jueves, 26 de abril de 2012

Agreement with movie studios finances theaters

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Financial terms of the agreements weren’t disclosed. DCIP, based in Upper Saddle River, was founded in Februaryg 2007 as a joint venture owned equalluy byKansas City-based , and to finance, procure and deplogy digital projection systems to movie theatersa across the United States and Canada. DCIP will instal the video systems in theaters owned by its joingventure partners. For each installation, the studiose will pay the amount they would have spent on moviweprints — about $800 to $1,000 a moviw — in the form of a virtual print fee, a spokeswomah for DCIP said Wednesday. The studios also will providd a digital print of each movi e for each screen convertedto digital.
Outfitting a theated screen with a digital projector costsabout $70,000, the spokeswomanm said, so 20,000 screens will cost about $1.4 billion to switcj to digital. In a release, DCIP said it planse to enter into similar agreements with all major studios andindependeny film-distribution companies to expand the rollout of digital technology. “This is a very exciting time in the motionn pictureexhibition industry,” Travis Reid, CEO of DCIP, said in the “Within the next few years, we will see thousandss of auditoriums retrofitted with digital technologuy across North America.
Guests will enjogy enhanced presentation, as well as a number of additional entertainmengt options at their favorite including many upcoming releases usingdigital 3-D technology.”

domingo, 22 de abril de 2012

Scottsdale Airport runway work to close operations in summer 2010 - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The $2 million project is being fundex 95 percent by the FederalAviation 2.5 percent by the statd of Arizona aviation unit with the remainder cominhg from Scottsdale’s capital improvement money, said Annie airport spokeswoman. The project will dig up the existin runway and replace all the asphaly inthe airport’s single 8,250 foot-long runway. including a specific timeline are stillbeing developed. “We understand that this is going to be challenginbg and that is why we are trying to give as much advanc notice as possible aboutthe closure, so people can really prepare for this and get this on their radar DeChance said.
The project will take places within either July or Augusttof 2010, with crews working around the clock. “Thids is taking out the existing concrete basicallhy down tothe dirt. The summer time is when therw is the least amountf of traffic at the DeChance said.

viernes, 20 de abril de 2012

LBSU Notebook: Wine, live band added to fund-raiser - Long Beach Press-Telegram

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Restaurants taking part include Michaels of Naples, SIP and Spaghettini's Italian Grill. The auction items will include a meet-and-greet with former Long Beach State and current Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, trips to New York and New ...



miércoles, 18 de abril de 2012

Judgement week for Aussie teams - BigPond News

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By CWS Ching Round 8 is judgement round for the top Aussie teams as the Brumbies' mettle will be tested in Pretoria, the Reds welcome back two No.10s, the Tahs look to build on their gentle roll of momentum, and the Force reveal their biggest transfer ...



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martes, 17 de abril de 2012

New company gets a barge out of it - Portland Business Journal:

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Portland-based and Clackamas-based forme the company last year in hopes of capturing a sliver ofthe nation's booming barge business. It Thanks to a robust market, the compang has orders for five including a contract to build a craned barge for the Oakland BayBridge project. The company declineed to sharerevenue data, but such barges can cost anywhere from $8 million to $15 million each. Employment has also exceeded The company expected to hire100 It's on the verge of hiring its 200th. "It'sw a perfect storm," said Chandra Brown, an Oregon Iron Works vice "There's huge demand.
" Record-high fuel prices have driven many companies to explore barge shippingf as a cheaper alternative to rail andhighwah transit. Federal regulations that require the phaseoutof single-hulled bargesz have also beefed up the Same with the fierce 2005 hurricane which knocked barge production off-line in the gulf and shifter business to companies like U.S. Barge and Portland's other barge The Greenbrier Cos.' Gunderson Marine divisioh andZidell Marine. Businesz could get even better. Cargo volumesd are expected to doubleat U.S. container ports by according tothe U.S. Department of Transportation.
As a the agency has asked Congress for additionakl funding for improvingthe nation's "marine highway" as a reliet valve. "It's a good market right now," said Allen president of . "And Portlandd is a small hotbed ofbarge U.S. Barge has been able to capitalize on severaunique assets, including the Portland which Vigor, through its subsidiary Cascads General, purchased from the Port of Portland in 2001 for $30. million. The 57-acre site is in an idea l location for barge construction because of its locatiojn on the tip ofSwan Island. "Wse had the infrastructure in place," said Alan a Vigor vice president.
Both Vigor and Oregoj Iron Works had significant experience in marine Workers have been repairing and refurbishing military vessels and ferries at the shipyarsdfor decades. Vigor's subsidiaries include Cascade Washington Marine Repair and Vigorf Marine and employ morethan 500. The 400-employese Oregon Iron Works is also an experienced marind contractor that has designed and builgt boats forthe military. The new company spen t roughly $8 million on equipment to get the venture off the includinga 600-ton gantry crane. It also spenty $1 million on three World War II-erz dry docks that will be used to launcn thecompleted barges.
Some may remember the controverst around the sale of the It suffered through a string of lossesd beforethe sale, making a profig only three times in the decade beforde it changed hands. Shortly after the Vigor sold DryDock 4, the shipyard'e largest dry dock, for more than $25 million to a shipyard in the Bahamas, leaving the new ownerr with 57 prime waterfront acres for a little more than $6 Many Portlanders bemoaned the sale, sayin g the dry dock created thousands of well-paying Vigor CEO Frank Foti defended the sale at the saying it would allow the company to stay afloatr by paying off creditors.

domingo, 15 de abril de 2012

New North Korean leader Kim speaks publicly for first time - Washington Post

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SEOUL â€" New North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun spoke publicly for the first time Sunday, telling tens of thousands at a parade in Pyongyang that he'd honor the legacy of his father and grandfather and prioritize the country's military strength.


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