TAS:Highway crash kills one in northern Tas

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08-22-2011
TAS:Highway crash kills one in northern Tas

HOBART, Aug 22 AAP - A person has been killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Bass Highway
in northwestern Tasmania, police say.

Police said the person was killed when the two vehicles collided on the Bass Highway,
near Sisters Hills on Monday morning.

The driver of the second vehicle was not seriously injured.

The highway would remain closed until further notice, police said.

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Vic: Ashby goes on offensive, maintaining innocence = 2

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02-19-2008
Vic: Ashby goes on offensive, maintaining innocence = 2

Mr OVERLAND has accused Mr ASHBY of using an accusation the Police Association has
been running for many .. many years .. but which is not factually accurate.

He says he doesn't think Mr ASHBY is a credible source .. but it's up to the people to decide.

He says while the number of officers has reduced .. transit and traffic safety results
have improved.

And he says overall the vast majority of the 15 hundred and 50 new officers in the
force since 1999 have gone into operational roles.

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WA:Man attacks police officers with shovel

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2011
WA:Man attacks police officers with shovel

PERTH, April 25 AAP - Two police officers have been injured after a man wielding a
shovel attacked them in Perth's west.

The officers went to an address in Double View at about 3pm (WST) on Sunday following
a complaint that a man was damaging property there.

While they were interviewing the complainant, a man began hitting their police vehicle
with a shovel then approached the officers in a threatening manner, a police spokeswoman
said.

She said the man was issued with a warning that he would be tasered before one officer
fired a Taser at the man, but it had no effect.

The man then hit a female officer in the head with the shovel blade and a male officer
on the arm before he was restrained and arrested, the spokeswoman said.

The female officer required 11 stitches to a head wound and the male officer required
stitches to a deep gash in his arm.

Both have been released from hospital and police are assessing charges against a 57-year-old man.

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WA:WA Labor reshuffle sees spokesman sacked

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
WA:WA Labor reshuffle sees spokesman sacked

West Australian Opposition Leader ERIC RIPPER is expected to announce he's demoted
corrective services spokesman PAUL PAPALIA and given failed leadership contender BEN WYATT
the education portfolio.

In a shadow cabinet reshuffle .. former senior Gallop minister MICHELLE ROBERTS is
to be appointed shadow treasurer .. according to ABC Radio and The West Australian.

A spokeswoman for Mr RIPPER says the changes will be confirmed when a Labor Party caucus
meeting finished at about 11 am (WST).

Mr WYATT was sacked as shadow treasurer after he withdrew from a bungled challenge
to Mr RIPPER's leadership last month .. but at the time the Labor leader indicated he
wanted him to stay on the front bench.

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FED:Focus groups stopping republic: McGorry

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2010
FED:Focus groups stopping republic: McGorry

CANBERRA, Aug 26 AAP - Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry says the nation's political
leaders are too worried about focus groups to push for a republic.

Professor McGorry compared Australia with a 27-year-old who just wouldn't leave home.

For this predicament, he blames the politicians.

"Like so many other national priorities, the republic has no real champions," Prof
McGorry told the annual National Republican Lecture in Canberra.

"Leaders will not promote the issue of the republic, nor other issues of principle
for fear of offending the focus groups, so where will the momentum come from?"

Prof McGorry said cutting ties with the British monarchy was the only way to achieve
true reconciliation with indigenous people.

"While the apology may have facilitated some resolution of the many atrocities and
humiliations committed during the course of colonisation, it is hard to see how the unextinguished
claims of the Aboriginal peoples to sovereignty of this country can be responded to while
the Union Jack still has pride of place on our flag and the Queen of England is head of
state," he said.

A hung parliament was the result of politicians "misreading" the people's deeper needs
and desires.

"We now see these aspirations being projected on to a small band of independent MPs,"

Prof McGorry said.

"A big ask."

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said during the election campaign a republican push should
wait until the Queen died while Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is an avowed monarchist.

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Qld: New headache for Bligh in assets sell-off

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
Qld: New headache for Bligh in assets sell-off

BRISBANE, April 20 AAP - Queensland's timber industry is reconsidering its support
of the Bligh government's $4 billion forestry asset sale.

Peak industry body Timber Queensland says it supported the sale of government-owned
plantation grower Forestry Plantations Queensland based on conditions outlined by the
government.

But it claims an agreement, under which the government, conservation movement and the
industry agreed to move away from native hardwood forests to plantations, is under threat.

Timber Queensland chief executive Rod McGuiness says he's sought assurances from the
government but has heard nothing.

"We first put a question to the government on Thursday last week. We were given commitments
that there would be a response in writing to our request by Friday afternoon and we've
heard nothing," he told ABC radio.

"We've tried to chase that up and we're getting fobbed off."

Timber Queensland will hold a media conference at 11am (AEST) in Brisbane today.

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Vic: Liberals take early lead in Higgins

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2009
Vic: Liberals take early lead in Higgins

MELBOURNE, Dec 5 AAP - The Liberals have widened their lead over the Greens in the
Higgins by-election.

At 7.17pm (AEDT), Liberal candidate Kelly O'Dwyer had polled 56.7 per cent of the primary
vote, or 3,361 votes, with almost seven per cent of the vote counted.

Her nearest rival, Dr Clive Hamilton of the Greens, had 33.1 per cent of the primary
vote, or 1,965 votes.

The count continues.

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Vic: Judge rejects Valance break-up lead to drugs

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2009
Vic: Judge rejects Valance break-up lead to drugs

A judge has rejected suggestions HOLLY VALANCE'S former lover turned to the illegal
drug business after being shattered by the break-up of their relationship.

PETER VERVERIS has been jailed for two-and-a-half years today .. after police found
him with 417 grams of methamphetamine when they raided his Melbourne home in September
2006.

The 28 year old had recently broken up with VALANCE .. and was smoking an ice pipe
in the kitchen when police raided the home.

At a pre-sentence hearing earlier this month VERVERIS'S lawyer said his client began
using large amounts of ice following the break-up.

But Victorian County Court Judge GEOFFREY CHETTLE has today dismissed those suggestions
.. and ordered VERVERIS to serve a non-parole period of 18 months.

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WA: Govt prepared to compulsorily acquire land for LNG precinct

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
WA: Govt prepared to compulsorily acquire land for LNG precinct

PERTH, Dec 19 AAP - The West Australian government is prepared to compulsorily take
land for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) precinct, Premier Colin Barnett says.

A site, 60km north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, has been chosen as the location
for a Kimberley LNG precinct, the West Australian government announced on Tuesday.

Premier Colin Barnett said a 10km strip of land at James Price Point offered a range
of potential development sites that could provide facilities for gas producers in the
Browse Basin, 300km to 400km offshore from the WA coast.

The decision follows a study by the WA government's Northern Development Taskforce,
which was established in June last year and looked at 40 possible sites for the multi-billion
dollar Kimberley precinct.

It arrived at four preferred sites, including the Dampier Peninsula locations of James
Price Point and North Head, Anjo Peninsula, much further north near the WA-Northern Territory
border, and Gourdon Bay, to the south of Broome.

Mr Barnett had favoured North Head, 140km north of Broome, which was the subject of
an adverse environmental report last week.

He said while technical and economic considerations had favoured the choice of North
Head, "a balance of factors" had led to the choice of James Price for the 1,000 to 2,000
hectare industrial estate.

"It was not determined solely on technical or engineering grounds, not determined solely
by environmental issues and not determined solely by Aboriginal and cultural issues,"

Mr Barnett told reporters.

He reiterated the government was prepared to compulsorily acquire the land if an agreement
could not be reached with Aboriginal groups, including the Kimberley Land Council, within
three months.

He said he hoped assessments and negotiations with all parties could be completed within a year.

"There needs to be a full and detailed environmental assessment, there needs to be
negotiations and hopefully agreement with indigenous people of the area," Mr Barnett said.

"With respect to indigenous issues it has been agreed by the state and commonwealth
governments, there will be period of three months during which time we hope to reach a
consent agreement with Aboriginal people for the government to acquire secure title over
that site.

"The commonwealth will provide a mediator to work with the commonwealth, the state
government and Aboriginal groups to try to resolve that issue.

"Hopefully that will succeed. In the event that it does not succeed then the state
will be prepared to proceed with compulsory acquisition of that site.

"But I am optimistic that we can reach an agreement on that site."

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Fed: ADF close to locating last missing soldier

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2008
Fed: ADF close to locating last missing soldier

CANBERRA, Aug 17 AAP - Defence force investigators may be a step closer to solving
the mystery of Australia's last missing soldier from the Vietnam war.

Private David Fisher from the Special Air Services Regiment (SASR) fell from a rope
while an RAAF helicopter was conducting a `hot extraction' out of the area in 1969.

He fell into the jungle, and despite attempts to find him, he was never found.

But fresh investigations with locals and Vietnamese veterans have allowed investigators
to pinpoint a possible location where some human remains have been found.

"This week a defence forensic anthropologist, an archaeologist and several army historians,
will conduct a full archaeological dig in the location where Private Fisher is believed
to have fallen," Minister for Defence, Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon said in a
statement.

"We are hopeful of providing Private Fisher's family with some long awaited answers,
and ask on their behalf that the media respect their privacy at this sensitive time."

Mr Snowdon said officials were also conducting preliminary investigations of two RAAF
personnel who also went missing during the war, on November 3, 1970.

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Qld: Missing bushwalkers found = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2008
Qld: Missing bushwalkers found = 2

The group of four, consisting of a 47-year-old man and three teenage boys, phoned friends
around 12.30pm (AEST) today to inform them of their whereabouts, an SES spokesman said.

Several of the group's friends entered bushland to help them out, but one of those
who came to the group's aid sprained an ankle.

The RACQ CareFlight helicopter has airlifted the injured person to the Beaudesert Hospital,
the SES spokesman said.

Police said the bushwalkers were fit and healthy and did not require any medical attention.

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NSW: Opposition slams RailCorp pay rises

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2007
NSW: Opposition slams RailCorp pay rises

The New South Wales opposition has blasted the state government for awarding hefty
pay rises to RailCorp executives .. including the head of a division at the centre of
a corruption inquiry.

Fairfax reports GARY SEABURY .. the head of the asset management division .. has had
his salary boosted to 379-thousand dollars.

The division has been hammered in a series of ICAC hearings .. with three managers
admitting to scams that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit payments.

Opposition leader BARRY O'FARRELL says he's not sure how Premier MORRIS IEMMA and Transport
Minister JOHN WATKINS can justify the increases.

RailCorp's annual report shows executive pay almost doubled in a year .. from 4.9 million
in 2005-06 to more than 9.4 million last financial year.

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Vic: Gallop says he probably would have stayed in politics

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2007
Vic: Gallop says he probably would have stayed in politics

MELBOURNE, April 23 AAP - Former West Australian premier Geoff Gallop, who quit politics
last year citing depression, says he probably would have stayed in the top job if he had
understood his illness better.

Professor Gallop, now director of the Graduate School of Government at the University
of Sydney, said he had recovered from depression, which had forced his resignation from
politics in January 2006.

He said he owed his recovery to knowing what factors caused him to develop depression,
and to leading a less stressful lifestyle.

"Firstly, I sought medical assistance which was very, very helpful," Prof Gallop said
in Melbourne today.

"Secondly, I became more aware of things that perhaps I hadn't thought about before.

"So a mixture of medical assistance, plus being more aware of the sorts of personality
that you have and the background and the influences that operate on you.

"All of those factors help in getting a more positive outlook on life."

He said he probably would have continued in politics if he had known where to seek
help and how to handle his depression earlier.

"There's no doubt that if early in my life I'd been more knowledgeable about what it
means to have a predisposition to depression, to be generally anxious about things for
which many others find quite normal and easy going, I think I could have developed techniques
of coping and I think it would have helped enormously," he said.

But, he said, he had no regrets in leaving politics in WA to start a new career in
lecturing at a university on the opposite side of the country.

"The decision's made and I don't go back on that now."

Prof Gallop was in Melbourne to speak at the release of the Annual Professionals Study
2007, which showed the rate of depression among professionals such as lawyers, architects
and engineers.

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What Australian newspapers say on Friday, December 22, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2006
What Australian newspapers say on Friday, December 22, 2006

EDS: Reissuing to add dateline



SYDNEY, Dec 22 AAP - Melbourne's Herald Sun editorial leads the tributes to Shane Warne,

after the legendary leg-spinner announced his retirement from cricket in Australia.

"Cricket, sport and Australia will not be the same without Shane Warne wearing his
baggy green cap.

"Warnie was, quite simply, the prayer of his generation and a man who captured the
imagination of an entire nation.

"He was a flawed character - sometimes crude, often in trouble, always the larrikin.

"But to concentrate on his failings as a person would be to diminish his achievements
as a sporting hero to millions."

Sydney's Daily Telegraph also leads its main editorial with a tribute to Warne.

"Warne is simply the best bowler the world has ever seen.

In 143 Tests, he's taken - on average - 4.9 wickets per match. Imagine being able to
rely on as captain on such a wicket-taking machine - then imagine the success that can
be built on that foundation."

The Brisbane Courier Mail joins the lauding of Warne saying: "The statistics are formidable,
the individual achievement almost unparalleled and particular feats seared in our collective
memory.

"Shane Keith Warne quite simply changed cricket and played a significant role in cementing
Australia as the pre-eminent team in the world.

"Australians have loved Warne the bowler while being exasperated at his off-field antics.

It has been his ability to soar to heights of achievement, take bruising knocks for his
own behaviour and then bounce back, with his larrikin grin and boyish enthusiasm, that
has endeared him to his fellow countrymen.

"He will be cheered long and loud and remembered as one of Australia's greatest sportsmen
of the modern era."



The Melbourne Age says Australia cannot be taken seriously on climate control while
the federal government refuses to adopt the Kyoto protocol.

"The awkward fact that Australia has not ratified Kyoto continues to place us in the
outer reaches of international debate on environmental control: how can we be taken seriously
in the climate-control debate by other developed nations (excluding, of course, the US,
which also didn't ratify the protocol) when we have refused to endorse their common and
binding treaty of agreement?

"While most countries under Kyoto were required to take emissions below 1990 levels
by 2008-12, Australia negotiated an 8 per cent increase. It is forecast that by 2020,
when the benefits of reduced land-clearing start to fade, Australian emissions will be
17 per cent higher than its Kyoto target.

"Whatever the figures, Australia is exceeding greenhouse gas emissions in a way that
does little to salvage our reputation as one of the lesser players on a more globally
responsible stage."

The Sydney Morning Herald says HSC results should not be only way in which schools are measured.

"A better test of a school's quality is whether it adds value. In other words at any
given school how does the performance of students of all abilities and talents improve.

"The NSW Department of Education knows which schools do this; it is part of the same
regular tracking that identifies trends in selective schools. That these results are not
made public systematically is an opportunity wasted. Far worse it is unfair if insiders
can obtain and make use of the information which the public cannot."

The Australian Financial Review says that commentators who warned, ad nauseam, that
shares would produce only produce single-digit returns, three years ago, may be left with
egg on their faces.

"Financial markets can humble the sharpest minds and the most passionate students of
investment - perhaps this is the biggest lesson from the bull stockmarket that has generated
average annual price gains of 22 per cent from Australian shares since 2003." AAP imc



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AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Midday, Aug 15

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2006
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Poll Qld Date (Brisbane)

Queenslanders will go to the polls on September 9 .. in what Premier PETER BEATTIE
says will be the biggest fight of his political life.

Mr BEATTIE says he would have preferred to wait until February to hold the election.

But he says the pending retirement of Bundaberg MP NITA CUNNINGHAM due to ill-health
only gave him two options .. a byelection or a statewide poll.

He says it's 65 years since the ALP won a fourth term .. but he's hoping the people
of Queensland will realise his team offers the only viable option of a stable and unified
government.

Mr BEATTIE says he won't lead an opposition party if he loses the election.



Migration Burke (CANBERRA)

Labor immigration spokesman TONY BURKE says it's unlikely the dumping of tough asylum
seeker laws will open the floodgates to refugees.

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the scrapping of plans for
tougher border protection .. saying the outcome could be interpreted as Australia opening
the door to asylum seekers.

But Mr BURKE says Australia shouldn't respond to commentary from Indonesia .. on Australian
domestic laws.

The prime minister yesterday withdrew the bill .. which would have ensured all boatpeople
arriving in Australia were processed on Nauru .. beyond access to our appeal options.



Obesity ads (SYDNEY)

Parents wanting to take a stand against manipulative TV junk food ads .. are being
encouraged to nominate their most hated ads online.

The Children's TV Food Advertising Awards .. held annually by lobby group .. The Parents
Jury .. aims to raise awareness for misleading techniques used to sell junk food.

Among the categories is the Pester Power Award .. for advertisers who use free gimmicks
to encourage children to nag their parents.

It was won last year by the McDonald's Happy Meal .. which offered a free computer game.



Mideast Fox McNaught (WELLINGTON)

BBC World television presenter ANITA MCNAUGHT is going to Israel to help secure the
release of her husband .. New Zealand cameraman OLAF WIIG .. who's been kidnapped at gunpoint
in Gaza City.

Speaking from Syria .. the former NZ television and radio presenter says she's always
known what she'd have to do if something like this happened.

WIIG and US reporter STEVE CENTANNI were kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen .. while
they were in their vehicle .. parked near the headquarters of the Palestinian security
services.

Fox News is negotiating for the two men's release.



Ajax (MELBOURNE)

Unions say production will stop at a Melbourne car component factory tomorrow morning
.. if administrators don't agree to underwrite workers' entitlements.

The Australian Workers Union has held talks with employees at Ajax Fasteners in suburban
Braeside this morning .. to discuss a proposal put forward by General Motors Holden.

AWU Victorian secretary CESAR MELHAM say they've received an offer from Holden to underwrite
the company until 5pm Friday.

But Mr MELHAM says after that .. there's no guarantee from Holden of any more financial
commitment.



Hicks Pollies (CANBERRA)

Labor has again called for Guantanamo Bay detainee DAVID HICKS to be brought before
a court of law.

Attorney-General PHILIP RUDDOCK has told Fairfax newspapers .. the government wants
a US military tribunal to prosecute the Adelaide-born terrorist suspect and have fresh
charges in place by November.

Labor's homeland security spokesman ARCH BEVIS says HICKS should either be brought
before a proper court or released.

Labor backbencher GRAHAM EDWARDS says whatever it is HICKS has done or hasn't done
.. it's an absolute disgrace the Australian government has let him be treated in the way
that he has been by a foreign power.



Dell Battery (DALLAS)

Dell says it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries .. because they can
overheat and catch fire.

Dell says the batteries were made by Sony .. and placed in notebooks shipped between
April 1 2004 .. and July 18 this year.

The battery packs were included in some models of Dell's Latitude .. Inspiron .. XTS
and precision mobile workstation notebooks.

There have been a number of recent news reports about Dell laptops bursting into flames.



US passports (WASHINGTON)

The United States has begun issuing "e-passports" carrying data embedded in electronic
chips .. despite concerns the high-tech documents could be read remotely by hackers.

The State Department says the new generation of electronic passports include biometric
technology .. that takes security and travel to a new level.

The passports have a contactless chip in the rear cover that contains the same data
found inside .. including name .. date of birth .. passport number and dates of issue
and expiration.

The chip .. also contains a digital image of the passport holder and could in future
hold biometric details like fingerprints.



Sci Pluto (PRAGUE)

Nearly two and a half thousand astronomers from 75 countries are defining what qualifies
as a planet .. and whether Pluto should still be regarded as one.

The discovery last year of an object larger and further away than Pluto threw cosmic
definitions into chaos.

Scientists .. gathered in Prague for a 12-day conference .. are considering whether
to remove Pluto's status as a planet .. and to bring the new one .. nicknamed Xena ..

into the fold.



IN FINANCE



At 1120 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was DOWN 26 points to 4954.4

The all ordinaries index was DOWN 25 points to 4913.5.

The Australian dollar was trading at 75.95 US cents, DOWN from 76.75 at yesterday's close.

It was at 59.69 euro cents, DOWN from 60.14 on yesterday.

In Sydney, gold bullion was trading $2.08 DOWN at $US628.3 an ounce, from yesterday's close.

IN SPORT:

AFL Tribunal (MELBOURNE)

West Coast utility DANIEL CHICK has taken an early guilty plea and accepted a one-match
ban for striking, ruling him out of the Eagles' AFL clash with Brisbane on Sunday.

Had CHICK been unsuccessful in contesting the charge he would still only have missed
the one match.

The former Hawthorn player was reported for striking the Kangaroos' JESS SINCLAIR during
last Saturday's match at Subiaco.

Fremantle skipper PETER BELL has also pleaded guilty to striking Adelaide's NATHAN BASSETT.

But BELL's good record means he will only receive a reprimand.



League Knights (Sydney)

The Newcastle club is seeking more time to consider its options before deciding whether
to take captain ANDEW JOHNS' grade three contrary conduct charge before the NRL judiciary.

The Knights have until midday to decide whether to lodge an early guilty plea or opt
for a hearing tomorrow night but a club spokesman says they're seeking an extension.

An early guilty plea would see JOHNS suspended for three games, including the first
week of the NRL finals.

If he unsuccessfully contested the charge he would be banned for four matches.





ENDS MIDDAY ROUND-UP

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Qld: Teenaged motorcyclist killed in crash with 4WD

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2006
Qld: Teenaged motorcyclist killed in crash with 4WD

A teenager's died when his motorbike collided with a four-wheel drive in south-east Queensland.

It comes as police have released the names of four people killed in an earlier accident
.. also in the state's south-east.

The 18-year-old motorcyclist was taken to Nambour Hospital in a critical condition.

He died soon after arrival .. following the crash at an intersection in Bli Bli ..

on the Sunshine Coast .. this morning.





In the earlier accident .. three men and a woman died when their car hit a power pole
at Biddeston .. near Toowoomba .. yesterday afternoon.

Those killed were 20-year-old MICHAEL GARY BLOCKLEY from Clifton .. 18-year-old NEIL
LACHLAND TESKE from Toowoomba .. 26-year-old MICHAEL BRUCE DONALDSON also from Toowoomba
and a 23-year-old woman .. STEVIE LEE WATSON from Gatton.

A 21-year-old Toowoomba man .. who was also in the car .. remains in a critical condition
in Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.

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NSW: Mind power the key to weight loss

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2005
NSW: Mind power the key to weight loss

Eds: Embargoed until 0100 AEDT Sunday, December 11



SYDNEY, Dec 11 AAP - The key to losing weight is mental exercise and not hitting the
gym, new research shows.

Newspoll surveyed 700 adults across five major cities and found 65 per cent believed
they had not been able to shed unwanted kilos because they were unable to give up bad
habits.

Sixty seven per cent said they failed because they did not want it badly enough.

Asked what needed to be done to successfully lose weight and keep it off for good,
91 per cent of respondents said it required a change in diet while 85 per cent cited exercise.

Only eight per cent thought a change in attitude was important before they could finally
chuck out the bathroom scales.

Jane Waterhouse, general manager of Weight Watchers Australasia, which commissioned
the study, said people had to be prepared psychologically if they wanted to lose weight.

"These figures highlight that although Australians are trying to manage their weight
they lack the psychological tools to enforce behaviour change," Ms Waterhouse said.

"They are aware of their bad habits and that these habits need to change, yet this
is the last thing they are concerned about and it should be the first."

This was why so many New Year resolutions to lose weight fail, she said.

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MCM LAUNCHES INTERNET-BASED PROFESSIONAL MARKET ANALYSIS SERVICE.

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NEW YORK, N.Y., May 21 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei (MCM), the leading provider of real-time global fixed-income, foreign exchange and equity information, today announced the launch of e-MCM.com: a real-time financial markets analysis portal available via the Internet. The new service consolidates MCM's products, which are currently distributed via private networks, onto an MCM-branded portal that offers enhanced content, expanded data and greater functionality.

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-- Emerging Markets

-- Equities

-- Real-time streaming updates rather than auto-refresh

-- New data and analysis sources supporting the sales and trading

decision process

-- "Headline" and "Bulletin Board" commentary formats

-- Enhanced database search capabilities for newly issued securities

-- "Key Word" search on headlines and stories

-- Personalized display and content filtering

The e-MCM.com service is immediately available to all existing MCM customers as a supplemental subscription. As an added benefit, in addition to their current vendor access, MCM customers may also access the MCM service anywhere, anytime over the Internet on e-MCM.com.

Visit http://www.e-mcm.com for more information. MCM subscribers may continue to use the MCM service over their current market data vendor platform. For a free 30-day trial of the MCM's service, submit the Request form on the e-MCM.com Home Page.

About McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei: MCM, an Informa Financial Services company (http://www.informa.com), is a leading provider of real-time global fixed income, equity and foreign exchange commentary and analysis. MCM provides a full range of services with particular expertise in the analysis of the corporate securities, government securities, and currency markets to over 2,400 financial institutions in 57 countries. MCM's real-time product portfolio available over proprietary networks includes: CorporateWatch, MoneyWatch, MTNWatch, CurrencyWatch, FX OptionWatch, EuroWatch, KinriWatch, NihongoWatch and Structured FinanceWatch, High YieldWatch, EquityWatch and LatAm Funding Watch. For more about MCM, go to http://www.mcmwatch.com.

SOURCE:

McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei

CONTACT:

Andrew Oliver,

MCM, Inc.,

212-908-4413

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NFR And Telenisus Sign Agreement.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2000

Network Flight Recorder(R) (NFR)(Bloomberg Ticker: 9022Z EQUITY), a technology leader in intrusion detection and network monitoring, today announced it had entered into an agreement with Telenisus under the terms of which Telenisus will offer a Managed Intrusion Detection Service based on NFR's intrusion detection products.

On July 6, Telenisus formally announced new Managed Intrusion Detection and Managed Authentication Services as an expansion of its base of security offerings to help businesses safeguard information and networks. "Telenisus' new authentication and intrusion detection services provide customers with both peace of mind and peace of wallet, especially when you consider the tremendous financial losses businesses can incur from unwanted access to their systems," said Chris Fulton, director of product management at Telenisus.

Jack Reis, NFR's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "This is a great relationship for NFR. Telenisus is dedicated to the new ESP (e-business service provider) market and is determined to protect its customer's information and networks from intruders. NFR is dedicated to establishing a dominant market position as a supplier of best of breed, mission critical software products for network monitoring and intrusion detection. As a result, the relationship is ideal.

Telenisus, a first mover in the new ESP market, offers secure and reliable managed Internet Services - firewall/security, virtual private networks (VPNs), Web/application hosting, and e-commerce - that enable businesses to profit from the digital economy. Telenisus (www.telenisus.com) ensures security and reliability via its "built for business" infrastructure, from which it develops, integrates, monitors and manages its customers' entire e-business services. The privately held company, founded in June 1999, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, IL, a suburb of Chicago.

NFR is a leading developer of intrusion detection, network traffic, and network analysis tools. The flexibility of the NFR software provides effective local and distributed misuse detection solutions for small, medium, and large environments. NFR's highly customizable technology is deployed at thousands of sites worldwide, including Fortune 500 firms, financial institutions, government, military and intelligence agencies. The Company offers its products through a worldwide network of resellers and solution providers. NFR news and company information can be found on The Bloomberg under the ticker symbol: 9022Z EQUITY and on the World Wide Web at http://www.nfr.net.

Network Flight Recorder, NFR and the striped NFR logo are registered trademarks of Network Flight Recorder, Inc. Other products, services, and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

INTEL: New Internet survey highlights thirst for speed.

M2 PRESSWIRE-26 May 1999-INTEL: New Internet survey highlights thirst for speed (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:250599

A new national survey by MORI for Intel reveals that use of the Internet is, at last, taking off in the UK. The survey is part of Intel's commitment to helping speed up the Internet - or the 'world wide wait' - through the development of new technologies such as the recently introduced Pentium III processor.

Over 70% of users were big Internet fans saying that 'the Internet has lots of interesting information which couldn't he found easily anywhere else.' The survey reveals that the biggest use (47%) of the Internet was for educational and research purposes. Next came news and information at 32% On line shopping - predicted to grow sharply in the near future - is still way down the list at 10% with online banking even lower at 7%. Over 30% use the Internet to keep in touch with family and friends. and a similar number thought it was a good way of helping kids with their homework.

The survey reveals that the UK's rapidly growing number of Internet users are more worried by computer viruses and computer fraud than by on-line sex. Almost half (48%) of UK Internet users worried about the possibility of downloading a virus onto their computer while more than a third (39%) said their main concern was the possibility of credit card fraud. However. only one in five (20%) felt there was too much sex on the Internet and still fewer (just 8%) worried that the net was leading to a worldwide decline in morals.

On the downside. almost half the UK Internet users (48&) were frustrated by slow systems and the long wait for files and images to download. One in three wished they had a more powerful computer to make the most of the Internet, particularly to help with viewing video, and images.

Dave Hazell, director of Intel northern Europe said: "The survey shows that Intel is on the right track in identifying download speed as one of the main concerns of Internet users. If you imagine that Intel's newest processor the Pentium III is a Ferrari, the bandwidth available to Internet users is the equivalent of driving that Ferrari down a dirt track. We believe that competitive and affordable broadhand services are not being offered to consumers'. Until local telephone services are deregulated. Internet users will be frustrated with available bandwidth on the Internet. In the meantime. we've built special features into our latest professor., the Pentium III processor to make the most of what bandwidth is available today".

Nicky Perrott, MORI Research Director, commented: "The people who use the Internet the most are also the most frustrated with its slowness. But despite that, they find it worth the effort because they do persist. Nevertheless, when we asked people what single thing would most improve their experience of the Internet, faster access and download time was by a long, way top of their wish list."

The Intel survey, also showed that non-users were ripe for conversion. Nearly, half said they would use the Internet if it became cheaper than using the phone. "The survey findings highlight that the possible costs incurred by using the Internet are a barrier to more people getting on-line", added Dave Hazell, director of Intel Northern Europe. "Over a third of people currently not using the Internet were worried about the possibility of high telephone bills".

Other reasons for not using the Internet included one in four non users thinking you needed to be a computer boffin to use the Internet, and one in five were worried about the amount of sex on the Internet.

One in four were interested in the educational possibilities that the Internet offers, however. and one in five would consider logging on if they thought the possibility of fraud was 'less likely.

The Intel survey comes on the back of revealing figures about the massive growth. in home PCs and Internet use. For example: one in four homes now has a PC - a figure set to rise to one in three by the year 2001. 22% of UK adults aged over 15 are connected to the Internet at home or at work There are over 100 million Internet users worldwide - set to rise to over 500 million by 2005. The UK's top companies expect 20% of their sales to come directly through the Internet by the year 2000.

Note to Editors

MORI interviewed 2,274 adults - 580 Internet users and 1.694 non-users aged 18+

Photographs, Beta SP footage, and various backgrounders are available in support of this survey.

CONTACT: Catriona Jamieson, Intel Tel: +44 (0)1793 403000 e-mail: Catriona.Jamieson@intel.com

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Does Bizzingo + IBG = Summer Launch for the Social Network?

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 25, 2011

On Tuesday, it was announced that Bizzingo (OTC:BIZZ) has engaged the services of IBG, heralding an imminent rollout of Bizzingo's one-of-a-kind 'business-meets-social' networking.

While it may be premature to conclude that the news alone drove the price of the stock up 14%, investors and prospective corporate customers are eagerly awaiting Bizzingo's 'live' network. Utilizing the real-time services of IBG -- as well as putting the call out for charter members -- can be construed as a clear sign that Bizzingo is preparing to launch, perhaps even by the end of the summer.

Bizzingo has been developing a business-oriented social network that avoids the public exposure of more 'friends-and-family' oriented social networking sites such as Facebook. While serving a similar professional sphere as the recently-public LinkedIn, Bizzingo's focus upon the business entities rather than individual profiles allows for undistracted purpose-built networking like no other.

IBG (Internet Business Group, Ltd.) bring market-leading experience with handling the online presence and brand development of more than 150 companies. At the final stages of development, Bizzingo has crafted a robust social networking infrastructure upon which IBG will contribute both internal design and programming input and external drive -- in the form of IBG's award-winning SEO and reputation management capabilities.

"The expertise and services of IBG combined within the Bizzingo Network will tremendously benefit our business social network," states Douglas Toth, Bizzingo CEO and Chairman. "IBG offers an outstanding team that develops high-performance websites, effective e-commerce platforms and engaging social media applications. This collaboration will better enable us to exceed our short term goals and add significant value to our product."

Although personal connections, social interaction, and updates in the business world have been common elements of the Internet for some time, Bizzingo's unique strategy of creating a global network of businesses is something new to the online experience.

The opportunity to leverage and expand brand identity and directly engage marketing targets offers immediate and obvious benefits to businesses -- who for too long have had to make due with the 'bolted-on' online presences (insecure, subject to third-party manipulation, and full of irrelevant distractions) available from earlier attempts at social networking. For more information on IBG and Bizzingo please visit:

http://www.ibg.com

http://www.bizzingo.com/

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BT becomes Global Innovation Partner of DHL Innovation Initiative Partners will work together on sustainable logistics solutions and RFID-based services.(Company overview)

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 28, 2011-: BT becomes Global Innovation Partner of DHL Innovation Initiative Partners will work together on sustainable logistics solutions and RFID-based services(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BT, one of the worlds leading providers of communications solutions and services, signed a Global Innovation Partnership agreement with Deutsche Post DHL, the worlds leading mail and logistics group. Under the terms of the agreement, BT will support the DHL Solutions & Innovations (DSI) unit, which is responsible for all the Groups research projects and innovations, to foster innovations and develop new logistic service offerings and technical solutions.

BT has a well deserved reputation of being a great source of innovation and thought leadership. Like us, BT operates globally, addressing the needs of many of the best known brands in the world. We are confident that both companies will identify great new opportunities that will help us push the logistics industry further at the forefront of innovation, Petra Kiwitt, Executive Vice President, DHL Solutions & Innovations, said. The two partners have identified a number of areas for joint research and development, including RFID and security solutions for the supply chain and green and sustainable logistics. As part of the program, BT will have access to the DHL Innovation Center to develop, test and showcase new solutions. One of the first priorities for the two companies will be to provide RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) solutions that enable the end-to-end visibility of information required by their customers to manage the movement of goods through todays lean, globalised and increasingly complex supply chains. A special focus will be on supporting customers in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific, where BT is currently investing to provide next-generation infrastructure and supply chain capabilities and recently signed a contract to supply DHL with communications services across the region.

Bas Burger, President Global Commerce, BT Global Services adds: BT delivers solutions that are tailored to the needs of the global logistics industry. Efficient supply chain operations are the cornerstone of that industry and visibility of information is the lifeblood of the supply chain. We enable this by providing customers the ability to access data, to reach people via voice and video services - and to trackthe movement of goodsfrom one location to another, usingBTs bar code and RFID solutions. We invest and partner with our customers to develop and implement such innovative services and are now looking forward to working closely together with DHL Solutions & Innovations on new developments. BTs Global Commerce sector team, covers the logistics, manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries.

Media Contact: DHL Media Relations Claus Korfmacher Phone: +49 (0)228 182-99 44 E-mail: pressestelle@deutschepost.de On the internet: www.dp-dhl.com/press

Follow us: twitter.com/DeutschePostDHL

BT Enquiries about this news release should be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its 24-hour number: 020 7356 5369. From outside the UK dial + 44 20 7356 5369.

All news releases can be accessed at our web site: http://www.btplc.com/News

About DHL

The Logistics company for the world DHL is the global market leader in the logistics industry and The Logistics company for the world. DHL commits its expertise in international express, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation, contract logistics and international mail services to its customers. A global network composed of more than 220 countries and territories and about 275,000 employees worldwide offers customers superior service quality and local knowledge to satisfy their supply chain requirements. DHL accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection, disaster management and education.

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of more than 51 billion euros in 2010.

For more information: www.dp-dhl.com

About BT

BT is one of the worlds leading providers of communications solutions and services, operating in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2011, BT Groups revenue was 20,076 million with profit before taxation of 1,717 million.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

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Diaspora reduced to making threats to civil servants.

Sri Lanka, June 8 -- Diaspora has been reduced to making threats over the Internet to Tamil government servants in Jaffna after their failed attempts to manoeuvre the United Nations and the international community against the government at various forums.

State intelligence sources yesterday said Jaffna Government Agent Emelda Sukumar has become their latest victims since her participation in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) hearings. She had been critical of the activities of the LTTE and the Tamil diaspora at the hearings. This daily contacted Jaffna Government Agent(GA) Emelda Sukumar to ask about this.

Jaffna GA said she has been asked to withdraw from serving the government and President Mahinda Rajapaksa by unknown callers.

"But I did not respond to these calls," she said.

She has also received threats from the Diaspora through her e-mail account.

Asked if she had any idea about these threats, Sukumar said most of these these threats are broadcast by Diaspora websites which have political affiliations with the TNA. "Anyway I hardly get the time to surf on the net to read this material for I have enough work in the district with many construction projects to be conducted." she said.

"I also feel that some political parties are making these threats with an agenda to disrupt development activities," she explained.

"They are jealous because I am a woman and they think I am standing in the way of their politics," she added. "The number of threats have increased following my participation in the international seminar on 'Defeating Terrorism-Sri Lanka Experience', which was held at Galadari Hotel, Colombo, she said.

Sukumar said she was an invitee to the seminar where she made a presentation on the development activities that take place in the Northeast. Asked if she had done anything about the threats, Sukumar said she has informed Jaffna Police and Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe about it.

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Mary Moorman, JFK Assassination Photographer, Tells Where She Stood and What She Saw.

New Information Regarding Photographer's Location

DENVER -- If you were alive on Nov. 22, 1963, you remember, or have been told, where you were when President John F. Kennedy was killed.

One of three remaining Polaroid photos taken by Mary Moorman at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. (Photo: Mary Moorman)

Perhaps no one remembers better than Mary Moorman,who was just 15 feet from JFK's motorcade when gunshots rang out. Ms. Moorman, then 31 years old, stood poised with her Polaroid camera as the presidential limousine passed by and captured the most famous image of that most infamous day: the president being shot.

Where exactly Ms. Moorman stood is a key piece of information that has been debated for nearly five decades. The answer has ramifications for a number of theories, including one that opines there are frames missing from the film shot by Abraham Zapruder.

In contrast to her friend, Jean Hill, who leveraged her presence at the assassination into a career as a consultant to conspiracy theorists, including Oliver Stone, Ms. Moorman shied away from the press, never giving a comprehensive interview, until now. Despite having a piece of critical evidence, Ms. Moorman was not interviewed by the Warren Commission.

Ms. Moorman, 78, will finally break her silence at the Brass Armadillo([R]) Antique Mall in Wheat Ridge, Colo., during a live interview on iAntique([R]).com, an Internet news and social networking community for dealers, collectors and antiques enthusiasts.

Gary Stover, an iAntique([R]) host, will interview Ms. Moorman for more than an hour. The interview, which starts at 6 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, May 24, will stream live at iAntique.com as part of The Stover Hour . A full-length, professional souvenir video will be produced with additional information and commentary from Mr. Stover, audience members and other authorities.

NEW INFORMATION FROM ONE OF THE LAST LIVING WITNESSES Among the questions Mr. Stover will tackle is Ms. Moorman's precise position when she took the photograph of JFK slumping over. That positioning is a key factor in many theories about the assassination.

"The popular view is that Mary was standing on the grass," Mr. Stover said. "While there are photos that might indicate she was on the grass at one point, her exact location when she snapped the photograph has long been a matter of debate. We believe Mary plans to set the record straight with this interview."

Ms. Moorman's interview at the Brass Armadillo([R]) is open to the public, but viewing space is limited. As The Stover Hour streams the event live, members of iAntique([R]) will be able to watch the interview online and interact on the site's live chat room. The interview will focus on what Ms. Moorman saw the day of the assassination, her relationship with parade police officers who afforded her unequaled access and whether she plans to sell the historic photographs.

In conjunction with the interview, an online drawing will be held featuring authentic vintage cameras used during the Kennedy era. The prizes include a Polaroid Highlander 80A, similar to the camera Ms. Moorman used to shoot her famous photos; a Bell & Howell Zoomatic 8 mm movie camera, similar to the camera Zapruder held when shooting his moving pictures of the assassination, and the Minox Type III "Spy Camera," like the one found among Lee Harvey Oswald's possessions. Interested participants can enter the drawing at http://www.iantique.com/pages/camera-contest.

The Brass Armadillo([R]), featuring more than 3,000 dealers in the Midwest and West, is the leader among antiques and collectible retail merchants in the United States, operating malls in Denver; Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City, Mo.; Omaha, Neb., and Phoenix.

iAntique([R]) is an antiques social networking site that brings together a community of knowledgeable antiques and collectibles enthusiasts, dealers and collectors to share information. Currently free to join, iAntique([R]) features live chats, workshops, seminars, training events, web casts and an online antiques marketplace.

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Loadshedding for PM.

By: MUHAMMAD AZHAR KHWAJA - Lahore May 4 (THE NATION): When PM Yousuf Raza arrived at the venue to address the Regional Press Convention organised by the APNS in hotel, the hotel lights went off all of a sudden. The PM was quick enough to remark that there is no discrimination in respect of loadshedding which took place where the PM of the country is present. There must have been thunderous applause by the innocent audience. I have not been to the Presidents or PM House at Islamabad but I live in the neighbourhood of his Lahore residence in DHA. TheLESCO has provided connection to his house from two grids which shut down alternatively for DHA sectors so that his houses in DHAare not affected in load shedding. There must be better arrangements at Islamabad to ensure non stop supply of electricity. Our so-called awami leaders are expertin making such awami statements where they make themselves at par with the common man. Now they cannot bluff the people because media is free and vibrant to expose the leaders in all respects. The people know the price of each suit that our PM or the President wears and what their families shop during their trips abroad. The internet reveals their local and foreign assets with their worth. Nothing of our rulers is hidden from the public. Therefore they should avoid making such statements which is not true. LETTER

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

eduTecher.net 'Goes Social': Popular Education Technology Website Makes Major Upgrades, Delivering Dynamic Online Resource for Educators and Students Alike.

NEW YORK, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- One thing's for certain, times do change. And with the changing times comes the constant need to freshen up even the most cutting-edge websites. That's why eduTecher.net (http://www.eduTecher.net) has just revamped its own online brand, services and features to "go social" and build a stronger, more effective community of online members.

Over the years, eduTecher has distinguished itself as a no-cost, hub-focused resource for finding and sharing free web tools with educators and students around the world. Of note, eduTecher has become especially well known for its short-and-sweet reviews on all the latest, free web tools and resources. It's also created a number of eduTecherTV webisodes showing certain tools in action and explaining how teachers may integrate them into the classroom.

"No doubt 2010 had been big for eduTecher," says Adam Bellow, the site's founder. "We redesigned the website, launched iOS and Android apps, and ran the successful 'Change the World' charity campaign. But 2011 is already turning out to be an even bigger year, considering we've made huge improvements in website operations, plus added super-user-friendly enhancements, exciting social tools, and so many cool features and links."

While the new site will continue to include its signature services, recent feedback from a recent eduTecher survey revealed a number of opportunities for improvement. In response, Bellow jumped at the chance to revamp the website dramatically, the result of which is an extremely easy-to-navigate site that's still free of subscription fees and all advertisements, and includes a number of social networking tools that today's Internet user has come to expect. The extensive site fully encourages people to explore valuable web tools and resources, share whatever they wish with colleagues and students, and contribute to the common good by sending or posting favorite links and information.

"Many educators and students are finding that they have to 'go social' to keep pace with teaching and learning today," Bellow says. "We're not only creating a more social environment that's conducive to sharing tips, ideas and resources among our users, but also offering a whole new set of tools on the eduTecher website and even inviting every user to 'Become an eduTecher.' You can now save favorite links, capture private notes, create your very own educational blog, and connect with like-minded colleagues to form a personal learning network with whom you can share messages, your lists of favorites, have a live chat, and more. This new approach lets eduTecher users explore, share and contribute to educational technology in a whole new way."

About eduTecher.net

A free web resource, eduTecher (http://www.eduTecher.net) is founded on the belief that educators, students, and parents deserve a clutterless, easy-to-use website that maximizes their ability to find free web tools for use in academic settings.

Contact: Adam Scott Bellow Founder, eduTecher.net ABellow@eduTecher.net 516-234-0272

This press release was issued through eReleases(R). For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com.

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Working the Web.(Products & Services)

Working the Web

Boost your online presence (and your bottom line) with blogs, videos, slideshows, and more

COMPILED BY JENNIFER GIDMAN

When photographers first started jumping onto the internet and setting up their own websites for business purposes, sites were usually nothing more than landing pages for customers to view a company logo, address, phone number, and email address. Today, however, more and more professional photographers are leveraging the power of the web to put their sites to work for them in creative and industry-savvy ways.

Services are available to help you upload your portfolios or create interactive slideshows for prospective clients to see, establish an online brand presence, or blog about what you see going on in the photographic industry. Website services range from preset, drag-and-drop templates for those who might be intimidated by the process to customized sites for those who already have their own site and want to integrate their own aesthetics with additional powerful features. Following are some of the companies that can assist you in entering (or enhancing your presence) in the online arena.

BIG Folio

BIG Folio specializes in web design for professional photographers, designers, and artists. There are multiple designs to choose from, as well as custom web design suited to fit a photographer's exact needs. BIG Folio also offers website hosting, online proofing and sales, blogs, and slideshows.

BluDomain

BluDomain offers fully editable Flash websites, with certain templates featuring: video add-ons, front-end shopping carts, featured galleries, client proofing, color shifting per image, multiple images per frame, music, watermarks, background upload functionality, and a calendar.

Collages.net

Collages.net offers workflow solutions that enable professional photographers to offer clients customized ecommerce websites and commercial DVD slideshow presentations for events such as weddings, portraits, and other special events. The company's platform allows photographers to sell photographs online and market their studios to guests, associates, friends, and family members who previously had no access to the professional photographs. In 2006, Collages.net launched collagesDesktop, a client-side software designed to simplify and expedite the online posting process. Coinciding with this software launch, collagesColor Pro Photo lab was also introduced, where Collages.net formed a private partnership with a professional color lab.

efotolab.com

efotolab.com is a web-based professional photographic lab and e-commerce solution focused on providing a one-stop online sales and ordering tool for professional photographers. There are two distinct products the company provides via the internet: an online sales system for photographers so they may market their images directly to the public, and online print ordering for the photographer via EfotoPRO ROES (Remote Order Entry System). The high-resolution files are processed and sent directly to the company's print server for professional photographic prints.

eWareness

eWareness offers a full spectrum of web marketing, design, and communications services for individual photographers, as well as for photography studios and galleries. The company's design services typically integrate each photographer's images with his or her website from both a design perspective as well as a branding effort.

ExpressDigital

ExpressDigital designs products that cater to digital photographers and labs. The company's primary business is a total workflow solution that allows photographers of all types and genres to automate their processes, organize billing and marketing operations, integrate an infinite number of product offerings, and sell and fulfill orders locally and/or online. All Darkroom software versions (Web, Core, Professional, and Assembly) offer photography businesses free internet storefronts with a feature called PhotoReflect, which publishes the commissioned photography that can be purchased by clients as digital files, photos, and other products. The photographer can use the storefront by hosting it on their own website or they can use one of more than 80 free templates that are hosted at PhotoReflect.com and managed by the Darkroom software.

FolioLink

FolioLink allows photographers to create Flash and HTML websites that are easy to update. The service offers a comprehensive set of website designs and special features that appeal to professional photographers. When a photographer signs up for a FolioLink website account, they're presented with an array of website design choices and multiple color schemes. Commonly supported website features include audio, slideshows, Flash intros, PayPal integration, support for Google Analytics, and more. Other features of the service include: Flash design customization; a stand-alone image archive with each Pro Account; portfolio Flash websites with search-engine visibility; the ability to be used as iPhone- and iPod touch-compatible websites; and new large-file video support.

ImageQuix

ImageQuix offers high-quality, elegant websites designed to enhance the professional photographer's presence online. The company not only offers the tools necessary to create an entire website in minutes, but also free live tutorial sessions that range from website creation and online search-engine optimization to marketing and business management. The company has committed itself to making the photographer fully aware of his or her potential and shows them how to maximize it.

liveBooks

liveBooks is a leading provider of professional websites that help photographers get more work. Its website solutions offer a way to share images online, as well as business tools to help grow a photographer's business. The liveBooks website solution contains two parts:

The first is a unique and customized Flash website that allows the photographers to truly capture their brands and business aesthetics in a way that delivers differentiation for their business. In addition to still photographs, all liveBooks websites also include the ability to upload multimedia files (e.g., slideshows, videos, or SWF or PDF files). The second part of the solution revolves around tools to help the photographer easily grow their business, including the online editSuite, which enables photographers to update, arrange, and rearrange their portfolios of images whenever they want and as often as they want in a simple drag-and-drop environment. The online tools also supply client-protected areas; streamlined FTP; a shopping cart for selling their work; and search-engine-optimized content to increase photographer's rankings with search engines.

[Editor's note: for more on the benefits of adding video to your website, see the accompanying article in this issue.].

Parade

Parade offers portfolio websites and an image-uploading and organizing admin system. The company says that their sites are more search-engine-friendly than the average template because they're made with standards-compliant CSS/XHTML (without sacrificing animation and transitions).

PhotoShelter

PhotoShelter offers a complete solution for pros, including sales capabilities and opportunities and a workflow infrastructure designed around pro needs. Flexible and easy-to-use templates for portfolio websites can be created in less than five minutes, and the photographer has full control of such design elements as background color, image size, and theme choice. PhotoShelter's templates provide photographers with many powerful features, including an ecommerce shopping cart; print sales (automated or self-fulfilled; keyword search; security; client login; lightboxes for editing selections with clients; viral marketing tools; multiple options for high-res online image delivery; and bulletproof archiving. For photographers who already have a website but want to incorporate the company's powerful features, the Seamless Customization capability lets photographers keep their look and feel yet weave in PhotoShelter "behind the scenes."

PickPic

PickPic aims to offer photographers' clients exactly what they want--all while the photographer maintains total control over virtually every aspect of the proofing process. Easy-to-use features include: seamless design that can blend with an existing site; full album and product support; toning and border previews for clients; third-party slideshow support; statistics and reports; magnification; and email capture when your visitors log in. Plus, there are no recurring fees (installations are a one-time flat fee).

Pictage

Pictage provides photographers with an all-in-one online solution for managing their businesses. Clients benefit from a password-protected studio website for their business, which includes full-service online proofing (unlimited number of images), a complete ecommerce engine, access to Pictage's full product and services suite (albums, prints, proof books, canvas gallery wraps, greeting cards, etc), product ordering and fulfillment, and online account statements and financial business reports. The Pictage website also features a Community section, which provides clients access to exclusive online forums, the Pictage Blog and Podcast, exclusive member discounts, Pictage TV, Pictage user groups info, and other community-related resources.

Printroom

Printroom is a leading provider of online storefronts, professional lab services, and workflow software for professional photographers. The service features thousands of professional photographers' online storefronts, and more than 25,000 photographers rely on Printroom's color-managed printing capabilities to deliver high-quality prints to their customers.

PhotoFront

PhotoFront is an online marketing tool for photographers. It helps photographers sell prints of their photos by being easy to use, presenting the photos attractively, and offering photographers the right tools to increase their bottom line.

SiteWelder

SiteWelder allows photographers to easily create websites with its server-based system: Just log onto SiteWelder from any computer (Mac or PC), upload images, and move them into your galleries. Photographers can easily create informational text pages for information about you and your work with the company's exclusive PageEditor (you can edit with a WYSIWYG viewer without having to learn HTML coding). Including photos, PDF files, or video files into your site is also simple. Photographers can update their sites from anywhere 24/7; integrate current site design in SiteWelder or modify an existing SiteWelder layout; and receive personalized tech support from creation to everyday use. Other features include email service and site stats; easy search-engine indexing and optimization; and Flash-based slideshow galleries.

SpitfirePro

SpitfirePro's sales tools provide flexibility for photographers in defining their products, pricing, and branding. Choose the fulfillment option that best suits your needs, whether it's complete automation through the company's professional print lab, selling and fulfilling through your own lab, or selling digital downloaded files, delivered instantly to your customer. SpitfirePro's sales reporting and notification system ensures you know as soon as new orders arrive. Other features include time-saving uploading tools; lightboxes that allow your customers to select their favorite images; and an FTP feature to transfer groups of images to remote servers.

Tafota

Tafota offers Flash website templates that photographers can manage using any web browser, without the need to know HTML code or Flash. Tafota offers blogging capability through WordPress (which is integrated into the Tafota server), and all of Tafota's galleries function as slideshows.

Zenfolio

Zenfolio provides a photo hosting and order fulfillment service for photographers. Professional photographers can use the Zenfolio Premium service to present work to clients and offer products for sale using the best available online Web tools. Orders are fulfilled by Mpix, a division of Miller's Professional Imaging. Customers receive orders in unmarked boxes that look like they came directly from the photographer. Numerous professional tools include custom price lists, watermarking, the use of custom domain names, advanced protection options, a guestbook, reporting, and more.

Adding Video to Your Website

Video may have killed the radio star, but it's infused new life into photographers' websites. More and more are using the power of motion to convey their styles, personalities, and mission statement to both current customers and prospective clients. "Video is a powerful medium for photographers to reach beyond showing static images and to provide further context for prospective clients of who they are and what they do," says Matt Bailey, VP of Sales and Design for liveBooks. "People have become more accustomed to dealing with video on the internet; before YouTube, video was around, but it wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now."

liveBooks has taken a few steps to ensure its clients can benefit from the growing popularity of video. All of the company's sites offer the ability to upload video, whether in the form of QuickTime or Windows Media Player files or as files that are similar to video (such as animated slideshows with music). Photographers can also create Flash movies and upload them to their sites.

Toward that end, liveBooks offers a few ways to take advantage of this capability. "We create all sorts of custom video solutions for different needs," says Bailey. "We offer a range of features that are included with a package, but we also offer features that cost a little extra but are personal to an individual."

The company has partnered with a video production company that can produce the video for the photographer if need be. "A photographer may want to really showcase his or her personality or what's unique about them as an individual," says Bailey. "The videographer we've partnered with is excellent at what they do and really brings a lot to the table in making suggestions to steer that project so it's as successful as possible for that photographer."

Luminance is the tag name for liveBooks' partnership with Cinematic Studios, and there are two packages available: The $1,700 package offers an interview-style setup, where the photographer is asked a series of questions or makes his or her own statements, which are then edited together into a video. Then there's the $2,500 on-location version that follows the photographer around and either shows them in a particular environment ("maybe in a coffee shop if they want a folksy, approachable look," says Bailey) or on a shoot where things are happening at a fast, exciting pace, ("if that's how they want to be seen by their market," he adds).

Adding video to your site can have immediate impact. "One of our clients, Emilie Summer, posts video testimonials, so instead of her in front of the camera, it's her clients giving very convincing testimonials of how amazing she is to work with," explains Bailey. "You can imagine that has a lot of impact when customers are considering a photographer to capture an important time in their life."

Bailey also says that video is a great way to show off their studios or how they work on location. "We also have people who have ongoing video logs and podcasts where they put themselves out there as an expert in the field to produce ongoing video streams on different subjects," he adds.

And for those who might feel they don't have the technical savvy or know-how to get a high-end, polished video live on their site? "You don't have to have an elaborate production--it can be very low--of, guerrilla-style video done with a webcam," says Bailey. "I've seen a lot of cases of very raw, rough videos that have been effective. The nice thing about liveBooks is that you can quickly put a video up and try it out, and ultimately, if you think it's not working, you can take it down. But why not give it a shot and be really creative with it and see what works? Don't let perfectionism get in your way of benefiting from this technology. You can get something up there fast and easily; we and other services out there can help you produce a more polished video down the line."

It would be foolhardy to not at least consider what video can add to your web presence. "If you're the slightest bit uncomfortable with video, that's understandable, since it's a new medium for a lot of us as photographers," says Bailey. "But it's not going anywhere, so you might as well come to terms with it one way or another and start familiarizing yourself with it, whether it means developing a relationship with a videographer or getting comfortable speaking into a camera and developing it on your own. But you should start leveraging the technology to your benefit."

Go to imaginginfo.com to see how liveBooks photographers Chris Rainier, Chase Jarvis, and Emilie Sommer are implementing video into their websites.

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