FED:AAP 4-week diary from Aug 15 to Sep 11=2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2011
FED:AAP 4-week diary from Aug 15 to Sep 11=2



MONDAY AUGUST 29



ADELAIDE:



BRISBANE:

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/



CANBERRA:

FIRESIDE FESTIVAL

August 1-31, 2011

Various venues

Website: www.firesidefestival.com.au



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php



HOBART:

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Hobart Day Trip.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



MELBOURNE:

DRUGS AND CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING INTO VIOLENCE AND SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
IN VICTORIAN HOSPITALS

Meeting Room G3, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne.

Contact: Simon Ramsay 0400 609735.

MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL SCHOOLS' PROGRAM

August 29-September 1, 2011

Federation Square.

Contact: Prue Bassett Publicity 0419 559 040

Website; www.mwf.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au

CLINICAL TRAINING & WORKFORCE PLANNING SUMMIT 2011

August 29-30, 2011

Rendezvous Melbourne

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

FASHION EXPOSED 2011

August 28-30, 2011

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Website: http://www.fashionexposed.com/debut.html



SYDNEY:

NSW INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT 2011

Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Sydney

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

GREEN BUILDINGS CONFERENCE

August 29-30, 2011

Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

ADVERTISING & MARKETING SUMMIT

August 29-31, 2011

Luna Park Conference Centre, Sydney

Website: http://acevents.com.au/advertisingandmarketing2011

MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGEING MARK BUTLER TO ADDRESS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE

Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

"Building a Sustainable Social Investment Strategy for Health and Medical Research".

Contact: Elizabeth Foley 03 9650 3131.



PERTH:





TUESDAY AUGUST 30



ADELAIDE:



BRISBANE:

RESILIENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

August 30-31, 2011

Hilton Brisbane

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/



CANBERRA:

FIRESIDE FESTIVAL

August 1-31, 2011

Various venues

Website: www.firesidefestival.com.au



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php



HOBART:

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Hobart Port Arthur Freycinet.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



MELBOURNE:

MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL SCHOOLS' PROGRAM

August 29-September 1, 2011

Federation Square.

Contact: Prue Bassett Publicity 0419 559 040

Website; www.mwf.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au

CLINICAL TRAINING & WORKFORCE PLANNING SUMMIT 2011

August 29-30, 2011

Rendezvous Melbourne

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

FASHION EXPOSED 2011

August 28-30, 2011

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Website: http://www.fashionexposed.com/debut.html



SYDNEY:

GREEN BUILDINGS CONFERENCE

August 29-30, 2011

Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

ANNUAL MINING NSW 2011

August 30-31, 2011

The Orange Ex-Services Club

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

ADVERTISING & MARKETING SUMMIT

August 29-31, 2011

Luna Park Conference Centre, Sydney

Website: http://acevents.com.au/advertisingandmarketing2011

NSW HEALTH MINISTER JILLIAN SKINNER TO ADDRESS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE

Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

`Building a Sustainable Social Investment Strategy for Health and Medical Research'.

Contact: Elizabeth Foley 03 9650 3131.



PERTH:





WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31



ADELAIDE:

AICC CEO LUNCH

Sebel Playford Hotel, 120 North Terrace

CEO luncheon with Gerard Lighting Group Limited, speakers Robert G. Gerard (Chairman)
and Simon C. Gerard (Managing Director & Chief Executive

Website: Web: www.aicc.org.au



BRISBANE:

RESILIENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

August 30-31, 2011

Hilton Brisbane

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/



CANBERRA:

FIRESIDE FESTIVAL

August 1-31, 2011

Various venues

Website: www.firesidefestival.com.au



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php



HOBART:

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Freycinet Pyengana - Launceston.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



MELBOURNE:

2011 CLASS CLOWNS NATIONAL GRAND FINAL

Merlyn theatre, CUB Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank.

Contact: Amaya Courtis 0438 904 139

Website: www.malthousetheatre.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL SCHOOLS' PROGRAM

August 29-September 1, 2011

Federation Square.

Contact: Prue Bassett Publicity 0419 559 040

Website; www.mwf.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au



SYDNEY:

ANNUAL MINING NSW 2011

August 30-31, 2011

The Orange Ex-Services Club

Website: www.training-conferences.com.au

ADVERTISING & MARKETING SUMMIT

August 29-31, 2011

Luna Park Conference Centre, Sydney

Website: http://acevents.com.au/advertisingandmarketing2011



PERTH:

AFRICA DOWN UNDER CONFERENCE

August 31-September 2, 2011

Pan Pacific Perth

Website: http://africadownunderconference.com/about_the_conference.3.html





THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1



ADELAIDE:



BRISBANE:

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/

QUEENSLAND BUSINESS LEADERS HALL OF FAME 2011 INDUCTION DINNER

Plaza Ballroom, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Website: http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/events/dinner_2011



CANBERRA:



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php



HOBART:

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Launceston day trip.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



MELBOURNE:

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR DIALOGUE ANNUAL LECTURE: DECLINE OF THE WEST-POWER SHIFT?

REALITY, MYTHS AND ECONOMISTS

St Micheal's Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street.

With Prof Michael Cox, Chair in International Relations, London School of Economics
and Dr Francis Macnab, Executive Minister of St Michael's.

Contact: John Myers 0409 215 120

Website: www.latrobe.edu.au

MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL SCHOOLS' PROGRAM

August 29-September 1, 2011

Federation Square.

Contact: Prue Bassett Publicity 0419 559 040

Website; www.mwf.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au



SYDNEY:

LEAGUE, LEADERSHIP & LIFE

Wayne Bennett and Phil Gould

Crystal Ballroom, Luna Park

Contact: 02 9033 7540



PERTH:

AFRICA DOWN UNDER CONFERENCE

August 31-September 2, 2011

Venue: Pan Pacific Perth

Website: http://africadownunderconference.com/about_the_conference.3.html

KINGS PARK FESTIVAL

September 1-October 2, 2011

Kings Park and Botanic Garden

Website: http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/events/kings-park-festival



FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2



ADELAIDE:

ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW

Adelaide Showground

September 2-10, 2011

Contact: Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA (08) 8210 5211

Website: www.theshow.com.au

OZASIA FESTIVAL

September 2-17, 2011

Adelaide

Website: adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au



BRISBANE:

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/

THE BABY AND TODDLER SHOW

September 2-4, 2011

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre



CANBERRA:



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php

MERREPEN ARTS & SPORT FESTIVAL

September 2-4, 2011

Website: http://www.merrepenfestival.com.au/



HOBART:

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Launceston Great Lake-Devonport.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



MELBOURNE:

UNLOCK THE PAST VICTORIAN EXPO

September 2-3, 2011

The Arena, Geelong

Victoria's biggest Family History, Genealogy and Heritage Expo.

Contact: Susie Zada 9662 4455, 5255 5233 (a/h).

Website: www.unlockthepast.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au



SYDNEY:

CATE BLANCHETT TO LAUNCH SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY'S `GREENING THE WHARF' PROGRAM

The Wharf, Walsh Bay.

Contact: Siobhan Waterhouse 0424 289 702, Tim McKeough 02 9250 1703.



PERTH:

AFRICA DOWN UNDER CONFERENCE

August 31-September 2, 2011

Pan Pacific Perth

Website: http://africadownunderconference.com/about_the_conference.3.html

KINGS PARK FESTIVAL

September 1-October 2, 2011

Kings Park and Botanic Garden

Website: http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/events/kings-park-festival



SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3



ADELAIDE:

ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW

Adelaide Showground

September 2-10, 2011

Contact: Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA

Contact: (08) 8210 5211

Website: www.theshow.com.au

OZASIA FESTIVAL

September 2-17, 2011

Adelaide

Website: adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au



BRISBANE:

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/

THE BABY AND TODDLER SHOW

September 2-4, 2011

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

BRISBANE FESTIVAL

September 3-24, 2011

Website: http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au



CANBERRA:



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php

MERREPEN ARTS & SPORT FESTIVAL

September 2-4, 2011

Website: http://www.merrepenfestival.com.au/



HOBART:



MELBOURNE:

UNLOCK THE PAST VICTORIAN EXPO

September 2-3, 2011

The Arena, Geelong

Victoria's biggest Family History, Genealogy and Heritage Expo.

Contact: Susie Zada 9662 4455, 5255 5233 (a/h).

Website: www.unlockthepast.com.au

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au

2011 VARIETY BIG BASH

August 22-September 3, 2011

Arrive Melbourne.

Annual road fundraising event to assist children with special needs, involving themed
cars and crews.

Contact: Julie Baxter 0418 507 159 (on route) or Janette Connolly 0412 173 387

Website: www.varietyvic.org.au



SYDNEY:



PERTH:

KINGS PARK FESTIVAL

September 1-October 2, 2011

Kings Park and Botanic Garden

Website: http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/events/kings-park-festival





SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4



ADELAIDE:

ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW

Adelaide Showground

September 2-10, 2011

Contact: Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA

Contact: (08) 8210 5211

Website: www.theshow.com.au

OZASIA FESTIVAL

September 2-17, 2011

Adelaide

Website: adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au



BRISBANE:

CAIRNS FESTIVAL

August 19-September 4, 2011

Various venues

Website: http://www.festivalcairns.com.au/

THE BABY AND TODDLER SHOW

September 2-4, 2011

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

BRISBANE FESTIVAL

September 3-24, 2011

Website: http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au



CANBERRA:



DARWIN:

DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL 2011

August 26-September 4, 2011

Tennant Creek

Website: http://barklyarts.com.au/desertharmony.php

MERREPEN ARTS & SPORT FESTIVAL

September 2-4, 2011

Website: http://www.merrepenfestival.com.au/



HOBART:



MELBOURNE:

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

August 24-September 4, 2011

Various venues.

Website: www.mwf.com.au



SYDNEY:



PERTH:

2011 INTERNATIONAL DESALINATION ASSOCIATION (IDA) WORLD CONGRESS

September 4-9, 2011

Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

Website: http://conferences.ozaccom.com.au/2011/idar11/index.aspx

KINGS PARK FESTIVAL

September 1-October 2, 2011

Kings Park and Botanic Garden

Website: http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/events/kings-park-festival



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Vic: Man armed with baseball bat robs couple

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
Vic: Man armed with baseball bat robs couple

MELBOURNE, Feb 18 AAP - Police are hunting a man armed with a baseball bat who robbed
a couple in Maribyrnong, in Melbourne's north western suburbs, last night.

The couple were walking to their car parked in Chifley Drive when their attacker approached
and demanded money and their mobile phones, around 9.30pm (AEDT), police said.

The victims handed over their belongings before the armed robber smashed their rear
window with the bat before he fled in a silver-soloured car.

The couple, who are in their 20s, were not hurt in the incident, police said.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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KEYWORD: BAT

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FED:Villawood continues, as WA protest begins

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2011
FED:Villawood continues, as WA protest begins

SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - Three protesters remain on the roof of Sydney's Villawood Detention
Centre, as detainees stage a sit-in and go on a hunger strike at Western Australia's Curtin
facility.

Two of the trio at Villawood have been on the roof since Wednesday morning, the same
day a riot involving up to 100 detainees broke out leaving nine buildings gutted by fire.

Twenty-two of those protesters were transferred to Silverwater Correctional Centre,
where they were questioned by Australian Federal Police.

On Sunday morning, three detainees were still on the detention centre's roof, protesting
against the rejection of their asylum applications.

"They are being negotiated with. Currently, the Australian Federal Police are in charge
of the negotiations," a Department of Immigration and Citizenship spokeswoman told AAP
on Sunday morning.

"They have asked to speak to department staff. We are prepared to meet them, if they
come down from the roof."

Meanwhile, Social Justice Network spokesman Jamal Daoud has complained of mistreatment by police.

Well known for speaking out on behalf of refugees and detainees, Mr Daoud said he was
handcuffed and forced to kneel after an argument with police on Saturday afternoon at
the centre.

He said he was taken to Bankstown police station and later released with a $350 fine.

"The police officers were acting with deep hate, disregard to basic civil rights," he alleged.

In Western Australia, refugee advocate Ian Rintoul said a hunger strike and sit-in
involving around 300 detainees at Curtin Airbase detention centre, in the state's remote
West Kimberley region, was expected to escalate.

Their protest over visitors being prevented from going to the centre over the Easter
weekend began on Saturday morning, Mr Rintoul said.

"The asylum seekers are asking that they be allowed to see refugee supporters, who
have travelled from Perth and cities to see them over the Easter weekend," Mr Rintoul
said in a statement on Sunday.

"Serco (the centre's management company) have insisted that only one-on-one visits
will be allowed, an arrangement that will only allow about 50 asylum seekers to see a
visitor."

AAP bc/cdh/ajw

KEYWORD: DETAINEES

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FED:Editorials Thursday, 10 February, 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
FED:Editorials Thursday, 10 February, 2011

SYDNEY, Feb 10 AAP - On Thursday The Australian says the government is right to talk
about the nation-building aspect of improved national broadband access because it is crucial
to address Australia's tyranny of distance. But this historical imperative is all the
more reason Labor should stop and rethink its single-technology, public-monopoly model.

The National Broadband Network could impose heavy costs, high risks and minimal flexibility
on the public.

Governments of all persuasions spent much of the past two decades extricating themselves
from non-core businesses, so it seems counter-intuitive to be risking vast amounts of
public money to buy back in. Now that financial priorities are being revisited in the
wake of our summer of disasters, there could be no better time for the Prime Minister
to demand a reassessment of the NBN.

The Oz's second editorial says for decades, the teaching profession has been hampered
by rigid workplace structures that failed to reward the best teachers and provided little
incentive for them to remain in the classroom. After a certain period, the only pathway
to more money was to move into administration or leave the profession. Consequently, high
attrition rates have created serious shortages of teachers in some subjects and weakened
learning. If well implemented, however, the national standards for registering teachers
released by education ministers yesterday will do much to improve career paths and students'
learning.



The Sydney Morning Herald today says we have met our obligations under the ANZUS Treaty.

When the United States was attacked, we stood by it and put our own soldiers' lives in
harm's way. But that was almost a decade ago. The average Australian knows that if the
Afghans cannot defend themselves after 10 years and billions of dollars of foreign military
aid, they are unlikely to be so able in 20 or even 30 years. There is no support for a
military operation of that duration in this country. It is just too easy for our politicians
to hide behind homilies and breast-beating because they lack the courage to discuss unpalatable
truths.

Defence is prudent to plan for withdrawal. With every passing month, the current level
of Australia's commitment becomes harder to justify and sustain.

In its second editorial the SMH says the NSW treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, wants to quibble
with costings of Labor's so-called ''Fairness for Families'' package published in the
Herald based on modelling by the National Centre for Economic and Social Modelling. To
which we respond with this challenge: we've shown you ours, now you show us yours.

Sydney's The Daily Telegraph on Thursday says if the Australian health system was a
patient, it would be completely confused by a blizzard of confusing and conflicting diagnoses.

Previously, the system was going to be cured by mandatory four-hour waiting time targets
for hospital emergency wards. That was the prescription from Dr Federal Government, in
any case.

But now Canberra is prepared to abandon that treatment in a bid to lure all states
into agreement on national health reform.

In fact, this may not be such a loss.

The Tele in its second editorial says hard cases make bad law, according to an old
legal saying. In other words, cases that are exceptionally complicated or problematic
are a poor basis for more general legal rulings.

The issue of child sex cases should not fall into this category, but that seems to
be the fear of some authorities who are now deliberately avoiding prosecution in certain
child sex crimes.

Their reasoning is that, in some examples, such crimes are tough to prosecute due to
consent given by the minor party.

In its final editorial the Tele says Bon Jovi rocks. Which is just as well, because
the vintage New Jersey band is taking on the most coveted assignment in Australian music
by becoming the official rockers of the NRL.



Nothing is more urgent for the Ted Baillieu led Victorian government than to inject
money and resources towards saving at risk children, the Herald Sun says in its main editorial
on Thursday.

The newspaper made the comments in a discussion about an Ombudsman's findings that
police and Corrections Victoria failed to notify the Department of Human Services that
sex offenders were in contact with hundreds of children.

"What does it take to make the government and Victoria Police to act in these circumstances?"

the newspaper asked.

"It said the Baillieu government must consider the reorganisation of a "department in collapse".

"Money and resources must be put into saving the lives of children at risk. Nothing
is more urgent," the paper said.

It said it was not enough for welfare agencies and police to say they are without the
resources to combat child abuse.



Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu must find a way to make a rail link to Melbourne Airport
viable, The Age says in its main editorial on Thursday.

The newspaper said Melbourne Airport makes $103.9 million per year from parking fees,
more than Australia's busiest airport in Sydney.

"Sydney Airport at least has rail access, whereas anyone who travels the 22 kilometres
from Melbourne to its airport - passengers, their friends and families, and airport and
airline staff - must use the increasingly congested Tullamarine Freeway," The Age said.

It said Melbourne was one of the few cities of its size in the world that did not have
a direct rail connection from the CBD to the airport.

The Baillieu government is not the first to win office holding out the prospect of
an airport rail link, the newspaper said.

The Bracks Labor government promised a rail link to the airport in 1999 but abandoned
the plan in 2002.

"Six shelved plans for a rail link in nearly 50 years are enough," The Age said.

"The Baillieu government must find a way to make the much-postponed link
viable."



Brisbane's The Courier Mail on Thursday says in this week's debate no one sought to
promote their own efforts, preferring to tell the stories of those who suffered and were
affected. There was no partisan advantage sought, even though Tony Abbott could have chosen
another day than Tuesday to prosecute his case against the modest and necessary flood
levy.

It was our politicians, if not at their best, certainly aiming for a higher standard
and showing a better face. Our adversarial system requires argument and debate but it
is good to see that at times of national calamity and grief parliamentarians can come
together and reflect the mood and lot of the people.



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FED:Bipartisan backing for Afghan war debate

08-26-2010
FED:Bipartisan backing for Afghan war debate

Nine years after it first began .. federal politicians look set to have a say about
Australia's mission in Afghanistan following bipartisan backing for a parliamentary debate
on the war.

Labor and the coalition have given a tentative green light to the idea as Australians
mourn the loss of the 21st digger since the nation went to war in the aftermath of the
September 11 terrorist attacks.

Lance Corporal JARED MACKINNEY is the latest fatality .. one of 10 Australian soldiers
to have died in Afghanistan this year.

Less than a week ago Privates GRANT KIRBY and TOMAS DALE were killed in a roadside bomb blast.

Outgoing Defence Minister JOHN FAULKNER .. who will retire from the ministry once the
election outcome is known .. believes a debate is the right approach for the nation.

AAP RTV so/sb/wz/af

KEYWORD: AFGHAN AUST FEDERAL (CANBERRA)

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NSW: Jury out at sex worker murder trial

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2010
NSW: Jury out at sex worker murder trial

SYDNEY, April 19 AAP - A NSW Supreme Court jury has started deliberations in the trial
of a man accused of murdering a sex worker in Sydney almost 12 years ago.

Richard Edward Dorrough, 32, was arrested more than a decade after the death of Rachael
Campbell, 29. DNA had linked him to the crime.

Ms Campbell's naked body was found wrapped in two blankets and a sheet in the car park
of St Joseph's Church at Rosebery on November 7, 1998.

The crown alleges Dorrough had sex with Ms Campbell before murdering her during a violent
struggle, in which he bit her and tried to strangle her and before stabbing her to death.

Dorrough has pleaded not guilty.

His defence barrister has referred the jury to a number of other suspects, including
Ms Campbell's boyfriend at the time, who has since died, as well as other clients.

Justice David Kirby sent the jury out to decide their verdict at about 11.30am (AEST) on Monday.

AAP kc/evt/pc

KEYWORD: DORROUGH

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NSW: Keneally sworn in as first female premier of NSW

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2009
NSW: Keneally sworn in as first female premier of NSW

SYDNEY, Dec 4 AAP - Kristina Keneally has been sworn in as NSW's first female premier
and its fourth leader in as many years.

Ms Keneally took the oath of office before NSW Governor Marie Bashir at Sydney's Government
House just after 1pm (AEDT) on Friday.

She was accompanied by her husband Ben and their two sons Daniel, 11, and Brendan,
nine, as well as deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt.

Ms Keneally won a Labor leadership ballot in caucus on Thursday after Labor MPs dumped
Nathan Rees, only 15 months after putting him in the job.

She is NSW's 42nd premier and its third since Bob Carr ended his 10-year reign in August
2005, to be succeeded by Morris Iemma, who in turn was dumped for Mr Rees.

Born in Las Vegas and raised in Ohio by an Australian mother and a US serviceman father,
Ms Keneally moved to Australia in 1994 after meeting her husband.

In 2003, she became the first US-born member of the NSW Parliament when she was elected
as the MP for Heffron.

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KEYWORD: LABOR NSW SWORN (PIX AVAILABLE)

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NSW: Search for man underway after boy approached

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
NSW: Search for man underway after boy approached

Police and the dog squad are searching bushland in Sydney's north for a man who allegedly
approached a young boy.

They say two 10-year-old boys were near a park in Berowra about 2.45 pm (AEST) .. when
the man approached one.

They say the two boys ran off and went home to alert parents.

The man's described as having brown .. greying hair and a grey beard .. wearing glasses
and a purple football jersey with white sides.

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KEYWORD: PARK (SYDNEY)

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NSW: National Holiday Road toll rises to 15

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
NSW: National Holiday Road toll rises to 15

The national holiday road toll has risen to 15, with the death in New South Wales of
an elderly pedestrian.

Police say an 82-year-old man was walking along Homer Street at Earlwood .. in Sydney's
west .. about 11.30 (AEST) yesterday morning .. when he was knocked to the ground and
pinned under a car.

He was freed by police and ambulance personnel at the scene .. and rushed to Royal
Prince Alfred hospital .. but died about three hours later.

The 48-year-old female driver was also admitted to hospital and treated for shock.

The man's death brings the state's Christmas road toll to six.

Four people have died in Victoria .. Queensland and the Northern Territory have recorded
two fatalities each, and one person has died in Western Australia.

The Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia remain fatality free.


STATE FATALITIES

NSW - 6

Victoria - 4

Queensland - 2

Northern Territory - 2

Western Australia - 1

ACT - 0

Tasmania - 0

South Australia - 0

TOTAL -15





(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January
2. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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KEYWORD: TOLL NATIONAL (SYDNEY)

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NSW: Bones found near Sydney national park

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2008
NSW: Bones found near Sydney national park

SYDNEY, Aug 16 AAP - Scientific tests will be carried out on human remains found near
a national park south of Sydney.

Police say a passer-by on Wednesday found the bones and clothing in bushland near the
boundary of the Heathcote National Park.

"A crime scene was set up and inquiries are continuing," a NSW Police spokesman told AAP today.

Sutherland Police told Fairfax newspapers the bones, including a skull were lying 100m
off a fire trail running behind the Burns Road light industrial complex area at Heathcote.

Some of the remains had been scattered over a wider area, probably by animals, the
newspaper reports.

Police told Fairfax the remains were not those of missing Cronulla man Matthew Leveson,
20, last seen in September last year.

Mr Leveson's lover Michael Peter Atkins, 45, was this month charged with his murder.

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KEYWORD: BONES

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Vic: Police slam top cop Nixon in online survey

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2008
Vic: Police slam top cop Nixon in online survey

Almost two-thirds of Victorian police .. who've responded to an online newspaper survey
.. say they've considered quitting the force in the past year because of stress and a
lack of resources.

Links to the survey were sent to more than 11-thousand police .. and almost three and
a half thousand have responded.

97 per cent say there aren't enough operational police to properly patrol the state.

64 per cent say commissioner CHRISTINE NIXON was wrong to suspend Police Association
secretary PAUL MULLETT .. following Office of Police Integrity allegations he was part
of a chain of leaks relating to an investigation into an underworld murder.

The union opposes new powers for the OPI .. and is demanding better resources .. more
police on the beat .. and an end to a requirement for police to disclose family .. friends
and contacts with questionable histories.

The full results are published today in the Herald Sun.

AAP RTV jrd/ibw

KEYWORD: POLICE VIC (MELBOURNE)

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Fed: Young man stabbed in central Canberra in daylight

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
Fed: Young man stabbed in central Canberra in daylight

A 21-year-old man has been stabbed in the face in Canberra.

He's been taken to Canberra Hospital for emergency surgery on his cheek and arm.

Police are searching for another man spotted running from the scene .. in the inner-north
suburb of Braddon about 10 o'clock this morning.

He's caucasian .. stocky .. with shoulder-length hair .. and was wearing a dark blue
jacket and jeans.

AAP RTV kc/sb/jmt

KEYWORD: STAB (CANBERRA)

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Fed: Big Brother launched on the Gold Coast

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2007
Fed: Big Brother launched on the Gold Coast

Eds: reissuing to accommodate updated information from show's spokesperson



EDs: EMBARGOED TO 2100 AEST SUNDAY, APRIL 22



By Michael Gadd, National Entertainment Writer

GOLD COAST, April 22 AAP - Beautiful, 20-something and with a dominant personality.

That is what the casting call could have read for this year's first wave of contestants
who have entered the Big Brother house on the Gold Coast.

A cast of 12 people, six men and six women aged between 20 and 32 years, were introduced
and unleashed in a new environmentally-friendly house during a recording on Saturday night
which was screened tonight.

Production was delayed twice at the Dreamworld complex due to members of the audience
streaming the recording live onto the internet.

The website Behind Big Brother also posted profiles of the housemates, stealing a small
amount of Big Brother's thunder for the big launch.

A show's spokesman confirmed that three young men were removed during filming because
they were taking live footage of the show.

The show's host Gretel Killeen said one of the men had "been welcomed into our rehearsals"

during the afternoon, and was ejected before it was demanded that all mobile phones be
turned off.

But regardless, Big Brother was back. On the surface though, little had changed from
previous years despite a number of promises during the hype-filled lead-up.

Killeen had said this year's contestants would be more beautiful on the inside than
out, while producers had promised a more worldly cast.

That was in response to the criticism which followed some unsavoury action in the house
last year, including the "turkey slapping" incident which saw two male contestants kicked
off the show.

But as the female contestants who were introduced to the house first lined up on a
couch it looked like a scene straight out of a central casting audition: Aleisha (Vic),
20, the cute hairdresser from a small country town; Emma (NSW), 24, a personal trainer;
Hayley (Vic), 24, a former champion body sculptor and lawyer; Kate (Vic), 25, a champion
debater; Rebecca (QLD), 23, a Life Be In It coach and Mormon; and Theresa-Jane, or TJ,
(NT), 22, a barmaid and the only non-blonde.

Then came the men: Jamie (Vic), 29, a self-confessed nerd, karaoke host and orphan;
Bodie (WA), 24, an electrical designer and former underwear model; Andrew (Vic), 28, a
fireman; Joel (SA), 24, a restaurant manager and Young Liberal Party member; Thomas (WA),
27, a real estate agent with a degree in chemistry and human biology; and Travis (Vic),
a 32-year-old father of one.

The Big Brother team had again promised a number of trademark twists.

Killeen told the audience she couldn't reveal the identity or nature of a mystery individual
labelled Mr X but she did confirm to the live audience that contestants would not start
with any prize money - the assumption being that they will have to compete for it during
the course of the series.

Also, it was revealed that there are two sets of two people in the house who share
a previous relationship that at least one of the pairs may not know about.

An extra six potential housemates were also introduced, two of whom home viewers will
choose to enter the house.

As for the promise of a "green" house, Big Brother didn't disappoint, even including
a bicycle-powered washing machine.

No reference was made to the dramas of 2006 which prompted Communications Minister
Helen Coonan to launch an inquiry into reality TV.

While producers haven't delivered on the promise for a wider age gap or less model-like
contestants, a source guaranteed deeper conversation, saying this year's contestants had
been "around the block and back" with no shortage of skeletons in their closets which
will be revealed throughout the show.

It is believed Big Brother is saving its biggest secret for Monday night.

AAP mdg/cp/cdh

KEYWORD: BROTHER (EMBARGOED) (PIX AVAIL) REISSUING

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Fed: Campbell gives Bald Hills Wind Farm go-ahead=3

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2006
Fed: Campbell gives Bald Hills Wind Farm go-ahead=3

Antony Newbold, the director of Wind Power Pty Ld, which has applied for the Bald Hills
project, hailed Senator Campbell's decision as a victory for his company, "but more importantly,
a victory for the Australian and Victorian people".

"This decision reinforces the importance of renewable energy and the importance of
this project, which has taken two years longer than it should have to be approved," Mr
Newbold said.

AAP nl/dep/sb/goc/de

KEYWORD: WIND 3 CANBERRA

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Fed: Jetstar AWA push to lower safety, service - ACTU

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
Fed: Jetstar AWA push to lower safety, service - ACTU

The ACTU claims Qantas's decision to force long-haul cabin crew on its budget airline
onto individual agreements .. will jeopardise safety and service.

President SHARAN BURROW says crews at Qantas's budget airline .. Jetstar .. face losing
up to 160 dollars a week and working longer hours under AWAs.

But Jetstar chief .. ALAN JOYCE .. says the move's about bringing more flexibility
.. and not breaking the strong union involvement in Qantas operations.

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KEYWORD: QANTAS AWA ACTU (CANBERRA)

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Vic: Hicks detention longer than others: Mori

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
Vic: Hicks detention longer than others: Mori

The US lawyer representing DAVID HICKS .. says the Guantanamo Bay detainee has served
more time than Australians convicted of terror-related offences .. and should now come
home.

Speaking in Melbourne .. Major MICHAEL MORI has compared HICKS' situation to that of
JACK THOMAS and JACK ROCHE.

THOMAS has recently been sentenced to five years' jail in Victoria's Supreme Court
for terror-related offences .. while ROCHE got a nine-year term in Perth in 2004 for plotting
to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Canberra.

Both men could serve less time than HICKS .. who's yet to be tried for conspiracy to
commit war crimes.

He's been in US custody since December 2001.

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KEYWORD: HICKS (MELBOURNE)

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SA: Potentially deadly bacteria found in hospital kitchen

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2005
SA: Potentially deadly bacteria found in hospital kitchen

By Steve Larkin

ADELAIDE, Dec 9 AAP - A potentially deadly bacteria has been found in the kitchen of
an Adelaide hospital after an elderly patient died of suspected food poisoning.

Traces of listeria were found during testing at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH),
South Australian Health Minister John Hill said.

Two people, aged between 50 and 70, have died in Adelaide hospitals since late October,
with health officials saying listeria was a probable contributor to their deaths.

One of the deaths was at the RAH and the other at the Gawler Hospital, north of Adelaide.

Two other patients were recovering from listeria by taking antibiotics, the health
department said.

Listeria is a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes,
a bacteria widely found in nature and also possibly present in raw foods.

Mr Hill said testing of the RAH revealed traces of listeria.

"We found some listeria at Royal Adelaide Hospital in the kitchen area," he said today.

"The type we have found is the same as listeria which has been found in two of the
patients who have been through the Royal Adelaide Hospital, one of whom has died."

Health Department Communicable Diseases branch director Dr Rod Givney said the cause
of the deaths was yet to be determined.

Dr Givney said listeria probably contributed to the deaths, but it was not yet known
how great a part the bacteria played in the fatalities.

He said the two deceased were "already sick with low immune systems, but the listeria
was also detected".

"While listeria infection is uncommon and generally causes no symptoms in healthy people,
it can be very dangerous for people in high risk groups," he said.

People most at risk include pregnant women, those aged over 65, and people with weakened
immune systems such as cancer, AIDS or diabetes.

Health officials were testing food from the hospitals where the patients were being
treated and from their private homes.

Dr Givney said it appeared some of the victims acquired the listeria infection in hospital
and some in the community.

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KEYWORD: LISTERIA SECOND NIGHTLEAD

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Fed: Economic problems akin to 1980s/1920s: Garnaut

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2004
Fed: Economic problems akin to 1980s/1920s: Garnaut

A prominent economist says Australia could be heading for a downturn like the Great
Depression and the recession of the 1990s because of fundamental economic problems.

Professor ROSS GARNAUT says the nation's spiralling current account deficit -- the
balance betweeen exports and imports -- is a symptom of the major problem that will soon
hit the economy.

Profressor GARNAUT says the downturns of the 1890s, 1930s and early 1990s were all
preceded by relatively low interest rates, high current account deficits, strong levels
of consumer confidence, and a debt-funded boom.

In a speech at the Australian National University, Professor GARNAUT's said a key problem
is the continuing failure of exporters to make ground overseas, which is contributing
to the huge current account deficit.

He says the economy can rely on domestic consumption for only so long.

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KEYWORD: ECONOMY GARNAUT (CANBERRA)

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reorder point

reorder point The point at which stock should be reordered. It is usually based on an optimum balance of the costs of holding stock, the costs of running out of stock, the costs of ordering stock, and the time required for the stock to arrive.

Combining X-ray and ICT strategies lowers costs: a company specializing in Internet communications solutions shares its latest success in testing complex card designs. (X-ray Inspection).

Faster time to market much easier test management, higher test throughput, and test cost savings are the tangible, highly visible results of testing our newest generation of line cards at Alcatel-Canada. The results are particularly encouraging because we use a combination of X-ray inspection and simplified, reduced-probe in-circuit test (ICT) instead of the multiple--or split--ICT fixtures used with the previous generation of line cards.

We compared these test strategies using two very similar, complex cards (Table 1). They were evaluated with the same design-for-manufacturing analysis, built using similar components, designed with similar circuitry, and assembled with the same manufacturing process. These two cards provided the ideal case study for conducting an accurate comparison of two different test strategies.

Card Complexity Changes

Alcatel builds next-generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data solutions to established and new carriers worldwide. Over the past few years, the complexity of the cards for these products has increased dramatically. Although physical card size has not changed much, designs have more densely packed an increasing number of electrical nodes and components into the area. This leaves less room for test access.

While the average number of nodes on these large cards continues to increase, the number of accessible nodes actually decreases. Tighter card design density, with larger device packages and more numerous bypass capacitors, affords less room for test pads. Card operation speeds also preclude test access to some nodes. These changes in card complexity have influenced our overall test strategy.

Test-Strategy Evolution

For several years, the 3070 ICT System from Agilent Technologies has been a cornerstone of our test process, providing full electrical test to verify the manufacturing process. This strategy was successful, but by 1999, we had begun to supplement ICT with X-ray inspection. The Agilent 5DX Automated X-Ray Inspection (AXI) System was our tool of choice, helping us locate and identify solder defects and missing components prior to ICT.

We were producing some cards with as little as 50% electrical test access. We also began building cards that exceeded the effective node count of our ICT systems. With these trends continuing, we saw a need to investigate methods that could increase the effective node count of our ICT equipment or reduce the probe access requirements on these and future cards.

The test system's effective node capacity is equal to the maximum in-circuit resources reduced by the average number of blocked and double-wired resources. For example, although we upgraded to a 5,184-node count system, the effective tester capacity was only 4,400 nodes. The average blocked testhead resources and the double-wired card nodes reduced the usable tester resources by 15% to 20%. We could reclaim some of these resources by using wireless fixtures; however, our card's maximum node size still remained significantly higher than the effective tester capacity.

To increase the testable in-circuit nodes, we used a multiple-fixture approach to ICT. This strategy, commonly known as a split-fixture approach, tests approximately half the card with one fixture and the other half of the card with another fixture.

Each fixture actually tests more than half of the card, redundantly probing several nodes. This ensures that each device is fully probed and each fixture probes power, boundary scan test access ports, and disable nodes. The cards are tested and repaired at each stage to ensure that all shorts have been removed prior to powering up the card.

To minimize the need for electrical test access, we initially used three techniques:

* Boundary scan interconnect test analysis.

* Alcatel custom resistor/digital cluster analysis (Figure 1).

* Alcatel custom analog cluster analysis.

We manually implemented these probe removal techniques on the initial card in this study. Since that development, we have produced custom scripts to identify potential probe removal for the resistor/digital cluster and analog cluster analyses. We also used the Agilent Access Consultant tool to remove boundary scan interconnect probes.

By the year 2000, with further increases in card densities, we observed process problems with the splitfixture test approach, including longer test cycle times, complexity of fixture handling, and increased fixture cost. We required more aggressive and targeted probe removal. Because of this, we supplemented our earlier proberemoval strategies with Agilent's AwareTest xi software.

A New Approach

AwareTest, described in Figure 2, combines the capabilities of the incircuit tester and the AXI system in a single test step, providing better coverage than either approach alone. AwareTest takes advantage of the defects detected by the AXI system and intelligently removes the need for in-circuit probe access without compromising our ability to verify proper component placement.

For example, when testing a digital device (U2 in Figure 2), AXI verifies that the device has been properly placed and that the device pins do not have any shorts or opens. The in-circuit tester then only needs to test a single device element to verify that it is operational, has been loaded with the correct part, and has not been loaded upside down.

Consequently, the software removes probe access from the device's other elements. Similar techniques intelligently target probe removal from other devices. This technique now is being used to test our most complex cards where physical access is an issue.

Test-Strategy Comparison

One of our first large-quantity cards tested by AwareTest was the 16MRL, a 16-channel Multi-Rate Line card. As we brought this card into volume manufacturing, we decided to compare its test results with those of the previous-generation 8MRL, an eight-channel Multi-Rate Line card. The 8MRL was tested using a multiplefixture ICT System.

The AwareTest software analysis was executed on the 16MRL prior to card layout. This enabled our CAD layout department to provide test access only to the electrical nodes identified by the software, rather than spending weeks to maximize electrical access.

We also used a slightly different approach in the X-ray inspection of these two cards. We tuned the AXI to minimize escapes on the 16MRL card but did not specifically do that for the 8MRL. Figure 3 compares the ICT results of these two cards.

Higher First-Pass Yields at ICT

We achieved a 59.8% first-pass test yield on the 16MRL card and only 26.7% on the split-fixture application. Several factors contributed to this result:

* The smaller, more reliable fixture produced a more stable and efficient test fixture/program.

* There was a reduction of fixture maintenance repair actions, 1.78% vs. 6.78%.

* There was a much lower occurrence of solder shorts and opens faults, 5.4% vs. 21.4%. The majority of this improvement was due to tuning the upstream AXI process to minimize escapes.

* ICT repair operators more quickly diagnosed true card failures and eliminated many card re-tests.

Higher Overall Test Throughput

On average, the 16MRL traversed the ICT repair loop only 0.75 times, compared to the 8MRL's 4.52 times.

Better Test Management

Initially, the eight-channel line card's ICT required three stages: shorts and unpowered testing with fixture A, testing with fixture B, and powered testing with fixture A. Using AXI prior to ICT ensured that the tested cards contained no shorts, so the multiple-fixture ICT process could be reduced to two stages: all tests with fixture A, then all tests with fixture B.

Even this simplified process caused a management nightmare, especially in the repair loop. Repair operators had to concentrate carefully to ensure that the repaired cards returned to the appropriate step of the multiple fixture test process. This, combined with the fixture-related failures, produced very inefficient and unsatisfactory overall results.

On the 16-channel line card, we perform only one ICT with a reduced set of probes. With only one fixture, the ICT management problems vanished.

Faster Time to Market

Incorporating probe removal into the card layout greatly simplified the CAD layout process, cutting the time to place test pads by more than half. This also helped start the test-development process earlier, resulting in quicker availability of the in-circuit tester. In addition, we tested the prototype cards using only the AXI, rather than waiting for the in-circuit fixture and program. This has resulted in faster turnaround at the prototype design stage.

Lower Test Cost

This newer process also provided a great economic advantage. Single-fixture cost is much less than half the cost of using multiple fixtures at ICT because of fewer nodes. Only 2,728 nodes are required, whereas each of the split fixtures had more than 3,100. Reduced fixture repair and higher ICT reliability also provide more efficient use of operator and system test time.

Conclusion

The 16MRL card turned on extremely well, producing a 93% initial volume production functional test yield, higher than the 90% yield of the eight-channel line card after a full year of production test modifications.

Our functional test goal was to maintain the existing yield and not impact it by changes to the upstream process. We clearly exceeded this goal with the AwareTest results on the 16MRL card.

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 Table 1  Comparison of 8MRL and 16MRL Cards Used in Test Study  Card Name                              8MRL  Function                       8-Channel Line Card  Number of Electrical                  4,508 Components  Number of Electrical Nodes            8,294  Accessible Electrical Nodes           5,298  Size                              18.9" x 13.7"  Production Status                Built for 1 Year  Number of Cards Tested                 844 in Study  Probe Removal/Increased         Multiple Fixtures Node Capacity Techniques     Fixture A = 3,121 Nodes                              Fixture B = 3,162 Nodes                                   Boundary Scan                              Resistor/Digital Cluster                                   Analog Cluster  Card Name                             16MRL  Function                       16-Channel Line Card  Number of Electrical                  3,734 Components  Number of Electrical Nodes            7,173  Accessible Electrical Nodes           2,728  Size                              18.9" x 13.7"  Production Status             Initial Production Run  Number of Cards Tested                 542 in Study  Probe Removal/Increased             AwareTest Node Capacity Techniques          Single Fixture                                 2,728 Probed Nodes                                   Boundary Scan                              Resistor/Digital Cluster                                   Analog Cluster X-RAY INSPECTION  Reader Interest  Please indicate your interest in this article.    High     Medium     Low Interest  Interest  Interest    512       513       514 

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Miro Kierkus, the manager of structural test engineering at Alcatel-Canada, has 12 years of design and test experience. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Western Ontario and a master's degree in electronics from Warsaw University of Technology. e-mail: miro.kierkus@alcatel.com

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Analysts Question Prospects for Arizona-Based MicroAge to Survive Bankruptcy.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Jul. 12--Three months into its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, MicroAge Inc. barely resembles its old Fortune 500 self. The Tempe-based computer distributor, in a bid to reverse a string of hefty losses, has quietly but swiftly cut 1,600 jobs, closed all but one of its giant warehouses and shut down more than half of its computer integration branches. The company even moved its headquarters from MicroAge Way to a nearby company office to save money.

Still, there are substantial questions about whether MicroAge can survive.

Experts point to a crushing decline in sales an internal memo pegs the company's current annual sales at $1.5 billion vs. $6 billion last year -- a drop in its already razor-thin profit margins and a limited pool of cash. The cash crunch looms largest. The company drew down $146 million of a $210 million bankruptcy credit line just a couple of weeks into the Chapter 11 case, according to recently released results for the February-April period.

The remaining $64 million, added together with $28 million in the bank, gave MicroAge just $92 million in available cash as of the end of April, the most recent date for which financial information is available. That won't cover too many more quarters of $65 million in operating losses, as the company posted in the most recent period.

"If they don't stem the losses they're going to be out of cash in the next 1 1/2 quarters under their current financing facilities," said Grant Lyon of Odyssey Capital Group, a Phoenix financial advisory firm specializing in distressed companies. He's the court-appointed financial adviser for the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, which filed Chapter 11 late last year.

Jeffrey McKeever, MicroAge chief executive officer, said the company's current cash position is "very stable."

He said MicroAge is raising cash by collecting accounts receivable, reducing inventory and selling assets.

A sale of MicroAge Teleservices, a call center outsourcing operation with about 1,200 employees, is expected soon, McKeever said.

More job cuts are also expected. More than half the cuts so far have come from attrition.

"I'm not concerned about running out, based upon our current plans," McKeever said.

The company says it believes it has enough cash to cover operations through October, the end of its fiscal year.

Not too long ago, MicroAge was forecasting that it would be out of cash by the end of July, the end of its current quarter, according to a recent memo sent to employees.

It erroneously included that nerve-racking forecast in a memo last week recapping recent employee meetings with management. A clarification was quickly issued. "Actions have been planned and implemented that will ensure that we will not run out of cash by the end of July. This includes recent actions taken to reduce expenses," the memo said.

Cash problems are inherent in bankruptcy cases, of course. What makes MicroAge's situation so precarious is that the company's core business is crumbling.

Its largest subsidiary, computer middleman Pinacor, saw its sales plunge 70 percent in the second quarter, to $454 million.

There's a variety of factors at fault, from sweeping changes in the ways computers are bought and sold in the Internet age to MicroAge's financial problems, which caused many suppliers to cut the company off.

While MicroAge had hoped the bankruptcy filing and the protections it provides would ease the supply problem, its recent financial report with securities regulators suggests otherwise.

"Pinacor revenue has continued to decline (this quarter) due to product supply issues," the company said. "Pinacor has begun streamlining its operations to become a smaller and more focused distributor."

McKeever said Pinacor's focus now is on equipment for computer telephony integration. He said the sector, which has higher profit margins than the traditional computer wholesale business, focuses on hardware that links computers and telephones.

Most in the industry have written off Pinacor, until recently one of the top five distributors in terms of sales. In recent Wall Street research reports, analysts credit improving results of industry giants Ingram Micro and Tech Data to the "exit" of Pinacor and struggling competitors Inacom and CHS Electronics. All three are in Chapter 11. Inacom filed last month and immediately said it was ceasing operations. That company had about 650 workers in the Valley.

The liquidation question regularly comes up in discussions of MicroAge's future, especially among employees. The company, which has been candid with its employees about its struggles, said in an employee memo Monday that rumors of a pending Chapter 7 filing are incorrect.

McKeever notes that MicroAge is still winning new business. Its integration business, MicroAge Technology Services, this week said it was selected to outfit Arizona's 228 school districts with 30,000 to 50,000 computers over the next few months.

And the company is still counting on its new e-business strategy, where it's an electronic middleman, though it hasn't ramped up as quickly as hoped.

"It's a little early to write us off," McKeever said. "We're still a $1.5 billion company."

Lyon, who has no ties to MicroAge and reviewed the company's financial filings at The Arizona Republic's request, is less sanguine about the company's chances unless things turn around quickly.

"The game is to try to reorganize while you still have, one, a core business to reorganize and, two, the liquidity to do it," he said. "There may not be a business here to reorganize if they don't stem these losses."

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Compaq Corrects Spelling of Name; Darryl Peck sted Darrell Peck.

In BW0150, (TX-COMPAQ) Launches New U.S. Internet Program for Dealers, eighth graph, fourth line should read xxx said Darryl Peck, President and CEO, Cyberian Outpost (sted said Darrell Peck, President and CEO, Cyberian Outpost).

XACCT and MaxBill partner to deliver support for enhanced network services; MaxBill integrates XACCTusage to provide a total solution for service providers.

M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 2000-MAXBILL: XACCT and MaxBill partner to deliver support for enhanced network services; MaxBill integrates XACCTusage to provide a total solution for service providers (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:02022000

Israel and Santa Clara, California -- XACCT Technologies Inc. the leading provider of business infrastructure solutions for IP networks and MaxBill Ltd., an innovative provider of cost-effective OSS Customer Care and Billing solutions for the converging telecommunications and utilities industries, announced the formation of a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, the two companies will integrate the MaxBill Customer Care and Billing system with XACCTusageTM, offering service providers a complete package for convergent services billing.

The integration of MaxBill and XACCTusageTM will enable MaxRate, MaxBill's sophisticated rating engine, to harness billable usage records captured and enhanced by XACCT's innovative IP Mediation technology. With this combined solution, Service Providers will be able to define, offer and bill for enhanced value-added services and creative service packages. Customers will receive an invoice for their Internet services in formats similar to the telephone bills, based on various transactions and parameters, such as bandwidth, content and quality of service.

"Moving into the next generation of Internet-based services, traditional flat rate pricing and billing models are fast becoming obsolete," said Eric Gries, CEO of XACCT Technologies. "Service Providers are looking for ways to develop and deploy new revenue-generating services, and to price them in meaningful ways. We're very pleased to partner with MaxBill and provide our customers with a complete solution enabling them do so, cost-effectively."

"As enhanced network services, such as IP telephony, streaming multimedia and high-end data transfer emerge, the need for Service Providers to have the tools to offer and bill for these services increases dramatically. The power of XACCTusageTM to extract meaningful usage records coupled with the strength of MaxBill to incorporate these and additional usage records from other sources into the overall functionality of MaxBill will deliver a comprehensive solution for Service Providers to offer these and other diversified and convergent services," said Michah Himmelman, President of MaxBill.

Comprehensive Data for Billing

XACCT's flagship product, XACCTusageTM, provides a single point of interface between the IP network infrastructure and the Customer Care and Billing applications for usage data collection as well as automated service provisioning. This multi-source, multi-layer mediation solution captures comprehensive and accurate usage data from a multitude of network elements such as routers, switches, firewalls, and application servers and refines it into XACCT Detail Records or XDRs that are similar to the Call Detail Records (CDRs) generated by telephone switches (exchanges). Service providers can use XDRs to generate flexible, innovative pricing models and usage-based bills.

By leveraging the end-to-end, automated User Account Provisioning capabilities of XACCTusageTM, service providers can implement self-care or self-registration programs and thus lower call-centre costs. Automated provisioning also lets service providers benefit from instant service activation and revenue capture.

About MaxBill Ltd.

MaxBill Ltd. is an innovative provider of cost-effective OSS Customer Care and Billing solutions for the converging telecommunications and utilities industries. MaxBill's Customer Care and Billing system gives Service Providers with customer-centric functionality to attract and expand profitable customer relationships. MaxBill provides pro-active functionality and integrated tools to support the processes of customer initiation, customer activation, customer care, order management, service provisioning, usage rating, invoicing, accounts receivable, collection and reporting. MaxBill is headquartered in Israel and has subsidiaries in North America and Europe. For current product and company information, please visit MaxBill's web site at www.maxbill.com.

About XACCT Technologies XACCT Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. The company develops a new class of intelligent software solutions that enable Service Providers to design and execute innovative revenue-generating services and programs.

XACCT and its product have received the following awards and citations:

* Data Communications magazine recognised XACCT as one of the "Top 25 Hot Start-ups of 1998" and named XACCTusage as one of the "Hot Products of 1999." [middle dot] XACCT was one of the six companies named to the "Winners Circle: Software Companies to Watch" in Telecommunications magazine's March 1999 issue.

* XACCTusageTM received "Most Innovative Billing Product" recognition at the Billing Systems 1999 Conference and Exhibition in April 1999.

* Internet Telephony magazine selected XACCTusage as "Product of the Year" in the Billing category in its November 1999 issue.

A privately held corporation, XACCT is funded by venture capital investors.

More information is available at http://www.xacct.com.

CONTACT: Tony Miller, Business Manager MaxBill Ltd. Tel: +1 972 3 930 55 20 Fax: +1 972 3 930 55 21 e-mail: tonym@maxbill.com WWW: http://www.maxbill.com Anil Uberoi, VP Marketing, XACCT Technologies Tel: +1 408 654 99 00 Fax: +1 408 654 99 04 e-mail: anil@xacct.com WWW: http://www.xacct.com Charlotte Gutman, CGP Tel: +32 2 375 21 00 Fax: +32 2 375 91 62 e-mail: cgp@cgp.be www.cgp.be Sharon Frais C.G.P. - Communications for Genial Products s.a. Tel: +32 2 375 21 00 Fax: +32 2 375 91 62 e-mail: sharon@cgp.be WWW: http://www.cgp.be

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Motorola Mobility to Discuss How Convergence Impacts Mobility, Media and Digital Home Management at CONNECTIONS™.

Parks Associates today welcomes David Grubb III, Vice President, Architecture & Strategy, Converged Experiences, Motorola Mobility, as the opening keynote for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase on June 28 at 4:20 p.m. The international research firm will host CONNECTIONS™ on June 28-30 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

In his Keynote "Converged Experiences," Mr. Grubb will discuss the impact of the Internet and mobile networks on consumer expectations for home management, content access and more immersive, converged experiences. Over 2 billion people worldwide will have a smartphone by 2015, according to Parks Associates. The spread of these devices, along with tablets, Wi-Fi, and 3G and 4G technologies, is blurring the lines between wireless vs. wireline and home vs. mobile experiences.

"Over 60% of U.S. smartphone users are interested in an app that syncs files across multiple mobile devices," said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates. "Once consumers have these advanced devices in hand, their expectations for home management and content access expand. Mr. Grubb has invaluable insight into the implications and challenges as cloud media and connected and mobile CE redefine the digital living markets, and we look forward to his keynote at CONNECTIONS™."

In his keynote, Mr. Grubb will discuss the future vision for the home and mobile consumer experience and how the industry can best realize the potential of convergence. He will also examine the distinct kinds of convergence happening today. For example, mobility converges with computing through the advancement of powerful smartphones and tablets. Mobility is also converging with media through the growth of multiscreen TV services and companion devices. Finally, the emergence of IP content delivery and interactive services is driving the convergence of media, home management and the Internet.

For information about CONNECTIONS™, visit www.connectionsus.com. About CONNECTIONS™ CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) [R], is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions. http://www.connectionsus.com MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC.

Keywords: Leisure, Mobile Network, Networks, Parks Associates.

This article was prepared by Telecommunications Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Telecommunications Weekly via VerticalNews.com.

Cloud Computing What Does It Actually Mean And What Are The Issues For Lawyers That It Raises?

1. Introduction

In traditional computing infrastructure, a computer's operating system (e.g. Microsoft Windows), applications (e.g. Microsoft Office) and data are stored on an individual user's computer. In the office environment data is usually stored on servers (often within the same building) which are then accessible by the rest of an organisation.

Cloud-computing is a different approach to IT infrastructure. Information, software or other IT services are stored and accessed remotely via a supplier's servers connected to the internet, rather than on individual computers or on private servers. This is not a new concept. Anyone who has a web-based email account such as Hotmail has been able to use a simple form of cloud-computing since 1997.

While cloud services have been available for some time, the growth and spend in this area has sharply accelerated in recent years. In 2009 Gartner estimated that the global market for cloud services had a value of around $46 billion with a predicted rise to around $150 billion by 20131 . However, a lack of clarity and consistent opinion as to the perceived risks of cloud services has been problematic for both providers and consumers. This has led to difficulties for both in contractually allocating legal and commercial risk, in an environment where a key driver towards the cloud for many organisations is the need to control costs.

This article will outline the most common types of cloud services and provides an overview of some of the prominent legal and contractual issues present when utilising such services.

2. Common types of cloud-computing

The most common types of internet based IT services that are widely referred to as 'cloud computing' are:

2.1 Software as a Service ('SaaS')

In SaaS, software applications are run on the provider's system and accessed by a customer via the internet usually through a web-browser. This means that the software is not located on the user's computer or within a business's servers but within the SaaS provider's facilities.

SaaS is designed on a one-to-many model meaning the software and its associated host hardware can be used to serve many customers simultaneously.

The advantages of SaaS are:

minimal configuration costs as SaaS is designed to be run and accessed remotely;

reduction in on-going maintenance and support costs as economies of scale are achieved through the one-to-many model; and

the costs of keeping 'up-to-date' are reduced. The supplier can roll out new versions and upgrades on a regular basis to all customers simultaneously.

2.2 Infrastructure as a Service ('IaaS')

IaaS provides a customer with remote access to certain pre-configured hardware which the customer is able to control and use as if it had access to the same physical hardware on-site. A common IaaS offering is a 'virtual server' which allows a customer to use the functionality of a traditional server remotely.

The term 'virtual server' is used as the customer is not accessing an individual instance of hardware, rather it is using a set proportion of the shared resources of a powerful data centre. In this form of IaaS, the supplier is only responsible for the maintenance and running of the 'virtual server' and its underlying hardware. The customer is responsible for running and maintaining the operating system and all software and applications running on the 'virtual server'2.

The main advantages of IaaS are the reduction in infrastructure investment, maintenance, refresh and running costs for every element of IT infrastructure which is accessed remotely.

2.3 Platform as a Service ('PaaS')

PaaS is the delivery of IaaS with the addition of an operating system being provided by the Supplier. This allows a customer to run software on a supplier's servers within the pre-configured virtual operating system. Under PaaS, a customer has limited control of the underlying operating system and hardware resources and the customer is only responsible for selecting and managing the software that is run on the virtual operating system3. PaaS combines the advantages of SaaS and IaaS.

2.4 Everything as a Service ('EaaS' or 'XaaS')

This is a hybrid term referring to a combination of SaaS, IaaS and PaaS

3. Are IT outsourcings and cloud services the same thing?

Cloud services contracts share a number of similarities with traditional IT outsourcings as both:

focus on the performance of the services being provided by the supplier;

aim to achieve efficiencies and reduce costs at levels;

avoid/reduce the extent the customer's capital is 'locked up' in IT infrastructure;

involve the remote provision of services; and

are typically embodied in a contractual structure which contains a significant level of detail.

Due to these similarities, there is a corresponding overlap of the contractual and legal considerations. However despite this, there are fundamental differences between the two which means a standard IT outsourcing contract will not necessarily 'work' for cloud service deals:

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In light of these differences, approaching a cloud service deal as a traditional IT outsourcing will not be appropriate for all aspects of the contract.

4. Legal/Contractual issues

Cloud-computing arrangements raise a variety of legal and contractual issues. Many of these are not specific to cloud-computing arrangements but apply more generally to many types of technology services agreements.

Legal Issues

4.1 Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'DPA') governs the use of data that identifies individuals (known as 'personal data'). Those who control the processing (meaning storing, recording, transmitting, etc.) of personal data must comply with the eight Data Protection Principles (the 'Principles') contained in Schedule 1 of the DPA (as well as a number of other provisions).

It is likely that the utilisation of cloud services will involve the transfer and/or storage of personal data between the customer and the provider. Users of cloud services will need to ensure that their cloud arrangements comply with the DPA4.

The key relevant Principles are:

4.1.1 First Principle - personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully

While a number of caveats exist, consent of the individual must usually be obtained in order to process personal data. Consent can generally only be given when an individual has been provided with sufficient information to make an informed decision.

Cloud-computing issue: Providers store and process data for many customers simultaneously utilising an array of different hardware spread over a number of physical locations within the cloud provider's data centre. It is arguable whether informed consent can actually be given by the individual due to the lack of certainty or understanding as to how and where the data is to be processed and stored.

4.1.2 Seventh Principle - appropriate technical and organisational measures must be taken to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss or destruction of personal data

The Principle enshrines the concept that the standard of protections for personal data will be implemented according to the type of information, the cost of implementing solutions and the potential damage which would be caused by its loss.

Cloud-computing issue: Personal data 'in the cloud' may be spread over a number of physical locations within a data centre. Compliance with this may be harder to practically achieve and enforce. Customers will need to consider what access, if any, the cloud provider will have to the data stored on their systems, whether the data should be encrypted and what back up and data recovery procedures are in place. Customers may also find that they are unable to access a cloud supplier's facility to audit security measures due to the supplier's pre-existing contractual commitments to other customers.

4.1.3 Eighth Principle - personal data must not be transferred to a country outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") unless that country ensures an adequate level of data protection

If personal data is to be transferred outside of the EEA, then that in itself is a potential breach of the DPA without certain conditions being met. The European Commission has established a formal procedure for certifying countries which have in place adequate data protection rules, however this list is limited5.

Cloud-computing issue: Cloud-computing providers may be offering cloud services from a location outside of the EEA. Organisations based in the EEA need to ensure that any cloud services used will be provided from within the EEA or a certified country. If the provider is outside the EEA and not a certified country, the customer will need to determine whether compliance through another permitted means is possible, such as utilising the 'Model Contractual Clauses' issued by the European Commission or determining whether the EU-USA Safe Harbour regime applies.

4.1.4 MiFID/SYSC rules

In the UK, FSA regulated entities are likely to be bound by the provisions of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive6 ('MiFID'). As part of the implementation of MiFID obligations in the UK, the FSA has issued the SYSC Rules7. SYSC Rule 8 applies to regulated businesses that outsource an operational function that is 'business critical'. In complying with this rule, regulated business must (amongst a number of other provisions) ensure that confidential information relating to customers is protected8, and that the business, its auditors and the FSA can access the data and the premises related to outsourced activities.9

Cloud-computing issue:These SYSC Rules are not easily reconcilable with cloud computing arrangements. As mentioned above, access to the supplier's data centre may not be possible and it may be impossible to tell exactly where all data is physically located at any one time. This inherent feature of cloud services means securing or demonstrating compliance with the above rules may be problematic and securing customised solutions which comply with the above may erode the cost savings which the utilisation of cloud services sought to achieve.

Contractual Issues

The following are a number of issues which should be considered as to why traditional IT outsourcing provisions may not be suitable for cloud deals:

4.2 Service Performance:

The IT Outsourcing Approach

In outsourcing deals customers often seek supplier performance warranties against specifications or requirements e.g.:

'Supplier warrants....it shall: (i) perform the Services using good industry practice and all due skill, care and diligence; and (ii) shall meet the Customer's Requirements detailed at Schedule [X].'

Cloud-computing Issues

The nature of the one-to-many model means that cloud services are not usually adapted to the customer's requirements outside limited parameters. This less flexible approach is reflected in the warranties that a cloud supplier is prepared to offer.

Typically cloud suppliers will only offer limited warranties of performance, confined to providing the cloud services in accordance with 'good industry practice' or 'skill' and 'care' even though, in such an immature market-place, it is not known what such standards mean.

4.3 Service Levels

The IT Outsourcing Approach

Outsourcing service levels attempt to give customers confidence that the service they have outsourced will be performed to an acceptable level. Often this will include a metric targeting the level which the customer expects the service to be available.

Cloud-computing Issues

Where service provision is entirely over the internet, any 'end-to-end' service level will need to cover availability of the internet. The last three years have seen numerous high profile examples where internet availability has been affected by factors no supplier of cloud service would take responsibility for, e.g. political unrest10, denial or service attacks11 and accidents cutting submarine telecommunication cables12.

To date, few cloud service providers have been offering service levels that take responsibility for internet performance leaving customers to bear this risk. Recently however there are examples of large providers accepting this risk and offering 99.9% uptime SLAs to customers13.

4.4 Audit

The IT Outsourcing Approach

A requirement that a customer can audit the service provider is often required as simple good practice. In regulated sectors such as financial services 14 or public sector procurement 15 this may be a stronger requirement.

Cloud-computing Issues

Suppliers will find it difficult if not impossible to identify the exact location of individual services/data for an individual customer and will not usually allow access to service provision locations due to the obligations owed to other customers.

4.5 Termination/Exit

The IT Outsourcing Approach

An outsourcing contract will usually contain terms obliging the supplier to return the customer's information and materials to enable the services to be brought back 'in-house' or transition to a replacement supplier.

Cloud-computing Issues

There are no cloud industry data standards for transitioning between suppliers. Cloud customers should be wary therefore of being 'de facto' locked-in to continuing to use a supplier by not being able to easily transition services to a new supplier. Customers should therefore look to establish an exit plan pre-contract which will include the details of how, when and in what form the customer's data will be returned.

5. Conclusion

Businesses need the efficiencies and cost savings that cloud-computing can bring regardless of the operational and legal risks that can be identified. This places a strain on the agreements that allocate the risks and rewards of cloud computing between customers and suppliers. What is clear is that whilst the technology might be undergoing evolutionary development, the approach to the contracts that govern them might need to be revised in a more revolutionary way to adapt to the new delivery method.

Footnotes

1. http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=914826 http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2010_horizontals/draft_specialisation_ber_en.pdf

2. Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is an example of this form of IaaS.

3. Microsoft's Windows Azure is an example of PaaS.

4. In April 2010 the European Commission noted that cloud computing raised 'challenges to data protection' and that 'risks to privacy and the protection of personal data' due to this activity are increasing. http://ec.europa.eu/justice/news/consulting_public/0006/com_2010_609_en.pdf.

5. e.g. Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Canada.

6. 2004/39/EC.

7. S enior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls Rules http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/html/handbook/SYSC.

8. SYSC Rule 8.1.8(10).

9. SYSC Rule 8.1.8(9).

10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306041

11. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11980125

12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7228315.stm

13. http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229100165&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

14. See above and the Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls - SYSC Rule 8.1.8 - http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/html/handbook/SYSC/8/1

15 OGC Model Terms and Conditions of Contracts for Services - http://www.ogc.gov.uk/Model_terms_and_conditions_for_goods_and_services.asp

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