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Marketing scams in 2012 saw Australian consumers robbed of over $94mn

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:28:51 -0400

SYDNEY - Australian consumers were fleeced of nearly $94 million last year due to various marketing scams, with the majority being perpetrated using text messages and direct calls, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in its latest report. The actual number of losses due to scams could be much higher because many go unreported, stated ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard. The ...

WICB president meets regional dignitaries

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400

The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...

Gene mutations linked to severe obesity

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Increasingly research is revealing that not only lifestyle factors, but genetics also play an important role in determining an individual's susceptibility to obesity. Identifying the mutations that underlie the fraction of obese patients with monogenic obesity can help us to understand complex processes like metabolic rate, eating behavior, growth, and fat storage. In a new study, two groups ...

Protests wont interfere with Confederations Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:50:01 -0400

Brazil will not allow anti-government protests to mar the Confederations Cup being hosted here, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said. Rebelo said Monday that Brazil must show the world that it is a democratic country but also that it can guarantee the order needed to undertake such events, reports Xinhua. "We will not allow any of these protests to get in the way of the events we have committed to ...

Henry Cavill reveals secrets to getting Superman shape

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:03 -0400

Henry Cavill has given fans a peek into the grilling fitness regime he undertook to transform his body from "Fat Cavill" to Man of Steel. He claimed that in order get into Superman shape he ate 5,000 calories and worked out for two and a half hours a day, News.com.au. reported. Cavill gives credit for his toned body to his trainer Mark ...

Safe sleep rule a must for all

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:43 -0400

Concern has been raised over the number of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome fatalities occurring when a baby is being cared for by a secondary carer such as a grandparent, friend or babysitter.SIDS and Kids WA neonatal nurse and education officer Monnia Volpi-Wise estimated that a quarter of SIDS deaths in Australia happened when parents left someone else in charge.She questioned whether protective ...

Top cop blasts booze industry

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:40 -0400

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan is expected to launch an extraordinary attack today on the liquor industry and politicians who baulk at a stand against WA's culture of youth alcohol abuse.Mr O'Callaghan is a keynote speaker at a National Alliance for Action on Alcohol forum in Canberra that is expected to attract the major political parties.Yesterday, he said he simply wants ...

Australia Moves to Rein in Gambling Ads in Sports

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:40 -0400

Tune into virtually any major sport in Australia, from rugby to cricket to tennis, and you’re likely to be bombarded by commercials touting the latest odds on the game. Legal sports gambling is a multi-billion-dollar industry in Australia, where betting websites sponsor major teams and buy up stadium naming rights. Imagine a ';Bet365″ logo plastered across the back of a Los ...

Lifestyle Parents association opposes computer project terms it white elephant in the offing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:43 -0400

The project is intended to benefit about 1.4 million pupils set to join Standard One next year. Kenya National Association of Parents secretary general Musau Ndunda said the project is not a priority and expressed fear that it will turn out to be another white elephant. He noted that there is a lot of wastage in the education sector because the Government does not carry out assessment of projects ...

Lifestyle Why free laptops will not soothe this school

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:41 -0400

The rickety desk creaks as Sudhow Abdi, 13, a Standard Seven pupil at Bura Primary School in Fafi Constituency, Garissa County, adjusts her sitting ...

Lifestyle Your child cant grasp maths It is not in the genes says study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:40 -0400

research ers at Institute of of University of London and Buckingham University indicate genetic make-up contribute very little towards children's reading skills and overall academic performance. According to Dr John Jerrim and his colleagues at Institute of , the effects of genes that are believed to be significant for reading ability are very small. "Even if those genes influence ...

Lifestyle Zetech gets Cisco academy certification

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:37 -0400

This increases the number of local institutions that have been certified to be academies under the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (Afralti) to offer Cisco courses. According to the ...

Lifestyle Crisis looms as KNH workers threaten strike

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:36 -0400

KNH grounds yesterday, chanting slogans vowing to stay away from work beginning today until the hospital management pay them 46 per cent salary increase for two years effective July 1, 2011. The workers also want a house allowance of 23 per cent and leave allowance of between Sh1,500 and ...

Lifestyle Students walk for 106km to bring peace in Baragoi

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:34 -0400

students from schools in Maralal, Samburu and Pokot areas joined Ibrahim and other peace ambassadors for a peace march that covered 106km. The walk from Maralal ...

Independence looks to expand fitness options after closing of the YMCA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:14 -0400

Independence parks officials this fall hope to expand programming and upgrade facilities to fill the void left by the closing of the Independence YMCA earlier this ...

Five essentials for the pampered surfer girl

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:11 -0400

This kit comes with everything a seasoned surfer could need for a day on the water: energy shots, a sunblock stick, and cooling gel, with one per cent of the profits going to the SurfRider foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping our oceans clean ...

Border goes in to bat to protect skin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:40 -0400

Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border was renowned for his skilful cut shot but it is a different kind of cut he is concentrating on now.Border was in Parliament House, Canberra, yesterday in his role as an ambassador for the Know Your Own Skin campaign promoting the importance of regularly checking your skin. The one-time holder of the record for most Test runs met a range of ...

Apps A poke in the eye for social-network friends

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:37 -0400

Most social networks are designed to help you connect with your friends (or online admirers) but Hell is Other People promises to keep you as far away from your pesky online friends (and genuine ones) as possible. To keep you off-grid, the app takes your friends' check-in data from your Foursquare account and then works out "optimally-distanced locations" to make sure you ...

Nike Air Max trainers The return of Nineties sole hits

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:37 -0400

Not long ago, the only people in a pair of Nike Air Max trainers were sneaker geeks and those rave babies who couldn't quite get over the fact that acid house was dead and the Nineties were, like, totally over, ...

There’s an air of David Hockney but Burberry fails to make a bigger splash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:36 -0400

And with a relentless, even daunting focus on youth behind the scenes and inside the clothes on the catwalk, fashion feels more than vaguely akin to a society where all over 30 are vaporized in the name of "renewal".For big fashion brands, however, most of that is null and void. It's still about growth: fiscal growth. More shops. More clothes - many, many more clothes.But for them, ...

Girl Guides promise to serve Queen but no longer God and country

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:15 -0400

Guides were trumpeted from the very first days of the organisation's existence in 1910. But now, following a consultation with members, God and country are out - leaving just the Queen.In one of the biggest overhauls undergone by guiding in the UK, girls will now instead promise to "be true to myself and develop my beliefs". They will also pledge "to serve my queen and ...

Why Students And Taxpayers Are Subsidizing College Sports — And How We Might Fix It

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:17 -0400

America’s colleges and universities used more than $2 billion in student fees — an average of more than $500 per student — to subsidize rapidly growing university athletic budgets, as Ohio University professor Richard ...

Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan accused of choosing sex of baby

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:03 -0400

Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that the Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate ...

Man of Steel A Superman debate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:15 -0400

already made a superhuman amount of money . It has also inspired a whole host of serious and extreme reactions, with some praising the grittier take on the Superman myth while others complain about the raw brutality and skyscraper-collapsing imagery in the film’s action-heavy second ...

College Sport MAGS does demolition job in final

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:00 -0400

National champions Mt Albert Grammar sent out an early warning that they will again be the team to beat after demolishing Tu Toa by 21 points in the televised college netball final. Obviously pleased with her team's 45-24 win, co-coach Paula Smith said they used the game as a team-building exercise and the chance to show their ability to push on throughout the match. Led by outstanding defender, ...

Lifestyle Players raise concerns over laptop deal with Microsoft

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:35 -0400

NAIROBI, KENYA: Players in the telecommunications service industry are raising concerns over the manner in which the Kenyan government is going about its school laptop ...

Hackett London at London Collections Men

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:51 -0400

Accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hackett presented a collection that harked back to bygone days spent idling on a river bank, with nautical stripes, straw boaters and lightweight summer ...

Food banks need to feed peoples hope and purpose not just their hunger | Nick Saul

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:16 -0400

Too many food banks serve up little more than poor-quality food and shame when they could offer those on low-incomes a chance to take control of their lives and what they ...

Sport picture of the day duck diving under the Hawaiian waves

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:16 -0400

Underwater photography is normally associated with diving or competitive swimming, not surfing. But here Sarah Lee goes leftfield with a breathtaking picture of Allie Brown duck diving beneath the Hawaiian ...

Australian sports firm refutes charges of financial irregularities

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:02:10 -0400

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 ...

How to get Game of Thrones-style braided hair

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:58:21 -0400

MAC Cosmetics makeup artist Romero Jennings shows you how to get an authentic "Game of Thrones" beauty look, before Bumble and Bumble hairstylist Britney Williams sets to recreating a braided hair look from the ...

Motherlode Blog Bullies’ May Prey on the Food Allergic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:54:47 -0400

';In a recent survey of 251 sets of parents and children with food allergies, published in Pediatrics in January, roughly a third of the children reported being bullied for their allergies. … Surprisingly, classmates may prey on their vulnerability, plotting to switch a child's lunch to see if she gets sick, for example, or spitting milk at a child's face and causing a swift ...

Racing up Europes highest volcano in the Etna Supermarathon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:11 -0400

This is Mount Etna, at 3,330 meters (10,926 feet) the highest volcano in mainland Europe and one of the most active in the world, and on Saturday I was one of 160 starters gathered on the beach for the "Etna ...

Heres a chance to fight for disabled peoples mobility | Jane Young

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:02 -0400

consultation on the personal independence payment (PIP) - the disability benefit that replaces disability living allowance (DLA). After telling us for months that the consultations on PIP were more extensive than any previous consultation and that it had really listened, the government announced its intention to reconsult on the mobility component of the new benefit. The political and legal ...

We hate to be called a food bank

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:59 -0400

Bristol City mission. Mums with buggies, tall African men; they wait patiently on red plush pews that have been rearranged for the morning's activities. They check in with a counsellor, then go to the food store for groceries.The clients are here because they are penniless; they exchange the voucher they have been issued with by a referring agency (referrers include local primary schools, ...

Patricia Clarkson in Maze Runner

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:10 -0400

Image Credit: David Livingston/Getty Images Who are these amnesiac boys, rising up each month from a rusting elevator into the middle of a grassy glade? What is this massive stone maze surrounding them, and why does it change shape each day? How long will some unseen intelligence keep testing them as they try desperately to escape? These are the core questions ...

No PC port for EA’s high-end sports engine

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:45:37 -0400

eager to show off how the power of its new Ignite Engine can create new, more realistic sports experiences titles. But while that engine will power EA's sports games on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the company says the PC edition of FIFA 14 will not take advantage of it, owing to practical hardware considerations. FIFA 14 is the only sports title EA still annually releases on the PC, and ...

Lifestyle Rwanda hosts 2013 CIO Awards

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:09:28 -0400

This is the only competition in East Africa that awards excellence in the execution of IT projects and recognizes the organizations and the people behind those projects. The competition, themed ?Value creation through innovation? is expected to attract over 300 participants across East Africa, and will climax with the Awards gala which will be held in ...

The 10 Best sports sunglasses

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:49 -0400

These purple sunglasses with white logo and grey arms boast a lightweight frame and adjustable nose bridge, making them ideal for most sports, including distance running. Unlike many of their competitors, they don't hurt over the top of your ears, and they're sturdy ...

Smartphones and the rise of child accidents

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:17 -0400

and the US - where a similar rise has occurred - suggest some of the increase may be a result of parents being too distracted by their phones to supervise their offspring properly.When already distraction-prone children get their own phones, the consequences can be catastrophic. Katherine Littlewood, ...

Sprechen Sie Deutsch Merkel wants more German spoken in EU

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:55:21 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives want to increase the use of German in Europe if they are re-elected in September, calling in their campaign programme for the language to be treated on a par with English and French in top Brussels ...

Golfing in Icelands midnight sun lava beds angry birds winds

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:46:15 -0400

About 10 percent of Iceland's population plays golf - a higher rate than the United States or Britain - making it the country's second most popular sport, after ...

Connecting citizens is the way forward for public services | Jonathan Carr-West

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:43:06 -0400

Give people influence over the places they live in, the public services they use, and bring them together to share ideas and resources, argues Jonathan ...

Overuse Injuries in Youth Sports What Can Parents Coaches Do to Help

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:55 -0400

• Allow sufficient rest after practices, games and between sports.• Teach kids how to warm-up properly• Teach kids how to use recovery stretching to return muscles to their original resting length.• Practice good eating & hydration ...

ESPNs Nine for IX Sneak peek

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:33 -0400

: Nine documentaries airing over nine weeks for the 40th anniversary of Title IX. We spoke with the doc’s director, Bess Kargman, about working with Stringer — ...

Madonna Inside the MDNA Tour

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:32 -0400

also sheds light on the impact Madonna has had on a generation of artists, dancers, and general fans who refuse to conform for conformity’s sake. Director Danny Tull, who’s edited several ...

US marriage rate hits historic low

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:37 -0400

According to the US census, marriage rates in America are at the lowest point in more than a century. The analysis cites the recession, cultural changes and cohabitation as contributing ...

SportScotland chair and SASCOC President appointed to spearhead Commonwealth sport development projects

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:55:34 -0400

This position will lead the sponsorship new business acquisition process for the NBA for Africa. The focus will be on new partner development - prospecting, pitching, negotiating and securing new corporate ...

Huawei announces worlds slimmest phone - the Ascend P6

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:55:12 -0400

The handset will be part of the Chinese telecom giant's first global product launch as it looks to capture a share of the ever-diversifying smartphone market.The P6 trumpets its high-end features and is constructed from metal and glass (unlike Samsung, which often uses plastic in building its phone). Huawei are also pushing their own version of the Android operating system, the so-called ...

Charities must get the most out of cowdfunding and gaming

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:50 -0400

The gaming industry, crowdfunding, targeted marketing and skills sharing can be much further exploited to allow the sector to thrive, said speakers at ...

Asylum seekers are valuable members of the community | Erin Mee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:41 -0400

refugees continue to have on our country. Contrary to popular opinion, asylum seekers make up a very small proportion of our immigrant population in the UK. More than 97% of immigrants are not seeking asylum. Of the 2.6% who are, just one in five will be granted leave to remain here.When I first volunteered ...

In The Crowded World Of Health And Fitness Tracking Winners Are Slow To Emerge

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:08 -0400

definitely an app for that . In fact, there are probably a few thousand apps for that, not to mention several dozen devices designed to record all sorts of metrics relevant to your health and fitness. They're all working to make inroads among an increasingly tech-obsessed consumer base looking to get a health boost from the digital ...

World wine consumption expected to increase most like red

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:44:44 -0400

A wide-sweeping study of international drinking trends around the world paints a broad picture of which countries are driving wine consumption growth, which countries are drinking less, and what the world is drinking as a whole.As the most powerful players in the wine industry converge in Bordeaux, France this week for the biggest trade show in the world, Vinexpo released its annual forecasting ...

Urban Outfitters pulls the plug on prescription bottle mugs and flasks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:44:43 -0400

Urban Outfitters has decided to pull the plug on its coffee mugs, flasks, and shot glasses designed to look like prescription drug bottles after complaints that the packaging could lead to confusion and potential health problems.The decision came after the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) and 57 local US poison centers wrote a letter to the retailer asking the company to ...

The Work Programme didnt work for us | Martin Bright

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:37:22 -0400

For my charity, the Work Programme (WP) has ended not with a bang, but a whimper. I don't want to stamp my feet or make a great announcement about yet another third-sector organisation pulling out of the government's flagship jobs scheme. At ...

Internet service providers to step up efforts to block child abuse images

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:37:18 -0400

Maria Miller hailed the agreement, under which the Internet Watch Foundation will seek out illegal images rather than waiting for complaints. Photograph: Rex ...

Parks and Recreation-Themed Merchandise Set to Hit Stores

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:40 -0400

It's Official: G4 to be Rebranded the Esquire Network, Adds 'Party Down,' 'Parks and Recreation' to Slate NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products is set to announce a slew of merchandise inspired by the NBC comedy series at the Licensing Show, which kicks off Tuesday in Las ...

Taming the Lions would lift the sport in Australia says Rod Macqueen | Paul Rees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:43 -0400

'The timing of the Lions tour is perfect because if we did win the series, it would give the game here a boost,' says the former Wallabies coach Rod Macqueen. Photograph: Nick ...

Charities must give political parties a narrative for the voluntary sector

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:41 -0400

NCVO , said: "The mainstream parties don't have a narrative for the voluntary sector. We have to give them one. They are still looking for ideas to solve society's problems.Influencing them is central to our thinking now. "Too often voluntary sector organisations are seen as a cost, something they have to spend public money on. We want them to think about how voluntary sector ...

Moors murderer Ian Brady carried pen as a weapon in hospital

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:39 -0400

mental health tribunal has heard.The 75-year-old has become "almost nocturnal" since having the pen confiscated, after staff feared he could lash out at others in Ashworth mental hospital in Merseyside.Brady hopes to prove his sanity so that he can be transferred from Ashworth to a prison. For the past 14 years he has been force-fed via a feeding tube, which was visible hanging from his ...

Vices suicide fashion pictures could be deadly | Helen Lewis

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:37 -0400

'The Samaritans have guidelines covering both journalistic and creative depictions of suicide, and they are very clear: avoid glamorising suicide and avoid giving details of the methods.' Photograph: Niall ...

Google Facebook and Microsoft agree plan to tackle child porn

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:37 -0400

Technology giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and BT were summoned to Parliament for a meeting with Culture Secretary Maria Miller to decide what action to take on the issue.Although internet service providers yesterday rejected the Government's demand to apply child protection filters that would automatically block adult content from all sites as a "default" setting, ...

Bob Meistrell Who Revolutionized Wet Suits Dies at 84

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:35:12 -0400

Bob Meistrell, who began making wet suits for surfers and scuba divers in the early 1950s and with his twin brother, Bill, founded Body Glove, one of the world's largest wet-suit companies, died on Sunday in Catalina, Calif. He was 84 and lived in Redondo ...

Drugs policymakers of the 1980s knew the score | Mary OHara

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:31:19 -0400

Sterile syringes being distributed to a drugs user as part of the needle exchange programme, pushed through by Margaret Thatcher despite opposition in her own party and beyond. Photograph: Gideon ...

Mickey Mouse A Yodelberg peek

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:35 -0400

Mickey Mouse is back in the house! The beloved Disney icon is getting another surge of fame with the release of brand-new animation aimed at kids 6-14 that will air on Disney Channel. Kicking off Friday, June 28 the roll-out of comedy cartoons will include new shorts featuring Mickey — as well as Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto — and will be both old-fashioned, ...

Anthony Mackie Marvels Falcon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:34 -0400

Image Credit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Anthony Mackie has covered a lot of ground during a 12-year Hollywood adventure, but now he’s ready for a new type of stardom — one that comes with an aerial view. ';Trust me, it’s a lot of fun to be a superhero,'; the New Orleans native said of his ongoing work ...

Dutch teens convicted for killing referee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:21 -0400

A Dutch court has convicted six teenage soccer players and a father of manslaughter for kicking a volunteer linesman to death. The game between the two teams, Nieuw Sloten and Buitenboys, took place last November in Almere, near Amsterdam. The game ended in a 2-2 tie after Nieuw Sloten came back from being down 2-0. While the players were shaking hands with the three volunteer officials after ...

Viral video straps colt .45 handgun to a home-use drone

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:44:59 -0400

The video, posted on YouTube, showed a Taurus Judge .45 Colt handgun attached to the underbelly of a custom-made carbon-fiber octocopter, with the gun operated by a remote control trigger (a set-up that is illegal in its own right, not just when attached to a drone).Although the video was created in order to advertise a range a range of protective smartphone screens by ClearPlex (the objects ...

Get hashing join a club that takes drinking as seriously as running

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:44:34 -0400

running club that cared less about what you ate and more about how much you could drink? Are you ready to swap your PB for a pint? Join a local hashing club, and that's exactly what you'll do.Hashing - the name is derived from the original sport of hare chasing - is an international phenomenon ...

Belgian artist who says she is kings daughter asks him to testify

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:33:13 -0400

Reuters Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 BRUSSELS - A woman who says she is the unrecognised daughter of Belgian King Albert II has summoned the monarch and two of his children to appear in a Brussels court in her bid to prove he is her father, her lawyer said on Tuesday. Ms Delphine Boel, a 45-year-old artist, has repeatedly stated that she is the daughter of the king and has used this as a theme in ...

Spending review 2013 the cuts that dont need to happen

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:57 -0400

A week today, we will have the oddity of a Westminster set-piece that was never supposed to be. Budgets, the Queen's speech and the like can usually be plotted out years in advance. But this month's spending review - or, rather, cuts review - was not expected to be necessary. The coalition originally ventured that the retrenchments it set out in 2010 would suffice to fix the public ...

Police acted unlawfully after kettling cuts protesters high court rules

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:41:10 -0400

One of the many cuts protests in 2011. Police acted unlawfully towards a legal observer who was kettled at one of the demonstrations. Photograph: Andy ...

Martin Green Care homes should become community hubs | David Brindle

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:40:54 -0400

Martin Green, head of the English Community Care Association, says the media, in particular Panorama, is not presenting a full or balanced picture. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the ...

WHO urges tougher food marketing rules to curb childhood obesity

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:09:01 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:09am EDT * WHO report says childhood obesity picture is not improving * Adverts on TV, social media and smart phones criticised * Only a handful of countries have robust regulations By Kate Kelland LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - The marketing of unhealthy foods to children has proven "disastrously effective", driving obesity by using cheap social media channels to promote ...

Fitness briefs free dance class for teenagers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:11 -0400

The Mazaya Centre branch of the Dubai health club Fitness 360 is offering free trial dance classes for children ages 13 to 17. "Not only will it help them keep fit, it is a dynamic class where they can meet other children with the same love for dance," said a gym spokesman. House Fusion Teen Edition takes place at 4pm on Tuesday, July 2. Call 04 330 7711 for more information. The club ...

Sports Arsenal are favourites to sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:45:38 -0400

The Italian champions have been in negotiations with Real over a deal for Higuain but are so far refusing to increase their bid of ?18.7million for the 25-year-old. Real are understood to be demanding at least ?25.5m and although president Florentino Perez was quoted last week claiming that Juve?s offer would be insufficient, sources remain adamant a deal could be done at around that price. The ...

How to get ahead in ... fostering

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:37:58 -0400

Fostering Network , a foster carer today is likely to be in their 40s or 50s, but they come from a variety of backgrounds and have a range of qualifications. The network's chief executive Robert Tapsfield says: "They can come with no educational qualifications at all or be a university lecturer or professor. They have diverse educational backgrounds, which means they have different ...

Too much red meat can heighten the chances of developing diabetes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:28:58 -0400

"Increasing red meat intake during a four year interval was associated with an elevated risk of T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) during the susequent four years.." the authors, led by Dr An Pan, from the National University of Singapore, wrote in the journal JAMA Internal ...

Quarry miner turned Galaxy casino boss doubles down on Macau

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:26:19 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited Deputy Chairman Francis Lui, son of Chairman Che-woo, attends a news conference announcing the company's results in Hong Kong August 31, 2011. ...

China overtakes US with worlds fastest supercomputer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:25:19 -0400

The Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, has overtaken US rivals to become the world's most powerful computer by a significant ...

Support for gay marriage high in developed nations poll

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:18:42 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most adults in developed countries favor gay marriage or some type of legal recognition for same-sex couples and think they should be able to adopt children, according to an international poll released on ...

Lifestyle Kenyan teenagers have created an interactive website

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:41:27 -0400

E-Masomo has the entire school curriculum available online, providing access to sample papers, video tutorials, educational debates and interactive ...

Lifestyle Changes Made By Older Patients To Avoid Fractures

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:48 -0400

fractures will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid them, such as exercising, wearing proper footwear and taking supplements, a new study has found. The findings are important because much previous research in bone health has focused on medications or found that people make negative lifestyle changes such as reducing housework or leisure activities because they are afraid of falling, said ...

Spendthrift elite signals equity slide behavioral experts warn

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:25:30 -0400

By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - Record prices at art auctions in recent weeks and oversubscribed holidays by private jet are among signals that ...

Hashtag politics seven top tips for civil servants using social media

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:16:16 -0400

published on 3 June , envisages civil servants as the guardians of wiki-style policymaking, with public sector leaders embracing digital technologies and using platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.But these social media platforms can be a double-edged sword for policymakers.Never has it been easier, or cheaper, to launch or consult on ...

Smith Family research shows children in poorer areas miss out on sport

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:57:00 -0400

ABOUT half the children living in the state's poorest communities have not participated in sport or cultural activities out of school hours in the past year, research shows. The Smith Family analysed Australian Bureau of Statistics data using an index of socio-economic advantage to find 47 per cent of children aged 5 to 14 living in communities such as Playford and Port Pirie were not ...

Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi why I called it wrong...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:24 -0400

domestic violence . That was not my intention at all.However, after so many emails - not to mention much outrage on Twitter - I concede that I expressed myself very badly indeed.I was concerned about the rushing to judgment, but I now accept that the pictures were graphic evidence of an assault. And, of course, Saatchi has admitted as much ...

Today in healthcare Tuesday 18 June

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:23 -0400

Good morning and welcome to the daily live blog from the Guardian Healthcare Professionals Network. Throughout the day, we'll be bringing you news, comment and analysis from around the web. The Guardian reports this morning that food companies are accused by the World Health Organisation ...

Those already in need will be hardest hit by increased means testing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:22 -0400

benefits isn't going to go away. There now seems to be cross-party consensus that means testing is the way to go - and that a measure of the electability of parties is the degree of their commitment to narrowing eligibility to welfare state support.First Iain Duncan Smith suggested that older people who felt they could afford ...

How one hospital is using mobile apps to gather feedback and improve services

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:21 -0400

It's important to hear about the experiences of younger children and teens and mobile technology suits them as a way to give feeback. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...

Hungarian man 98 charged with World War II crimes prosecutors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:14:18 -0400

Hungarian Laszlo Csatary, suspected of war crimes against Jews during Word War Two, leaves the prosecution building in Budapest July 18, ...

Sports Nigeria rolls to 6-1 win over Tahiti at Confederations Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:33:52 -0400

Tahiti's team of amateurs, ranked 138th in the world and competing in their first major tournament, scored when Jonathan Tehau headed in from a corner. At that stage they were 3-0 down after an own goal from captain Nicolas Vallar and two efforts from Nnamdi Oduamadi. Tehau scored an own goal before strikes from Oduamadi and Uwa Echiejile. , ranked 31st in the Fifa world rankings, wasted a ...

Lifestyle Moderate drinking in pregnancy harms IQ

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:33:46 -0400

Previous studies have produced inconsistent and confusing evidence on whether low to moderate levels of alcohol are harmful in pregnancy, largely because it is difficult to separate out other factors that may have an effect such as the mother's age and ...

Council chief executive says the north lacks the power to shape its own destiny

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:25:33 -0400

local government or face "huge unease and a backlash" from those in the north of England who feel disempowered.His warning came at the Guardian's sixth Local Government Leaders Quarterly event in Leeds last week. Riordan said: "Whitehall needs to either get much closer to us through combined authorities and a new relationship in the cabinet or we will get huge unease and a ...

Comprehensive spending review could turn the housing crisis around

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:25:32 -0400

Don Foster has hinted more flexibility may be introduced to the cap on the amount borrowed against housing stock debt. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ...

Saudi prince eyes worlds big cities for mile-high tower

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:19:13 -0400

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he is looking at the world's largest cities, including Shanghai, Moscow, London and New York, as possible locations to build a mile-high skyscraper that would be the world's tallest building by ...

Ioane fitness boost for Wallabies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:28:52 -0400

Wallabies wing Digby Ioane has revealed that he has overcome a knee injury and is ready to take on the British and Irish Lions on Saturday. Ioane participated in full training sessions on Friday and Monday and reported on Tuesday that, "It's feeling good. I'll be ready for this weekend."The 27-year-old Reds flyer had minor surgery to clean up cartilage in his left knee last ...

Government says internet companies are turning a blind eye to online child abuse images as Maria Miller calls on Google Yahoo and BT to take action

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:54 -0400

Internet chiefs will today be accused by the Government of turning a blind eye to the number of child abuse images that can be accessed ...

NSA surveillance Apple follows Facebook lead reveals US data requests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:51 -0400

President Obama tries to calm fears over government eavesdropping programme mining private data from Google, Apple, YouTube and ...

Why charities must use impact to understand beneficiaries

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:25 -0400

I'm passionate about social impact - measuring, planning and increasing it. Social impact means the real changes that happen in people's lives. It is the true reflection of their experience - the journeys they go on with the help of those working with ...

Airlines performance improves lags other industries U.S. poll

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:07:41 -0400

(Reuters) - U.S. consumers are more satisfied with airlines in recent years but the industry still gets relatively low marks, mainly due to the onboard experience, according to a new customer poll released on ...

Chris Harrison Bachelorette blog

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:02:32 -0400

‘s Mr. America pageant. Mallory has been a great ambassador for Miss America and she shared her personality and wicked sense of humor with everybody. I always enjoy when we get to do public dates, but to actually get to host an event like this for a live audience in an Atlantic City showroom was awesome. We had a packed house and the crowd was great. As for the actual competition, well, ...

Moderate drinking during pregnancy does not harm babys development

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:14 -0400

Woman drinking a glass of wine. Almost 7,000 10-year-olds were asked to take part in balance tests, which are an indicator of prenatal neurodevelopment. Photograph: Katie ...

Charitable giving grew in 2012 albeit modestly -report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:01:16 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Individual charitable giving in the United States grew almost 4 percent last year, while corporate donations rose at triple that rate, according to a report that shows donations by Americans to nonprofit groups mirroring the slow recovery of the larger ...

Rookie teachers woefully unprepared report says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:01:16 -0400

(Reuters) - The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher ...

UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday June 18

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:52:34 -0400

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Sports Briefing | Swimming Danish Swimmer Tests Positive for Drugs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:35:28 -0400

Mads Glaesner, a Danish swimmer, will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last ...

Sports Briefing | Basketball Russian Women Out of World Championship

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:35:16 -0400

Russia did not advance past the opening round of the EuroBasket ...

Buddhist monks indulging in lavish lifestyle spark nationwide outrage in Thailand

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:25:21 -0400

A screenshot from YouTube reveals the monks acting "inappropriately, not composed and not adhering to Buddha's teachings of simplicity and ...

Who loves haggis Marvel at the competitions in heavy sports Highland dancing

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:06:07 -0400

Who loves haggis?: Marvel at the competitions in heavy sports, Highland dancing and even frozen haggis tossing at the 27th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games at Hamilton Lakes, Thorndale Avenue and Route 53, Itasca. Don't miss the whiskey tastings and bagpipe and drummer show. $12-$20; $5 parking. (708) 447-5092 or . 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. King of Swing: Buddy Guy headlines the ...

Heartburn sufferers urged to visit doctor to rule out cancer if it persists

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:05:39 -0400

People who suffer from heartburn should go and see a doctor if it persists for three weeks because they may be at risk of cancer, experts have ...

Luncheon meat hamburger steak pork increase diabetes risk

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:38:06 -0400

There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Frank B. Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues tracked 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986-2006, 48,709 women in the Nurses' Health Study from 1986-2006 and 74,077 women in the ...

Pumpkin Gnocchi with Spinach Blue Cheese Sauce

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:11:11 -0400

12 sage leavesTo make gnocchi, place potatoes in a steamer and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes. Sift flour on to clean work surface. Pass potato through a potato ricer directly over flour. Add pumpkin and parmesan. Season. Drizzle butter evenly over potato. Gradually work flour into potato mix, until the dough forms. Gently knead dough for 1-2 ...

Atlanta sports radio hosts fired for mocking former NFL player with Lou Gehrig’s disease

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:10:44 -0400

A station official says the cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.The ...

Streamlined News Weekend Aquatic Sports Wrapup

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:38 -0400

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. THOUGH pre-world championship competition was the order of the weekend, the big news that surfaced was the three-month ban by Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner for taking a cold medication that contained a banned substance in the United States version. Initially, the ban, which began March 19 of this year, meant two things: Glaesner's bronze medal in the 400 free at ...

Junk food still marketed to children as companies bypass rules

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:32 -0400

Family entertainment shows such as Britain's Got Talent are exempt from the rules governing the marketing of junk food. Photograph: Rex Features/Ken ...

Mexican politicians going to the dogs er cats

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:46:56 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fed up with politicians they call "rats," a group of friends in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa have put forward their ideal candidate for mayor: a cat named ...

Mad Men What about Bob

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:28 -0400

, viewers learned conclusively that endlessly eager-to-please Bob Benson really is too good to be true. For starters, there’s no such person as ';Bob Benson';; the name is a total fake, as is his résumé. ';Bob'; doesn’t have any true experience in account management — as the intrepid Duck Phillips discovered, before bluffing his way into a job ...

Australia eyes Buddha and baccarat to lure Chinese tourists

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:19:11 -0400

By Jane Wardell SYDNEY, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:19pm EDT SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the local mayor and a Chinese businessman have big plans to change that - by building a A$500 million ($480 ...

Cohen finds his Ultimate sport

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:05:51 -0400

For former University City High baseball standout Greg Cohen, Ultimate Frisbee, or Ultimate as it's called by those who play it, "is the hardest sport I've ever ...

Exclusive Singapore Sports Hub will provide us with facilities to host Commonwealth Games says Ng Ser Miang

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:59:41 -0400

Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...

Another two-fingered salute to the bespoke tradition from London menswear collections

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:59:17 -0400

The cult of personality. That's what a lot of menswear is built on. It's not too dissimilar to teenagers hero-worshipping their football icons - in fact, clock how many adolescents sport those idolatrous football shirts as everyday attire. Or how many shelled out for Beckham's H&M pants in the vain hope of emulating his ball action, when you think of ...

Pregnant women told moderate drinking will not harm the baby

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:59:17 -0400

Drinking a small glass of wine every day while pregnant may do no harm to the brain development of babies in the womb, a new study ...

Living standards penury in the prime of life | Editorial

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:58:50 -0400

Institute for Fiscal Studies released an authorative analysis of changing financial fortunes over the age range which put that beyond doubt.First, the good news. In an historic success over several decades, the old cast-iron link between old age and penury has slowly been broken. The risk of a pensioner being poor used to be four times that of somebody plucked from elsewhere in the age range, but ...

Critical Shopper Prom Memories at Halston Heritage

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:21 -0400

SENIOR PROM, the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria, 1990. The song of the night is Madonna's "Vogue"; chicken paillard with capers is congealing on the plates; and the alpha girls of the class have chosen black Betsey Johnson dresses that barely cover their ...

Motherlode Blog The Home-Cooked Challenge Addicted to Snack Food Trying to Change

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:21 -0400

week without prepared foods began. In the comments to my post introducing my plan (to go a week without using any prepared foods for our family of six), JM asked a question that turned out to get right to the heart of what I dubbed the Home-Cooked Challenge: ';What is your ...

Hugh Muirs dairy Revealed – the misery of the governments welfare assessments

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:41:05 -0400

if the strain is showing , that's no surprise. And strain there is, as we see from a leaked email from one of the medical experts employed by Atos to sort the strivers from the skivers. He was exhorted to put in that little bit more effort. His reply is now prized by all those under the cosh. "Our task is becoming ever more complex and ever more futile as we bend over backwards to ...

Fox International Announces Creation of New Italy All-Sports Network

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:40:20 -0400

TAORMINA, Sicily – News Corp’s international pay television unit announced Monday it would launch Fox Sports Italy starting in ...

Man of Steel gets religion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:32 -0400

has a strong passing resemblance to a certain Son of God/Son of Man described in The New Testament of The Bible. The Superman Gospel begins a long time ago and far away in the heavens with an exalted otherworldly Father figure, whose very special son is not only proof of his awesome life giving creative powers but satisfy this story’s condition of a miraculous birth, albeit ironically: ...

Stanley Cup finals Game 2 draws most viewers for NHL on NBC Sports Network

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:07 -0400

Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews (19) reaches to control the puck against Boston Bruins right wing Nathan Horton (18) in the second period during Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. ...

Longtime western Ky. sports writer dead at 46

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:06 -0400

PADUCAH, Ky. - Longtime western Kentucky sports writer Joey Fosko has died after suffering an apparent heart attack. The Paducah Sun ( http://bit.ly/19KbSwx), where Fosko had worked 27 years, reported Fosko's death at 46 on its website Monday.The newspaper said Fosko died at 12:02 a.m. CDT Monday.Fosko joined the Sun in 1986, covering high school sports.Arrangements were ...

Oman awards contracts to boost sports infrastructure

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:49 -0400

The Omani government has signed contracts for new sports infrastructure projects in Musandam governorate, Oman Daily Observer has reported. The agreements include works on the Khasab sports complex in the governorate, which comprise a football stadium, a gallery which can accommodate up to 11,610 people and 600 dignitaries in addition to a lounge to receive dignitaries, locker rooms, conference ...

T Magazine After Hours | A Performance Artist’s Heartfelt New Persona

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:42:11 -0400

Joni Mitchell . He has often done so through highly theatrical shows with costumes, choreography and elaborate visuals. But last night, Kelly unveiled a new cycle of covers, ...

CECAFA Referees Undergo Fitness Test

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:13 -0400

With the 2013 CECAFA Kagame club cup due to Kick off in Sudan Tuesday, referees willing to officiate the regional event have under gone a physical fitness test examination late on Sunday. The competition is the first of its kind to be held in the war-devastated Sudanese regions of North Darfur and south Gordofan in a bid to encourage peace and reconciliation in the areas according to CECAFA ...

Voice Danielle for the win

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:11 -0400

. Danielle will probably win (at least one Vegas gambler puts her odds at 3-1, ahead of fellow finalists Michelle Chamuel and The Swon Brothers).Danielle is also 16 years ...

Lifestyle Secret dossier reveals varsity fired vice-chancellor for hiring Muslim

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:52 -0400

Kihumbu Thairu was accused of hiring a Muslim woman 'against ethics of the church', days before he was sacked. A report commissioned by the institution's Board of Trustees lists the hiring of a Muslim, among a host of other 'negligent acts' as reasons for Thairu's sacking. This is despite the fact that the university has been admitting Muslim students. Monday, the ...

HBT As owner Coliseum in sports worst shape

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:54:54 -0400

where the raw sewage flows more freely than the Bud Light . So too is A’s owner Lew Wolff, who tells Eric Fisher of SBJ that he is embarrassed by the mess but that it’s out of his ...

Letter Attack on squatting

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:51:32 -0400

Squatting is one of Britain's oldest forms of tenancies and communities and political movements have grown up around it. There are now signs that the government is seeking to extend this criminalisation beyond the residential sector ...

Exposed Edward Erin the doctor whose faked asthma drug test results proved fatal

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:49 -0400

A British doctor faked test results during clinical trials for an asthma drug in which one person died and others contracted cancer and ...

New Kids up to old tricks in Brooklyn

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:46 -0400

Image Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images Yesterday may have been Father’s Day, but EW’s social media all-star Nika Vagner and I were the ones who received the greatest gift of all — a triple bill of boy-band hotness, courtesy of New Kids on the Block’s cheekily named The Package Tour, featuring 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. We posted to ...

Porsche finds a new target audience Kids

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:40 -0400

German luxury sports car producer Porsche said it has set its sights on a new target audience: Children. Specifically, Porsche said its new pedal-powered go-kart is for kids weighing no more than 110 pounds, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. For kids on the go, the new Porsche go-kart is top shelf all the way. The sticker price for the muscle-and gravity-powered jalopy with the tubular ...

Sports Kenya Police back to the summit of table with win against Western Jaguars

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:43 -0400

Technical University of Kenya (TUK) teams also soared high hitting Kenyatta University 2-1 in the men's National League and edging Multimedia University 1-0 in the women National League to better their chances of grabbing the title this ...

Sports Prisons and Pipeline lift Amaco titles

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:41 -0400

Prisons beat General Service Unit (GSU) 3-2 (25-14, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 15-15) in a five-setter thriller to emerge kings. Previous champions Ulinzi surrendered the crown after they were beaten 3-2 (25-19, 13-25, 25-18, 17-25, 9-15) by GSU. New champions also emerged in women's category after Pipeline saw off traditional rivals and 2012 ...

Lifestyle Varsity hires staff to cope with rising student population

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:29 -0400

The University of Nairobi has stepped up efforts to recruit subordinate and teaching staff to manage the population prompted by this year's double ...

Lifestyle UN agency alarmed by millions of children in domestic labour

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:28 -0400

The Day of the African Child 2013 theme was: "Eliminating Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children: Our Collective ...

Lifestyle Heads call for ICT boost in high schools

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:27 -0400

They said with the introduction of free laptops for Standard One pupils starting next year, there is need to also empower secondary schools in readiness for the enlightened pupils when they join Form One. The teachers said through capacity building programmes, all secondary school teachers should be given a chance to be technology savvy. "It should not be assumed that all secondary school ...

Lifestyle Teachers Sacco rolls out housing project

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:26 -0400

National Savings and Credit Society announced that it is working on an elaborate housing scheme for all its 53,000 members. In addition to this, the Sacco has acquired a piece of land in Nairobi's Upper Hill area to construct a Sh1.5 billion complex to host its headquarters. This means that the current teachers Sacco offices situated along Tom Mboya street will be relocated to the new ...

Lifestyle Three-day ultimatum over teachers strike

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:25 -0400

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) -- have convened meetings to review strike options after the government ignored pleas for allocations to pay teachers increased salaries and allowances in the 2013/2014 budget. There was confusion on Monday however when officials of Kuppet insisted that the strike among their members would begin today even as its National Governing Council ...

Rumour mill Kate Moss to go topless for Playboys 60th anniversary

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:39:22 -0400

Kate Moss will reportedly be featured topless on the January, 2014 cover as Playboy celebrates its 60th anniversary. According to the New York Post's Page Six column, the model has also commissioned artist Chuck Close to create a special personal piece based on the magazine images. Moss has been photographed topless and nude countless times in her illustrious career. She recently went ...

Barbra Streisand raps Orthodox Jews actions against Israeli women

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:38:34 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Singer Barbra Streisand (front) waves after receiving a honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Ronen ...

Borisstan the independent city state and docking station for global wealth formerly known as London | Aditya Chakrabortty

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:31 -0400

London has been an economic giant, a political giant but a fiscal infant ... It's high time London was treated in a more grownup, a more mature way, as a great city in the way other great cities are" ...

Tai Chi For Fitness Slow-Moving Chinese Exercise Can Improve Health

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:10 -0400

NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - For modern, harried lifestyles focused on getting and spending, fitness experts say tai chi, the ancient Chinese slow-moving exercise, can be an ideal way for anyone to stay ...

The ballad of my sons struggle

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:46:58 -0400

The nuclear grey, Christmas Eve morning in 2001, when I found my disabled son, Nihal, heartstoppingly still, a spidery network of fine blue veins beginning to appear on his cheeks, is a memory both sharp and blurred. In order to live, I had to commit the past to paper: writing had always been my refuge, my way of understanding the world. That is all I remember doing that first year after his ...

Volunteering is good for your blood pressure Study

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:25 -0400

Volunteering to help others doesn't only feel good but it can also boost your heart health by reducing blood pressure, a new U.S. study suggests.The study involved 1,100 adults aged 51 to 91, who were interviewed about their volunteering habits and had their blood pressure checked at the beginning of the study and again four years later. All of the subjects had normal blood pressure readings ...

When online dating women want younger men Report

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:25 -0400

While it's been long thought that men desire younger women and women desire older men, new data suggests that women are opting for younger men when online dating. According to a report ...

Kanye Wests Yeezus EW review

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:12 -0400

Yes, Kanye West has gone rogue again. Did you expect anything less? Five years ago, the Chicago native -; known at the time for ...

Superman III Movie Kryptonite

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:12 -0400

Allow me to describe the movie's first scene: Some perv walks into a pole while staring at a hot blonde. Which is immediately followed by a rollerskater stumbling into a hot dog cart and pushing said cart into three telephone booths which topple like dominoes. Then a blind guy mistakes a road marking machine for his seeing eye dog and starts painting yellow circles all over the street before ...

Top 5 TV shows that deal with mental health | MaryLee Sudworth

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:31 -0400

Mental illness is having quite the year on the small and big screens. The stereotypical images of straitjackets and Frankenstein-inspired psychiatric procedures have been replaced by very human portrayals ...

With President at G8 Michelle Obama enjoys Irish links

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:39:25 -0400

Source: Reutersr With the US President locked in high-level meetings at a secluded hotel in Northern Ireland, first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters took the chance to investigate their Irish roots. After arriving in Belfast with her husband yesterday, Obama crossed the border to Dublin to speak to university experts on the president's ancestors, attend a show of traditional ...

Steps in the right direction

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:36:38 -0400

There will be no lie-in for the England rugby full-back Ben Foden on Sunday morning. A recent dad and only just back from the team's Argentina tour, Ben's the poor innocent who has agreed to be the celebrity pacesetter in the NSPCC's Gherkin Challenge race. Foden says he has never done a stair-climbing race before. If he thinks any old elite rugby pro can leg it up 1,037 steps just ...

Lost account of Spanish war sees light after 70 years

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:34:30 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A bagpiper plays the Second Spanish Republic anthem during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of Spain's Second Republic at a cemetery in Gijon April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Eloy ...

Virginia Ironside Its lovely to offer comfort to someone more miserable than you

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:33:29 -0400

On 18 June 1993, Virginia Ironside published her first agony-aunt piece in The Independent. The column was called "Dilemmas" and the first dilemma belonged to a woman worrying that her cleaning lady was stealing money. "In hindsight, it was an odd one to start the column with," she says today. "More suitable for The Lady than The ...

Stair-climbing A step change in keeping fit

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:33:28 -0400

New Day arrives for CNN

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:37 -0400

Veteran CNN personalities like Washington correspondent John King and chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour were also on hand to lend the proceedings a bit of gravitas. And in this segment about Iran’s new president, Cuomo, at least, proved that he’s got the capacity to discuss big stories ...

Instagram rumoured to get video functionality on June 20th

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:04 -0400

spoken to TechCrunch , the changes would allow Instagram users to share small clips of video of 5-10 seconds in length, but beyond this there is only speculation. The news certainly makes sense given the rocketing popularity of Twitter-owned Vine - a service that allows for sharing of 6 second loops of video with or without sound, with users able to stop and start footage whilst recording ...

Nursing home death rates to be monitored by Care Quality Commission

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:41:51 -0400

David Behan, chief executive of Care Quality Commission, which is considering how to assess whether a high number of deaths at a care home would spark an investigation. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ...

SuperAwesome wants to help brands reconnect with digital kids

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:41:34 -0400

apps , websites and online video jostling with books, TV shows and toys for their attention.One of the companies trying to help brands figure out how to reconnect with kids is ...

French Footballers Stand Trial in Underage Prostitution Case

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:20 -0400

PARIS ...

Royal baby to give almost $400 million bump to British economy

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:27:27 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - From Union Jack booties to "Born to Rule" sleepwear, the British royal family has joined retailers in offering baby products to mark the arrival of the royal ...

Copper See how season 2 starts

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:26 -0400

wrapped up its first season last October, we left Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) in a pretty dark place. The Civil War-era New York police detective had just suffered betrayals from his wife and his best friend, and the last scene of the finale had Corcoran turning to drugs to deal with his ...

Lifestyle Flying bike for easier commutes

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:47:31 -0400

"Because the capacity of batteries doubles about every 10 years, we can expect that in the future the capacity would be enough for the bike to used for sports, tourism or similar things," said the technical director of Duratec Bicycles, Milan ...

What to do if your boss sends inappropriate texts

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:43:24 -0400

A new survey asked complicated relationship questions, like what to do about an inappropriate boss or a partner who is Facebook friends with an ex, and received some surprising results. Relationship expert and Men's Health contributor Ian Kerner and Sascha De Gersdorff of Women's Health discuss the ...

The 10 Best travel beauty

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:33 -0400

Ensure that you and your make-up bag travel light this year with this very handy total-face kit. It contains a neat miniature mascara, eyeliner, flattering blush, highlighter and a brightening face primer in fun, summery ...

Rape on television the questions we should all be asking

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:03 -0400

rape in 1464 can be. Without giving too much away, Elizabeth does get to say: "Don't doubt my courage" which, she adds, is "a match for any man".Women do play central roles in the series, based on the historical novels of Philippa Gregory. But when I watched this scene, I couldn't help but notice how common rape seems to have become as a dramatic device on primetime ...

Sports Hub’s 2013 Boston Bruins Playoff Montages

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:17 -0400

BOSTON (CBS) - The guys at 98.5 The Sports Hub have been with the Bruins all season long, and created many different montages throughout their current playoff run; from Patrice Bergeron’s winning goal in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs to Boston’s sweep of the Pittsburgh ...

Google pledges $5m to battle child porn on the web

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:44 -0400

Google is to spend $5m (3.1m) fighting child pornography and abuse, the company will announce today, after criticism that it is not doing enough to prevent the spread of harmful online ...

Study reveals why extroverts love a party

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:29:47 -0400

A new study reveals just how differently extroverts and introverts process experiences, and may help explain why the former loves a good party, while the latter is happy to cozy up to a book and a cup of tea. Published June 13 in the ...

Catholics Lutherans jointly to mark Reformation anniversary

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:24:48 -0400

PARIS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Senior Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials announced on Monday they would mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 as a shared event rather than highlight the clash that split Western ...

Spains obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:24:35 -0400

ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN, June 17 (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena, on Spain's latest high-speed rail ...

Sports Arsenal front-runners to wrap up the transfer of Man-Us Nani

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:45:58 -0400

Turkish giants Galatasaray were interested in making a move but claim to have been priced out of the transfer - with United apparently wanting 8.5million for the 26-year-old who only has one year to run on his current deal. Juventus and Monaco are other possible destinations ...

Claire Perry MP outlines automatic porn filters for UK by end of the year

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:39:15 -0400

Claire Perry MP, David Cameron's special advisor on 'preventing the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood', has outlined plans for UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to make users opt-out to view adult content online by the end of the ...

Nigella Lawson pictures if its a playful tiff what does a serious one look like | Suzanne Moore

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:38:47 -0400

awful pictures of Nigella Lawson who didn't think "If he does this in public what does he do behind closed doors?" Not one that I have spoken to since they appeared. Some have said there is an issue about whether they should have appeared at all as they were in a private place. Actually Lawson and her husband, Charles Saatchi, were sitting in a courtyard outside an expensive ...

Investigative website accuses newspaper over MMR jabs campaign

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:38:46 -0400

the paper's editor, Jonathan Roberts, defended the Post's role, arguing that, at the time the anti-MMR campaign was launched in 1997 "there was genuine concern, even fear, among parents that they could be putting their children at risk." He ...