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Dementia Awareness Week a family carers message to professionals
Relationships are based on memory, says Ming Ho, but people with dementia may come to view loved ones as strangers. Photograph: Oleksiy ...
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After Woolwich can councils protect communities from extremism
As the country comes to terms with the first terrorist killing in Britain since the 7/7 bombings, local government will again be at the frontline of keeping communities together. But what should it do?Councils are faced with two priorities: dealing with immediate problems such as the risk of further violence, and then the more complex issues of keeping communities together and tackling ...
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Heads should roll if civil servants brief against official procurement policy
Tony Blair started open briefings at No 10 in 2002. Civil servants briefing against the government is a return to secrecy. Photograph: Kieran ...
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Chartered status doesnt mean much for housing professionals
Finance and strategic management are taught for professional housing qualifications, yet the sector often recruits externally. Photograph: Tetra ...
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Betfair boss says plan to limit live odds during sports broadcasts falls short
Australia An online sports betting agency head has admitted a proposal by commercial TV networks to limit gambling ads during sports broadcasts does not meet public expectations.Gambling industry bosses have been meeting with TV executives this week to discuss the proposed code, which recommends the promotion of live odds be restricted to scheduled breaks in sporting coverage.For example, ...
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How we relaunched our charity
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) .When I arrived, FSID was in good shape financially and was hugely respected in the healthcare world. In the early 90s, we had been in the forefront of spectacularly successful public health campaigns to persuade parents to place babies on their backs to sleep. This led to a 70% reduction in SIDS. However, the impact of our campaigning and the dramatic decline ...
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Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for appraisal
DETROIT (Reuters) - As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic ...
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Fox Sports spruiks its winter line up
Fox Sports has launched a new campaign spruiking its live, exclusive coverage of the The DHL Australia 2013 Lions Tour, the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and The ...
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CSKs Meiyappan Sports enthusiast in a filmy family
A top official of the Mumbai Police's Crime Branch said Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan, could be asked to come to Mumbai in the next few ...
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CCH Pounder gets Anarchy gig
for a multi-episode arc. She will play Tyne Patterson, a San Joaquin County District Attorney who runs head first into the area’s violent biker ways. Pounder will first appear in the second episode ...
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Think you can be an on-air sports host The Fan radio station hopes so too
The first of five open auditions, where entrants will vie for an opportunity to host a program broadcast on weekends, and possibly grow into a long-term relationship with the CBS station, begins at 11 a.m. May 25 at Beer and Pop 4 Less, Suite 2, 1155 Washington Pike, ...
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Galaxy S4 off to a flier as Samsungs sales record is broken
Samsung's new Galaxy S4 smartphone has become its fastest-selling phone ever, shifting at a rate of one every four seconds since its launch in late ...
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SportAccord must be voice for sport claims Lapasset as finally unveils Presidential election manifesto
May 23 - Bernard Lapasset today finally unveiled the election manifesto he hopes will see him named as the new President of SportAccord, saying the organisation "must speak for sport" and reaffirm its values in society to bring it forward. The French International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman (pictured top), who led the successful campaign to reintroduce rugby to the Olympics when it ...
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Plea to Fiat not to abandon Italy
The Italian Industry Minister, Flavio Zanonato, has asked Fiat to stay in Italy following its planned merger with Chrysler, which has led labour unions to fear that the car maker plans to move its headquarters to the United ...
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iStyle Make tracks underground
The collection includes powder-coated reclaimed luggage racks from the decommissioned Metropolitan line trains, metal trunks, furniture designed by Anthony Hartley and LED desk lamps by GroupDesign.Based on the 12 colours of the London Underground map, including the sky-blue Victoria line, orange East London and mint-green Waterloo & City, you can now reference your favourite journey in your ...
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Modern Love Losing a ‘Boyfriend’ the Best Way Possible - Modern Love
The applause and cheers in the room were spontaneous and deafening. That, people, is what love sounds like. For the rest of the party, we were asked three questions repeatedly: "Where are you registered?" "Are you going to have kids?" and "Where are you going on your ...
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Motherlode Blog Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Youth
Voting members of the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council cast their ballots today in support of a resolution to allow openly gay boys to join scouting troops. The vote will not end the longstanding controversy over the Boy Scouts’s membership policies. The organization will continue to exclude openly gay leaders: the new policy states that ';no youth may be denied ...
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Protect children from internet pornography report demands
The children's commissioner for England found that a significant number of children have access to sexually explicit images. Photo: Robin ...
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Rochdale child sex abuse case council apologises for failings
Rochdale borough council has apologised for letting down victims of child sexual exploitation after a damning report laid bare a catalogue of failures and a culture of complacency within the authority that allowed paedophile gangs to prey on the area's most vulnerable ...
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Permanent blood donation clinics may be more effective than mobile units
iPod docks, attracting a new cohort of younger donors, experts have said.As the blood service for England and north Wales examines whether it should reduce the minimum time between donations, a senior official has also questioned whether the sending of mobile units to rural areas always represents value for money.Lorna Williamson ...
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Kenya to Venture in Sports Tourism
By Thomas Ochieng API Kenya 21/5/2013 Kenya is in pursuit of harnessing sport tourism and the honor of underscoring this initiative has been bestowed on the Sotokoto Safari Marathon. The ...
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Boy Scouts of America vote to end ban on gay youth members
The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday voted to allow gay youths in the organization, partially ending a long-standing ban on accepting homosexual members. Of the 1,400 scout ...
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Kindle Worlds Lets Authors Publish Fan Fiction — At Dubious Cost
In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...
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There’s a Movie in the Works About the Bra Designers Behind the Apollo Spacesuits
, Nicholas de Monchaux’s book about the Playtex design team behind the Apollo outerwear. The book, released in 2011, ';tells the story of the 21-layer spacesuit in 21 chapters addressing 21 topics relevant to the suit, the body, and the technology of the 20th century.'; It also somehow manages to weave in details about cyborgs, latex, John F. Kennedy’s image, and a little ...
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First edition of Great Gatsby to be sold at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A first edition copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby," will be up for sale next month and could fetch up to $150,000, Sotheby's said on ...
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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