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T[0]="Winner of the Second Annual Rosemount Diamond Award";
A[0]="By ... Editor";
Dn[0]="20060613";
Dt[0]="Tuesday 13 June 2006";
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B1[0]=" Rosemount Estate, the prestige wine of Australia, and the Jackson Hole Film Festival announced the winner of its second annual Rosemount Diamond ";
B2[0]="Award, a film competition for emerging filmmakers, at an award ceremony at The Amangani hotel in Jackson, Wyoming Friday evening (June 9th)... ";
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S1[0]=" Rosemount Estate, the prestige wine of Australia, and the Jackson Hole Film Festival announced the winner of its second annual Rosemount Diamond ";
S2[0]=" Award, a film competition for emerging filmmakers, at an award ceremony at The Amangani hotel in Jackson, Wyoming Friday evening (June 9th).
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S3[0]=" Legendary Hollywood executive Alan Hirschfield presented writer/director Robert Collector with the Rosemount Diamond Award and a $10,000 cash prize for his film Believe in Me, ";
S4[0]=" based on an inspiring true story about a girls basketball coach set in rural Oklahoma circa 1964, starring Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis and Bruce Dern.
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S5[0]=" Guests at the award ceremony included film critic and festival judge Leonard Maltin and actors Alicia Witt and Thora Burch, among other ";
S6[0]=" film industry notables.
'We are so thrilled to present the Rosemount Diamond Award to Bob.
His film Believe in ";
S7[0]=" Me exemplifies the great emerging talent out there today which was also evident by the films of the other finalists that were up for consideration,' ";
S8[0]=" said Eben Dorros, President of the Jackson Hole Film Institute.
'Ultimately Bob was chosen for his outstanding achievement in cinematography, directing, editing ";
S9[0]=" and production.
The decision was very difficult this year which is a true testament to the growing prestige of this award within ";
S10[0]=" the film community and our Festival,' added Dorros.
Collector was one of five talented finalists including Mary McGukian, Julius Avery, Tatia ";
S11[0]=" Pilieva, and Patricia Radoi.
These five finalists were selected from over 3000 films submitted for the competition.
A distinguished ";
S12[0]=" panel including: Nadine Velazquez (Actor) and Frank Coraci (Director).
JoAnn Perritano (Producer) along with Witt and Maltin selected Collector as the winner.
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S13[0]=" The Rosemount Diamond Award was established by Rosemount Estate and the Jackson Hole Film Festival in 2004 to recognize emerging Australian ";
S14[0]=" talent and bring their work to a U.S.
audience.
However to meet the growing success of the award, this ";
S15[0]=" year's competition was opened up to U.S.
and British filmmakers as well as Australians.
The festival intends to add ";
S16[0]=" an additional country to the mix each year.
'It was great to see such outstanding films and to be associated with such ";
S17[0]=" fine artistic talent,' said Nicole Carter Vice President of Communications for Rosemount Estate.
'As a wine industry leader Rosemount Estate has always ";
S18[0]=" encouraged and valued innovation so it seems fitting that we extend our encouragement of creative endeavors to the medium of film.
The ";
S19[0]=" art of film, like great wine, requires dedication, creativity and an unconditional focus on quality.
We hope our support will provide greater ";
S20[0]=" recognition -- and opportunity -- for the next generation of film talent,' she added... ";
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T[1]="Blue Rocket Shoots for the Stars with $9 million Project";
A[1]="By ... Editor";
Dn[1]="20060222";
Dt[1]="Wednesday 22 February 2006";
Acats[1]="a06a45a46a69";
B1[1]=" With the help of the Tasmanian Government Hobart digital animation company Blue Rocket Productions is planning to start production this year on ";
B2[1]="a $9 million animated TV series... ";
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S1[1]=" With the help of the Tasmanian Government Hobart digital animation company Blue Rocket Productions is planning to start production this year on ";
S2[1]=" a $9 million animated TV series.
Minister for Economic Development Lara Giddings said Blue Rocket has secured a significant interest from the ";
S3[1]=" Nine Network for the 26 half hour animated series Pixel Pinkie.
'Pixel Pinkie is an animated series based around a pre-teen girl ";
S4[1]=" who discovers a genie - Pixel Pinkie - in her mobile phone and embarks on a series of adventures with Pinkie's help.
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S5[1]=" 'Aimed at the female 7-11, or 'tweenie', global television market, the project focuses on the traditional coming-of-age themes with story lines ranging from the ";
S6[1]=" arrival of Pixel Pinkie, to typical schoolgirl preoccupations about image, fitting in and parents.
'If financed, this will be the largest film ";
S7[1]=" or television production ever made in Tasmania.
'This is a very exciting project for Blue Rocket and for the entire Tasmanian screen ";
S8[1]=" and television industry, with a minimum of $4 million to be spent in the State and employment for over 40 Tasmanians over the life of ";
S9[1]=" the project.' 'The professional development and training opportunities for Tasmania are enormous,' Ms Giddings said.
'The State Government, through Screen Tasmania, has ";
S10[1]=" made an offer of investment of $500,000 to Blue Rocket Productions, subject to the company raising the remaining finance on the $9+ million budget.
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S11[1]=" 'The interest from the Nine Network is also subject to the project being fully financed.
'The offer of investment ";
S12[1]=" from Screen Tasmania will help Blue Rocket secure further investment from the Film Finance Corporation.
'Blue Rocket is joining with Monaco-based company ";
S13[1]=" Daro Film Distribution and Toronto-based producer and distributor, Canamedia, to raise the remaining finance.
'With assistance from Screen Tasmania and Daro, Blue ";
S14[1]=" Rocket will immediately start production on a promotional trailer.
'The trailer will be shown at MIP TV - the world's biggest TV ";
S15[1]=" production marketplace - in Cannes, France in April 2006, to help secure the remaining finance.'.. ";
R[2]="179";
T[2]="Sink or swim: when a pool can help";
A[2]="By ... Editor";
Dn[2]="20060222";
Dt[2]="Wednesday 22 February 2006";
Acats[2]="a04a45a48";
B1[2]=" Build it and they will swim.
So the Northern Territory community of Wadeye found after the construction of a ";
B2[2]="25-metre swimming pool, that also helped reduce infections in children and lower rates of truancy thanks to a no school, no pool policy... ";
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S1[2]=" Build it and they will swim.
So the Northern Territory community of Wadeye found after the construction of a ";
S2[2]=" 25-metre swimming pool, that also helped reduce infections in children and lower rates of truancy thanks to a 'no school, no pool' policy.
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S3[2]=" Those children are the lucky ones, says Paul Sweeney from the Papunya Tula Arts Centre in Alice Springs.
In Kintore, about ";
S4[2]=" 500 kilometres west of Alice, where most of the Papunya Tula artists are based, children are more likely to be found taking a dip in ";
S5[2]=" a sewerage pond.
'It's bloody hot and bloody dry and there's not a lot to bloody do,' Mr Sweeney said yesterday.
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S6[2]=" He is part of a push to get more public pools for indigenous communities, arguing that they can improve community health and keep ";
S7[2]=" children occupied in a safe environment.
On Thursday the Art Gallery of NSW is hosting an auction of Aboriginal art, with all ";
S8[2]=" funds raised going towards the construction of two pools in Kintore and Maningrida, about 430 kilometres west of Darwin.
The proposal is ";
S9[2]=" modelled on the success of the swimming pool at Wadeye, 350 kilometres south-east of Darwin.
Five of the most prominent living Papunya ";
S10[2]=" Tula artists have asked Sweeney to donate some of their works to the auction, which will be sold along with 38 other donated works in ";
S11[2]=" an effort to raise at least $500,000.
Hetti Perkins, the Gallery's Aboriginal Art curator and daughter of the late indigenous rights activist, ";
S12[2]=" Dr Charles Perkins, says the Pool Party initiative is being driven by the communities.
'There's a lot of research around a couple ";
S13[2]=" of pools in Western Australia that's found it's had a remarkable impact on the incidents of streptococcus A, perforated ear drums and trachoma.
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S14[2]=" All of those infections that plague Aboriginal communities are significantly reduced in communities with access to a swimming pool,' she said.
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S15[2]=" 'And who knows, we might even have our own black Thorpedo.
A Cathy of the pool.'.. ";
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T[3]="Australia unveils world s first picture digital radio";
A[3]="By ... Editor";
Dn[3]="20060222";
Dt[3]="Wednesday 22 February 2006";
Acats[3]="a45a46";
B1[3]=" The Australian commercial radio industry today unveiled the world s first digital radio capable of displaying pictures..... ";
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S1[3]=" The Australian commercial radio industry today unveiled the world's first digital radio capable of displaying pictures.
The groundbreaking prototype, ";
S2[3]=" called the DAB Picture Radio, will allow consumers to hear radio programs in CD-quality sound, while seeing images of their favourite artist, news reports or ";
S3[3]=" weather maps being broadcast on a colour screen.
The development of the radio is a world first, with the receiver going on ";
S4[3]=" display for the first time at the Commercial Radio National Conference in Sydney today.
Peak industry body Commercial Radio Australia developed the ";
S5[3]=" prototype in partnership with Inventec Electronics, a subsidiary of global electronics manufacturer Inventec.
The receiver was designed so that it could theoretically ";
S6[3]=" retail on the mass market for about $400.
CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner said: 'The Australian industry is thrilled to be ";
S7[3]=" leading the world in demonstrating the capabilities of advanced Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) technology.
But we are only at the tip of ";
S8[3]=" the iceberg in terms of what this technology can ultimately deliver to consumers,' she said.
'Our vision for the future of radio ";
S9[3]=" is one where listeners will have an enriched, interactive and multimedia experience with more choice in programs and more control over when they listen.
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S10[3]=" For example, if they are interested in a song, listeners could download more information about the artist, browse a station's broadcast website or ";
S11[3]=" hit rewind and listen to it again,' Ms Warner said.
Key features of the sleek new radio include:
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S12[3]=" * 320 by 240 pixel backlit colour LCD screen to display pictures or text such as album covers, song titles and lyrics, real time ";
S13[3]=" news updates, weather and traffic maps, stock reports, competitions and advertising images.
* The screen can also be used to display a ";
S14[3]=" slide show of selected personal photos.
* Rewind feature so if you miss something, you can rewind and playback the last five ";
S15[3]=" minutes of live radio
* Record a program segment to SD card and playback on mp3
* Autotune and ";
S16[3]=" select stations by name from a menu.
* 240V to 9V DC external power adapter or C-type ";
S17[3]=" alkaline battery.
While there are no immediate plans to put the prototype into production, further development is planned to deliver future functionality ";
S18[3]=" such as the ability to display radio station broadcast websites, animated logos and an electronic program guide.
The radio was developed with ";
S19[3]=" Malaysian-based Inventec Electronics, a subsidiary of Inventec Multimedia & Telecom in Taiwan, a leading manufacturer of personal video recorders, VoIP, and digital televisions.
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S20[3]=" The radio industry is conducting digital broadcasting.. ";