Intergraph(R) Incident Management Software Advances Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Emergency Response Efforts ; Integrated software suite promotes interoperability and information sharing for faster, more effective response in Florida's largest county

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Palm Beach (Fla.)County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) has successfully deployed Intergraph(R)public safety and security incident management software to advanceits mission to save lives and protect property in Florida's largestcounty.

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PBCFR has 49 fire stations and provides dispatch services to anadditional 22 municipal stations throughout Palm Beach County toserve the county's 1.2 million residents. From the dispatch center,to the stations and in the 165 fire and rescue vehicles, everyoperational PBCFR employee is utilizing Intergraph incidentmanagement software to communicate and make split-second decisionsfor faster incident response.

Intergraph software empowers PBCFR personnel in their responseefforts by providing greater interoperability and informationsharing capabilities to ensure responders have the reliable datathey need to make informed decisions. Additionally, fire and rescuepersonnel and dispatchers are leveraging the latest generationincident management software to advance situational awareness foroptimized emergency response and a more streamlined 9-1-1 dispatchprocess.

"Palm Beach County Fire Rescue personnel are committed toensuring the residents, guests, and visitors in our community asecure and superior quality of life by maintaining the highest stateof readiness, dedication, and compassion," said Evan Bestland,division chief, Technology Services, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue."Intergraph's public safety and security software is vital to ourresponders for integrating and managing large volumes of data forsituational awareness and the most effective and efficient incidentprevention and response."

"Agencies around the world rely on Intergraph's public safety andsecurity software to transform vast amounts of data into actionableinformation that can be used to prevent and respond to emergencyincidents," said Jeff Robertson, vice president and general manager,Intergraph Public Safety. "Palm Beach County Fire Rescue leveragesIntergraph incident management software to facilitate fasteremergency response and improved resource management between agenciesto save lives and protect property."

Intergraph integrated incident management software features theaward-winning Intergraph Interoperability Framework, based onMicrosoft BizTalk for multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional datasharing, which becomes the platform for supporting industrystandards, such as the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).It includes more simplified workflows to streamline dispatch tasksfor quicker and more accurate decision making. It also supports newand emerging mobile trends through a platform compatible withInternet Protocol V.6, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database, MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 operating system and Oracle 11g database.Intergraph's incident management software version 9.0 advancessituational awareness by enabling users to easily toggle between thesystem map and consumer maps, such as Microsoft Bing and GoogleMaps.

Intergraph is the leading global provider of public safety andsecurity emergency incident response, reporting, analysis andrecords management solutions. One in 12 people in the world isprotected by Intergraph public safety and security solutions.

About Intergraph

Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering andgeospatial software that enables customers to visualize complexdata. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely onIntergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts ofdata into understandable visual representations and actionableintelligence. Intergraph's software and services empower customersto build and operate more efficient plants and ships, createintelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millionsof people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power &Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I).Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for thedesign, construction and operation of plants, ships and offshorefacilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially-powered solutionsto the defense and intelligence, public safety and security,government, transportation, photogrammetry, utilities, andcommunications industries. For more information, visitwww.intergraph.com.

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Fed: US inquiry censures Australian lawyer over Abu Ghraib

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2004
Fed: US inquiry censures Australian lawyer over Abu Ghraib

Australian military lawyer GEORGE O'KANE has been criticised by a US army investigation
for responding inadequately to early Red Cross warnings about the abuse of inmates at
Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

At the time of the abuses, Major O'KANE was stationed at coalition military headquarters
in Baghdad.

He was in charge of liaising with the Red Cross and responding to its complaints.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the US report says a letter replying to Red
Cross concerns last December, of which Major O'KANE was the primary author, glossed over
the organisation's concerns.

The newspaper reports that American investigators were unable to interview Major O'KANE,
and suggest attempts to do so were blocked by the HOWARD government.

Major O'KANE also failed to respond to written questions in time.

The paper says the US report raises questions about government assurances that Australians
did all they could to make life better for Iraqi prisoners and that there has been no
attempt to cover up Major O'Kane's activities.

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KEYWORD: IRAQ PRISONERS AUST (SYDNEY)

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Fed: Wannabe boss now McDonald's head honcho

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2004
Fed: Wannabe boss now McDonald's head honcho

(Adds Bell's age)



By Rhys Haynes

SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - When flipping burgers in a suburban Sydney McDonald's restaurant
at age 15, Australian Charlie Bell used to tell everyone "how to run the company".

Now he does.

Mr Bell, 43, who began his career at McDonald's in 1971 sweating over the grill, was
today appointed chief executive and president of McDonald's International.

His elevation followed the sudden death last night of his predecessor Jim Cantalupo,
60, of a suspected heart attack at a conference in Florida.

United States-based Mr Bell, the first non-American to fill the role, is now responsible
for the company's 30,000 restaurants in 118 countries.

McDonald's Australia boss Guy Russo, who began his career with Mr Bell at the age of
15, said the pair started out at the chain's Kingsford restaurant in Sydney's east.

Mr Russo said he and Mr Bell would often tell their fellow staff how to run the company.

"There were a lot of people who were older than us - when we were about 16 we were
telling everyone how to run the company at that age - who) thought we would one day,"

he told Sydney radio 2UE today.

"I think both our parents were in shock, they would much rather us have done something else.

"(But) if you like what you do you continue to do it, sometimes you look outside but
we just love what we do," Mr Russo said.

Mr Bell progressed quickly through the ranks, becoming Australia's youngest store manager
at age 19 and a vice president eight years later.

In 1993, he was appointed managing director of McDonald's Australia and headed up the
firm's Asia-wide operations in 1999.

He was then president of McDonald's Europe, where he was responsible for the region's
6,000 restaurants.

Before his appointment to the top job today, Mr Bell was the company's international
president and chief operating officer.

In announcing the death of Mr Cantalupo, McDonald's International said Mr Bell was
ideally suited to the position.

"Charlie Bell has worked side by side with Jim during the past 16 months to revitalise
McDonald's all over the world," the company said in a statement.

"He is ideally suited and prepared to continue Jim's remarkable focus and discipline
on our business."

Former McDonald's Australia chairman Peter Ritchie was the company's managing director
in 1971 when he first met Mr Bell at the Kingsford restaurant.

Mr Ritchie, now deputy chairman at the Seven Network, said Mr Bell had always shown
leadership, even as a young worker.

"He was ready to tell us how the place should have been run from 15 years of age onwards,"

Mr Ritchie said.

"He said it in a pretty arrogant sort of a way, I'd have to admit, but he did know
what he was talking about."

Mr Bell is the sixth CEO appointed to the world's largest restaurant company.

Mr Cantalupo died suddenly after presiding over changes at McDonald's which included
introducing a variety of salads, juices and healthier sandwich options.

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KEYWORD: MCDONALDS AUST SECOND NIGHTLEAD (PIX AVAILABLE)

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NSW: State MPs to follow federal super drop

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2004
NSW: State MPs to follow federal super drop

New South Wales Premier BOB CARR says it's inevitable commonwealth changes to reduce
parliamentarians' superannuation contributions will be reflected on a state level.

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD announced yesterday he would adopt the Opposition Leader
MARK LATHAM's policy of cutting the super scheme of federal politicians.

Mr CARR says it's inevitable that state MPs' super entitlements will fall into line
with that of their federal counterparts, despite being part of a separate scheme.

But Mr CARR's told ABC Radio it's arguable that the reforms could reduce the capacity
to entice some people into politics mid-career.

AAP RTV jo/sd/as/rt

KEYWORD: SUPER CARR (SYDNEY) WITH AUDIO

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Qld: Mother and son charged with double fishing murder

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2003
Qld: Mother and son charged with double fishing murder

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By Jordan Baker

CAIRNS, Dec 15 AAP - A mother and son today faced court charged with murdering a fisherman
and his 10-year-old son in the wilds of remote Cape York.

Bevin Simmonds, 36, and his 10-year-old son Brad were last seen in June this year when
they took an aluminium dinghy to check shark nets near the mouth of the Coleman River
on the western Cape.

Mr Simmonds' wife raised the alarm when they failed to return to the mother ship, but
a massive air, ground and sea search found no trace of them.

Police suspected foul play and opened a double murder investigation.

Joan Betty Gater, 56, of Pormpuraaw was arrested on Friday.

Her son, Michael Vincent Gater, 33, was arrested near the Cape York town of Laura.

They faced the Cairns Magistrates Court today charged with murder and were remanded
in custody to re-appear in court on February 4.

They were not required to enter a plea and did not apply for bail.

Joan Gater was also charged last July with attempting to pervert the course of justice
in relation to the investigation.

AAP jb/sc/cjh/jlw

KEYWORD: GATER (CHANGING KEYWORD)

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Fed: Low sulphur diesel rollout starts in NSW

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Fed: Low sulphur diesel rollout starts in NSW

By Miranda Korzy

SYDNEY, Aug 8 AAP - Oil companies today began pumping out a new, cleaner diesel fuelin NSW and Western Australia, promising less smog and sickness.

Truckies and asthma experts welcomed the change, but said the federal and state governmentsneeded to do more.

Shell spokesman Ian McKenzie said the company's Clyde Refinery, in Sydney's west, wasnow producing 100 per cent ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) with only 10 per cent of regularlevels.

The new fuel had 50 parts per million sulphur, compared with 500 parts per millionfor regular diesel.

BP confirmed it would supply the Shell-produced ULSD to all its Sydney service stationswithin two weeks.

In Perth, a BP-produced ULSD would be available from today, and the company would progressivelyextend supply to other capital cities and regional areas.

BP began marketing ULSD to the Brisbane market last month.

"This is the cleanest diesel fuel you can buy in Australia today," BP Australia managingdirector Garry Hueston said.

"The change to ultra low sulphur diesel will reduce airborne pollution and smog whichcontribute to (a reduced) incidence of asthma and other respiratory illnesses."

Mr McKenzie said all Shell customers supplied by Sydney refineries would now receiveULSD, amounting to about 40 per cent of the NSW diesel market.

It would take about two weeks for the new diesel to flush through depots still holdingthe regular diesel, he said.

Federal regulations stipulate that all diesel must meet the 50 parts per million standardby January 1, 2006.

Mr McKenzie said the government had also created a tax incentive to introduce the cleanfuels earlier - a diesel sulphur excise differential, by which producers pay one centper litre less tax on low sulphur fuel.

National Asthma Council spokesman Charles Mitchell welcomed the move.

"Less air pollution caused by particulate and sulphur emissions from diesel will reducethe risk of triggering respiratory conditions such as asthma," Professor Mitchell said.

"An equally important contribution would be if state governments were to bite the bulletand introduce rules that insisted diesel engines were adequately maintained, because thataffects the total amounts of particles emitted."

Truck drivers said the low sulphur fuel was good news for their industry.

But Australian Trucking Association chief executive Chris Althaus said they were concernedthe federal government had promised that a lot more of the fuel would be available thanthere was at present.

"The government increased fuel excise on regular diesel in July, so for members themore they can use the new fuel the better," Mr Althaus said.

A Caltex spokesman said the company was also marketing a small amount of the new fuelintermittently, depending on its refinery's capability at the time.

AAP mk/jh/ak/de

KEYWORD: FUEL

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Defence Howard (CANBERRA)

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD says Australia should investigate a proposed shield againsta missile strike -- even if such a program never becomes reality.

Australia's possible involvement in the US missile defence program -- dubbed Star Wars-- was foreshadowed yesterday in a review of Australia's defence policy.

And Defence Minister ROBERT HILL said he couldn't rule out American missiles beingbased on Australian soil if Australia signed up to the program.

Mr HOWARD's told Brisbane radio 4BC there should be …