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The 2007 British Hairdressing Awards Finalists Announced

In 1985, the British Hairdressing Awards – presented by Hairdressers Journal International and sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional – were launched to recognise and reward hairdressers who were pushing the boundaries of hairdressing forward, creating and setting trends and excelling in this creative and competitive industry. Today, the British Hairdressing Awards are cited as the ‘Oscars’

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T-shirt Tyranny! Death to the neck tie

Topic of September issue, “T-shirt Tyranny” The necktie is officially an endangered fashion accessory. Italy’s health secretary is recommending that all government offices ban the tie for sake of the environment. The thought being that the absence of a tie will allow for a lower body temperature and therefore, lower energy consumption by reducing air

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PoolMate- The floating pool cooler

BARCELONA, Spain, October 17, 2007 – The Swedish innovative brand Made By Fagerdala now introduces PoolMate™, the floating pool cooler, at the fair Piscina BCN 2007. Entertaining a crowd? Let PoolMate be the life of the party! PoolMate keeps champagne chilled, ice cream cold and lemonade at refreshing temperatures. Simply open the cooler to set

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British Hairdresser of the Year 2007 Nominees Announced

From a specially selected group of industry experts, international trade press and beauty journalists, six inspirational and influential hairdressers – the cream of the British hairdressing industry who have fulfilled the criteria – have been nominated for the most prestigious title in hairdressing – British Hairdresser of the Year. The nominated hairdressers are; – Andrew

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Pain for pregnant workers and employers avoidable, expert says

As many as 30,000 working women are forced out of their jobs annually because of pregnancy discrimination, including being denied promotion and bonuses, facing verbal abuse and employers failing to make adequate provisions for them. Employers who fail to support new and expectant mothers are creating unnecessary risk, both for themselves and their employees, says

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Businesses that fail disabled ‘risk legal woes’

Following an amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act late last year, employers, landlords and property managers are obliged to take steps to remove barriers to the workplace and provide welfare facilities for disabled workers. This includes a wide-reaching extension to cover businesses’ and the public sector’s provision of services. The broadening of provisions to services

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Baseball Fans Get Four Different Broadcasts of Every World Series Game on XM Satellite Radio

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /-FirstCall/ — XM Satellite Radio will air four different broadcasts of each World Series game — the home team, visiting team, national radio, and Spanish broadcasts — starting with Game 1 this Wednesday, October 24, at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT. When the Boston Red Sox host the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday,

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News website wants great reporters

greatreporter.com is a global showcase for the work of young reporters. It was borne out of the difficulties young people face in getting published in the mainstream media despite the fact they have the “get-up-and-go” to write original and high-quality content now. The news portal places reporters’ work in front of a worldwide audience of

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Hot Cows aim to titillate tired eyes

Leaf through the international marketing press since January, past the usual market predictions, analysis and opinion pieces and you’ll find a faint, but increasingly recurrent, cry for help. Brands are becoming increasingly aware of an ‘ad avoiding’ public’s distinct lack of interest in the traditional methods agencies still employ to ‘hook’ them. At the beginning

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Airport security under siege

Engineers from the global security consultancy Scanit have found documents and emails that could bring some global companies to their knees, on public access terminals in airport departure lounges. What began as a mixture of curiosity and boredom led consultants from the Dubai-based network security outfit to uncover a plethora of secrets left by globe-trotting

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IE was ‘unsafe’ for 98% of 2004, Mozilla safest

The figures come from 195,000 internet users who checked their systems for vulnerabilities using ScanIT’s free online Browser Security Checker in 2004. The checker’s findings showed surfers using Mozilla’s Firefox browser enjoyed the shortest “exposure period” where a patch for known vulnerabilities in the browser was unavailable. By comparison, the scanner showed Microsoft’s IE enjoyed

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SECURITY SCANNER CLOSES IE TO HACKERS

The ‘Browser Security Test’ – developed by leading Belgian IT security company, ScanIT – helps home users and large corporate networks close security loopholes by testing a system’s vulnerability against simulated attacks. Watertight security is now more important than ever as new viruses – like Bugbear – work around or delete virus-checking software and firewalls

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Muvizu brings CGI filmmaking to the masses

Video clips by users: Frankenstein (by Sustic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-UVKZE8gs High Flight 1941 (by westport): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZP3zacFW4 The Good Guys (by Jonbez): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs0GjsHG-0U Old Silent Movie (by Kimberley228K): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y4cD89T7fc Marcus (by nastyM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQFMu_q64M A User Guide is available for print/online publication, below. Muvizu (pronounced ‘Movie Zoo’) lets users direct pre-rendered characters – who lip-sync to any imported dialogue

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