Richard Branson Fast Track 100, sponsored by Virgin Group, at its yearly event, where places to join Richard Branson on trips to South Africa to provide coaching and mentoring to students are auctioned to attendees. In 2009, Jason Luckhurst and Boyd Kershaw of Practicus, Martin Ainscough of the Ainscough Group and Matthew Riley of Daisy Communications helped raise £150,000 through the auction. In March 2008, Branson hosted an environmental gathering at his private island, Necker Island, in the Caribbean with several prominent entrepreneurs, celebrities, and world leaders. They discussed global warming-related problems facing the world, hoping that the meeting would be a
Common Burn / Lay Myself Down Common Burn / Lay Myself Down "Common Burn"/"Lay Myself Down" is a double a-sided single from alternative rock/dream pop duo Mazzy Star. Their first new material in over fifteen years, the single was released by the band's own independent label Rhymes of An Hour Records digitally on October 31, 2011 and on limited edition coloured vinyl on January 24, 2012. The name of their record label is taken from the title of a song found on their last studio album, 1996's "Among My Swan". Recorded in California, London and Norway, the full version of b-side "Lay Myself Down" is available