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45 Events maltatoday, SUNDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2013 Emirates spreads its wings across the Atlantic by announcing Boston Emirates is to launch a further transatlantic link with the start of flights to Boston from 10th March 2014. This will be the airline's 8th route into the United States, 9th into North America and 12th into the wider Americas. The flight will be operated by a GE-90 engine-powered Boeing 777200LR and brings the winner of the Skytrax 'World's Best Airline' 2013 award into Boston Logan International Airport on a daily basis. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group said: "Our Boston service will further develop this exciting gateway into the north-eastern United States. Based on passenger demand, we believe the time is right to further boost our U.S operations, while stimulating channels of trade and tourism to and from the state of Massachusetts and the wider New England region." Boston will become a new Emirates' destination from 10th March 2014 From 10 March 2014, EK237 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs and arrive in Boston at 1515hrs. The return flight, EK 238, will take off from Boston at 2255hrs and land in Du- bai at 1910hrs the next day. As part of an agreement with JetBlue, Emirates and JetBlue passengers are able to travel on each other's flights and earn reciprocal miles. Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts and one of the oldest cities in America. With more than 12 million visitors a year, Boston boasts a world class reputation for medical and educational facilities, including Harvard University. Emirates started flights to America in 2004, beginning with New York. The airline's current seven U.S gateways form part of a 134-destination network, served by a fleet of more than 200 modern aircraft, including the airline's flagship Airbus A380. Emirates' much-lauded hub in Dubai is equipped with the world's first purpose-built A380 concourse, housing the largest First and Business Class lounges in the industry. Aboard the Boeing 777-200LR serving Boston, customers in all classes will be able to relish gourmetchef prepared food, while browsing through more than 1,500 channels of movies, TV, music and games on the ice Digital Widescreen inflight entertainment system. Highly trained, multi-lingual cabin crew are on hand to deliver the warmest hospitality in the skies. So far in 2013, Emirates has launched new routes to Warsaw, Algiers, Tokyo Haneda and Stockholm. In the coming months, flights will begin to Clark International in the Philippines, between Milan and New York, to Conakry in Guinea, Sialkot in Pakistan, Kabul, Kiev and Taipei. Emirates is operating four scheduled flights weekly from Malta to Dubai via Larnaka, Cyprus, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. While on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Emirates operates direct flights from Dubai to Malta and return flights fly via Tripoli. HP unveils world's first Workstation Ultrabook HP announced the expansion of its Z portfolio of professional workstation and display products, including the world's first workstation Ultrabook – the HP ZBook 14 – and the industry's first line of workstations to offer Intel's Thunderbolt technology for high-speed data transfer. The new portfolio includes three new HP ZBook Mobile Workstations, processor and graphics enhancements to the award-winning line of HP Z Desktop Workstations, and two new HP Z Displays. The first workstations to incorpo- rate Thunderbolt, select HP Z Mobile and Desktop Workstations now can take advantage of high-speed data transmission between Z Workstations, displays and peripherals, providing the industry's fastest, most versatile I/O connection. Ideal for professionals in engineering, CAD, architecture, design, animation, film, education, government and healthcare, the HP Z portfolio of products have been engineered, tested and certified for professional applications. "Professional customers rely on The European Investment Fund and Bank of Valletta sign a JEREMIE extension agreement trusted partners to provide technology solutions that are tested and certified for the mission-critical applications they run," said Kobi Elbaz, vice president, Commercial Personal Systems, Printing and Personal Systems Group, HP EMEA. "The HP Z subbrand has become a hallmark for professional products engineered to the highest standards—the expansion of the Z portfolio demonstrates HP's commitment to the professional market that many other vendors have abandoned." HP reinvents the mobile workstation With the introduction of the HP ZBook portfolio, HP has reinvented the mobile workstation and infused it with the HP Z DNA that custom- ers around the world have come to recognize. The new HP Z Book Mobile Workstations now feature a new thinner and lighter industrial design. The HP ZBook family includes the world's first workstation Ultrabook – the HP ZBook 14 – as well as the HP ZBook 15 and 17. HP Z Workstations get a boost with Ivy Bridge and Thunderbolt Adding to the already powerful line of HP Z Desktop Workstations, the HP Z420, Z620 and Z820 Worksta- tions have been updated to include the latest Intel Xeon E5-1600v2 and E52600v2 families of processors – also called Ivy Bridge – as well as new memory running 16 percent faster and second generation Thunderbolt ports for creative work flows. The addition of Thunderbolt will accelerate creative projects with data transfer speeds up to four times faster than USB 3.0, easily connecting multiple devices with just one single, compact Thunderbolt port. Adding to the company's line of professional displays, the new HP Z27i and Z30i IPS Displays are ideal for designers, content creators and knowledge workers across the enterprise who need outstanding image accuracy, exceptional adjustability and mission-critical reliability optimized for professionals. Light up your house while you exercise Bank of Valletta is honoured to have been reappointed as the sole Maltese financial intermediary offering the JEREMIE initiative. Today the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Bank of Valletta have signed an additional guarantee agreement allowing the Bank to provide a further €11.6 million of new loans to Maltese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Parliamentary Secretary for EU Presidency 2017 and EU Funds Dr.Ian Borg, Ms. Maria Leander, European Investment Funds' Secretary General and John Cassar White, Chairman Bank of Valletta signed the agreement at the Auberge D'Aragon in Valletta in the presence of Charles Borg CEO Bank of Val- letta. Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech presided over the signing ceremony. The JEREMIE instrument offers a renewed opportunity to a broad range of SMEs across Malta and Gozo seeking financing in order to invest or expand their businesses. Once again, Bank of Valletta will be offering improved loan conditions to businesses by reducing collateral requirements and through advantageous interest rates thereby facilitating SMEs access to finance. The guarantee is implemented under the JEREMIE (Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises) initiative, financed from EU Structural Funds for the Programming Period 2007 – 2013. Did yo u ever consider generating your own electricity? Maybe you would like to cut your electricity bills? If you want to know more how you can generate electricity while exercising, then pop over to Science in the City on Friday 27th September from 6.00pm onwards. At the Upper Barrakka Gardens, visitors have an opportunity to participate and peddle on a bike and generate instant electricity. An interactive installation 'Light Up my House' by architecture student Lyanne Mifsud aims to set right the value of electricity by comparing it to peddle power. Light fittings and home appliances will be connected to the bicycles and stationed along the installation, bearing a resemblance to a fitness challenge. The going gets tough with the appliances that generate heat, like making a cup of coffee. On the 27th visitors can generate power to work a popcorn machine and a kettle. "Pedal power is fun and can generate an amount of electricity. Yet, sourcing energy from peddle power for large amounts are no easy task. It takes 600 bicycles to power up a family household for 24 hours," says Lyanne Mifsud. Peddle power is a source of energy that was used even during WWII. During this period, the Navy personnel used to power a radio transmitter with pedal power. Work in progress during the construction of the installation "Light up my house", showing the delivery of 180 pallets, painting them, and connecting the bikes to alternators for energy Near this house, biomedical engineers from the University of Malta will be on site to display their latest research. From moving cursors on screens with just your eyes to moving objects with your thoughts (via a computer) their work will surely interest everyone. The project 'Light Up my House' at Upper Barrakka Gardens will run until Notte Bianca on the 5th October. The installation has been sponsored by Alberta Fire and Security, Logografix and The Cyclist, Malta. Follow 'Light up my house' Facebook page on: http://goo.gl/nuro1n Science in the City festival forms part of the EU-wide celebration called Researchers' Night on the 27th September 2013. The public is invited to participate in several innovative and entertaining activities of science and science –inspired art. The programme can be downloaded from www.scienceinthecity. org.mt or festival updates followed on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ ScienceInTheCityMalta The "Researchers' Night - Science in the City" festival is organised by a consortium of national organisations that is led by the University of Malta Research Trust, and the Malta Chamber of Scientists. The partners are MCST, Where's Everybody Ltd, Valletta Local Council, MEUSAC, the Public Broadcasting Services Ltd, MCAST, iCreatemotion, the EC Representation in Malta, the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, Notte Bianca, Valletta 2018 Foundation, Malta Chamber of Pharmacists, King's Own Philharmonic Society and St James Cavalier. The project is supported by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sports, Vodafone and Microsoft Innovation Centre. The festival is co-funded by a co mpetitive award from the EU's FP7 Programme and the Malta Arts Fund.