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Heading up to the Sierra for a day or two of skiing or snowboarding is a common wintertime activity for many Northern Californians. The snow is usually thick and heavy, the drive is relatively quick and the resort options are plentiful. But with the national...
2008-11-20 07:00:00
Chuck Bennett: Smooth Style Beauty Bash honors Metro Detroit women
There was lots of activity, mostly beauty-related, when WVMW Smooth Jazz V98.7,Christian Dior Cosmetics...
2008-11-19 03:35:40
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime Reuters
Reuters - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse...
2008-11-18 22:00:00
AHMEDABAD
ECO1EconomyGujarat plans satellite towns to decongest bigger citiesBy P.S. AnantharamanAhmedabad, Nov 18 IANS The Gujarat government is drawing up a blueprint called 'Rurban' to create satellite urban centres to decongest its bigger cities. These towns will have rural souls with urban amenities, says Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has conceived this idea. The concept, according to government officials, will be marketed strongly at the January 2009 Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit.Ahmedabad, Gujarat's commercial capital, is already being developed as a mega city and a host of urban development programmes are being implemented to make it more liveable.Gujarat also has other cities such as Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Jamnagar that are witnessing rapid industrial growth and are becoming heavily congested. Mehsana, about 75 km from Ahmedabad, could also join this league as it is not far from the Ahmedabad-Dholera special economic region.Officials said Modi has given a broad outline of the Rurban concept. According to him, it will be a "big village with a rural soul" but with all urban amenities that a city may have.The inspiration for the concept has come after Tata Motors decided to relocate its Nano car project to Sanand, about 30 km from Ahmedabad, which has a large cluster of villages stretching up to Viramgam, 16 km away.With the Tata group also planning a residential township in Sanand, the Nano project is expected to transform the sleepy town into a bustling urban centre boasting of amenities such as malls, entertainment complex and educational centres.The officials said the time was ripe to attract investments for such projects. According to them, while the current economic situation could hit investment in the manufacturing sector, it would not impact the infrastructure sector as projects would invariably have long gestation periods.Investors, both foreign and domestic, would not be averse to making investments in urban development projects, they were confident.Gujarat, which is already seeking to capitalise on its strategy of port-led development, is pumping in an additional Rs.150 billion nearly $3 bn for developing port-related infrastructure, which includes development of new ports, special economic zones, connectivity with the hinterland, cold chain, shipbuilding yards, ship-repair facilities and inter-port transport systems.The Rurban concept dovetails perfectly with this framework, the officials said.An additional investment of about $100 billion is expected on account of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project.The project envisages development of identified industrial nodes as global manufacturing and commercial hubs. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bharuch, Valsad, Ankleshwar, Vapi and Dahej would all be nerve centres of industrial activity.--Indo-Asian News Servicepsa/ank/sj/tb/jg459 Words18110944
2008-11-18 03:00:00
Gem cuts back as diamond price falls
The Aim-traded miner warns of a possible annual loss with plans to focus on its high-value Letseng mine and cut most exploration activity to conserve cash
2008-11-17 23:00:00
'Healthy life years' matter more than life expectancy after 50
London, Nov 17 ANI: A new study has shown that the number of years of healthy active life people live after the age of 50 varies greatly across Europe. The study, conducted by Professor Carol Jagger and colleagues of the University of Leicester, found that people grew old most comfortably in Denmark, where men could look forward to 23.6 'healthy life years' and women 24.1.On the other hand, men in Estonia could expect no more than 9.1 trouble-free years after their 50th birthday and women in the eastern European country had just 10.4 years of healthy life ahead of them after turning 50.The study found that generally, people in 'established' western EU countries were far more likely to enjoy good health in their later years than those in the newer, eastern states.According to experts, 'healthy life years' provide a better way to make health comparisons between regions than life expectancy.The study found that in 2005 an average 50-year-old man in the EU could expect to live a healthy active life until the age of 67.3. Women were likely to enjoy good health until 68.1.However, 'healthy life years' varied by as much as 14.5 years for men and 13.7 for women. The UK was ranked seventh in the 'healthy life years' league table, with a healthy life expectancy for 50-year-olds of 19.7 years for men and 20.8 for women."We noted a large variation in the remaining years spent free of activity limitations in men and women at 50 years of age between the 25 EU countries in 2005," Scotsman quoted the authors, as stating in the Lancet.The research is published in an early online edition of The Lancet medical journal. ANI
2008-11-17 10:00:05
Syria nuclear clues 'not damning'
Head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei says a report he will present on Syrian nuclear activity is "inconclusive".
2008-11-17 10:03:40
30-year low for N. Hemisphere tropical cyclone activity
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2008-11-17 01:00:00
McCreevy under pressure over fund passport
EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy finds himself under pressure to introducexA0a so-called 'management company passport'xA0in an attempt to open up the European investment fund market and facilitate cross-border activity atxA0lower cost.
2008-11-16 08:49:26
Physical activity: It's not too late
The weather is getting colder. There are fewer hours of daylight. The economy is in a pickle, and you've simply got other things on your mind.
2008-11-15 02:10:26

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