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About the Health Survey for England 2014
The Health Survey for England is being carried out by NatCen Social Research and University College London (UCL) on behalf of the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). NatCen are...
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11 Feb 2014
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Jobs for Mates
Margaret Thatcher used to ask “are they one of us." Tony Blair was accused of surrounding himself with cronies and now Michael Grove is said to be firing people who don't agree with him. But it...
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10 Feb 2014
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Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England 2012-13 - data available from HSCIC
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has today published the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England 2012-13 - Final Report . The related data and standard reports are now publicly...
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Philippa Lynch
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06 Feb 2014
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Does your organisation pass the Blue Badge test
You may have thought it was the year on year budget cuts, you might imagine it was the rock bottom morale of a workforce that feels undervalued and much maligned, the over ambitious...
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Blair McPherson
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07 Feb 2014
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New data available on the Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England
New data has been added to the Local Tobacco Profiles for England. An update for February 2014 includes the latest data for the two smoking prevalence indicators (2012) and smoking status at the...
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Philippa Lynch
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05 Feb 2014
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Public Health England release adult obesity data at local authority level
On 4th February 2014, Public Health England (PHE) released new local authority level data on excess weight in adults aged 16 and over. The measure reports the percentage of adults...
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05 Feb 2014
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Why are you asking
It’s a dangerous question. It is a provocative question. It’s a question politicians like to ask. It’s a question newly appointed chief executives ask to unsettle their new management...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Feb 2014
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Psychometric tests and top jobs
The treasury select committee was told this week that the disgraced former chairman of the Co Op Bank was appointed to the post because he did better than rival candidates in the...
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Blair McPherson
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07 Feb 2014
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Accident and Emergency Attendances in England - 2012-13 released today
On January 28, 2014 the Health and Social Care Information Centre released the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Attendance data for 2012-13, taken from Hospital Episode Statistics. This is the...
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Philippa Lynch
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29 Jan 2014
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My turn to say thank you.
Monday the 27th Jan is a normal day for most people unless you work in the community management environment. This year the 27th was a Monday and this meant it was Community Manager Appreciation...
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Michael Norton
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28 Jan 2014
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Developing a Mental Health and Wellbeing Intelligence Network (PHE)
The new, yet to be launched, Mental Health and Wellbeing Intelligence Network led by Public Health England is starting to shape some work around information and resources for health and...
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Philippa Lynch
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28 Jan 2014
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Longer Lives website – looking for your vote and your feedback
Public Health England’s Longer Lives website makes England’s mortality data accessible to everyone. Launched in 2013 it provides clear visualisation of data on premature deaths across local...
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Philippa Lynch
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24 Jan 2014
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Positive policing not Positive Discrimination
You can’t police effectively without the cooperation of the community. It’s a lesson learnt from policing in Northern Ireland where an overwhelmingly Protestant force did not have the...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Feb 2014
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Making awesome presentations and infographics
A number of examples include: an animated infographic using Prezi for the Budget Consultation 2014/15 (produced with the help of our colleagues in Communications); plus ...
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Si Chun Lam
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25 Nov 2014
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Mind the Gap: greater collaboration, better open policy making
It is eighteen months now since central government announced reforms to policy making with an action to make ‘open’ policy making the default. Despite its important role in the process as...
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Sarah Jennings
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17 Jan 2014
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Feeling under valued looking for a new job?
According to recruiters this is the time of year when people are most likely to consider applying for a new job. Could be you don't feel valued by your boss, could be the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Show your ap-pre-ci-a-tion
It’s that time again. For that one Monday in January we all say thank you to the facilitators of our communities during Community Manager Appreciation Day Please take a moment to say...
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Michael Norton
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16 Jan 2014
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Scrutiny Meeting Format proposals
Over the past year Broadland has experienced some subtle changes in our Councillor’s responsibilities. We are used to having “double hatters” whereby a Councillor holds a district and a...
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Stacy Cosham
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13 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - Jonathan Evans and data
Thank you, Jonathan for finding the time for this short interview. It will be good to hear about the behind the scenes work that goes on to get all the data into LG Inform. Q. Over the...
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Alexandra Marshall
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13 Jan 2014
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5 New Year Resolutions That Will Make You Less Annoying
Having trouble deciding what your New Year resolution should be? Looking for something challenging, or maybe even life changing? Here’s a few behaviour changes to ponder, any one of which would...
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Stephen Dale
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12 Jan 2014
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Never complain never explain
Kate Moss is 40. She has been at the top of her profession for 25 years. She has survived scandals, being dropped by her labels and some unwise decisions in her personal life. She says...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - John Gittoes and metrics
Thank you for your time today John to discuss your role with LG Inform and metrics Q What is your role within the LG Inform team? I work on the metrics library which is the...
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Alexandra Marshall
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09 Jan 2014
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Why Sherlock could never be a local government manager
The smartest people don't get the top jobs. It is possible to be too smart, to be admired but disliked isn't that Sherlock Holmes problem? Getting a top job isn't about what...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Joining up services has never been more important.
Our wonderful Khub administrator Melissa is always looking for new ways to make this online community tool more interesting. She approached me a couple of weeks ago to suggest that I write...
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Steven Brandwood
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07 Jan 2014
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Managing Chaos
If you work in the public sector you work in a chaotic, turbulent and rapidly changing world. If you are a manager in the public sector then the one skill you need above all others is...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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New year, fresh start
We’d like to start 2014 by wishing all our Knowledge Hub members a very happy new year. We hope you’ve had a great festive season and come back to work feeling refreshed. We’re at the start of...
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31 Dec 2013
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The 12 days of Knowledge Hub Christmas
What a year it has been. We thought we’d remind you of some of the Knowledge Hub’s highlights over the last 12 months. And what better way to do it than in the words of a well known song…? ...
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23 Dec 2013
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Health Survey for England 2012
The Health and Social Care Information Centre published the Health Survey for England 2012 main report this morning. The report and tables are available on the HSCIC website: Main Report ...
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Philippa Lynch
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19 Dec 2013
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Child obesity data for 2012-13 available through LG Inform
National Child Measurement Programme - England, 2012-13 school year data is now available. On 11 December 2013 the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) released a report...
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Philippa Lynch
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19 Dec 2013
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Healthy life expectancy and disability free life expectancy data now available in LG Inform
Data for healthy life expectancy at birth (2009-2011) and disability free life expectancy at 65 (2007-09) is now available through LG Inform. Healthy life expectancy at birth for males and...
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Dec 2013
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We didn't need all those staff after all
We didn't need all those staff after all Call it efficiency, call it outsourcing, call it a purge but it turns out you don't need all those managers. If you outsource...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework published
The Health and Social Care Information Centre have published measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), England 2012-13, Final Release at:...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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Health Survey for England User Consultation is closing on 30 December
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) is carrying out a public consultation about the future of the Health Survey for England (HSE). The closing date for this...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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Improving the public's health: a resource for local authorities published by the King's Fund
This resource, published by the Kings Fund pulls together evidence from successful interventions across key local authority functions about ‘what works’ for improving health and reducing health...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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LG Inform - Ian Carbutt, looking forward, looking back
Exciting blog this week from Ian Carbutt, the programme manager for LG Inform, who we have prised away from his desk to explain what has been going on with LG Inform this year and what...
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Alexandra Marshall
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10 Dec 2013
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Mandela Day
As the world says goodbye to a great campaigner for social justice, it makes us all reflect on the small things we do, and could do, to improve the lives of others in our...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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09 Dec 2013
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The drive for equality and diversity
The snowy white peaks that range across the NHS has been the subject of recent articles in the HSJ. Those urging the NHS to have a more diverse group of leaders do so on the assumption that...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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A simple test of corporate culture
Are we as one? Do managers speak as one? Do staff behave as one? Do we all know what we are doing? In other words how strong is the corporate culture? This is a question that gets asked...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Labrador or Rottweiler
Which is the better dog a Labrador or a Rottweiler? Its a ridicules question one makes an excellent guard dog the other is ideally suited to be a guide dog. So it makes no sense to...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Man of the people
The mayor of Toronto and leader of the council takes "recreational"drugs, gets drunk, sexually harasses staff, has shouting matches with colleagues and swears at the public. His behaviour is...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Just doing enough
The politicians and certain sections of the media would have us believe the world is divided into strivers and the skivers. In my experience both exist in the world of work but they are the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Tellmescotland Apps Launch
Tellmescotland Apps Launch Tom McHugh, Programme Manager, Improvement Service tellmescotland.gov.uk is Scotland’s portal for Public Information Notices. It is the first in the UK and...
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Tom McHugh
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12 Nov 2013
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Transferable skills and the shock of the new
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the financial crisis is dramatically changing the way the public sector looks. Many outside the public sector and some inside consider that...
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Blair McPherson
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11 Nov 2013
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Smackdown
Originally a wrestling expression that has worked its way into American politics and will no doubt end up being adopted by business because in the USA they love their sporting metaphors. ...
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Blair McPherson
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08 Nov 2013
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Did you ask yourself these questions before going live?
Before you start an online group, I would recommend that you ask yourself these 5 questions Do you have a clear purpose and value proposition for all involved? Do you have dedicated and...
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Michael Norton
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07 Nov 2013
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To build you must first demolish
If you cut the budget by 50 percent over five years then you are no longer looking at making savings in services you are talking about re building something smaller, more economical and in the...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Nov 2013
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Do managers lack compassion?
Public sector senior managers have been accused of being obsessed with hitting performance targets and making budget savings indifferent to the impact on people. So do public sector managers lack...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Nov 2013
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Don't just blame the tech, ask yourself did you get the purpose right?
I've seen roll outs of different technology including SharePoint , Microsoft Office , CRM, Clarity Project Management etc, etc. And you always hear the same comments, I don't like it,...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:
31 Oct 2013
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Man management is a funny old game
Sir Alex Ferguson confirms in his new book that former prime minister Tony Blair asked him “what you would do if your best player wouldn’t do what you wanted him to”. Ferguson answered “get rid...
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Blair McPherson
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30 Oct 2013
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#OurDay 2013 highlights
Thank you to everyone who made #OurDay 2013 a huge success. It was great to see lots of people and organisations taking part and helping to showcase the broad range of services local...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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29 Oct 2013
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