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What's really at stake in changes to copyright (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
And Australian authors are seriously misleading the public about what is actually at stake ... Restrictions on parallel importation - limiting the right to source books on the open market - have ensured that what is euphemistically called the 'Australia tax' applies to imported books ... It will do nothing to affect the contractual rights of Australian authors to decide what rights to assign to whom in Australia or overseas....

BSP Releases Maiden Results of the Residential Real Estate Price Indices for the Philippines Using Information from Banks' Housing Loan Applications (Central Bank of the Philippines)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
The RREPI measures the average changes in prices of different types of housing units over a period of time across different geographical regions where the growth rate of the index measures house inflation ... In addition to the overall RREPI, sub-indices were constructed for the different types of housing units (single, duplex, apartments and residential units)....

Women twice as likely as men to experience anxiety, research finds

Edit The Guardian 06 Jun 2016
The research, published in the journal Brain and Behaviour, examines data from 48 reviews to explore trends in anxiety across different groups of people, including those with chronic diseases, gamblers and pregnant women ... Differences in the way people from different cultures experienced anxiety should also be taken into account, she said....

New food choices in '16 (Kansas City T-Bones)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
The Heater Dog, a dog dipped in buffalo sauce and topped with blue cheese slaw, is one of the new offerings at CommunityAmerica Ballpark this season ... Brad Six, general manager for Centerplate, says the food provider at CommunityAmerica Ballpark is targeting families with both food options and, especially, prices ... Looking for a little kick and something different than a regular hotdog? The Heater Dog may be for you....

Thunder Q&A;: Billy Donovan on the Spurs and Warriors, gaining experience, what OKC needs to improve

Edit The Oklahoman 06 Jun 2016
Donovan goes into the offseason having to replace his lead assistant coach, Monty Williams, and the Thunder's roster will certainly look different should Kevin Durant leave in free agency ... I felt like — and I said this at the time — I felt like our team needed to go through that in order to find what we needed to do to reach our fullest potential ... What are the areas the Thunder needs to improve on the most?....

Information Disclosure on the Internet Regarding the Notice of the 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (PDF: 50KB) (Nintendo Co Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
With respect to equity-method-applied companies whose account closing dates differ from the consolidated account closing date, the financial statements of the companies, either based on their fiscal year or based on preliminary accounts closing, are incorporated ... Actuarial calculation differences and past service costs are processed collectively in the accrued year....

Who are your local heroes? (Harrow London Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
The search is on for Harrow's unsung heroes who work quietly behind the scenes to make a difference to the lives of others and their community ... Young or old, from litter pickers, community champions, carers and befrienders to park user groups, scout leaders, cadets, guides and mentors - our borough is full of thousands of volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make a difference....

Comment: Thank the Dagenham women for better pay

Edit Scotsman 06 Jun 2016
However, perhaps all publicity is good publicity, as when the news spread around the country about what was happening, more and more of the public began to support the women ... They were awarded a pay rise – but even then they returned to work being paid only 92 per cent of what the male machinists received ... They remained on a different grade to the male machinists until another strike, this time six weeks long, many years later in 1984....

Great expectations: New grads enter the world of work

Edit The Miami Herald 06 Jun 2016
Williams, 21, heads out into the working world with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, eager to pay off his student loans but having the same expectations of his first job as most of the Class of 2016 ... “I think we’re going to make a big difference in a positive way,” Williams says....

The Rad Trads: Talking new album, touring and the creative process

Edit The Examiner 06 Jun 2016
What is the name of the record? ... That doesn’t include what we have already done and our schedule coming up in the fall ... We see and meet a lot of different people in the course of our travels ... What else would you like our readers to know that we haven’t discussed about the new album? ... We had previously recorded the song “Rosalie” and it had a similar drumbeat but a completely different horn line and bass line to it....

Health in the clouds (UTS - University of Technology, Sydney)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
Similarly, when insurers are writing premiums for workers' compensation they're doing that on the back of the employer's injury history and what types of processes and practices they have in place ... We were also pretty keen to know what key relationships the university had with different technology bodies ... It really does make all the difference....

Matt Damon says James Bourne is "not in a good place" in new film as new Bourne images are revealed

Edit Digital Spy 06 Jun 2016
Damon opened up about what fans can expect from the new film in this month's redesigned Total Film magazine, and from the first accompanying picture it looks like Bourne is more than ready to rejoin the fight ... "Part of the most interesting thing about doing the film was it made you think just how dynamically the world has ......

Muhammad Ali's hometown joins together in prayer and remembrance

Edit The Times Picayune 06 Jun 2016
He raised his hands to the sky, eyes closed, surrounded by congregants at the church where their father once worshipped. Rahaman Ali took center stage at the two-hour, high-energy service at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, sitting in a front-row pew with his wife, Caroline. The church is not far from the little pink house in Louisville's west end where the Ali brothers grew up ... "Here comes the champ, here comes the champ."....
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