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Interxion: Notification of Q1 2010 Results Date and Conference Call

June 25, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

AMSTERDAM–(Business Wire)–
Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre
services, will announce its unaudited results for the three months ended 31
March 2010 on Tuesday 29 June 2010.

There will be a call for bondholders to discuss the results at 10.00 am
BST/11.00 am CET on Wednesday 30 June.

For details of the call please contact Alexandra Penman at FD,
Alexandra.Penman@fd.com or call +44 20 7269 7139.

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Financial Dynamics
Haya Herbert-Burns/Alexandra Penman
SB: +44 (0) 207 831 3113
Email: Interxion@fd.com

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Even without iPhone, AT&T can thrive-Barron’s

April 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) – Concerns over the loss of AT&T’s (T.N) exclusive pact with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) are overshadowing AT&T’s ability to sell other services to its customers, Barron’s reported in its April 26 edition.

Stocks | Technology | Telecommuncations Services

The telecom company, which posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings last week, is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone. Most analysts expect this to continue until 2011.

In the meantime, investors should not overlook the company’s ability to sell data, broadband, voice and other services to home and wireless customers, the financial newspaper reported in its “Plugged In” column.

AT&T and other phone companies have also been hurt by the slowdown in the number of customers buying lucrative, long-term contracts. But AT&T said its revenue per user from data and other services continues to rise, which will compensate for slower contract growth.

Pacific Crest analyst Steve Clement has an outperform rating on the stock, with a $30 target. AT&T shares slipped 2 cents to $26.25 on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman, editing by Maureen Bavdek)

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Government approves amendments in ASA between India and Saudi Arabia

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 17(ANI): The Government on Thursday gave its approval to the amendments in the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Saudi Arabia.

In the MoU signed, the provision of the incorporation of ‘multiple designation clause’ has been agreed and, therefore, each side can now designate any number of airlines as they wish.

The capacity entitlement for the designated airline of each side has also been enhanced from the existing 8,500 seats per week with frequencies not exceeding 31 services to 20,000 seats per week with frequencies not exceeding 75 services per week.

Bangalore, Calicut and Lucknow have also granted additional points of call for the Saudi designated carriers apart from the existing Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Cochin and Hyderabad.

While, Medinah has been granted as additional point of call for India designated carrier apart from the existing Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.

The capacity to be operated by the Indian designated carriers to and from Dammam for which the Government of Saudi Arabia has declared an open sky policy, shall not be counted against the capacity entitlements available to the Indian carriers.

Both sides have also agreed for the open sky with regard to all cargo services with full third and fourth freedom traffic rights.

As per the summer schedule of 2009, Saudi Arab Airlines fly 39 services per week – 9 to Mumbai, 5 to Hyderabad, 7 to Delhi, 5 to Chennai, 4 to Kochi, 2 to Bangalore, 4 to Calicut and 3 to Lucknow.

Air India flies 46 services per week – 16 services per week to Riyadh, 14 to Jeddah and 16 to Damman. (ANI)

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Tripura police arrest a juvenile with three American made pistols

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Agartala, Sep, 16 (ANI): A 16- year- old juvenile, who fled from custody with five other Bangladesh nationals, was arrested by Agartala Police on Wednesday.

Police have recovered three American pistols and ammunition from him.

West Tripura District Superintendent of Police K V Sreejesh said: “Based on the information last night we arrested one person from the Battala area and recovered two loaded pistols from his position.”

“During the interrogation, he informed about another pistol hidden in a temple near the Agartala railway station which also we have found along with eight live cartridges and six magazines,” Sreejesh added.

The juvenile arms carrier has been identified as Shiva Das and is suspected to have received the pistols from Bangladesh.

Police suspect an arms racket is on ahead of Durga Puja in Tripura.

A case has been registered under the Arms Possession and Using of Fire Arms Act. By Pinaki Das (ANI)

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Newly developed thin films show promise for solar applications

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 9 (ANI): Researchers at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Israel have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication (CM), which shows promise future solar applications.

The films were synthesized at BGU by Professor Yuval Golan and PhD student Anna Osherov of the Department of Materials Engineering and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology.

One of the important factors limiting solar-cell efficiency is that incident photons generate only one electron-hole pair, irrespective of the photon energy.

Any excess photon energy is lost as heat.

Carrier Multiplication (CM) has been thought to be enhanced significantly in nanocrystalline materials such as quantum dots, owing to their discrete energy levels and enhanced Coulomb interactions.

The BGU team demonstrated that contrary to this expectation, for a given photon energy, carrier multiplication occurs more efficiently in bulk PbS and PbSe films than in nanocrystalline films of the same materials.

“Films developed at BGU show CM, in which each incoming photon (tiny quantity of sunlight) creates more than one electron-hole pair,” Golan explained.

“This can potentially be used for making more efficient solar cells. The new physics behind this work are that while CM has been mostly demonstrated in nanocrystalline materials (“quantum dots”), we now show that CM can be obtained also in single crystal (‘bulk’) films of lead sulfide and lead selenide,” he said.

Notably, the films were prepared using chemical solution deposition, an attractive, inexpensive deposition technique for which the Golan group at BGU has received considerable recognition. (ANI)

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Jet Airways sacks three pilot, calls strike illegal

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep. 8 (ANI): Jet Airways, which had to cancel 190 flights by 2 p.m. on Tuesday due to mass sick leave taken by its pilots, has sacked three pilots.

The airliner has called the agitation illegal, and has secured a restraint order from Bombay High Court against any strike.

“The Bombay High Court has passed an order restraining any kind of strike,” Jet CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer was quoted as saying.

“We were assured by the National Aviators Guild last night that there would be no strike and we went by this assurance. But we were shocked by the mass sick leave by about 360 pilots… it is nothing but a simulated strike,” he added.

The Jet pilots have been protesting the sacking of two of their colleagues by the management for reportedly joining the guild.

Asked what action the management would take against the striking pilots and if the two-sacked pilots could be reinstated, Prock-Shauer declined to comment.

Prock-Schauer also said that he was confident about normal services by Wednesday.

“The matter is on in the Labour Commission and we would not like to comment,” he said.

Jet Airways had earlier sought the Directorate General of Civil Aviation”s (DGCA) intervention to resolve the crisis.

Last month, Jet Airways had terminated the services of two of its senior most pilots, saying their services were not required after both formed a trade union body within the company.

A conciliatory meeting was called on August 31 between the Jet Airways management and the union, which claims to have representation of over 650 pilots.

Jet Airways has 1000 pilots on its rolls.

Although the National Aviators Guild (NAG) has decided not to go on the proposed strike, its members have decided on an alternate course of protest like going on mass casual leave to hamper operations of the private carrier. (ANI)

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Jet Airways pilots defiant, flights cancelled

September 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): At least ten Jet Airways flights and its subsidiary out of Delhi were cancelled on Tuesday after a large number of pilots did not report to work in protest against the sacking of two of their colleagues.

According to airport sources, at least 10 early morning flights of Jet Airways and JetLite were cancelled, as the pilots failed to report for duty.

In a press statement Jet Airways said some pilots have resorted to a simulated strike by reporting sick.

Jet Airways had last month terminated the services of two of its senior most pilots, saying their services were not required after both formed a trade union body within the company.

A conciliatory meeting was called on August 31 between the Jet Airways management and the union, which claims to have a representation of over 650 pilots. Jet Airways has 1000 pilots on its rolls.

While the National Aviators Guild (NAG) has decided not to go on the proposed strike, its members have decided on an alternate course of protest like going on mass casual leave to hamper operations of the private carrier. (ANI)

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Nuke Sub, Aircraft Carrier in Kalam’s vision 2020 for Andamans

September 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Sep 4 (ANI): Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday unveiled a vision document for the strategic development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the year 2020.

Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Security and Development of the Andaman and Nicobar islands’ here, Dr Kalam said that a 250 mw nuclear power station on one of the islands would form the core of the development programme.

Dr Kalam said the islands being a vital part of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) of the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) would have “enhanced significance” in the next decade.

He further said that the ANC should have bases for static aircraft carrier and a nuclear,

Dr Kalam also called upon the Armed Forces to evolve an effective security plan for underneath the sea, at sea level and in air.

“The security plan which you evolve should ensure that there is no unauthorised occupation of the vacant islands,”said Dr Kalam.

Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief of the ANC, Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar, said that the location of these islands confers a geostrategic advantage.

“Its economic and forest potential dictates a sound security presence,” he added.

Top defence and security experts, including Deputy National Security Advisor Shekhar Dutt, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India R Chidambaram, are attending the two-day seminar. (ANI)

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Fabric bags are growing popular in Kashmir

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Aug 31 (ANI): People are lapping up environment-friendly fabric bags in Srinagar, which they say is reusable and has many benefits.

With the two-month old ban on plastic bags, jute, fabric or recycled paper carrier bags have now become a common sight in the valley.

People can be seen carrying their shopping in jute or other fabric carrier bags.

With the increased demand, sellers are happy to earn a few extra bucks on these eco-friendly bags.

Residents are happy with the government initiative, which is helping to make their picturesque town cleaner and healthier.

“People like fabric bags. Earlier, people used to throw polythene bags anywhere. It used to clog drains forcing and dirty water would flow over. It used to help in spreading diseases.

The government has done a good job by banning it. The demand for plastic bags has decreased a lot,” said Inayatullah Dar, a resident.

The drive has also helped to generate employment for people who are now making these fabric bags from cloth and recycled paper, including newspapers.

“In the process, the cottage industry has started looking up. Now people are stitching cloth bags, which are getting popular. People are now instead of binning their old newspapers reselling them for a little less than their purchase price. This has also helped in the circulation of newspapers,” said Khawaja Farooq Renzu, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Srinagar.

The ban has been imposed in the entire state, but tourist places are seeing its stricter implementation to discourage both residents and tourists from using plastic bags. By Afzal Bhat (ANI)

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Narus continues to build leadership position in India

August 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bangalore, Aug 26 (ANI/Business Wire India): Narus, the global leader in real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks, has continued its strong momentum in India this year.

An expanded office with new hires, new partnerships, customer implementations and the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award have already characterized 2009 as a banner year for Narus in India.

With two quarters left in the year and the company moving full-steam ahead, Narus is poised to continue its 200 percent plus revenue growth well into 2010.

Narus’ India operation has seen a 50 percent increase in staff, and the company plans another 30 percent increase in headcount in the coming year to keep up with its growing backlog of business in this region.

With an eye cast toward 2010, Narus will hold a job fair in Bangalore on September 5 and 6, 2009.

Positions available include GUI development engineers, network development engineers, software design engineers, and quality assurance engineers and managers.

In late 2008, Narus announced the opening of its New Delhi office and the appointment of two key members to its Indian executive team. Avinash Agrawal was appointed to lead Narus’ India operation as managing director, and DLN Shastri was appointed vice president of sales and business development.

Agrawal and Shastri bring a combined 50 years of experience to the company. The New Delhi office is Narus’ Asia Pacific regional headquarters, with sales, support and professional services represented.

Yogi Mistry, senior vice president, Narus, said, “Since the opening of our first office in India, Narus has committed to an investment in India by providing jobs in our engineering, support and sales organizations. Narus’ continued growth in the region ensures additional opportunities for our employees to work on cutting-edge technologies with leading partners and luminary customers.”

Narus continued its 2009 momentum with recognition for excellence in R andD in security services for the telecom industry with an INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award. his prestigious award salutes industry leaders that contribute to the growth of the telecom industry in India with groundbreaking services and solutions.

The Indian telecommunications industry is continuing to enjoy tremendous growth and is consequently providing great opportunities for sales and business development.

In May, Narus formed a strategic partnership with HCL Infosystems, Ltd., India’s premier information-enabling ICT system integration company, to assist the Indian government in the protection of its people and infrastructure.

Narus also implemented systems at India’s foremost integrated telecom service providers like Reliance, Sify, and Cable and Wireless. Narus is also proud to have implemented NarusInsight in the world’s third-largest telecommunications carrier as they launch their service offerings in India this year. (ANI)

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Air India employees on hunger strike over non-payment of salary

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): Employees of India’s flagship carrier Air India are on a three-day hunger strike from today over delay in payment of their salaries.

“Over 20,000 members of the Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG) and the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and some other unions from across the nation have decided to go on hunger strike from today, as the management is rigid over payment of our salaries,” said J B Kadian, general secretary, ACEU.

Last Friday, the meeting of the unions with the Air India CMD in Mumbai failed to reach any conclusion. The next round of meeting is scheduled to be held here this afternoon.

The employees threatened that they would again go on strike on August 31 if their negotiations with the management fail.

Earlier, employees had gone on a two-hour-long protest over non-payment of wages.

The unions had earlier called off their proposed strike on June 30 after the management had agreed to pay the salaries of 70 per cent of workers.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel had said the government cannot bail Air India out every time, and it is time for the flagship carrier to tighten its belt and resolve its financial woes.

Air India’s borrowings have risen from Rs.6, 550 crore in November 2007 to Rs.15, 241 crore in June this year. (ANI)

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Clues to gigantism provided by family in Borneo Mountains

August 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, August 22 (ANI): An indigenous family living in a mountainous area of Malaysian Borneo has helped Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists to discover information about genetic mutations associated with acromegaly, a form of gigantism that often results in enlarged hands, feet, and facial features.

The information could lead to better screening for the disease, which most often results from a benign pituitary gland tumor that can be deadly if left untreated, but which is difficult to detect until later stages when features become pronounced.

Researchers located a 31-member aboriginal family that included individuals with acromegaly living in a mountainous region of Borneo, Malaysia, when the effects of the family patriarch’s growing pituitary tumor necessitated medical treatment.

A medical team including VARI Distinguished Scientific Investigator Bin Tean Teh, and staff from the Department of Medicine at the University of Malaya Medical Centre and the Department of Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Malaysia subsequently traveled to the family’s village several times to collect blood samples for testing.

“Researchers had recently found a mutation in the AIP gene associated with acromegaly, but we found that several family members who didn’t have visible symptoms of acromegaly had this mutation as well,” said Dr. The.

“This increases the importance of screening for families with cases of acromegaly since anyone could be a carrier. On one side of the family, at least two generations carried the gene before someone showed any symptoms,” he added.

The later stages of acromegaly often produce enlarged hands and feet, protruding brows and lower jaws, thick voice and slowed speech from swelling of vocal cords, and other symptoms.

When diagnosed, the tumor and entire pituitary gland are usually removed, followed by hormone therapy for the rest of the patient’s life. owever, because the progression of the disease is so gradual, it is difficult to detect. If left unchecked, patients can die from complications such as heart or kidney failure.

Sok Kean Khoo, VARI Research Scientist and lead author of the study, led researchers in scanning DNA in the family’s blood to find other factors that might explain why only some family members with the genetic mutation had visible symptoms of the disease.

They found regions on a few chromosomes that might lead to further insight.The sooner we know how and why people are affected differently by this disease, the sooner we can help families who have it,” said Dr. Teh. (ANI)

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Lord Shiva devotees carrying 54-feet long Kanwar draw people in Patna

July 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Patna, July 15 (ANI): A group of Kanwarias or, the devotees of Lord Shiva, are drawing wide public attention for carrying a 54-feet long Kanwar or, a wooden carrier fitted with water pots on both ends of the pole, in Patna city.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees take arduous on-foot religious journey to express their devotion for Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of Shravan or Monsoon month (mid June to July).

This group, however, is a fascinating everyone’s attention, as members of the group enjoy their time dancing and chanting praises of Lord Shiva.

The lanes and by-lanes of the city reverberating with the chants of the devotees and hundreds of people gather to watch them, as the group moves on.

Normally, as per the ritual, a devotee is expected to carry one Kanwar, the pole carrying two water pots on behalf of his family. But, this time, it is 18 people carrying this 54 feet long ‘Kanwar’ wishing for the well-being of their families and all people.

“Our only aim is to pray for well being of the people. We are praying for rains, to deal with the drought. People should be happy. Our farms should be green again, so that we can earn our living,” said Vinod Kumar, one of the Kanwarias carrying the 54-feet Kanwar.

These Kanwarias are set to traverse hundreds of kilometres to reach the holy town of Baidyanath.

The pilgrimage continues through the whole of Shravan month of Hindu calendar (July-August) for 30 days and is considered the longest fair of the world, drawing a lot of devotees from abroad.

The devotees with this unique ‘kanwar’ believe that this is just another way of showing their faith in Shiva and praying for good rains.

Devouts believe, offering sacred water to Lord Shiva during the month will fulfill their wishes. By Ajay Kumar (ANI)

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Pitroda, Murthy and S Ramadorai considered for Air India’s top management spots

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Ministry is reportedly considering the names of Sam Pitroda, Narayana Murthy and S Ramadorai, who are top entrepreneurs and technocrats, for reviving Air India in order to bring high quality people of great integrity and proven track record in business.

These names would be considered as part of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel’s plans of a major revamp of the national carrier’s top management, which would be carried out in next 30 days in a bid to turn around cash-strapped Air India in the next two years.

“Our minister has already initiated the process. These names will be finalised soon,” a news channel quoted a top official said.

Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently chairman of National Knowledge Commission, he is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution.

While, Narayana Murthy is an industrialist, software engineer and one of the seven founders of Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India and Subramaniam Ramadorai is the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, a major IT company in the country.

“Ramadorai’s name has already been cleared for the role of functional director. Talks are on with the others as well. As many as seven new directors may be inducted as per plans,” the source added.

According to sources, the entire top management of Air India, which is under a loan liability of Rs 15,000 crore, would be recast in the next 30 days. Several old time directors might be asked to leave and a Professional Chief Operating Officer will be appointed under the Chairman and Managing Director. (ANI)

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Oz brothels put on more staff to serve US naval officers

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, July 3 (ANI): Brothels in Australian city of Perth are putting on more staff to deal with the arrival of two US warships, carrying more than 5400 sailors.

Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington and guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens docked off Fremantle yesterday.

According to business groups estimates, the sailors’ arrival will boost the local economy by 5 million dollars during the ships’ five-day stay.

Beverly Clarke, the owner of Perth brothel Langtrees, said that she had put on five extra staff for the weekend, including two from the eastern states.

Although the business had already been boosting up a little, she was quite positive that the numbers would increase markedly by tonight.

“Two more (US) sailors just walked in. At the moment I’ve even got girls from the eastern states here to assist us,” News.com.au quoted her as saying.

A spokeswoman for another brothel Maddison Avenue said that they were preparing for a busy weekend.

“We’ll find out tonight (if we are busy). We’ve got all staff rostered on and a couple of more girls than a normal Friday night,” said the spokeswoman. (ANI)

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Air India employees go on two hour protest over non-payment of wages

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, July 3 (ANI): Employees of India’s flagship carrier Air India have commenced their two-hour-long protest over non-payment of wages on Friday afternoon, even as the airline management sternly warned that it would take action against them.

In a letter to all employees, Air India’s Chairman and Managing Director, Arvind Jadhav, said: “The gravity of the situation has not seemingly sunk in all of us. Many of us continue to believe that our financial requirements can be met by taking loans endlessly and that the financial situation is not that grave. Considering the critical financial state of the airline, we should all be prepared to face the impact of harsh decisions that will be required to be taken to meet the current situation. There can be no escape from harsh realities. We also need to make a choice between austerity and oblivion.”

The unions had earlier called off their proposed strike on June 30 after the management had agreed to pay the salaries of 70 per cent of workers by today.

The Air India management warned its employees of wage and allowance cuts if they participated in the protest.

Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG), Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and some other unions walked out of their offices nationwide and stage demonstrations on Friday, besides threatening to boycott their meetings with the management.

In Mumbai, an airline spokesman said steps were being taken to ensure smooth operations across all airports in view of the proposed agitation.

Passengers travelling on the airline were critical of the walk out, saying it was uncalled for when everyone knew that the airline was deeply in the red.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said the government cannot bail Air India out every time, and it is time for the flagship carrier to tighten its belt and resolve its financial woes.

Air India’s borrowings have risen from Rs.6, 550 crore in November 2007 to Rs.15, 241 crore in June this year.

He said that the airline has been asked to prepare a restructuring plan in the next 30 days.

In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Patel said the borrowings have gone up largely due to servicing of debt on account of purchase of new aircraft and its operating losses, which have compounded due to the present economic recession and the high oil prices last year.

He said the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) has been advised to formulate “a concrete proposal for equity induction and provision of loans”.

Patel also made it clear that there was no plan to retrench any employee of Air India. (ANI)

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When Megan Fox caused chaos among sex-starved Navy men

June 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 29 (ANI): Megan fox caused a stir among the all men crew of an aircraft carrier when she arrived on board to shoot for her new movie ‘Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen’, revealed her co-star Shia LaBeouf.

In fact, the 23-year-old actress had to be locked in the captain’s quarters for her own safety during the filming on the USS John C Stennis.or LaBeouf, it was his most memorable “Megan” moment while shooting for the film.

“A carrier is the largest ship in the sea. It houses around 5,000 people,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

“These dudes are away for six months and longer. They have not seen a female -specimen such as Megan for quite a while.

“Megan Fox and Transformers show up on a boat full of men who have blue balls.

“They don’t give a f**k about Transformers. They just care about Megan Fox being on the ship,” he added.

Thus, Navy bosses immediately limited Megan’s contact with the crew, and kept her hidden away.

Shia said: “She had to stay in the captain’s -quarters. There’s only one captain’s quarters so the captain wasn’t -allowed in.” (ANI)

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US airlines have worst food in the world

June 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, June 23 (ANI): US airlines serve the worst food and have the least comfortable seats, a new study has found.

In a new survey by SeatGuru.com, American Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways were voted the worst, reports The Daily Telegraph.

The only stand-out, US carrier Continental, was voted as having good in-flight fare and comfortable seats.

Airlines such as Singapore and Air France were voting in having the best in-flight meals.

Singapore Airlines was voted the best food and most comfortable. (ANI)

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Indian wins Finnair prize for best vision of future flying

June 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) An Indian has won Nordic carrier Finnair’s award for best envisaging how flying would look and feel like in the future, besting 1,000 competitors from around the world.

The prize, Finnair tickets between Europe and Asia, was won by Dattatray Kuvalekar from India, the airline said in a statement here Wednesday.

To mark the 85th anniversary of its founding, Finnair joined aircraft manufacturer Airbus and other industry experts in envisioning what flying would be like in 2093.

“Around 1,000 visionaries submitted their views on the flying of the future,” said the statement.

In the competition launched in March, people had the opportunity to vote on which aircraft of the future was the most captivating and to present their own visions of what flying of the future might be like.

“The wing-shaped Finnair A600-850, intended for short-haul routes, was voted the most enchanting design,” the statement said.

In Kuvalekar’s vision, flying in the future will be fast and, of course, neutral in terms of its environmental impact.

New technology will guarantee a smooth and efficient travel experienc, he said.

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New approach may pave way for effective HIV vaccine

May 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 23 (ANI): Using gene transfer technology, scientists have developed a new approach to overcome the biggest hurdle in the development of an effective HIV vaccine.

The researchers used gene transfer technology, which produces molecules that block infection, to successfully protect monkeys from infection by a virus closely related to HIV-the simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV-that causes AIDS in rhesus monkeys.

“We used a leapfrog strategy, bypassing the natural immune system response that was the target of all previous HIV and SIV vaccine candidates,” Nature magazine quoted study leader Dr. Philip R. Johnson, chief scientific officer at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as saying.

Johnson developed the novel approach over a ten-year period, but warned that many hurdles still remain before the technique could be translated into an HIV vaccine for humans.

Most attempts at developing an HIV vaccine have used substances aimed at stimulating the body’s immune system to produce antibodies or killer cells that would eliminate the virus before or after it infected cells in the body. But, the approach has not been proved fruitful until now.

However, the approach used in the current study was divided into two phases-in the first phase, researchers created antibody-like proteins (called immunoadhesins) that were specifically designed to bind to SIV and block it from infecting cells.

After it was proven to work against SIV in the laboratory, DNA representing SIV-specific immunoadhesins was engineered into a carrier virus designed to deliver the DNA to monkeys.

The researchers chose adeno-associated virus (AAV) as the carrier virus because it is a very effective way to insert DNA into the cells of a monkey or human.

In the second part of the study, the team injected AAV carriers into the muscles of monkeys, where the imported DNA produced immunoadhesins that entered the blood circulation.

After a month of administrating the AAV carriers, the immunized monkeys were injected with live, AIDS-causing SIV.

It was found that the majority of the immunized monkeys were completely protected from SIV infection, and all were protected from AIDS, unlike a group of unimmunized monkeys, who were infected by SIV, and two-thirds died of AIDS complications.

“To ultimately succeed, more and better molecules that work against HIV, including human monoclonal antibodies, will be needed,” said Johnson and his co-authors.

The study has appeared in the online version of Nature Medicine. (ANI)

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