EU Shelves Telecom Super-Regulator Nov 30, 2008
Under the commission's original November 2007 telecoms proposals, the new body would have replaced the current European Regulators Group (ERG). Where the ERG gathers together national regulators to co-ordinate telecoms regulation, the commission's preferred solution would have been controlled by the EU executive, supervised domestic regulators and been able to overrule national decisions ... The parliament's position established in September- is to give the ERG a new name, but to keep its... (BusinessWeek)
Get Over The Hedge Nov 17, 2008
Ron Geffner, a lawyer at Sadis erg who works with hedge fund managers and investors, said the fear of redemptions is more of a self-fulfilling prophecy than a calendar-based inevitability ... A rebound in mergers and acquisitions would likely help break the logjam in this area, but that likely requires lenders to regain their appetite for risk. (Forbes -- Markets)
Feeling crook - and better off for it Nov 17, 2008
ERG shareholders finally held a wake for the stricken smartcard company yesterday ... ERG's chairman, Colin Henson, declared in tones akin to a funeral: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is with sadness that we are meeting to consider and vote on a proposed restructure of the ERG Group." ERG even loses its name as part of the restructure, and will instead be known as Videlli. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Transport minister bungles Tcard dates Oct 16, 2008
In its last iteration, ERG Limited was given almost four years under its contract to introduce the smartcard. In the end the project was dumped after five years and now NSW is embroiled in a $200 million damages claim. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Weekly train tickets to go the way of the Tcard Sep 10, 2008
"Consideration should be given to emerging technologies such as those associated with mobile devices." ... Under the Tcard contract, ERG Limited was given just under four years to complete the roll-out. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The horses are now in the starting gate, and .... Aug 22, 2008
Uh, duh, er uh, erg, oooooh,Did I heeeeeere somebody saaaaaaay debate. Wait a minute. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Thales gets into rich Gautrain contract Jul 16, 2008
In response to Business Report this week, Yolisa Tyantsi, the communications and marketing executive at Bombela, said: "Sims has entered into a collaborative arrangement with Thales Transportation Systems who will provide elements of the design, materials and technical support. "After an open, rigorous and fair procurement process, Sims emerged a clear winner ahead of the competition and we are confident that they will provide the best product for Gautrain. " Sims beat two other competitors... (Business Report, South Africa)
Kingston's car engine shutoff rule is no idle threat Jul 13, 2008
The move to make motorists aware of the negative effects of idling has picked up as attention focuses on soaring energy costs, deteriorating air quality, and global warming. Vehicle idling not only wastes energy, pollutes the atmosphere, and accelerates global warming, say environmental advocates, it violates Chapter 90, Section 16A of the Massachusetts General Laws ... In a few other towns that take the anti-idling law seriously - Belmont and Lenox, like Kingston, consider themselves no-idling... (Boston Globe)
Savings for public transport users Jun 30, 2008
Following the collapse of work with ERG on an integrated ticketing system for Sydney, the State Government has an expert panel reviewing the options, which will present its findings in the coming months. But with Sydney's trains and buses already overcrowded due to the swing back to public transport following the sharp increases in oil prices, this may limit the Government's willingness to introduce discounts on some routes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Gym Rowing as Exercise and Sport Jun 26, 2008
Long used for winter training by outdoor rowers, indoor rowing (sometimes known as erg rowing after a measure of physical work) has something to offer everyone, from the fitness-minded to the competitive athlete ... Organisations such as the have emerged to promote the sport and keep results and records. (Suite101.com)
LETTERS: NCT, June 21, 2008 Jun 22, 2008
I am just a simple person who is more focused on the economy, health care, the war in Iraq, the energy crisis, political corruption on and on silly me ... I was in the emergency room on the 14 of June with an asthma attack ... I can well imagine the time and energy committed to this project by editor Michelle and her staff. (North County Times)
Traits Of Aggressive Form Of Prostate Cancer Identified Jun 12, 2008
Previous studies by this group of researchers have shown that most prostate cancer is caused in part by a gene fusion -- the merging of two unrelated genes, which plays a role in at least 50 percent of prostate cancer cases ... The abnormal gene fusion associated with prostate cancer occurs when one of two genes, ERG or ETV1, merges with a prostate-specific gene called TMPRSS2 ... Using data from seven studies, they found SPINK1 was over-expressed in prostate cancer when compared to benign... (Science Daily)
Dual Functions Of Gene Revealed, For Better And For Worse May 29, 2008
The gene, known as "ERG", has long been associated with a range of human malignancies, including leukemia and sarcoma. American scientists showed in 2005 that ERG is mutated in more than half of all prostate cancers ... It was unclear, however, what function ERG normally performs in the human body and why it is so carcinogenic when mutated. (Science Daily)
Man in Viola standoff faces attempted homicide charges Apr 9, 2008
VIOLA Robert Bayliss, accused of shooting at sheriff s deputies as their armored vehicles converged on his rural Viola cabin, was described Tuesday as a smiling and helpful friend, clever with computers but short on cash, and someone who did not trust Richland County government ... George Hesselb erg photo ... Bayliss deployed at least two improvised explosive devices, but after gas canisters were fired into the house, Bayliss emerged and was subdued, uninjured, with propelled beanbags. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Homecoming queen Feb 13, 2008
"As soon as I got there I thought, 'Erg, these people are freaks!' Not freaks, I mean," she quickly corrects herself, trying not very successfully to stifle the inner 18-year-old. "But it was so competitive and serious and 'we're amazing' and you feel that what you do isn't worthy because it's not conceptual and everything. Of course," she adds, interrupting herself again, "I do have an appreciation for people who do amazing conceptual things, but I can't do it, and when you're 18 and don't have... (Guardian Unlimited)
New Urine Test Detects Prostate Cancer Better Than Other Methods, Study Suggests Feb 5, 2008
In 2005 they identified a prostate-specific gene called TMPRSS2 which fuses with either ERG or ETV1, two genes known to be involved in several types of cancer. In 2007, they identified another five genes that fuse on to ERG or ETV1 to cause prostate cancer ... In the current study, researchers built upon the PCA3 test by screening for six additional biomarkers, including TMPRSS2:ERG as well as some molecules generally over-expressed in prostate cancer, and some which are over-expressed in... (Science Daily)
Ofcom seeks lower charges for texting in Europe Feb 2, 2008
"These prices represent a significant price hurdle to the use of mobile internet while abroad," Richards said in a briefing document ahead of today's meeting of the European Regulators Group (ERG) ... The ERG will today consider what moves individual country regulators must take in order to get prices lower, or whether the matter should be referred to the European commission which can impose an EU-wide settlement ... Recent ERG research shows that many mobile phone companies still charge their... (Guardian Unlimited)
Transport ticket fiasco looms Feb 2, 2008
Western Australia-based ERG is the chief contractor of Melbourne's Metcard system ... ERG, in turn, will press the Iemma Government for more than $250 million in damages for early termination of the contract ... In 1994 the OneLink consortium, which is controlled by ERG, won the contract to design, supply, install and operate Melbourne's Metcard system. (The Age)
Genetic Alteration That Triggers Prostate Cancer In Mice And Man Confirmed Jan 30, 2008
A significant proportion of human prostate cancers carry a chromosomal rearrangement that results in the overexpression of the ETS transcription factor ERG, a protein that controls gene expression ... Studying prostate cells in transgenic mice, Vasioukhin, Nelson and colleagues at the Hutchinson Center and the University of Washington found that up-regulation of ERG transcript initiates cancer growth ... They hypothesize that up-regulation of ERG in human prostate cancer activates cell-invasion... (Science Daily)
Arroyo demands Suu Kyi's release Jan 25, 2008
Burma has emerged as a major thorn at the 13th ASEAN summit here and forced host Singapore into an embarrassing retraction of an offer to have UN Burma envoy Ibrahim Gambari brief the group's leaders and six East Asia Summit dialogue partners, including Australia. Leaders of all 10 member states, and other regional representatives including Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, were to have received a briefing by Mr Gambari but this was cancelled late on Monday night after pressure from... (Yahoo News -- Myanmar)
Thorpe moves to scuttle doping claims Jan 25, 2008
January 26, 2008 12:37am AEDT. IAN Thorpe has provided the country's drug testing agency with medical evidence in an attempt to clear his name of doping. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
New hope of developing Ebola vaccine Jan 25, 2008
January 23, 2008 12:12am AEDT. SCIENTISTS have disarmed the Ebola virus by removing a single gene, providing a new laboratory tool that will help the development of drugs and vaccines against the lethal tropical disease. (The Australian)
Government a failure at every level Jan 24, 2008
So the Transport Minister, John Watkins, gave us a litany of the problems with ERG, the company contracted to develop the Tcard. ERG had "missed deadlines", and was guilty of "ongoing delays, failures and appalling project management". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
EU readying next round of phone charge battles Jan 21, 2008
Daniel Pataki, the Hungarian telecommunications regulator who became ERG president Jan. 1, said that he hoped national regulators would reach a consensus on rates to avoid further regulation from Brussels. In an interview, Pataki acknowledged that mobile operators' costs were different in each EU country, based on the varying price of labor, local regulations and operator costs and investments, which makes coming up with a uniform rate or a common method of calculating rates extremely difficult. (International Herald Tribune)
Anti-War Protester Settles Suit Over Incident at Bush Event Dec 11, 2007
In response, Lischner's lawyers -- David Rudovsky and Jonathan H. Feinberg of Kairys Rudovsky Messing erg -- complained that the defense team was asking for "extraordinary limits" that simply couldn't be justified ... Feinberg said the settlement includes a confidentiality clause that prohibits him from discussing the terms ... "I'm only at liberty to say two words: It settled," Feinberg said. (Law.com)
TV idea: sitcom-drama in bank Dec 3, 2007
Take hapless ticketing mob ERG. ... But ERG is ploughing on as if it's merely a flesh wound, assuring all happy travellers yesterday that delivering the rest of its public transport ticketing system will be a breeze ... What's more, ERG warned, if the Government took on another contractor "full implementation would probably be a decade away". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
9/11 rebuild goes on, despite grisly finds Nov 28, 2007
NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to press ahead with construction at the 9/11 site, despite an outcry following the discovery of more remains believed to belong to victims of the attacks. Mr Bloomberg's declaration came after 18 new body remnants were found at the World Trade Centre site, and officials revealed they had yet to unearth more than half the underground spaces that were overlooked in the search following the attacks ... Families of the 2749 victims, 40per cent of whom still... (Yahoo News -- World Trade Center)
Can't tell about the cartel Nov 28, 2007
Open heart surgery So much for hapless ticketing system company ERG asking itself all the tough questions ... After all, following a decade of trying to get an integrated ticketing system going for Sydney's transport system, ERG had copped it in the neck from the State Government ... Late on Tuesday, ERG released an amended presentation to the ASX.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Phase Forward bernimmt Green Mountain Logic, einen innovativen Anbieter von Software fr das Management von klinischen Phase-I-Studien Oct 31, 2007
ndigt das Phase-Forward-Produktportfolio Erg ... Vor dem Hintergrund des oftmals vielstufigen Verfahrens zur Erfassung von Phase-I-Testdaten und einem knapp bemessenen Zeitrahmen bietet LabPas CT dar ... Wir erkennen bedeutende Synergien zwischen der GML-Produktlinie und den umfangreichen Klinikdaten-Lsungen von Phase Forward , so John Rosenblum, CEO und Pr. (BusinessWire)
Indoor rowing floats his boat Oct 21, 2007
Pat Soley, the gym's group exercise manager, recalls her boss saying, "That's insane. We don't have room for a bunch of ergs," referring to the Concept2 rowing machine that's universally called "the erg" - short for ergometer, which measures the user's power and speed ... He purchased five ergs and began refining his teaching style, a combination of coaching advice and motivational speaking ... Set to a high-energy playlist from Crosby's iPod, most of the 50-minute class consists of interval... (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Two Connecticut Utilities Submit 68 Megawatts of FuelCell Energy Power Plant Projects to Connecticut Department of Utility Control Aug 22, 2007
Source: FuelCell Energy, Inc. ... Aug. 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean efficient power plants for commercial, industrial and utility customers, today announced that the two Connecticut utilities, Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating, have submitted the results of Round 2 of the contract procurement under the Connecticut General Statutes section 16-244c(j)(2) program, generally known as Connecticut Project 100... (Primezone Releases)
In Annals of Neurology verffentlichte Studie zu TYSABRI(R) zeigt deutliche Verbesserung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualitt von Patienten mit multipler Sklerose Aug 20, 2007
ndeten heute die Verffentlichung von Studienergebnissen, die zeigen, dass TYSABRI(R) (Natalizumab) die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualit. t (health-related quality-of-life, HRQoL) von Patienten im Vergleich zur Behandlung mit einem Placebo deutlich verbessert ... Diese Ergebnisse stammen aus den ersten Phase-III-Studien zu multipler Sklerose (MS), die eine Verbesserung der HRQoL-Werte in Patienten mit rezidivierenden Formen von MS gezeigt haben. (BusinessWire)
Parion Sciences und Gilead Sciences unterzeichnen Vertrag zur Weiterentwicklung eines Wirkstoffkandidaten fr Lungenerkrankung Aug 16, 2007
fts von ca. 146 Millionen US-Dollar ergibt ... Diese Partnerschaft erg. (BusinessWire)
Not-So-Fast Pass Aug 15, 2007
Since then, one of the subcontractors, ERG Ltd. of Australia, has taken over as the company in charge of design and implementation. Heminger said a series of technical glitches and software challenges has led to delays, pushing the implementation of TransLink years behind schedule. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gene Fusions Trigger Cancer Growth Aug 3, 2007
In 2005, the researchers identified a prostate-specific gene called TMPRSS2, which fuses with either ERG or ETV1, two genes known to be involved in several types of cancer. The Nature paper reports on five additional genes that fuse with ERG or ETV1 to cause prostate cancer. (Science Daily)
Fused Genes Might Fuel Prostate Tumors Aug 2, 2007
The genes from that family fuse with either ERG or ETV1, two genes known to be involved in several types of cancer. The study appears in the Aug. 2 issue of the journal Nature. (Health-Finder)
New Test Pinpoints Deadliest Prostate Cancers Jul 18, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a new way to identify a particularly deadly form of prostate cancer in a breakthrough that could save tens of thousands of men from undergoing unnecessary surgery each year ... Researchers knew that prostate cancers commonly contain a fusion of the TMPRSS2 and ERG genes, but the new study found that in 6. (MEDLINEplus)
Gene's Activity Points To More Lethal Subtype Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Jul 13, 2007
The gene, called ERG (for ETS-related gene), has also been linked to chronic leukemia and to breast and prostate cancer ... Among these patients, those with leukemia cells showing high ERG activity are almost six times more likely to relapse or die within five years than are patients with low ERG expression following standard therapy ... Our study shows that high ERG activity predicts a poor prognosis in these patients, even when other molecular markers are taken into consideration, says first... (Science Daily)
BCE Reaches Definitive Agreement to be Acquired By Investor Group Led by Teachers, Providence and Madison - BCE Board Recommends Shareholders Accept C$42.75 (US$40.13) Per Share Offer Jul 1, 2007
Legal advisors to BCE are Davies, Ward Phillips erg, Stikeman Elliott, and Sullivan ell ... Citi is serving as lead mergers sitions advisor to the consortium ... MDP focuses on private equity transactions across a broad spectrum of industries, including basic industries, communications, consumer, energy and power, financial services, health care and real estate. (PR Newswire)
Sekou's blog Jun 29, 2007
A beat writers perspective. The entry titled "Let's get it on ...," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Pendulum swings for Evans & Tate rescue Jun 18, 2007
Entrepreneur Peter Fogarty has emerged as winemaker Evans & Tate's white knight, as the troubled group today revealed details of a new restructure plan that could involve acquisitions ... The former managing director of smart card company ERG Ltd, Mr Fogarty also founded the unlisted Fogarty Wines Group, which produces labels in the Hunter Valley in NSW, Perth Hills in Western Australia and the Margaret River, also in WA. ... In March, Evan's & Tate scrapped an agreement to merge with US-listed... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Bucknell Women's Rowing Announces Addition of 18 Recruits Jun 14, 2007
placed first in 2007 and second in 2006 at the Midwest Championship Erg Sprints in the Junior Lightweight Women's Division. placed second in the lightweight 8+ at the 2006 Midwest Junior Rowing Championships. (Bucknellbison.com)
Read more. . Feb 23, 2007
Officials hold mock emergency ... Williston District 1 Public Schools Superintendent Warren Larson, from left, Faye Moe of the Upper Missouri District Health Unit, Williams County Emergency Disaster Services Director Ed Lodwig, Williston Fire Chief Alan Hanson and Williston Public Works Director Monte Meiers strategize ways to help emergency crews during a mock emergency exercise, conducted at the New Armory Wednesday ... In a scenario that could be too true in oil patch country, emergency... (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Are you a victim of the commuter crush? Jan 30, 2007
"). Posted by: Greg Wilson at January 30, 2007 5:25 AM The system is a mess ; the proposed "untangling" of the Sydney lines will be reversed almost as soon as it's finished. A special thumbs-down for the renovations at Town Hall, which force commuters to walk extra distances, and then walk back the way they would have come in the first place. All commuters could help, though. When you approach the turnstiles, here's a radical thought: you need to have your ticket ready! Every day there are... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Superintendent presents preliminary school budget Calls for 6.56 percent increase over 2006-07 Jan 25, 2007
88 percent of the increase, is made up of fixed costs the school administration has no control over - $613,053 in health insurance; $1,123,829 in contractual personnel costs such as wages and benefits; $116,670 in energy; $59,531 in transportation; $78,503 in special education transportation; $3,000 in rubbish removal and $37,056 in state vo-ag tuition. "This looks just like a home budget with increases in insurance and energy costs," Dr. Erardi said ... The state average is $11,240 and the... (Town Times, CT)
State women's bowling tourney under way Jan 25, 2007
Phat Pheasant Pub/H erg, 2,702, Jackson; 3. B y Bugs, 2, 696, New Ulm; 4. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Hedberg in goal tonight Jan 7, 2007
Bob Hartley must have heard the fans calling for Johan Hedberg, because he s getting the start in goal tonight against the Coyotes. Hedberg hasn t played since a 6-0 loss to the Islanders on Dec. 16th ... Plus, as Hartley pointed out this morning, Hedberg may be a little more familiar with a Western Conference team after playing for Dallas last year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
E. gate closure faulted - By Carole Cloudwalker Jan 4, 2007
The comments were prepared on the commissioners' behalf by consultants Ecocsystems Research Group (ERG) of Missoula, Mont ... In addition to the draft ERG comments, commissioners also considered a draft cover letter prepared by commissioner Tim French that seeks changes to the preferred alternative ... Key findings drafted by ERG include portions of several alternatives the Park Service rejected when selecting their preference. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
