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Oscar winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) is in front of the camera in upcoming film “Son of a Preacher Man” about the life and times of Grammy winning singer-songwriter-producer PJ Morton.

Besides Rahman, other cast includes American Gospel musician Kirk Franklin (Norbit), Grammy nominated American Idol Winner Ruben Studdard (Life on a Stick), and producer Warryn Campbell (Stomp the Yard).…

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Business leaders from international companies including Dell, AMEC, Fedex, Barrick Gold and Interface will join NGO directors, government and intergovernmental officials and thousands of delegates for three days of engaging and topical conference sessions on business and the environment.

GLOBE 2010 confirmed speakers include Samir Brikho, Chief Executive Officer of AMEC plc, Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface Inc., Paul…

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Sustainability is a holistic, systems-based learning approach to living well today by employing business practices that enable future generations to live better tomorrow, said Lisa Clune, President of Kaplan EduNeering. The Kaplan EduNeering/Seventh Generation Sustainability Institute provides practical guidance and training for business practices that are responsive to the principles of sustainability and to the financial expectations of stakeholders.

There…

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The Security Council today affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by United States President Barack Obama.

Today’s meeting – only the fifth in the Council’s history to be held at the level of heads of State…

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LONDON – Space insurers are expected to generate more than USD400 million in profit for 2009 provided there are no claims before the end of the year, according to Aon’s International Space Brokers, the largest specialist risk adviser in this sector. The space insurance market has been very profitable over the last five years and this will inevitably lead to…

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One of the best features of the award-winning BlueAnt Q1 Voice
Controlled Bluetooth headset is that it allows for quick and easy
firmware updates. Q1 owners can take advantage of this with the
just-released Firmware
Version 8.19 update that adds A2DP audio streaming to the Q1 so they
can listen to music, podcasts, and hear…

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IOC ACTIVITIES
This week, IOC President Jacques Rogge has been in Madrid for the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Spanish Olympic Academy, an occasion attended also by the Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón, and IOC members Lambis V. Nikolaou and Guy Drut. He took advantage of his time in Madrid to meet the Spanish NOC President…

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These and other important questions are the focus of a London Assembly Health and Public Services Committee meeting tomorrow at City Hall.
As part of their investigation into home-based care and support services for older Londoners, the Committee will put questions to the following guests:
· Cllr Lorna Campbell, London Borough of Lambeth and Deputy Chair of the…

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Held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the British Indoor Rowing Championships attracts the very best rowers from around the country. RUBC returned home with an amazing eight medals, winning four gold and four bronze. This tally made Reading by far the most successful university competing at the event and confirmed its reputation as an institution that not only…

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InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) announced today that the company will
present at the NASDAQ OMX 23rd Investor Program at the May Fair Hotel in
London on December 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. London local time (9:45 a.m.
ET). InterDigital° executives will present InterDigitals
strategy, business update, and the company’s unique positioning to
capitalize on growth trends…

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Post-production sound company Todd-AO (www.toddao.com)
today announced it has entered into an agreement to extend the lease for
its Todd-AO West facility, located within the Lantana complex at 3000
Olympic Boulevard in Santa Monica.
“Todd-AO West is an important part of our strategic plan to remain
the destination of choice for post-production sound services,”…

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British conductor and harpsichordist Nicholas Kraemer returns to Symphony Center to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) in a program highlighting three composers of the 18th centuryTelemann, Haydn and Mozartas well as 20th-century master Richard Strauss.

Performances are Thursday, Dec. 10, at 8pm, Friday, Dec. 11, at 1:30pm and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8pm.

Well known as an authority of…

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New York, USA, November 28, 2009 ~ Indo-American Singer-Songwriter Flash Fontanelli, with his unique voice and exotic instrumentation, will officially release his debut album , FIRANGI, on November 30th, 2009.
Love him or hate him, Flash Fontanelli, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Chaos, is the most outrageous personality to ever hit the Asian music scene. Hailed by fans as being…

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Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Sam Walsh today signed an memorandum of understanding with the Premier of Western Australian, Colin Barnett, and the Minister for Regional Development, Brendon Grylls, as the first step towards a town redevelopment strategy in the Pilbara.
The MoU will lead to the formalising of a co-operative partnership between the State Government and Rio…

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Algotraders benefit from low latency / Total of more than 1,000 logical network connections
Deutsche Börse: 100 Eurex and Xetra participants, vendors and service providers already use the two Proximity data centers in Frankfurt, benefiting from the low latency and the high bandwidth of the Enhanced Broadcast Solution and Enhanced Transaction Solution interfaces. Another five customers are soon to…

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Pre-eclampsia – a group of conditions that result in high blood pressure in expectant mothers – can be fatal, while fetal growth restriction, where the baby does not grow properly in the womb, results in a greater risk of death or handicap.

The five-year programme grant from the Medical Research Council has been given to Professor Colin Sibley, Dr Sue…

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission concluded today its fifth full visit (25-26 November) to the city of London. With less than 1,000 days to go to the London 2012 Opening Ceremony, the Commission was able to hear about the advances made by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) and its partners and share their thoughts and experiences on…

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In the report Ann Abraham said:

In a perfect world, mistakes would never happen but, given that they do, it is how public bodies react when mistakes occur that interests me most. Small mistakes have the potential for far-reaching consequences and the failure to remedy mistakes quickly and properly can make them considerably worse.

In the case of Mr U,…

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Measuring nearly one hundred metres from bow to stern, Astute is longer than ten London buses. When fully loaded, she will displace 7,800 tonnes of sea water, equivalent to 65 blue whales.

The Astute submarine has the latest stealth technology, a world-beating sonar system and is armed with 38 torpedoes and missiles – more than any previous Royal Navy…

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The Ministers ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest, administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). The Committee recommended that the export decision be deferred on the grounds that the painting is closely connected with UK history and national life, that it is of outstanding…

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Hilary Benn said:

I have spent the day in Cockermouth where the devastating impact of the flooding is clear. My thoughts are with all those who have been affected, and with the family of PC Bill Barker in particular. The emergency services are getting help and support to those affected as quickly as possible and there are people working round…

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MAC Cosmetics has announced the launch of a newly designed website that fuses art and e-commerce.
The website redesign includes a number of new ground-breaking technological features as well as launching a collection of Christmas 2009 gift sets, MAC Palettes and makeup shades for the festive season.
Websites act as their own entity and they tell you when…

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Singapore’s business events sector continues to forge ahead with a momentum of growth. Bolstered by its strong business fundamentals and initiatives to build a vibrant ecosystem of business events, Singapore has successfully clinched a good number of association meetings over the next few years.

November 26, 2009 /India PRwire/ — With Singapore’s economy turning…

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The New Year in Chennai is set to begin on a very exciting note and tennis enthusiasts in India can once again look forward to some riveting tennis action. Aircel Chennai Open 2010, India’s only ATP World Tour Tennis event is now in an unprecedented 15th year and will be played at the SDAT Tennis Stadium at Nungambakam, Chennai from…

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Prague, Czech Republic / Madrid, Spain
Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected to participate in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial in the Czech Republic, as part of LTE trials that Telefónica will be running in about half a dozen countries in Europe and Latin America. During the six-month trial, Nokia Siemens Networks will demonstrate its end-to-end LTE solution…

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The Rezidor Hotel Group owned Regent Berlin’s Fischers Fritz restaurant, has been awarded two stars by Michelin, the French guide to fine dining, for the third consecutive year.
Chef de Cuisine, Christian Lohse, has succeeded in maintaining his crown as Berlin’s only two Michelin-starred Chef, with his classic French cuisine with a contemporary twist. In fall 2007, Lohse’s dedication…

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According to Datamonitor’s pan-India energy survey, private as well as public investors in the country’s power sector are currently most interested in mega power plants and wind power generation. These two segments scored high on each of Datamonitor’s three benchmarks developed to assess investor preferences: market size and profitability; international versus domestic participation; and technology improvement and value chain development.

November

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Peer-to-Peer ESB Pioneer Helps Track 6,000 Ships Spanning US Coastal Waters

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Fiorano Software (www.fiorano.com), the innovator of peer-to-peer distributed dataflow that integrates applications and complex technologies into an enterprise nervous system, today announced that the United States Coast Guard (USCG), America’s guardian of the maritime economy and…

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Reuters Market Light and Future Group’s Aadhaar Retailing Limited in a strategic tie-up to reach to Indian farmers across key states

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Thomson Reuters today announced that its ground-breaking mobile information service for India’s agricultural community Reuters Market Light has teamed up with Future Group’s Aadhaar Retailing Limited (ARL),…

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The deVere Group is pleased to announce that they have recently gained their 1,000th client on their online trading platform. Since the launch of the platform earlier this year, financial advisors and clients worldwide have expressed their delight at the range of independent investment funds, user friendly interface and immediate access to portfolio valuations.
deVere introduced the online platform…

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Schillings, the leading law firm protecting the rights and reputations of corporate organisations, high-profile individuals and those in the public eye, has increased its family department to meet the growing demand from its clients, particularly those who want to ensure their family and matrimonial matters are not publicised by the media.
Schillings has recently recruited Davina Hay to join…

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Joslin Rowe reports demand for HR professionals is steadily increasing with job vacancies in financial services currently at their highest levels of 2009. This shift in the market shows that employers now have the budget to recruit new employees and recognise that with expanding work loads, departments left under resourced by redundancy now need more support.
This turn in…

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An Economy Fit for a Low Carbon World – The Pre-COP Earthcast

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The great British public has risen to the occasion once again and raised an astonishing £20,309,747 for BBC Children in Need which will go on to make a positive change thousands of young lives.
Celebrating its 30th Appeal, the show marked the crescendo of this year’s activities through a star-studded feast of family entertainment in order to help raise…

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Aptara, a pioneer in digital publishing solutions, today announced the release of eGen – a new eBook production platform. eGen is a web-based technology for converting high-volumes of content into the ePub format for distribution to multiple eBook readers. eGen produces eBook-ready content faster and at a far lower cost than other available methods. Aptara’s new product will be unveiled…

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The Michael Breheny Prize went to the researchers based at the University’s School of Environment and Development in recognition of their work on fractal environments.

The academics argue that urban designers should create complicated fractal environments as they are better places to live.

Humans, they say, are pre-adapted to live in a fractal environment where complex objects such as trees…

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Michael Mansfield will also open The University of Manchester’s second free legal advice clinic in east Manchester this week ( Nov 18 ).

The pro bono clinic on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, is a collaboration with New East Manchester and the charities LawWorks North and Manchester Settlement in association with The College of Law.

Mansfield famously represented four people wrongly…

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Cisco Collaboration Platform Enables Musicians Across the Globe to Try Out for Southbank Sinfonia.
LONDON, – Southbank Sinfonia, Britain’s best-known orchestra of young professional musicians and the country’s leading orchestral academy, has for the second consecutive year hosted international auditions for its ensemble using Cisco TelePresenceTM, a technology allowing for life-size, high-definition video collaboration. The auditions were held last…

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Rail services formerly operated by National Express East Coast will from just before midnight transfer to East Coast Main Line Company Limited (East Coast), the new operator of the service.

The services run between London Kings Cross and destinations including York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

East Coast has pledged continuity of service but also improvements to the…

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A Summary Care Record is a secure electronic summary of core information such as medications, allergies, adverse reactions and key health information derived initially from the patients GP record and added to as necessary by other healthcare staff treating the patient.

The first records to be created in London are due to be uploaded in Southwark at the Princess Street…

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