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LATEST World News, Sep 09, 2011


Global events shake world of cinema
Toronto.com
The world wars had, not surprisingly, the most impact. World War I re-invented themovies. Off the top, America supplanted Europe as the cinema of choice around theworld. The Soviet cinema that grew out of the Russian Revolution ripped apart the ...
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Toronto.com
Interactive TV News Round-Up (VII): Liberty Global, Virgin Media, TiVo, ONO
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Comcast-owned white-label video publishing company, thePlatform, said Thursday that it has been tapped by international cable operator, Liberty Global (operates in 14 countries), to provide the backend video-management system for its online video ...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): httv, SMiT, Tim Kring, Liberty Global
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Liberty Global has developed Horizon with a set of world-class technology partners. Samsung has built the multimedia home gateway, which will be powered by the Intel Atom CE Media Processor. The middleware and the user experience will be provided by ...
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Air Products Named to 2011/2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
Sacramento Bee
... across 57 industry groups within the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index(SM) to participate in the DJSI annual review. Inclusion on the World Index ranks Air Products among thetop 10 percent of companies globally within its industry sector. ...
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China's 'scheme' parks
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
This park carries the stories of 26 Yunnan minorities, featuring wax works and song dances. The desert theme park's attractions include sand dune rides, camel rides and a 90m-long sand slide on a tiny mat. Known as Xiangshawan, it offers visitors an ...
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Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After
Religion Dispatches
His recent books include Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World; Blasphemy: Art that Offends. With Jolyon Mitchell he co-edited The Religion and Film Reader. He is co-founder and managing editor of Material Religion: The Journal of ...
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Unilever Achieves Zero-To-Landfill Manufacturing Commitment in the UK
Sacramento Bee
We are included in the FTSE4Good Index Series and attained a top environmental score of 5, leading to inclusion in the FTSE4Good Environmental Leaders Europe 40 Index. We are also ranked 7th in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, ...
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Symbolism and its misuse on 9/11
CBS News
Tear down the Freedom Tower (redubbed 1 World Trade Center after our "freedom" wars went awry), 102 stories of "the most expensive skyscraper ever constructed in the United States." (Estimated price tag: $3.3 billion. ...
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September 11, 2001: The stories we told ourselves
Washington Post (blog)
If there's only one sight I'll remember from the destruction of the World Trade Center, it is the flight of desperation — a headlong leap from the top-most floors by those who chose a different death than the choking smoke and flame. ...
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Mobile Fix: The Sao Paulo edition
MediaTel Newsline
Receive round-ups of news reports, research and analysis plus latest comment and opinion from across the UK media market. Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, on mobile advertising; Facebook making money; ...
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Movie review: 'Contagion'
Los Angeles Times
"Contagion," the new thriller by Steven Soderbergh, tells a story for our time, a story of raging menace and out of control fear. It offers us thirtysomething days in the life of a global pandemic, a lethal virus that travels like the wind and kills ...
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Axe kicks it up a notch online
Vancouver Sun
Due to its youthful tech-savvy target, the brand has benefited from the liberal creative playing field that online video offers over traditional media, resulting in a spate of viral success stories. From notorious ads gone viral such as the 2006 ...
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Nick Jonas and Bayer HealthCare Announce "Simple Inspirations" Contest to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The top inspirational thoughts and World Diabetes Day video will be posted on www.NicksSimpleWins.com . Nick Jonas, now 18, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 13. Since he publicly announced his diagnosis, he has become widely recognized ...
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9/11 events planned from Philadelphia to Shanksville | Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
They will share stories and memories, honor, weep, and reflect. Vice President Biden and former President George W. Bush will speak Saturday at the dedication of a memorial in Shanksville, on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed. ...
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No time to fear
The Spokesman Review
Plumbo said she doesn't see the point of dwelling on the threat of terrorism, or for that matter swine flu, global warming and the end of the world. Bekky Berg, 17, of Spokane, said she wishes she could remember more about 9/11 as the 10th anniversary ...
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Bartz slams the Yahoo board 'doofuses' who ousted her
Globe and Mail
These are stories Report on Business is following Thursday, Sept. 8. Get the top business storiesthrough the day on BlackBerry or iPhone by bookmarking our mobile-friendly webpage. An angry Carol Bartz shoots back in an interview at Yahoo Inc. YHOO-Q ...
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Interpret the global affairs through 'World View'
afaqs (press release)
The show will bring the world's top foreign policy thinkers for a serious debate. This show will also have inputs on international stories from eminent journalists like Anderson Cooper, Fareed Zakaria, Nic Robertson, Richard Quest & Ram Ramgopal. ...
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afaqs (press release)
WE SAY:Widespread feeling of gloom
Island Business
These developments have caused the sense of despondency to spread like an epidemic among large swathes of the population as the media mills around the world have tirelessly spun out stories of impending doom. These events have sought to greatly ...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (VIII): TV Genius, GfK Media, TVGuide.com, Verismo
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Added GfK chief marketing officer, Nick North: "We're seeing increasing interest from TV operators and media owners around the world in finding out more about what drives TV viewing, to understand audience engagement with video content, ...
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Zinio and Affinity Join Forces to Improve Analysis of the Digital Magazine ...
MarketWatch (press release)
About Zinio Zinio is where the world reads, explores and interacts with the largest selection of magazines across today's most popular devices. News may break elsewhere, but stories live on Zinio. No other platform provides global access to more than ...
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Oz travel agent's Facebook page named 2011's world's best
Mid-Day
"It soon became obvious that Facebook is made for travel. People love sharing their stories and experiences with a group of likeminded people," she added. Other winners of the global competition included a teen entertainment company in Arizona, ...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): PayWizard, RCDb, Verimatrix
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Due to the large volume of news generated by the IFA, IBC and CEDIA trade shows--and because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. ...
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Payless ShoeSource Unveils Spring Designer Collections at New York Fashion ...
Sacramento Bee
... with its brands including Stride Rite®, Keds®, Sperry Top-Sider® Robeez®, and Saucony®, among others; and Collective Licensing International, the brand development, management andglobal licensing unit, with such youth lifestyle brands as Airwalk®, ...
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S.Korea-Market Factors to watch Sept 9
Reuters Africa
TOP NEWS REUTERS KOREA TOP STORIES >Bank of Korea holds rates, labors to trim inflation >Korea 2011 rate hike expectations scaled back >Hyundai Motor sees sales opportunity in crisis >S.Korea presidential frontrunner loses poll lead >S.Korean court ...
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Ambassador Thomas eyes lifting travel ban on Mindanao
Minda News
By Mindanews | Friday| September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Top Stories PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanews/08 September) – United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. announced he was planning to recommend to the Department of State to lift the travel ban on Mindanao. ...
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Long Waiting Lists for Schools Dampens Hong Kong as Financial Hub
NTDTV
The current shortage is especially critical for primary school spots in top schools. "You can't imagine the difficulty until you physically get here. You hear the stories day in and day out of all the people who have to go back home because they ...
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FIRST NIGHT REVIEW: DECADE - COMMODITY QUAY
Express.co.uk
By Neil Norman WE are seated at tables in the Windows of the World restaurant at the top of theWorld Trade Centre. The views across Manhattan are spectacular. A raised dais in the centre of the room is where much of the action takes place. ...
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In commemoration of 9-11: meet Twin Towers architect Minoru Yamasaki
PNW Local News
But the composition of the World Trade Center columns was unique.Yamasaki explained in his book that buildings as tall as the 110-story World Trade Center towers needed a light metal skin to avoid imposing "tremendous extraneous load" on the structure. ...
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'Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Buildings?': How New Yorkers Tried to Stop the ...
Spiegel Online
The banker, whose father had built the Rockefeller Center, teamed up with friends of his in the financial industry, together with PA boss Tobin and Robert Moses, New York'stop city planner, to transform downtown New York into a new global business ...
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Spiegel Online
Smith: Media focus on 10th anniversary of 9/11 is misdirected
Kelowna Capital News
I don't know whether it's just that the “real people” stories from the fateful day the World Trade Centre toppled are simply easier for Western journalists to farm than stories on Afghan civilians surviving an unending war or starving Somalis, ...
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Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
Dissident Voice
If this story is true, it follows that we have little to complain about. We're also told that the cream always rises to the top, an explanation of the world as we experience it that diffuses resistance to hierarchical control in schools, the workplace, ...
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Further reading: growth, growth, growth
Financial Times (blog)
Friday's top picks from the beyondbrics team: Tim Geithner on how to boost global growth; why central banks need to act; and how to achieve growth beyond economic freedom. bb is the FT's emerging markets hub, bringing together news and views from over ...
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'Women and Girls Lead' in September Cinema
Women's eNews
However, September does see the launch of "Women and Girls Lead," a multiyear, multiplatform,global femme-centric cinematic initiative intended to raise consciousness about issues and empower women to take action against gender bias and other social ...
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Twitter Continues to Soar in Popularity, Site's Numbers Reveal
PC Magazine
Twitter officials also confirmed to PCMag.com that it will not hold a Chirp developer conference in 2011. For more from Mark, follow him on Twitter @MarkHachman. For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag.
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Your Students, Your Schools Weekly news provided by area school districts Your ...
DesMoinesRegister.com
In Global Studies classrooms they practice reading street maps and using cardinal directions with Google Maps. The 4-H Stitch This contestants at the Iowa State Fair won top awards this year. Two of their dresses will be made and marketed at Stacey's ...
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'This picture haunts Daddy': 9/11 generation finds its voice
CNN
Ten years later, it's hard to tell what's truly recalled and what's suggested by family stories, photos and home movies. Amy, who was just 4 when her father died, relies on her sisters for her memories. Before she met the Hargraves, Schuster spent a ...
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Making Peace with 9/11
Huffington Post (blog)
It's "a global laboratory, testing the power of thought to heal the world," according to Lynne McTaggart. And, you can be part of it! It's all about using the power of the mind to create more peace in the world. Doesn't that sound awesome? ...
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Why the 9/11 attacks were no Pearl Harbor
Belleville News Democrat
President George W. Bush often likened his role as a wartime president fighting terrorism to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's in World War II. In both cases, some were asleep at the switch. After Pearl Harbor, two top US military commanders in Hawaii ...
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Nasdaq OMX Criticizes “destructive” NYSE-Börse Agreement
Galaxy Stocks
Covering the top stories at NASDAQ, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 8.1% to settle at $14.25 following the chip maker provided a stronger-than-expected fiscal-year 2013 forecast. Late Tuesday, the company stated that it anticipates sales for its fiscal-year ...
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Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour
LA Weekly (blog)
The Stories of Isaac Leib Peretz Performer Matt Chait interprets a selection of storiesby one of the greatest Yiddish writers of the 20th century, performed with a klezmer score by Israeli violinist Lior Kaminetsky. Starting Sept. 10, Sat., 8:30 pm; ...
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LA Weekly (blog)
Interview with Food Revolutionary Maria Rodale
Huffington Post (blog)
Through constant, dynamic education, reading books, reading the news and reading labels, you will learn amazing, shocking stories about your food. Volunteering with or visiting local farms to learn more about where food comes from -- that simple ...
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