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PHOTO: PARKER HANNIFIN PROGATE SYSTEM: ProGate at the ready at the Taiyuan BMX Olympic training center, Taiyuan, China. Taiyuan BMX will use ProGate systems in a series of Asian international BMX events it has organized.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 19 -- A patented starting gate design that uses Parker technology is winning recognition throughout the world of BMX bicycle racing, including the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The ProStuff(R) straight eight starting gate has been selected as the official start gate for Olympic BMX contests. The 2008 Olympics will be the first ever held in China and mark the debut of BMX bicycle racing as an Olympic event. Parker distributor, Barker Rockford, Inc., integrated Parker automation components to develop the patented system.
With annual sales exceeding $9 billion, Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: Deb Matteo, Motorola engineer, conducts a light and color experiment with Brownies during Motorola's "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" event on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, in Schaumburg, Ill. Thirty Motorola engineers conducted science experiments and shared their experiences in engineering with nearly 150 Chicago-area Junior Girl Scouts and Brownies. The Motorola Foundation awarded the Girls Scouts of the USA with $200,000 in grants for their "Design and Discovery" and LEGO Robotics programs. The event is part of Motorola's larger initiative to attract U.S. children to science and foster innovation at an early age. (Motorola, Inc., Aynsley Floyd) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: World Press Photo: 3rd Prize: Portraits Singles: Damon Winter, USA, Los Angeles Times: Clint Eastwood. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 12:13 PM | View the original post
Photo: World Press Photo 1st Prize People in the News Singles: Oded Balilty, Israel, The Associated Press: Settler woman struggles with Israeli security officer, Amona outpost, West Bank, 1 February 2006. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
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Capital at Brickell to rise 53 and 57 stories in Miami Skyline.
MIAMI, Feb. 19 -- Cabi Developers, a leading South Florida developer led by Jacobo Cababie, and the US subsidiary of GICSA, Mexico's foremost development company, is taking inspiration from two New York landmarks to build an architectural masterpiece in Brickell, Miami's prestigious financial district. Capital at Brickell, born from the shared vision of Cabi Developers and the internationally renowned architectural firm of Fullerton-Diaz, is a luxury mixed-use development comprising two towers that will soar 53 and 57 stories above the city skyline. The towers pay homage to the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings in their architectural style and urban ethos. |GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 9:33 AM | View the original post
Photo: World Press Photo 1st Prize Nature Singles: Michael Nichols, USA, National Geographic Magazine: Serval Cat, Zakouma National Park, Chad. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: World Press Photo 1st Prize Sports Action Stories: Peter Schols, The Netherlands, Dagblad De Limburger/GPD/Reuters: Zidane’s exit from World Cup final, Berlin, 9 July 2006. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 1:17 PM | View the original post
Photo: WORLD PRESS PHOTO 1st Prize Spot News Stories: Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto: Israeli bombings of Lebanon, July 2006. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: George Washington Carver and Henry Ford shared a vision of a future in which agricultural products would be put to new uses to create products and industries. (Photo released by Ford Motor Company, February 16, 2007) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: Actress Gabrielle Union at the recent Zo & Magic Eight Ball Challenge presented by automotive leader Lincoln. The celebrity pool tournament, staged annually during NBA All Star week raises funds for the Alonzo Mourning Charities and the Magic Johnson Foundation. Union stars in the upcoming Tyler Perry film "Daddy's Little Girl". |GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: 1st Prize Spot News Singles: Akintunde Akinleye, Nigeria, Reuters: Man rinses soot from his face after oil pipeline explosion, Lagos, Nigeria, 26 December 2006. (© World Press Photo)
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 2:54 AM | View the original post
Photo: Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. settles into the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Pace Car at the Daytona International Speedway Saturday, February 17, 2007 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ripken will drive the Corvette in the Daytona 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race on Sunday. This is the 36th straight year that General Motors has provided the Official Pace Vehicle of the Daytona 500. (GM Racing Photo/Dorsey Patrick). |GlobalGiants.com|
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Photo: Cap Cana's Board of Directors President, Dr. Ricardo Hazoury and Donald J. Trump, CEO and President of The Trump Organization, shake hands after signing the agreement for Trump at Cap Cana.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 -- Donald J. Trump has signed a partnership agreement with Cap Cana, S.A. in the Dominican Republic to develop an enchanting luxury resort that will include a golf course, golf villas and golf lots, estate lots, a beach club, a condo hotel, and residences with ocean views that together will be called Trump at Cap Cana.
The real estate luxury products to be developed represent an estimated value of over two billion dollars. The agreement was signed today by Cap Cana's Board of Directors President, Dr. Ricardo Hazoury and Donald J. Trump, CEO and President of The Trump Organization.
Cap Cana, one of the most important real estate and tourism destinations in the Caribbean, is blessed with extraordinary natural beauty and is ideally located adjacent to the Punta Cana International Airport, making it supremely desirable and easily accessible. |GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 4:50 AM | View the original post
Photo: World Press Photo of the Year 2006: Spencer Platt, USA, Getty Images: Young Lebanese drive through devastated neighborhood of South Beirut, 15 August 2006. (© World Press Photo)
The international jury of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest selected a color image of the US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images as World Press Photo of the Year 2006.
The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.
World Press Photo jury chair Michele McNally describes the winning image: “It’s a picture you can keep looking at. It has the complexity and contradiction of real life, amidst chaos. This photograph makes you look beyond the obvious.”
This year 4,460 professional photographers from 124 countries entered 78,083 images in the most prestigious annual international competition in press photography. The judging sessions took place in Amsterdam from 27 January to 8 February. The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 58 photographers of 23 nationalities from: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestinian Territories, People’s Republic of China, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the USA.
Photo: 2nd prize Daily Life Singles: David Butow, USA, Redux Pictures for US News & World Report: Street Corner, New York. (© World Press Photo)
The 2007 jury:
Chair: Michele McNally (USA), assistant managing editor The New York Times
Members:
Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany), photographer Laif Photos & Reportagen
Philip Blenkinsop (Australia), photographer Agence Vu
Ruth Eichhorn (Germany), director of photography Geo
Adrian Evans (UK), director Panos Pictures
Maya Goded (Mexico), photographer Magnum Photos
Diego Goldberg (Argentina), photographer
Wen Huang (People's Republic of China), picture editor Xinhua News Agency
Alexander Joe (Zimbabwe), photographer Agence France-Presse
Jerry Lampen (the Netherlands), photographer Reuters
Jean-François Leroy (France), director Visa pour l'Image
Maria Mann (USA), photography consultant
Secretary: Stephen Mayes (UK), director image archive Art + Commerce Anthology
Spencer Platt, the author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2006, will receive his award and a cash prize of 10,000 euro at the awards ceremony in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, on Sunday 22 April 2007. In addition, Canon will donate Platt a Canon Pro SLR camera.
WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Jacob Obrechtstraat 26
1071 KM AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 676 609 6
Fax: +31 (20) 676 447 1
|GlobalGiants.com|
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 1:54 PM | View the original post
GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 15 -- Poised as the largest activation in the history of the brand, Klondike will join Unilever's multi-brand sponsorship and become one of the official sponsors of Evernham Motorsports' #9 Ultimate Chargers(TM) Dodge during the 2007 Busch Series season. Evernham NEXTEL Cup standout drivers Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler will be behind the wheel.
Unilever North American Ice Cream, headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., is the largest manufacturer and marketer of branded packaged ice cream and frozen novelties in the United States, where the company operates nine manufacturing facilities and employs approximately 3,400 people. Its well-known brands include Breyers(R) Ice Cream, Ben & Jerry's(R), Popsicle(R), Good Humor(R), and Klondike(R). [GlobalGiants.com]
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 1:12 PM | View the original post
ATLANTA, Feb. 15 -- An enormous 'walking' mechanical elephant that was ridden by President Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican National Convention, plus a half-dozen rare vintage guitars - a 1959 Gibson Les Paul and five D-series Martins, collectively worth more than $1 million - will be sold the weekend of February 17-18 by Red Baron, the premier auction house in the Southeast.
The elephant - a colossus by any measure, at about 20 feet tall - was the brainchild of Frank Stuart, an English visionary, and inventor who built three of the forward-propelled pachyderms in the years following World War II. One is permanently housed in a museum in Austria, one is in a private museum in Chicago, and the third (the one being sold) comes directly from the Stuart family.
The elephant 'walks' with the help of a four-cylinder, Chevy-powered engine and an elaborate network of hydraulics neatly tucked inside the body cavity. It skates along, at speeds of up to 20 mph, and has been featured over the years in publications like Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Forbes, and Architectural Digest Motoring. It has also been in numerous parades and festivals.
Its crowning achievement came in 1952, when Dwight Eisenhower rode it to the Republican National Convention, in front of a horde of reporters, cameras, and well-wishers.
[GlobalGiants.com]
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WAYNE, Pa., Feb. 14 -- The Board of Directors of The American Revolution Center today announced that The American Revolution Center(R) (ARC), a private corporation, has selected a new site for the nation's first museum dedicated to the complete story of the American Revolution and its legacy. The site is on private land in Valley Forge. The mission of the ARC is to engage the public in the history and significance of the American Revolution.
Photo: Robert A.M. Stern has designed a critically acclaimed, environmentally sensitive building for the 130,000 square foot museum.
According to The American Revolution Center (ARC), "The American Revolution is the only event in our nation's history that does not have a museum to commemorate it. Studies show a continuing decline in historical literacy. A 2001 report by the National Assessment of Education Programs shows that 57% of America's 12th-graders have a less than basic knowledge of U.S. history. Not only the historical data but also the very spirit of the momentous events of the American Revolution are poorly comprehended and still very relevant today." [GlobalGiants.com]
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 11:57 AM | View the original post
Photo: Cindy Crawford presents the 2007 Conde Nast Johansens prestigious "Most Excellent Resort" Award to Grace Bay Club, Turks & Caicos in a by-invitation-only ceremony at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. (Left to right) Nikheel Advani, Managing Director; Mark Durliat, CEO and Developer; Cindy Crawford. Grace Bay Club is a 59-suite luxury property on the island of Providenciales. (C) Bruce Hulse and Conde Nast Johansens. [GlobalGiants.com]
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 5:21 AM | View the original post
Photo: Midwest Airlines' new inflight magazine -- MyMidwest -- debuts March 1. The new magazine reflects the airline's efforts to continually improve its customers' onboard experience. Passengers will enjoy a larger magazine filled with engaging feature articles, useful destination guides and expanded onboard service information, packaged in a fresh, new design. [GlobalGiants.com]
Edited & Posted by the Editor | 5:17 AM | View the original post
ELOY, Ariz., Feb. 13 -- Airborne Systems Group, which has combined the world's leading parachute brands specializing in aerial delivery, rescue and survival equipment, and engineering services, held a two day event allowing allied militaries from around the world to participate in a demonstration of the world's most advanced parachute delivery technology.
Photo: Airborne Days - militaries test ride Airborne Systems high performance parachutes.
The event called "Airborne Days" focused on equipment used in aerial cargo delivery, airborne insertions and in rescue and survival operations. Military personnel from 23 different countries made jumps with the new equipment. "This is an unprecedented event," said Brad Petersen, COO of Airborne Systems, North America. "With so many new parachute technologies, militaries have many options to increase their effectiveness on the battlefield."
A number of products from Airborne Systems, Europe developed at the UK and Canadian operation centers were showcased. Airborne Systems has combined the core technologies of four of the world's leading parachute brands; Irvin Aerospace, GQ Parachutes, Para-Flite and AML (Aircraft Materials, Ltd). [GlobalGiants.com]
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