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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
CHICO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PinPointe USA, Inc., a privately held emerging medical technology company which introduced the breakthrough PinPointe FootLaser treatment for toenail fungus in Europe, today announced that Dr. Brian McDowell presented the results of his pilot clinical study “Laser Treatment for Toenail Fungus” (Harris, McDowell and Strisower, Proc. SPIE 7161A, 2009) at the...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Opal Mann Opal Mann, an accomplished jazz musician who played piano in Sacramento nightclubs, accompanied African American church choirs and backed Billie Holiday on stage, died Friday at age 84. She died of cancer, said her daughter, Mellissa Truitt. For many music lovers, Mrs. Mann was a bridge to the golden age of African American jazz clubs downtown. She played piano in bands at the Momo Club...
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Conor's Commentary (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have written this post about today's Ofsted annual report and the attendant controversy around inspections for the Public Finance blog: Today’s Ofsted annual report has both good and bad news. There has been a substantial increase in the number of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools – the equivalent of 1800 extra good schools in three years – but there remains...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Responding to today's publication of the Boorman review into Health and Wellbeing of the NHS workforce, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed better preventative measures to improve the health and wellbeing of NHS staff. Highlighting the £555 million that could be saved he also called for a step change in the way the NHS...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
An educational film commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has won the award for best corporate video at the inaugural Ability Media International (AMI) Awards 2009, which celebrates inclusion and diversity in the creative industries. The I-Motus produced film was commissioned as part of the RCN's national Dignity: at the heart of everything we do campaign.
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Harry's Place (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a guest post by Micky Flong As mainstream journalism in the UK faces the biggest crisis of its history, the lunatic fringe of the National Union of Journalists is not short of windmills to charge. At the policy-setting annual conference in Southport last weekend, motions took on the 1984 killings of Sikhs in India [...]
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Jon Slattery (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Federation of Journalists has called for the international community to intervene to demand a full investigation to bring to justice those responsible for yesterday's massacre of 12 journalists in the Philippines. The IFJ call came after the journalists were murdered when a political convoy of over 36 people was ambushed and slaughtered by gunmen in the Maguindanao province of Southern...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Below are two recent dispatches from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Delegation to Palestine that just arrived a few days ago. Stay tuned for more at iwwinpalestine.blogspot.com
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Embattled children's services watchdog faces calls for radical overhaul to restore public confidence Ofsted today faces calls for a radical overhaul to restore public confidence amid fresh accusations that it is so concerned with protecting its own reputation that it is failing to properly protect children. The embattled children's services watchdog is subject to a barrage of new criticisms from local...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A News of the World reporter who suffered from a culture of bullying led by former editor Andy Coulson, who is now David Cameron's head of communications, has been awarded almost £800,000 for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. Matt Driscoll, a sports reporter sacked in April 2007 while on long-term sick leave for stress-related depression, was awarded £792,736 by the east...
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Mizozo (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A dozen gunman hijacked a convoy of vans carrying about 50 people (local politicians and journalists) in Maguindanao province (about 560 miles south of Manila). At least 45 of the abducted were found dead. The group was reported to be on its way to an election office in Maguindanao province to file nomination papers for a local mayor, Ismael Mangudadatu. Lt Col Romeo Brawner, a spokesman for the Philippines...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
All the Islamic tools in the media - your future awaits you. Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos hat tip Hal There was no claim of responsibility for the bloodshed in the predominantly Muslim region wracked by political tensions between rival clans. The convoy of vans carrying about 40 people was hijacked in Maguindanao province, about 560 miles (900 kilometers) south of Manila, and army troops...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A national group of journalists Monday condemned the abduction of media men, lawyers and local politicians in Maguindanao, southern Philippines. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said in a statement, "should any harm befall our colleagues, we will hold accountable the civil and security officials of Maguindanao, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the national...
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A Change of Personnel (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
In his column for the Western Mail last week Russell Lawson of Federation of Small Business Wales (FSB) wrote about a new Coalition lead by the FSB and includes the Communication Workers’ Union, the New Economics Foundation, the Public Interest Research centre, the National Pensioners Convention and Unite the Union to lobby the Government to set up a Post Bank to be run as part of the Post Office...
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Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Meeting due over prison walkout Prison Service bosses are to meet with with union officials later to hold talks following an unofficial strike at HMP Liverpool. Hundreds of prison officers returned to work at Walton Prison on Wednesday evening after a 25-hour walkout over claims of bullying by senior managers. Representatives from the Prison Officers Association (POA) are to hold talks in London from...