22/04/2007
Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
ANASTASIA KHOROSHILOVA,
ISLANDERS 2003-2006
Prato, 24 March – 20 May 2007
Opening 24 March, 5 pm
Exhibition curated by Stefano Pezzato
Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Viale della Repubblica 277 – Prato Italy
Open daily 10am-7pm, closed Tuesday
Entrance: free
For information: tel. +39 0574 5317
http://www.centropecci.it
The Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci is pleased to present Islanders 2003-2006, the first solo show in Italy of the Russian photographer Anastasia Khoroshilova.
A selection of 27 works, from four different series, will be displayed as a special project in the Theatre Room.
The young Russians photographed by Khoroshilova in their surroundings (rooms, corridors, gyms) or against neutral backgrounds (anonymous interiors, gardens) are automatically transposed to a general level of abstraction. The 'meetings' Khoroshilova set up, on her trips to Russia during and after her years studying at Duisburg/Essen University, have a documentary objectivity: the essential characteristics of samples of subjects in spontaneous poses that are never pre-established, facing the camera.
Khoroshilova's portraits are immediately recognisable on account of the uniform: trainee dancers at the State Academy of Choreography (2003), young fighters at the gym Sambo 70 (2005) or young women in military uniform of 9.5% Plus (2005). They are members of institutions/symbols that echo a recent past of glorious achievement, success and power, now reduced to the role of Islanders, whose individual life begins where their collective identity ends; their identity is inexhorably fixed, as in photography, in the present. Not knowing anything about their personal lives, nor what their future holds, they appear to us to be clinging to the certainty of belonging, to the protection of the group and of history.
In the portraits of the last series Toys (2006) uniform is flanked by the presence of toys or games which reveal the simple child-like side of the subjects. The playful dimension on which the portraits draw, without the photographer suggesting as much, is the only possibility that the subjects possess to construct an identity, to be themselves.
In the private relationship with her subject, Khoroshilova records the person in front of her lens without passing judgment of any kind or resorting to lyricism or sentimentality. It is rather that her photographs tend to reveal the paradox that the subject of her portraits coincides with the 'function' or the place in which they are set, but behind this lies hidden great humanity suffused with emotions, needs, desires, fears, suffering and hope. There is no evidence of all this in the photography, only a latent evocation.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue (Italian/English) with essay by the curator, Stefano Pezzato. Published by Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci.
Anastasia Khoroshilova, born in 1978 in Moscow, actually lives in Cologne.
Member in "The Russian Union of Art Photographers" since 1997, she graduated at the Photographic Department - University Duisburg/Essen.
She had solo shows at Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna; Fucares Gallery, Madrid; Museum Sacharov-Center, Moscow; Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo; Klementinum, Prague; Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto; The State Russian Museum (Marble Palace), St. Petersburg.
Exhibition tour
Kunsthalle Lingen, 22 July – 23 September 2007
For more information go to: http://www.centropecci.it
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
SUNRISE IN FRANKFURT (ODER)
13/04/2007
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 13 /PRNewswire/ --
- Frankfurt's First Solar-Cell Plant due to Start Production on 19
April
On 19 April 2007, Odersun AG will be opening "Sun One", its
first solar-cell plant in Frankfurt (Oder). Wolfgang Tiefensee, Federal
Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and Government
Commissioner for the New Federal States, will be opening the "Sun One" plant
at Im Technologiepark 7 together with Brandenburg's Minister President,
Matthias Platzeck, at 3.30 pm in the presence of invited guests, before
taking a tour of the plant and learning about the production of thin film
solar modules.
Up to 60 employees will soon be working in four shifts to
produce around 6,000 kilometres of solar tapes annually at the "Sun One"
plant. This corresponds to the distance Brandenburg - New York. The thin film
solar modules on copper tape can be produced for use in cells of all sizes
and quality for façades and roofs, solar power stations and designer bags
with an integrated "power socket" without requiring special complicated and
expensive silicon technology.
Odersun AG's thin film solar technology has been developed
entirely in Frankfurt (Oder) over the past 14 years. "We are a real
Brandenburg success story", Ramin Lavae Mokhtari, CCE of Odersun AG boasts.
"With our patented, globally innovative technology and our flexible
production process we offer tailor-made, economic solutions."
Up to now, Odersun AG has invested 8.5 million euros in the
project. The main equity providers are Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
from London and AT&M - Advanced Technology and Materials from Peking. The
state of Brandenburg is assisting Odersun AG with 3.5 million euros financial
aid.
For Further information:
Odersun AG
Steffen Schwarzer
Project manager
Im Technologiepark 7
D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tel.: +49-335/56-33-120
Mobile: +49-172/23-80-104
Steffen.schwarzer@odersun.de
www.odersun.de
Odersun AG
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 13 /PRNewswire/ --
- Frankfurt's First Solar-Cell Plant due to Start Production on 19
April
On 19 April 2007, Odersun AG will be opening "Sun One", its
first solar-cell plant in Frankfurt (Oder). Wolfgang Tiefensee, Federal
Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and Government
Commissioner for the New Federal States, will be opening the "Sun One" plant
at Im Technologiepark 7 together with Brandenburg's Minister President,
Matthias Platzeck, at 3.30 pm in the presence of invited guests, before
taking a tour of the plant and learning about the production of thin film
solar modules.
Up to 60 employees will soon be working in four shifts to
produce around 6,000 kilometres of solar tapes annually at the "Sun One"
plant. This corresponds to the distance Brandenburg - New York. The thin film
solar modules on copper tape can be produced for use in cells of all sizes
and quality for façades and roofs, solar power stations and designer bags
with an integrated "power socket" without requiring special complicated and
expensive silicon technology.
Odersun AG's thin film solar technology has been developed
entirely in Frankfurt (Oder) over the past 14 years. "We are a real
Brandenburg success story", Ramin Lavae Mokhtari, CCE of Odersun AG boasts.
"With our patented, globally innovative technology and our flexible
production process we offer tailor-made, economic solutions."
Up to now, Odersun AG has invested 8.5 million euros in the
project. The main equity providers are Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
from London and AT&M - Advanced Technology and Materials from Peking. The
state of Brandenburg is assisting Odersun AG with 3.5 million euros financial
aid.
For Further information:
Odersun AG
Steffen Schwarzer
Project manager
Im Technologiepark 7
D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tel.: +49-335/56-33-120
Mobile: +49-172/23-80-104
Steffen.schwarzer@odersun.de
www.odersun.de
Odersun AG
Thursday, April 12, 2007
VISTEON'S 2007 SAE PAPERS OFFER GLOBAL INSIGHT INT
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, April 12 /PRNewswire/ --
Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) product experts from Europe, Asia and
North America have collaborated to deliver global perspectives on automotive
trends and advancements at the 2007 SAE World Congress, April 16-19 at
Detroit's Cobo Center. These engineers have co-authored technical papers
related to automotive climate control, lighting and electronics technologies
that will be presented during the Congress.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO )
Interest in touch screen vehicle controls featuring haptic feedback is
the topic of a paper contributed by Colleen Serafin -- a Visteon engineer --
and her colleagues in North America and Germany, Michael Tschirhart, Ph.D.,
and Rainer Heers, Ph.D. Serafin and Tschirhart will present the paper at the
Congress.
"The increasing content and functionality that drivers bring into the
vehicle cockpit, initially through consumer electronic devices in many cases,
may also bring added complexity to the driver experience," explains
Tschirhart. "A fundamental challenge is how to design products that integrate
important new features in a way that is consistent with the driver's limited
information processing capability."
Managing this proliferation through touch screens with haptic feedback --
feeling a click or pop underneath your finger -- is the focus of this paper,
for which consumer research studies were conducted in both Germany and the
United States.
Another Visteon paper focuses on emission devices in the North American
and Asian markets. The paper proposes a new evaporative emissions device that
can be permanently installed in the vehicles' air cleaner cover without
requiring service for 150,000 miles (the expected life of the vehicle). This
Visteon-invented device is designed to reduce the level of harmful emissions
from the vehicle. The paper documents some of the considerations of
programming an absorbent evaporative emissions device in a 2007 production
passenger car for the North American and Asian markets.
The Visteon technical papers will be available Monday, April 16, on
http://www.sae.org, Here is a complete list of the papers, by presentation
date and time (EDT):
Monday, April 16
- User Experience in the U.S. and Germany of In-Vehicle Touch Screens
with Integrated Haptic and Auditory Feedback (to be presented at 10:30
a.m. in room W2-68)
Tuesday, April 17
- Radiated Noise Prediction of Air Induction Systems Using Filter Seal
Modeling and Coupled Acoustic-Structural Simulation Techniques
(written only, no oral presentation)
- Towards Development of Thermal Standards for the Design of LED Lamps
(1:30 p.m. in room W2-66)
- Construction and Application of New Field Lenses (TIR Type) for
Automotive Lighting Functions (3 p.m. in room W2-66)
Wednesday, April 18
- Control Method of Dual Motor-Based Steer-by-Wire System (9 a.m. in
room W1-51)
Thursday, April 19
- A Real Time Statistical Method for Engine Knock Detection (9 a.m. in
room W2-69)
- Subjective Odor Evaluation in Automotive Industry (2:30 p.m. in room
D2-08)
- Investigating Cleaning Procedures for OEM Engine Air Intake Filters (3
p.m. in room D2-08)
- Design Considerations and Characterization Test Methods for Activated
Carbon Foam Hydrocarbon Traps in Automotive Air Induction Systems
(3:45 p.m. in room D2-08)
- A High Speed Flow Visualization Study of Fuel Spray Pattern Effect on
Mixture Formation in a Low Pressure Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
(10:30 a.m. in room M2-29)
The SAE World Congress is a forum that brings together representatives of
vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, government and academia from around the
world for the exchange of ideas on the state of advanced automotive
technology and business.
Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs,
engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and
lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of
products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van
Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the
company has facilities in 26 countries and employs approximately 45,000
people.
Web site: http://www.visteon.com
Visteon Corporation
Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) product experts from Europe, Asia and
North America have collaborated to deliver global perspectives on automotive
trends and advancements at the 2007 SAE World Congress, April 16-19 at
Detroit's Cobo Center. These engineers have co-authored technical papers
related to automotive climate control, lighting and electronics technologies
that will be presented during the Congress.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO )
Interest in touch screen vehicle controls featuring haptic feedback is
the topic of a paper contributed by Colleen Serafin -- a Visteon engineer --
and her colleagues in North America and Germany, Michael Tschirhart, Ph.D.,
and Rainer Heers, Ph.D. Serafin and Tschirhart will present the paper at the
Congress.
"The increasing content and functionality that drivers bring into the
vehicle cockpit, initially through consumer electronic devices in many cases,
may also bring added complexity to the driver experience," explains
Tschirhart. "A fundamental challenge is how to design products that integrate
important new features in a way that is consistent with the driver's limited
information processing capability."
Managing this proliferation through touch screens with haptic feedback --
feeling a click or pop underneath your finger -- is the focus of this paper,
for which consumer research studies were conducted in both Germany and the
United States.
Another Visteon paper focuses on emission devices in the North American
and Asian markets. The paper proposes a new evaporative emissions device that
can be permanently installed in the vehicles' air cleaner cover without
requiring service for 150,000 miles (the expected life of the vehicle). This
Visteon-invented device is designed to reduce the level of harmful emissions
from the vehicle. The paper documents some of the considerations of
programming an absorbent evaporative emissions device in a 2007 production
passenger car for the North American and Asian markets.
The Visteon technical papers will be available Monday, April 16, on
http://www.sae.org, Here is a complete list of the papers, by presentation
date and time (EDT):
Monday, April 16
- User Experience in the U.S. and Germany of In-Vehicle Touch Screens
with Integrated Haptic and Auditory Feedback (to be presented at 10:30
a.m. in room W2-68)
Tuesday, April 17
- Radiated Noise Prediction of Air Induction Systems Using Filter Seal
Modeling and Coupled Acoustic-Structural Simulation Techniques
(written only, no oral presentation)
- Towards Development of Thermal Standards for the Design of LED Lamps
(1:30 p.m. in room W2-66)
- Construction and Application of New Field Lenses (TIR Type) for
Automotive Lighting Functions (3 p.m. in room W2-66)
Wednesday, April 18
- Control Method of Dual Motor-Based Steer-by-Wire System (9 a.m. in
room W1-51)
Thursday, April 19
- A Real Time Statistical Method for Engine Knock Detection (9 a.m. in
room W2-69)
- Subjective Odor Evaluation in Automotive Industry (2:30 p.m. in room
D2-08)
- Investigating Cleaning Procedures for OEM Engine Air Intake Filters (3
p.m. in room D2-08)
- Design Considerations and Characterization Test Methods for Activated
Carbon Foam Hydrocarbon Traps in Automotive Air Induction Systems
(3:45 p.m. in room D2-08)
- A High Speed Flow Visualization Study of Fuel Spray Pattern Effect on
Mixture Formation in a Low Pressure Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
(10:30 a.m. in room M2-29)
The SAE World Congress is a forum that brings together representatives of
vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, government and academia from around the
world for the exchange of ideas on the state of advanced automotive
technology and business.
Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs,
engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and
lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of
products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van
Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the
company has facilities in 26 countries and employs approximately 45,000
people.
Web site: http://www.visteon.com
Visteon Corporation
DOYLE'S ROOM SWITCHES TO MICROGAMING POKER NETWORK
LONDON, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Microgaming, the world's largest provider of online casino and poker
software, announces that the world renowned online poker site, Doyle's Room
(www.doylesroom.com) has officially joined its rapidly expanding poker
network. The move will allow Doyle's Room to expand into European markets and
is seen as yet more evidence of the continued success of the rapidly growing
Microgaming Poker Network.
Doyle's Room launched in 2004 and since that time has cemented itself as
one of the world's most popular online gaming sites. As well as offering one
of the largest tournament selections in the industry, it also draws players
to its extremely popular Bounty tournaments, a series of weekly tournaments
in which players vie to win prizes by knocking out the bounty players.
Players looking to sign up can expect to meet and play the likes of Mike
Caro, Todd Brunson and the great man himself, as well as a host of other
professional and celebrity faces.
Doyle Brunson or "Texas Dolly" as he is affectionately known is one of
the world's most celebrated poker players, accumulating a record ten World
Series of Poker bracelets and winning back to back world championships during
his career. He is widely acknowledged to be the Godfather of poker, the
game's most recognizable face and he still plays at the highest limits in the
biggest games in the world.
The move to the Microgaming Poker Network will provide Doyle's Room with
even greater liquidity and access to one of the most aggressive tournament
schedules on the web, offering players the chance to enter a wealth of
satellites to some of the world's biggest offline tournaments. In the last
week of February alone $400k worth of buy-ins were won on the network.
Roger Raatgever, CEO Microgaming says, "It doesn't get much bigger than
this - signing up the 'king' of poker to the Microgaming Poker Network, so as
you can imagine we view this as a real coup."
A spokesperson for Doyle's Room said, "We are delighted to be joining the
Microgaming network. We reviewed many software providers in our search for a
better gaming experience for our players and Microgaming met all of our
requirements in terms of liquidity, tournaments and player features. We look
forward to a long and successful partnership with them"
URL: www.microgaming.com
Media contact:
David Hall
Chameleon PR Ltd
Tel: +44-(0)20-7680-5500
Email: David@chameleonpr.com
software, announces that the world renowned online poker site, Doyle's Room
(www.doylesroom.com) has officially joined its rapidly expanding poker
network. The move will allow Doyle's Room to expand into European markets and
is seen as yet more evidence of the continued success of the rapidly growing
Microgaming Poker Network.
Doyle's Room launched in 2004 and since that time has cemented itself as
one of the world's most popular online gaming sites. As well as offering one
of the largest tournament selections in the industry, it also draws players
to its extremely popular Bounty tournaments, a series of weekly tournaments
in which players vie to win prizes by knocking out the bounty players.
Players looking to sign up can expect to meet and play the likes of Mike
Caro, Todd Brunson and the great man himself, as well as a host of other
professional and celebrity faces.
Doyle Brunson or "Texas Dolly" as he is affectionately known is one of
the world's most celebrated poker players, accumulating a record ten World
Series of Poker bracelets and winning back to back world championships during
his career. He is widely acknowledged to be the Godfather of poker, the
game's most recognizable face and he still plays at the highest limits in the
biggest games in the world.
The move to the Microgaming Poker Network will provide Doyle's Room with
even greater liquidity and access to one of the most aggressive tournament
schedules on the web, offering players the chance to enter a wealth of
satellites to some of the world's biggest offline tournaments. In the last
week of February alone $400k worth of buy-ins were won on the network.
Roger Raatgever, CEO Microgaming says, "It doesn't get much bigger than
this - signing up the 'king' of poker to the Microgaming Poker Network, so as
you can imagine we view this as a real coup."
A spokesperson for Doyle's Room said, "We are delighted to be joining the
Microgaming network. We reviewed many software providers in our search for a
better gaming experience for our players and Microgaming met all of our
requirements in terms of liquidity, tournaments and player features. We look
forward to a long and successful partnership with them"
URL: www.microgaming.com
Media contact:
David Hall
Chameleon PR Ltd
Tel: +44-(0)20-7680-5500
Email: David@chameleonpr.com
Monday, April 9, 2007
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS
09/04/2007
HATBORO, Pennsylvania, April 9 /PRNewswire/ --
- IGCE Responds to Conference Logjam
It was announced this past week that the IGCE Conference, scheduled for
May 6-8 in Dublin, Ireland, had been postponed. Despite heralded successes in
2006, in Costa Rica and Ireland, Federico Schiavio, Director of Conferences
for The Sports Network, indicated that the decision was a response to
speakers, sponsors, attendees and exhibitors.
"There is an obvious logjam when it comes to conferences these days,
particularly in the area of gaming, due to heightened involvement of
governments from the U.S. to China, and the direction of the industry,"
stated Mr. Schiavio when interviewed. "The bandwagon is starting to list
perceptively. Consequently, while we enjoyed rewarding responsiveness to our
own entries into this arena last year, it was incumbent upon us to recognize
the situation and realistically react to our core audience. That meant
addressing the bottleneck in a manner that would allow everyone who wanted to
come to our conference to do so by rescheduling and determining a venue that
was acceptable and accessible to them in light of traffic difficulties that
many were facing.
"Since the IGCE, while an integral part of our corporate development," he
continued, "is not our core business, as it is with others, we can be much
more elastic and adaptable. It then allows our speakers to go elsewhere for
the exposure that many conferences afford them and does the same for the
sponsors, exhibitors and attendees who would have to spread their staff
efforts to a greater degree than they wished to do."
While reacting to the conference congestion noted by Mr. Schiavio, IGCE
also pointed out that they will be making an announcement shortly concerning
new dates for a conference in the September/October time period, together
with a venue destination.
"We are going to take conference scheduling one step further," added Mr.
Schiavio, "by surveying the very people that asked for the postponement to
help them adjust and modify their own plans regarding where they would like
to have us the hold the conference and where. The basic timeframe is set but
destinations are still open and will be selected from such locales as Macau,
Singapore, Bangkok, Milan, Madrid, Dublin, London, Budapest, Hong Kong,
Stockholm, Brussels, Lisbon and Cape Town. Candidly, all who asked ... and
the numbers dictated our decision ... made reference to the glut of
gatherings. It was apparent," he concluded, "they all want to follow us but
are prevailing upon us in fashion they would not do with others since they
know we will try to accommodate them and we have taken the first step(s) in
doing so.
"The good news is our response, bad is the postponement and good, again,
is our rescheduling."
IGCE has indicated that all inquiries regarding speaking at the
conference, attendance, exhibiting and sponsorship must be made between now
and July 30th following the forthcoming release of specific dates and
destination.
Additional information on the conference is available by emailing
info@igconference.com, contacting Federico Schiavio at
fschiavio@igconference.com or by calling +1-215-441-5887.
About The International Gaming Conference & Expo
The IGCE was created to address issues within the gaming industry and to
cover land-based ventures and online Internet efforts. Its founders are
experts within the industry and each conference is focused upon coverage of
every topic of interest and importance to its attendees with a reach and
reputation that is able to gather together the most important voices within
the industry on an international level.
Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com
http://www.igconference.com
The International Gaming Conference & Expo
HATBORO, Pennsylvania, April 9 /PRNewswire/ --
- IGCE Responds to Conference Logjam
It was announced this past week that the IGCE Conference, scheduled for
May 6-8 in Dublin, Ireland, had been postponed. Despite heralded successes in
2006, in Costa Rica and Ireland, Federico Schiavio, Director of Conferences
for The Sports Network, indicated that the decision was a response to
speakers, sponsors, attendees and exhibitors.
"There is an obvious logjam when it comes to conferences these days,
particularly in the area of gaming, due to heightened involvement of
governments from the U.S. to China, and the direction of the industry,"
stated Mr. Schiavio when interviewed. "The bandwagon is starting to list
perceptively. Consequently, while we enjoyed rewarding responsiveness to our
own entries into this arena last year, it was incumbent upon us to recognize
the situation and realistically react to our core audience. That meant
addressing the bottleneck in a manner that would allow everyone who wanted to
come to our conference to do so by rescheduling and determining a venue that
was acceptable and accessible to them in light of traffic difficulties that
many were facing.
"Since the IGCE, while an integral part of our corporate development," he
continued, "is not our core business, as it is with others, we can be much
more elastic and adaptable. It then allows our speakers to go elsewhere for
the exposure that many conferences afford them and does the same for the
sponsors, exhibitors and attendees who would have to spread their staff
efforts to a greater degree than they wished to do."
While reacting to the conference congestion noted by Mr. Schiavio, IGCE
also pointed out that they will be making an announcement shortly concerning
new dates for a conference in the September/October time period, together
with a venue destination.
"We are going to take conference scheduling one step further," added Mr.
Schiavio, "by surveying the very people that asked for the postponement to
help them adjust and modify their own plans regarding where they would like
to have us the hold the conference and where. The basic timeframe is set but
destinations are still open and will be selected from such locales as Macau,
Singapore, Bangkok, Milan, Madrid, Dublin, London, Budapest, Hong Kong,
Stockholm, Brussels, Lisbon and Cape Town. Candidly, all who asked ... and
the numbers dictated our decision ... made reference to the glut of
gatherings. It was apparent," he concluded, "they all want to follow us but
are prevailing upon us in fashion they would not do with others since they
know we will try to accommodate them and we have taken the first step(s) in
doing so.
"The good news is our response, bad is the postponement and good, again,
is our rescheduling."
IGCE has indicated that all inquiries regarding speaking at the
conference, attendance, exhibiting and sponsorship must be made between now
and July 30th following the forthcoming release of specific dates and
destination.
Additional information on the conference is available by emailing
info@igconference.com, contacting Federico Schiavio at
fschiavio@igconference.com or by calling +1-215-441-5887.
About The International Gaming Conference & Expo
The IGCE was created to address issues within the gaming industry and to
cover land-based ventures and online Internet efforts. Its founders are
experts within the industry and each conference is focused upon coverage of
every topic of interest and importance to its attendees with a reach and
reputation that is able to gather together the most important voices within
the industry on an international level.
Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com
http://www.igconference.com
The International Gaming Conference & Expo
Saturday, April 7, 2007
ANNOUNCING DADDY: NUMBER 1
07/04/2007
DADDY
DADDY
Number 1, 96 pages
http://www.daddythemagazine.com
Javier Peres is very pleased to present the inaugural issue of DADDY, a quarterly journal of art published in an edition of 2000.
DADDY is an image-based publication made just for you.
DADDY is available at Peres Projects Los Angeles (969 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, California, US); Peres Projects Berlin (Schlesische Str. 26, 10997 Berlin, Germany); Art Metropole, Toronto; The MOCA Store, Los Angeles; Printed Matter, Inc., NY; PRO QM, Berlin, Germany.
For further information or reproductions please contact Kathy Garcia at tel. (213) 617-1100 or daddy@daddythemagazine.com
For more information go to: http://www.daddythemagazine.com
AOL users click here
for more information.
Electronic Flux Corporation
295 Greenwich st, #532, NYC NY 10007
DADDY
DADDY
Number 1, 96 pages
http://www.daddythemagazine.com
Javier Peres is very pleased to present the inaugural issue of DADDY, a quarterly journal of art published in an edition of 2000.
DADDY is an image-based publication made just for you.
DADDY is available at Peres Projects Los Angeles (969 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, California, US); Peres Projects Berlin (Schlesische Str. 26, 10997 Berlin, Germany); Art Metropole, Toronto; The MOCA Store, Los Angeles; Printed Matter, Inc., NY; PRO QM, Berlin, Germany.
For further information or reproductions please contact Kathy Garcia at tel. (213) 617-1100 or daddy@daddythemagazine.com
For more information go to: http://www.daddythemagazine.com
AOL users click here
for more information.
Electronic Flux Corporation
295 Greenwich st, #532, NYC NY 10007
OUT NOW: CONTEMPORARY ART IN SINGAPORE
07/04/2007
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore
Out Now: Contemporary Art in Singapore
Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and
Eugene Tan
ISBN 978-981-05-6461-2
23cm x 28cm
For enquiries / mail order, call +65 6340 9102
or email icas@lasalle.edu.sg
LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) is pleased to inform you of the launch of Contemporary Art in Singapore, a book that seeks to introduce the general audience to the development of contemporary art in Singapore from the 1970's till the present day.
Curated and written by Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan, Contemporary Art in Singapore features works by established and emerging artists who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary art practice including Cheo Chai-Hiang, Heman Chong, Chua Ek Kay, Amanda Heng, Jeremy Hiah, Ho Tzu Nyen, Salleh Japar, Khiew Huey Chian, Kill Your Television (KYTV), Koh Nguang How, Zai Kuning, kAI Lam/Zulkifle Mahmod/Pink Ark, Jane Lee, Luis Lee, Lee Wen, Vincent Leow, Jason Lim, Lim Shing Ee, Susie Lingham, Francis Ng, Matthew Ngui, Donna Ong, Ana Prvacki, Milenko Prvacki, Rizman Putra, Colin G Reaney, Jeremy Sharma, Shirley Soh, Tan Kai Syng, Margaret Tan, Michael Tan, The Artists Village (TAV), Suzann Victor, Ian Woo, Woon Tien Wei, Juliana Yasin and Ye Shufang.
With incisive explanatory texts on each artist's seminal works, methodologies, critical positions, key biographical points and significant exhibitions alongside visual essays, the book is an insightful overview of the burgeoning contemporary art practice in Singapore and its relationship with the international art world over the last three decades.
While there has been a considerable level of critical discussion and analysis of contemporary art in Singapore over this period, Contemporary Art in Singapore is one of the few systematic attempts to theoretically and historically contextualise it.
Contemporary Art in Singapore is published by LASALLE's Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, with support from the National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Art Show.
PUBLICATION INFO
Contemporary Art in Singapore
Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan
ISBN 978-981-05-6461-2
23cm x 28cm
For enquiries / mail order, call +65 6340 9102 or email icas@lasalle.edu.sg
Note on the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore
Since its formation in 2004 as a division of LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore has positioned itself at the forefront of research, creation, interpretation and exhibition of international and Asian contemporary visual arts, media arts and design.
Through research, conferences, publications and exhibitions, ICA Singapore seeks to forge a network of relationships with artists, curators, researchers and institutions both in Asia and internationally, and be a catalyst for their creative expression and active engagement with their respective audiences.
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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore
Out Now: Contemporary Art in Singapore
Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and
Eugene Tan
ISBN 978-981-05-6461-2
23cm x 28cm
For enquiries / mail order, call +65 6340 9102
or email icas@lasalle.edu.sg
LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) is pleased to inform you of the launch of Contemporary Art in Singapore, a book that seeks to introduce the general audience to the development of contemporary art in Singapore from the 1970's till the present day.
Curated and written by Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan, Contemporary Art in Singapore features works by established and emerging artists who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary art practice including Cheo Chai-Hiang, Heman Chong, Chua Ek Kay, Amanda Heng, Jeremy Hiah, Ho Tzu Nyen, Salleh Japar, Khiew Huey Chian, Kill Your Television (KYTV), Koh Nguang How, Zai Kuning, kAI Lam/Zulkifle Mahmod/Pink Ark, Jane Lee, Luis Lee, Lee Wen, Vincent Leow, Jason Lim, Lim Shing Ee, Susie Lingham, Francis Ng, Matthew Ngui, Donna Ong, Ana Prvacki, Milenko Prvacki, Rizman Putra, Colin G Reaney, Jeremy Sharma, Shirley Soh, Tan Kai Syng, Margaret Tan, Michael Tan, The Artists Village (TAV), Suzann Victor, Ian Woo, Woon Tien Wei, Juliana Yasin and Ye Shufang.
With incisive explanatory texts on each artist's seminal works, methodologies, critical positions, key biographical points and significant exhibitions alongside visual essays, the book is an insightful overview of the burgeoning contemporary art practice in Singapore and its relationship with the international art world over the last three decades.
While there has been a considerable level of critical discussion and analysis of contemporary art in Singapore over this period, Contemporary Art in Singapore is one of the few systematic attempts to theoretically and historically contextualise it.
Contemporary Art in Singapore is published by LASALLE's Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, with support from the National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Art Show.
PUBLICATION INFO
Contemporary Art in Singapore
Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan
ISBN 978-981-05-6461-2
23cm x 28cm
For enquiries / mail order, call +65 6340 9102 or email icas@lasalle.edu.sg
Note on the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore
Since its formation in 2004 as a division of LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore has positioned itself at the forefront of research, creation, interpretation and exhibition of international and Asian contemporary visual arts, media arts and design.
Through research, conferences, publications and exhibitions, ICA Singapore seeks to forge a network of relationships with artists, curators, researchers and institutions both in Asia and internationally, and be a catalyst for their creative expression and active engagement with their respective audiences.
For more information go to: http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/secondary.html
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for more information.
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Friday, April 6, 2007
IT IS NOW SIMPLY 'WIMBA'
06/04/2007
NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- Horizon Wimba Name Change Reflects Brand Simplification
Horizon Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach
people, announced today that it has changed its name to Wimba. The company
will continue to offer the same collaborative software and services to its
education customers, while rationalizing the brand.
Wimba's brand reconciliation will eliminate the multiple monikers and
identities that currently define the company.
"We've been known as Horizon Wimba, HorizonLive and even Wimba since
HorizonLive and Wimba merger in 2004," said Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Wimba.
"We want our customers to identify us by our incredible products and
committed customer service-period. To date, our brand has been known for
having multiple names and identities and this shift addresses that reality."
Staying the Same:
The products and services upon which education institutions worldwide
have grown to trust and rely won't change. Wimba will support its products
and customers as it always has.
Wimba's new tagline: People Teach People.
Wimba enables the achievement of key pedagogical objectives that cannot
be reached with standard course management systems. Such objectives include
fostering instructive dialogue, creating hands-on interaction, and ensuring
access to as many students as possible. The software helps students and
teachers connect by combining interactive technologies such as voice, video,
podcasting, content authoring, assessment, and instant messaging with an
educators' mission to stimulate the most powerful educational tool of all
time -- the mind.
The tagline reflects Wimba's belief that while technology is a
significant enabler of education, at the end of the day it is people who
teach people.
New product offering: The Wimba Collaboration Bundle
The Wimba Collaboration Bundle offers a rich array of collaborative tools
that allow faculty to retain the highly personal and lively nature of
traditional classroom instruction. From voice to video, from podcasting to
content authoring to instant messaging, the Collaboration Bundle works
seamlessly within existing online courses so instructors never need a new
username or password, and never have to leave their familiar online course
environments.
New company division: Wimba Publishing Services
Wimba Publishing Services knows that a textbook isn't simply a textbook
anymore -- it's part of a collection of learning materials tailored by the
demands of a school's professors and students. Wimba Publishing Services
combines the Company's expertise in providing services for academic
publishing companies with its expertise in collaborative technologies to help
schools and publishers create compelling offerings for delivering and
assessing content in all disciplines.
About Wimba
Wimba is a company focused solely on education and dedicated to the
principle that people learn more when they are drawn closer together. Our
collaborative software applications for the online education market enable
institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course
management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person learning
environments. Wimba's intuitive solutions enable educators and students to
quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live chat and
instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added to
text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba solutions
to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible web pages and to create
and administer tests, quizzes, and exams. Our focus on education and
collaboration with educators fuels our product development.
Wimba. People Teach People. http://www.wimba.com
Web site: http://www.wimba.com
Wimba
NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- Horizon Wimba Name Change Reflects Brand Simplification
Horizon Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach
people, announced today that it has changed its name to Wimba. The company
will continue to offer the same collaborative software and services to its
education customers, while rationalizing the brand.
Wimba's brand reconciliation will eliminate the multiple monikers and
identities that currently define the company.
"We've been known as Horizon Wimba, HorizonLive and even Wimba since
HorizonLive and Wimba merger in 2004," said Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Wimba.
"We want our customers to identify us by our incredible products and
committed customer service-period. To date, our brand has been known for
having multiple names and identities and this shift addresses that reality."
Staying the Same:
The products and services upon which education institutions worldwide
have grown to trust and rely won't change. Wimba will support its products
and customers as it always has.
Wimba's new tagline: People Teach People.
Wimba enables the achievement of key pedagogical objectives that cannot
be reached with standard course management systems. Such objectives include
fostering instructive dialogue, creating hands-on interaction, and ensuring
access to as many students as possible. The software helps students and
teachers connect by combining interactive technologies such as voice, video,
podcasting, content authoring, assessment, and instant messaging with an
educators' mission to stimulate the most powerful educational tool of all
time -- the mind.
The tagline reflects Wimba's belief that while technology is a
significant enabler of education, at the end of the day it is people who
teach people.
New product offering: The Wimba Collaboration Bundle
The Wimba Collaboration Bundle offers a rich array of collaborative tools
that allow faculty to retain the highly personal and lively nature of
traditional classroom instruction. From voice to video, from podcasting to
content authoring to instant messaging, the Collaboration Bundle works
seamlessly within existing online courses so instructors never need a new
username or password, and never have to leave their familiar online course
environments.
New company division: Wimba Publishing Services
Wimba Publishing Services knows that a textbook isn't simply a textbook
anymore -- it's part of a collection of learning materials tailored by the
demands of a school's professors and students. Wimba Publishing Services
combines the Company's expertise in providing services for academic
publishing companies with its expertise in collaborative technologies to help
schools and publishers create compelling offerings for delivering and
assessing content in all disciplines.
About Wimba
Wimba is a company focused solely on education and dedicated to the
principle that people learn more when they are drawn closer together. Our
collaborative software applications for the online education market enable
institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course
management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person learning
environments. Wimba's intuitive solutions enable educators and students to
quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live chat and
instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added to
text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba solutions
to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible web pages and to create
and administer tests, quizzes, and exams. Our focus on education and
collaboration with educators fuels our product development.
Wimba. People Teach People. http://www.wimba.com
Web site: http://www.wimba.com
Wimba
CIRCA ISSUE 119, SPRING 2007 OUT NOW!
06/04/2007
Circa
Circa Issue 119, Spring 2007
Circa Art Magazine
43 / 44 Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
Phone: +353 1 67 97 388
editor@recirca.com
http://www.recirca.com
subscriptions / purchase / PDFs: http://www.recirca.com/subscribe
The spring issue of Ireland's leading magazine for contemporary visual art is now on sale. The 112 full-colour pages include news, feature articles, reviews, projects, a host of images, and advertising from Ireland's main art spaces.
Feature articles
If you build it, will they come? – and what will they do when they get there? Gemma Tipton looks at new art spaces around Ireland, how they're functioning, what they're doing right or wrong Vox pop: what art would you buy? If money were no object, what art would those questioned want in their collection? All's fair? Peter FitzGerald interviews Helen Mason, curator of a new art fair in Dublin this May Everything is something else Declan Long writes about the work of Patrick Hall Archive, archive, archive! Julie Bacon on art's new(ish) interest in the archive
Reviews
Belfast Felt experience Slavka Sverakova Belfast / Derry Miriam de Búrca: Stealing weeds and me taken out David Hughes Cork Niamh Lawlor and partners: Based on a true story: A seminar on mis-information Treasa O'Brien Derry Christine Mackey: Points of departure Julie Bacon Dublin Drawing is a verb. Drawing is a noun / The square root of drawing / Getting on mother's nerves – psychological drama in contemporary drawing Siún Hanrahan Makiko Nakamura Paintings Donal Maguire John Gerrard: Dark portraits Paul O'Brien .all hawaii eNtrées / luNar reGGae Eimear McKeith Santa's sweet-shop labour force elves (Nevan Lahart and others): X-mass the spot Tim Stott Matt Stokes: Lost in the rhythm Chris Fite-Wassilak and David Beattie Galway Tulca Katherine Waugh New York Corban Walker: Grid stack Tim Maul Portadown Victor Sloan and Glenn Patterson : Luxus David Hughes Sligo Jaki Irvine: In a world like this Aileen Blaney Book John Onians, edi
tor: Compression vs. expression: Containing and explaining the world's art Brian Curtin DVD Gary Coyle and Stephen Gardner: The Sea Aileen Blaney
Also available for online purchase: Space: Architecture for Art, a Circa book on the theory and practice of art spaces; it includes a comprehensive directory to visual-arts spaces throughout the island of Ireland. More information at http://www.recirca.com/space
Buy or subscribe to Circa Art Magazine at http://www.recirca.com/subscribe (you can also buy gift subscriptions and PDFs here).
Scans of the pages of the first 110 issues of Circa are now accessible online at http://www.recirca.com/scans
Circa is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Culture Ireland.
For more information go to: http://www.recirca.com
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Circa
Circa Issue 119, Spring 2007
Circa Art Magazine
43 / 44 Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
Phone: +353 1 67 97 388
editor@recirca.com
http://www.recirca.com
subscriptions / purchase / PDFs: http://www.recirca.com/subscribe
The spring issue of Ireland's leading magazine for contemporary visual art is now on sale. The 112 full-colour pages include news, feature articles, reviews, projects, a host of images, and advertising from Ireland's main art spaces.
Feature articles
If you build it, will they come? – and what will they do when they get there? Gemma Tipton looks at new art spaces around Ireland, how they're functioning, what they're doing right or wrong Vox pop: what art would you buy? If money were no object, what art would those questioned want in their collection? All's fair? Peter FitzGerald interviews Helen Mason, curator of a new art fair in Dublin this May Everything is something else Declan Long writes about the work of Patrick Hall Archive, archive, archive! Julie Bacon on art's new(ish) interest in the archive
Reviews
Belfast Felt experience Slavka Sverakova Belfast / Derry Miriam de Búrca: Stealing weeds and me taken out David Hughes Cork Niamh Lawlor and partners: Based on a true story: A seminar on mis-information Treasa O'Brien Derry Christine Mackey: Points of departure Julie Bacon Dublin Drawing is a verb. Drawing is a noun / The square root of drawing / Getting on mother's nerves – psychological drama in contemporary drawing Siún Hanrahan Makiko Nakamura Paintings Donal Maguire John Gerrard: Dark portraits Paul O'Brien .all hawaii eNtrées / luNar reGGae Eimear McKeith Santa's sweet-shop labour force elves (Nevan Lahart and others): X-mass the spot Tim Stott Matt Stokes: Lost in the rhythm Chris Fite-Wassilak and David Beattie Galway Tulca Katherine Waugh New York Corban Walker: Grid stack Tim Maul Portadown Victor Sloan and Glenn Patterson : Luxus David Hughes Sligo Jaki Irvine: In a world like this Aileen Blaney Book John Onians, edi
tor: Compression vs. expression: Containing and explaining the world's art Brian Curtin DVD Gary Coyle and Stephen Gardner: The Sea Aileen Blaney
Also available for online purchase: Space: Architecture for Art, a Circa book on the theory and practice of art spaces; it includes a comprehensive directory to visual-arts spaces throughout the island of Ireland. More information at http://www.recirca.com/space
Buy or subscribe to Circa Art Magazine at http://www.recirca.com/subscribe (you can also buy gift subscriptions and PDFs here).
Scans of the pages of the first 110 issues of Circa are now accessible online at http://www.recirca.com/scans
Circa is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Culture Ireland.
For more information go to: http://www.recirca.com
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for more information.
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FRAPORT PIONEERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CHINESE AIR
06/04/2007
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- Xi'an Airport Participation Signed Today
Fraport AG is the first foreign airport operator to invest in
a Chinese airport that is not listed on the stock exchange. "We are playing a
pioneering role in this important area and I think we can certainly be proud
of this success," declared Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Wilhelm
Bender.
This morning in China, Bender inked an important international project
for the Frankfurt-based airport company. Fraport AG is taking a 24.5-percent
share in Xi'an Airport located in central China and will take charge of the
airport's operational optimization and commercial development.
Fraport will be investing approximately EUR50 million in the total
project. Approval from the Chinese authorities and completion of the
transaction is expected in the third quarter of 2007.
Bender stressed that Fraport is now opening a new chapter of
activities in China - Asia's other booming growth market - following the
company's airport concession contract signed in Delhi, India, last year. He
described the company's participation in Xi'an as a "first step" and
indicated that Fraport intends to expand its activities in the Chinese
market.
Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, has a population of
about 7.2 million. It was once China's first imperial city. The famous silk
road begins at Xi'an and the city is especially known for its world-famous
two-thousand-year old Terra Cotta Warriors - China's second-biggest tourist
attraction after Peking.
Negotiations for Fraport's investment in Xi'an started in
November 2005. The airport's previous and exclusive owner, the state-owned
China West Airport Group, will retain the majority of shares. Fraport's
second project partner is China National Aviation Corporation (Group)
Limited, with whom Fraport has been cooperating on other projects for many
years.
Xi'an Airport welcomed about 9.4 million passengers in 2006.
For the current year, the airport expects almost 11 million passengers. Built
at the beginning of the 1990s, the airport is located about 30 kilometers
from the city center.
Xi'an Airport currently has only one runway. However, plans
call for adding a second runway and expanding the passenger terminals.
Shaanxi Province is a center of the Chinese aerospace industry. Therefore,
Xi'an also has gained a reputation as one of China's leading academic
centers.
For More Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press
Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM)
60547 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547
Fax: +49-69-690-60548
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
Internet: http://www.fraport.de/
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- Xi'an Airport Participation Signed Today
Fraport AG is the first foreign airport operator to invest in
a Chinese airport that is not listed on the stock exchange. "We are playing a
pioneering role in this important area and I think we can certainly be proud
of this success," declared Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Wilhelm
Bender.
This morning in China, Bender inked an important international project
for the Frankfurt-based airport company. Fraport AG is taking a 24.5-percent
share in Xi'an Airport located in central China and will take charge of the
airport's operational optimization and commercial development.
Fraport will be investing approximately EUR50 million in the total
project. Approval from the Chinese authorities and completion of the
transaction is expected in the third quarter of 2007.
Bender stressed that Fraport is now opening a new chapter of
activities in China - Asia's other booming growth market - following the
company's airport concession contract signed in Delhi, India, last year. He
described the company's participation in Xi'an as a "first step" and
indicated that Fraport intends to expand its activities in the Chinese
market.
Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, has a population of
about 7.2 million. It was once China's first imperial city. The famous silk
road begins at Xi'an and the city is especially known for its world-famous
two-thousand-year old Terra Cotta Warriors - China's second-biggest tourist
attraction after Peking.
Negotiations for Fraport's investment in Xi'an started in
November 2005. The airport's previous and exclusive owner, the state-owned
China West Airport Group, will retain the majority of shares. Fraport's
second project partner is China National Aviation Corporation (Group)
Limited, with whom Fraport has been cooperating on other projects for many
years.
Xi'an Airport welcomed about 9.4 million passengers in 2006.
For the current year, the airport expects almost 11 million passengers. Built
at the beginning of the 1990s, the airport is located about 30 kilometers
from the city center.
Xi'an Airport currently has only one runway. However, plans
call for adding a second runway and expanding the passenger terminals.
Shaanxi Province is a center of the Chinese aerospace industry. Therefore,
Xi'an also has gained a reputation as one of China's leading academic
centers.
For More Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press
Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM)
60547 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547
Fax: +49-69-690-60548
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
Internet: http://www.fraport.de/
Thursday, April 5, 2007
MECHEL REPORTS ITS OPERATIONAL RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2007
05/04/2007
MOSCOW, April 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading vertically-integrated mining
and metals companies, announced today its operational results for the first
quarter of 2007.
Product First quarter of 2007, First quarter of 2007 vs. first
thousand tonnes quarter of 2006, %
Coal 4,543 + 13
Coking Coal 2,223 0
Steam Coal 2,320 + 30
Iron Ore Concentrate 1,095 - 3
Nickel 4.1 + 22
Coke 959 + 82
Pig Iron 930 + 13
Steel 1,488 + 9
Rolled Products 1,274 + 19
Flat Products 112 + 28
Long Products 756 + 35
Semi-Finished Products 406 - 4
Forgings 21 + 47
Stampings 25 - 2
Hardware 158 + 18
Alexey Ivanushkin, Mechel's Chief Operating Officer, commented: "The
first quarter of 2007 witnessed growth in both of our segments - mining and
steel production. Coal production output growth was mainly due to an increase
in the production of steam coal, which exceeded production of coking coal in
our South Kuzbass plant for the first time in history. We also continued to
scale up our production of nickel given the unprecedented growth in prices
for nonferrous metals. During the quarter, the price of nickel exceeded
US$50,000 per tonne. In the steel segment, positive results were largely due
to the company's progress in increasing the share of concasted steel while
reducing costs by decreasing the amount of materials consumed in flat steel
production. We recently commissioned two concasters at our Chelyabinsk
metallurgical plant and our Romanian plant, Mechel Targoviste. We also
continued to increase production output of higher-value end products such as
long and flat products as well as hardware, while reducing the production of
semi-finished products. In stampings production, we concentrated on the
production from high-end quality steel, which brought about a slight decrease
in production volumes of plain stampings. To achieve this production, we
increased output of specialty steel forgings at our Chelyabinsk metallurgical
plant. The sharp increase in coke production was achieved due to the
acquisition of the Moscow Coke and Gas plant, as well as the commissioning of
a new coking battery at our Chelyabinsk metallurgical plant last year.
Mechel OAO
Irina Ostryakova
Director of Communications
Phone: +7-495-221-88-88
Fax: +7-495-221-88-00
irina.ostryakova@mechel.com
Mechel is one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies. Mechel
unites producers of coal, iron ore, nickel, steel, rolled products, and
hardware. Mechel products are marketed domestically and internationally.
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of Mechel, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of
the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to caution
you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or
results may differ materially. We do not intend to update these statements.
We refer you to the documents Mechel files from time to time with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 20-F. These documents
contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the
section captioned "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements" in our Form 20-F, that could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of
anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent
acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain
necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in
the Russian economic, political and legal environment, volatility in stock
markets or in the price of our shares or ADRs, financial risk management and
the impact of general business and global economic conditions.
MOSCOW, April 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading vertically-integrated mining
and metals companies, announced today its operational results for the first
quarter of 2007.
Product First quarter of 2007, First quarter of 2007 vs. first
thousand tonnes quarter of 2006, %
Coal 4,543 + 13
Coking Coal 2,223 0
Steam Coal 2,320 + 30
Iron Ore Concentrate 1,095 - 3
Nickel 4.1 + 22
Coke 959 + 82
Pig Iron 930 + 13
Steel 1,488 + 9
Rolled Products 1,274 + 19
Flat Products 112 + 28
Long Products 756 + 35
Semi-Finished Products 406 - 4
Forgings 21 + 47
Stampings 25 - 2
Hardware 158 + 18
Alexey Ivanushkin, Mechel's Chief Operating Officer, commented: "The
first quarter of 2007 witnessed growth in both of our segments - mining and
steel production. Coal production output growth was mainly due to an increase
in the production of steam coal, which exceeded production of coking coal in
our South Kuzbass plant for the first time in history. We also continued to
scale up our production of nickel given the unprecedented growth in prices
for nonferrous metals. During the quarter, the price of nickel exceeded
US$50,000 per tonne. In the steel segment, positive results were largely due
to the company's progress in increasing the share of concasted steel while
reducing costs by decreasing the amount of materials consumed in flat steel
production. We recently commissioned two concasters at our Chelyabinsk
metallurgical plant and our Romanian plant, Mechel Targoviste. We also
continued to increase production output of higher-value end products such as
long and flat products as well as hardware, while reducing the production of
semi-finished products. In stampings production, we concentrated on the
production from high-end quality steel, which brought about a slight decrease
in production volumes of plain stampings. To achieve this production, we
increased output of specialty steel forgings at our Chelyabinsk metallurgical
plant. The sharp increase in coke production was achieved due to the
acquisition of the Moscow Coke and Gas plant, as well as the commissioning of
a new coking battery at our Chelyabinsk metallurgical plant last year.
Mechel OAO
Irina Ostryakova
Director of Communications
Phone: +7-495-221-88-88
Fax: +7-495-221-88-00
irina.ostryakova@mechel.com
Mechel is one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies. Mechel
unites producers of coal, iron ore, nickel, steel, rolled products, and
hardware. Mechel products are marketed domestically and internationally.
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of Mechel, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of
the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to caution
you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or
results may differ materially. We do not intend to update these statements.
We refer you to the documents Mechel files from time to time with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 20-F. These documents
contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the
section captioned "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements" in our Form 20-F, that could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of
anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent
acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain
necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in
the Russian economic, political and legal environment, volatility in stock
markets or in the price of our shares or ADRs, financial risk management and
the impact of general business and global economic conditions.
CITY MERCHANTS HIGH YIELD TRUST PLC - FINAL RESULT
05/04/2007
City Merchants High Yield Trust plc
Unaudited Preliminary Announcement of Final Results
For the year to 31 December 2006
Performance Statistics
At At
31 December 31 December %
2006 2005 Change
Total Return
Total Return per Ordinary Share (NAV) +11.7
FTSE All-Share Index +16.7
FTSE Government Securities - All Stocks +0.7
Index
Capital Return
Net asset value per Ordinary Share 179.73p 175.59p +2.4
Mid-market price per Ordinary Share 190.25p 181.75p +4.7
Premium per Ordinary Share 5.9% 3.5%
FTSE All-Share Index +13.2
FTSE Government Securities - All Stocks - 4.5
Index
Gearing
Asset gearing 101 114
Actual gearing 111 121
Total expense ratio # 1.4% 1.6%
# The total expense ratio for 2005 is based on `old' City Merchants High Yield
Trust expenses to the merger date and the Company expenses from then to 31
December 2005, excluding merger costs.
Chairman's Statement
Introduction
It is my privilege and pleasure to present my first annual report as Chairman
of City Merchants High Yield Trust.
The Company continued to make good progress over the last year. We have
produced a net asset value total return of 11.7%. This is less than the total
return on the FTSE All-Share Index of 16.7% over the same period, but compares
very favourably with the average return of the funds in the Investment
Management Association's UK Other Bond sector of 3.8%. Indeed, we out-performed
every fund in this sector over the year.
Investor demand for the Company's shares has continued to be strong. Using the
authority granted at the 2006 AGM, the Company has raised £4,279,159 by the
issue of new ordinary shares at an average premium of 5.7% to the net asset
value prevailing at the time of issue, enhancing the Company's net assets by
approximately £230,000 and providing a modest increase in net asset value per
share for existing shareholders.
Dividends
The Company has paid dividends in the last financial year of 17.4p per share,
including the 5.4p per share special dividend arising from the merger in 2005.
This is the fourth year the Company has maintained a dividend of 12p per share.
It remains the Board's objective to continue paying a total dividend of 12p per
share in equal instalments. As noted in the Manager's Report in the Annual
Report and Accounts, it has, however, become increasingly difficult to acquire
high-yield stocks with coupons at the levels previously obtained without
incurring additional risk.
Market Background
As detailed in the Manager's Report in the Annual Report and Accounts, the most
striking feature of 2006 was the continued appetite for risk among investors.
The demand for yield was such that premiums in the high-yield markets over
government debt continued to reduce. Against a market background characterised
by high valuations and low volatility, we have maintained a relatively cautious
investment stance. We expect this to continue in 2007 and would not expect to
make significant capital gains. We hope, however, to continue to deliver a
worthwhile total return with a high-income focus.
The Board
We were pleased to welcome Christopher FitzGerald as a new non-executive
Director of the Company on 1 January 2007. Christopher's wide experience of our
regulatory environment and the law governing investment markets will prove to
be invaluable and of great benefit to the Company and its shareholders.
Our warm thanks are due to Peregrine Banbury who retired as a Director on 4 May
2006. Peregrine was Chairman of the Company, then Exeter Selective Assets
Trusts Plc, prior to and during the merger with "old" City Merchants. His
assistance at that time was of particular value to shareholders.
On behalf of shareholders and for myself and my colleagues, I would like to pay
particular tribute to Peter O'Connor who retired as a Director and Chairman of
the Company on 31 December 2006. Peter was also Chairman of "old" City
Merchants from its incorporation in 1991. His wise counsel and leadership over
the past fifteen years have guided both Companies through a wide variety of
market conditions and circumstances. My fellow Directors and I wish Peter the
very best for the future.
Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")
On 26 February 2007, an EGM of shareholders was held in order to seek renewal
of the Directors' authority to issue new ordinary shares, as the Company had
previously used all of its authority to allot shares and thereby satisfy
investor demand. The use of the share issuance authority is consistent with the
Board's long-term ambition to increase the size of the Company by a combination
of growth in underlying asset values and the issue of additional equity
capital, so that the market capitalisation exceeds £100 million and the Company
is able to attract a wider range of investors with a concomitant improvement in
the liquidity of its shares.
At the EGM, shareholders were also asked to authorise the purchase of the
Company's deferred shares for cancellation. These deferred shares had been
created for technical reasons as part of the mechanics of the merger with
Exeter Selective Assets Trust plc in 2005 and it had been intended that they be
repurchased for a nominal sum and cancelled by the Company following completion
of the merger process. Having received shareholder approval at the EGM, this
last item of post-merger administration is now being finalised.
Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Your attention is drawn to two items of Special Business to be proposed at the
AGM as Special Resolutions and one item of Special Business to be proposed as
an Ordinary Resolution:
Special Resolutions
* Issuance of New Shares and Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights
Your Board is seeking authority to issue up to an aggregate nominal amount of £
97,260 new ordinary shares, being 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital, disapplying pre-emption rights. This authority will allow a limited
issue of new shares without them first having to be offered to existing
shareholders, thereby broadening the shareholder base of the Company. These
powers will not be exercised to issue shares at a price below net asset value
so that the interests of existing shareholders are not diluted. The authority,
set out in Special Resolution 6, will expire at the AGM in 2008.
* BuyBack of up to 14.99% of Ordinary Share Capital
Your Board seeks to renew the authority to buy back up to 14.99% of the
Company's issued ordinary shares. Acquisition under this authority will be
subject to restrictions referred to in the notice of AGM. Again, the interests
of existing shareholders will be protected and the authority will expire at the
AGM in 2008.
Ordinary Resolution
* Continuation of the Company
The Directors seek authorisation to be released from their obligation under the
Company's Articles of Association to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting
of the Company to be held in 2007 at which an extraordinary resolution would be
proposed to wind up the Company.
Your Directors have carefully considered all the resolutions proposed in the
notice of Annual General Meeting and believe them to be in the best interests
of shareholders. The Directors therefore recommend that shareholders vote in
favour of each resolution.
I look forward to seeing shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the
Company on 5 June 2007 when they will have an opportunity to meet members of
the Board and the portfolio managers.
Clive Nicholson
Chairman
5 April 2007
Income Statement
For the year ended For the period
31 December 2006 1 April to 31 December 2005
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Gains on - 4,040 4,040 - 394 394
investments
Exchange gains/ - 227 227 - (318) (318)
(losses)
Income 6,924 - 6,924 1,241 - 1,241
Investment (526) (283) (809) (110) (32) (142)
management fee
Other expenses (423) (5) (428) (209) (776) (985)
Net return before 5,975 3,979 9,954 922 (732) 190
finance costs and
taxation
Interest payable (334) (180) (514) (14) (7) (21)
and similar charges
Return on ordinary 5,641 3,799 9,440 908 (739) 169
activities before
taxation
Taxation (6) - (6) 2,600 - 2,600
Return on ordinary 5,635 3,799 9,434 3,508 (739) 2,769
activities after
taxation
Return per ordinary 12.03p 8.11p 20.14p 24.84p ( 5.23)p 19.61p
share
The Total column represents the Company's profit and loss account. The
supplementary revenue and capital columns are presented for information
purposes as recommended by the guidance note issued by the Association of
Investment Companies. All items in the above statement derive from continuing
operations and the Company has no other gains or losses; therefore no statement
of recognised gains or losses is presented. No operations were acquired or
discontinued in the year.
Reconciliation of Movements in Shareholders' Funds
Capital
Share Capital Capital Reserve-
Share Premium Special Redemption Reserve- Unrealised Revenue
Capital Account Reserve Reserve Realised Restated Reserve Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Balance at 279 35,269 11,644 8,301 (44,816) (602) 2,555 12,630
1 April
2005
Return for - - - - (1,007) 268 3,508 2,769
the period
from income
statement
Issue of 756 65,167 - - - - - 65,923
new shares
Balance at 1,035 100,436 11,644 8,301 (45,823) (334) 6,063 81,322
31 December
2005
Return for - - - - 1,060 2,739 5,635 9,434
the year
from income
statement
Dividends - - - - - - (7,632) (7,632)
paid in
year
Issue of 47 4,232 - - - - - 4,279
new shares
Balance at 1,082 104,668 11,644 8,301 (44,763) 2,405 4,066 87,403
31 December
2006
Balance Sheet
31 December 31 December
2006 2005
£'000 £'000
Non-current assets
Investments at fair value through 88,614 92,396
profit or loss
Current assets
Debtors 4,493 4,741
Cash at bank 4,419 1,749
8,912 6,490
Creditors: amounts falling due within (10,123) (17,564)
one year
Net current liabilities (1,211) (11,074)
Total assets less current liabilities 87,403 81,322
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 1,082 1,035
Share premium account 104,668 100,436
Special reserve 11,644 11,644
Capital redemption reserve 8,301 8,301
Capital reserve - realised (44,763) (45,823)
Capital reserve - unrealised 2,405 (334)
Revenue reserve 4,066 6,063
Total equity Shareholders' funds 87,403 81,322
Net asset value per Ordinary Share 179.73p 175.59p
Cash Flow Statement
For the For the
period
year ended 1 April to
31 December 31 December
2006 2005
£'000 £'000
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating 5,727 (3,112)
activities
Servicing of finance (513) (9)
Taxation (303) -
Net inflow/(outflow) from financial 7,822 (1,582)
investment
Equity dividends paid (7,632) -
Cash inflow/(outflow) before financing 5,101 (4,703)
Financing (2,431) 4,861
Increase in cash 2,670 158
Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt
£'000 £'000
Increase in cash 2,670 158
Cash outflow/(inflow) from decrease/ 6,710 (16,389)
(increase) in debt
Change in debt resulting from cash flows 9,380 (16,231)
Translation difference - exchange gains/ 227 (318)
(loss)
Movement in net debt in the period 9,607 (16,549)
Net (debt)/funds at beginning of period (14,958) 1,591
Net debt at end of period (5,351) (14,958)
Notes
1. Income
Year ended 1 April to
31 December 31 December
2006 2005
£'000 £'000
Income from listed investments
UK dividends 1,886 247
Dividend received from CMHYT plc - 250
UK unfranked investment income - interest 1,562 316
Overseas interest 3,344 240
6,792 1,053
Other income
Deposit interest 132 188
Total income 6,924 1,241
Total income comprises:
Dividends 1,886 497
Interest 5,038 744
6,924 1,241
2. Investment management fee
Year ended 31 December 1 April to 31 December
2006 2005
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Investment management fee 448 241 689 94 27 121
Irrecoverable VAT thereon 78 42 120 16 5 21
526 283 809 110 32 142
INVESCO Asset Management Limited acts as Manager to the Company under an
agreement dated 21 November 2005 terminable at any time by either party giving
no less than three months prior written notice and subject to earlier
termination without compensation in the event of a material breach of the
agreement or the insolvency of either party as provided for therein.
The fee is payable quarterly in arrears and is equal to 0.1875 per cent. (plus
VAT) of the value of the Company's total assets less current liabilities,
excluding short-term borrowings undertaken for investment purposes, under
management at the end of the relevant quarter. At 31 December 2006 £204,000
(2005: £90,600) was due for payment in respect of investment management fees.
Prior to 21 November 2005, investment management services were provided by
Exeter Asset Management Limited and the management fee was calculated at 0.75%
per annum of the total assets of the Company attributable to the portfolio.
3. Return per ordinary share
Total return per ordinary share is based on the net total return. Revenue
return per ordinary share is based on the net revenue on ordinary activities
after taxation. Capital return per ordinary share is based on the net capital
gains after taxation. All three returns are also based on 46,828,629 (period
ended 31 December 2005: 14,123,623) ordinary shares, being the weighted average
number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.
4. Net asset value per ordinary share
The net asset value per Ordinary Share at 31 December 2006 is based on net
assets of £87,403,000 and on 48,630,448 shares (2005: net assets of £81,322,000
and 46,314,748 shares), being the number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the
period end.
5. The financial information set out above does not constitute the Company's
statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006 or the period ended
2005. The financial information for 2005 is derived from the statutory accounts
for 2005 which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The auditors
have reported on the 2005 statutory accounts and their report was unqualified,
did not include a reference to any matter to which the auditors drew attention
by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a
statement under s237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. The statutory
accounts for 2006 will be finalised on the basis of the information presented
by the Directors in this preliminary announcement and will be delivered to the
Registrar of Companies following the Company's Annual General Meeting.
6. The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 2.30 pm on 5 June
2007 at 30 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG.
7. The Audited Report and Accounts will be posted to shareholders shortly.
Copies may be obtained during normal business hours from the Company's
Registered Office, 30 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG.
By order of the Board
INVESCO Asset Management Limited - Secretary
5 April 2007
GALLAHER GROUP PLC - ISSUE OF EQUITY
05/04/2007
5 April 2007
GALLAHER GROUP PLC
Allotment of Shares
On 5 April 2007 Gallaher Group Plc confirmed the allotment of 18,637 new 10p
ordinary shares in the Company in respect of options that have been exercised
under the Company's Savings Related Share Option Scheme. The shares were
allotted at the following prices:
2,359 shares at an option price of £2.97
14,364 shares at an option price of £4.43;
1,330 shares at an option price of £5.05;
553 shares at an option price of £6.81; and
31 shares at an option price of £7.22
The total number of Gallaher Group Plc shares in issue now stands at:
657,131,794 shares.
YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2008: TIME CREVASSE
05/04/2007
Yokohama Triennale
The 3rd Yokohama Triennale
YOKOHAMA 2008: International Triennale of Contemporary Art
"Time Crevasse"
September 13 – November 30, 2008
Artistic Director: Tsutomu Mizusawa
http://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/
As we entered a new millennium in the year 2001, the Yokohama Triennale, an international triennial of contemporary art, was established as a forum for new cultural production. The first Yokohama Triennale, YOKOHAMA 2001: Mega Wave—Towards a New Synthesis, was curated by Shinji Kohmoto, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Nanjo, and Akira Tatehata, and a total of 109 artists from 38 nations around the globe participated. Following the success of the first Triennale, visual artist Tadashi Kawamata realized the 2nd Yokohama Triennale in 2005, by adopting the unique concept of "Work in Progress" under the title of "Art Circus (Jumping from the Ordinary)."
YOKOHAMA 2008, Yokohama's third international triennale of contemporary art, will take place in the autumn of 2008. The organizing committee for the 3rd Yokohama Triennale is pleased to announce that Tsutomu Mizusawa, Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama, has been appointed as the Artistic Director. Through this major art exhibition set in the cosmopolitan port city of Yokohama, Mizusawa aims to reaffirm the boundless energy that art affords us. Together with the international curatorial team, Mizusawa will organize the exhibition under the overall theme "Time Crevasse."
"Time Crevasse"
Art shakes up our everyday perceptions. It gives us glimpses of the"abysses" we normally fail to notice, or perhaps pretend not to notice. It can horrify us, give us courage, console us, or provide us with what we need to face life. Art arises when we confront those abysses squarely and, by waiting attentively at the edges of "time crevasses," we can scrupulously register various forms of mutual differentiation—individual or social differences; differences of nationality, gender, generation, ethnicity, religion, and so on—including the particular circumstances in which we ourselves are currently situated.
As the Yokohama Triennale prepares to unfold for the third time, it will offer an opportunity for honest reevaluation and reaffirmation of art's essential value and power today and in the future. This forum for artistic expression will be maintained not only for the sake of mere novelty to be consumed like information, but rather so that, by confronting and accepting the myriad "crevasses" etched in their histories, people can work toward achieving a better mutual understanding of a deep and far-reaching kind.
Outline of the Exhibition
Period
September 13–November 30, 2008
Venues
Central and Waterfront Sites in Yokohama
Organizers
The Japan Foundation, The City of Yokohama, NHK, The Asahi Shimbun, The Organizing Committee for the Yokohama Triennale, et al.
Artistic Director
Tsutomu Mizusawa (Chief Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama)
Artistic Director
Tsutomu Mizusawa
Born in Yokohama in 1952. Obtained an MA from Keio University (Japan) and joined the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, as curator in 1978. Curated many exhibitions, including "MOBO, MOGA / Modern Boy, Modern Girl: Japanese Modern Art 1910–35" (1998), "Isamu Wakabayashi"(1997), "Antony Gormley: Still Moving"(1996), and "Katsura Funakoshi"(1993). He was appointed the Japanese commissioner of the "Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh" in 1993 and 1997, and of the São Paulo Biennale in 2004.
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Yokohama Triennale
The 3rd Yokohama Triennale
YOKOHAMA 2008: International Triennale of Contemporary Art
"Time Crevasse"
September 13 – November 30, 2008
Artistic Director: Tsutomu Mizusawa
http://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/
As we entered a new millennium in the year 2001, the Yokohama Triennale, an international triennial of contemporary art, was established as a forum for new cultural production. The first Yokohama Triennale, YOKOHAMA 2001: Mega Wave—Towards a New Synthesis, was curated by Shinji Kohmoto, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Nanjo, and Akira Tatehata, and a total of 109 artists from 38 nations around the globe participated. Following the success of the first Triennale, visual artist Tadashi Kawamata realized the 2nd Yokohama Triennale in 2005, by adopting the unique concept of "Work in Progress" under the title of "Art Circus (Jumping from the Ordinary)."
YOKOHAMA 2008, Yokohama's third international triennale of contemporary art, will take place in the autumn of 2008. The organizing committee for the 3rd Yokohama Triennale is pleased to announce that Tsutomu Mizusawa, Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama, has been appointed as the Artistic Director. Through this major art exhibition set in the cosmopolitan port city of Yokohama, Mizusawa aims to reaffirm the boundless energy that art affords us. Together with the international curatorial team, Mizusawa will organize the exhibition under the overall theme "Time Crevasse."
"Time Crevasse"
Art shakes up our everyday perceptions. It gives us glimpses of the"abysses" we normally fail to notice, or perhaps pretend not to notice. It can horrify us, give us courage, console us, or provide us with what we need to face life. Art arises when we confront those abysses squarely and, by waiting attentively at the edges of "time crevasses," we can scrupulously register various forms of mutual differentiation—individual or social differences; differences of nationality, gender, generation, ethnicity, religion, and so on—including the particular circumstances in which we ourselves are currently situated.
As the Yokohama Triennale prepares to unfold for the third time, it will offer an opportunity for honest reevaluation and reaffirmation of art's essential value and power today and in the future. This forum for artistic expression will be maintained not only for the sake of mere novelty to be consumed like information, but rather so that, by confronting and accepting the myriad "crevasses" etched in their histories, people can work toward achieving a better mutual understanding of a deep and far-reaching kind.
Outline of the Exhibition
Period
September 13–November 30, 2008
Venues
Central and Waterfront Sites in Yokohama
Organizers
The Japan Foundation, The City of Yokohama, NHK, The Asahi Shimbun, The Organizing Committee for the Yokohama Triennale, et al.
Artistic Director
Tsutomu Mizusawa (Chief Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama)
Artistic Director
Tsutomu Mizusawa
Born in Yokohama in 1952. Obtained an MA from Keio University (Japan) and joined the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, as curator in 1978. Curated many exhibitions, including "MOBO, MOGA / Modern Boy, Modern Girl: Japanese Modern Art 1910–35" (1998), "Isamu Wakabayashi"(1997), "Antony Gormley: Still Moving"(1996), and "Katsura Funakoshi"(1993). He was appointed the Japanese commissioner of the "Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh" in 1993 and 1997, and of the São Paulo Biennale in 2004.
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MISYS PLC - TREASURY STOCK
05/04/2007
Transfer of Shares held in Treasury
Misys plc announces that on 5 April 2007 it transferred to participants in its
employee share schemes 16,666 ordinary shares at 175p per share. The shares
were all formerly held as Treasury shares.
Following the above transfer of shares out of Treasury, Misys plc holds a total
of 49,854,269 ordinary shares in Treasury. The total number of ordinary shares
in issue (excluding Treasury shares) is 501,872,767.
05.04.07
Analyst / Investor Enquiries:
Alex Dee Tel: +44 (0) 20 7368 2336
Mob: +44 (0 7989 017 979
Email: alex.dee@misys.co.uk
Media Enquiries:
Susan Cottam Tel: +44 (0) 20 7368 2305
Mob: +44 (0) 7957 807721
Email: susan.cottam@misys.co.uk
Josh Rosenstock Tel: +44 (0) 20 7368 2327
Mob: +44 (0) 7921 910914
Email:
josh.rosenstock@misys.co.uk
Zipcar, the world's largest car club is offering 50 free memberships and..
05/04/2007
LONDON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Zipcar, the world's largest car club is offering 50 free memberships and
24 hours of driving to celebrate the allocation of 33 new on-street spaces in
the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBK&C).
Zipcar, the first car club to get vehicles into these spaces, is giving
you the chance to drive one of 15 models, including the Mini and BMW via a
pay-as-you-go car service that starts at just GBP4.95 per hour. Zipcar
members also get free parking throughout RBK&C.
Paul McLoughlin, UK general manager of Zipcar said: "The Council awarding
us on-street spaces is an important move, offering residents and drivers an
easy way to get around the City. The value of these designated spaces for
residents and visitors is significant when you consider car owners often have
to park several streets away, even if they have a resident's permit. With
Zipcar you not only get a guaranteed parking space, but also free parking
throughout the borough, reducing a lot of the hassle associated with
driving."
The new locations are situated close to Shepherds Bush, Holland Park and
Ladbroke Grove, with spaces located at:
- Clarendon Rd
- Oxford Gardens
- St James Gardens
- Adair Rd
- Ladbrokes Grove
- Mary Place
- Addison Avenue
- Chepstow Villas
- Ladbroke Square
- St Marks Street
These new locations join 22 existing locations in Kensington & Chelsea
already available to Zipcar members.
To win Zipcar membership for a year and 24 hours of free driving, please
answer the below question
Which of the following is not a Zipcar location:
a) 110 Clarendon Rd
b) Mary Place
c) Adair Rd
d) The Yellow Brick Rd
Send the answer with your name, address and phone number to:
zipcarcompetition@kaizo.net, stating 'The 50 Zipcar competition'
or
50 Zipcar competition
Kaizo
Central Court
25 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AL
Terms and conditions:
- The first 50 respondents will receive a prize
- Winners will be notified by 16 April, 2007
- Judges decision is final
- Winners are subject to approval by the DVLA and Zipcar
- Please indicate on your competition entry if you do not wish
to be contacted by Zipcar in future promotional activity
- Entrants must be over 21 and have had their licence for a
minimum of 1 year
By entering into this competition you give your consent for your name and
image to be used in promotional publicity.
Zipcar
LONDON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Zipcar, the world's largest car club is offering 50 free memberships and
24 hours of driving to celebrate the allocation of 33 new on-street spaces in
the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBK&C).
Zipcar, the first car club to get vehicles into these spaces, is giving
you the chance to drive one of 15 models, including the Mini and BMW via a
pay-as-you-go car service that starts at just GBP4.95 per hour. Zipcar
members also get free parking throughout RBK&C.
Paul McLoughlin, UK general manager of Zipcar said: "The Council awarding
us on-street spaces is an important move, offering residents and drivers an
easy way to get around the City. The value of these designated spaces for
residents and visitors is significant when you consider car owners often have
to park several streets away, even if they have a resident's permit. With
Zipcar you not only get a guaranteed parking space, but also free parking
throughout the borough, reducing a lot of the hassle associated with
driving."
The new locations are situated close to Shepherds Bush, Holland Park and
Ladbroke Grove, with spaces located at:
- Clarendon Rd
- Oxford Gardens
- St James Gardens
- Adair Rd
- Ladbrokes Grove
- Mary Place
- Addison Avenue
- Chepstow Villas
- Ladbroke Square
- St Marks Street
These new locations join 22 existing locations in Kensington & Chelsea
already available to Zipcar members.
To win Zipcar membership for a year and 24 hours of free driving, please
answer the below question
Which of the following is not a Zipcar location:
a) 110 Clarendon Rd
b) Mary Place
c) Adair Rd
d) The Yellow Brick Rd
Send the answer with your name, address and phone number to:
zipcarcompetition@kaizo.net, stating 'The 50 Zipcar competition'
or
50 Zipcar competition
Kaizo
Central Court
25 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AL
Terms and conditions:
- The first 50 respondents will receive a prize
- Winners will be notified by 16 April, 2007
- Judges decision is final
- Winners are subject to approval by the DVLA and Zipcar
- Please indicate on your competition entry if you do not wish
to be contacted by Zipcar in future promotional activity
- Entrants must be over 21 and have had their licence for a
minimum of 1 year
By entering into this competition you give your consent for your name and
image to be used in promotional publicity.
Zipcar
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR LAUNCHES GLOBAL WARMING
05/04/2007
BOSTON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Responding to the growing public interest in global warming, The
Christian Science Monitor has launched a new long-term initiative to focus
greater coverage on the causes and effects of global warming and its impact
on climate change. This coverage will appear both in the Monitor's daily
newspaper and online at http://www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming/.
The Monitor intends to be a key source for all wishing to better
understand global warming and will offer original content on climate change,
resources for understanding the latest scientific research on the topic, and
suggestions on how individuals can alter their habits to prevent global
warming and greenhouse effect.
"Our website, in particular, improves the way that the Monitor can help
readers understand a subject that for many years has been a source of
confusion and contention, but is now recognized as an issue that demands
attention from everyone," said Monitor Editor Richard Bergenheim when
speaking about the Monitor's commitment to global warming coverage. "We want
to help people understand what steps can be taken to mitigate effects of
global warming and how we can adapt to climate change."
As part of its global warming coverage, the Monitor will begin a new
series on adaptation that will examine how people are coping with climate
changes that have already altered how people live. The first report on
Thursday, April 5, will examine how individuals are adapting to water-related
challenges caused by changing weather patterns.
Every Thursday, the Monitor publishes in print and online a Weekly Media
Survey, a synopsis of global warming-related issues and events.
In addition to offering links to all its coverage of global warming, the
Monitor's global warming website, www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming, will
expand in the coming weeks to offer slide shows, audio and video reports,
charts, graphs, interactive options, and a myriad of links to global warming
resources.
Visitors to the Monitor's website can sign-up for a free weekly
e-newsletter on the environment.
Other topics addressed will include: causes of global warming; effects of
global warming; global warming myths; global warming prevention; greenhouse
effect; greenhouse gases; an inconvenient truth; pollution; and reports such
as the UN IPCC report on climate change.
Contact:
Jay Jostyn - +1-617-450-2316; jostynj@csmonitor.com
Greg Lamb - +1-617-450-2401; lambg@csps.com
Web site: http://www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming
The Christian Science Monitor
BOSTON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Responding to the growing public interest in global warming, The
Christian Science Monitor has launched a new long-term initiative to focus
greater coverage on the causes and effects of global warming and its impact
on climate change. This coverage will appear both in the Monitor's daily
newspaper and online at http://www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming/.
The Monitor intends to be a key source for all wishing to better
understand global warming and will offer original content on climate change,
resources for understanding the latest scientific research on the topic, and
suggestions on how individuals can alter their habits to prevent global
warming and greenhouse effect.
"Our website, in particular, improves the way that the Monitor can help
readers understand a subject that for many years has been a source of
confusion and contention, but is now recognized as an issue that demands
attention from everyone," said Monitor Editor Richard Bergenheim when
speaking about the Monitor's commitment to global warming coverage. "We want
to help people understand what steps can be taken to mitigate effects of
global warming and how we can adapt to climate change."
As part of its global warming coverage, the Monitor will begin a new
series on adaptation that will examine how people are coping with climate
changes that have already altered how people live. The first report on
Thursday, April 5, will examine how individuals are adapting to water-related
challenges caused by changing weather patterns.
Every Thursday, the Monitor publishes in print and online a Weekly Media
Survey, a synopsis of global warming-related issues and events.
In addition to offering links to all its coverage of global warming, the
Monitor's global warming website, www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming, will
expand in the coming weeks to offer slide shows, audio and video reports,
charts, graphs, interactive options, and a myriad of links to global warming
resources.
Visitors to the Monitor's website can sign-up for a free weekly
e-newsletter on the environment.
Other topics addressed will include: causes of global warming; effects of
global warming; global warming myths; global warming prevention; greenhouse
effect; greenhouse gases; an inconvenient truth; pollution; and reports such
as the UN IPCC report on climate change.
Contact:
Jay Jostyn - +1-617-450-2316; jostynj@csmonitor.com
Greg Lamb - +1-617-450-2401; lambg@csps.com
Web site: http://www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming
The Christian Science Monitor
VALIMO COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL MOBILE SIGNATURE SOLUTION
05/04/2007
HELSINKI, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkcell, the leading mobile operator in Turkey with more than
30 million customers, deploys Valimo Wireless' complete mobile signature
solution enabling Turkcell to provide mobile signature as a service to its
customers.
With Valimo's solution, Turkcell's customers can legally sign
documents and confirm transactions, including money transfers and Internet
banking, securely with their mobile phone. The banks, corporations and
government organisations can offer new services and better service coverage
at lower costs directly to individuals. It also protects the users from
phishing and identity theft, substantially reducing the related financial
losses on the Internet and other digital channels.
Turkcell's customers can, for example, sign legal contracts
with third parties using their mobile phone independent of time and place
instead of travelling to the third party office for face to face identity
confirmation and approval with the traditional signature by pencil.
The market for mobile identity management and strong
authentication solutions is in a fast growth phase as governments and
financial institutions are moving toward more secure and user-friendly
SIM-based document signing and transaction validation. Valimo is the market
leader in strong authentication and digital signatures and has been one of
the first and most significant companies to develop mobile signatures as a
successful business.
Valimo delivered to Turkcell a complete solution with wide
range of support, based on Valimo's experience in commercial deployments,
helping Turkcell to develop a new successful business in the market. The
solution includes Valimo's flagship product, Valimo Validator - MSSP, Valimo
Messaging Server and the Valimo Registration Server user registration
solution.
"It's an integral part of Turkcell's strategy to offer our
customers and partners the most advanced services that will ease and enrich
our customers life and connect them to life by creating value added
communication services. Valimo's end-to-end solution and market proven
products met our requirements for our mobile signature service," says Mr.
Cenk Serdar, Chief Executive for Value Added Services, Turkcell .
In accordance with European Directive for Digital Signatures
and Turkish Digital Signature Law, Turkcell Mobile Signature is the
equivalent of a conventional, legally binding signature on a paper contract.
In that respect, the sim card in a mobile phone runs as a signature creation
device - the electronic equivalent of a pen. The combination of the
subscribers' own SIM card and a personal Signing PIN to generate a mobile
signature enables the highest available level of security while maintaining
excellent usability.
"We are proud to be chosen by Turkcell and this successful
delivery reinforces Valimo's position as the market leader in mobile identity
solutions, and the only one-stop source for mobile network operators for
mobile signature solutions," comments Mr Juha Mitrunen, Senior Vice President
of Valimo. The Turkcell mobile signature delivery follows other successful
deliveries in Europe and the Middle East and increases the customer base with
access to Valimo's mobile signature technology by over 500%.
Valimo products are based upon the ETSI (European Telecommunications
Standards Institute) standard for mobile signatures (ETSI MSS).
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 31.8
million post-paid and pre-paid customers as of December 31, 2006 operating in
a three player market with a market share of approximately 60% as of December
31, 2006 (Source: Telecommunication Authority). In addition to the high
quality wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers General Packet
Radio Service (GPRS) countrywide and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
(EDGE) in dense areas, which provide for both improved data and voice
services. Turkcell provides roaming with 541 operators in 193countries as of
February 26, 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its
high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$4,700 million
net revenues as of December 31,2006 as per IFRS financial statements.
Turkcell has interests in international GSM operations in Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine. Turkcell has been
listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and the ISE (Istanbul Stock
Exchange) since July 2000 and is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey.
51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 7.46% by
Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 5.07% by M.V. Group and 0.01% by
others while the remaining 23.39% is free float.
About Valimo Wireless
Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile
signature solutions for mobile operators, banks and corporate customers.
Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern
customers to date, assuring non-repudiation, high data security and high
availability over most network infrastructures and end-user devices. Valimo
is growing strongly with offices in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Turkey.
For more information about Valimo, please visit www.valimo.com.
Valimo Wireless
HELSINKI, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkcell, the leading mobile operator in Turkey with more than
30 million customers, deploys Valimo Wireless' complete mobile signature
solution enabling Turkcell to provide mobile signature as a service to its
customers.
With Valimo's solution, Turkcell's customers can legally sign
documents and confirm transactions, including money transfers and Internet
banking, securely with their mobile phone. The banks, corporations and
government organisations can offer new services and better service coverage
at lower costs directly to individuals. It also protects the users from
phishing and identity theft, substantially reducing the related financial
losses on the Internet and other digital channels.
Turkcell's customers can, for example, sign legal contracts
with third parties using their mobile phone independent of time and place
instead of travelling to the third party office for face to face identity
confirmation and approval with the traditional signature by pencil.
The market for mobile identity management and strong
authentication solutions is in a fast growth phase as governments and
financial institutions are moving toward more secure and user-friendly
SIM-based document signing and transaction validation. Valimo is the market
leader in strong authentication and digital signatures and has been one of
the first and most significant companies to develop mobile signatures as a
successful business.
Valimo delivered to Turkcell a complete solution with wide
range of support, based on Valimo's experience in commercial deployments,
helping Turkcell to develop a new successful business in the market. The
solution includes Valimo's flagship product, Valimo Validator - MSSP, Valimo
Messaging Server and the Valimo Registration Server user registration
solution.
"It's an integral part of Turkcell's strategy to offer our
customers and partners the most advanced services that will ease and enrich
our customers life and connect them to life by creating value added
communication services. Valimo's end-to-end solution and market proven
products met our requirements for our mobile signature service," says Mr.
Cenk Serdar, Chief Executive for Value Added Services, Turkcell .
In accordance with European Directive for Digital Signatures
and Turkish Digital Signature Law, Turkcell Mobile Signature is the
equivalent of a conventional, legally binding signature on a paper contract.
In that respect, the sim card in a mobile phone runs as a signature creation
device - the electronic equivalent of a pen. The combination of the
subscribers' own SIM card and a personal Signing PIN to generate a mobile
signature enables the highest available level of security while maintaining
excellent usability.
"We are proud to be chosen by Turkcell and this successful
delivery reinforces Valimo's position as the market leader in mobile identity
solutions, and the only one-stop source for mobile network operators for
mobile signature solutions," comments Mr Juha Mitrunen, Senior Vice President
of Valimo. The Turkcell mobile signature delivery follows other successful
deliveries in Europe and the Middle East and increases the customer base with
access to Valimo's mobile signature technology by over 500%.
Valimo products are based upon the ETSI (European Telecommunications
Standards Institute) standard for mobile signatures (ETSI MSS).
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 31.8
million post-paid and pre-paid customers as of December 31, 2006 operating in
a three player market with a market share of approximately 60% as of December
31, 2006 (Source: Telecommunication Authority). In addition to the high
quality wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers General Packet
Radio Service (GPRS) countrywide and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
(EDGE) in dense areas, which provide for both improved data and voice
services. Turkcell provides roaming with 541 operators in 193countries as of
February 26, 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its
high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$4,700 million
net revenues as of December 31,2006 as per IFRS financial statements.
Turkcell has interests in international GSM operations in Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine. Turkcell has been
listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and the ISE (Istanbul Stock
Exchange) since July 2000 and is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey.
51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 7.46% by
Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 5.07% by M.V. Group and 0.01% by
others while the remaining 23.39% is free float.
About Valimo Wireless
Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile
signature solutions for mobile operators, banks and corporate customers.
Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern
customers to date, assuring non-repudiation, high data security and high
availability over most network infrastructures and end-user devices. Valimo
is growing strongly with offices in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Turkey.
For more information about Valimo, please visit www.valimo.com.
Valimo Wireless
AESSI Welcomes this mornings High Court Application in Premier League vs Murphy case
05/04/2007
BRISTOL, England, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AESSI Welcomes this mornings High Court Application in Premier League vs
Murphy case.
Plucky Portsmouth-based publican Karen Murphy today confirmed that she
had, last night, appealed her case to the High Court, following a ruling
against her earlier this month in favour of the Premier League's agent, MPS
(Media Protection Services). This ruling in the Portsmouth Crown Court
completely contradicted that from a previous case heard before the Bolton
Crown Court in March 2006 on the same point of Law.
Murphy, like many Licensees, has installed a European Satellite System in
her premises, the 'Red, White and Blue' Public House in Southsea. She
believed this system to be perfectly legal given Bolton Crown Courts
precedent setting ruling on the same point of law (the parties to this were
BSkyB, via FACT vs Gannon).
In summing up The Portsmouth case, however, HHJ Ian Pearson, sitting with
two lay Justices, upheld Murphy's conviction from the Magistrates Court,
stating on several occasions that he strongly disagreed with HHJ Warnocks
previous decision in the Bolton case.
A spokesman for AESSI (the Association of European Satellite System
Installers), said "we are pleased with the outcome in the Portsmouth case, as
the matter will now go to a Higher Court. This will enable a definite Legal
Precedent to be set and completely clarify the position regarding the
legitimacy of Foreign Satellite Systems in the UK". They added "What's more
yesterdays application will mean really good news for Licensees currently
under threat by MPS (Media Protection Services, a privately run company with
no legal status) as all cases currently ongoing in lesser courts can be
placed on-hold pending the High Court decision - expected in approximately 8
months".
As the legitimate professional organisation representing Satellite System
Installers the members of AESSI that the confusion in the lower courts has so
far been to the advantage of the Premiere League in these disputes and that
for this reason BSkyB's agent FACT avoided taking the Bolton case to the High
Court last year specifically in order to avoid a definitive precedent.
What's more in a bizarre twist, it was revealed today that if Murphy's
appeal to the Crown Court is upheld, it would also make illegal the nearly 2
million Sky systems that are presently installed across other countries in
the EU. The Premier League may have irreparably severed a major artery of
income for BSkyB, potentially costing the broadcaster billions in lost
revenue
Simply put, the legislation under which this prosecution was brought, and
the Portsmouth Court ruled, was specifically designed to incorporate EU
statute 93/83, under which the judgement could be applied throughout the
European Union against Sky in favour of the relevant local satellite
broadcaster.
In karmic irony, the Premier Leagues relentless pursuit of one tiny
public house may have just been the sledgehammer that cracked the table and
missed the walnut altogether.
Following the Portsmouth ruling, Mr Phillip Davies, who investigates
'piracy' at Sky, told Iain O'Neil of the Morning Advertiser, with reference
to the number of bars in Spain, Greece, France and Portugal showing
Premiership football via Sky that this was "not something I am aware of".
In light of this comment, perhaps BSkyB is unaware of the impending
impact of the Premier Leagues action upon their non-revenue from their
non-existent-installations that they know nothing about.
One can only wonder what fabled, founder of NewsCorp and ultimate boss of
BSkyB, Rupert Murdoch, will make of the matter or indeed of Mr Davies, when,
and if, BSkyB finds itself facing multiple criminal prosecutions throughout
Europe.
Brief Background:
The Premier League, via their agents MPS, have been bringing multiple
prosecutions (up to 300) across the UK in Magistrates Courts with assorted
and variable outcomes for over four years causing a great deal of stress to
Licensees and costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds to date,
all with virtually no cost penalty to the Premier League themselves.
MPS, a privately owned company run by self-proclaimed 'disinformation
expert', Ray Hoskin, have now, on behalf of the Premier League, taken to
pressing criminal charges under an obscure Section of the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988 (which is partially superseded by both Broadcasting
Acts) which the DTI confirm is not applicable to the situation, and with
which they have had very little success in higher UK courts. The defining
case of BSkyB vs Gannon in Bolton ruled in favour of the Publican as they
were not pirating but purchasing the broadcast signal from a legitimate
European supplier (Judgement transcript available).
Prior to the case, both the DTI and OFCOM had confirmed in writing that
AESSI members are operating entirely within the terms of the Broadcasting
Acts and in line with European Single Market Legislation. Interestingly, it
is under this very 'single-market' legislation that Sky also benefits as it
facilitates the installation of their own decoder boxes situated in other
operators 'areas' across the European Union. Presently there are estimated at
just under 2million Sky installations, supplied via satellite shops and
assorted system suppliers situated within the EU - installations that BSkyB
include in their total UK figures 'accounted for', that they declare to
Investors, the Stock Market, Channel Operators, RAJAR and other official
bodies, but about which they apparently "not aware".
About AESSI:
The Association of European Satellite Suppliers & Installers is the
official organisation of legitimate installers in the UK. AESSI members work
to the highest standards of quality and fully guarantee that they will
install entirely and completely legal systems.
AESSI members are all law-abiding legitimate businesses who contribute
over ten million pounds sterling per annum to the UK economy, they pay tax
and VAT and create significant employment directly though their own
specialist staff and indirectly through their customers increased revenue.
For further information view their website on www.aessi.org
Notes To Editors:
Please contact the Press Office to organise interviews of the members of
AESSI or the legal team. Please click the following link for direct access to
the Press Assets Pages containing scans of relevant documents:
www.aessi.org/press
url: www.aessi.org
BRISTOL, England, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AESSI Welcomes this mornings High Court Application in Premier League vs
Murphy case.
Plucky Portsmouth-based publican Karen Murphy today confirmed that she
had, last night, appealed her case to the High Court, following a ruling
against her earlier this month in favour of the Premier League's agent, MPS
(Media Protection Services). This ruling in the Portsmouth Crown Court
completely contradicted that from a previous case heard before the Bolton
Crown Court in March 2006 on the same point of Law.
Murphy, like many Licensees, has installed a European Satellite System in
her premises, the 'Red, White and Blue' Public House in Southsea. She
believed this system to be perfectly legal given Bolton Crown Courts
precedent setting ruling on the same point of law (the parties to this were
BSkyB, via FACT vs Gannon).
In summing up The Portsmouth case, however, HHJ Ian Pearson, sitting with
two lay Justices, upheld Murphy's conviction from the Magistrates Court,
stating on several occasions that he strongly disagreed with HHJ Warnocks
previous decision in the Bolton case.
A spokesman for AESSI (the Association of European Satellite System
Installers), said "we are pleased with the outcome in the Portsmouth case, as
the matter will now go to a Higher Court. This will enable a definite Legal
Precedent to be set and completely clarify the position regarding the
legitimacy of Foreign Satellite Systems in the UK". They added "What's more
yesterdays application will mean really good news for Licensees currently
under threat by MPS (Media Protection Services, a privately run company with
no legal status) as all cases currently ongoing in lesser courts can be
placed on-hold pending the High Court decision - expected in approximately 8
months".
As the legitimate professional organisation representing Satellite System
Installers the members of AESSI that the confusion in the lower courts has so
far been to the advantage of the Premiere League in these disputes and that
for this reason BSkyB's agent FACT avoided taking the Bolton case to the High
Court last year specifically in order to avoid a definitive precedent.
What's more in a bizarre twist, it was revealed today that if Murphy's
appeal to the Crown Court is upheld, it would also make illegal the nearly 2
million Sky systems that are presently installed across other countries in
the EU. The Premier League may have irreparably severed a major artery of
income for BSkyB, potentially costing the broadcaster billions in lost
revenue
Simply put, the legislation under which this prosecution was brought, and
the Portsmouth Court ruled, was specifically designed to incorporate EU
statute 93/83, under which the judgement could be applied throughout the
European Union against Sky in favour of the relevant local satellite
broadcaster.
In karmic irony, the Premier Leagues relentless pursuit of one tiny
public house may have just been the sledgehammer that cracked the table and
missed the walnut altogether.
Following the Portsmouth ruling, Mr Phillip Davies, who investigates
'piracy' at Sky, told Iain O'Neil of the Morning Advertiser, with reference
to the number of bars in Spain, Greece, France and Portugal showing
Premiership football via Sky that this was "not something I am aware of".
In light of this comment, perhaps BSkyB is unaware of the impending
impact of the Premier Leagues action upon their non-revenue from their
non-existent-installations that they know nothing about.
One can only wonder what fabled, founder of NewsCorp and ultimate boss of
BSkyB, Rupert Murdoch, will make of the matter or indeed of Mr Davies, when,
and if, BSkyB finds itself facing multiple criminal prosecutions throughout
Europe.
Brief Background:
The Premier League, via their agents MPS, have been bringing multiple
prosecutions (up to 300) across the UK in Magistrates Courts with assorted
and variable outcomes for over four years causing a great deal of stress to
Licensees and costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds to date,
all with virtually no cost penalty to the Premier League themselves.
MPS, a privately owned company run by self-proclaimed 'disinformation
expert', Ray Hoskin, have now, on behalf of the Premier League, taken to
pressing criminal charges under an obscure Section of the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988 (which is partially superseded by both Broadcasting
Acts) which the DTI confirm is not applicable to the situation, and with
which they have had very little success in higher UK courts. The defining
case of BSkyB vs Gannon in Bolton ruled in favour of the Publican as they
were not pirating but purchasing the broadcast signal from a legitimate
European supplier (Judgement transcript available).
Prior to the case, both the DTI and OFCOM had confirmed in writing that
AESSI members are operating entirely within the terms of the Broadcasting
Acts and in line with European Single Market Legislation. Interestingly, it
is under this very 'single-market' legislation that Sky also benefits as it
facilitates the installation of their own decoder boxes situated in other
operators 'areas' across the European Union. Presently there are estimated at
just under 2million Sky installations, supplied via satellite shops and
assorted system suppliers situated within the EU - installations that BSkyB
include in their total UK figures 'accounted for', that they declare to
Investors, the Stock Market, Channel Operators, RAJAR and other official
bodies, but about which they apparently "not aware".
About AESSI:
The Association of European Satellite Suppliers & Installers is the
official organisation of legitimate installers in the UK. AESSI members work
to the highest standards of quality and fully guarantee that they will
install entirely and completely legal systems.
AESSI members are all law-abiding legitimate businesses who contribute
over ten million pounds sterling per annum to the UK economy, they pay tax
and VAT and create significant employment directly though their own
specialist staff and indirectly through their customers increased revenue.
For further information view their website on www.aessi.org
Notes To Editors:
Please contact the Press Office to organise interviews of the members of
AESSI or the legal team. Please click the following link for direct access to
the Press Assets Pages containing scans of relevant documents:
www.aessi.org/press
url: www.aessi.org
HAYS PLC - TREASURY STOCK
05/04/2007
TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES
In accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 12.6.4, the Board of Hays plc
advises that on 5 April 2007 it transferred 107,820 Ordinary Shares currently
held in Treasury to satisfy an awards under the `Hays plc 1996 Company Share
Option Scheme, Hays plc 1995 Executive Share Option Scheme, and Hays plc 2003
Long-Term Co-Investment Plan'.
Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 107,818,358 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,456,278,208 (excluding treasury
shares).
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
SAAB SELECTS SUPERDERIVATIVES FOR TREASURY HEDGING
04/04/2007
LONDON and NEW YORK, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperDerivatives(R), the benchmark for options and the leading provider
of multi-asset option pricing, independent revaluation, trading and risk
management systems, announced today that Saab is using its multi-asset
real-time derivatives pricing and risk management platforms to implement the
company's hedging strategy and to optimize the returns of its treasury
pension trust.
"Our challenge was to manage the exposures of a global business with
incoming and outgoing cash flows in numerous currencies and P&L reporting in
the Swedish Krona. This required a powerful independent analytics and risk
management platform that could provide us with live and accurate pricing for
currency options. After extensive search, SuperDerivatives emerged as the
only logical choice to address those needs," said Stefan Lind, Assistant
Treasurer, Saab. "Thanks to the platform's user-friendliness we were able to
get up to speed very quickly and also enhance our mastery of the latest
hedging instruments and techniques. Building on our positive experience with
the SuperDerivatives platform, we are now also adopting it for enhancing
investment returns of our employee pension fund using interest-rates
derivatives."
Award-winning SuperDerivatives provide real-time, accurate market prices,
risk management and analytics on an always-on web-based platform with all
market data constantly streamed. The SuperDerivatives platform supports
currencies, interest rates, commodities, energy and equities options as well
as credit derivatives. The platform includes specialize built in and custom
hedging tools, including the automated Looking For Strategy(TM) constraint and
goal-based hedging planner, specifically designed for corporate treasury use.
It also includes various risk, analysis and performance reports.
"Multinational corporations such as Saab are increasingly using
SuperDerivatives platforms to manage their exposures by obtaining option
prices that reflect the real fair market value. This is a must not only to
reduce risk and hedge exposure in the most economical way but also to meet
accounting compliance requirements such as IAS 39, FAS133 and FAS157 and
MiFID," said Udi Sela, Head of Product Support, EMEA, SuperDerivatives. "We
are happy to support Saab both in their treasury operation and in improving
their pension funds return-to-risk ratio".
The SuperDerivatives platforms are available for immediate 30-day
unlimited trial at www.superderivatives.com.
Press Contacts:
UK
Jonathan Angeloni / Ben Jarrold
Metia
e: jonathan.angeloni@metia.com
t: +44-(0)-20-3100-3566
e: ben.jarrold@metia.com
t: +44-(0)-20-3100-3610
SuperDerivatives Contact:
Michael Swack
Media Relations Manager, SuperDerivatives
e: m.swack@superderivatives.com
t:+ 44-207-648-1099
SuperDerivatives
LONDON and NEW YORK, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperDerivatives(R), the benchmark for options and the leading provider
of multi-asset option pricing, independent revaluation, trading and risk
management systems, announced today that Saab is using its multi-asset
real-time derivatives pricing and risk management platforms to implement the
company's hedging strategy and to optimize the returns of its treasury
pension trust.
"Our challenge was to manage the exposures of a global business with
incoming and outgoing cash flows in numerous currencies and P&L reporting in
the Swedish Krona. This required a powerful independent analytics and risk
management platform that could provide us with live and accurate pricing for
currency options. After extensive search, SuperDerivatives emerged as the
only logical choice to address those needs," said Stefan Lind, Assistant
Treasurer, Saab. "Thanks to the platform's user-friendliness we were able to
get up to speed very quickly and also enhance our mastery of the latest
hedging instruments and techniques. Building on our positive experience with
the SuperDerivatives platform, we are now also adopting it for enhancing
investment returns of our employee pension fund using interest-rates
derivatives."
Award-winning SuperDerivatives provide real-time, accurate market prices,
risk management and analytics on an always-on web-based platform with all
market data constantly streamed. The SuperDerivatives platform supports
currencies, interest rates, commodities, energy and equities options as well
as credit derivatives. The platform includes specialize built in and custom
hedging tools, including the automated Looking For Strategy(TM) constraint and
goal-based hedging planner, specifically designed for corporate treasury use.
It also includes various risk, analysis and performance reports.
"Multinational corporations such as Saab are increasingly using
SuperDerivatives platforms to manage their exposures by obtaining option
prices that reflect the real fair market value. This is a must not only to
reduce risk and hedge exposure in the most economical way but also to meet
accounting compliance requirements such as IAS 39, FAS133 and FAS157 and
MiFID," said Udi Sela, Head of Product Support, EMEA, SuperDerivatives. "We
are happy to support Saab both in their treasury operation and in improving
their pension funds return-to-risk ratio".
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Press Contacts:
UK
Jonathan Angeloni / Ben Jarrold
Metia
e: jonathan.angeloni@metia.com
t: +44-(0)-20-3100-3566
e: ben.jarrold@metia.com
t: +44-(0)-20-3100-3610
SuperDerivatives Contact:
Michael Swack
Media Relations Manager, SuperDerivatives
e: m.swack@superderivatives.com
t:+ 44-207-648-1099
SuperDerivatives
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