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Lifestyle Law strips Joint Admissions Board of its mandate
The Universities Act 2012 provides for the establishment of a single placement board that is tasked with this responsibility for both public and private universities. Section 55 of the Act establishes ...
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Krav maga builds fitness for street survival
Dave Crane, a krav maga (hand-to-hand combat) instructor at The Eye of the Storm, demonstrates how to defend against a knife attack by student Matt ...
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On fleeting Hong Kong trips Chinese make frugal fashionable
By Donny Kwok and Lavinia Mo HONG KONG | Sun May 19, 2013 5:00pm EDT HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong ...
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RPT-Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Sun May 19, 2013 4:53pm EDT (Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company - a routine he'll keep up until he himself needs the type of care he is ...
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Lifestyle TSC accused of disrupting learning
learning . "The commission's move amounts to sabotage. The on-going transfers which is carried out mid-year when candidates are preparing for mock and final exams is uncalled for and it should be halted," he said yesterday. Sawoinah added: "The transfers, which are being carried out in piece meal is detrimental to good performance. Most schools in rural areas have a big ...
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Lifestyle Knut petitions State to increase funding to education sector
The union decried that Sh15.2 billion the Government set aside for the education sector was insufficient adding that key areas were not factored in. Speaking in Bomet over the weekend, union's national ...
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Lifestyle Mauritius-based hospital seeks to hire Kenyan nurses
Mauritius , situated in the central plateau of the island is seeking dynamic and talented Kenyan healthcare nursing professionals to join its multicultural team. The hospital said the recruitment exercise which goes on until Friday 24, would help it grow and to pursue its vision to become the World's leading healthcare institution. Among the professionals required includes Paediatric Nurse, ...
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Privatised service is failing NHS patients – official
A private company that took over the running of a GP out-of-hours service in north London has been severely criticised by the NHS regulator for failing to provide enough doctors to keep patients ...
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Letters Legal aid cuts will hit the homeless
Report , 16 May). At a time when so many people are struggling financially and are at risk of losing their home, Shelter is deeply concerned that the proposed further cuts to ...
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FSU two-sport star Jameis Winston throws out Clemson baserunner | Video
Jameis Winston, Florida State's two-sport standout, threw out a runner at third base in Saturday's game against Clemson. The highlight was a top-10 play on ESPN's "SportsCenter" Saturday ...
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HM King Hamad Receives GCC Youth and Sport Officials
Manama-May-19(BNA)His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, incumbent President of GCC Supreme Council, received today at Al-Sakhir Palace Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS) Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) President Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, who introduced to him the GCC youth and sport ministers, heads of Olympic committees and undersecretaries who are attending ...
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Fall TV poll YOUR No. 1 new show
CBS previews are fourth-wall-breaking behind-the-scenes clips for their first round of fall video instead of trailers (so you could argue CBS has a disadvantage in the poll, but that’s The Eye’s promotion strategy). So let us know which fall shows you’re most excited about. New midseason shows ...
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Sports Zarika stops Namugerwa in bantam weight bout
Zarika 's bout was not the main fight. Light weight six-round contest pitting Uganda's Hamza Wandera against Tanzania's Osward Maneno was the most exciting and could have gone either way. The ring judges however, gave victory to ...
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Sports Karuturi Sports beat Bandari as Sony win
It was Thika United, who went up first in the match after John Wanyonyi scored in the 23rd minute. The move was initiated by Kennedy Otieno, who picked a loose ball in the middle of the pack and shot on the turn. The goal bound shot was too fast for Joseph Ruto in goal. He palmed it allowing a waiting Wanyonyi to simply tap it home. Mathare United were back in the match after ten minutes and it ...
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Clinical anxiety is becoming a worry
'I worry if I'm a good person' - psychology student Emma Campbell, who suffers extreme anxiety attacks. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...
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Star Trek is No. 1 movie $70.6M
$84.1 million for the four and a half days that it has been open. Though nothing to scoff at, it’s still underperforming according to initial projections which hoped for a $100 million extended weekend and $80 million on the three-day. The first Star ...
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Health fears over high fresh food price
The price of fruit and vegetables in Perth is rising faster than for snacks and confectionery, prompting warnings of a worsening nutrition crisis.Fruit prices rose 18.8 per cent and vegetables 10.7 per cent between September 2010 and March this year, while snack foods and sweets prices rose just 4 per cent, Perth's consumer price index revealed.The figures came as experts said food could ...
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Ross River vaccine close
A vaccine against the debilitating Ross River virus could soon be a reality as an Australian trial reaches its third and final stage.Trials in Europe and Australia had shown good protective responses from a vaccine in development, David Smith from the University of WA school of pathology and laboratory medicine said."It's a new vaccine, so we assume that protection is long-lasting, but ...
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You’ve been framed Sunglasses of the season
Don't miss a second of any brief appearance the sun might make: Gemma Hayward and Emma Akbareian choose the sunglasses of the season and explain who should wear which and ...
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Fashion Audit Learned literature Tacky tats and new Choos
The latest film that has us reaching for the popcorn is the new Liberace biopic, Behind The Candelabra, an adaptation of the memoir of Scott Thorson, the pianist's young lover. Michael Douglas stars as the flamboyant performer with Matt Damon as the object of his ...
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The latest mens grooming fad laser hair removal for Hobbit feet
Dr Michael Prager, a dermatologist based near the infamous Harley Street, said the number of men visiting his clinic to have laser hair removal on their feet had doubled since last year.He told ...
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Lawyers treatment of gang grooming victims prompts call for reform
"I want to ask you once more why you are telling lies?" demands defence barrister Tayyab Khan. He is cross-examining a witness on her evidence relating to the multiple violent rapes she suffered at the instigation of a child-grooming gang operating in the West Midlands."No," she says. "I'm not telling lies." She breaks down, but the court transcript shows the ...
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Jobseekers and benefits data release postponed by DWP
benefits as a result of a tougher sanctions regime introduced by the coalition in October.The DWP said there were "some significant doubts about the quality of the new regime statistics", due to have been published this week, adding it was not possible to give a date when they would be in a form fit to print.Ministers have also suspended planned publication of the figures from ...
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Workfare placements must be made public tribunal rules
The DWP has been ordered to publish the names of firms taking part in the controversial schemes. The setback follows a recent ruling that staff had been unlawfully made to work unpaid for organisations including Poundland. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ...
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Man mugged outside 24 Hour Fitness
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO -; A man in his 30s was beaten and robbed outside the 24 Hour Fitness at Horton Plaza on Sunday morning, the San Diego Police Department ...
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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