WA:Woodside pledges to protect bilbies

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2011
WA:Woodside pledges to protect bilbies

PERTH, Aug 9 AAP - Woodside Petroleum has pledged to ensure that no populations of
bilbies will be harmed during development of its proposed $30 billion gas hub in the Kimberley.

Conservation group Environs Kimberley on Monday called on federal Environment Minister
Tony Burke to step in and stop bulldozing at the site, 60 kilometres north of Broome,
after the discovery of bilbies in the area.

Clearing work is underway at and around the James Price Point site so that geotechnical
studies can be carried out for the proposed joint venture gas precinct project led by
Woodside.

Environs Kimberley director Martin Pritchard said on Monday that Broome residents had
captured footage of a bilby at the weekend and the threatened marsupials had burrows in
areas slated for bulldozing.

Mr Pritchard said the bilby was found outside the proposed gas precinct site but within
an area where land-clearing permits had been granted for the geotechnical studies.

Ecologist Malcolm Lindsay said his survey at the weekend turned up fresh tracks and
multiple burrows that confirmed there was a healthy population of bilbies north of the
proposed precinct.

Mr Lindsay said there were old burrows within the proposed precinct and the animals
would be likely to recolonise that area over time unless prevented from doing so.

Woodside said in a statement on Tuesday that it acknowledged that bilbies were likely
to be found throughout the Dampier Peninsula.

"Environmental consultants have conducted numerous surveys in and around the proposed
LNG precinct area and found no distinct populations or colonies of bilbies," the statement
said.

"These surveys have used a range of techniques including motion sensor cameras, trapping
and transect walks."

Woodside said it would seek further information from Environs Kimberley to determine
the exact location of the reported bilby population sighted north of the precinct area.

"We would be keen to conduct further surveys to document any bilby population in the
area and ensure it is not impacted by Woodside's proposed development," it said.

Mr Burke is considering his approval for the project through the Environment Protection
and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

The joint venture partners for the proposed gas hub have yet to finally sign off on the project.

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Fed: Labor pledges $5 million on allergy probe

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2006
Fed: Labor pledges $5 million on allergy probe

The federal opposition says if it's elected .. it'll spend five million dollars on
research into the cause of serious food allergies.

KIM BEAZLEY says the research will have a specific focus on peanut allergies .. which
can be fatal.

The Labor leader says the number of children with food allergies in Australia has doubled
in a single generation.

Mr BEAZLEY says 10 per cent of children and two per cent of adults have some kind of
food allergy.

Labor's broad-sweeping health policy blueprint for Australian children will be announced
tomorrow.

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NSW:Premier says govt treating public mugs=2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2011
NSW:Premier says govt treating public mugs=2

Mr O'Farrell also lashed out the former state Labor government for delaying the pricing
regulator's report into power prices, which News Ltd reports will recommend increases
of 17 per cent for Sydney customers.

The IPART report, to be released on Thursday, will recommend price hikes greater than
previously flagged, with the federal Renewable Energy Target scheme reportedly to blame.

Sydneysiders will pay $230 more a year on average because of the increases.

Meanwhile, those in country areas will suffer a 20 per cent rise, which will push up
their annual bills by $325.

Mr O'Farrell accused the former Labor state government of delaying the report, originally
slated for release on March 17, to avoid a voter backlash at the state election.

"I'm angry that the Labor government delayed this report, I'm angry that families again
have to face a bigger than expected slug to their electricity bills," Mr O'Farrell said,
after touring Nepean Hospital near Penrith on Thursday.

"I can't make Labor's past incompetence go away, but what I can do... is commit to
ensure that future increases are a low as possible."

Mr O'Farrell said the government would look at increasing the $150 to $250 energy rebate
promised at the election but added: "I don't have a magic wand".

"I can't make 16 years of incompetence (under the previous government) go away," he said.

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FED:Wounded Aust soldier flown to Germany

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2010
FED:Wounded Aust soldier flown to Germany

An Australian soldier who was seriously wounded on Sunday in an improvised explosive
device explosion in Afghanistan .. has been flown to Germany for specialist treatment.

The unnamed soldier was one of two members of the Mentoring Task Force hurt in separate
IED blasts in the Baluchi Valley region of Oruzgan province.

His commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel DARREN HUXLEY says the soldier suffered serious
blast and fragmentation wounds .. and he's been flown to the major NATO hospital in Germany.

His mother has been flown out to be with him.

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FED:Latham has not broken any laws=2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2010
FED:Latham has not broken any laws=2

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said Mr Latham had given voters a "very, very bad bit of advice".

"People should make their vote count, the last thing anybody should do is opt out of
the decision," he told Macquarie Radio Network on Monday.

Mr Abbott also noted the prime minister once backed Mr Latham for the Labor leadership.

"Mark Latham and Julia Gillard were a two-person mutual admiration society," he said.

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NSW: Call for violent crims to be supervised post parole

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2010
NSW: Call for violent crims to be supervised post parole

SYDNEY, April 7 AAP - Violent criminals should be forced to wear electronic monitoring
anklets after their release from prison, the NSW opposition says.

Shadow Attorney-General Greg Smith wants stringent monitoring of sex offenders extended
to cover people convicted of serious violent crimes.

"There is a gap in the law where a violent criminal is released without parole or where
their parole is completed," Mr Smith said in a statement on Wednesday.

"There is need for further close supervision of some dangerous offenders.

"The court could order ... the wearing of an anklet which can be monitored 24 hours per day."

The coalition has urged for an increase in post-parole supervision since the shotgun
murder of man near Wollongong in November 2007, Mr Smith said.

The man was killed when he confronted neighbour Stanley Francis Maguire, who was acting
in a disturbing and noisy manner.

Maguire had finished parole after serving a manslaughter sentence.

Mr Smith's call comes as the NSW government considers radical new laws to keep violent
offenders behind bars if they're deemed too dangerous to be freed after serving their
sentence.

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QLD: Lacey kidnapping and torture trial adjourned

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2009
QLD: Lacey kidnapping and torture trial adjourned

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Aug 25 AAP - Issues with new evidence have delayed the trial of two Gold
Coast brothers who allegedly forced a man to dig his own grave after being left out of
pocket in a failed drug deal.

Jade Michael Lacey, 26, and Dionne Matthew Lacey, 22, were due to stand trial in the
Brisbane District Court this week on a string of charges, including torture and deprivation
of liberty.

The charges relate to their alleged treatment of Owen Matthews in April 2007.

It's alleged the Laceys abducted Mr Matthews at gunpoint and took him to an isolated
location on South Stradbroke Island, off the Gold Coast, after blaming him for the loss
of 500 ecstasy pills allegedly stolen during a drug exchange.

It's alleged the brothers forced him to dig his own grave and then shot him in the hand.

The trial was adjourned on Tuesday morning at the request of the Laceys' lawyers, who
said new expert evidence had recently come to light.

The brothers' lawyers said they needed more time to explore new lines of inquiry relating
to this evidence, which was not detailed in court.

Prosecutor Michael Byrne accepted the adjournment application, acknowledging there
was no avoiding this delay.

No date has been set for the trial but the court was told it would likely be early next year.

The matter will be mentioned again later this week.

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NSW: First Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney dies at 97

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2009
NSW: First Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney dies at 97

SYDNEY, April 15 AAP - Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane, the first Australian-born Anglican
Archbishop of Sydney, has been remembered for his leadership and work with the poor.

Archbishop of Sydney from 1966 to 1982, Sir Marcus died in Sydney after a short illness
on Monday. He was 97.

In a tribute following his death, current Sydney Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen described
him as "a formative leader in our church".

"Sir Marcus was a remarkable leader who served both church and nation," Dr Jensen said.

"In national life, he offered leadership which transcended politics," he said.

"In particular he spoke up for the poor and helped spark the Henderson enquiry of the
early 1970s.

"He offered distinguished service with our troops in New Guinea during World War II."

Sir Marcus celebrated the 50th anniversary of his consecration as bishop last year.

He was Primate of Australia from 1978 to 1982 and was knighted in 1976.

Born in Tasmania in 1911, Sir Marcus studied at the University of Sydney and Moore
Theological College before being ordained in 1935.

He served in the armed forces in Papua New Guinea as chaplain to the Australian Imperial
Forces from 1942 to 1944.

Described on the Christian Today Australia website as "a formal and reserved man of
simple tastes and possessing a fine sense of humour", Sir Marcus wrote 27 books ranging
from theology and biblical studies to evangelical biography.

Deaconess Margaret Rodgers, President of the NSW Council of Churches, remembered him
as a great Christian scholar.

"He was a wonderful Bible teacher who expounded the scriptures and made them clear
to us," she said.

Sir Marcus celebrated 71 years of marriage to Lady Patricia in December last year.

"The greatest prize I ever won was the heart of the noblest girl I ever knew," he said
in January last year.

Last year, the famous American evangelist Billy Graham praised Sir Marcus and Lady
Patricia as "two great servants of God".

Sir Marcus is survived by his wife and four children - Mary, Robert, David and Winsome
- 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held in Sydney, but details are yet to be announced.

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NSW: Art museum launches $50m redevelopment

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2008
NSW: Art museum launches $50m redevelopment

By Karen Davis

SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP - Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is to undergo a boxy
$50 million redevelopment.

The redevelopment includes a refurbishment of the existing building at Circular Quay
and a six-storey extension at the northern end, already dubbed the Rubik's Cube for its
modular design.

The wing, to be built on the current carpark, bears a resemblance to the twisted blocks
of the 80's puzzle.

Featuring galleries, education rooms, a restaurant, rooftop cafe and sculpture garden,
commercial tenancies and function spaces, the extension will alleviate space and accessibility
constraints at the existing building.

It will also directly link Circular Quay to George St.

MCA director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor said $27 million of the total cost had been raised
and work on the redevelopment would start in mid-2009, depending on the rest of the funding
being raised.

She said fundraising efforts would continue and funding would be sought from the federal
government.

The project would be completed in 2011.

Ms Macgregor said the modern look of the extension, next to the sandstone of the Maritime
Services Board building, was always going to generate controversy.

"Anything modern, whether its art or architecture, is fantastic for generating debate," she said.

"I think that's the exciting thing about modern architecture."

She said she thought the Rubik's Cube was reference was apt.

"It's a puzzle you want to solve and that's kind of like contemporary art," she said.

Sydney architect Sam Marshall created the plans, saying they respected the architecture
of the existing art deco building which has housed the museum since 1991, while reflecting
the contemporary nature of the institution.

"Materials and the earthen tones chosen for the exterior finishes reflect the land
on which the building stands and its rich history of Indigenous and European inhabitants,"

Mr Marshall said.

"Central to our approach has been the use of honest building materials, whereby all
external renderings have been selected for their functional purpose rather than for purely
aesthetic reasons."

The plans are up for public view on the NSW Department of Planning website.

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NSW: Sunday Rose arrives home with famous parents

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2008
NSW: Sunday Rose arrives home with famous parents

NICOLE KIDMAN and KEITH URBAN have returned to Australia with their newborn daughter
SUNDAY ROSE for the first time.

The new family flew into Sydney last night with a small group of media to greet them.

Ten Network showed the happy couple disembarking from a private plane at Sydney airport
.. with little SUNDAY ROSE bundled up tightly in a white shawl in her mother's arms and
URBAN close behind.

They were whisked away in a waiting four-wheel drive .. with the media following them
to their exclusive Darling Point mansion.

Ten says Sydney paparazzo JAMIE FAWCETT .. who has a history of tense encounters with
the 41-year-old Australian actor .. was pulled over by police while pursuing the couple
to their home .. but allowed to leave a short time later.

KIDMAN'S parents ANTONY and JANELLE were filmed entering the Darling Point property
.. but gave no comment.

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FED: MPs applauded after voting to apologise to stolen generations

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2008
FED: MPs applauded after voting to apologise to stolen generations

Eds: repeating, amending length of speech in 4th par



By Adam Gartrell

CANBERRA, Feb 13 AAP - Indigenous men and women gave Australia's federal politicians
a long, standing ovation after MPs formally apologised for the pain and suffering inflicted
on the stolen generations.

There were emotional scenes across Australia as thousands of people, including some
of those forcibly taken from their families, watched the historic, formal apology delivered
by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

In Canberra, hundreds packed into the House of Representatives as Mr Rudd moved a motion
that the parliament apologise for the "laws and policies of successive parliaments and
governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss" on the stolen generations.

Some people in the public gallery, indigenous and non-indigenous, wept as Mr Rudd read
out the 361-word apology, which was supported by the federal opposition.

At city squares and parks across Australia, and on the lawns outside parliament house
in Canberra, people cheered, applauded, hugged and cried after the apology was delivered.

But some also jeered and turned their backs when Opposition Leader Dr Brendan Nelson
spoke, at times emotionally, in support of the formal apology.

In his accompanying speech to parliament Mr Rudd said there came a time in history
when people had to reconcile the past with their future.

"Our nation Australia has reached such a time and that is why the parliament is today
here assembled," he said.

"To deal with this unfinished business of the nation.

"To remove a great stain from the nation's soul and in the true spirit of reconciliation
to open a new chapter in the history of this great land Australia."

Mr Rudd told the story of an "elegant, eloquent and wonderful" elderly indigenous woman,
a member of the stolen generations, who he visited a few days ago.

Mr Rudd said there was something "terribly primal" about such first hand accounts.

"The pain is searing, it screams from the pages, the hurt, the humiliation, the degradation
and the sheer brutality of the act of physically separating a mother from her children
is a deep assault on our senses and on our most elemental humanity," he said.

Today's formal apology came more than a decade after the release of the Bringing Them
Home report, which documented the stories of some of the tens of thousands of Aboriginal
children taken from their families by governments between 1910 and the early 1970s.

"Instead, from the nation's parliament, there has been a stony and stubborn and deafening
silence for more than a decade," Mr Rudd said.

"A view that somehow we the parliament should suspend our most basic instincts of what
is right and what is wrong, a view that instead we should look for any pretext to push
this great wrong to one side to leave it languishing with the historians, the academics
and the cultural warriors, as if the stolen generations are little more than an interesting
sociological phenomenon.

"The stolen generations are not intellectual curiosities, they are human beings, human
beings who have been damaged deeply by the decisions of parliaments and governments.

"As of today the time for denial, the time for delay, has at last come to an end."

The former Howard government, which lost last year's election, refused to issue a formal
apology, claiming it would leave the commonwealth liable to a flood of compensation claims.

Some coalition MPs were obviously displeased with the apology and some were absent
from the chamber as it was delivered.

One Liberal MP, Chris Pearce, read a magazine during the motion and the speeches, refusing
to get to his feet for several standing ovations.

He stood begrudgingly only when MPs were asked to vote on the motion.

Outspoken West Australian Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey was present in the house for a prayer
before the apology, but left when Mr Rudd rose to his feet.

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NSW: Tourist in serious condition after Sydney stair fall

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2007
NSW: Tourist in serious condition after Sydney stair fall

SYDNEY, Aug 26 AAP - A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after falling
down a set of stairs at The Rocks, in central Sydney, an ambulance spokesman says.

The 41-year-old Welsh tourist was found semi-conscious at the base of a set of stairs
at the back entrance to a popular hotel off Cumberland Street about 10.45am (AEST) today.

A helicopter was called to take the man to hospital, but paramedics stabilised him
at the scene and he was taken to St Vincent's Hospital by road.

His condition was described as serious.

The spokesman said the circumstances of the man's fall were not known.

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Fed: Proposal for an indigenous art national data-base

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2007
Fed: Proposal for an indigenous art national data-base

A Senate committee's heard the federal government should adopt a national online database
system .. to crack down on indigenous art fraud.

Under the plan .. from the company IdenteArt .. art work will be tracked with micro-dots
the size of sand .. encrypted with code containing the artist's name .. the gallery or
art centre it came from .. as well as an image of the art.

Indigenous arts and craft is a growing industry in Australia and overseas .. but counterfeit
art poses an economic threat to indigenous artists and communities.

The inquiry into Australia's indigenous arts and craft sector .. is looking at ways
of addressing the lack of regulation and exploitive practices in the industry.

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Vic: Major fires burning in Victoria

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2006
Vic: Major fires burning in Victoria

MAJOR FIRES



Alps.

Location: North-eastern Victoria.

Burned: 132,000 hectares

Threatens residents in the Upper Buckland Valley, Mount Buffalo and Lake Buffalo today.

Holiday home lost at Rose River today.



Dargo.

Location: Gippsland, north west of Bairnsdale.

Burned: 45,000 hectares.

Heading towards Dargo. This fire is close to communities in the Dargo valley including
Waterford, Castleburn, Crooked River and Wonnangatta.



Woods Point/Kevington/Gaffneys Creek

Location: South of Mansfield.

Burned: 22,000 hectares.

Towns under threat include Tolmie, Mt Buller, Merijig, Kevington, Gaffneys Creek, A1
Mine Settlement, Knockwood, Jamieson and Woods Point.



Heyfield Complex.

Location: Gippsland, north of Traralgon.

Burned: 23,000 hectares.

A potential risk for the Licola, Glenmaggie and Heyfield areas.

The most significant fires are at Blanket Wood, Mt Ligar and Mt Hump. These fires represent
a potential risk to the Glenmaggie and Heyfield areas.



Bright.

Location: North-eastern Victoria.

Burned: 600 hectares

Residents in Germantown, Freeburgh, parts of Mt Beauty and Snowy Creek area under threat.



Stonyford.

Location: Near Camperdown, south-west of Melbourne.

Burned: 900 hectares

Residents in the Hawk Nest Road and Stonyford areas were under threat. Fire now contained.

One home lost.



Source: Country Fire Authority, Department of Sustainability and Environment.



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Qld: Meter maids Queensland icons?

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2006
Qld: Meter maids Queensland icons?

Are Gold Coast meter maids culturally significant?

Adoring Queenslanders believe the bikini-clad good samaritans are .. and have nominated
them as a state icon.

National Trust Queensland is compiling a list of 12 icons .. after receiving hundreds
of nominations from the community.

Surfers Paradise Meter Maids manager ROBERTA AITCHISON says the recognition is well
overdue .. after more than 40 years' service.

About 30 meter maids work from 9am to 7pm every day on the Gold Coast tourist strip.

Other recent nominations include Bowen mangoes .. WALLY LEWIS' Suncorp Stadium statue
.. Fraser Island .. Moreton Bay bugs .. the Brekky Creek Hotel .. the Black Stump .. and
Elliot .. the remains of Australia's largest dinosaur found near Winton in north-west
Queensland.

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Qld: Crews working to clear derailment

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2006
Qld: Crews working to clear derailment

Repair crews are working to clear a track in north-west Queensland .. after 30 wagons
of a freight train derailed.

Queensland Rail says the accident happened 230km south-west of Townsville .. between
Charters Towers and Hughenden .. on Saturday afternoon.

No-one was injured .. but 30 of the 33 empty wagons came off the rails .. the line
should be up and running later this afternoon.

The Inlander passenger train from Townsville to Mt Isa has been replaced by a bus service
.. and several freight trains have been affected.

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SA: Four suffer burns in speedboat fire

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2004
SA: Four suffer burns in speedboat fire

Police say four people have suffered burns in a speedboat fire east of Adelaide.

Investigators are trying to work out what caused the fire, which occurred at Tailem
Bend about 6.30pm last night.

A 21-year-old man has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a serious condition,
while a 14-year-old girl is in Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital with burns to
her legs.

Two other men have been treated at the Tailem Bend Hospital.

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BI-f.p.s.

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Cloned pigs represent organ factories for humans.

PPL Therapeutics Inc said it achieved the world's first successful cloning of pigs from adult cells on 5 March with the birth of five piglets. The US company, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, is a subsidiary of PPL Therapeutics plc, London, UK.

The cloning is an important milestone in the development of genetically engineered pigs to supply tissues and organs for transplant into humans, says PPL. This would create, in effect, an organ factory to serve the needs of humans.

Pigs share with humans relatively similar physiologies. It is for this reason the unfortunate animals are considered a potentially valuable source of transplant organs, such as hearts and kidneys, that are in short supply.

However, there are many obstacles before the utopia of organs on tap is achieved. One of the main technical barriers to such xenotransplants is rejection. The human immune system recognizes a particular sugar complex on the surface of pig cells as foreign. One particular pig gene is responsible for this tell-tale sugar. PPL received a 1999 award from the US National Institute of Science and Technology's Advanced Technology Program to develop the technology to clone pigs with that specific gene inactivated.

It is hoped that organs from a genetically engineered pig lacking this gene could be transplanted without triggering the human host's immune system. Also, more genes will have to be introduced into pig cells to prevent more delayed rejection responses.

PPL estimates the market for animal transplants will be worth around US$6.5 billion within ten years of launch. Other industries will also grow on the back of this technology.

(See also, Patent offers way round human rejection of pig-parts implants, p. 10, and back page for further discussion.)

For further information, contact: PPL Therapeutics Inc; Internet address: http://www.ppl-therapeutics.com; or Michael Baum, National Institute of Science and Technology, tel: +1-301- 975-2763; E-mail: michael.baum@nist.gov; Internet address: http://www.atp.nist.gov

MOST150 is heading for rollout.(OVERVIEW)

Dr. Christian Thiel, MOST Cooperation Administrator

MOST technology is close to the major milestone of moving onto the roads with its third generation: MOST150. The MOST Cooperation is proud to announce that its core partner members Audi and Daimler will be the first carmakers to integrate MOST150 into series production vehicles. Just recently, the number of vehicle models relying on the first two MOST generations, MOST25 and MOST50, has hit the one hundred mark. Soon the next generation MOST150 will be on the road, offering unique advantages: a speed upgrade because of its further development of existing transmission technology and extensive support of digital video transmission and Ethernet applications. MOST150 has the capacity to support full-fledged multi-seat infotainment systems with an up-to-date set of features. With the new packet channel, which is compatible with Ethernet, MOST150 enables the seamless integration of consumer electronics systems, Internet-based services, and established standards from the IT industry. Infotainment applications place many different demands on the network infrastructure, and MOST150 provides all the communication mechanisms over one interface.

Carmakers and suppliers are currently focused on rolling out MOST150 and, along with it, the latest generation of the MOST specifications, version 3.0. A lot of the experience they gather will be fed back to further improve this third generation of the MOST specifications. As always, a lot of work will need to go into this optimization and maintenance effort. But after the next generation is before another next generation: slowly but surely the MOST Cooperation is starting to look further into the future towards a new generation of MOST and the MOST specifications by considering various technology directions. Aspects under discussion include possible and reasonable bandwidth increases as well as upcoming driver assist and infotainment applications. For example, gigabit transmission over POF (polymeric optical fiber) or glass fiber is being examined, providing one look into the MOST future.

Of course nobody has a crystal ball to get a glimpse of the future, but it is obvious, that some driver assist or infotainment systems might require the transmission of uncompressed video content. Even compressed content could require more bandwidth in the future if 3D and ultra-high resolutions become popular with consumers.

And who knows what other applications might become popular, e.g. enabled by consumer electronics standards like USB 3.0. Yet one thing is clear as daylight: whatever they are, consumers will want to see them in their cars. And MOST will need to support them.

Please stay tuned--exciting highlights lie ahead of us within the MOST multimedia world.

PDG Software Releases PDG Shopping Mall 1.0.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999--

PDG Shopping Mall 1.0 Allows Merchants to Manage Multiple

Storefronts with a Single Cart

Atlanta-based PDG Software, Inc., a leader in Internet commerce solutions for small to mid-size companies, announced today the release of PDG Shopping Mall 1.0. According to PDG Software, this product will streamline online merchants' management of multiple storefronts using a single shopping cart. PDG Shopping Mall provides one-stop shopping on the Web.

David Snyder, founder and President of PDG Software, Inc., said this technology is consistent with the company's commitment to the development of software that offers advanced functionality and customization to the merchant. According to Snyder, "PDG Shopping Mall 1.0 is just as modular as our popular Shopping Cart 1.50 software. At the same time, it allows merchants to offer multiple storefronts with unlimited products to their online shoppers." Snyder refers to the ability for a mall administrator to customize each individual storefront, without limiting product quantity able to be carried per store.

About PDG Shopping Mall 1.0

Some of the more noteworthy features of PDG Shopping Mall 1.0 expand and improve the on-line shopping experience, making it easier for merchants and customers alike to replicate the traditional retail mall shopping experience. The PDG Shopping Mall 1.0 features include:

-- Layout and Display Customization. This feature is really a

combination of several capabilities, which gives merchants the

ability to manipulate where the Cart displays its items on the

screen, including product image and cart contents. Individual

storefronts are customizable, while the final check-out

experience is a single, secure payment transaction.

-- Shipping Specifications for UPS. UPS shipping costs are

automatically calculated based on the total order's size, weight,

origin and destination.

-- Internet Payment Services Integration. The additions of

E-Commerce Exchange, PaymentNet, EFTSecure and E-checks

(Authorize.Net and E-Commerce Exchange) enhance the current

number of Internet payment services supported by PDG Software

products - among the most by any one cart in the industry.

About PDG Shopping Mall

PDG Shopping Mall 1.0 allows online merchants close proximity to other merchants on the Web, much like in a physical shopping mall environment. The software enables an online shopper to visit multiple Internet storefronts, placing a multitude of diversified products into a single shopping cart, and enjoying only one, final check-out with multiple payment options and the highest levels of security.

About PDG Software, Inc.

PDG Software, Inc. is a leader in providing Internet commerce solutions for small to mid-size companies. Based in the Atlanta area, the company formed in 1997 and has a growing list of customers in the U.S. and abroad. Its flagship product, the PDG Shopping Cart, allows customers to create a customized Internet commerce Web site. The company offers merchants a 30-day free trial period for its software and has been lauded for its customer-centric focus. PDG Software Inc. is a certified Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Solutions Provider and a certified Sun Catalyst Developer. For more information about PDG Software Inc. visit the company's Web site at www.pdgsoft.com.

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American Airlines Reports June Traffic.

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines reported its June traffic increased 1.3 percent versus the same period last year. Capacity increased 1.8 percent year over year, resulting in a load factor of 86.3 percent compared to 86.8 percent in the same period last year. International traffic increased by 4.8 percent relative to last year on a capacity increase of 3.8 percent. Domestic traffic decreased 0.9 percent year over year on a capacity increase of 0.5 percent.

American boarded 7.7 million passengers in June.

Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			June
			2011		2010		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		11,393,675		11,245,441		1.3	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	6,827,009		6,886,156		-0.9
		INTERNATIONAL	4,566,666		4,359,285		4.8
		ATLANTIC	1,989,591		1,960,369		1.5
		LATIN AMERICA	1,941,930		1,845,623		5.2
		PACIFIC	635,145		553,293		14.8
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		13,201,352		12,962,548		1.8	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	7,806,451		7,767,644		0.5
		INTERNATIONAL	5,394,901		5,194,904		3.8
		ATLANTIC	2,221,880		2,188,312		1.5
		LATIN AMERICA	2,422,963		2,387,677		1.5
		PACIFIC	750,058		618,915		21.2
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		86.3	%	86.8	%	-0.4	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	87.5		88.7		-1.2
		INTERNATIONAL	84.6		83.9		0.7
		ATLANTIC	89.5		89.6		-0.1
		LATIN AMERICA	80.1		77.3		2.8
		PACIFIC	84.7		89.4		-4.7
PASSENGERS BOARDED			7,713,088		7,648,824		0.8	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			146,769		159,221		-7.8	%

AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DIVISION
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY
EXCLUDES CHARTER SERVICES
			YEAR-TO-DATE June
			2011		2010		CHANGE
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		61,935,580		60,902,910		1.7	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	37,661,928		38,054,554		-1.0
		INTERNATIONAL	24,273,653		22,848,357		6.2
		ATLANTIC	8,803,518		8,697,109		1.2
		LATIN AMERICA	12,203,950		11,274,259		8.2
		PACIFIC	3,266,185		2,876,989		13.5
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)
	SYSTEM		77,053,929		75,238,504		2.4	%
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	45,946,726		46,245,880		-0.6
		INTERNATIONAL	31,107,202		28,992,624		7.3
		ATLANTIC	11,555,579		11,048,744		4.6
		LATIN AMERICA	15,266,474		14,526,359		5.1
		PACIFIC	4,285,150		3,417,521		25.4
LOAD FACTOR
	SYSTEM		80.4	%	80.9	%	-0.6	Pts
		D.O.T. DOMESTIC	82.0		82.3		-0.3
		INTERNATIONAL	78.0		78.8		-0.8
		ATLANTIC	76.2		78.7		-2.5
		LATIN AMERICA	79.9		77.6		2.3
		PACIFIC	76.2		84.2		-8.0
PASSENGERS BOARDED			42,301,862		42,347,093		-0.1	%
SYSTEM CARGO TON MILES (000)			897,643		925,469		-3.0	%

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The address is http://www.aa.com/

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Oxford Industries Elects Clyde C. Tuggle to Board of Directors.

ATLANTA, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE:OXM) today announced the election of Clyde C. Tuggle to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Tuggle is Senior Vice President, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer of The Coca-Cola Company.

"We are delighted and honored to welcome Clyde Tuggle to our Board of Directors," commented J. Hicks Lanier, Chairman and CEO of Oxford Industries. "In addition to his personal attributes, the extensive international experience Clyde has acquired throughout his career at The Coca-Cola Company will be a tremendous addition to our Board."

About Oxford

Oxford Industries, Inc. is an international apparel design, sourcing and marketing company featuring a diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands. Oxford's brands include Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, Ben Sherman, Oxford Golf, Arnold Brant and Billy London. The Company also holds exclusive licenses to produce and sell certain product categories under the Kenneth Cole, Geoffrey Beene and Dockers labels. The Company operates retail stores, restaurants and Internet websites. The Company also has license arrangements with select third parties to produce and sell certain product categories under its Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer and Ben Sherman brands. Oxford's wholesale customers include department stores, specialty stores, national chains, specialty catalogs and Internet retailers. Oxford's stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1964 under the symbol OXM. For more information, please visit Oxford's website at www.oxfordinc.com.

SOURCE Oxford Industries, Inc.

Research and Markets: Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet and Forecasts 2011.

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 27, 2011-: Research and Markets: Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet and Forecasts 2011(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b938a5/cambodia_telecom) has announced the addition of the "Cambodia - Telecoms, Mobile, Internet and Forecasts" report to their offering.

Hot competition continues in Cambodia's mobile sector as market rationalisation begins.

Cambodia has successfully managed its transition into a vibrant telecom market. Despite the country's status as one of the least developed nations in the world and whilst it remains one of the poorer countries in Southeast Asia, Cambodia's efforts to expand and upgrade its telecom infrastructure have certainly been bearing fruit. There was very little infrastructure remaining from before the tumultuous Khmer Rouge days. As a result, Cambodia bypassed rebuilding the fixed-line market and quickly launched into alternative technologies, jump-starting its telecommunications infrastructure with digital technology. Not surprisingly, mobile services have completely overwhelmed the market. By end 2010, there were nine mobile operators vigorously competing with each other in a market segment that was growing at a healthy rate.

Coming into 2011 there were an estimated 8.4 million mobile subscribers (penetration 55%) in the country. The market was still in a very strong expansion phase as evidenced by the keenness shown by foreign operators seeking to be part of it. Most significantly some rationalisation had commenced in the market with two operators merging, thereby reducing the number of operators to eight.

Some limited fixed-line growth had earlier come about in Cambodia through investment under foreign assistance, but this mainly benefited the capital Phnom Penh and geographical coverage has not increased significantly since that effort in the 1990s. The number of fixed-line services remained relatively static for some years at around 50,000; by early 2011 the numbers were starting to edge upwards. In the absence of any substantial fixed-line growth, however, mobile telephone services continue to completely dominate the overall telecom market in Cambodia. In fact mobiles represent more than 99% of the total number of telephone services in the country.

Market highlights:

- Cambodia's mobile market continued on its positive expansion path in 2010 and into 2011, although the annual growth was slowing;

- With mobile penetration of around 56% coming into 2011, the market has passed the eight million subscriber milestone;

- Cambodia had nine licensed mobile operators in a crowded, highly competitive market that invited questions about its likely overcrowding and the possible need for some sort of early rationalisation. The expected rationalisation had started in late 2010;

- The development of fixed-line services continues to languish, although the market has picked up a little momentum;

- The internet segment has also been languishing for some time, but there are promising signs that the widespread introduction of wireless broadband services will see a long-term surge in growth;

By 2010 there was evidence that the anticipated surge was starting, after Internet subscriptions grew by almost 100% in 2009.

This report provides an overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications markets in Cambodia.

Subjects covered include:

- Key statistics;

- Market and industry overviews;

- Major operators (mobile and fixed);

- Regulatory environment;

- Infrastructure;

- Mobile market;

- Internet market;

- Telecom market forecasts for selective years to 2020.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

3. Country Overview

4. Telecommunications market

5. Regulatory environment

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

7. Internet market

8. Mobile communications

9. Cambodia's broadcasting market

10. Forecasts

11. Related reports

Companies Mentioned:

- Cambodia GSM (MobiTel)

- CamShin

- Hello Axiata (formerly TMIC)

- AZ Communications

- Viettel

- Applifone (Star Cell)

- CadComms

- GT-Tell

- Smart Mobile (Latelz)

- VimpelCom/Beeline Cambodia

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b938a5/cambodia_telecom

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Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. Releases Letter to Shareholders.

M2 PRESSWIRE-20 July 2010-PenStox: Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. Releases Letter to Shareholders(C)1994-2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. Releases Letter to Shareholders

LAS VEGAS, Jul 20, 2010 -- Crown Equity Holdings , Inc. (OTCBB:CRWE) announces today the following letter to all shareholders.

Dear Shareholders,

I see Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. continuing to consult, assist and provide organizations and small business owners with the knowledge required in taking their company public, as well as being one of a handful of companies that will transcend the artificial limitation of today's information and advertisement media distribution marketplace.

In fact, as I look at Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. today, I believe our company is prepared to manage this transition.

-- Our financial statements are stronger than they have ever been before.

-- We have high-caliber people working throughout our corporation who believe in our vision and strategies. (This year, our Company has nearly doubled its workforce from 17 to present number of 32. This is after the Company experienced a workforce increase of 225% in 2009.) -- Our brand is becoming globally recognized. (It is our goal to have all of CRWE's clients' press releases, articles and news content published in every major financial country's native language.) -- We have an excellent and growing core business.

-- We have a strong set of new initiatives, as well as having powerful underlying technologies.

Our company has recently added Brilliant Innovator, a Pakistan business led by Zeeshan Shabbir with four (4) Middle Eastern correspondents to our CRWENewswire.com team. We are positioned to offer our readers a global perspective on top stories and world affairs from the Middle East, Far East and Europe to our line newswire, as well as having their assistance with developing our Arabic language websites.

Overall, I am confident that the future looks bright for you, our shareholders and everyone with a stake in the success of Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. As you may be aware of, we are in the process of implementing a forward stock split of our common stock on a one-for-ten basis. An effective date for the split has not been determined but is expected to occur in late July.

This split should benefit our shareholders by increasing the liquidity available to investors giving us the potential to attract more buyers of an institutional nature. Considering the large increase in income we experienced this past year, we are confident our future projected revenue stream will support this financial strategy.

We at Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. are excited about the opportunities ahead, and look forward to sharing our successes with you in the coming months. In fact, if you would send your e-mail address to me at (shareholder@crownequityholding.com) with a subject title of "Shareholder", I will keep you informed of our progress.

After all, our primary goal, as always, is building the Company's operations so that we may continue to create value for our shareholders. We thank you for your continued support!

Kenneth Bosket, President/CEO

About Crown Equity Holdings, Inc.

Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. is a company utilizing today's technology to advertise, promote and market public companies globally. CRWE's proprietary network technology allows their publishing department to get their content to millions of readers daily across the world. CRWE publishes financial content to all the major countries and covers all the accredited stock exchanges.

Crown Equity Holdings is currently in the process of expanding its in-house IT infrastructure. Although their current web page load time is better than 75% of other internet websites, when completed, the modifications will raise this load time to better then 90% of other internet websites while increasing website visitor capacity by 400%.

Crown Equity Holdings has also moved to a dedicated in-house advertising server, allowing for faster response and a wider variety of ad space offerings to those interested in advertising on their numerous internet and affiliate internet properties.

For further details, please visit the Company's website at www.crownequityholdings.com.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of the effectiveness of management's strategies and decisions, general economic and business conditions, new or modified statutory or regulatory requirements and changing price and market conditions. No assurance can be given that these are all the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements.

This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire, www.globenewswire.com

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