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18 TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2010 NEWS IN ENGLISH Ï Êüóìïò Ten Channel Hires 2 Greek Broadcasters Television network Channel Ten is making radi- reported for several news and current affairs pro- chance meeting he impressed the late Bruce Gyngell, cal changes. The station’s goal is to be the first grams from the Greek capital and across Europe. who saw him as the ideal presenter for his multi cul- Upon her return she was appointed host of the Late tural I.M.B.C television Network which launched in and most favorite among viewers. Next year News program Nightline. In addition to that role, she Melbourne and Sydney in 1980. two quite successful television news presenters presented the weekly news segment on the Net- SBS of Greek descent will be on board. Helen Ka- work’s flagship current affairs program Sunday, a- The network quickly evolved into the Special palos and George Donikian will present Ten longside host Jana Wendt. Broadcasting Service, where, as the first news an- Helen currently presents Network Ten Mel- chor, he read the critically acclaimed SBS World News. Both of them are considered as top bourne’s 5pm news with Mal Walden. News, for the first eight and a half years. During his news presenters in Australia. In 2006, she was one of the red carpet hosts for time at SBS, he hosted a number of special events for TEN’s Brownlow Medal telecast. In addition to ap- the Multicultural network and also called four sea- eorge Donikian is an already successful and pearing as a panelist on TEN’s 9am with David & sons of NSL football plus a host of other sports. experienced news presenter. He will re- Kim program, Helen also presents Nine Network Gplace Mal Walden. According to news segments for the Network’s Leaving SBS midway through 1988 to join the Nine the directors of the channel these National News. Network, George featured on the Wide World of S- changes will contribute in the for- ports, Sports Sunday, Graham Kennedy's Coast to mation of a serious and analytic George Donikian Coast, the National Nine Morning News bulletin and news report which will be ad- George commenced his media the Today. While at Nine in Sydney, George also dressed to a smart and well in- career as an announcer with Radio freelanced as morning news presenter on the top rat- formed audience. station 4AM in far North Queens- ing radio 2DAY FM and did a number of Talkback land in the mid 70's, and was soon Radio stints with Radio 2GB as a stand in for John Helen Kapalos lured in a southerly direction and Tingle. George also played a part in Nine's commen- Helen Kapalos began her career arrived at 2WL in Wollongong. tary team for the 1988 State of Origin rugby league as a reporter on ABC Radio in George then moved to Syd- series, then again during the Test Series England Newcastle in 1994 before moving to ney's newest commercial station versus Australia in the same year, and was on hand in SBS after winning a national schol- 2WS in 1979, where he per- Rome to cover the 1990 World Cup Soccer Finals in arship. formed as an announcer, Italy, both for the Nine Network and Sydney radio. She worked in several areas at SBS, newsreader and sports re- Ten Network including news, the Network docu- porter. Donikian joined Adelaide's Ten News in January mentary indigenous cultural affairs He has been at the helm 1991. In 2000, George moved to Melbourne, to pio- program, ICAM, and the health show, for a number of talk back neer ADS10 10's digital news service from the Ten's Second Opinion. radio stints on Radio Studio's at the Como Centre in South Yarra. Helen then returned to Newcastle and spent sev- FIVEaa in Adelaide. As well as hosting the Ten News First at Five week- eral years in commercial radio and TV, including George covered the day news for Network Ten Adelaide, George has al- the Nine Network’s regional affiliate NBN, where opening ceremony and so been a "national" weekend news anchor for over 5 she wrote, directed and produced an award-winning the Athens Olympics for years, hosting weekend bulletins from the Sydney s- documentary on the closure of BHP. Melbourne commercial tudios in Pyrmont, for Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, In 2001 Helen was approached to join the Nine radio in 2004. Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra[citation needed]. Network as a reporter on National Nine News where Television career In 2005 and 2006, he was also a fill-in replacement she covered breaking news events such as the Water- George's television from Mal Walden in Melbourne's bulletin and pres- fall train disaster and the historic Sydney Gang career began in ents the shortened news bulletin on Saturdays during rape trial. She also played a key role in the 1980, when Ten's AFL coverage. Donikian currently co-hosts 2004 Athens Olympics coverage, where she during a First at Five with Rebecca Morse. Inventor Kouris Creates Economic & Energy Friendly Mechanism Inventor Paul Kouris is convinced tor, generating electricity! He kept that energy, but is slowly being Kouris says that ac- that an invention for economic and en- secret for 20 years. He studied the spe- overcome,” said Kouris. cording to experiments vironmentally friendly energy will soon cific mechanism and finally prepared Kouris claims that the carried out, power gen- become a reality. the 1996 plans for a turbine which he application of his inven- eration using the tur- As he claims, his invention has al- called: “KCT” or The Kouris Turbine tion would have started bine, is increased by ready been established in ten countries: Generator. Then he requested from sooner but the devastat- 5%- 25% using the ex- USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New U.S. authorities to secure his copyright ing fires in Victoria two isting water. This will Zealand and many European cities. and surprisingly, he received it prompt- years ago damaged his provide cheap energy to This year it will ensure a further eight ly. This trend continued in other nations factory in Marysville. It all humankind. countries. he approached for copyrights. was only recently was re- “For example, an in- Most important however, is the fact Later on the experimental operation stored. crease of 10%, to the that many big companies from China, began in various areas. The experiments The inventor was main hydroelectric dam Brazil and other countries have ex- were successful, resulting in at least one born in Athens in 1955 in Tasmania, would gain, pressed interest in this invention which candidate member of the Victorian state and immigrated to without any further cost, already operates experimentally in say that if elected he would seek to im- Australia with his par- extra energy to power Australia. plement the invention in every possible ents Alfredo-George K- 200,000 additional homes! For years Kouris, a lawyer by profes- way. This is Lou Sigmant’s feeling who is ouris and Euphemia Mitsis- Kouris in Similar increase in power sion, claims that he found a way to ad- a candidate for the seat of Norwell. March 1956. The Greek family settled would have the hydropower projects dress the problem of energy, economic Most importantly, Kouris presented in Melbourne. Kouris finished primary “Snowy Hydro” and “Pacific Hydro” of and environmentally friendly. How so? his invention in its final form to compa- and secondary school in Melbourne. Australia ”said Mr. Kouris and contin- “The rotation of water in rivers, reser- nies, government agencies and media in He studied Law and Philosophy at ues:” Not counting the thousands of voirs and hydroelectric dams generates late August. All parties were interest- Monash University. rivers that exist across the length and energy”, he states. ed. It has already been decided on a It is noted that regarding Kouris’ in- breadth of the earth, on which the As he declared, since his student year revolutionary generator to be placed in vention, all Australian media has so far “KCT” turbine can rotate and produce he had noticed the potential of water to Magouela’s region river to power cost the inventor hundreds of thou- electricity. “As well as putting the tur- turn, so he could with the vortex created dozens of houses. sands of dollars, not counting the thou- bine through the thousands of existing by the rotation of the pull of the earth “I faced many problems, because sands of hours he has personally spent water reservoirs which are used every- and a suitable turbine, to spin a genera- Australia is still subject to lignite for its all these years. where on this planet.”.