Sir Elton John today announced from Cape Town, South Africa, the granting of a £984,000 award to mothers2mothers (m2m) to be used to help prevent hundreds of thousands of babies across Africa from contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through mother-to child transmission and assist mothers in staying healthy to care for their children.

The award, a multi-year grant from The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), will enable m2m to work to develop effective programmes to support clinical efforts preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, across sub-Saharan Africa and develop a gold standard for delivering and monitoring these programmes.

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Wix.com, a fast growing start up that deals with Flash website building and has introduced new cutting edge technology in the field has been evolving as a community over the last few months. The company is encouraging this direction and will soon be introducing the Wix Arena.

The Wix Arena will be an expansion of the current designer’s directory, except that it will also include specialized directories for copywriters, SEO strategists and musicians. Ultimately the Arena will be the ideal place for service providers to meet with potential customers through an interface that will integrate the different aspects of web design, creation, online marketing and web promotion, and will provide easy access to a variety of services.

Musicians are at the center of attention now at Wix. The company is encouraging Musicians to donate a few tracks to a growing collection that will be made available to users creating a free website.

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Since 1966, Trod Nossel Productions and Recording Studios, cited by the media as “one of the longest running recording studios of it’s kind in existence,” has been an icon in the music industry since founded by the late, oral surgeon turned music mogul, Thomas ‘Doc’ Cavalier. From 1962-1966, it was Syncron Sound Studios (hence the rare, sought-after Syncron microphones, AU7a and S10) when Doc purchased it before renaming it Trod Nossel 1966.

The studio’s comfortable, vintage vibe houses a collection of memorabilia on its walls; an original letter and release of “No Good To Cry,” by The Wildweeds, from Phil Chess (Chess Records/Cadet label), Andrew Loog Oldham (who describes “life on the Trod Nossel Studios lot” as “an American movie” – Chapter 6 in a Sirius Radio commentary) book cover posters, “Stoned,” and “2Stoned,” early Rolling Stones poster, Motley Crue platinum record for Cub Koda cover “Smokin’ In The Boys Room,” Grammy nominations for Pinetop Perkins, Howlin’ Wolf, and a plethora of recording clients’ CD projects.

The two studios have an eclectic blend of analog, boutique, vintage and custom gear, and two independent digital state-of-the-art Pro Tools rigs (HD2/HD3). Everything has a story, from the EMT plate reverb to the Yamaha C7 Grand piano; from the control room (formerly the anechoic chamber built in part by Technical Expert, Danny Zellman), to the vintage Neuman U47s, the main sound room (which doubled as a television studio) and everything in between.

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Levi Riggs was recently signed to the elite roster of international, Country/Americana music label Lure Records, home of such legendary performers as Charlie Louvin, Van Howard, The Tennessee Three, Jack Green, and Ernie Ashworth. The award-winning and Hall of Fame executives at the helm of Lure Records, Todd Washburn and Ken Pearson, two names synonymous with music industry success, were immediately impressed with Levi’s vocal qualities and capabilities as a writer.

They claim, “It takes a lot more than a guitar and a song…it takes talent. REAL talent.” These well-known music industry pros believe Levi Riggs has what it takes, and are backing him up all the way.

For Levi, who grew up in rural Indiana, Country music is home. “To me, Country music is the voice of America. It speaks to our daily life. At my shows, I sing rockin’ fun songs and love songs. I thank our veteran’s for protecting our freedom and I sing ‘How Great Thou Art’ to thank God for His blessings.”

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