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Bergen Group: Financials settled for Fjord Line contract

June 3, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The funding and necessary board approvals in connection with the contract for building
two new cruise ferries for Fjord Line, are now resolved. The contract for construction
of two cruise ferries has a total value of EURO 206 million, and the modern state-of-the
art vessels will be delivered in spring and autumn of 2012.

- We are very pleased that the formalities in this contract now are settled, and are
looking forward to deliver two very competitive and future-oriented cruise ferries to
Fjord Line during 2012, says executive vice president Inge Tangerås in Bergen Group
Shipbuilding.

The two sister ships have a length of 170 meters. Each ship will accommodate about 300
cabins and suites, and have space for about 1,500 passengers. The cargo deck has a
capacity of 600 cars.

The hull of the two cruise ferries will be built at the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdansk.
Outfitting and completion of the ships will be done at Bergen Group Fosen who has a
solid expertise in building cruise ferries for the international market, including “The
World” and two of the newer ships operated by Hurtigruten.

Fjord Line has also signed an option agreement for building a third cruise ferry at
Bergen Group Fosen for delivery in 2013. The contract price for an eventually third ship
is to be clarified through negotiations at the time the option is exercised. The
expiration of the option agreement is due in June 2011.

Contacts:
Inge Tangerås, Executive Vice President Bergen Group Shipbuilding, tel. (+47) 982 067 67
Arnar Utseth, MD. Bergen Group Fosen, tel. (+47) 97 16 48 63
Terje Iversen, CFO of Bergen Group, tel. (+47) 932 40 359

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian
Securities Trading Act)

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How to tackle emotional eating

May 5, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Many people treat themselves with their favourite chocolate bars, or ice cream after returning home from a hard day at work, completely ignoring the fact that they are on a diet. The long-term success of their efforts is therefore sabotaged by their own hand, and very few weight-loss programs address this problem.

A new study shows that the key issue is providing people who usually eat to calm their emotions with other means of calming themselves, and getting a grip on how they feel, other than food.

Given that most of those who are on a diet don”t even know they have this problem, coping with emotions is done automatically when the need arises, through indulging in foods that are forbidden during diet.

Researchers at the Temple University Center for Obesity Research are currently trying to find the answers to these problems. They believe that progress in this area could allow for more people to succeed in losing unwanted weight.

The new treatment incorporates skills that directly address the emotional eating, and essentially adds those skills to a state-of-the art behavioural weight loss treatment.

“The problem that we”re trying to address is that the success rates for long-term weight loss are not as good as we would like them to be,” said Edie Goldbacher, a postdoctoral fellow at CORE.

“Emotional eating may be one reason why people don”t do as well in behavioral weight loss groups, because these groups don”t address emotional eating or any of its contributing factors,” Goldbacher added. (ANI)

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Kalmadi guarantees CoCom members of significant development

May 3, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC), Suresh Kalmadi, on Monday assured the members of the Coordination Commission (CoCom) of the Commonwealth Games Federation that significant progress has been made in all areas towards successfully hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The committee would itself witness the considerable progress in all areas since their last visit in December 2009, said Kalmadi in his inaugural address at the opening session of the CoCom meeting here, chaired by its President Austin Sealy.

“A lot of progress has taken place since the previous CoCom visit. The city of Delhi will be ahead by 10 years in terms of modern state of the art infrastructure and stadiums,” said Kalmadi.

“I am thankful for all the support and guidance that CoCom has extended to our team and their pledge to continue to support the organising committee in successful organisation of Delhi Games,” he added.

Kalmadi further said Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has showing interest in the build-up to the Games and had organised the meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to take stock of the entire efforts.

Austin Sealy praised the efforts of Kalmadi and said: “I have toured the venues including the main press centre and broadcasting centre and found them good.”

Earlier in December last year, the seven-member CoCom delegation had reviewed New Delhi”s preparation for the mega event. (ANI)

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Plan for Morwell schools to merge

March 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Plans are underway to merge three primary schools at Morwell.

The Latrobe City Council says the Department of Education has embarked on a project to merge schools at Commercial Road, Crinigan Road and Tobruk Street.

Council says a new state-of-the-art school will be built on the previous Kurnai Junior campus at MacDonald Street.

It says Morwell Park Primary School would also be completely refurbished under the plan.

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Agreement reached on ambulance station site

March 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

After a lengthy campaign by the Health Services Union, agreement has finally been reached on a site for a new ambulance station at Cessnock.

In its 2007 election policies, the State Government promised to build new stations at Nelson Bay and Cessnock.

The union’s Hunter representative, Peter Rumball, says after a long fight to get funding for the two stations, he is hopeful both can be operational by the end of the year.

“Nelson Bay’s up and running, we’ve got that out for tender at the moment and Cessnock station we’re just waiting on a land transfer between ambulance and health,” he said.

“Both of those stations are basically dilapidated old humpies and these new stations will give state-of-the-art equipment to the officers and able to make a better response because they’re in the right places.”

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National Press Centre contract signed by Press Information Bureau

March 22, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Monday signed a contract today with the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) Ltd., for the construction of a new National Press Centre in New Delhi.

The PIB Additional Director General Ira Joshi and the NBCC Chairman, Arup Roy Choudhary inked the contract to this effect.

The new National Press Centre (NPC) will be a world class press centre with state of the art press conference hall, media briefing rooms, a large work area and lounge for the press which would include editing and other professional facilities like a library.

The existing media centre at first floor of Shastri Bhawan is increasingly becoming inadequate to accommodate the growing number of press correspondents accredited to the Government of India as well as to provide them other professional facility like work room for journalists, lounge, interviewing facilities for electronic media, at par with media centres in other countries.

The work of construction has been awarded to NBCC Ltd on ready to occupy basis at a cost of Rs. 60/- crore.

The construction work is likely to commence at 7-E, Raisina Road, New Delhi in the first week of April, 2010 and would span over a period of 30 months. (ANI)

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Sewage plant revamp set for November finish

March 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The upgrade of the $13 million Camden Haven sewage treatment plant, south of Port Macquarie, is expected to be finished by November.

The Port Macquarie Hastings Council says the augmentation is being delivered by Tenix Alliance, which is responsible for the design, development and construction of supporting infrastructure and associated works.

The expansion will increase the capacity of the treatment plant to cater for future growth in the Camden Haven area.

The council says the plant will also have significant environmental benefits, as the new state-of-the-art technology will produce an extremely high quality effluent.

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DISH Network Reports Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Results

March 2, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DISH Network Corporation
(Nasdaq: DISH) today reported total revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter
ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 1.4 percent increase compared with $2.92 billion for
the corresponding period in 2008.

Net income attributable to common shareholders totaled $179 million for the
quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared with $217 million during the
corresponding period in 2008. Diluted earnings per share were $0.40 for the
quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared with $0.48 during the corresponding
period in 2008.

For the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, DISH Network reported total revenue of
$11.66 billion compared with $11.62 billion for the year ended Dec. 31,
2008, an increase of 0.4 percent. DISH Network’s net income attributable to
common shareholders for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, totaled $636 million,
compared with $903 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2008. Diluted
earnings per share were $1.42 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared
with $1.98 during the corresponding period in 2008.

DISH Network gained approximately 249,000 net subscribers during the quarter
ended Dec. 31, 2009, giving the company approximately 14.100 million
subscribers at year-end. The number of net subscribers gained for the full
year ended Dec. 31, 2009 was approximately 422,000.

Detailed financial data and other information are available in DISH Network’s
Form 10-K for the annual period ended Dec. 31, 2009, filed today with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

About DISH Network

DISH Network L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH),
provides more than 14 million satellite TV customers, as of March 1, 2010,
with the highest quality programming and technology at the best value,
including the lowest all-digital price nationwide. Customers have access to
hundreds of video and audio channels, the most HD channels, the most
international channels, state-of-the-art interactive TV applications, and
award-winning HD and DVR technology including 1080p Video on Demand and the
ViP 722 HD DVR, a CNET and PC Magazine “Editors’ Choice.” DISH Network
Corporation is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and is a Fortune 250
company. Visit www.dishnetwork.com, follow on Twitter, @dishnetwork
(www.twitter.com/dishnetwork), or become a Fan on Facebook,
www.facebook.com/dishnetwork.

DISH Network will host its Fourth Quarter and year-end 2009 financial results
conference call today at noon ET. The dial-in number is (800) 616-6729.

SOURCE DISH Network Corporation

Press, Francie Bauer, +1-720-514-5351, press@dishnetwork.com, or Investor
Relations, Jason Kiser, +1-303-723-2210, Jason.Kiser@dishnetwork.com, both of
DISH Network Corporation

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Air Chief inaugurates Tele-Presence System

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep. 9 (ANI): Indian Air Force took another significant step in its quest for acquiring Network Centric Capabilities when Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal PV Naik inaugurated the ‘Tele-Presence System’ under the Air Force Network (AFNET) project today.

This system facilitates lifelike experience between two distant sites for holding operational discussions that results in saving crucial time, fatigue and cost.

During the Tele-Presence session, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik advocated the use of the system extensively for operational and other procurement and training activities in order to cut down costs in economically tough times.

The Air Chief congratulated the AF Net team for achieving yet another milestone.

From the Bangalore site, this conference was attended by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command.

The system uses high definition cameras, spatial audio and calibrated acoustic systems for providing real-life experience which cannot be achieved by other video conferencing systems.

Tele-Presence system rides over IAF’s state-of-the-art IP/MPLS network providing adequate reliability and security. (ANI)

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Lineker’s new bride splashed £2k to fix ‘Bux Bunny’ teeth!

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 6 (ANI): Gary Lineker’s new bride Danielle Bux reportedly splashed out 2,000 pounds to transform her smile for the wedding day.

The lingerie model was said to have gone in for the treatment after being joked about her “Bux Bunny” teeth.

The mum-of-one purportedly paid 1,500 pounds for state-of-the-art Invisalign braces and another 500-pounds on teeth whitening.

“She’s delighted at the results and thinks it was definitely worth it,” News of the World quoted a source close to Danielle as saying.

The source added: “She went for Invisalign so they would straighten her teeth without being visible.

“The braces were pretty awkward for her at first but she got used to them. And she got her teeth whitened like many brides do – to make them sparkle for her big day.” (ANI)

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2,500-pound machine strapped around Flintoof’s knee to save his cricket career

August 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 30 (ANI): England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is praying that the 2,500 pound machine strapped around his knee will save his cricket career.

The Lancashire all-rounder has to strap himself to the contraption for eight hours every day as he starts his gruelling rehabilitation from his latest operation.

The state-of-the-art Continuous Passive Motion equipment was prescribed by surgeon Andy Williams and is designed to bend the 31-year-old Ashes hero’s knee up to 1,500 times a day, News of the World reported.

“I had a choice of either using this machine or doing three sets of 500 knee bends a day, so I thought the machine might be the way forward. I strap my leg into it for eight hours a day. It bends my knee up and down all the time and makes sure the movement is controlled,” Flintoff revealed.

“I will have the machine on most of the time, even when I’m sleeping. The hard part is getting used to having your leg strapped into a machine for most of the day. It’s designed to help with the healing but, inevitably, my right leg is going to waste away a bit and the muscles are going to disappear. There’s not a lot I can do about it because I can’t bear any weight on my right leg for six to eight weeks.”

Flintoff underwent keyhole surgery in London on Monday night – just a day after helping England beat Australia at the Oval to regain the Ashes.

It was the second op on his troublesome knee and the ninth of his career, following four on his left ankle, two for hernias and another on his back.

Flintoff announced his retirement from Test cricket during the Ashes after admitting his 16-stone body could no longer cope with five-day cricket.

“I have set myself a target of returning for the tour to Bangladesh, which is from mid-Febuary to the middle of March, but whether that’s realistic or not, I’m not sure,” admitted Flintoff.

“There is a possibility I may not play again. It’s something I’m going to have to be prepared for in case the operation is not as successful as I hope. There will be a question mark in my mind about whether I have played my last game until I know how the operation has turned out.

“I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t crossed my mind, but the success rate for an operation like this is pretty good,” the paper quoted him, as saying. (ANI)

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Minogue presents robot vacuum cleaner to Cole as peace offering

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jul 6 (ANI): Aussie singer Dannii Minogue is said to have made a peace offering to ‘The X Factor’ co-judge Cheryl Cole by presenting her with a state-of-the-art robot vacuum cleaner.

Minogue, 37, gave Cole the 300 pounds Roomba Vacuum Robot at her 26th birthday bash in London’s Vanilla private club.

And the effort to end the rivalry between them seems to have worked, with sources saying that the ‘Girls Aloud’ member was “delighted” with her unusual present.

“Dannii’s gift was Cheryl’s favourite,” the Daily Star quoted a pal of the star as saying.

“She thought it was hilarious and really thoughtful.

“She hates housework and can’t get her husband Ashley to lift a finger in the house – so it showed Dannii had given a lot of thought to her gift.

“Cheryl gave Dannii a huge hug when she saw it,” the pal added.

The cleaner’s manufacturers claim that sensors guide the disk-shaped droid around any room, and that it can even adjust its own height to suck up dirt from different surfaces like rugs or tiles.

Other sources have revealed that the gift has proved that the girls have been getting along much better since their earlier stages of filming.

“Things may have been a bit frosty early on last year but they’ve got on so much better during this year’s auditions,” an X Factor insider said.

“Dannii has made a real effort to bond with Cheryl this year and it looks like it has paid off,” the insider added. (ANI)

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Rock on as MTV hunts for a new band

July 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Want to be a rock star, and looking for a break? Well, you might just get lucky, as music channel MTV has launched a new reality show that will hunt for and select a music band.
The channel will conduct the auditioning in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. The show “Kurkure Desi Beats Rock On With MTV”, will be judged by singer Kailash Kher, composer Ram Sampath and VJ Nikhil Chinappa.

“MTV’s combining two of it’s biggest strengths – the ability to predict the next big thing and reality programming for a show. The new band will redefine music and show you that rock is not niche. Rock is the new ‘gharaana’,” said Ashish Patil, general manager of MTV India.

The winner of the show, which will last 13 episodes, will be entitled to an album deal with T-Series, a music video produced by MTV, a mega concert and a state of the art instrument set.

Auditions will begin in Kolkata July 9, followed by Bangalore July 12, Delhi July 15 and Mumbai July 19.

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Novel robotic rat to search for survivors through rubble and burning buildings

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 1 (ANI): Rescue teams are all set to get a run for their money, for scientists have now unveiled a pioneering robotic rat that could search through rubble and burning buildings for survivors – using only its whiskers.

Called the Scratchbot, the robot used latest state-of-the-art technology to hunt through pitch black or smoke-filled rooms.

Scratchbot does all this only via touch sensors located on a set of whiskers, reports The Scotsman.

The robot could have huge implications in search and rescue missions by picking its way through rubble and debris or help in mine-clearing operations.

The device is the brainchild of researchers from the University of Bristol and University of Sheffield, who have spent six years and 500,000 pounds to research and designing the robotic rat that could revolutionise rescue missions.

The project was inspired by the use of touch in the animal kingdom – specifically how rats explore their environments using whiskers in poorly lit places. (ANI)

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Jamie Hince ‘sick of Kate Moss’ extended jam sessions’

June 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 30 (ANI): Kate Moss has been barred by boyfriend Jamie Hince from playing her karaoke system for more than half an hour in a day, according to reports.

“Kate’s got a state-of-the-art karaoke system installed in both her London and Cotswold homes,” The Sun quoted a source as saying.

The source added: “When she’s not working she likes nothing more than getting some pals over to her place after lunch, cracking open a couple of bottles and then singing to her heart’s content.

“But Jamie is getting a little bit tired of the lengthy singalongs and he has now told her that she can only rock the mic for just half an hour a day.”

Hince, who is a guitarist in the band ‘The Kills’, had teamed up on stage with Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour at a charity event earlier this month. (ANI)

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Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate Bandra Worli sea link today

June 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, June 30 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the much-awaited Bandra Worli sea link here today.

The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in the busy and traffic-ridden city of Mumbai.

The link would be equipped with state-of-the-art systems for traffic monitoring, emergency support and an automated toll system.

It is an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea. The bridge rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or equivalent to a 43-storeyed building.

Spectacular fireworks enthralled the residents, a day before the opening of the link, which will facilitate rapid conveyance from Mumbai’s west to south.

“I just loved this event that is happening here. The fireworks were just amazing, I loved to watch it,” said Neelam Mansi, a resident.

People said that the new bridge would save a lot of commuting time.

“The construction of the sea link would save people’s time,” said Leen Montri, another resident. (ANI)

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Natalie Portman buys medieval manor for 3.25M dollar

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, May 16 (ANI): Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman has bought a medieval manor in Los Feliz for 3.25 million dollars.

Portman, 27, who just played doomed Queen Anne Boleyn, was also spotted cavorting in Los Angeles with actor Sean Penn.

The castle like manor she bought is 4,866 square feet with four bedrooms and cathedral ceilings, reports the New York Post.

There are two guesthouses, a pool, a courtyard and state-of-the-art security. (ANI)

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US under attack from Chinese cyber spies

April 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON: The Chinese cyber spies have penetrated so deep into the US system- ranging from its secure defence network, banking system,
electricity grid to putting spy chips into its defence planes- that it can cause serious damage to the United States any time, a top Obama Administration official on counter-intelligence has said.

“Chinese penetrations of unclassified DoD networks have also been widely reported. Those are more sophisticated, though hardly state of the art,” said National Counterintelligence Executive, Joel F Brenner, at the Austin University Texas last week, according to a transcript made available yesterday.

Listing out some of the examples of Chinese cyber spy penetration, he said, “We’re also seeing counterfeit routers and chips, and some of those chips have made their way into US military fighter aircraft. You don’t sneak counterfeit chips into another nation’s aircraft to steal data. When it’s done intentionally, it’s done to degrade systems, or to have the ability to do so at a time of one’s choosing.”

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Research and Markets: From First Light to Reionization: The End of the Dark Ages

April 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

DUBLIN, Ireland–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b4fea9/from_first_light_t) has
announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new report “From First Light
to Reionization: The End of the Dark Ages” to their offering.

This up-to-date and concise account of a critical period of the early universe
directly links the latest theories and experiments. Targeted at cosmological
problems rather than specific methods, it begins with an introduction reviewing
the early universe and looks at why reionization is important. The process of
reionization analyzes simple analytical considerations and compares existing
observations, while a further chapter describes some of the issues regarding the
transition from Population III to Population II stars, as well as the
constraints that can be derived from WMAP. Further chapters survey the latest
numerical modeling and future perspectives for studying the dark ages using
galaxies as probes.

Written by a scientist with much experience in both research and writing, this
account is equally suitable for young researchers as well as master and PhD
students.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction: Basic review of the early Universe Why reionization is
important, what do we expect about first light. Basics about growth of
perturbations; basics about CMB

2. Reionization Description of the process of reionization of the Universe;
simple analytical considerations; comparison with existing observations

3. From Reionization to First Light This chapter describes some of the issues
regarding the transition from Population III to Population II stars as well as
the constraints that can be derived from WMAP

4. First light Description of the formation of the first structures This chapter
describes the state of the art of the numerical modeling and also some
analytical considerations

5. Probing the dark ages with galaxies This chapter highlights future
perspectives of studying the dark ages using galaxies as probes; it will discuss
future 30m grounds based telescopes, WFC3, JWST

6. Probing the dark ages using backgrounds

Appendix: Relevant formulae and results

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Remastered Beatles’ tracks to release in September

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Apr 8 (ANI): Beatles’ record label is set to recreate the magic of the legendary rock band with a digitally remastered version of their albums.

Engineers at Abbey Road Studios, northwest London have re-recorded the songs using a mixture of state-of-the-art recording technology and 1960s musical equipment to create “highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release”.

EMI Music and Apple Corps will re-release all 12 Beatles studio albums on CD in September alongside the launch of the computer game The Beatles: Rock Band, in which fans will be able to play the group’s music themselves.

“The albums have been remastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios over a four year period utilising state-of-the-art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analog recordings,” Times Online quoted EMI and Apple as saying. (ANI)

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