Frontiers North Adventures Wins International Ecotourism Award

October 4th, 2009 TAMPA, Florida - - Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Dreamfall and More Now Available to Buy and Download on GameStreamer's White Label Partner Digital Distribution Network GameStreamer, Inc., a leading innovator in digital distribution and streaming solutions for game publishers, developers and gamers today announced that Funcom has added their entire catalog to GameStreamer's network for PC Digital Download. Nathan Lands, EVP & Co-Founder of GameStreamer, Inc.

August 17th, 2009 CHURCHILL, Canada - Scientists have confirmed what a Tundra Buggy(R) business in Churchill is witnessing: that due to colder-than-usual subarctic weather this year, healthier polar bears are being spotted along the west Hudson Bay coast. "We are going to have a great opportunity this autumn to fulfill our Tundra Buggy Adventure guests' expectations of snow, ice and healthy polar bears," says John Gunter, General Manager of Frontiers North Adventures in Churchill.

July 29th, 2009 SEATTLE, Washington and DUBLIN, Ireland - - Sequel to 2007 Hit Word Game Unearths all-new Books in the Continuing Adventures of Lex the Bookworm PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the immediate availability of Bookworm(TM) Adventures Volume 2 (BWA 2) for the PC at www.popcap.com. The sequel to the 2007 original takes players into three new literary landscapes with a bevy of new features and lexical challenges.

July 14th, 2009 DUBLIN - - Bookworm Adventures 2 Arrives in One Month, Takes Players on All-New Literary Escapades; Adds New Monsters, New Tile Types, Book-Based "Companions" and More PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced that Bookworm(TM) Adventures 2 will launch on the Web for PC and Mac one month from today. The sequel to the 2007 original takes players into three new literary landscapes and adds reams of new features and fun touches to the most popular digital word game franchise of all time.

July 12th, 2009 OXFORD, England - International medical communications company, Watermeadow Medical was named Medical Education Consultancy of the Year at the Communique Awards in London on Thursday night. This highly contested award is judged by an independent panel of communications experts, who assess excellence and innovation in the delivery of medical education for healthcare clients, along with business strategy, client retention, client satisfaction, financial performance, and staff development.

June 29th, 2009 BIENNE, Switzerland - - The Speedmaster Reunites Four Moonwalkers It is one of the defining events in history: on the 21st of July 1969 at 02:56:20 GMT, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon and was joined a few minutes later by Buzz Aldrin. For a brief moment in time, the Apollo 11 mission united people from all over the world in a way that nothing else ever had.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - With Photo Grafik magazine is re-launching at the end of June with a new look, a new website and a new owner. Recently acquired by Adventures in Publishing Ltd., Grafik showcases the cream of both cutting edge and commercial graphic design, providing a platform for photography, art, typography, illustration, new media, fashion, technology and advertising.

June 21st, 2009 MATTHEWS, North Carolina - CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer. The company will accept the award this evening during a ceremony at the Carnegie Institute for Science (CIS) in Washington, DC.

May 28th, 2009 SAN RAFAEL, California - Telltale Also Introduces Individual Wallace & Gromit PC Episode Purchase Options Telltale's first episodic game for Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade, Wallace & Gromit: Fright of the Bumblebees, releases worldwide today. The first of four episodes comprising Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, the English language game is available for 800 Microsoft points and includes subtitles in German, French and Spanish.

April 20th, 2009 LONDON - World First, one of the UK's leading foreign exchange brokers, is delighted to announce it has won the Queen's Award for International Trade. World First won the award for offering its customers exceptional exchange rates, service and innovative products which have seen its overseas earnings increase six-fold over the last three years.

June 10th, 2009 Mexican university wins Spanish awardMADRID — The National Autonomous University of Mexico has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. The award foundation says in a statement Wednesday the near 100-year-old university "has become a point of reference, combining quality and an extensive academic and research offering with its firm commitment to disseminate culture, humanism and new technologies." The communication and humanities award is one of eight handed out each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation.

May 4th, 2009 AP source: LeBron James wins NBA MVP awardCLEVELAND — A person with knowledge of the choice tells The Associated Press that Cleveland's LeBron James has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award. James, who led Cleveland to a team record 66 regular-season wins and the top overall seed in the playoffs, will receive the award Monday afternoon at Akron St.

February 10th, 2009 LONDON - Leonardo DiCaprio has won the International Green Award at the eighth annual Cinema For Peace Gala in Berlin. The eco-friendly actor was given the award Monday by former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who first met the star when he appeared in DiCaprio's environmental documentary 'The 11th Hour', reports contactmusic.com.

September 26th, 2009 'City of Life and Death' wins Spanish film awardSAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Chinese director Lu Chuan's film "City of Life and Death" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. The best actress award went to Lola Duenas for her performance in Spanish film "Yo Tambien," while the best actor prize went to Pablo Pineda for the same film.

January 11th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor Sunday for his role as The Joker in the Batman drama 'The Dark Knight'. The award came almost a year after the Australian actor died from an accidental drug overdose in New York last January.

September 4th, 2009 Portuguese award goes to Helen Keller nonprofitLISBON, Portugal — The Helen Keller International nonprofit organization has won a $1.4 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for its work in preventing blindness in the developing world, the foundation said Friday. The Champalimaud Foundation's annual Vision Award was given to the New York-based organization for its "outstanding achievements," particularly its efforts to combat vitamin A deficiency which is a leading cause of childhood blindness, the foundation said in a statement.

February 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - American actor Sean Penn won the best actor Oscar for his performance in 'Milk', about late American politician Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist. 'I did not expect this, but I am touched by this appreciation.

October 23rd, 2009 Danish film of neo-Nazi gay affair wins Rome festROME — A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award. Mirren won for her depiction of Leo Tolstoy's wife in Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station," while Meryl Streep picked up a career achievement award.

August 20th, 2009 DUBAI - The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has bagged the Best Department Award in the field of occupational health and safety of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), WAM news agency reported Thursday. The announcement was made at the 7th Annual GCC Occupational Health and Safety Conference 2009 held here.

February 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - Late Heath Ledger's three-year-old daughter Matilda will finally become the proud owner of the Oscar statuette if he wins a posthumous award for his supporting role in 'The Dark Knight' Feb 22. Ledger is nominated for his supporting role as the Joker in the Batman movie and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided Matilda will be handed the accolade should the actor triumph at the Oscars.