Utah’s transit division already uses filtering software to keep passengers employing the free wireless Internet from visiting online gambling sites, and now will allow police to ticket violators.

Governor Bob Riley of Alabama says he owes no debt to Mississippi tribal gaming interests, but his actions against in-state gambling sure do meet their desires.

Accenture to implement newly enhanced Accenture Claim Components Solution

TOKYO – Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., a leading Japanese property and casualty insurer, has chosen Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the recently enhanced version of the Accenture Claim Components Solution to process first notice of loss insurance claims for its automobile division.

The Accenture Claim Components Solution is a suite of software components that operates on a robust Web-based platform and is designed to help insurers improve the efficiency and reduce the costs of their claims-handling operations while increasing customer satisfaction. The Accenture Claim Components Solution that will be used at Sompo Japan will feature an enhanced user interface and offers a dynamic and automated "question and answer" architecture that is critical to responsive and flexible first-notice-of-loss capture.

'Flexible, adaptive claims applications are key to the quality of service our customers expect at first notice of loss and to help ensure prompt and fair claims settlement,' said Hiroyuki Tokuoka, a general manager at Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. 'We selected Accenture because of its understanding of the claims handling process, its global experience in implementing core insurance systems and because the Accenture Claim Components Solution can be easily integrated with our existing insurance IT platform.'

'Claims processing continues to be a defining battleground for property and casualty insurers' profitability and customer service,' said Naoyuki Shibata, a senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services practice. 'Thirty years of knowledge and experience embedded in the Accenture Claim Components Solution enables us to help Sompo Japan accelerate while improving its first-notice-of-loss handling process, be more responsive to its customers and thus enhance customer loyalty.'

The Accenture Claim Components Solution can support more than 300 core claims transactions and easily integrates with a full range of claims interfaces, including policy management system, agent portals and third-party systems. The solution, currently used by more than 65,000 claims handlers worldwide, helps process approximately 40 million insurance claims each year. Five of the top 10 U.S insurance carriers and several of the largest insurers in Europe are using the Accenture Claim Components Solution.

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments With approximately 180,000 people serving clients in over 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$23.39 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2008. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

About Sompo Japan
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (Sompo Japan) was founded in 2002, by a merger of 4 companies: Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., which commenced operations in 1888 as Japan's first fire insurance company; Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., which was established in 1911 as the First Japanese company specializing in personal accident insurance; Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., which was originally founded in Taiwan in 1920, and Dai-ichi Property and Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd., founded in 1996.

With more than 17,000 employees, Sompo Japan has established overseas subsidiaries and direct insurance agencies in Europe, North America, Central and South America, China, Southeast Asia and Oceania, maintaining its sales structure to offer services in all main regions of the globe. Its consolidated net premium income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 was 1380.1 billion yen. For more information, please visit http://www.sompo-japan.co.jp/.

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William Elcoate, TestAmerica Air Product Manager, will present new approaches for ensuring data quality for Vapor Intrusion (VI) investigations. The presentation will be given at the Air & Waste Management Association's (A&WMA) 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 17, 2009 in Detroit, MI.

The risk potential for significant exposure to Vapor Intrusion had been suspected, but not until recently has a comprehensive approach to Vapor Intrusion investigations been developed to evaluate and address these risks. Many states are in the process of publishing their own guidance drafts on Vapor Intrusion with the number increasing from 8 states in 2004 to approximately 28 today. Many of these guidance documents do not adequately address the subject of chemical analysis and data quality. Understanding the data quality challenges associated with evaluating exposure from Vapor Intrusion is critical for the determination of human health exposure risk.

AWMA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization that provides training, information, and networking opportunities to thousands of environmental professionals in 65 countries. The AWMA mission is to promote better understanding of problems in the fields of air and water pollution and waste management, and provide venues for exchanging related information. For more information on the conference, visit www.awma.org.

Mr. Elcoate has over 20 years of experience in the environmental testing industry and is currently a technical and regulatory expert for TestAmerica's Air Testing Program and has been actively involved in Vapor Intrusion seminars across the nation.

About TestAmerica

TestAmerica is the leading environmental testing firm in the United States, including 39 laboratories and 28 service centers. TestAmerica provides innovative technical expertise and comprehensive analytical testing services. Specialty analyses include source and ambient air, aquatic toxicity, explosives, specialty organics, dioxins, drinking water, sediments and tissues, emerging contaminants, radiochemistry and mixed waste testing.

TestAmerica affiliate companies include EMLab P&K, the leader in analytical microscopy and indoor air quality; QED Environmental Systems, Inc., the leading supplier of groundwater sampling equipment and remediation pumping systems; TestAmerica Drilling Corp., provider of innovative environmental and geotechnical drilling, and TestAmerica Air Emissions Corp. (METCO Environmental), specializing in air emissions testing. TestAmerica currently employs over 3,200 professionals dedicated to exceptional service and solutions for our clients' environmental testing needs.

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Cochrane & Associates explores environmental markets in Canada and Mexico.

The indoor air quality (IAQ) and mold industries' only dedicated marketing and public relations firm last week conducted an exploratory trip to Canada and departs to Mexico next week to explore additional marketing opportunities.

The president of Cochrane & Associates, Paul Cochrane, spent last week in Toronto with one of the company's clients who recently opened a laboratory in Canada. The trip to announce the grand opening and participate at the AIHce Conference was an excellent opportunity to meet with Canadian environmental professionals and explore marketing opportunities in Canada.

Next week Mr. Cochrane heads south of the border to the Pacific Coast of Mexico to explore how IAQ and mold issues are affecting major tourist hotel chains along the popular coastline. Cochrane & Associates also has strong ties to the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico and plans on visiting the area in the near future.

'Mold and IAQ problems affect our neighbors just as much as it impacts our lives right here in the United States,' reported Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane and Associates. 'As the economy appears to be recovering we have had an increased interest from companies both north and south of our borders in positioning their companies to better serve their clients,' he continued.

The specialists at Cochrane & Associates are the industries' one stop source for growing IAQ and environmental businesses and developing strategic plans to take companies to the next level. Cochrane & Associates has a proven track record of working with companies from startups to publicly traded international firms.

Industry professionals can learn more about marketing their IAQ and environmental businesses by visiting www.cochraneassoc.com or contacting the company directly at 602-510-3179 and info@cochraneassoc.com.

About Cochrane & Associates, LLC
Cochrane & Associates is a business development, public relations and marketing consulting firm that specializes in the environmental, mold and indoor air quality industries. The company has worked with many of the industries' leading institutions and companies and continues to be an innovator in the industry.

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It seems that Australian government takes over the task to establish order in the sphere of online gambling. Recently the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification Board have rejected the title of new game Sexy Poker. The release of the casino game has been planed later this year, it is based on the Wii platform. But from the point of view of the government the customers probably will not be able to find and play this game legally.

In fact there is nothing new in the concept of the game, stripping-incentive concept is used quite frequently in the different games including poker. Why does this game face with the restrictions?

The OFLC has the highest rating of MA15+, the Board has passed the special anti-nudity rule which is the base of the Classification of Films and Computer Games. According to this rule the companies are forbidden to use nudity in the games, that’s why the launching of Sexy Poker is questionable.

In a case you have the experience of playing strip poker, you know that clothes are the betting currency. The same idea is the base of the Sex Poker, playing this game you can see six female opponents and after every round the number of clothes will be reduced. Because of the fact the nudity is the main plot and the key point of the product, the game almost doesn’t have any chance to overcome the MA15+ standard. But in contrast to Australia the game has already passed successfully all the tests in Europe and some other countries.

Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé today inaugurated its second Nestlé Nespresso Production and Distribution Centre in Avenches (Switzerland) in the presence of Swiss Economic Affairs Minister Doris Leuthard and Jean-Claude Mermoud, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Canton de Vaud. Petraea Heynike, Executive Vice President of Nestlé S.A. and Chairman of Nestlé Nespresso, and Richard Girardot, CEO of Nestlé Nespresso, also attended.

Nestlé Nespresso is the world leader in top-quality, premium portioned coffee. There are currently 7 million Nespresso Club members in 50 countries and the business has enjoyed high double-digit growth rates for nearly a decade, with sales now exceeding CHF 2 billion. The new 400,000m3, state-of-the-art facility in Avenches will fuel the company's future growth, producing and distributing as many as 4.8 billion Nespresso capsules per year, a capacity which may double over the next three years.

The new Nespresso site in Avenches is a CHF 300 million investment in one of Nestlé's four key strategic growth platforms: nutrition, health and wellness; popularly positioned products (PPPs); out-of-home; and premium and luxury products. Along with Nespresso, Nestlé's other premium and luxury products include Mövenpick of Switzerland ice cream, S.Pellegrino and Perrier waters, as well as Cailler, Perugina, Baci and Nestlé Noir chocolate. The overall premium food and beverage market is due to grow by over 13% per annum through to 2020.

Nestlé's investment in Avenches is another demonstration of Creating Shared Value, the company's way of doing business. Clearly Nestlé is benefiting from this project, as is the local community: over 65 local companies participated in the construction of the site. The new Nestlé Nespresso Production and Distribution Centre will employ 340 people by the end of 2009, a number set to increase further to 600 by the end of 2012, making Nestlé Nespresso the region's largest employer. By 2012, an additional 1,400 people will benefit indirectly from the company's activities in the area. Among many benefits Nestlé has brought to Avenches are the cofinancing of the town's first child daycare centre, and the factory supplying hot water to 520 local households in summer.

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Gouda – Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) announces that it has received an order worth dozens of millions of euro for a major part of the electrical engineering solutions at Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg International) in Germany. This is the second substantial order won by Imtech for this airport. Earlier Imtech announced that it had received an order worth dozens of millions of euro for all the energy solutions, the heating, cooling and fire safety, including an innovative heat recovery system that re-uses 70% of all the heat generated in the new terminal building. Imtech is still engaged in negotiations relating to other technical solutions at the airport.

'We have succeeded in winning three major orders in Germany within a short time,' said René van der Bruggen, CEO of Imtech. 'Not just both these orders at Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, but also the 'green revitalisation' of the Deutsche Bank head office in Frankfurt. This serves as proof that our unique portfolio (total technical solutions based on the combination of electrical engineering, information and communication technology and mechanical engineering) and scale enable us to maintain or even strengthen our position, even in an unfavourable economic climate. Partly as a result of orders like this, Imtech maintains its forecast – as previously announced – for further growth in 2009.'

High-tech Imtech solutions
The Berlin Brandenburg International Airport will be the result of the expansion and upgrading of the existing airport Berlin-Schönefeld and in time will become the third largest airport in Germany, after Frankfurt and Munich. The initial capacity will be about 20 to 25 million passengers per year and the maximum capacity has been set at about 45 million passengers per year. The central passenger terminal, with its own railway station and thousands of parking spaces, has a surface area of 280,000m² and is 220 metres deep, 180 metres long and 32 metres high. This building is linked to a 720-metre pier giving direct access to dozens of gates for the planes. As a second order within this comprehensive project, Imtech will be responsible for all high and mid-voltage systems and all related electrical engineering solutions. These will make use of innovative technology for electrical switching stations in networks, emergency lighting and lightning protection.

Strong position at German airports
Imtech has a strong position in the German airport market. In recent years, Imtech has successfully implemented the technology in the new terminals at the airports Berlin-Tegel, Dusseldorf and Munich and the new building linking Terminals 1 and 2 of Frankfurt International Airport. All this specific know-how and experience and these references have contributed to the selection of Imtech as technology partner for Berlin Brandenburg International Airport

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Safeguarding the future through sustainable business activities

• Average fuel burn per passenger is 4.3 litres over 100 km
• 120 environmental measures implemented in 2008
• 194 million euros invested in training and further education
• 36,000 employees at Frankfurt base

The 2009 edition of Lufthansa's sustainability report 'Balance' is now available. It contains extensive information on the Group's commitment to ecological, community and societal issues in pursuit of its business activities. 'Economic success is the fundamental prerequisite for fulfilling our self-commitment to performing equally well in other disciplines of sustainability – environmental care and social responsibility. 'Balance' shows that we make investments not only in the latest technologies but also in people. That is our contribution to safeguarding the future.'

Lufthansa has an excellent reputation, worldwide, as an employer – and not without reason: In 2008, the Group invested 194 million euros in the training and further education of its employees. Among others, it also took on 3,715 new Service Professionals. At year-end 2008, the Lufthansa Group was employing a total of 107,800 people from 125 nations. Of the total, 35,536 were employed at the Group's biggest base in Frankfurt am Main. Flexible work-time models have long since been an established element of corporate life. The number of staff on part-time now accounts for 26.5 per cent of the total workforce; 42.7 per cent of female employees work on a part-time basis.

In 2008, Lufthansa again invested immense effort in measures to protect the climate and the environment. Fuel consumption of the Lufthansa fleet now stands at 4.34 litres per 100 passenger-kilometres. The most fuel-efficient aircraft in the Group with an average fuel burn of only 3.24 litres is the Airbus A340-300 operated by SWISS. During the year, concrete measures were implemented in more than 120 environmental projects in order to husband resources and reduce the impact of aviation on the planet. Lufthansa Flight Training, for example is saving 80 per cent of energy consumption by utilising new flight simulators, Lufthansa Cargo's environmental management system has been certified to the ISO 14001 international environmental standard and the Company is testing lightweight containers to save on fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Variable steering of cold storage equipment at LSG Sky Chefs has reduced energy consumption by 30 per cent. The new engine water wash method developed by Lufthansa Technik can reduce the fuel burn of the Lufthansa fleet by up to 25,000 tonnes of kerosene and thereby curb CO2 emissions by more than 78,000 tonnes.

That sustainable corporate development is a fact of life at Lufthansa is evidenced by its inclusion in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Only three of the world's airlines are in the Index. Lufthansa was again included for the umpteenth time in September 2008 and scored the highest rating yet for its environmental performance. 'Balance', which has been published since 1995, highlights informatively the importance attached to sustainability by the Lufthansa Group. A free copy can be ordered online at www.lufthansa.com/responsibility or from Deutsche Lufthansa AG, 'Balance', 60202 Frankfurt'

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Report provides companies a framework to effectively build and manage an HSA program

New York, NY – J.P. Morgan today issued a report titled "Best Practices for Implementing a Health Savings Account (HSA) Program" providing a step-by-step guide for employers who want to offer an HSA program to employees.

Many companies are finding that the addition of an HSA option to their healthcare benefits menu presents a practical solution to the health insurance challenges they face. The adoption of HSAs has seen significant growth since they were created in 2004. By year-end 2008, there were an estimated three million HSAs with deposits of over $3 billion – and the number of HSA accounts is expected to quadruple by 2012, according to Celent.

"HSAs provide an affordable health insurance option and continue to grow in popularity," said David Josephs, head of consumer-directed healthcare at J.P. Morgan. "This report shares the lessons learned in areas that have resulted in successful programs for many of our clients and provides a framework to ensure that a company's benefit offering is competitive in the marketplace and offers the best value for both the employees and the company.

J.P. Morgan was one of the first banks to offer HSAs and has extensive experience in the consumer-directed healthcare industry. The bank administers HSA programs for nearly 10,000 companies and provides HSA cash and investment services for hundreds of thousands of individuals nationwide.

The best practices presented in this report reflect J.P. Morgan's experience meeting the needs of companies representing the full spectrum of American employers – ranging from small companies with two employees to large firms with more than 100,000 employees.

Some of the best practices highlighted in the report include the following:

* Designing an HSA program to meet short and long-term enrollment goals. Companies that are successful at introducing an HSA plan do so by designing a plan that is simple to understand and easy to use; usually provides 100% coverage for preventive care services; offers a line of credit to cover any unexpected medical expenses; generally contributes to employee HSAs; and promotes employee education on healthcare costs.
* Selecting an HSA administrator with requisite expertise and core capabilities to meet a firm's and its employees' needs. Companies should choose an HSA administrator that offers a simple enrollment process with customizable employee communication and enrollment materials; provides comprehensive reporting with a dedicated support team; and has a strong reputation and balance sheet to depend on during difficult times.
* Effectively communicating the benefits of an HSA to employees. Companies have learned that a well thought-out, staged employee communications plan rolled out over several months in advance of the actual enrollment period allows employees time to fully understand the new benefits – and reduces confusion during the busy enrollment season. Professionally developed, extensive communication tools can answer questions and address concerns about HSAs.

For a free copy of the report, visit www.jpmorgan.com/visit/healthcarebenefits. For further information on J.P. Morgan's HSA program, visit www.jpmorgan.com/visit/hsa.

About J.P. Morgan Healthcare Solutions
J.P. Morgan Healthcare Solutions provides a comprehensive suite of products, services and financial settlement tools for consumers, insurers, physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers through two core businesses, Consumer Directed Healthcare and Business-to-Business Solutions. J.P. Morgan Healthcare Solutions is part of the firm's Treasury Services business.

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