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Gale kicks off David Jones birthday bash
Flying in from the Cannes Film Festival, Gale hosted a glittering black-tie cocktail party at Sydney's Castlereagh Street store on Thursday night.Joined by David Jones chief executive officer, Paul Zahra, guests were ushered up to the store's exclusive Level Seven, where the store's history is being shown in a commemorative exhibition."I'm very excited to be here ...
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The cost of unlocking economic potential from core reference data
open data white paper. The stand-out is a proposal that government should work to identify a collection of national core reference data for priority release.Core reference data is commonly understood to mean authoritative "backbone" datasets that are necessary to make effective use of other data produced by the public sector. Popular examples include national address data and details ...
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Lifestyle Delegates raise alarm on use of Climate funds
Climate Finance as currently constituted supports projects that are not relevant to Africa, the Secretary General of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance has ...
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Lifestyle Man marries 13-year-old girl he allegedly raped
Malaysia 's national news agency, the ministry is concerned that Masmud's action may set an example by providing an escape route in cases of statutory rape. "In order to protect public interest and prevent such incidents, the Ministry urges that the man be charged under Section 376 of the Penal Code in the Sessions Court or Section 80 of the Sabah Syariah Offences Enactment 1995 ...
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Sport infrastructure enables to host European Islamic Olympic Games
A press conference related to Islamic Olympic Games to take place in Azerbaijan in 2017 was held in Hilton hotel in Baku. "The European Olympic Games-2015 will be the first comprehensive competitions in Azerbaijan," Youth and Sports Ministers of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov ...
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Indian Sports Minister moots deterrent law to prevent credibility crisis
India News: Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today insisted that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now. And it is not only about cricket. We are talking about cricket because of this expose but there are other sports as well," he ...
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Today in healthcare Thursday 23 May
King's Fund leadership summit today , which includes a keynote speech by the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Before the event begins, here's a run through the top healthcare stories from around the web this morning. For the Guardian, Randeep Ramesh previews Hunt's speech. The health secretary, he writes, ...
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GP chief to launch scathing attack on Jeremy Hunt over out-of-hours care
Jeremy Hunt , of "spouting rubbish" and rejected his demand that family doctors take back responsibility for out-of-hours care.Dr Laurence Buckman, the chair of the British Medical Association's GPs committee - which represents the UK's 40,000 GPs - is to launch a sustained personal assault on Hunt over his "denigration" of GPs and blaming them for the growing ...
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A chance for people with learning disabilities to stay out late at the gig
The boon of Gig Buddies. 'It means I can go out more. I have opportunities I've never had before, like going to Glastonbury,' said David, 27. Photograph: Gig ...
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How do we create a climate that puts the needs of patients first
King's Fund leadership summit .The challenge facing the NHS is how to create a climate that puts patients' needs first. To understand the state of play, we conducted a survey of more than 900 NHS professionals following the publication of the Francis report, asking them about their views on leadership and quality of care. The results revealed that almost three-quarters (73%) of them do ...
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High street regeneration how a council boosted a revamp for local businesses
regeneration work is not always a top priority for councils. Spending money to help businesses and provide residents with better high streets is often considered too much of a gamble.However, at Waltham Forest council we have decided to put money into this area. As a result earlier this year ...
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Five steps to improve data security in your organisation
Housing associations are braced for reform. Legislation, from housing benefit direct to tenants to the bedroom tax, is being driven through but scant consideration has been given to data security. Changing how and where data is held, accessed and transmitted can have profound implications and could see some housing associations breach regulations.Securing personal data on the wide range of ...
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Australian sports firm refutes charges of financial irregularities
Australian sports management firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which finds itself in the midst of controversy regarding the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, has refuted allegations of any financial ...
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I hang my head in shame says Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on IPL fixing scandal
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now."It is very shameful. As a young person, as a sports fan, as the Sports Minister of the ...
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Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 selected
The Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame committee has announced the eight-member Class of 2013 that will be inducted on Nov. 14 at Edgewood Country Club in ...
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Corpus Christi Parks Recreation Department Classes
Cheer Classes will be offered by the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department. Learn chants, cheers, dance, routines, and other fundamentals of cheerleading. This class combines fitness with fun and is a great opportunity for youth to stay physically active. This is a great opportunity for the youth to gain experience in cheerleading and meet new friends! Come join the party! It's ...
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Lifestyle Twitter boosts security after hacks
security option turned on, it's still important for you to use a strong password and follow the rest of our advice for keeping your account ...
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Cop recruit deaths Fitness was required for traffic officers
At an inquiry into the deaths of eight job applicants, the KZN transport department says its advert specified that a tough physical test was ...
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Welfare reforms how their introduction will affect charities
Many blind people are 'frightened and confused' about this year's welfare reforms, says a spokesman for Action for Blind People. Photograph: Altrendo ...
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Fast Furious Best dressed dude
Image Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic; Steve Granitz/WireImage (2); Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (2) There are always plenty women to ogle in ...
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Lifestyle Personal devices at work pose security challenges to businesses
Employers might redesign regulation at work minimizing use of personal devices at work blamed for rise in online insecurity to businesses. A new study by Cisco networks blames current work lifestyles adopted by employees for the rise of network insecurity in offices. Security risks in businesses are on the rise because many employees adopt "my way" work lifestyles in which their ...
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Rivera pushing for a big-league sport
Since then, he has made 23 stops, wearing 17 different uniforms, including a season in independent ball and 98 big-league games with the Mariners and ...
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we gave you the readers the chance to star on our cover via Twitter and be a FIT City Series race ambassador. Here we meet the inspiring winners and hear their fitness stories
I was always involved in sport when I was younger, from rugby to GAA, golf and swimming. I was never the best or fittest, but was passionate about sport, so always gave 100pc effort.Then from 2007 to 2010, a number of factors, including ...
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Los Angeles new mayor hipster Rhodes Scholar budget fixer
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaks during an election night party at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California, May 21, ...
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Activists rally ahead of Boy Scouts vote on gay youth ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and members of conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine on Wednesday where Boy Scouts of America delegates were expected to vote at a national meeting to lift its ban on gay youth ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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