Sikorsky Aerospace Services Signs Agreement for Customer Service Centre in United Kingdom

PARIS, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –PARIS AIR SHOW –Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of an agreement with Vector Aerospace that appoints Vector’s United Kingdom facilities as authorized Customer Service Centres (CSC) to support Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp Continue reading

NASA Selects New Suborbital Payloads, Total Tops 100 Experiments

NASA has selected 21 space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons, and a commercial parabolic aircraft. This latest selection represents the sixth cycle of NASA’s continuing call for payloads through an announcement of opportunity Continue reading

IN THE MARKETS: Wealth and freedom go together, for the most part

IN THESE trying times of market turmoil, high unemployment and great inequality, economic freedom is touted as the panacea for all the worlds wrongs by outfits such as South Africas Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the USs Heritage Foundation. They argue and I largely agree that if you leave people to their own devices and allow them to make the most of their talents and abilities and free them, as far as possible, from the encumbrances of red tape, they will do well individually. Society will then, as a whole, be better off economically. Continue reading

Connecting Columbia and Australia: Sandra PhD Research Student @ Sydney Medical School (English) – Video




Connecting Columbia and Australia: Sandra PhD Research Student @ Sydney Medical School (English) Latin America: Sydney Medical School Symposia 31 May – 6 June 2013 http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/news/news/2013/May/latin-america-symposium.php *** Sandr… By: Sydney Medical School Continue reading

Connecting Columbia and Australia: Sandra PhD Research Student @ Sydney Medical School (Spanish) – Video




Connecting Columbia and Australia: Sandra PhD Research Student @ Sydney Medical School (Spanish) Latin America: Sydney Medical School Symposia 31 May – 6 June 2013 http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/news/news/2013/May/latin-america-symposium.php *** Sandr… By: Sydney Medical School Continue reading

Asia-Pacific Nuclear Medicine/Radiopharmaceuticals Market Worth $825 Million by 2017

DALLAS, May 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The “Asia-Pacific Nuclear Medicine/Radiopharmaceuticals Market & Stable Isotopes [SPECT/PET Radioisotopes (Technetium, F-18)], [Beta/Alpha Radiation Therapy (I131, Y-90)], [Applications (Cancer/Oncology, Cardiac)] & (Deuterium, C-13)-Forecast to 2017″ analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in Japan, China, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, and Rest of Asia. Continue reading

Astonishing Nanotechnology / Live Long Prosper / Most Important Film To See – Video




Astonishing Nanotechnology / Live Long Prosper / Most Important Film To See Information About Elizabeth Seewald / One Of The Greatest Innovators Of Modern Times Email: harmonicplasmotekk@gmail.com Tel: 0401 030 395 (Inside Australia)… By: Elizabeth Seewald Continue reading

China not Challenging United States Primacy in Pacific Islands, Says New Lowy Institute Analysis

SYDNEY, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –In a new Lowy Institute for International Policy Analysis, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, provides a sober assessment of China’s growing engagement in the Pacific Islands region. She argues that it is inaccurate and potentially counter-productive to view China’s activities in the region in geo-strategic terms. China’s activities in the Pacific Islands are being viewed akin to its growing geo-strategic role in Asia Continue reading

Sikorsky Aerospace Services to Complete SAR Conversion for Brunei Shell S-92® Aircraft

SINGAPORE, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –IMDEX Asia — Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced plans today to perform the first post-delivery Search and Rescue (SAR) modifications to Brunei Shell’s Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Originally configured for offshore oil missions, the aircraft will undergo a comprehensive conversion to a SAR configuration to serve customers in Borneo and the surrounding Southeast Asia region. SAS is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp Continue reading

NZ: 'Media Freedom Worrier' Stirs Lively Response

NZ: ‘Media Freedom Worrier’ Stirs Lively Responses to Press Threats Speech http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-media-freedom-worrier-stirs-lively-responses-press-threats-speech-8281 Anna Magavu AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Media commentators, media freedom advocates, journalists and academics welcomed New Zealand’s inaugural UNESCO World Press Freedom Day speech with searching questions and lively debate. Professor Mark Pearson, author of The Journalist’s Guide to Media Law, had voiced concern at the high levels of digital surveillance facing journalists today and he urged journalists to adopt a new ethical model of reporting for social good Continue reading

Post-conflict trauma haunts Solomon Islands

Post-conflict trauma haunts Solomon Islands By Catherine Wilson HONIARA, Solomon Islands – After 10 years of working towards peace and reconciliation in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, following a five-year civil conflict known as the “Tensions” (1998-2003) which left 30,000 people displaced and hundreds unaccounted for, people now go about their daily lives in improved freedom and personal security. Continue reading

Fridge and Freezer Replacement Program In Cook Islands

Fridge and Freezer Replacement Program In Cook Islands to Reduce Energy Consumption-ADB RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS (2 MAY 2012) A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of the Cook Islands, and the white goods retailers-Motor Centre and the Cook Islands Trading Corporation Ltd. The MOU supports the Fridge and Freezer Replacement Program which is one of several energy efficiency projects being developed and implemented under the Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific-Phase 2 Project. Continue reading

Global Futurist and Business Forecaster Jack Uldrich to Keynote Optus Vision2013 Conference in Sydney, Australia

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 Following on the heels of his successful keynote presentations at SingTel’s CIO Days in Hong Kong and the New Jersey CIO summit, popular keynote speaker, renowned global futurist, technology forecaster and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver the closing keynote address at Optus Vision2013 Conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center in Sydney, Australia on May 2, 2013. The title of Uldrichs presentation will be Tomorrows Technology Today and much of the material for his keynote is drawn from his latest book, “Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow. Continue reading