insurance also offers a comprehensive service called Identity Theft Protection, provided by Trilegiant, which includes up to $10,000 in identity theft insurance, a personal credit report, regular triple-bureau credit updates, and ongoing monitoring that helps customers manage their credit and alerts them to activities that may indicate identity theft (restrictions and deductibles apply, refer to terms and conditions).

Wells Fargo is a provider of online and mobile financial services for individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, and corporations with a full range of banking, money movement, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products.

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08-30-2010
RugbyU: Wallabies masters of wasted oppo
RugbyU: Wallabies masters of wasted opportunities - press



SYDNEY, Aug 30, 2010 (AFP) - Australia's press were despondent on Monday
bemoaning that the Wallabies were the masters of ruining green and golden
opportunities after their latest Tri-Nations loss in South Africa.

The Wallabies slumped to a 44-31 defeat to the Springboks in Pretoria last
Saturday after leading 21-7 and 28-17 to continue a 47-year run of losses at
altitude in South Africa.

"The Wallabies uncovered another way to lose the unloseable Test on the
highveld," The Sydney Morning Herald said.

"Had the Wallabies shown composure, maintained some semblance of a
defensive line, kept their set-pieces intact and used their chances wisely, one
of the great Australian victories -- and a first win at Loftus Versfeld -- was
in the offing.

"But no. Yet again the Wallabies' structure was shown to be flimsy, and
their lack of experience in knowing how to put away an opponent led to the most
exasperating of defeats."

The Herald criticised coach Robbie Deans for keeping experienced players on
the substitutes' bench when they were needed in the final stages.

"Big moments require experienced players, and Stephen Moore would have made
an impact in those final minutes," it said.

"Keeping Moore out of the action was a blunder by Australia's coaching
staff, who strangely continue to underutilise their utility back, Berrick
Barnes.

"He was once again not used off the bench, and was another player who might
have been handy on the field around full-time."

The Australian newspaper said consistency was sadly lacking with the
Wallabies, under Deans, who has now won 19 of his 36 matches in charge.

"Wallabies supporters continually cry out for more consistency but
consistency is the last thing this team is geared to deliver," it said.

"It is difficult to think back to a time when an Australian backline has
bristled with more individual threats than at present.

"Yet, for all of that, there is virtually no game management, no
understanding that the same pattern of attack, however brilliant, becomes
containable, even brittle, if it is not spiced with some variety."

"This Wallabies side seems so totally unprepared for things to go wrong."

Australia have beaten South Africa in Cape Town and Durban in the modern
era but have not managed a win there at altitude since a 1963 victory in
Johannesburg.

rsm/ft


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Fed: Retiring DPP names Hatzistergos, Carr as worst offenders

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2010
Fed: Retiring DPP names Hatzistergos, Carr as worst offenders

CANBERRA, April 21 AAP - NSW's top prosecutor has named Attorney-General John Hatzistergos
the most interventionist of his tenure, and former premier Bob Carr most prone to politicising
law and order.

Nicholas Cowdery will retire next March after 16 years in the job, a period in which
he fought running battles with government over his budget and tough stance on human rights.

The 64-year-old on Wednesday told ABC's Lateline program the first three attorneys-general
he answered to were, "very reasonable and moderate", while Mr Hatzistergos was more interventionist
and "hands on".

"That has been a challenge because it has required us to attend to tasks and report
to the attorney-general in ways that were not previously required," Mr Cowdery said. "That
put added strain on the office."

Mr Cowdery also criticised Mr Hatzistergos for being too media driven, particularly
in his efforts to make it harder to get bail - increasing the number of people in remand
who will ultimately be released without compensation for having been in custody.

"These amendments to the legislation have usually followed some sort of tabloid outburst,"

he said.

Of the premiers he had worked under, Mr Cowdery said Bob Carr was the most likely to
use law and order for political gain, particularly at elections.

"Bob Carr was pretty good at it," he said.

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KEYWORD: COWDERY

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Fed: Abbott announces new frontbench = 5

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2009
Fed: Abbott announces new frontbench = 5

Mr Abbott also dismissed suggestions that the make-up of the new front bench represented
a lurch to right.

"I don't think any fair-minded observer could say that and certainly I've never heard
Scott Morrison described in those terms."

He also rejected suggestions the reshuffle was a reach back to the Howard years.

"It is an attempt to make the most of the abilities and the experience that we've got."

MORE srj/rl/bwl

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Qld: Gabba roof structurally sound, says sports minister

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2009
Qld: Gabba roof structurally sound, says sports minister

Queensland's sports minister has dismissed reports the Gabba's roof may have to be
pulled down and rebuilt.

A wild Brisbane storm last November blew the roof off a stand and damaged the sports
ground's centre wicket area.

Media reports today said the stadium's entire roof might have to be pulled down ..

amidst concerns the storm had undermined the structure's integrity.

But Sports Minister PHIL REEVES says testing shows it's sound .. and safe for all patrons.

AAP RTV jmm/pjo/rt

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Qld: Search for shark victim to resume

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2008
Qld: Search for shark victim to resume

The search for Western Australian shark victim BRIAN GUEST will resume soon .. after
being suspended late yesterday because of rough seas.

The 51 year old was snorkelling for crabs with his son off their local beach near Rockingham
.. south of Perth .. when he suddenly disappeared from view shortly after 7am (WDT) yesterday.

Witnesses told police they saw flashes of fins in the area and the water was coloured by blood.

The search is due to resume at 8am (WDT).

AAP RTV stg/crh

KEYWORD: SHARK (BRISBANE)

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Sai: Laser Radial, Tornado stars look to continue medal campaign

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
Sai: Laser Radial, Tornado stars look to continue medal campaign

Australia's SARAH BLANCK hopes to bury some personal demons .. and extend the country's
medal tally .. when she competes in her Laser Radial medal race in Qingdao today.

Competing in the now-defunct Europe solo dinghy class at Athens 2004 .. BLANCK missed
out on a bronze medal by a single point .. but will be determined to make up for the disappointment.

But she still faces a big task to overhaul the 10-point gap separating her from the
bronze medal position going into today's decider .. and hope Lithuanian GINTARE VOLUNGEVICIUTE
and China's LIJIA XU .. sitting in second and third respectively .. slip up.



There's less to worry about for Australia's world champion Tornado team .. with DARREN
BUNDOCK and GLENN ASHBY comfortably keeping pace with Spanish rivals FERNANDO ECHAVARRI
and ANTON PAZ.

The reigning world No.1 crew have just three races to go before Thursday's scheduled
medal race .. and will look to open the gap with the third-placed Greek crew.

AAP RTV sjm/djw/psm/

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FED: Budget planning going well, despite PM's absence

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2008
FED: Budget planning going well, despite PM's absence

MELBOURNE, April 11 AAP - Budget planning is going well, despite the prime minister's
absence, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has come in for heavy criticism for jetting off on an 18-day
overseas trip so close to next month's federal budget.

Mr Tanner told reporters in Melbourne today representatives from Mr Rudd's office had
been at all budget-related meetings.

"If you know the prime minister, you know he'll be keeping a very close eye from afar
on what's been going on," he said.

"I've no doubt he's very aware of what's been going on in those meetings, and of course
he'll be back in a few days.

"He'll be inserting himself into those discussions very quickly."

Mr Tanner said there was a lot of fine detail in the work that did not necessarily
require the prime minister to be involved in.

"There's a million dollars here, a million dollars there, that in the context of the
budget don't have a huge impact, but we have to work our way through," he said.

AAP kb/ce/jt/mn

KEYWORD: BUDGET TANNER

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Vic: Two dead after separate accidents

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2007
Vic: Two dead after separate accidents

MELBOURNE, Dec 8 AAP - Two people are dead and eight others have been taken to hospital
after two separate road accidents in Melbourne.

A man died after the car in which he was a passenger was involved in a three car pile-up
on the Nepean Highway near Wickham Road, at Moorabbin, in Melbourne's south-east, about
1am (AEDT) today, Victoria Police said.

"Police have been told a dark green Holden Commodore sedan travelling outbound on the
Nepean Highway collided into the rear of another Holden Commodore causing it to then collide
into the rear of a third vehicle," Senior Constable Karla Dennis said.

The man who died was sitting in the rear of the second vehicle.

His name and age have not yet been released, police said.

The Metropolitan Ambulance Service said eight other people, including the drivers of
two of the cars have been taken to hospital.

"A woman aged in her early fifties was taken to The Alfred hospital with back injuries,"

a MAS spokesman said.

Seven other people, aged between 16 and 18-years-old, suffered minor injuries and have
been taken to four hospitals.

"In total we have four patients transported to The Alfred hospital, two to the Dandenong
hospital, one to Monash Medical Centre and one to the Royal Melbourne hospital," the spokesman
said.

Members from the Major Collision Investigation unit were investigating the accident.

About the same time police and ambulance crews were called to another accident at Kurunjang,
in Melbourne's outer west.

A 19-year-old man died when his motorbike ran into a parked 4-wheel-drive after he
crossed onto the wrong side of the road on Carberry Drive near Tulloch Avenue, about 1am(AEDT),
police said.

Paramedics tried to revive the man, but he died at the scene.

The deaths of the two men have taken the state's road toll to 302, 11 less than for
the same time last year.

AAP sam/arb

KEYWORD: TOLL VIC

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NSW: Lane Cove Tunnel to begin toll period

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2007
NSW: Lane Cove Tunnel to begin toll period

The Lane Cove Tunnel's toll-free period ends tomorrow.

Motorists will pay two dollars 55 .. and heavy vehicle drivers will fork out five dollars
and nine cents to use the motorway.

Using the Falcon Street Gateway will cost cars one dollar 27 and two dollars 55 respectively.

Tunnel owners and operators Connector Motorways .. say two million trips were made
during the month-long try-before-you-buy period.

However .. they won't say if that met their expectations.

AAP RTV cj/rt/jmt

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WA: Year 12 results released Thursday

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2006
WA: Year 12 results released Thursday

More than 20 thousand West Australian Year 12 school leavers will learn their exam
results from this Thursday.

Tertiary Entrance Examination and non-TEE results will be released on the internet
on December 27.

More than 12,500 year 12 students .. or 61 per cent .. were enrolled to sit at least
one TEE subject in 2006.

Students can access their scores by logging on to www.year12results.wa.edu.au/ or www.tisc.edu.au/
the website for the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre.

The TISC website is for TEE results only.

Results will also be sent out by mail on Thursday.

Six 14 year-olds were enrolled to sit TEE exams this year, while the oldest TEE candidate
was nearly 70.

AAP RTV np/wz

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Fed: Abbott supports Lib colleague over stem cell bill

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2006
Fed: Abbott supports Lib colleague over stem cell bill

CANBERRA, Aug 17 AAP - Health Minister Tony Abbott, an outspoken opponent of therapeutic
cloning, has supported a Liberal senator's right to draft a private member's bill overturning
a ban on the procedure.

Senator Kay Patterson, the former health minister, yesterday announced she planned
to introduce a bill that would allow embryonic cloning for the purpose of stem cell research.

"I think that it became pretty clear in the hour or so's discussion we had this week
that there was a wide range of views and there was a real passion to reopen this issue
from a significant number of colleagues," Mr Abbott said, referring to a party room discussion
on Tuesday.

"I think in the light of that, Kay (Patterson) was perfectly entitled to do what she's done."

Senator Patterson plans to base her bill on the findings of the Lockhart review which
recommended the government let scientists create embryos for the purpose of producing
stem cells.

Present laws restrict research to spare IVF embryos.

Cabinet rejected the recommendation in June but Prime Minister John Howard this week
bowed to backbench pressure and promised his MPs a conscience vote should any legislation
come to parliament.

Mr Abbott today said cabinet members would also be given a free vote on the issue and
would not have to adhere to the decision made in June to maintain the status quo.

"Cabinet decided that the government was not going to seek to institute change based
on the Lockhart review, but we didn't decide that members of parliament were prohibited
from bringing private members' bills forward," he said.

"Given that there will be, it seems, a private member's bill come forward, given that
these matters are appropriately matters of conscience should they be debated in the parliament,
well, cabinet ministers are perfectly entitled now to say their piece."

Mr Abbott said many people who voted for the 2002 bill to prohibit human cloning had
changed their mind.

Although they were entitled to do so, Mr Abbott said, he was surprised the unanimous
vote was "apparently out of date so soon".

"I think that it does indicate the slippery slope argument that was put by people back
then, but nevertheless people have a right to change their mind," he said.

"If they now want to revisit that which was absolutely settled forever in 2002, let's
revisit it. But my view will be the same now as it was then."

Mr Abbott said a five-day-old embryo was "certainly human material and, as I understand
it, it has human potential".

"So I think that entitles it to a degree of respect, certainly I think it should be
afforded more respect than it will get if it is created simply to be destroyed."

Meanwhile, Australian Medical Association president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said the issue
of embryonic stem cell research was as divisive in the medical profession as it was in
the parliament and community.

"What we've been urging for is a debate about it, so we actually are armed with the
facts, and therefore we can make a decision based on what the facts are," he said.

"Ultimately it will need to be a decision of the parliament."

Dr Haikerwal declined to reveal his personal view and said the AMA had not yet fixed
a position on the issue.

"There is a significant polarisation of views within our community of medical practitioners
and therefore we want to make sure we have all the facts at our disposal before we take
any formal, significant position," he said.

AAP jb/sb/srp/de

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Diary for Tuesday, April 11, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2006
Diary for Tuesday, April 11, 2006
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
1245 - Olympic gold medallist Brett Aitken to join Census staff in recruiting collectors
to deliver and collect Census forms. Silver Balls, Rundle Mall. Contact: Naomi Sellic
0419 201 730 or Jodie O'Dea 0406 265 802.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
1100 - Dick Smith to present a cheque for $1 million to the Australian War Memorial to
fund helicopter display. CEW Bean Building, Australian War Memorial. Contact: Laura Ryan
6243 4575 or 0403 326 805.

1200 - Senate Clerk Harry Evans addresses the National Press Club on how the erosion of
Senate powers threatens government accountability. Contact: 02 6121 2199.

1200 - Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum chaired by Treasury Secretary Ken Henry.

Federation Ballroom South, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra. Contact: Penny Hope 8344 2151.

MELBOURNE
No items listed.

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0930 - Media briefing before the Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a
public inquiry into management of community service orders at 1000. ICAC Hearing Room,
Level 21, 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney. Contact: Andrew McCutcheon 0417 467 801.

0830 - Sydney Chamber of Commerce and Visa SME Growth Summit will open, with Small Business
Minister Fran Bailey speaking at 0915. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling
Harbour. Contact: Nick Davy 0401 991 045 or Graeme Moses 0412 179 215.

1000 - The Inaugural Conference on Disease-Mongering will ask "Are we selling sickness?"

David Maddison Building, Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle. Contact: 4921 6856.

1030 - Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia will launch a health campaign focusing
on contraception education. The Gold Room, L'Aqua, The Roof Terrace, Cockle Bay Wharf,
Darling Park, Sydney. Contact: Liberty Lee 9994 4468.

1045 - The Australian Red Cross Blood Service and Sydney Children's Hospital will call
for more blood donations. Lecture Theatre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. Contact:
Richard Webb 0407 465 089 or Kylie Rafferty 0411 730 842.

1200 - Lord Mayor Clover Moore will sign an agreement on behalf of the city to foster
reconciliation and respect with the Aboriginal community. Redfern Community Centre, 29
Hugo St, Redfern. Contact: Maya Catsanis 0409 045 425.

1230 - Wesley Mission will hold an easter luncheon and sermon. Wesley Mission, 220 Pitt
St, Sydney. No contact given.

1500 - $190 million defence services contracts based in the Sydney Central region will
be announced. HMAS Waterhen, Balls Head Rd, Waverton. Contact: Rachel Kingsford Smith
0408 019 537.

1630 - NSW MS Readathon Launch, with cartoonist and children's author Dave Hackett attending.

Level 2, Customs House Library, Circular Quay. Contact: Corrine Dickinson 9411 4522.

1800 - Opposition Leader Kim Beazley will speak at The 14th annual Kingsley Laffer Memorial
Lecture - The Future of Industrial Relations. Eastern Avenue Complex, auditorium, The
University of Sydney. Contact: Christine Fogg 0423 782 603.

1900 - The Wiggles will be awarded Doctor of the University by the Australian Catholic
University, with "Red" Wiggle Murray Cook giving the occasional address. Sydney Town Hall,
Sydney. Contact: Rachel Fox 0407 845 634.

No time given - Finish of Pollie Pedal bike ride, which began in Brisbane last Sunday.

Westmead Hospital, Sydney. Contact: Patrick Daley 0408 004 890.

SPORT
BASKETBALL (Women's) - Opals World Challenge - to April 12
1800 - USA v Chinese Taipei, AIS Arena, Canberra
2000 - Opals v China, AIS Arena, Canberra
SURFING - 2006 Foster's Men's World Tour -
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach Vic - to April 21
CRICKET - 1st test - to April 13
Bangladesh v Australia, Dhaka
GALLOPS -
Wyong
Moe
Townsville
TROTS -
Harold Park
Nyah
Albion Park
Newcastle
Northam
GREYHOUNDS -
Gosford
Warragul
Gold Coast
Gawler
Lismore
Horsham
Devonport
Ipswich

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DIGITAL BOOKMOBILE FOCUSES ON COPYRIGHT.(Technology)(Column)

Byline: JAN DEMPSEY STAFF RESEARCHER

Some residents of Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., were treated to an unusual sight this month. They might have seen a bookmobile - a van, really - traveling down the highway with a message painted on the side: "1,000,000 books inside (soon)."

This is not a typical bookmobile. This was a digital bookmobile traveling from California to Washington, where one could have one of almost 20,000 books currently available for free on the Internet downloaded, printed and bound into book form.

This bookmobile is the creation of Brewster Kahle, director of the Internet Archive, in an attempt to focus on the issue of public domain. Public domain allows works that are no longer protected by copyright to be copied or used by the public in any manner.

The bookmobile arrived in Washington just in time to park outside the Supreme Court Oct. 9 when arguments began in the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft. This case, which addresses the extension of copyright, will ultimately determine how many books will be available in the public domain.

Kahle's vision is for a country where anyone, young or old, can have access to a printed copy of a book in the public domain. But this won't happen if the current Copyright Term Extension Act is not overturned.

The current copyright act gives owners of their works copyright protection for their lifetime plus 70 years, while the Constitution originally gave Congress power to grant protection for only 14 years.

If copyright protection continues to be expanded, as it has been 11 times in the last 40 years, the public domain might cease to exist. As it is now, no new works will enter the public domain until 2019 due to the Copyright Term Extension Act passed in 1998.

Today we have the technology to easily download, print and bind books from the Internet. Think of the impact this could have on school, public and special libraries with limited budgets. Think of all the rare and out-of-print books and documents that can be digitized and made available to everyone at minimal cost.

This won't replace libraries but will allow all libraries to expand their reach.

Stay tuned. The ruling in the Eldred v. Ashcroft case is expected in the spring of 2003.

For more information on the copyright act go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

For more on the Internet Bookmobile go to http://webdev.archive.org/texts/bookmobile.php

Send your search questions to Jan Dempsey via e-mail at technology@syracuse.com, fax at 470-2141 or standard mail at Technology, Box 4915, Syracuse, N.Y. 13221.

Al-Hashemi Consultants.(contract)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

UAE The local Al-Hashemi Consultants has been appointed consultant for a project to construct four lowcost office blocks at Dubai Internet City (DIG). The project is estimated to cost AED 60 million ($16.3 million) and will have a construction period of about 10 months. The towers will be built over a total area of 35,000 square metres and will each have five storeys. The project includes civil, mechanical and electrical, and landscaping works. Tender documents for the project will be issued in early September. The client is the DIC.

CertReview.com Selects Sequoia's XML Portal Server to Power Vertical Portal for Microsoft Certified Professionals.

Business/Technology Editors

COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000

XML Portal Server Aggregates and Manages Extensive Range of

Career and Business Development Information

Sequoia Software Corporation, a leading provider and innovator of Interactive portal software, today announced that IT Publishing, Inc. has selected Sequoia's XML Portal Server(tm) (XPS) as the core platform for CertReview.com, a vertical portal and IT infomediary supporting the career and business development needs of Microsoft Certified professionals. IT Publishing partnered with ImageVision.Net, a Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Internet and IT solutions provider to design and deploy the CertReview.com site, which leverages Sequoia's interactive portal technology to provide members and commerce partners with a dynamic venue for finding, exploring, exchanging, and marketing career and business development opportunities.

"XPS reduced the cost, time and effort required for building CertReview.com, IT Publishing's interactive marketplace for Microsoft Certified professionals," said Bill Jeansonne, president of IT Publishing. "Using Sequoia's technology, CertReview.com delivers accurate and efficient access to training and career development resources and also supports powerful interactive features employers require for targeting and recruiting highly qualified job candidates."

The CertReview.com portal combines a dynamically generated catalog of IT publications and other career-related information with process-based activities, such as a resume exchange. The site serves as an employment infomediary, expanding job opportunities for the Microsoft Certified professionals who register and provide their resumes. Resumes submitted to CertReview.com are stored as XML documents that are indexed by the XPS so they can be easily searched for specific attributes.

"CertReview.com gives Microsoft Certified professionals the ability to access and act on an ever expanding body of career-related information," said Jack Stose, vice president of sales for Sequoia Software. "CertReview.com employs XPS to gather, aggregate and manage member and employer data, as well as disparate content from publishers and commerce partners, fostering an interactive marketplace benefiting Microsoft Certified professionals and the organizations requiring their services."

XPS uses XML to bridge structured and unstructured data from disparate sources and provides a personalized Web interface from which users can quickly and easily search for, retrieve and act on information. XPS incorporates a powerful XML rules engine that gives administrators the ability to easily govern the way content is exchanged, routed, stored, forwarded and presented. In the case of CertReview.com, rules applied to XML documents, such as resumes, enable members to view and update their resumes, and at the same time, give authorized employers the ability to perform granular searches for specific attributes and define the way search results are displayed.

About CertReview.com

CertReview.com is an online portal of IT Publishing, Inc., a Maryland based Internet start-up and electronic publisher. CertReview.com, "Your Source for Success for IT Training and Certification," will set a new standard in delivering Web-based documents and e-books. Members are able to accurately and efficiently search and respond to job and resume banks, in addition to a large repository of IT-oriented content. CertReview.com will be offering Microsoft Approved Electronic Study guides for distribution directly from the Web site beginning in 2000. Using Sequoia Software's technology, CertReview.com becomes one of the first major IT-career portals on the Web built on a complete, state-of-the-art XML-based architecture.

About Image Vision.Net

ImageVision.Net was founded in 1996 to provide project management and delivery of large imaging and document management systems. Today the company focuses on delivering Internet-based solutions that meld Web design and technologies with back-end processing to provide our customers with comprehensive e-business solutions. ImageVision.Net is becoming an industry leader in the burgeoning arena of XML Portals involved in multiple portal engagements across several industries. For more information, visit ImageVision.Net on the Web: www.imagevision.net or call (717) 791-9738.

About Sequoia Software

Sequoia Software Corporation is a leading provider of XML-based software for creating Interactive e-Business Portals. Sequoia's flagship product, Sequoia XML Portal Server(tm) (XPS), is an application used to deploy Interactive Enterprise Portals. As the cornerstone of an effective e-business strategy, XPS significantly improves the accuracy of search and retrieval and lets you act on information directly through the portal, dramatically increasing your productivity and effectiveness. With XPS, you view and work with application-specific content through a single, personalized Web page, streamlining your ability to get things done. This unique ability to read and write information directly through the portal is Sequoia's Interactive edge. For interactive portal solutions that let you do more in less time visit www.sequoiasoftware.com or call Sequoia toll free (888) 820-7917.