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R Log (Press Release) – Mar 11, 2010 – EUGENE, ORE. – Century 21 Tala's Pat Snow has chosen to join the rapidly expanding network of real estate professionals choosing to incorporate a custom IDX solution in to the search functions of their ...
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s experts are increasingly in agreement that the national economy has hit bottom and is slowly mending, statistics also reveal this may be true of Madison and Dane County. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, unemployment in Dane County was ...
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Tran board’s next monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 13. • Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m ...
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ATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Department of Social Services is proposing a reorganization that would consolidate offices, eliminate nearly 200 jobs and create more ways for people to apply for services. If approved, the changes would eliminate layers ...
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demonstration project developed by Microsoft, the city of New York and Selfhelp Community Services shows how technology can reduce social isolation, increase wellness and enhance quality of life for homebound seniors. NEW YORK — March 10, 2010 ...
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Schools must devise new ways to teach children the importance of intellectual property, says the FDA presidentThe Oscar-winning head of the body which distributes films in the UK today called for new methods to be employed in the battle to defeat internet piracy. During a keynote speech as president[...]
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Social networking site fears reputation permanently damaged by false claim that it let older men pressure teenage girls for sexFacebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail for damages after the paper wrongly claimed in a piece published on Wednesday that 14-year-old girls who create a profile on th[...]
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t’s also a huge drain on public resources, resulting in overcrowded schools and overstretched social service provision. But if these units and the population that resides in them could be planned for, it could really be a resource for the city."
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Sequencing the genomes of every family member gives researchers a powerful new tool for tracking down the defective genes that cause inherited diseasesAn American family has become the first to have the entire genome of each member mapped to identify the causes of rare diseases that affect the child[...]
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All we say and do is lacquered with sarcasm. We don't take anything seriously, and yet we take everything seriouslyRecently, my brother and I were gently teasing our father about how cool he was looking in his argyle-patterned cardigan. He said to my brother's wife: "I never know with these two if t[...]
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Land acquisition for open space is crucial for the survival of birds in the state, according to the annual survey by the Connecticut Audubon Society . The 2010 "State of the Birds" finds that Connecticut is "flawed and inefficient" in ...
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Neighbours say 64-year-old David Askew had been targeted by gangs at his home in Hattersley, Greater ManchesterA man with learning difficulties who died at his home last night was "tormented to death" by local youths, neighbours claimed today.Police had been warned that 64-year-old David Askew was b[...]
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do." The Kansas City school board voted 5-4 Wednesday night
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“It's important to keep this service here,” Carol Napier, Pike County Social Services Director said. “It's invaluable to our seniors and anyone who is ...
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... dropped by as a "routine" visit to monitor the boys' wellbeing as part of an ongoing investigation by the Pitkin County Department of Social Services. ...
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Local Government Association lists 250 words of jargon that public sector workers should stop using
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External expenditures, the money the city spends on social services costs, emergency services, long term care, local health unit and policing, ...
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...Primary schoolchildren in tears after they are told they will be removed from families as part of Holocaust 'game' Social services were 'too scared of being sued' to stop 'British Fritzl' who made his own daughters pregnant 18 times (and not...
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A Mississippi school has cancelled its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to wear a tuxedo and arrive with her date. Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student at Itawamba Agricultural High School, was told she could attend the event with her
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The move will allow the Budget Commission and City Council to call for cuts in city services as well as reduce funding for social service allocations, ...
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Mr Noble asked the court to adjourn sentencing for social work and probation reports to be furnished to the court. Judge Leonard agreed to adjourn the ...
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So [you hear that] the market [will fix] education, the market will fix social services, the market will fix health care and the media. ...
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After college, I spent years doing one-on-one ministry work in the Catholic Church through social-service programs and parish- and school-based ministry. ...
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Southwark Council in London has launched a coaching scheme to improve the life chances of young people leaving care. Lauren Revans reports
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The public sector is being urged to ditch incomprehensible words and phrases. Tell us what which ones you'd like to loseIn spite of regular appeals on the behalf of plain English, it seems that jargon continues to flourish in the public sector. Last year, the Local Government Association produced a [...]