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All-round performance leads Pakistan to opening victory

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Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 211 with four balls to spare. Opener babar Azam (38 in 41 balls) and Hammad Azam (38 in 76 balls) top-scored for the team with good contributions also coming in from Shahzaib Ahmed (33 in 47 balls) and Usman Qadir (27). Abul Hasan was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh with figures of 5-50.

In response, a tight bowling display skittled Bangladesh for 143 in 38.1 overs. Mominul Haque top-scored with 44 runs in 71 balls, while Usman Qadir returned figures of 5-30.

Pakistan earns five points with this victory and will face Sri Lanka on Wednesday with Bangladesh taking on the hosts on

Source: ICC

Tanzania and Uganda record opening day victories

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Zambia made 81-9 in 30 overs against Tanzania, with only Sharon Nshesha (14) reaching double figures, as 45 wides were bowled by the home team.

Tanzania skipper Zakia Saguti then made an invaluable 21 from 70 balls as her side reached its victory target with two wickets still in hand.

In the other game of the day, Rita Nyangendo was the star for Uganda as she took 4-23 as Kenya reached 82-7 in 30 overs.

A 52-run partnership for the third wicket between Naome Kayondo (19) and Scovia Akello (17) helped Uganda to a D/L victory, after bad light stopped play with the score o

Source: ICC

Tanzania and Uganda remain unbeaten

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Tanzania reached 64-6 off its 30 overs against Kenya, before bowling out the opposition for 47 all out, with opening bowler Zakia Saguti taking 3-6.

Rwanda was 39 all out against Uganda, with no batter making more than five runs, with Flavia Laker and Getrude Namulondo both taking three wickets. Uganda then reached its target for the loss of one wicket with 12.4 overs rem

Source: ICC

Team Target Featured in Upcoming Versus Series ‘Sports Jobs with Junior Seau’

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New England Patriots Star Joins Target IndyCar Team for Episode Scheduled to Air in December

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR) opened their garage to New England Patriot Junior Seau and the crew of Versus’ new series Sports Jobs at Infineon Raceway in August as Seau joined 2008 IndyCar Champion and Indianapolis 500 Winner Scott Dixon’s pit crew for the weekend.

In addition to his duties serving as a member of Team Target’s No. 9 pit crew in the IndyCar race, the new Versus series, similar to Discovery’s Dirty Jobs, will follow Seau as he finds out just how hard it is to work behind the scenes across different teams and different sports.

The half-hour series begins December 2nd and will air at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesdays. Versus has ordered 10 episodes and the Team Target episode is scheduled as the third show, Dec. 16th.

Below are links to the Sports Jobs with Junior Seau promo and behind the scenes photo gallery, respectively.

Sports Jobs with Junior Seau
Everybody knows that sports are tough, and the athletes that play them are tough. But what about all the jobs that go on behind the scenes in sports? Who are the people, what are the jobs and how hard is the work in the real life of sports? In the new Versus series Sports Jobs we’re taking on the coolest, dirtiest and most fascinating jobs in sports. Our host, NFL legend Junior Seau, will get beat up, worn down, well-schooled and super-trained… all in an effort to find out just how tough you have to be to work in sports.

About Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR)
Target Chip Ganassi Racing is the two-time reigning IndyCar Series champion, scoring 10 wins in 17 races in 2009. Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with sponsor, Target. Today, Target Chip Ganassi Racing includes two entries in the Indy Racing League for 2008 IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon, and reigning IndyCar Series champion and 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti. Target Chip Ganassi Racing has collected seven Championships and 74 wins since 1994 and operates out of a state-of-the-art race shop facility in Indianapolis, Ind., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Source: WEBWIRE

Telstra sets carbon target: 10% reduction by 2015

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Telstra chief executive officer David Thodey today announced a target to reduce the company’s carbon emissions intensity by at least 10 per cent by 2015.
We are setting a realistic and achievable target for carbon intensity because we are serious about reducing our impact on the environment Mr Thodey said.
Our customers, employees and the community increasingly expect us to act, and as the owner of infrastructure that is vulnerable to harsher climatic conditions it is in our interests to do so
The target requires Telstra to reduce its carbon emissions intensity by at least 10 percent and up to 15 percent by 2015. Carbon emissions intensity refers to the amount of carbon emitted for every dollar earned by a company.
In 2008/09 Telstra emitted 1.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, or 64 tonnes per million dollars of domestic revenue. The target requires Telstra to reduce this to at least 58 tonnes per million dollars of domestic revenue by 2015.
Telstra will achieve this reduction by:
* Investing in energy efficient projects and accommodation;
* Undertaking specific energy saving projects in existing facilities, and decommissioning redundant network assets;
* Reducing the energy intensity of purchased products and services;
* Implementing staff training to reduce office and vehicle fleet emissions; and
* Adopting low carbon information and communications technologies (ICT) solutions such as video conferencing and teleworking.
Mr Thodey said the target was ambitious, because it took into account the additional energy required to meet exponential growth in network and data storage capacity.
Traffic on Telstra’s Next G™ wireless broadband network is doubling every eight months while traffic on the Next IP™ network is doubling every 20 months
This means Telstra has to manage its environmental footprint at the same time as meeting our customers’ rapidly expanding demand for energy-intensive technology like data capacity and network storage
It is important that Telstra manage its own energy efficiency, but we recognise that the greater contribution we can make is to provide services that enable our customers to reduce their own impact on the environment
Mr Thodey announced the carbon target at the launch of the company’s 2008/09 Corporate Responsibility Report in Sydney.
The report shows that Telstra:
* Provided more than $180 million in free and subsidised services to help more than one million disadvantaged Australians maintain a phone service;
* Laid 800 kilometres of optical fibre through Arnhem Land, providing Indigenous communities with high speed broadband for health, education and other services;
* Supported victims of the February 2009 Victorian bushfires with bill waivers, 1000 free handsets, Internet kiosks and 60 free public payphones;
* Contributed more than $65 million in value to community organisations, including more than $3.5 million through the Telstra Foundation; and
* Increased by 29 percent the number of Indigenous employment opportunities.
As a company that has the privilege of touching the lives of millions of Australians every day, we have an important responsibility to act ethically and responsibly in all that we do Mr Thodey said.
Every single action we take has an impact on our company, our customers, our shareholders and the nation, and we want to make sure that our efforts help make Australia a better place to live and work
The 2009 Corporate Responsibility report provides a comprehensive view of Telstra’s performance against planned actions, in line with the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, an internationally recognised reporting framework.
For more information and to view a copy of the Report online visit: www.telstra.com.au/cr

Source: WEBWIRE

Target and VolunteerMatch Respond to Veterans’ Report – Help Returning Servicemen and Women Find Service Opportunities

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Target-Sponsored Survey Uncovers 92 Percent of Veterans Report Serving Their Community is Important to Them

MINNEAPOLIS – Target today announces its partnership with VolunteerMatch to help connect military veterans, active military, and their families with community and civic service opportunities across the country. The partnership is an immediate response to a report based on the first ever nationally representative survey of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan which found that these men and women have a strong desire to serve their country on the home front through community service and volunteer work. The report entitled, “All Volunteer Force: From Military to Civilian Service,” was written by Civic Enterprises and underwritten by Target and the Case Foundation.

The report highlighted that only 13 percent of veterans strongly agreed their transitions home from deployment were going well. However, those veterans who had participated in service opportunities since arriving home had smoother transitions than those who had not. Given the pressing need to help ease veterans’ re-entry into the community, Target and VolunteerMatch have taken immediate action on the report results to make it easier for veterans to find service opportunities, for citizens to support the military through community service, and for service organizations to more effectively recruit volunteers in local communities. Available now, military families, veterans and supporters can visit www.VolunteerMatch.org to help connect with service organizations that are available nationwide.
The VolunteerMatch home page features a link to its Advanced Search page where “Military Families & Veterans” has been added as a new Interest Area – making it easy for visitors to find military-related volunteer offerings.

“At Target, we have a profound connection to this survey, as we are proud to count many veterans and military reservists among our 350,000 team members. I can’t think of a better way to show our continued support to veterans and active soldiers serving in our Armed Forces than to listen and swiftly respond to their needs,” said Laysha Ward, president, community relations, Target. “This online resource provides an easy way for veterans to find meaningful volunteer and service opportunities and make connections in their local community.”

“Military service and community service are both strong in our nation, and volunteering at local organizations is a great way for these traditions to come together to strengthen local communities.” said Greg Baldwin, president, VolunteerMatch. “We are happy to work with Target to salute the men and women who defend our nation and help ease their transition home.”

Target helps to support veterans in many ways throughout the year, and to further showcase its continued commitment this Veterans Day, Target is a sponsor of ServiceNation’s MISSION SERVE care package assembly at George Washington University. In partnership with ServiceNation, the military family organization Blue Star Families, event participants and GWU students, the volunteers will create more than 500 “Thx Box” care packages for military families during the event’s service project. The care packages will include a reusable Target bag, games, spa items, photo albums, playing cards, DVDs and more. The event is sponsored by Target, Blue Star Families and the forthcoming PBS documentary, “This Emotional Life.”

Target currently has thousands of team member veterans, as well as many active duty personnel and countless team members who have a family member currently serving in the military. To help provide ongoing support and resources for any Target team member soldier and/or family member connected to the United States military – before, during and after deployment – Target developed the Military Service Network (MSN). MSN is an onboarding social network that serves as a resource conduit for Target team members, which offers service opportunities, support groups and educational presentations.

And because Target understands the difficulty and importance of communicating with family members who are deployed as part of the military, Target Technology Services (TTS) has created a solution that allows team members to communicate with deployed family members using Microsoft Communicator, Target’s standard instant messaging (IM) software. The Military IM program is open to any team member with a Target computer who has a family member deployed with one of the armed services.
“As a Target team member the past thirteen years and active member of the military for twenty-four years, Target has provided me, my team member counterparts, and our families with every opportunity to stay connected, help ease our transition home from deployment, as well as provide ample ways for us to get involved and volunteer,” said Bill Lieder, Target team member and active member of the Army National Guard. “There are thousands of military men and women throughout the nation that have a passionate desire to serve and continue their dedication to their country, and it’s our duty to help them do just that.”

For years, Target has donated funds and volunteer hours to local and national veterans’ and military organizations that align with the company’s core areas of giving – education, arts and social services, which includes:
* Voice of Democracy: Target is the national sponsor of the $3 million scholarship competition in which students write and record a broadcast script based on a patriotic theme. Local VFWs gather volunteers to judge the competition, which culminates in a Target-sponsored trip to Washington, DC for the state finalists.
* United Through Reading Military Program: With Target’s support, the United Through Reading Military Program now reaches all branches of the military, helping parents and children stay connected while separated during long deployments through the medium for reading aloud on DVD.
* Our Military Kids: Target provides support through grants and education scholarships, as well as pro bono efforts, for Our Military Kids, which provides support to the children of deployed and severely injured National Guard and Military Reserve personnel.
* Operation Gratitude: Volunteers from Target stores and distribution centers participate annually in the Patriotic Drive to assemble care packages for troops overseas.
* American Legion: Last month, Target and the American Legion joined forces to raise more than $100,000 for care packages to send to the Army service members of Bravo Troop 3-61 Cavalry, who lost all their possessions when their base camp in Afghanistan was attacked and later destroyed.
Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income to support education, the arts, social services and volunteerism. Today that’s more than $3 million every week.

About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,743 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week.

About VolunteerMatch
VolunteerMatch is a national nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities by helping good people and good causes to connect. Its award-winning online service, www.VolunteerMatch.org, makes it easy to find a way to make a difference by location, expertise, or availability. VolunteerMatch provides many of the nation’s most recognized businesses, campuses and organizations with Web-based solutions to facilitate and track volunteer engagement at local and national levels. As the #1 ranking for “volunteer” on Google and Yahoo!, the VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 180,000 visitors each week and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for tens of thousands of participating nonprofits across the country.

About Civic Enterprises
Civic Enterprises is a public policy firm that helps corporations, nonprofits, foundations, universities and governments develop and spearhead innovative public policies to strengthen our communities and country. For more information, visit www.civicenterprises.net.

Source: WEBWIRE

Prime Minister to open State Chief Ministers’ Conference tomorrow to discuss implementation of Forest Rights Act

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The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the Conference of the Chief Ministers, State Ministers (Tribal Development & Social Welfare Department) and State Ministers (Forests) which is being organised here tomorrow by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to review the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and major Tribal Development programmes.

Several States having sizeable tribal population will make their presentations in the Conference on the status of the implementation of the Forest Rights Act during the current year. They will also dwell upon the strategies being adopted by them for distributing titles by December, 2009, the target set before all by the President of India in her speech to joint Houses of Parliament in June, 2009.

The States have also been asked to make presentations on planned interventions using Central and States Funds under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), convergence with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and other schemes and programmes being run by the Union line Ministries like Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Environment & Forest and Water Resources, etc.

Saikat Ali bowls Bangladesh to crushing victory

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Put in to bat, England struggled under strict bowling display by the hosts as it crumbled to 97 all out in less than 36 overs. Saikat Ali was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of 3-11 with able support from Abul Hasan (2-26) and Shaker Ahmed (2-29).

In reply, Anamul Haque smashed a fine half-century to top-score for his side, as Bangladesh cruised to its target in just 22.1 overs for the loss of three wickets. Paul Best was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors with figures of 2-19.

With this victory, Bangladesh now secures a 2-0 lead over England with the two sides next meeting for the third ODI at Fataullah on T

Source: ICC

MOD responds to PAC report on Service Family Accommodation

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Veterans Minister Kevan Jones said: I welcome the committees recognition that over 90 percent of the SFA properties in the UK are at the top two of our four standards for condition and meet or exceed the Governments Decent Homes Standard. All the properties which are currently at standards three and four will be upgraded to standards one and two by 2013. We expect to spend 3bn on upgrading and refurbishing Service accommodation over the next 10 years.

The committee has raised a number of issues including the high number of empty or void houses. The MOD is unlike any other housing provider and manages around 20,000 family moves every year and it is necessary to keep a certain number of properties vacant to facilitate this. However, we accept that there is work to be done which is why I have set a target of reducing voids to 10 percent by 2012. We have already reduced voids from 21 percent in 2008 to less than 16 percent and aim to reach 15 percent by the end of this financial year.

The report suggests that families are not being given enough information about properties when they are allocated to them. We too have identified this as an issue that needs to be addressed and are working to improve communication channels.

I am pleased that the committee acknowledges the improvement in the reported performance of our maintenance contractors but we are not complacent and we continue to work with Modern Housing Solutions to improve the service our personnel and their families receive.

The report rightly recognises both the size and challenge we face, and the huge effort we have made to improve the standard of Service Accommodation. I will now look at all the recommendations in the report in depth and provide a detailed response to the Committee in due course.

Notes to Editors:

Currently, as part of the 3.bn that we expect to spend on new builds, upgrades, and improvements across all types of living accommodation over the next 10 years, we are upgrading 600 homes in this financial year and 800 next FY. Recent examples include 136 houses at Blandford Camp in Dorset and 154 at Invicta Park in Kent. We are also making smaller scale improvements such as installing new bathrooms, kitchens and roofs in many more homes.

To reduce the number of empty properties, we are working closely with the Armed Forces on future basing decisions, and accelerating the necessary improvements such as new carpets and rewires to others to make them habitable. In 08/09 we will have disposed of some 1,300 properties that are now surplus to military requirements

In August 2009 the MOD published the Defence Accommodation Management Strategy which sets out plans for improving housing for both Service Families Accommodation and Single Living Accommodation over the next decade.

For more information please contact Hannah Fletcher in the MOD press office on 0207 218 7924.