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Nothing beats the off-piste thrill

International Academy is launching a new course during the 2013/14 ski season to teach key off piste skills in Chamonix over the course of a weekendChamonix is the heart of the backcountry as far as France is concerned with famous routes such as the Vallee Blanche. Off-piste skiing is where it is at with an ever increasing fan base of British skiers coming to realise this. Anyone with a good intermediate level of skiing can now undertake an off piste clinic course with International Academy to take this next step towards fully enjoying the wonders of powder. Evolution 2 in Chamonix are

Children discover the importance of renewables at parents’ workplace

The children of staff at Mitsubishi Electric’s Hatfield headquarters dropped in during the summer break to learn about renewable technology and the importance of recycling as part of the company’s innovative and award-winning education programme. The Learning Curve has been developed as a teaching resource for primary schools and aims to help children understand the importance of adopting ‘the 3 R’s’ – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The pioneering morning session is specifically designed to fit seamlessly into the curriculum and aims to teach the energy consumers of tomorrow all about

Completion of Loan Conversion

20 August 2013Reference is made to the announcement by Norse Energy Corporation ASA ("NEC") on 1 August 2013 regarding a notification on conversion of USD 202,973 of its convertible loan with ISIN NO0010640790. Following the completion of the conversion, the share capital of NEC was registered increased on 19 August 2013. The new registered share capital is NOK 51 629 493.75 divided on 688 393 250 shares, each having a par value of NOK 0.075. The Company has a significant land position of ~130,000 net acres in New York State with certified 2C contingent resources of 951 MMBOE as of 31

Operation Lifesaver Welcomes Sheryl Cummings as the New Minnesota State Coordinator

See the release online: http://bit.ly/13P9AFL ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Operation Lifesaver, Inc. ’s (OLI) President and CEO Joyce Rose is pleased to announce that Sheryl Cummings is now the state coordinator for Minnesota Operation Lifesaver . The state program’s board of directors announced her arrival Monday. “Minnesota is a very active state within the Operation Lifesaver network,” said OLI President and CEO Joyce Rose. “We’re thrilled that Sheryl has hit the ground running and is taking a proactive approach to broadcasting our safety

Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation Awards $15,000 Grant to Montgomery College Foundation for Athenaeum Symposia

The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation is providing a $15,000 grant to the Montgomery College Foundation to support the 2013-2014 Athenaeum Symposia, an annual lecture series held at the Germantown Campus. The grant funds will enable the College to bring nearly a dozen nationally known experts to talk about timely issues in international affairs, the arts, politics, and economics. To recognize the generous support of the foundation, the lecture series will be named the Frank Islam Athenaeum Symposia for the 2013-2014 academic year. Islam will give the first lecture, “Working the

OtterBox Earns Another Victory Against Counterfeiters

Cork, Ireland – OtterBox ®, maker of premium protective cases for mobile technology, has won another battle in the ongoing war against counterfeiters. A U.S. District Court judge recently issued a permanent injunction against a New York-based company and ordered it to pay OtterBox $2 million related to the sale of counterfeit cases. The court found that S & P Trading Inc. violated provisions of the Lanham Act when it purchased and then sold no less than 146,025 counterfeit cases, infringing on federally registered trademarks for which OtterBox owns all rights.

Church of Scientology Sacramento Hosts Day of Friendship Breakfast and Awards Ceremony

Second annual International Friendship Day event acknowledges community leaders. Church of Scientology Sacramento Public Affairs Director Mike Klagenberg at the second annual International Friendship Day Breakfast and Awards Ceremony at the Church of Scientology of Sacramento July 30, 2013. Seven Sacramento community and religious leaders were honored July 30 at the second annual United Nations International Friendship Day “Friends of the Community” breakfast and awards ceremony at the Church of Scientology of Sacramento . International Friendship Day

Eclipse Breast Health Technologies Launches Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign For The Eclipse At-Home “Smart” Breast Health Imaging Device

Eclipse is a new easy to use safe technology and eco-system to perform and understand a more comprehensive breast self-exam each monthLa Mesa, Calif- August 20, 2013 –Eclipse Breast Health Technologies Inc., a health products design and development company, today announced Eclipse is executing a crowd sourcing campaign on Indiegogo to raise $650,000 to bring Eclipse to the market as soon as possible so it can benefit women in early detection of breast abnormalities, by tracking and comparing images from month to month. The campaign can be found at http://igg.me/at/eclipsebreasthealth/x/

MLBPAA Honors Hunter Pence with Giants Heart and Hustle Award

One player from each MLB team wins respected honor voted on by Alumni playersWHO: San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence winner of Heart and Hustle Award. Pence has previously hosted charity events to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The award is being presented by Alumni Major Leaguer Vida Blue, who played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Kansas City Royals over his 17 year career. He was a six-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion and was named the American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner in 1971. Blue is now an analyst for Comcast SportsNet Bay

The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV Welcomes Kinn, Inc. to the Show

A representative from Kinn, Inc. will join the show to talk about their Kudose device that turns pills for pets into treats(Pompano Beach, FL – CISION – August 20, 2013) – Popular morning show The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV welcomes Kinn, Inc. – makers of the Kudose pet pill concealer -- to the show. The company will be making its appearance on an upcoming “Pet Watch” segment set to air in late 2013. A representative from Kinn will join The Balancing Act® to introduce to viewers their Kudose pet pill concealer device, which turns pills into customized pet treat kapsules that

Fishing is on for FishBrain and its users - hits 100,000 users and 50,000 catches

Fishing is on for FishBrain and its users - there are now over 100,000 registered users of the FishBrain mobile app and social network for sport fishing and more than 50,000 catches have been logged worldwide.FishBrain is the globally leading sport fishing app and social network that helps anglers at all levels catch more and bigger fish. With the FishBrain app anglers worldwide log their fishing trips and catches in a super easy way and share them with other anglers. The app provides anglers with intelligent recommendations on when, where and how to fish to improve the odds of catching the

Balder publishes prospectus in Swedish and applies for listing of the bond on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm

Balder (publ) announced on 8 May, 2013 the issue of a SEK 500m bond loan on the Swedish market. The bond loan has a duration of four years and runs with a variable interest of three months STIBOR plus 2.25 percent. Application for listing of the bond on the Corporate Bond List of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm will take place shortly.In view of this, Balder prepared a prospectus. The prospectus has been approved by and registered with the FSA in accordance with the Act (1991:980) on trading in financial instruments. The prospectus will be available via the FSA´s (www.fi.se) and Fastighets AB

HEIDENHAIN’s New User-Friendly Straight Cut Control For Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines

SCHAUMBURG, IL (August 2013) – Unique to the industry, HEIDENHAIN announces the launch of the new straight cut CNC control, the TNC 128.  User-friendly and very intuitive best describes this new control designed for use with milling, drilling and boring machines. Noteworthy on the TNC 128 is its ability to assist the user during program creation with “Help” graphics, practical prompts, machining cycles and cycles for coordinate transformation. Additionally, the NC conversational keys on the TNC operating panel make program entry more convenient than its predecessor. The TNC 128 is a

Children Travel Back in Time at Summer School

News release 20th August 2013Children from across the region have been time travelling, from ancient Pompeii to medieval Lincoln and back again, thanks to a unique summer camp experience. The Archaeology Summer School, run by Bishop Grosseteste University, gave 24 budding historians, aged between seven and 12, the chance to get hands-on with both traditional and cutting-edge archaeology techniques, in a fun and creative environment. “The week was open to all children on a first-come-first-serve basis and has proven very popular; we had a really long waiting list,” explained Zoe

Termination of local assembly contract in Turkey - new range of Renault Trucks to be manufactured in France

The Volvo Group and the Turkish manufacturer Karsan have agreed to end the contract for local assembly of Renault Trucks for the Turkish market before the end of 2013. The termination will have a negative impact on the Volvo Group’s operating income of approximately 95 MSEK in the third quarter of 2013.The termination is made in connection with the change to the newly launched Renault Trucks range. There will be no Volvo Group investments to upgrade the Karsan manufacturing facility in Bursa to the new range. The new range will instead be manufactured in France. For the Volvo Group this

Atlantic City Alliance Joins Mission Makeover™ on The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV

The city will be featured in two episodes during the Health & Wellness series: “Sweating it Out in Atlantic City” and “All Work and No Play…Restoring and Rejuvenating Body, Mind and Spirit”(Pompano Beach, FL – CISION – August 20, 2013) - Popular morning show The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV welcomes Atlantic City Alliance to its hit TV series, Mission Makeover™, which follows the journey of several women during their quest for better health and wellness. Atlantic City Alliance’s mission is to showcase the destination’s wide offerings from beaches and entertainment to dining and

Fun For Little Mermaids And Mermasters

At Olhuveli Beach & Spa Resort Providing the perfect blend of relaxation and fun for families, Olhuveli Beach & Spa Resort  is located in South Malé Atoll and boasts sweeping beaches, abundant sandbanks and its own house reef, just made for children to enjoy. Little swimmers should head to the five-star PADI dive centre, which offers PADI ‘Bubblemaker’ scuba dive courses and ‘Skin Diver’ snorkelling courses for toddlers and kids from three years old on the house reef.  Easily accessed from the jetty, it provides a safe, current-

Country legends cruise into Belfast

FANS of country music are in for a treat as Northern Ireland’s leading ferry company Stena Line is welcoming the newest sensation on the Irish Country scene as well as the Legends of Country Music for a cabaret cruise. Up and coming country star, Derek Ryan, will be performing onboard Stena Line on August 28 while the inimitable Queen of Country music, Philomena Begley and her band ‘The New Rambling Men’, will showcase 50 years of celebration of country music on September 27.  The country cruises are some of the many highlights of Stena Line’s new programme of Cabaret Cruises which

Unreasonable decision by Swedish tax authorities

The Swedish tax authorities today announced decisions to retroactively tax some 20 current and former employees of EQT Partners AB and the company EQT Partners AB for the income years 2007-2009. The decisions state that according to the tax authorities, the return on certain investments in EQT funds (based on so called carried interest) should be taxed as income and not as capital gain. The carried interest has, during the years in question, been paid to a company in which the individuals concerned are shareholders. The shareholders have, during the years in question, received dividend.

Two Events Take Centre Stage at The Old Palace

New Release 20th August 2013The Old Palace  in Lincoln is stepping into the limelight by staging two open-air theatre performances by Chapterhouse Theatre Company. Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, both adapted by Laura Turner, will be performed in the garden of the hotel in Minster Yard.“I’m really looking forward to the shows,” said Sonja Brockman, Manager of The Old Palace. “We’ve never really held anything like this at the hotel before so it will be an interesting experience. The two productions are aimed

Toshiba Extends Slimline 2.5-inch HDD Series with New High-RPM Model

Low-power drives combine high-speed access with shock and vibration resistanceDüsseldorf, Germany, 20th August 2013 – Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its family of small form factor 2.5-inch {6.4 cm} hard disk drives (HDDs) with a new model that packs up to 500GB[1]  in a unit just 7mm height. Ideal for laptops, ultrathin notebooks and other mobile and power-sensitive applications requiring integrated storage, the MQ01ACF series combines a high-speed 6Gbit/s intelligent interface with average seek times of just 12ms. A shock sensor circuit provides protection

Massive Sound, Mobile Size: Earshots™ Portable Stereo Speaker System Introduced by kubxlab™

Earshots™ mini portable stereo speaker system offer powerful sound for mobile devicesAUGUST 20, 2013 - Leading innovative tech accessory brand, kubxlab™, today introduced its new Earshots™ portable speakers for mobile devices. The Earshots speakers offer high-quality stereo sound in the palm of your hand and are available for purchase now at kubxlab.com Measuring only 35mm in height and 33mm in width, Earshots portable speakers   deliver size defying sound. Earshots’

Combined Liposuction/Tummy Tuck Offers Best of Both Procedures

Low Complication Rates with Techniques to Minimize Surgical Trauma, Reports Study in PRS Global OpenArlington Heights, Ill. (August 20, 2013) – A combined technique of liposuction and tummy tuck—designed to reduce surgical trauma—provides excellent patient outcomes with a low complication rate, reports a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open® , the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons  (ASPS). ASPS Member Surgeon Dr. Eric Swanson, a plastic surgeon in private practice in

3M previews new lighting effects alongside decorative films and finishes at 100% Design

Bracknell, UK, 20 August 2013 – Diversified technology company 3M has announced its first-time participation at 100% Design, the biggest design event of the year, taking place 18-21 September 2013, Earls Court, London. Designed by New Yorker Todd Bracher, the 3M stand (#E170), located in the Eco Design and Build section of the exhibition, will showcase the very latest product innovations for the architectural and design marketplace, including environmentally sustainable, decorative wall and furniture coverings, colour-shifting glass finishes as well as brand new ultra-sophisticated lighting

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