NewsScan Daily, 23 February 2005 (" Above The Fold" )

NewsScan Daily, 23 February 2005 (" Above The Fold" )
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"ABOVE THE FOLD" 
       EDS Shifts Call Center Work to India
       Legislation Against Businesses That Outsource
       UN Panel Hopes to End Web War
       Atlanta Subways to Feature TV Screens
       Protecting Yourself Against Identify Theft
 
FEATURES
         Flash Card
         Worth Thinking About: Popular Song Lyrics
 
EDS SHIFTS CALL CENTER WORK TO INDIA
     EDS, a company that manages many corporate computer systems, plans to
close 21 call centers in the U.S. and Europe by the end of 2006 and shift
some of that work to India. EDS already operates three centers in India,
where salaries are much lower in the United States. EDS says that any U.S.
job losses would be by attrition and would be part of the 15,000 to 20,000
job eliminations that were revealed by the company last fall. Currently,
about 30,000 of the company's 120,000 employees work on software
applications, 27% of them in India and other "offshore" locations. (San Jose
Mercury News 23 Feb 2005)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10964039.htm>
 
LEGISLATION AGAINST BUSINESSES THAT OUTSOURCE
     Colorado state senator Deanna Hanna has introduced legislation to
require that state to stop doing business with companies that outsource work
overseas instead of hiring U.S. workers. But critics of her bill say it
would actually cost the state millions of dollars, because so many companies
now rely on the practice of "offshoring." U.S. Bank economist Tucker Hart
Adams says Hanna's bill "will cost the state in terms of jobs, creating a
healthy economy, a good place to do business. Closed economies don't work."
(AP/USA Today 23 Feb 2005)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-02-23-colo-outsource-bill_x.htm>
 
U.N. PANEL HOPES TO END WEB WAR
     A U.N.-sponsored panel aims to settle a long-running tug of war for
control of the Internet at a Tunis meeting this November at the World Summit
on the Information Society, where global control of the World World Wide Web
may be decided. At present, the most recognizable Internet governance body
is the U.S.-based non-profit corporation called the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), but developing countries want an
international body such as the UN's International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) to have control over governance over Internet issues -- ranging from
distributing Web site domains to fighting spam. (The Australian 22 Feb 2005)
Rec'd from J Lamp, Deakin U.
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12334019%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
 
ATLANTA SUBWAYS TO FEATURE TV SCREENS
    Atlanta's subway system, MARTA (the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority), will be the first in the country to offer TV on its trains, and
will begin showing closed-caption local news programming this spring. An
Atlanta company called the Rail Network, which is providing the technology,
will pay MARTA at least $20 million from revenues derived from commercials
shown on half-hour local newscasts provided by Atlanta TV station WSB. The
TV screens will be visible from every part of MARTA's rail cars, and audio
in English or Spanish will be available to passengers with headphones
attached to radio FM tuners or cellphones with adapters. (Atlanta Journal
Constitution 23 Feb 2005) <http://www.ajc.com>
 
PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST IDENTIFY THEFT
     Consumers worried that their personal and financial data may have been
captured by the criminals who scammed the ChoicePoint company are being
assured by the Private Rights Clearinghouse: "If you don't receive a letter
from ChoicePoint within the next 10 days, you can be assured you have not
been a victim of this identity theft." Even so, you should always check your
monthly bank and credit card statements to make sure all charges are valid,
and you should review your credit reports at least once a year. If you do
get a letter from ChoicePoint, follow its instructions, visit the FTC Web
site, and obtain the affidavit credit bureaus require to place a long-term
fraud alert on your account. And keep reviewing your credit history!
(Washington Post 22 Feb 2005)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45534-2005Feb22.html>
 
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FLASH CARD
    "Nothing's impossible I have found, For when my chin is on the ground, I
pick myself up, Dust myself off, Start all over again." (Dorothy Fields)
 
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: POPULAR SONG LYRICS
     In another of our occasional tributes to the great American song
lyricists, today we feature excerpts from lyrics written by some of the
artists who collaborated with composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945):
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ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
(Oscar Hammerstein II)
 
A FINE ROMANCE (WITHOUT KISSES)
A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, and I'll take jello
You're calmer than the seals
In the Arctic Ocean
At least they flap their fins
To express emotion
A fine romance with no quarrels
With no insults and all morals
I've never mussed the crease
In your blue serge pants
I never get the chance
This is a fine romance.
(Dorothy Fields)
 
THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL
Someday we'll build a home on a hilltop high,
You and I,
Shiny and new a cottage that two can fill.
And we'll be pleased to be called,
"The folks who live on the hill".
Someday we may be adding a thing or two,
A wing or two.
We will make changes as any fam'ly will,
But we will always be called,
"The folks who live on the hill".
(Oscar Hammerstein II)
 
I'M OLD FASHIONED
I'm old fashioned
But I don't mind it
That's how I want to be
As long as you agree
To stay old fashioned with me
Oh won't you stay old fashioned with me
Oh please stay old fashioned with me
(Johnny Mercer)
 
I WON'T DANCE
I won't dance!  Don't ask me;
I won't dance!  Don't ask me;
I won't dance, Madame, with you.
My heart won't let my feet do the things they should do!
You know what?  You're lovely,
But oh!  What you do to me!
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore;
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor!
But this feeling isn't purely mental;
For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos.
I won't dance!  Why should I!
I won't dance!  How could I?
I won't dance!  Merci beau coup!
I know that music leads the way to romance:
So if I hold you in my arms I won't dance!
(Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh)
 
I'VE TOLD EV'RY LITTLE STAR
I've told ev'ry little star,
Just how sweet I think you are,
Why haven't I told you?
I've told ripples in a brook,
Made my heart an open book,
Why haven't I told you?
Friends ask me:
Am I in love?
I always answer "Yes",
Might as well confess,
If I don't they guess.
Maybe you know it too,
Oh, my darling, if you do,
Why haven't you told me?
(Oscar Hammerstein II)
 
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
The last time I saw Paris her heart was warm and gay,
No matter how they change her I'll remember her that way.
(Oscar Hammerstein II)
 
LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGE
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes,
Stage door Johnnies aren't raging
Over you with gems and roses.
If some gentleman would talk with reason
I would cancel all next season.
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothin' for a girl!
(Oscar Hammerstein II)
 
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME
And when I told them how beautiful you are,
They didn't believe me. They didn't believe me!
Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair,
Are in a class beyond compare,
You're the lovliest girl that one could see!
And when I tell them,
And I cert'nly am goin' to tell them,
That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be.
They'll never believe me. They'll never believe me.
That from this great big world you've chosen me!
(Herbert Reynolds)
 
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
Long ago and far away
I dreamed a dream one day
And now that dream is here beside me
Long the skies were overcast
But now the clouds have passed
You're here at last!
Chills run up and down my spine
Aladdin's Lamp is mine
The dream I dreamed was not denied me
Just one look and then I knew
That all I longed for
Long ago was you.
(Ira Gershwin)
 
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
Look for the silver lining
When e'er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere the sun is shining,
And so the right thing to do,
Is make it shine for you.
A heart, full of joy and gladness,
Will always banish sadness and strife.
So always look for the silver lining,
And try to find the sunny side of life.
(Buddy DeSylva)
 
PICK YOURSELF UP
Nothing's impossible I have found,
For when my chin is on the ground,
I pick myself up,
Dust myself off,
Start all over again.
Don't lose your confidence if you slip,
Be grateful for a pleasant trip,
And pick yourself up,
Dust yourself off,
Start all over again.
(Dorothy Fields)
 
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