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COMPASSIONART: CREATING FREEDOM FROM POVERTY CD/DVD, RELEASES IN U.S. TODAY AMIDST ACCLAIM, FEATURES 19 GENRE DEFINING ARTISTS

Associated Press, New York Times, Billboard, USA Today, The Tennessean, CCM, Forbes, Numerous Other Publications Cover Unprecedented Effort To Engage People Everywhere To Help End World Poverty

(Nashville, TN) January 27, 2009 – The award-winning CompassionArt charity launches its CompassionArt: Creating Freedom From Poverty CD/DVD today amidst widespread acclaim. The album, which includes a 50-minute DVD documentary, and its companion book, The Art of Compassion, written by the 12 world-acclaimed CompassionArt songwriters, are available now at retail outlets everywhere. All song, artist and author royalties received from these projects will be forever donated to the poorest of the poor.

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“Equality laws are not optional extras which can be dispensed with in hard times”, Bob Collins, Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission said today.

Responding to suggestions that employers should give preference to people from Northern Ireland if jobs become vacant, Mr. Collins said that the law on the matter was clear. “Under the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 it is unlawful to discriminate on grounds of race or nationality when recruiting employees. Employers cannot limit the range of applicants for jobs in Northern Ireland by reference to national identity nor show preference on that ground between those who apply for jobs.”
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Contemporary Christian Music Chart (CCM)

102.4 Shine FM Top 40 - 25th January 2009

Downhere Still At No.1

Downhere
My Last Amen
Ending Is Beginning

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reported a dramatic rise in calls to its legal advice line on redundancies from concerned small businesses, on the same day as the official announcement that the UK is in recession.

The FSB’s legal helpline saw an extraordinary 214 per cent increase in calls in the fourth quarter of last year as small businesses cut back on costs and sought advice on employment issues and redundancies.

During the first half of last year the FSB saw a comparatively small 27 per cent increase on 2007. But as the downturn spiralled, small firms’ calls in the latter part of the year rose to a worrying 167 per cent – nearly 8,200 calls.
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Asbestos is the greatest single cause of work related deaths in the UK, and more die from asbestos related diseases than are killed on the roads each year.
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Massive push for schools across Northern Ireland to do RSPB’s Big Schools Birdwatch

Amazingly, hundreds of schoolchildren across Northern Ireland will want to keep quiet in classrooms this month to spy on some special neighbours.

Classrooms will be turned into bird hides, binoculars will be fixed to eyes and children will be staring out of windows. Why? To take part in the world’s biggest bird survey, the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch.

Running from 19 - 30 January 2009, the survey encourages children and their teachers to look for and count the birds that share their school environment.
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atiG are pleased and proud to work along side FUEL EVENTS LTD.

FRIDAY to SUNDAY 5th 6th 7th June 2009

HEADLINERS INCLUDE (in no specific order)
Third Day - David Crowder Band - David Ostby - Kevin Max - Robbie Seay Band - Downhere - Jeremy Riddle - Starfield - Jeremy Camp and loads more .....

FUEL is ALL about the best Christian music coming to Northern Ireland. The FUEL09 team is dedicated to offering a weekend of the finest and most exciting musical talent out there whilst impacting our culture. Our aim is to reach the wider community in Northern Ireland and introduce more people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through music.

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Contemporary Christian Music Chart (CCM)

102.4 Shine FM Top 40 - 18th January 2009

Downhere - This Weeks No.1

Downhere
My Last Amen
Ending Is Beginning

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The Strategic Management Board which oversees the Public Protection Arrangements in Northern Ireland has today launched a new website.

The Public Protection Arrangements place a statutory obligation on the criminal justice agencies and other organisations to share information and work together to manage the risks posed by sexual and violent offenders in the community. The Arrangements, which were launched by Minister Paul Goggins MP in October 2008, build on the previous Multi Agency Sex Offender Risk Assessment and Management (MASRAM) procedures.
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Venue: Holywood Rudolf Steiner School
Date: 16 January 2009
Time: 11 am

The RSPB will be launching the Big Garden Bird Watch and the Big Schools Bird Watch at the Holywood Rudolf Steiner School on 16 January 2009.

Children will make bird cake, fill feeders and place them on trees. They will also be given a talk about garden birds and shown how to fill in the survey forms.

For more information about the event or the Big Garden Birdwatch or the Big Schools Birdwatch contact Stephanie Sim on 07736477526.