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Feb 26, 2012

OCEANIA News, Feb 26, 2012

Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead
Voxy
A national strike by caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain, Oceania, will go ahead on Thursday 1 March after mediation talks on Friday failed to produce a solution. The strike, involving up to 1500 members of ...
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Strike over pay to hit big chain of rest homes
New Zealand Herald
The workers at Oceania announced the strike action after mediation talks on Friday "failed to produce a solution". Up to 1500 members of the Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota will join the two-hour strike from ...
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Aged-care workers preparing to strike
New Zealand Herald
About 1500 care staff of Oceania Group, from Auckland to Dunedin, have announced strike action beginning on March 1, affecting 20 of the company's 59 retirement villages. Nurses, health care assistants and support staff, some of whom earn as little as ...
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Flying Fox produces more paddle dazzle
The Australian
TEENAGE sensation Jessica Fox who had already paddled her way to an Olympic nomination, yesterday won a third-straight women's C1 title at the Oceania slalom whitewater championships at Penrith Lakes. After earning the right to be nominated for the ...
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Canoeist Draper earns another Olympic shot
Ninemsn
Victorian Draper, who finished fifth in the men's K1 in Beijing, earned another crack at an Olympic medal by holding off challenges from New South Welshman Will Forsythe and Sam Lyons at the OceaniaChampionships in Sydney.
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Rest home residents back workers' strike
TVNZ
The strike will involve up to 1500 workers across 20 Oceania rest homes. Nurses Organisation spokesman David Wait said it comes after eight months of bargaining, with Oceania refusing to meet a 3.5% pay increase to cover the cost of living.
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Rest home workers to strike
3News NZ
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union plan to picket outsideOceania Group rest homes, campaigning for a wage rise. Combined union spokesman Alistair Duncan says most are earning just a few cents more ...
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3News NZ
New Zealand's top player claims title
Ballarat Courier
BY RACHEL AFFLICK TOP-seeded New Zealand badminton player Michelle Chan Ky has claimed the 2012 Oceania Championships women's singles title on her way to securing a London Olympics berth. Chan Ky, who defeated Ballarat's Tara Pilven 21-17 21-9 on ...
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Thousands set for week of industrial action
Stuff.co.nz
About 300 Ports of Auckland wharfies have also started a three-week strike, demanding a return to mediation, while up to 1500 caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain,Oceania, will strike on Thursday.
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Boyz off to NZ
Jamaica Gleaner
Both players, who played together in the heart of the Jamaican defence, are included in a 19-member squad (nine overseas-based, 10 local), most of whom left here yesterday on a three-day journey to Oceania. Davis, who plays for League Two outfit ...
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Jamaica Gleaner
Kamo gives Canterbury United confidence
Stuff.co.nz
Canterbury visit third-placed Waitakere on March 11, determined to stay in the top two and remain on course for an Oceania Champions League berth. Kamo said the Dragons were scoring freely – striker George Slefendorfas has 11 goals, Clapham eight and ...
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Orwell lives!
Trinidad & Tobago Express
The novel is set in a country called Oceania, whose single party had three slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. The Oceania government had only four ministries: the Ministry of Truth, which looked after news, entertainment, ...
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Exhibit connects Native Polynesian art with work of famed Frenchman
Anchorage Daily News
The other 60 items in this exhibit are by Natives of Oceania and surrounding regions, from Easter Island to Cambodia to New Zealand. Some might say these pieces are the true stars of the show. "Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise" is less an art ...
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Uniquely Alaskan experiences available
MiamiHerald.com
Oceania, which sailed in Alaska last year, is not returning this year. • American Cruise Line will sail in Alaska for the first time. Its American Spirit will make 13 cruises between June and September. • The Alaska Marine Highway System will bring ...
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Tallent in double Olympic bid
The Australian
Tallent clocked a winning time of 1hr 23 mins 1 sec in the Oceania race walking championship in Hobart ahead of countryman Chris Erickson (1:24:12) and Canada's Inaki Gomez. In the women's race, Claire Tallent (1:32:58) and fellow Australian Regan ...
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Athletics: Hall claims title despite four fouls
Otago Daily Times
Liz Wilson (Hill City) won the battle of the Oceaniachampions in the women's masters over 50 200m in 27.30sec. Claire Giles (Caversham) was runner-up in 30.93sec. Glen Ballam (Southland) won the senior men's 400m in 49.45sec and the Alexandra pair of ...
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Otago Daily Times
Overseas Boyz join squad for NZ friendly
Jamaica Observer
The game against Oceania's New Zealand, which will be the third for this month as the Boyz up the tempo of World Cup Qualifying preparation, is set be played at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. Kick off is 7:30 (approximately 1:30 am Jamaica time).
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Cross Country - Elite, Under 23 & Under 19 women
Cyclingnews.com
With the Oceania champs coming up and the World Cup meets, today was a good solid performance, and I'm looking to improve and start peaking a bit." King's attention now turns to the upcoming UCI World Cup season, kicking off in South Africa March 17-18 ...
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Henderson claims national double
The Canberra Times
The World Cup circuit is the main aim for Henderson but she will first compete in the Oceania mountain bike championships in Rotorua, New Zealand from March 9-11. ''Things are starting to fall into place as the season progresses, so everything is going ...
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The Canberra Times
Tallent ready to double up again
Ninemsn
Tallent clocked a winning time of one hour 23 minutes and one second in the Oceania race walking championship event in Hobart ahead of countryman Chris Erickson (1:24:12) and Canada's Inaki Gomez. In the women's race, Claire Tallent (1:32:58) and ...
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No vacancy in double trap shooting team: ISSF
Times of India
Of the 28 quota places in women's air pistol, there is one vacant spot as the ISSF had withheld one quota place at last year's OceaniaChampionships. According to the ISSF website , there are several events, including women's 10m air pistol, ...
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Rest home workers shouldn't have to strike to make a living - Fenton
Voxy
"The gradual takeover of aged care by private equity firms such asOceania, whose parent company is Macquarie Global Infrastructure fund, means that profit before people is the mantra, even though aged care is largely funded by the New Zealand taxpayer ...
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Inter-Korea Ties Need to Improve for Six-Party Talks
Bahrain News Agency
Davies will meet with Japanese six-party talks envoy Shinsuke Sugiyama as well as the directors for Asia and Oceania in Japan's foreign ministry to share the results of the US-North Korea talks.
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Church members clean Bury streets
Bury Focus
The campaign is to be carried out in about 2200 places of 150 countries where the branches of the Church of God have been established; including the United Kingdom, United States, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa will carry out the ...
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FIG Conducts 2012 Olympic Draw for London
International GYMNAST Magazine Online
The FIG awarded rhythmic gymnastics wild cards to Julie Zetlin (USA), Yasmine Mohamed Rostom (Egypt) and Janine Murray (Australia), as continental representatives from North America, Africa and Oceania, respectively. Two more wild cards — one each in ...
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Adobe Releases Photoshop Touch, To be Fully Available on Monday
Geeky gadgets
... and iPad through Creative Cloud, a cloud storage service from Adobe itself. Adobe pulled out Photoshop Touch just right after it was released and briefly enjoyed by our friends in Oceania, but it will be back and available for download starting Monday.
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Geeky gadgets
Oceania Cruises: Riviera Updates | Travel News from Fodor's Travel ...
Cruisers looking forward to the upcoming launch of luxury line OceaniaCruises' 1250-passenger Riviera will have to wait just a bit longer.
www.fodors.com/news/story_5168.html
Matisse painting leaves family
THE National Gallery of Australia today unveiled a new acquisition, Matisse's Oceania, the sea (1946), a 4m-long cut-out paper maquette which will become a ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-fn9d3avm-122628056875...
TCEB flags Oceania market at AIME - MICE News ...
Revealing its 2012 marketing plan, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) revealed its Believe in Thailand campaign will be sharpened to ...
www.etravelblackboard.us/.../tceb-flags-oceania-market-at-aim...
Weekend News Report Feb. 17, 2012 | Oceania Television Network
PACIFIC MEDIA WATCHDOG URGES PALAU PRESIDENT TO LIFT GAG ON ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. The news of Palaus Presidential order banning ...
www.oceaniatv.net/?p=337
Oceania Island Living: Exciting News - Plumeria Coastal Home ...
Welcome to Oceania Island Living. We absolutely adore coastal island lifestyle, forever stylish and serene, fresh and authentic and always creative and inspiring ...
oceaniaislandliving.blogspot.com/.../exciting-news-plumeria-c...
Fiba Oceania: FIBA Family news now on FIBA.com
FIBA have created a section on FIBA.com called 'FIBA Family News" which reports on the people and programs that ensure the development of basketball ...
www.fibaoceania.com/index.php?id=29&tx...617...
Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead
A national strike by caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain, Oceania, will go ahead on Thursday 1 March after ...
www.voxy.co.nz/business/oceania-aged-care...go.../115882
New wave in the National Trials in Oceania
UntilTheNextRound - Amateur boxing scouting - Every champion has a foundation. Every story has a beginning. Follow theirs!
www.untilthenextround.com/.../1707-new-wave-in-the-nation...
Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead | Scoop News
MEDIA RELEASE: NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION AND SERVICE AND FOOD WORKERS UNION NGA RINGA TOTA 26 February 2012 Oceania ...
www.scoop.co.nz/.../oceania-aged-care-workers-strike-to-go-a...
Oceania Football Confederation appoints marketing agency ...
Home › Australia/Asia News · Tweet. Oceania Football Confederation appoints marketing agency. Submitted by Dave Williams on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 16:07 ...
www.tribalfootball.com/.../oceania-football-confederation-app...
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation of the Bishop of - News.va
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston and succession. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February ...
www.news.va/.../oceanianew-zealand-resignation-of-the-bisho...
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NEW YORK News, Feb 26, 2012

India's most desirable: Going back to an empty home
Times of India
They have control over their time and space," he says in an email interview from New York. Bindu Sharma, an entrepreneur who livesalone in an apartment in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, could prove Klinenberg right. The single life suits her better, ...
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Movie Review: Wanderlust
California Literary Review
Initially, George and Linda are dismissive of the lifestyle (in small part due to an unabashed nudist played by Joe Lo Truglio), but soon they realize that the New York way of living was eating them alive and that they were no longer enjoying life.
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California Literary Review
Zen Chic style: an apt app for relaxation
Grand Junction Sentinel
“Calmness, clarity and peace of mind” describe the zen lifestyle, she says. Heitland combines simple, contemporary design with the essence of chic: “high-quality elegance and beauty.” Because our lives today so often are overwhelmed by streams of ...
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Top trends in interior design for 2012
Springfield News Sun
After the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City wrapped up earlier this month, I took note of what colors were being shown on the runway for fall 2012. Designers were eager to strut such sassy hues as citron, yellow, hot pink and turquoise — yet ...
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Divorced guys, empty spaces
Minneapolis Star Tribune
And when they do, at least half of the newly divorced will need a newplace to live, a new sofa and rug, new towels and coffee cups and prints to hang on the walls, and all the other trappings that make an apartment or a house into a home.
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Why This Is Going to Be My Last Column
Wall Street Journal
By KATHERINE ROSMAN In our day of Google fingerprints and Facebook updates, most of us at least occasionally grapple with how best to juggle the publicness of contemporary life and the desire for privacy. I have more reason than most to consider this ...
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Wall Street Journal
Suburban sprawl and your health: A Q&A
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Sprawl came earliest to New Jersey because it's so close to New York. New Jersey has always been a bedroom community for New York — endless rows of homes. So many things that are in some ways car-related — the diner, the drive-in, the high-speed ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
A peek into Manny Pacquiao's world in New York
GMA News
“That means that millions and millions of people visiting New York will see Manny Pacquiao and the inspirational story of his life because it was and is really inspirational. And that's when you chase your dream,” Arum, a native New Yorker, ...
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Loft-dwellers leading Binghamton downtown revival
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Step by step, Binghamton's downtown loft-dwellers and developers are the city's new pioneers, bringing urban life back to the city's streets and buildings. It's a quiet revolution in the evolution of Binghamton, following decades of flight from the ...
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A little help can go long way to seniors keeping their home
Northwest Herald
Plus, she's got company at home — a 26-year-old granddaughter livesupstairs and commutes to a job in New York — and many friends around town, where she has a busy schedule of club meetings, group lunches, card games and occasional bus trips to ...
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Busy Medford Lakes actress brings many passions to life
South Jersey Local News
But hers is not the lifestyle of legends, and what she wears is not provided by stylists or for free. One recent wardrobe directive advised her to dress in a manner described as over-the-top New Jersey. “Do you think I can find something in my closet?
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South Jersey Local News
The Realities of Real Estate: Is farm livin' the life for you?
Annapolis Capital
For those of you who didn't watch the moon landing “live” like we did, just Google Green Acres on your iPhone to see what we're talking about. In a nutshell, the TV sitcom Green Acres was about a wealthy New Yorkattorney who decides to leave the big ...
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Behind Bars and Beginning to Forget
New York Times (blog)
Todd Heisler/The New York Times Walter Gregory, who is serving a life sentence for mutilating a woman, has his hair cut by another inmate at the California Men's Colony. There are few programs like this in the United States, including one in Louisiana.
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New York Times (blog)
A Wise Old Man
Madison County Courier
For those of us working to support local agriculture in many different ways, it is a life or death struggle. For those who see only dollar signs or the so-called promise of economic “development” to cure New York's economic woes, be warned that there ...
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Madison County Courier
Plight of the jobless takes hefty toll across area
Times Herald-Record
In states with unemployment below the national average of 8.3 percent, including New York, the new cutoff is 63 weeks. In fact, those new to unemployment may find they have substantially fewer state-issued checks to rely upon. New Yorkers who filed ...
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Exclusive Interview: Wanderlust Director David Wain
ComingSoon.net
And yet, he also had time to make Wanderlust, a raunchy comedy pairing Rudd with Jennifer Aniston as a New York couple who wind up living on a commune of hippies when he loses his job and they choose to embrace a more laid-back lifestyle.
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ComingSoon.net
The Unmaking of Israel
Middle East Online
Harper Collins, New York. 2011 Many recent works are reflecting an internal crisis within Israel, part of which is the increased power of the ultra-Orthodox Jews within the educational, military, and political systems of Israel.
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Middle East Online
As It Stands: Cash mobs: Reprieves for struggling Mom & Pop businesses
Times-Standard
In Humboldt County, we lead a slower way of life for numerous reasons. To name just three: fewer people, only one major highway that seldom has traffic jams, and we don't have all the entertainment and shopping found in more populous parts of the state ...
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Working toward a dream
Morning Times
With MMA being illegal in New York state since 1996, Ciotoli said the team is the only professional team in upstate New York. “We're lucky. We can grapple with some of the best people in New York,” said Ciotoli. “We have a pretty good program.
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Move from New York to Sweden in Photos : Skimbaco Lifestyle by ...
Tweet Picture tells more than thousand words Hopefully one of these days I will have more time to tell our story more in depth in words, but for now here are ...
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