This year's event, one of the largest in the Festival's
34-year history, will feature 6,000 musicians, dancers, tradition bearers and
visual artists, in more than 1,000 music and dance performances, visual arts
and folklore exhibits, symposia , workshops, craft and cooking demonstrations
and films.
The IIA has long promoted similar principles of reform that should be
included in any proposed legislation.

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The
Festival is an interactive event -- while investigating the fundamental theme
of the mentor-apprentice relationship , every visitor will become an apprentice
to the folk traditions of the Pacific Northwest.m.
"The time has come to streamline the regulations that are preventing video
competition, before the United States falls farther behind in broadband
deployment," said Larry Irving, former assistant secretary of commerce under
President Bill Clinton and current IIA co-chair.

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"EGA recognizes DMTF's leadership in the utility computing
standards effort, as well as the importance of DMTF's technologies for
distributed management and resource modeling," said Don Deutsch,
president, Enterprise Grid Alliance and vice president, standards
strategy and architecture, Oracle.

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Extensive information , including a full calendar of events and performers,
is available online at http://www.----The Distributed
Management Task Force, Inc. This agreement will allow EGA and DMTF, through
teamwork, to further the work of both organizations, as well as the
industry at large.

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We believe in the power behind broadband Internet and its
ability to improve American lives by encouraging innovation and freeing the
market forces that foster greater competition, job creation and economic
growth. Bush.

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"EGA has rapidly emerged as a
recognized authority on the requirements of enterprise class customers
using grid technology. (DMTF) is the industry organization
leading the development of management standards and integration
technology for enterprise and Internet environments.

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Under the agreement, these two leading industry consortia will
cross-leverage each organization's domain expertise to help the DMTF's
Common Information Model (CIM) continue to address enterprise grid
needs, and help enable EGA's utility accounting and provisioning
requirements specific to enterprise grid environments to complement
the DMTF's work.

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The Festival will exhibit a wide array of ethnic, occupational , religious
and artistic traditions, deepening visitors' understanding of and appreciation
for the breadth of cultures and artistic expressions in the region. Membership is open
to all organizations via multiple participation tiers. The co-chairmen of IIA are Larry Irving, former assistant secretary
of commerce under President Clinton, and Bruce Mehlman, former assistant
secretary of commerce under President George W.

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DMTF and EGA Announce Alliance Partnership; Collaboration Will Help Further Interoperability in Grid and Utility Computing Solutions

Business Editors/Technology Writers

PORTLAND, Ore.org/industry.

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275,000 Visitors, 6,000 Performers Expected at Largest Festival of its Kind in
North America

SEATTLE, The 2005 Northwest Folklife Festival --
the largest folk, ethnic and traditional arts festival west of the other
Washington -- will be held Memorial Day weekend, May 27th through 30th, at
Seattle Center. to 11 p.

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The vast majority of costs are covered by major donors and
benefactors, as well as the individual contributions of thousands of citizens. For more
information, please visit our Web site at www.

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This
year's Cultural Focus, Generation to Generation: Passing on our Traditions,
will highlight folk artists who are exemplary bearers of tradition in special
concerts, exhibits and demonstrations.org. DMTF technologies include the Common
Information Model (CIM), communication/control protocols like the
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative, and core management
services/utilities.

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The Festival is FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL (with a suggested donation of $5 per
person, per day). Bush and current IIA co-chair.internetinnovation.

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2005 Northwest Folklife Festival Set for Memorial Day Weekend

The event is held, rain or shine, from 11 a. The collaboration will allow end users to model grid
environments with DMTF's CIM, providing greater confidence that EGA's
approach to provisioning , security and accounting is effective.
Senators Rockefeller, Ensign, Smith, Kerry, McCain and DeMint, all Senate
Commerce Committee members, issued a set of principles focused on promoting
broadband development, advancing consumer benefits, while protecting core
state and local interests.
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More than 2,000 volunteers are helping to organize the Festival, which is
expected to attract more than 275,000 visitors during its four-day run.
"The Northwest Folklife Festival is more important, and more needed today
than ever before," said Michael Herschensohn, Executive Director.nwfolklife.dmtf.

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"We are delighted to welcome DMTF
as our first formal alliance partner , which clearly demonstrates EGA's
commitment to working with standards development organizations to
extend existing standards to meet the unique needs of enterprise grid
solutions.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is an association of nonprofit groups,
business associations, consumer advocates, think tanks, corporations and
technology leaders.

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DMTF standards
provide common management infrastructure components for
instrumentation, control and communication in a platform -independent
and technology neutral way.

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Information about DMTF's standards and activities
can be found at www.

Internet Innovation Alliance Urges Congress to Adopt Video Competition Principles

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m., May 27, 28, 29
and 30, 2005. (DMTF(R)), the organization leading the
development and adoption of management standards for enterprise and
Internet environments, and the Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), an
organization committed to accelerating the deployment of grid
solutions by enterprise class customers, today announced a partnership
that will help further the work of each organization .gridalliance.
"As Congress debates franchise reform, it is imperative that our elected
leaders adopt legislation that will lead to increased broadband development
and investment.

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"While human conflict and cultural differences may draw the majority of
headlines, the Northwest Folklife Festival is both literal and symbolic proof
that human beings have far more similarities than differences , and that the
differences can be a uniting, positive force in our lives," Herschensohn
added.

WASHINGTON, Continuing its call on Congress to
address the last vestiges of the monopoly communications era, the Internet
Innovation Alliance (IIA) announced its support of the Video Competition
Principles presented by a bi-partisan group of senators at today's Senate
Commerce Committee hearing on franchise reform. Consumers deserve choice, and only true competition can
encourage the market forces that will bring about lower prices, better quality
and more choices," said Bruce Mehlman, former assistant secretary of commerce
under President George W.

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"In a world
dominated by opposites -- love and hate, wealth and poverty, hope and despair
-- the Festival is a celebration of the strength, hope and resolve that people
and communities derive from their cultural diversity."

About the DMTF

With more than 3,000 active participants, the Distributed
Management Task Force, Inc.org

About Enterprise Grid Alliance

The Enterprise Grid Alliance is an open consortium focused on
developing and promoting enterprise grid solutions.

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"The DMTF is committed to helping unify management initiatives
through our synergistic relationships with other standards groups,"
said Winston Bumpus, president, DMTF.org

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