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Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) (Original Article)

- Sistema (LSE:SSA), the largest public diversified corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages fast growing companies operating in the consumer services sector, today announced the appointment of Leonid Melamed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sistema with immediate effect, following a decision made at a meeting of the Board of Directors. Mr Melamed is the former CEO

and President of Mobile TeleSystems (”MTS”), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS and a subsidiary of Sistema.

Leonid Melamed will replace Alexander Goncharuk, who will continue to serve as First Deputy Chairman of Sistema’s Board of Directors. Mr Goncharuk has been a member of the Board of Directors of Sistema since 1996. From 1995 to 1998, he occupied the post of Vice-President of the Corporation. From 1998 to 2001, he headed the telecommunication holding Sistema Telecom, and from 2003 to 2006, was head of Sitronics. During this time, Sitronics became the largest public technology company in Eastern Europe. In 2007, Sistema Hals became the first public Russian real estate company to list on the London Stock Exchange. The non-public assets of Sistema grew quicker than the market in such sectors as finance, retail and paid-for healthcare services.

After two years the market capitalization of Sistema has grown by 40%, exceeding US$ 16 billion. Sistema’s revenues during this period have grown by 80% and constituted US$ 13.7 billion in 2007.

Commenting on the management changes, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sistema, Vladimir Evtushenkov said: “Under the leadership of Alexander Goncharuk, Sistema has realized a series of large-scale and ambitious projects, playing an important role in the development of the Corporation. We are grateful for the efforts of Mr Goncharuk, during his time at the company we have successfully launched a unified brand for our telecommunication companies, BARNEY AND FRIENDS dvd entered the Indian market and opened …continue reading

Source: CBC.ca (Original Article)

NBA playoff games have mysteriously disappeared from Chinese television.

Entertainment programs on Chinese TV, including NBA contests, were suspended last week during a three-day period of mourning for victims of the deadly Sichuan earthquake,

When the mourning period ended, the NBA playoffs returned as the state-run national broadcaster, CCTV, showed the Western Conference final between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.

However, subsequent games have not been shown.

“We have followed orders and stopped the NBA broadcast,” Jiang Heping, director for CCTV’s sport channel, said in Wednesday editions of the Shanghai-based Oriental Sports Daily.

“Since the May 12 earthquake, we’re careful about the way we broadcast the NBA and the content must match the whole atmosphere.”

However, concerns about sports programming following the earthquake did not prevent CCTV’s sports channel from showing women’s soccer and highlights of track, women’s basketball and French Open tennis.

The NBA’s office in China offered only a brief statement from NBA China’s chief executive officer, Tim Chen.

“We are working closely with CCTV to ensure that NBA games and content are appropriate for China and to begin broadcasting as soon as possible,” Chen said.

NBA basketball is popular in China, although interest has dropped off without the top two Chinese players — Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian — involved in the playoffs. The injured Yao plays for SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS dvd the Houston Rockets and Yi plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Source: MLB.com (Original Article)

05/26/2008 10:24 AM ET
Drafting outfielders could be dicey
None truly stand out in group eligible for 2008 Draft

By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com

Miami’s Dennis Raben had a big Cape Cod season but has been slowed this year by a back injury. (Ted Kirk/AP)

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In an ideal world, teams want everything from an outfield prospect: power, speed, a strong arm — the proverbial five tools. The hope is that in any given Draft, a team might find one of those toolsy guys who can play center and maybe a slugger to man a corner.

Looking at this year’s Draft class, that might be a bit of a challenge, because there is a relatively weak group to choose from. This is nothing new for scouting directors: the 2007 Draft wasn’t exactly outfield-heavy, with only three outfielders — four if you count the converted Matt LaPorta — taken in the first 30 picks.

Those three were all from the high school ranks and it appears again that there is a little more to choose from on that front. A number of toolsy, but raw, outfielders from Southern California in particular, could whet the appetites of some teams in the best card credit rate first round.

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Source: Bloomington Pantagraph (Original Article)

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– Storm preparedness discussion; noon, Cerf Center at Eureka College. Speaker: Bob Hicks, director of Woodford County Emergency Serves and Disaster Agency. Call (309) 467-2247.

– Family movie, “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep”; 3:30 p.m., Mount Hope-Funks Grove Library, McLean.

– Tickets available for Prairie Aviation Museum fundraising dinner; 5 to 7:30 p.m. May 31 at Challenger Center Old Boarding Area, 2929 E. Empire St., Bloomington. Costs: $8 for adults; $5 for children ages 6 to 11; and dona-tions for younger children. Tickets available at the museum or at the door.

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– “Aspects and Issues of Hispanic & Latino People in McLean County”; 5 p.m., community room of Bank of Illi-nois, College Avenue and Broadway, Normal. Part of Sunset Rotary Club’s Ethnicity in the Heartland series. Speaker: Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology and anthropology at Illinois State University. Call (309) 452-1986.

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– Afternoon movie series; 1:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room.

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Source: Inquirer.net (Original Article)

GSIS chief girds for proxy war on Tuesday

MANILA, Philippines–Government Service Insurance System president Winston Garcia looks like a man getting ready for war as he prepares for a proxy fight at the Manila Electric Co.’s annual stockholders’ meeting on Tuesday where he could either lose his seat on the board, or end up in control of the country’s biggest power distribution utility.

Garcia said the soliciting of proxies could result in a reduction of the government seats at the 11-member Meralco board from four to three, with him as the probable casualty.

Garcia said it was apparent that the utility’s rates could go down only with a change in the Meralco’s management team.

He said this would be his objective at the shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday when a new board would be elected.

But Garcia has accused the Lopez group of “engaging in dirty tricks” by soliciting proxies even after the deadline for this had lapsed last week.

Meralco vice president Elpi Cuna said this was “not only irresponsible but downright false.”

“It was and will never be the policy of Meralco management to engage in dirty tricks,” said Cuna, Meralco’s director for corporate communication.

The government “needs the four seats to establish a quorum as well as a majority [with the help of two independent directors],” said Garcia who has been waging a media war against the Lopez group’s management of Meralco.

‘Abusive practices’
Garcia said that his aim was to change Meralco’s management team whose “abusive practices” were the reason why electricity rates were the highest in Luzon and even in Asia.

Garcia said his GSIS team was watching the developments leading to and during the annual meeting.

He said he would be bringing eight lawyers to face off with Meralco’s “40 lawyers.”

“If we see that we have been wronged, we are ready to take them to court. A lot of people Frequent Flyer Credit Cards could go to jail,” he said.

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Source: Hemscott (Original Article)

PELLSTON, Mich. (AP) - Chain saws scream in a northern Michigan forest, but
it's not the familiar sound of lumberjacks.

This time the tree killers are environmental researchers. They hope that years
from now the aspens they remove will be replaced with a healthy mix of maples,
oaks, beeches and pines — which should soak up more carbon dioxide from an ever

warmer world.

The scientists hope to take a 100-acre section of the University of Michigan
Biological Station research forest closer to the state it was in before logging,

when it was dominated by different species of trees instead of the present-day
aspens.

They say the experiment is the first they're aware of that involves removing
large numbers of trees to promote growth of other species that will boost carbon

absorption. It comes as governments and businesses around the world look for
economically feasible ways to limit climate change.

Carbon dioxide makes up more than 80 percent of the human-produced U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, the Department of
Energy says.

Scientists believe a diverse woodland will hold more carbon because it will be
richer in nitrogen and use sunlight more efficiently. Both are key factors in
photosynthesis, during which carbon is absorbed, said Christoph Vogel, a
University of Michigan forest ecologist.

'We've been managing forests for lumber or pulp, or perhaps as habitat for deer
or quail,' said project leader Peter Curtis, an Ohio State University forest
ecologist. 'Many economists think that managing them for carbon will be a fact
of life in the not-too-distant future.'

Skeptics question forests' long-term reliability for sequestering carbon. They
can be cut down, burned or destroyed by disease or insects. Also, it's hard to
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Source: New York Magazine (Original Article)

• “They’re jealous because they can’t live here.” —Josh Grinker, the chef and an owner of Stone Park Café
• “There is all this class resentment in New York, and it’s very tied up in real estate. People who are well-housed are the envy of others.” —John Mollenkopf, director of the Center for Urban Research at the City University Graduate Center.
• “Hipsters and people who don’t have kids are terrified of becoming grown-ups and parents, which is what Park Slope has come to represent. So you lash out against that as if it’s the worst thing in the world, when in five years, you know what? It’s going to be you.” —Jeff Sandgrund, 30, a lifelong Park Sloper

After reading those remarks, we immediately went over to Curbed and Brownstoner to see what the irate commenter responses would be. We expected hilarious and cruel fireworks. But it turns out everyone else doesn’t care about Park Slope. We aren’t the only ones. Dissing the Slope is apparently so yesterday. Like, Carroll Gardens yesterday.

What a disappointment! Doesn’t anybody want to hate on the stroller mafia? Or defend it? If so, please feel free to use our comments section. We’re lacking an opinion on something and it’s not going Best Credit Card Rate to form itself.

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Source: ArabianBusiness.com (press release) (Original Article)

Rolls-Royce announced today that THAI Airways International had selected the Trent 900 to power its fleet of six Airbus A380s in a deal valued at $500 million at engine list prices.

The Trent 900 now has 58 per cent of firm and option orders for the A380. The aircraft are due to be delivered from late 2010 onwards, and the engines will be backed by a long-term, TotalCare® services agreement, based on an agreed dollar fee per engine flying hour.

The Trent 900 will become the fourth member of the Trent family to join the THAI Airways International fleet, demonstrating both the broad portfolio of Rolls-Royce products and services, and the ability of airlines to grow through the Trent series of engines.

THAI was the launch customer for the Trent 800 on both the -200 and -300 versions of the Boeing 777 and has 20 aircraft in its fleet which also includes the Trent-powered -200ER version. The airline also operates the Trent 500, supported by a TotalCare® agreement on 10 Airbus A340-500 and -600s.

Khun Tummasak Chutiwong, Managing Director, Technical Department at THAI, said: “Rolls-Royce has become a key partner in our fleet expansion, providing the highest levels of support and understanding of our operation, and we look forward to extending this relationship with this Trent 900 order.”

Nick Devall, Executive Vice President, Customer Business at Rolls-Royce, said: “THAI’s decision to choose the Trent 900 for its fleet not only shows the strength of our relationship but highlights the market-leading performance of each successive generation of the Trent family.”

The Trent 900 is the only engine currently in-service on the Airbus A380. Since entering commercial operation in October 2007, the Trent 900 fleet has accumulated more than 18,000 hours of flawless operation. Ten of the 13 operators who have made mobile flix engine selections on their A380s have chosen the Trent 900.

Source: San Antonio Business Journal (Original Article)

VISO LASIK MEDSPAS will open a new medical treatment spa in San Antonio in June that will combine LASIK vision correction surgery and what the owners call the comforts of a modern spa.

The 5,000-square-foot facility will be located in the Shavano Center in San Antonio and will be overseen by director Mitchel Wess. In addition to vision correction services, the center also will offer facial treatments, laser hair removal, massages and Botox injections.

The center also will feature relaxation area and a glass-enclosed LASIK procedure suite. The office’s interiors will be accentuated by indoor waterfalls, flat-screen televisions, wood flooring, leather seating and soothing artwork, according to the company.

VISO LASIK MEDSPAS is based in Wellington, Fla., and today has locations in Charlotte, San Antonio, Fort Worth, St George Credit Cards New Orleans, Philadelphia and New York.

Web site: www.visolasikmedspas.com

Source: Sun.Star (Original Article)

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‘Balik Eskwela’ cops graduate

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Friday, May 16, 2008

By Ernie Olson Jr.

EIGHTY-three police officers graduated with a baccalaureate degree of Bachelor of Science in Criminology through the “Balik Eskwela” program of the Philippine National Police (PNP) last Thursday.

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Superintendent Mariano Verzosa Jr., Police Regional Office (PRO)-Ilocos Region public information officer, the program for undergraduate policemen was initiated under a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the University Of La Salette, based in Santiago City, Isabela for the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditations Program (Eteeap) which is offered on a trimester basis.

PRO-Ilocos Regional Director Romeo Hilomen also expressed his gratitude to his former classmate, Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, who started the program during his stint as regional director there on June 18, 2007.

Hilomen appreciated and congratulated his men who participated in the Eteeap and vowed to continue the successful program.

He said Bataoil encouraged the undergraduate policemen in the Ilocos Region to pursue their baccalaureate courses after providing them a counterpart for their tuition, fares, meals and snacks for every scheduled class.

Bataoil, who is now the chief of the PNP Directorate for Police Community Relations and who was the guest of honor and keynote speaker during Thursday’s graduation rites, congratulated the graduates for successfully completing their college education.

He said it is a fulfillment of his vision to give a chance to undergraduate policemen to obtain college degrees and give them a better chance of promotion.

The graduates are assigned at various police Melbourne bar units within the region.

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