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10.22am: Welcome to day nine of the welfare reform bill live blog.

Today, we’ll be mulling over last night’s dramatic government defeat on the benefit cap and examining the reaction to it.

We’ll also be looking forward to Wednesday’s Lords debate – including the possibility of another defeat for the government, led by rebel Tory peers – over its proposals to charge single parents for using the Child Support Agency.

Proposals to abolish the social fund – read Polly Toynbee’s excellent piece for a flavour of why the fund, used for emergency loans by families and individuals in crisis, is seen by many as so important – will also be on our agenda.

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11.09am: Could the government be heading for a sixth defeat in the Lords over its welfare reform bill?

The bill includes proposals to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency (CSA) in order to access payments from their former partners. This

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Quick Weight Loss Diet Tips 1 Only Eat When Youre Physically Hungry

Many people eat when they think they are hungry, but the truth is they are bored. If you are not sure that you are hungry, then wait and see what happens.

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SALEM – A 12-year-old boy who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at basketball practice earlier this month is out of the hospital and recovering at home.

Isaac Arzate had surgery to fix a previously undetected heart problem, after he collapsed at practice at a Salem elementary school January 6. His coaches called 911 and preformed CPR until paramedics arrived. Arzate had a simple message for his first responders.

“Just thank you for doing that, because it saved my life,” he said.

Arzate’s mother said the past few weeks have been a mixture of faith and fear.

“I don’t think I really believed anything bad was going to happen,” said Lindsay Wiens. “Then there

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Victoria’s first chest pain assessment clinic at MonashHeart is leading the way in providing the fastest response and treatment for patients with chest pain.

The Rapid Assessment Chest Pain Clinic is a first of its kind in Victoria and provides fast, same-day assessment and diagnosis and rapid access to treatment for patients who experience chest pain.

A patient who comes in with chest pain can be assessed with narrowing of the coronary artery, have an angioplasty procedure and return home within days.

Patients are often scared and anxious; however, the MonashHeart clinic’s fast and simple entry to assessment, diagnosis and treatment can put their minds at ease, and most importantly, prevent serious cardiac damage from occurring.

The Rapid Assessment Chest Pain Clinic’s quick treatment is important to meet the needs of the growing population in the southeast corridor of Melbourne.

Southern Health’s MonashHeart provides a vital service in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions, and provides care to over 7,500 patients each year.

Southern Health is Victoria’s largest health service provider, providing health services to over one million residents of Melbourne’s south and southeast.

The Rapid Assessment Chest Pain Clinic has assessed 385 people with chest pain since it opened in July 2011 and is currently seeing about 20 patients a week.

To find out more about the clinic, visit the MonashHeart website.

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Hi Parenting Post readers! Just dropping in for a quick hello, and to update you on some exciting news. Ready? Drum roll please…

I’m moving again! No, no, not yet across national borders (though I’m seriously tempted by Finland’s educational system, and by the family allowance in France…)— we’re really feeling very settled, for now, at home in Tejas. What I mean to say is that I’m moving on over from The Parenting Post to a new Natural Parenting blog that’s currently under construction right here on Parenting.com. I’ll post the lin

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