QLD:Shoes are same brand as Daniel's:

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2011
QLD:Shoes are same brand as Daniel's:

Queensland police say they're hopeful of finding more evidence at the site where authorities
have been searching for the remains of missing schoolboy DANIEL MORCOMBE.

Human bones were found in muddy bush near Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast, yesterday
and today police have confirmed shoes found at the site are the same brand as those DANIEL
was wearing when he went missing in 2003.

Deputy Commissioner ROSS BARNETT says what they've found have been in relatively close
proximity to each other and there's no reason why they shouldn't find further evidence.

He says more should be known about the bones and shoes in weeks, not days as the testing
of evidence will be given the highest priority, and could even be sent overseas if that's
required.

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NSW: Corruption cloud over recently appointed ALP executive

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2008
NSW: Corruption cloud over recently appointed ALP executive

A close friend of NSW Ports Minister JOE TRIPODI reportedly got a job within his friend's
department .. despite being part of an ICAC inquiry.

News Limited newspapers say JOE SCIMONE .. a senior NSW ALP official .. is facing allegations
he paid 30 thousand dollars to men posing as ICAC officers offering to destroy evidence
against …

Dolby Laboratories Schedules Conference Call

Wireless News
04-27-2011
Dolby Laboratories Schedules Conference Call
Type: News

Dolby Laboratories will release financial results for the second quarter 2011 fiscal year after the close of regular trading on Thursday, May 5.

According to a release, members of Dolby management will lead a conference call open to all interested parties to discuss Dolby Laboratories' Q2 2011 fiscal year financial results at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) on Thursday, May 5.
Access to the teleconference will be available over the Internet at investor.dolby.com/medialist.cfm or by dialing 888-428-9496. International callers can access the conference call at 719-325- 2495.

A replay of the call will be available from 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, May 5, until 9 p.m. PT on May 12, by dialing 877-870-5176 (international callers can access the replay by dialing 858-384- 5517) and entering the confirmation code 6039019. An archived version of the teleconference will also be available on dolby.com.

Dolby Laboratories is a provider of audio and surround sound solutions.

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A revolution is reflected byte by byte

ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
International Herald Tribune
02-12-2011
A revolution is reflected byte by byte
Byline: ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
Section: Currents
Type: News

Millions of people are watching revolution unfold in Egypt because of advances in digital communication. But how many people are understanding it?

"Bearing witness is a huge commitment," Elie Wiesel says in his lilting baritone, the cadences of another continent still on his tongue after all these years. "It has almost nothing to do with machines. It is the eye that sees, the ear that listens."
We are on the phone together and, like much of the world this week, we are speaking of Egypt. "Watch on television what is happening there," he says. "It's clear. It's a moment in history."

But our conversation is less about the latest from Tahrir Square than about the international phenomenon of virtual bystanding that it has inspired. We have seen this before, with Iran, with Chile, with Haiti: legions of global citizens watching a crisis unfold in real time and, equipped with new technology, seeking to do their bit -- disseminating links, retweeting pleas for help or offers of it, or simply standing in the stream of hardship chatter and drinking some of it in.

In these last days, such digital rubbernecking has resumed with Egypt, and a debate has reopened with it. Will the revolution be tweeted? as Malcolm Gladwell has phrased it in The New Yorker (before concluding that it will not). Are all these link-spreaders really just wallflowers? Are Westerners narcissistic in assuming always that it is their technologies that unleash what is, in fact, organic to nations in upheaval? Is this a variety of voyeurism?

The debate has tended to dwell on the question of whether all this overseas digital mirroring of a crisis, especially when the Internet is inaccessible or censored in the nation in crisis, is of any use to those on the ground. But what is often missing from the debate is the idea of bearing witness: the notion, as Mr. Wiesel, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, once put it, that an experience like the one he endured "cannot stay with me alone. It must be opened, it must become an offering, it must be deepened and given and shared."

Today, at age 82, he is a trace removed from the latest technology trends, but he was more vigorous than many half his age in seeing a place for technology in tragedy.

"Because of technology, and because of the progress made in technology, especially in the field of communication, no one has any excuse anymore to say, 'I don't know; I didn't know; I wasn't aware,"' he said.

It is partly that the sufferings of others are available to much of the world in real time today, he said, and partly that the multiplication of avenues to publish and to access what others publish makes people less confined to particular sources: If you don't trust the U.S. news media, you can watch Al Jazeera English from your sofa in Florida; if you don't trust Al Jazeera, you can pipe in France 24 from your bedroom in Qatar.

"Since they come from a variety of sources, from a variety of people, representing all ideologies and all sensitivities, we know. We cannot not know," Mr. Wiesel said. "Whether you want it or not," he added a moment later, "we are witnesses."

But there is also a paradox about this digital bearing of witness: Amid the chaos and fragmentation and deluge of the new media world, it becomes easier for the witness to hear, but perhaps harder to listen. Noise multiplies; signal is scarcer. Links to articles are disseminated to others before the articles are read. Genuine testimony and propaganda mingle freely under the flag of the #Jan25 Twitter hashtag, no one knowing for sure which is which.

Mr. Wiesel fears that, even as the technology makes it harder not to know, it chips away at the duty, after knowing, of understanding: of asking why, making sense of things, judging, empathizing -- and of committing the tragic events to a deeper kind of memory.

"In one way, what worries me is that there is so much chatter that we forget how to listen," he said. Today "everybody has something to say," he added, and perhaps less interest in absorbing tragedy's lessons. "Before speaking, there is thinking. But today everything goes so fast, so fast."

When Mr. Wiesel teaches literature, he told me, he finishes the investigation of a book by stepping back from its details and asking, What is the meaning of that book? That kind of reflection suffers in the instantaneous media culture that surrounds us today, a culture that tends to reward speed over cognition. What the chatter should be asking of Egypt, he said, is: "What does it mean? Why did this happen now? Why didn't this happen before? And not who is wrong, because we have to listen to both sides. But the main thing is, What does it mean in history, to history?"

If one idea has animated Mr. Wiesel's life, it is that of the power of memory: memory gives culture, he likes to say; memories spoken and shared can prevent remembered tragedies from recurring. He wonders sometimes if the frantic, ephemeral remembering of our digital times -- what we may call Twitnessing -- has anything to do with the kind of memory to which he has devoted his life. The Internet can serve as a repository of testimony; but it can also be a palace of fun house mirrors, in which events are reflected and twisted and spun even before they have ended.

"There is no life without memory," Mr. Wiesel said. "But when it's too much, when it's too much, then we no longer know, really, what came first, the event or the memory of the event."

Keywords: (Des); Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots (Des)

Copyright International Herald Tribune Feb 12, 2011

VIC:Brumby announces bushfire response=3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2010
VIC:Brumby announces bushfire response=3

The government has supported in part recommendations to upgrade all powerlines .. committing
two million dollars to explore technologies to reduce fire risk and will identify most
at-risk powerlines across the state.

MORE sbl/ce/sw

KEYWORD: TEAGUE RESPONSE 3 MELBOURNE

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Qld: Govt defends forest sell-off plan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
Qld: Govt defends forest sell-off plan

BRISBANE, April 20 AAP - The Queensland government says it will honour two key planks
of its sale of forestry assets, despite concerns held by the industry.

The state'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 (FPQ) based on conditions outlined by
the government.

They included that all plantation timber land would continue to be used for forestry,
and not housing development, and the 1999 commitment to a hardwood plantation would be
honoured.

Timber Queensland chief executive Rod McGuiness says he's sought assurances from the
government but has heard nothing despite final bids being due next week.

Mr McGuiness accused the government of "whittling away" the size of plantations to
bring about a deal.

He says that could cost jobs and force Queensland to seek its timber from overseas.

"This is a government that can't be trusted," he told reporters on Tuesday.

"The whole sale process was predicated upon business as usual in the plantations, the
completion of the hardwood estate and the growth and expansion of our industry."

But with the government unable to provide "sensible answers", the industry felt they
would be short changed, Mr McGuiness said.

A spokesman for Treasurer Andrew Fraser said in a statement the freehold land included
in the FPQ sale, at Beerburrum north of Brisbane, was outside the urban footprint which
meant it was not zoned for development.

Mr Fraser later issued a statement promising the hardwood plantations would be established
by 2025 under the sale agreement.

But Mr McGuiness said the plantations were supposed to be established by 2015.

And he did not trust zoning could not be changed to allow land to be sold for development
in the future.

"Some years ago we had a huge pine plantation estate that was feeding the Petrie paper
mill," he said.

"... There's not one tree left. That is all now Caloundra Downs housing estate."

Opposition treasury spokesman Tim Nicholls said the government's sale plan would damage
the timber industry and put further pressure on housing costs in southeast Queensland.

"The LNP shares the concerns of the timber industry that the fire-sale of FPQ will
damage the supply of timber for housing construction in southeast Queensland," Mr Nicholls
said.

AAP jmm/pjo/maur

KEYWORD: TIMBER WRAP

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FED:Aust should show it's serious on climate change: Oxfam

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2009
FED:Aust should show it's serious on climate change: Oxfam

Eds: this is strictly embargoed until 0001 (AEDT) Monday, Dec 7. Pls do not use until then.



SYDNEY, Dec 7 AAP - The Australian government should show the world it is serious about
tackling climate change, despite the failure of its emissions trading scheme (ETS) legislation,
Oxfam Australia says.

Oxfam's climate change spokeswoman Kelly Dent said the ETS bill's failure to pass in
the Senate was no reason for not committing to "meaningful action on climate change in
Copenhagen" when world leaders meet this week to agree measures to tackle global warming.

"The ETS is only one of several mechanisms that would contribute towards reducing Australia's
emissions, others being greater energy efficiency measures and a boost in renewable energy
investment," Ms Dent said in a statement on Sunday.

She said Australia should improve the chance of a successful outcome at the UN climate
change summit by also announcing how much finance it would put on the table to help developing
countries adapt to the escalating effects of climate change and reduce emissions.

"The lack of commitment from rich countries on finance is seen as a deal-breaker in
these negotiations," she said.

Australia and other rich countries could set off a chain reaction that would lead to
a global climate agreement if together they put forward at least $US200 billion ($A215.68
billion) per year in new public funds.

"Providing climate finance is not about charity.

"It's about the responsibility of rich countries, who have directly contributed to
the climate crisis, to support poor people in developing countries, who are least to blame
but are already suffering from its effects.

"It is also about rich countries living up to what they have already promised to do."

She said $US200 billion a year was less than the annual subsidies provided as agricultural
support by rich countries to their industries ($US250 billion a year) and made financial
sense compared to the costs of inaction on climate change.

The International Energy Agency recently estimated an extra $US500 billion would be
needed for each year significant action on cutting emissions was delayed, she said.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for richer nations to contribute to
a "kickstart" fund of $US10 billion ($A10.78 billion) a year to help poorer nations tackle
and adapt to climate change.

AAP cdh/it

KEYWORD: CLIMATE OXFAM (REPEATING)

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Main stories in tonight's 1800 Seven News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2009
Main stories in tonight's 1800 Seven News

SYDNEY, April 28 AAP - Highlights of tonight's Seven News at 1800.

- Seventy eight people in Australia are being tested for swine flu.

- Mexican authorities have shut schools in a bid to stop the spread of the swine flu pandemic.

- Sydneysiders have been warned more major power cuts could grip the city, after the
third big outage in a month hit the CBD.

- Former NRL star Greg Bird has been convicted of recklessly wounding his girlfriend
and of lying to police.

- A Sydney man facing 10 years jail for biting off part of a man's ear in a brawl in
Penrith has called his victim "a sook."

- Fashion designer Wayne Cooper has shown off a spring/summer collection inspired by
strong women like Jerry Hall and Deborah Harry. Young designer Dion Lee showed off his
collection in an underground carpark.

AAP jcc/

KEYWORD: MONITOR SEVEN 1800

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FED: Christmas a time to think of those less fortunate: G-G

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2008
FED: Christmas a time to think of those less fortunate: G-G

CANBERRA, Dec 24 AAP - Governor-General Quentin Bryce will spend her first Christmas
in the vice-regal role thinking of the disadvantaged and isolated.

Ms Bryce, who became the country's first female governor-general when she took office
in September, urged people to think of those less fortunate at Christmas time.

But it was also a happy time, the Queenslander said.

"Christmas is a time for family celebrations."

"It's a time to enjoy the wonderful country we live in, a time for contemplating the
year's end, and fresh beginnings."

Ms Bryce said she would also be thinking of Australia's defence forces who were spending
Christmas away from their home and family.

Her husband Michael joined her in wishing all Australians a safe and happy Christmas,
Ms Bryce said.

AAP ca/kms/it

KEYWORD: XMAS GG

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Swm: US relay triumph lifts Phelps to historic eighth gold

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2008
Swm: US relay triumph lifts Phelps to historic eighth gold

By Rebecca Bryan

BEIJING, Aug 17 AFP - Michael Phelps won an unprecedented eighth gold medal at the
Beijing Games today as the United States won the men's 4x100m medley relay in world record
time.

With the victory, Phelps overtook compatriot Mark Spitz, whose seven swimming golds
at Munich in 1972 were the most at a single Games.

At 23, and competing in his third Olympics, Phelps took his total of Olympic titles
to 14, including six from Athens, where he also claimed two bronze.

The US squad of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps and Jason Lezak won a tight race
in 3:29.34, Lezak holding off Australian individual world record-holder Eamon Sullivan
on the closing freestyle leg.

The United States were lying third when Phelps hit the water for the penultimate butterfly
leg. He had given the US a narrow lead by the time he handed over to Lezak.

"I don't know what to feel right now, there are so many emotions going through my head
and so much excitement, I guess I just want to see my mom," Phelps said.

The Americans improved on the previous world record of 3:30.68, while Australia finished
second in 3:30.04 and Japan took the bronze in 3:31.18.

"It's a beautiful thing, I am so proud to be a part of this relay team," Peirsol said.

"It wasn't like we were doing this for Michael, but it's an honour to be part of it.

It would have been something if we hadn't done it.

"Sullivan came back at the end, but I think at the end of a long competition we are
all a little tired right now."

Indeed when the much anticipated moment came, there was no scream of triumph, no fist-pounding
gesture of victory from Phelps, who was hugged by his teammates and shook hands with his
rivals before calmly raising his arms toward the crowd and drawing a roar from the Water
Cube fans.

AFP jmt

KEYWORD: OLY08 SWM PHELPS LEAD

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NSW: Telstra to connect Tamarama in US-Aust cable plan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2008
NSW: Telstra to connect Tamarama in US-Aust cable plan

Telstra says a nine-thousand kilometre cable to be laid from Sydney to Hawaii will
increase internet traffic between Australia and the US.

But it won't make broadband in Australia cheaper.

The first length of Telstra's fibre cable is scheduled to be laid today .. a sight
likely to grab the attention of surfers at Sydney's Tamarama Beach.

The French vessel Ile De Sein will be moored off the beach .. making the first connection
of the link that will eventually run along the Pacific Ocean floor and re-emerge at Hawaii's
Keawaula Beach.

The operation will be finished by the end of the year.

AAP RTV ab/hn/wz/ibw

KEYWORD: CABLE (SYDNEY)

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Vic: Tragic grain silo worker named

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2007
Vic: Tragic grain silo worker named

Police have released the name of a man who died after becoming submerged in canola
seed .. while working in a grain silo at Hamilton in Victoria's west.

He was 58-year-old BRUCE HARTWICH.





Mr HARTWICH entered the silo about 3.30pm (AEDT) yesterday to clear a blockage .. but
became trapped after sinking chest deep into the canola.

Despite the efforts of rescuers .. he died shortly before 8pm.

It was another seven and a half hours before Mr HARTWICH's body was eventually recovered.

Worksafe Victoria is investigating whether Mr HARTWICH's harness broke .. dropping
him into the canola.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

AAP RTV sjm/pmu/ibw/bart

KEYWORD: SILO NAME (MELBOURNE)

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Fed: Rudd's wife to continue career if Labor wins election

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2007
Fed: Rudd's wife to continue career if Labor wins election

The wife of federal Opposition leader KEVIN RUDD may be the first spouse of a prime
minister to keep her maiden name and her career .. if Labor wins the federal election.

THERESE REIN's company .. Ingeus .. runs job placement programs for the federal government
worth 58 million dollars a year and generates global revenue worth 170 million dollars.

The entrepreneur has told Fairfax newspapers she'd continue her career if Mr RUDD becomes
prime minister this year.

But she and Mr RUDD have both indicated they'd seek advice from the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet over the issue if Labor wins the election.

AAP RTV vpm/rh/psm/

KEYWORD: RUDD WIFE (SYDNEY)

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Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2006
Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

PERTH, Dec 22 AAP - The main stories in the 0900 ABC news:

- The Australian Federal Police commissioner, Mick Keelty, says the overturning of
the conviction against Jemaah Islamiah's former spiritual leader is not an indication
of failure of the police investigation.

- Police have released the names of two women charged over the murder of a teenager
whose body was found in a wheelie bin in Lathlain.

- British police have charged a 48-year-old man with murdering five prostitutes near
Ipswich in southeast England.

- The Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says she's extremely disappointed that the Environment
Minister has rejected an application for emergency heritage listing of the Burrup Peninsula.

- Planning is underway to quickly relocate 350 staff from the ABC's Brisbane headquarters
after yesterday's decision to effectively shut down the cite over health concerns.

- The midwest iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has been successful in its takeover
bid for Pilbara-based miner Aztec Resources.

AAP np/

KEYWORD: MONITOR ABC 0900

2006 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.

1500 WSFM headlines

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2006
1500 WSFM headlines





Police are letter box dropping after two nights of violence amongst neighbours in Sydney's west.



Two stabbings in Campbelltown area, one person still in hospital.



Vandal attack at Jewish synagogue in Parramatta.



PM has had change of heart on MP conscience vote for stemcell research.



The NRMA has voted Citroen X6 the safest car in the world for pedestrian safety. The
Holden Barina dropped to two stars.



In sport:

No word yet from Newcastle re fate of Andrew Johns.



Michael Frogger out for two weeks.



Wallabies have recalled players for the Tritest against the All Blacks.



Socceroos wrapping up training for their game against Kuwait.



Brett Lee fit for Ashes.



AAP RTV/ jmm

KEYWORD: 1500 WSFM

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Fed: No full fee for uni students is still Labor policy = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2006
Fed: No full fee for uni students is still Labor policy = 2

Education Minister Julie Bishop said she was ready for a debate with Labor about full
fee paying university places.

"Bring it on," she told ABC television.

"Labor is totally confused on this issue, as they are on so many areas of education."

Ms Bishop said 97 per cent of Australian students at university were in commonwealth-supported
places.

Of the three per cent in full fee paying places, 37 per cent of those were in summer
or winter courses, which were held outside the semesters.

Ms Bishop said Labor had to decide how it would replace the funding that would disappear
if it scrapped full-fee places for Australian students.

"What Mr Beazley hasn't told us is whether he will fund the universities to make up
for the abolition of full fee paying places," she said.

"I believe that we should have a choice of being able to take up a commonwealth funded
place or a full fee paying place.

"And the full fee paying places do not take the place of a commonwealth funded place."

AAP rp/wjf/de

KEYWORD: EDUCATION BEAZLEY 2 CANBERRRA (REOPENS)

2006 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.

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seven-day money Money that has been invested in the money market for a term of seven days. Special interest rates are quoted for seven-day money.

Cyber Digital, Inc. Inks Agreement with Omomia Associates of Nigeria; Omomia to Establish Distributors for Cyber Digital's CSX PABX in Seven States of Nigeria.

Business Editors, High Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001

Cyber Digital, Inc. (OTCBB: CYBD), a leading manufacturer and software developer of fixed wireless Digital Central Office Telephone Exchanges and Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABX) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Omomia Associates of Nigeria to establish distributors for its CSX PABX in the seven states of Nigeria.

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Omomia Associates shall have the non-exclusive right to market, promote and sell Cyber Digital's CSX PABX to distributors in the South-West region of Nigeria consisting of seven states: Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun and Kwara. In addition, Omomia shall fund the marketing, publicity, advertising and public relations activities for the establishment of distributors for CSX.

About Omomia Associates

Omomia Associates is a predominant trade and commerce consulting firm located in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria. It specializes in trade promotions, joint venture and investments activities for foreign high-technology companies within Nigeria.

About Cyber Digital, Inc.

Cyber Digital, Inc., is a leading manufacturer and software developer of advanced integrated packet and circuit digital switching equipment, employing SS7 or C7 signaling, for private and public switched voice network operators worldwide. Cyber Digital is also a leading developer and provider of an array of ultra-high performance Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure software and systems such as routers, gateways, firewalls and servers for distributive digital broadband and virtual private network (VPN) applications.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. The risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in Cyber Digital's SEC reports and filings.

Cyber Digital, Inc. has been profiled in The Stock Advisor Newsletter and is featured on The Stock Advisor website. Additional information about Cyber Digital, Inc. may be obtained by sending email to cybd@cyberdigitalinc.com, or visiting www.cyberdigitalinc.com or www.thestockadvisor.com.

ADVISORY/High Tech Talent in Demand at the Research Triangle Park HIGH TECH Career Fair.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Aug. 2 (Wednesday)

MT. AIRY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000

The high tech workforce presently includes 10 million people, but there is demand for an additional 1.6 million trained employees over the next 12 months, reports a recent study conducted by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).

Recruiters representing corporations and consulting firms will be aggressively seeking technology professionals at the Research Triangle Park HIGH TECH Career Fair on Wednesday, August 2nd, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Blvd., from 11:00am to 2:00pm and 4:00pm to 7:00pm. A growing list of participating companies in the career fair includes ABB Energy Information Systems, Alcatel USA, Carolina Power & Light, GoTo.com (Nasdaq:GOTO), and Lante Corp. among others.

Companies with a need for experts in software, e-commerce, networking and the Internet will be aggressively seeking high tech professionals. Job seekers with semiconductor, information systems, telecom, and engineering experience are in demand to implement the fast growing technologies. Due to this need, hundreds of job candidates will be attending the Research Triangle Park HIGH TECH Career Fair produced by 1-Jobs.com, a recognized leader in online and in-person recruiting solutions.

"There is no more time efficient way to search for employment and employees than at the HIGH TECH career fairs where recruiters and job candidates can shake hands and meet one-on-one," said Bob Sopko, Vice President of Marketing. On the web site, employers and job seekers can view the posted jobs and resumes, and then take steps to get connected.

PCWEEK (eWeek) Magazine recently rated 1-Jobs.com in the Top 10 IT Recruitment Job Sites on the Internet. How 1-Jobs.com generates its job listings and resumes is what sets it apart from other online job sites. In addition to customized career fairs and online sales, 1-Jobs.com produces 100 HIGH TECH Career Fairs annually across North America in 40 markets. Known as one of the largest Internet job sites, 1-Jobs.com has over 2 million user visits to its web site each month, and offers a unique network of over 600 job sites.

The Research Triangle Park HIGH TECH Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, August 2nd, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Blvd., Research Triangle Park, from 11:00am to 2:00pm and 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Patricia O'Connor, Ph.D., Independent Career Consultant and former Assistant Director of the Technology Career Center at Duke University, will present "The Art of the High Tech Job Search" at 10:00am. Job candidates are encouraged to bring plenty of resumes for distribution to participating companies. Admission is FREE!

When it comes to jobs, we're no. 1 - 1-Jobs.com

The Research Triangle Park HIGH TECH Career Fair is a qualified EEO/Affirmative Action recruitment event. For more information, visit www.1-Jobs.com or call 800-593-0101.

Modesto, Calif., Junior College Students Get Hispanic Federal Internships.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 5 -- Spying is not among Sonia Garcia's career choices. Nonetheless, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited the Modesto Junior College graduate for an internship this summer.

She is one of four MJC students who will work for federal agencies through an internship program sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

Students were selected for their academic record, their familiarity with computers and the Internet, and their community service. It's the first time MJC has participated in the association's program, which accepts about 40 students from California.

Garcia, 19, doesn't think she'll engage in any Tom Clancy-like intrigue. Her assignment: Helping to set up contracts for military and medical equipment. She doesn't know who buys the supplies. Maybe other governments, she figures.

What's important for her is that she has a chance to travel to another part of the country and work for an agency that has intrigued her since she was a young girl. The association will cover her living expenses in Philadelphia, where she'll live in an apartment on her own for the first time.

"It's also kind of scary," said Garcia, an international business major who will transfer to San Diego State University when she returns to California in August. "I think I'm going to learn a lot. I'm ready for it."

Other summer interns are Marcia Medina, who will will work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in West Virginia, and Max Tejeda and Elida Vizcarra, both of whom will work with the Department of Defense in San Antonio. They'll each receive a $390 weekly stipend during the 10-week-long internship and a place to live.

The students left Friday for a weeklong orientation in Washington, D.C., before heading off to their respective internships.

Vizcarra, 20, said she will use her internship to beef up her resume. Her major is business administration, and she has another semester to finish at MJC before transferring to California State University, Sacramento.

"I plan on coming back to MJC and being a motivator for other students, letting them know how it goes, and encouraging more students to apply to the program," she said. "It's a marvelous opportunity. It's something I wouldn't be able to do here in Modesto."

Both young women are ideal candidates for the association's internships because of their commitment to education, said Modesto financial planner Gene Carillo. He met both Garcia and Vizcarra as a mentor for Downey High School's Hispanic Youth Leadership Club, sponsored by the Hispanic Leadership Council.

"They don't let things stand in their way," Carillo said. "They find a way to go around it and they won't give up."

Garcia said the job with the CIA fits nicely with her interests in international business. She speaks Spanish and some French, and she expects to travel in the future. In San Diego, she will have dual enrollment with a university across the border in Tijuana, where her parents lived before they came to California.

"It's so weird how the world changes. They think it's really weird that I'm going back to where they came from. They're very excited for me."

Visit The Modesto (Calif.) Bee on the World Wide Web at http://www.modbee.com

ClearCommerce Engine to be Licensed by HP; ClearCommerce and HP's VeriFone Division to Expand Product Development.

AUSTIN, Texas, and PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearCommerce Corp., a leading provider of back-end transaction processing solutions for e-commerce infrastructure, and Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that HP has licensed the ClearCommerce(R) Engine for sale to commerce service providers and enterprises worldwide as part of a multiyear agreement between HP and ClearCommerce. As part of HP's e-services strategy, HP will sell and support the ClearCommerce Engine in the global e-commerce marketplace. The scalability and reliability of the ClearCommerce Engine will permit it to be customized uniquely for e-commerce merchants.

Additionally, HP's VeriFone Division and ClearCommerce will collaborate on strategic product development for future releases of the ClearCommerce Engine. VeriFone's expertise as a global provider of secure electronic-payment solutions, coupled with ClearCommerce's leadership in online transaction processing and fraud protection, will be integral in defining new product features. The combination of VeriFone and ClearCommerce resources will also extend to professional services provided by both organizations, including level-three (purchase card and corporate card) support.

The agreement between HP and ClearCommerce is an expansion of an existing relationship between the companies. The ClearCommerce Engine was previously selected by HP for the HP Commerce for the Millennium and HP Enterprise Commerce initiatives. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"As HP implements its e-services strategy, customers and consumers will want increased levels of e-commerce abilities," said Patty Azzarello, general manager of HP E-solutions. "By partnering with ClearCommerce, we can more quickly meet the e-payment needs of retailers, service providers, financial institutions and others requiring high-quality, highly reliable e-commerce software."

"Collaborating with VeriFone on future product releases creates a strategic advantage for ClearCommerce by leveraging VeriFone's expertise in the e-commerce industry," said Robert J. Lynch, chief executive officer of ClearCommerce. "VeriFone and ClearCommerce will both find value in marketing and developing the ClearCommerce Engine."

The ClearCommerce Engine capabilities include real-time transaction processing with the credit-card processors, fraud analysis and protection, business reports for merchants, storefront integration, APIs to businesses' existing ERP or inventory systems, shipping and tax calculation, and Electronic Softgoods Downloads.

About VeriFone:

VeriFone (http://www.verifone.hp.com), a division of Hewlett-Packard Company, is the leading global provider of secure electronic-payment solutions for financial institutions, merchants and consumers. The division has shipped more than seven million electronic-payment systems, which are used in more than 100 countries.

About HP:

Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services.

HP plans to launch Agilent Technologies as an independent company by mid- calendar 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments.

HP has 84,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

About ClearCommerce:

Austin, Texas-based ClearCommerce is a leading provider of e-commerce transaction software for more than 15,000 merchants, including Apple Computer, Cardservice International, Chase Merchant Services, Cooking.com and E-Stamp. ClearCommerce software features real-time credit card processing and robust Internet fraud protection, as well as online reports, storefront integration, back-end integration, shipping/tax calculation and delivery of digital merchandise. Online businesses and commerce service providers alike rely on ClearCommerce's capacity to supply the essential transaction processing component that is required for full automation of the online sale. For more information about ClearCommerce, please visit www.clearcommerce.com.

Quatech Expands Networking Product Line with Industrial Grade Access Point Products for Device Centric M2M Applications.

New Airborne 802.11 Access Points offer expanded WPA2 security features and extended temperature range in OEM Embedded Module or Rugged External Packaged Configurations

HUDSON, Ohio -- Quatech, Inc., a division of DPAC Technologies (OTCQB: DPAC) and leader in wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions, today announced the expansion of their Device Networking product line with the availability of its new Industrial grade Airborne 802.11 b/g Access Points. The new product offering includes options for embedded modules for integration into original equipment manufacturer (OEM) designs and external metal enclosure units for industrial markets requiring ruggedized solutions.

Quatech's AirborneAP[TM] Access Point technology enables M2M equipment to become the center of a self sufficient WiFi network, allowing easy access to equipment data or resources from WiFi-enabled devices, including laptops, tablets and handhelds powered by Android, iOS, or Windows. AirborneAP[TM] Access Point technology includes secure authentication using WPA2 (AES-CCMP) and a fully functional DHCP server to provide unique addresses for each authenticated client.

Utilizing Quatech's expertise in highly secure and reliable device networking firmware, AirborneAP[TM] Access Points have been designed specifically to address the functional and packaging demands of M2M solutions providers. As an example, an integrated AirborneAP[TM] Access Point can turn an isolated piece of equipment in a service truck into a wireless gateway; this creates a WiFi network around the vehicle that enables multiple handhelds and tablets to talk to each other. This local WiFi network can also enable access to other equipment with embedded WiFi capability in the truck, and even provide access to the internet using a cellular modem.

AirborneAP[TM] Access Points support Ethernet and serial interfaces. The Ethernet interface can be placed in bridge mode to support connection to an existing network of devices, effectively extending access to the network for wireless devices. Alternatively, the Ethernet interface can be set to wireless router mode, enabling advanced networking to wide area network (WAN) and internet connections. Utilizing the serial interfaces, wireless clients can access the serial devices using the wireless network.

AirborneAP[TM] Access Points can be switched from access point to client mode through the web or command line interfaces. In client mode, the device provides WPA2-Enterprise Class Extensible Authentication Protocols (EAP) with support for authentication Certificates. Advanced security including WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES - FIPS 197), WPA2 Enterprise, 802.11i and 802.1x (EAP) are standard over the entire product family. The units include support for EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP, EAP-FAST and LEAP with AES-CCMP supported in the hardware. The embedded AirborneAP[TM] modules and external ruggedized Access Points are designed to meet extended operating temperature range (-40xC to +85xC).

The embedded Airborne Model APMG-Q551 module allows OEM customers to incorporate AirborneAP[TM] technology into their 802.11 wireless design solutions.

The ruggedized external Airborne[TM] Access Point Model APXG-Q5420 includes a 10/100 Ethernet port and up to two serial ports. The Airborne[TM] adapters have the most flexible port configuration options of any device in the market. The Ethernet port supports both bridged and router modes. The serial interfaces provide compatibility with RS232/422/485 devices and allow simultaneous use of all the ports in any serial data configuration. The external AirborneAP[TM] Access Point also includes a wide range power supply input (5-36 VDC) with terminal block and barrel jack connections packaged in a rugged metal enclosure.

All Quatech Airborne[TM] 802.11 b/g Access Point products offer an integrated remote web browser based configuration and administration interface software (Airborne Management Center software) to provide a straightforward user friendly installation and setup of the devices.

Quatech offers the industry's most extensive line of wireless device networking solutions for both external and embedded applications. The company's upgraded industrial-grade wireless devices provide superior power, increased data bandwidth, reduced latency, and greater reception sensitivity over previous models. With the advanced 802.11g radio, Quatech's Airborne[TM] Access Points, Wireless Routers, Wireless Device Servers and Wireless Ethernet Bridges optimize overall enterprise network efficiency by streamlining communications across an organization's landscape of external and embedded wireless-enabled applications.

For more information on Quatech products, please visit us online at www.quatech.com.

About Quatech, Inc. Quatech delivers high performance device networking and connectivity solutions to help companies improve their bottom line results. Its products enable reliable machine-to-machine (M2M) communications via secure 802.11 wireless or traditional wired networks, with industrial-grade embedded radios, modules, boards and external device servers, and bridges. For local and mobile connections, Quatech's serial adapters provide secure connectivity and port expansion via any interface option. Satisfied customers worldwide rely on Quatech's unique combination of performance and support to improve operations through real-time remote monitoring and control, streamlined systems, and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Quatech markets its products through a global network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers in the transportation, instrumentation and industrial control, homeland security, medical equipment, and logistics markets. Founded in 1983, Quatech is headquartered in Hudson, Ohio. Quatech merged with DPAC Technologies (OTCQB: DPAC) in February 2006. Information concerning DPAC is filed by DPAC with the SEC and is available on the SEC website, www.sec.gov. To learn more about Quatech's complete line of device networking and connectivity solutions, visit www.quatech.com.

Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by their forward-looking words such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "guidance," "estimate," "intend," predict," and "continue" or similar words or any connection with any discussion of future events or circumstances or of management's current estimates or beliefs. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and therefore results may differ materially from those set forth in those statements. More information about the risks and challenges faced by DPAC Technologies Corp. is contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings made by the Company on Form S-4, 10-K, 10-Q or 10-QSB and 8-K. DPAC Technologies Corp. specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Research and Markets: Photovoltaic Heaven - A Worldwide Analysis of 530 Photovoltaic Manufacturers.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e4b69d/photovoltaic_heave) has announced the addition of the "Photovoltaic Heaven - Worldwide Photovoltaic Analysis" subscription to their offering.

This comprehensive database of worldwide solar companies, including the complete up-stream segment of the photovoltaic value chain, allows you to extensively search and observe the latest developments in the manufacturing market. If you want to look for detailed data on a specific competitor or on aggregated figures on module production and capacities per region, or would like to get a rough overview on the global supply market, this internet-based information tool provides you with all the information you will require.

Key Features:

* Analyze the entire value chain with a mouse click; from silicon to wafers and ingots right along to crystalline and thin film modules.

* Access data regarding 530 manufacturers around the world - either individually or organized by specific criteria - and use it for a competitive analysis.

* Find information about production and production capacity either globally or organized according to country.

* Up-to-date data about prognoses from the present time to 2012.

Database:

* Around 550 Photovoltaic companies from all relevant levels of the value chain (silicon, wafer/ingots, cells, crystalline and thin-film modules, European system integrators)

Source of Information:

* Primary research (market surveys, telephone interviews, value-chain cross-check)

* Public statements (annual reports, investment research, industrial sector analysis, press reports)

Key Topics Covered:

* Company information (contact data, production sites, involved stakeholders such as parent companies, joint ventures)

* Announced production capacity per company for the years 2005-2012

* Announced production output for the years 2005-2012 (if applicable, otherwise possible production output)

* Estimated production output for the years 2005-2012

* Multi level data access on an aggregated world market level, value chain level, and on the company level

* Flexible adjustable world market modelling, including cross value-chain check and development of global Photovoltaic demand

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e4b69d/photovoltaic_heave

Naturally sweetened.(New Products)

Honeydrop Beverages launched three new products: Green Tea, Lemon Tea and Lemon Ginger. Each variety of Honeydrop is sweetened with a tablespoon of honey in each 14-ounce bottle. The brand's Lemon Ginger is made with brewed ginger, lemon juice and wildflower honey. The variety is caffeine-free and contains 80 calories in each bottle. Honeydrop Green Tea contains green tea's inherent caffeine and antioxidants along with echinacea for immunity benefits and has 90 calories in each bottle, the company says. Also containing 90 calories, Lemon Tea is made with black and white tea and lemon juice. The additions are packaged in the company's new glass bottle and feature the brand's redesigned logo. Honeydrop's new flavors are available in Whole Foods Markets and leading gourmet retailers for $1.99.

HONEYDROP LEMON GINGER, GREEN TEA AND LEMON TEA

Honeydrop Beverages, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Internet: honeydrop.com

Distribution: National

Ingredients: Lemon Ginger: Filtered water, brewed ginger, honey, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, ascorbic acid and citric acid.

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IDEAL Offers a 'Scan to the Cloud' Solution that Moves Beyond Cloud 1.0 into Cloud 2.0.

Rockville, MD (PRWEB) May 05, 2011

IDEAL, a leader in document management technology offers a 'scan to the cloud' solution that encompasses far more than the document storage offered by Cloud 1.0 offerings. IDEAL-Cloud powered by kloudtrack(R) , a true Cloud 2.0 application, enables companies to be more efficient by tracking and processing workflow, providing secure collaboration and communication, compliance, audit trails and more, all in one secure internet-available system that clients pay for on a monthly basis, based upon their usage in the previous month. This pay-as-you-go solution enables both small and large companies to benefit from cloud 2.0 technology without additional IT investments.

"Many companies tout 'scan to the cloud' solutions for online storage of documents. That's what's referred to as cloud 1.0," says Jay Magenheim, President of IDEAL. "But there is no one else who provides a full Cloud 2.0 application that offers everything that we do in one secure internet-available system that you pay for monthly, based on usage. Our SaaS/Cloud 2.0 solution is unique in its delivery and comprehensive in its abilities."

IDEAL' s 'scan to the cloud' Solution is designed for customers who have paper and digital documents and other legacy data that they want to move to the cloud. IDEAL provides affordable high-speed scanning, OCR and indexing services for office documents as well as for large format engineering drawings. The scanning services can be performed at IDEAL's Rockville, Maryland location, or at any number of IDEAL's affiliate scanning service bureaus across the country, as well as at the customer's site. Personnel with security clearances are available for scanning sensitive data. In addition, for qualified customers who prefer to scan their own data, IDEAL offers limited rentals on high-speed scanning equipment.

Once the scanned and legacy data is 'scanned to the cloud,' i.e. stored in IDEAL's SaaS/Cloud 2.0 solution, then authorized users can use digital work baskets to create workflows from one step to hundreds of steps following industry best practices. IDEAL-Cloud powered by kloudtrack(R) lets users manage all types of documents and business processes with this file-format-agnostic solution that authorized users can access anytime, anyplace via the Internet. Two state co-located servers and advanced level 4 login protect client data. IDEAL-Cloud powered by kloudtrack(R) is certified 'Hacker Proof' by Comodo.

Benefits of Scanning to the Cloud with IDEAL-Cloud powered by kloudtrack(R):

*     True cloud 2.0 technology

*     Pay only for the computer power that you need at any given time

*     Add or subtract seats as projects come and go

*     No long term commitment

*     Access your data and create workflows anyplace you have access to a Microsoft browser

*     Two state co-located servers and advanced level 4 login protect your data

*     Start Small and Scale

o    $695 to start

o    Low monthly payments based on # of seats

o    Ask for a quote based on your requirements

IDEAL-Cloud powered by kloudtrack(R) meets the following scan to the cloud data security and privacy requirements:

*     SEC requirements for Secure Online Document Storage of financial records

*     FINRA requirements for Financial Data Assurance

*     ACH/Check-21 Electronic Banking Standards

*     OMB/GSA "Cloud Computing Storefront"

*     NIST standards Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

*     NIST standards for data platform interoperability

*     Basel Accord I & II for Banking Risk Mitigation

*     CCHIT certification for access to patient health records

*     SAJACC standards for jump-starting government Cloud adoption

*     FISMA security and trusted data storage guidelines for federal agencies

*     HIPAA guidelines for electronic medical record (EMR) privacy and protection

*     Homeland Security SAFETY Act requirements for anti-terrorist protections

*     FEDRamp SaaS|Cloud standards for Cabinet-level government agency data protection

*     Health and Human Service (HSS) guidelines for Meaningful Usse Definitions related to electronic health records

IDEAL invites interested parties to join a webinar. Dealer inquires may be directed to sales@ideal.com .

About IDEAL

IDEAL.com provides a wide range of small and large format scanning, printing, indexing, archiving, converting and editing services and solutions for office documents and for the AEC, GIS , Reprographics, Medical, Legal, Financial, and other markets requiring document imaging and document management . We focus on the conversion of large and small paper documents and medical images into digital archives and we provide services, equipment and software to manage those digital archives. We pride ourselves in developing ongoing relationships with our customers, dealers and business partners in establishing a common vision for the future of our technology to increase our productivity, profitability and growth. Our mission is to provide the best possible value, leading edge technologies, quality and service to our customers. For more information on IDEAL products and services visit HU http://www.ideal.comUH and http://www.ideal-cloud.com.

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REPORT: "AMAZON TAXES" WILL WORSEN BUDGET PROBLEMS, DETER BUSINESS.

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Tax Foundation:

As more states consider enacting so-called "Amazon tax" laws to force online retailers to collect sales taxes, a new Tax Foundation report cautions that such policies would not only fail to relieve short-term budget problems but also hurt long-term economic growth.

New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina and Colorado have Amazon taxes, and the Multistate Tax Commission last week indicated its plans to draft model legislation based on the laws in place in those states.

"Enactment of an Amazon tax is an aggressive and unconstitutional assertion of state power," said Joseph Henchman, the Tax Foundation's Tax Counsel and Director of State Projects, who authored the report. "These taxes are the latest in a series of efforts to eliminate the long-standing 'physical presence' standard and replace it with a nebulous, arbitrary 'economic presence' standard, where businesses can be taxed in every state where they have customers - meaning retailers large and small must track more than 8,000 sales tax rates and bases."

"This flies in the face of the argument that Amazon taxes 'level the playing field' between brick-and-mortar and Internet-bases businesses," Henchman said.

Tax Foundation Special Report, No. 176, "'Amazon Tax' Laws Signal Business Unfriendliness and Will Worsen Short-Term Budget Problems," is available online at http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/25949.html.

Amazon taxes (also known as affiliate nexus taxes or affiliate taxes) require retailers that have contracts with "affiliates" -- independent persons within the state who post a link to an out-of-state business on their website and get a share of revenues from the out-of-state business -- to collect the state' sales and use tax. Even groups such as the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Streamlined Sales Tax Project oppose Amazon taxes.

Amazon taxes are unlikely to produce revenue in the near term, according to the report. New York continues to face a lengthy legal constitutional challenge, and Rhode Island has even seen a drop in income tax collections due to the law.

Unconstitutionally expansive nexus standards such as Amazon tax laws threaten interstate commerce and the national economy by discouraging business expansion.

"The real concern should be the extent of state powers," Henchman said. "Should states be able to reach beyond their geographic borders and impose their tax system on everything everywhere? Do we really need to make sure that taxes are the same in all states, and that people can't shop by tax rates as they shop by price, quality or convenience?"

The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937.

First Union Sells $25 Million in Bonds for New York Giants.(Originated from The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.)

Aug. 19--First Union Corp. sold $25 million in bonds in a private sale for the New York Giants, as part of the football team's efforts to raise money to pay salaries and off-season costs.

The deal marks the first time a football franchise has used the private placement market as a source of financing.

First Union sold the 10-year debt Friday for the Giants, winners of Super Bowls XXI and XXV, as the football team tries to reduce its financing costs and its interest rate exposure.

Unlike traditional bank financing, the private placement market enables a corporate borrower -- in this case, the Giants -- to borrow money at a fixed-interest rate over a longer period of time and at a much better rate, said Mark Smith, First Union's senior vice president of corporate banking inNew Jersey.

Because the bonds are sold privately -- mainly to institutional investors, like insurance companies and pension funds -- such placements enable privately-held companies, like the Giants, to essentially maintain a lock on that privacy.

That's because, unlike a public bond offering, companies are not bound by the same strict regulatory rules and disclosure requirements mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Smith.

With a private placement, only a select few institutional investors, who are carefully screened by the company, are privy to any financial and nonfinancial information released by the company as part of its private offering.

"It allows some degree of privacy," said Smith. "For private companies, the private placement market is attractive for that reason."

Charlotte, North Carolina-based First Union inherited its 21-year-old relationship with the Giants through its acquisition of First Fidelity Bancorp. last year.

The Giants began their banking relationship with First Fidelity back in 1976 when the team first moved to New Jersey and started playing at the Meadowlands, said Smith.

"First Union has been a tremendous partner over the years and we are pleased with the results of this transaciton," said John K. Mara, general counsel and executive vice president for the Giants and partner in the football franchise.

"We were looking for some ways to reduce our financing costs and get more flexibility. We will be able to better meet our long term capital needs through this financing."

Smith said the private placement market is particularly appealing right now for any borrower "looking to procure long-term money on a fixed-rate basis .

"This is the time to do it," he said. "Interest rates are favorable and they can lock into a long period."

In terms of private placements, Smith described the Giant's deal as on the "low-medium" side.

Analysts said that First Union's leading a $25 million private placement wouldn't change any of their estimates, but did present the bank with a good marketing opportunity.

"This is a name client that you like to be associated with," said HaroldSchroeder, a bank analyst with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

The Giants' Mara said that other football teams were likely to consider similar steps in the capital markets.

"Many teams have borrowing needs and this type of transaction makes a lot of sense," said Mara. "I wouldn't be surprised if other teams made similar decisions."

Back in 1995, First Union completed a $60 million private placement for another sports franchise, the Vancouver Grizzlies.

The bank also has relationships with a number of other sport franchises, including the Charlotte Hornets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Braves, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers. However, none of those sports franchises has yet sought bonding.

Smith said he believes the private placement market will become increasing popular financing tool for sports franchises in the near future.

"I think it will," he said. "It's a unique source of financing and an advantageous way to raise capital."

First Union led 11 private placements this year, including a May offering of $30 million for Hatfield Quality Meats.

Bloomberg News contributed to this story.

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SATCON 2006 Exhibitor Profiles.(Company overview)

NEW YORK -- SATCON (Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo) takes place November 29 - 30 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. For in-depth information about the conference, visit http://www.satconexpo.com/.

Below are profiles from SATCON exhibitors. Business Wire is the official news wire service for SATCON 2006. Breaking news releases and photos are available at Tradeshownews.com, Business Wire's trade show, conference, and event news resource.

Company: AVCOM OF VIRGINIA

Booth/Stand: 405

Media Contact: 804-839-3333

Phone: 804-794-2500

E-mail: PFERNANDES@AVCOMOFVA.COM

Web: WWW.AVCOMOFVA.COM

For over 20 years, AVCOM Of Virginia has been the leader of providing low-cost test equipment to industries such as Broadcast, Surveillance, Wireless and Military.

We specialize in portable and rack mount Spectrum Analyzers that are affordable, rugged and easy to use. Whether you are doing a Satellite dish install or sweeping for wireless interference, our analyzers will get the job done fast and problem-free so the tech or engineer can get on to the next task at hand.

The industry is demanding more of the technical personnel these days, making their time in great demand. We have several remote-controlled solutions allowing off-site monitoring to be done over the web via ethernet control.

Whether you need to look at a Satellite or Wi-Fi signal from the office or at home, all you need is the AVCOM product, a computer and the rest is just an I.P. address away.

Company: Encore Networks

Booth/Stand: 605

Media Contact: Tony Crane

Investor Relations Contact: Mark Rafferty

Phone: 703-318-4366

E-mail: tcrane@encorenetworks.com

Web: www.encorenetworks.com

Encore Networks develops manageable equipment for Secure, Converged, and Broadband solutions for carriers and enterprises. Encore's VPN and security solutions for satellite, wireless, and terrestrial networks support both legacy devices and the latest Internet routing standards. Encore products facilitate the migration from legacy data networks to broadband IP connectivity.

Company: Evertz

Booth/Stand: 800 & 701

Phone: 905-335-3700

E-mail: sales@evertz.com

Web: www.evertz.com

Founded in 1966, Evertz is headquartered in Burlington, Canada, and is a globally-recognized, reputable and dynamic television, satellite, cable and IPTV broadcast equipment designer and manufacturer.

Evertz offers the most complete end-to-end HDTV solutions and high performance systems for the broadcast market including:

Co Master control systems

Co Large, medium and small routers

Co Branding solutions

Co Master sync generation

Co HD/SD terminal gear

Co Fiber optics and RF

Co Multi-display monitoring

Co Production tools & interfaces

Co Closed captioning

Company: GES ELK. SAN. TIC. A.S.

Booth/Stand: 615

Media Contact: HAKAN SAT

Investor Relations Contact: FATMA GELGEC

Phone: +90 216 4841946

E-mail: fatma@gessat.com.tr, hakan@gessat.com.tr

Web: www.gessat.com

GES Electronic was established for the production of high-quality Satellite antennas and assembly parts based on 25 years' experience and information of our main company, Osmanli Electronic. We have been exporting our products to 27 different countries since 2001 based on increasing demand for our products. Now, 60% of our products is exported to various countries. We are the leading manufacturer of Turkey and one of the leading companies of Europe. Our production capacity annually is over 1.5 million units. Our new products are LCD and Plasma TV wall stands. Over the years, Gessat has expanded its assortment to include the smartest solutions for mounting TV. Gessat offers a full line of Plasma and LCD TV stands. Gessat contemporary stands are constructed of combinations of three different types of materials: metal, aluminum and plastic.

Company: GlobalSat

Booth/Stand: 519

Media Contact: Anna Kinworthy, Marketing Director

Phone: 301 490 6414

E-mail: anna.kinworthy@globalsat.com

Web: www.globalsat.com

GlobalSat is an international satellite telecommunications company with worldwide coverage - even in the most remote and rugged locations.

They provide a variety of satellite products such as Globalstar/Iridium satellite phones, INMARSAT terminals, fixed, flyaway and trailerized satellite systems.

GlobalSat specializes in uplink services, engineering and systems design, installation and maintenance and turnkey project management. All services are provided at their own facilities based teleports.

All GlobalSat's experienced staff have top secret clearance and the project management, engineering and technical skills needed to facilitate any size of satellite telecommunications project end-to-end.

Company: GLOBALSTAR, INC.

Booth/Stand: 108

Ticker Symbol & Exchange: GSAT

Media Contact: John Dark

Investor Relations Contact: Dean Hirasawa

Phone: 408-933-4000

E-mail: sales@globalstar.com

Web: www.globalstar.com

Globalstar is the world's most-widely-used handheld satellite phone service, providing high-quality wireless communications - both voice and data - to remote areas far beyond the reach of cellular service.

Company: GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc.

Booth/Stand: 435

Ticker Symbol & Exchange: TEL (Oslo Stock Exchange)

Media Contact: David Velez, Marketing Manager

Investor Relations Contact: Erling Thune

Phone: (+47) 67 89 2656

E-mail: ir@telenor.com

Web: www.telenor.com

GMPCS Personal Communications, based in Pompano Beach, Fla., is a nationwide provider of satellite communications equipment/services. We provide mobile satellite solutions via the Inmarsat, Globalstar, Iridium, and Thuraya satellite constellations. Visit us to see the new line of Inmarsat bgans that offer simultaneous voice and high speed data transfer all in a compact satellite terminal about the size of a laptop computer. We will be featuring the newest feature-rich entry to the bgan market: the Sabre I, with data rates up to 384 kbps and RJ-11, USB, Ethernet and Bluetooth interfaces. (online at www.gmpcs-us.com).

Company: International Datacasting Corporation

Booth/Stand: 132

Ticker Symbol & Exchange: TSX:IDC

Media Contact: Deborah Lovegrove

Investor Relations Contact: Deborah Lovegrove

Phone: 613-596-4120

E-mail: dlovegrove@intldata.ca

Web: www.intldata.ca

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) is a world-leading supplier of end-to-end solutions for superior IP multicasting of broadband multimedia content via satellite. A leading manufacturer of DVB-S and DVB-S2 satellite receiver-routers ideal for applications such as IPTV, digital cinema, digital signage, distance learning, VOD, streaming applications, internet access, and other high-speed multicasting applications and multimedia content distribution systems. With installations in more than 100 countries worldwide, IDC is a global company with a European base of operations and an established international network of partners, distributors and worldwide customers that include some of the largest broadcasting networks. Visit IDC on the web at www.intldata.ca.

Company: MITEQ Inc.

Booth/Stand: 407

Media Contact: Chris Alfenito

Phone: (631) 439-9108

E-mail: calfenito@miteq.com

Web: www.miteq.com

MITEQ and subsidiary MCL, Inc. are leading manufacturers of subsystems and components for satellite and microwave communications from IF through Q-band including: Upconverters, Downconverters, Translators, Redundant Switchover Units, Redundant Amplifier Systems, INMARSAT equipment, Video Modulators and Demodulators, and Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers. High Power Amplifiers are offered in C-, through Ka- and Multi-band with power output levels from 125 watts to 3 kilowatts.

Company: MotoSAT

Booth/Stand: 224

Media Contact: Mike Barmonde

Investor Relations Contact: Jim Pendleton

Phone: 800-247-7486

E-mail: Sales@MotoSAT.com

Web: www.MotoSAT.com

MotoSAT was founded in 1984 and was first known for motorized Satellite TV mounts for Recreational Vehicles (RV.) This started with C-band (5' dishes) and then in 1994 moved into KU-band (18" dishes.) In 2001 MotoSAT introduced the first Mobile 2 Way Internet system for the Recreational Vehicle market by mobilizing the DIRECWAY (HughesNet) platform. This system became known as the DataStorm. Demand for a low cost Enterprise Solution allowed for quick entry into the commercial markets. Today MotoSAT has truly pioneered innovative low cost solutions for commercial applications. Dish sizes available are .74, .98 and 1.2 meter. Services that have been mobilized includes (but not limited to) HughesNet, Unasat, iDirect, and ViperSat. MotoSAT continues to lead the way in Mobile Satellite Pointing Technologies for both the consumer and commercial markets.

Company: ND SatCom, Inc.

Booth/Stand: 234

Media Contact: Anita Bunk

Phone: +49 7545 939 7103

E-mail: anita.bunk@ndsatcom.com

Web: www.ndsatcom.com

ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, is a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast, government and defence communication network and ground station solutions. ND SatCom's innovative technologies are deployed in government and defence, broadcast & media, enterprise and telecom environments worldwide. As a global company with more than 25 years of experience in the satellite networks and systems businesses, ND SatCom is a reliable source of comprehensive and secure turnkey and tailored system engineered solutions. ND SatCom is represented by regional sales and service offices worldwide.

Company: NeuLion Inc.

Booth/Stand: Booth 225

Media Contact: Jennifer Powalski

Phone: 516-622-8334

E-mail: jennifer.powalski@neulion.com

Web: www.neulion.com

NeuLion provides the delivery platform for the future of television by developing a service that drives convergence between television and the Internet. Working with companies interested in reaching niche markets anywhere at anytime, NeuLion's technology uses the public Internet to aggregate content from any provider and delivers it in a targeted manner.

Company: Stratos

Booth/Stand: 101

Ticker Symbol & Exchange: TSX:SGB

Media Contact: Cindy Hassler

Phone: 832-463-2120

E-mail: cindy.hassler@stratosglobal.com

Web: www.stratosglobal.com

Stratos is the leading global provider of a wide range of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions for users operating beyond the reach of traditional networks. With its owned-and-operated infrastructure and extensive portfolio of industry-leading satellite and microwave technologies (including Inmarsat, Iridium, Globalstar, MSAT, VSAT, and others), Stratos serves the voice and high-speed data connectivity requirements of a diverse array of markets, including government, military, energy, industrial, maritime, aeronautical, enterprise, media and recreational users throughout the world. Stratos is based in Bethesda, Md.

Company: Telenor Satellite Services

Ticker Symbol & Exchange: NASDAQ: TELN; OSE: TEL

Media Contact: Thomas Surface

Phone: +1 301 838 7805

E-mail: customer.care@telenor.com

Web: www.telenor.com/satellite

Telenor Satellite Services is the world's preferred provider of global communications solutions via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor offers an expanded product portfolio of broadband satellite solutions and on-demand services enabling customers to meet their global communications requirements. The company also features an innovative menu of value-added services, including The Source[R] and My Source[TM] online account management tools, available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers and their Telenor customers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a worldwide network of teleports and communications facilities located throughout Europe and the United States that offer access to multiple global and regional satellite systems.

Company: Thrane & Thrane

Booth/Stand: 534

Media Contact: George Spohn

Investor Relations Contact: John Alexandersen

Phone: 757-463-9557

E-mail: writeus@thrane.com

Web: www.us.thrane.com

Thrane & Thrane, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrane & Thrane A/S, the world's leading manufacturer of terminals and land earth stations for global mobile satellite and radio communications. Thrane & Thrane A/S is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Leveraging off of Thrane & Thrane A/S' 25+year legacy, Thrane & Thrane, Inc. delivers secure, reliable global communications equipment on demand to mobile enterprises and has particular expertise in the federal government, maritime and aeronautical markets. For more information, please visit http://www.us.thrane.com.

Company: UDcast

Booth/Stand: 125

Media Contact: Filip Gluszak, VP Marketing

Phone: +33 493 001 660

E-mail: filip.gluszak@udcast.com

Web: www.udcast.com

UDcast is a leading provider of IP over broadcast media, focusing on the Mobile TV broadcasting systems, as well as Satellite-aware enterprise networking solutions. UDcast provides DVB-H standard compliant network solutions for the delivery of IPTV to mobile devices. Its solutions are deployed by mobile operators, TV broadcasters and satellite media providers on all continents. In addition, UDcast provides satellite aware IP appliances that bring terrestrial-like performances and security to broadband satellite links. UDcast's feature-rich solutions enable satellite service providers to deliver revenue-generating value added services that meet enterprise needs. Founded in 2000, UDcast maintains its global headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France.

Company: WildBlue

Booth/Stand: 509

Media Contact: October Strategies

Phone: 303-346-5527

E-mail: info@octoberstrategies.com

Web: www.wildblue.com

WildBlue Enterprise Solutions provides business-class broadband connectivity via state-of-the-art satellite technology for small- to medium-size businesses and government agencies. WildBlue Enterprise Solutions' price-to-performance ratio, featuring fast and affordable national broadband access, and a dedicated team of customer care professionals lead the satellite industry. WildBlue Enterprise Solutions is available through a network of national Value-Added Resellers (VARs) that offer sales, installation and business-class customer care throughout the contiguous United States. Market Segments Serviced Include:

Co Small and Medium Enterprises

Co Telecommuters

Co Industry

Co Energy

Co Remote Monitoring

Co Government Agencies

Co Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security

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