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Scheme for people with dementia helps to trigger memories
dementia and more than 6 million people who are indirectly affected by it, either by living with a dementia patient or caring for a close relative or friend who does. Talk to these people and the emotional strain quickly shows.Reminiscence therapy - the use of written and oral life histories to improve well-being - is a well established treatment included in dementia care. The therapy makes use ...
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What the NHS can learn about integration from the voluntary sector
The NHS can learn from voluntary organisations who provide integrated care to patients in their local communities. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ...
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Public sector leadership lessons from a permanent secretary
Are the key leaders in the public sector those who headed big organisations like the Department for Work and Pensions, as I did, or are the really important leaders the frontline managers: the ward sister, the police sergeant, the Jobcentre manager?This is just one of the questions that we will be exploring at ...
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Three top tips for creating a successful digital inclusion strategy
social housing have never been online, creating a lack of experience that will become more damaging as the government moves the welfare system online through universal credit.Some housing associations have identified the need to address this growing issue. Senior executives ...
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Sports Tottenham Hotspurs miss out Champions League
Tottenham's total of 72 points is their highest in the Premier League but this was of little consolation to manager Andre Villas-Boas and his players - their faces pictures of dejection as they trooped down the tunnel ...
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Sports Manchester City slump to Norwich City
Poor home defending allowed Anthony Pilkington through to give Norwich the lead, only for Jack Rodwell to finish a neat Blues move for the ...
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Sports Arsenal win to qualify Champions League
Arsenal as Walcott hit the post in stoppage time against a Newcastle side desperate to improve after recent home defeats to Sunderland and ...
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How charities can trade successfully
charities start to see traditional sources of income dry up they are taking bold steps to try new ways of raising revenue and becoming self-sustainable.The ...
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Indian ministers pursue law against fixing in sports
Law minister Kapil Sibal: "Previous attempts to prosecute the accused [in fixing cases] have failed. So it is necessary to come up with a special enactment to deal with ...
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Jon Stewarts humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Comedian Jon Stewart speaks during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Putting group fitness classes in the proper light
By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitness experts are shining a new light on group classes from Zumba to yoga because they believe the right lighting can transform the four walls of a fitness studio from a dance party to a meditation space, and back again. "Because of the theatrical nature of group fitness classes, lighting is key to differentiate programming," said Donna ...
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Taylor Swift 8 Billboard awards
suit.Chris Brown fought some ninjas. Our host, Tracy Morgan, challenged Psy to a ';Gangnam Style'; dance-off. Oh, and some people got some awards. Taylor Swift dominated this year’s Billboard Music Awards, which were broadcast on ABC fromthe MGM Grand Garden Arenaon Sunday night. She claimed eight statues, including Billboard artist of the year and top Billboard 200 album ...
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Supermodel Ward still in Vogue
Vogue Australia has confirmed it is in discussions with *Gemma Ward *to secure the *Perth * supermodel's first fashion magazine shoot since announcing her return to modelling this year after a five-year hiatus."We have been in discussions with Gemma for a long time and when she is ready to do a cover shoot we will be doing it, absolutely," Vogue editor *Edwina McCann *told _AAA ...
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J. Hyde Crawford Fashion Illustrator Dies at 82
J. Hyde Crawford, a fashion illustrator who drew countless newspaper advertisements of women wearing high-end clothing, but who may have left his most memorable image on the mundane but must-have accessory known as the shopping bag, died on May 11 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 82. His death was confirmed by his husband, Charles ...
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Police retain DNA from thousands of children
police and stored on the national database, campaigners say on Monday, citing new figures.Police have taken the DNA of 120,000 children in the last two years, according to figures obtained by ...
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Doping remains a threat to Australian sport ACC
Canberra 2600 The controversial drugs in sport report has been vindicated by record seizures of performance enhancing drugs, Australia's crime fighters say. And the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) says since the release of its drugs in sport report, imports into Australia have dropped.The ACC was criticised for a lack of specifics when it released its report in February.Many clubs and ...
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Celeb Apprentice winner is...
is the winner, meaning that Penn Jillette was fired by Donald Trump. The choice didn’t just come down to money, even though Trace raised more than Penn. Instead, it was a mixture of success at the Final Challenge as well as other business-y traits that Trump found appealing. Would either finalist have preferred the other to lose? Trace and Penn ...
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Larry David + Jon Hamm First Look
(due in August). David stars as Nathan, a hipster marketing exec who sells all his shares at a start-up over a fight with his boss (Jon Hamm, left), only to miss out on billions when the company’s new product--an electric car--becomes a smashing ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Giovanni Visconti Wins Stage as Vincenzo Nibali Retains Lead at Giro dItalia
A superb solo ride up the grueling Col du Galibier in France gave Giovanni Visconti of Italy the victory in a snowy 15th stage of the Giro ...
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Government plans to bring new bill to fight betting in sports
The government has decided to strike out at powerful betting syndicates by laying down the law, literally.A tough new legislation is on the cards aimed at curbing what is looking like out of control operations of betting overlords who see India as the brightest jewel in their crowns.Shocked into disbelief by the enormity of the ...
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Sports of The Times Horse Racing Misses a Strong Voice More Than a Triple Crown Winner
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Drugs in sport report justified ACC
The controversial drugs in sport report has been vindicated by record seizures of performance enhancing drugs, Australia's crime fighters say. ...
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Study finds explosion in sports betting despite decline in number of gamblers
Australia New research has found a decline in the number of Australians who are gambling, but an explosion in sports betting.The study, conducted by researchers at New South Wales' Southern Cross University, found 64 per cent of adults gambled in the past year, compared with a much higher figure of 82 per cent back in 1999.But Southern Cross University researcher Dr Sally Gainsbury says ...
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Legal watchdog warns budget cuts will damage justice
Scales of justice, Old Bailey: the Commons justice select committee is expected to hold an inquiry into the MoJ's proposed cuts. Photograph: Rex ...
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Man dies in suspected gas explosion in Nottinghamshire house
A man was killed in a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house on Sunday, Nottinghamshire police said. One person was believed to be missing as firefighters searched through the rubble. The explosion seriously injured four others, including two children.The blast, which devastated a house on a street in the town of Newark and damaged nearby properties shortly after 5pm, was described by ...
Kuala Lumpur Spotlight
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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