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Beach access wheelchairs finally roll out after gathering dust for two years over insurance hurdle

Beach wheelchairs and special matting are finally out of mothballs after two years, thanks to the Whyalla City Council's decision to cover public liability insurance.



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Colin Dawson is hoping the NT Government will exempt him from having to register his wheelchair as a motor vehicle



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NT police pull over paraplegic man for using NDIS-funded wheelchair aid

An Alice Springs paraplegic man is pulled over by police for using a NDIS-funded wheelchair aid deemed illegal in the Northern Territory.




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Chair of Albury Wodonga Cancer Foundation Jenny Jensen



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Tourism pioneer Peter Severin laid the chain up Uluru. He predicts it will return

The 91-year-old cattle station pioneer who laid the chain up the rock says he is not expecting visitor numbers to dive now the climb has officially been closed.




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NRL grand final 'six again' call to form part of end-of-year review, ARL Commission chair Peter Beattie says

Peter Beattie is the latest NRL figure to back the controversial reversal of the "six again" call in the NRL grand final, but he promises an end-of-year review will consider the incident.




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Disability royal commission chair's remarks attacked as 'provocative, intemperate and inappropriate'

Disability royal commission chair Ronald Sackville said commentators were discouraging people from telling their stories to the commission, but critics say the real discouragement is the absence of appropriate supports.





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NDIS frustration for mum who asks Minister to attend meeting after child denied wheelchair

A woman who says her daughter has been denied a wheelchair asks her local MP who's also the Minister for the NDIS to sit in on a meeting about the girl's needs.




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'When will they release us from the shackles and chains?': Woorabinda pushes for freehold land

The mayor of Woorabinda, a small Indigenous community in central Queensland, says until their land is converted from a government lease to freehold, it is still like living on a mission.




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Wheelchair users demand better access to buying tickets and seating at events

A NSW woman has started an anti-discrimination campaign demanding changes to the way people in wheelchairs can buy tickets to major events and access good seating.






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Tristar Medical Group chain under 'significant financial stress', keeps rural doctors waiting for pay

The Tristar Medical Group's chain of 50 clinics across regional Australia has been under "significant financial stress for 18 months" resulting in doctors often not being paid for weeks or months.




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WGBH/NCAM receives FCC Chairman's Award for Advancement in Accessibility for Mobile Applications.

IBM advocacy partner, the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH (NCAM) received the FCC Chairman's Award for Advancement in Accessibility for Mobile Applications for their development of the Media Access Mobile (MAM) solution. MAM is designed to serve visitors to entertainment venues and cultural institutions who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired, or who speak languages other than English.




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Watford chairman opposed to playing at neutral venues




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L'Chaim House, Inc. v. Div. of Labor Standards Enforcement

(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed. Plaintiff was cited for wage and hour violations. Plaintiff contended that it could require its employees to work “on-duty” meal periods less than 30 minutes. The appeals court found that an employer must provide meal periods of at least 30 minutes regardless of whether they are on-duty or off-duty.




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Chaidez v. Ford Motor Company

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. The district court dismissal of a suit for failure to exhaust remedies was vacated because the claims of discrimination had been exhausted before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.




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Chaidez v. Ford Motor Company

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. The district court dismissal of a suit for failure to exhaust remedies was vacated because the claims of discrimination had been exhausted before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.





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Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck pressured local official to submit incorrect election results

Colorado Republican Party Chair Ken Buck, a U.S. representative from Windsor, pressured a local party official to submit incorrect election results to set the primary ballot for a state Senate seat, according to an audio recording of a conference call obtained by The Denver Post.




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Colorado Republican Chair Ken Buck in the hot seat after revelations over election results

Colorado Republican Chairman Ken Buck is facing criticism from within his own party after revelations that he pressured another party official to submit incorrect election results — and then spent party money to defend the move. At least two party executives say they were surprised to learn Buck — who’s also a U.S. representative — […]




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Ken Buck aide among those accused of election fraud, corruption by Weld County GOP chair

The Weld County GOP chairman has filed a complaint with the local district attorney and the Secretary of State’s Office accusing an aide to Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and three others of election fraud and corruption.




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At The Opera, Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame - The Queen of Spades, April 4, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to her Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) staring Mirella Freni and Vladimir Atlantov.




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IndieOn Connects Music To The Blockchain

IndieOn Is Confident Of Creating A "music Miner" Who Listens More And Grow Their Token Value




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New York gym chain has big plans for Denver, but is there enough room for it to bulk up?

Blink Fitness was launched in Manhattan in 2011. Now the New York City gym chain is looking to get physical in the Denver metro area, aiming to open more than a dozen locations over the next eight years.




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2 Chainz Challenges Meek Mill To A Hit Battle On IG Live



See if Meek Mill is willing to go head-to-head




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2 Chainz Feeds Homeless Instead of Reopening Restaurants



The rapper and his business partner pivoted from opening




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2 Chainz Has Got The Ugly Christmas Sweater You Need



Rapper presents "Dabbing Santas" courtesy of T.R.U.





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1793 Bible, 1700s Cedar Chairs, 1800s Petticoat

A bible printed in 1793, a pair of Bermuda cedar chairs made between 1710-50, and a child’s petticoat worn in Bermuda between 1866-70 are among the latest acquisitions at the National Museum of Bermuda, which were described in the latest issue of MariTimes – the museum’s official magazine. According to the latest issue of the […]

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Thomas Gallagher Elected Chairman Of BSX

The Bermuda Stock Exchange [BSX] has announced that Chairman and CEO Thomas P. Gallagher of Miami International Holdings [MIH] – the parent holding company of the MIAX Exchange Group and majority stock owner of the BSX – has been elected Chairman of the Council [Board of Directors] of the BSX. Outgoing Chairman David A. Brown […]

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Nishanthi Bailey’s Encore Presentation Of Chain

Following on the success of her recent performances of the one-woman production “Chain,” local actress Nishanthi Bailey will be holding an encore performance on Saturday night [July 5]. “Chain” will be presented exclusively at the Daylesford Theatre on Washington Street in Hamilton, located behind City Hall, beginning at 7pm and 9.30pm. Tickets are available from […]

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AOS and IBM developing logistics and transportation solution built on IBM Blockchain and Watson IoT

IBM and AOS, - a Colombian company specializing in providing business solutions- today announced they are collaborating to create a solution to enhance efficiency in the logistics and transport industry throughout the country, built on IBM Blockchain and Watson IoT on the IBM Cloud.



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Walmart, JD.com, IBM and Tsinghua University Launch a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance in China

Walmart, JD.com, IBM, and Tsinghua University National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies announced today they will work together in a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance that will kick off with a collaboration designed to enhance food tracking, traceability and safety in China, to achieve greater transparency across the food supply chain.




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IBM Executives to Speak at the Gartner Supply Chain Management Executive Conference

IBM today announced that Joanne Wright, Vice President, IBM Watson Supply Chain and Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of Offering Management and Strategy for IBM Watson Supply Chain will be participating in the “Industry Value Chain Exchange Series,” part of the Gartner Supply Chain Management Executive Conference. The conference takes place from May 23-25 in Phoenix, Arizona.




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IBM Vice President Supply Chain Joanne Wright Chosen to Keynote Supply Chain Summit in Chicago

IBM today announced that Joanne Wright, Vice President Supply Chain has been selected to speak at the upcoming Supply Chain Summit Conference, which takes place in Chicago on June 14-16.




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IBM Vice President Supply Chain Joanne Wright to Speak at Supply Chain Leaders in Action Business Forum

IBM today announced that Joanne Wright, Vice President Supply Chain has been selected to speak at the upcoming Supply Chain Leaders in Action Business Forum, which takes place in Naples, Florida on June 5-7.




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Making the Memory Foam Flower Chair Cushion

Sewing a new, softer cushion for a structural flower chair




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Bank of Montreal, CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Erste Group, IBM and UBS Collaborate to Advance an Open, Blockchain-based Trade Finance Platform

Bank of Montreal (BMO), CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Erste Group have joined an initiative launched by UBS and IBM in 2016 to build a new global trade platform based on blockchain technology. This new platform, called Batavia, is built to be openly accessed by organisations of all sizes anywhere in the world, and can support trade finance for transactions across all modes of trade, whether goods are being transported by air, land or sea.



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IBM Announces Major Blockchain Solution to Speed Global Payments

SIBOS: IBM today announced a new blockchain banking solution that will help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments, reducing the settlement time and lowering the cost of completing global payments for businesses and consumers. Using IBM Blockchain, and in collaboration with technology partners Stellar.org and KlickEx Group, the solution is intended to improve the speed in which banks both clear and settle payment transactions on a single network in near real time.



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Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains

A.P. Moller –Maersk and IBM today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology.




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China Construction Bank (Asia) and IBM Developing Hong Kong’s First Bancassurance Powered by Blockchain

China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (“CCB (Asia)”) and IBM today announced the development of the first blockchain-enabled bancassurance project in Hong Kong. Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform, the solution is designed to streamline CCB (Asia)’s bancassurance process and greatly enhance customer experience and the quality of services delivered through faster transaction processing time and increased transparency.




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Sony and Sony Global Education Develop a New System to Manage Students' Learning Data, Built on IBM Blockchain

IBM Japan today announced that Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education, a subsidiary of Sony that works to provide global educational services, have developed a new blockchain-based student education records platform. With the solution, school administrators can consolidate and manage students' educational data from several schools, as well as record and refer their learning history and digital academic transcripts with more certainty. The new platform, developed using IBM Blockchain, uses blockchain technology running on the IBM Cloud to track students’ learning progress, as well as establish transparency and accountability of scholastic achievements between students and schools.