(reprint) The new green If chief executives won medals, Justin King of J. Sainsbury, a British supermarket chain, would be sporting a gold in the marketing marathon for his prescient decision to concentrate sponsorship on the Paralympics rather than the glitzier Olympics. The plaudits he and other companies have received for backing what was previously…
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Cutbacks for Ambulance Service
The elite "Order of St Johns" received $223 million in the 2010-2011 financial year, 80 per cent of it coming from the Ministry of Health and ACC. Their annual operating loss has risen from $8 million five years ago, with an increasing number of elderly people needing transport producing a 4.5 per cent rise in…
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Challenges for Disabled in Christchurch
Christchurch is always in the news but a bigger problem now is the Growing isolation, a lack of suitable accommodation and difficulty for disabled citizens to just get around. Those with physical disabilities face an array of challenges in a post-earthquake Christchurch. The February 2011 quake took away much of the independence they were used…
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The Blade Runner comes second
Who is watching the Paralympic Games. At Supercare4u.com , I am.Although I had to have a giggle when I heard the the Great Man , Oscar Pistorius complained about the length of his opponent's blades after he was beaten into second by Brazil's Alan Oliveira in the men's 200 metres final at the London Paralympic…
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