LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

The Lost Art of Letter Writing, a four-movement concerto for violin and orchestra by Australian composer Brett Dean, has earned the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

The work, commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonie and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman, was chosen for the prize from among 145 entries worldwide. Dean conducted and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam accompanied when the piece premiered in 2007 in Cologne.

It's a wonderful solo vehicle that also contains terrific writing for orchestra, said Marc Satterwhite, a UofL music professor who directs the award.

SINGAPORE, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- China's Teng Ma and Xiao-yan Guo will line up for the second leg of The Greatest Race on Earth 2008/09 (GROE) in Singapore on Sunday 7th December looking to build upon the strong start made by the Chinese men's and women's teams in Nairobi last month.

The leading international marathon relay series, which is sponsored by Standard Chartered, sees teams of runners compete in one of four marathons, with the winning teams being the ones with the quickest cumulative times at the end of the series.

On January 18th 2009 Shuai Yuan and Xin Zhang will take up the baton in Mumbai for the men's and women's team respectively, before handing it over to Meng Li and Feng-xia Yang in Hong Kong on 8th February 2009.

NEW YORK, November 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- MSN Hosts Exclusive Launch Event Today at red.uk.msn.com

- iLike Chosen Exclusively To Unleash Viral Distribution Via Artist-to-Fan Social Networking

- Premier Issue Debuts Wednesday, December 10

TEL AVIV, November 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG.TA) (hereinafter: Delek Group or The Group) announced today its results for the three and nine month period ending September 30, 2008. The full financial statements will be available in English on Delek Group's website from Monday 1st December at: http://www.delek-group.com.

Nine Month Highlights - Consolidated revenues up 41% year over year reaching NIS 40.6 billion - NIS 2.1 billion profit from operating income - Automotive, Energy and Infrastructure continue to show solid performance - Net results primarily impacted by overall macroeconomic crisis affecting both real-estate sectors as well as insurance and financial service holdings; subsequently reported net loss of NIS 371 million

SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome – alarmed the world five years ago as the first global pandemic of the 21st century. The coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that sickened more than 8,000 people – and killed nearly 800 of them – likely originated in bats, though the actual animal source is not yet known.

Children whose eyes are misaligned and point outward are at significantly increased risk of developing mental illness by early adulthood, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Pediatrics (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/122/5/1033), the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests. 

The research also showed that in women without existing atherosclerosis, hormone therapy use included some positive effects on lipids but also some negative effects related to heart health, said MaryFran Sowers, lead researcher and professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. 

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, November 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Event brought together thousands of people at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

- TO DOWNLOAD HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS, ACCESS WWW.ARVORENATALBRADESCOSEGUROS.COM.BR/FOTOS

During the 2000 presidential election I was living in a fraternity house with a roommate serving in the Air Force.  When Bush was projected to be the winner, he jumped up and yelled,

"We're gonna have toys!  We're gonna have more toys!"

As he predicted, the next 8 years resulted in plenty of work and funding for the flyboys.  With the election of Barack Obama, perhaps us geneticists can start doing the same kind of dance.

CHERTSEY, England, November 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- 20% Market Share of Hospitality TV Market Gained in 18 Months

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a market leader in consumer electronics and world leader in IT technology, has today announced a number of significant partnerships within the hospitality industry - highlighting an extremely successful 18 month launch period in which it has seized 20 per cent market share in Europe.