Perez, who is himself Hispanic, and his office have been active in a number of high-profile cases in recent years.

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Along with promoting female leadership by offering training and support to women who want to run for office and be active in public life, KIND is also tackling issues such as violence against women.

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Since 2002, the UNESCO Venice Office has been active in providing financial support and elaborating initiatives to generate regional networking as a means of mobilizing science, technology and innovation (STI) for peace and sustainable development.

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In 2012, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and Office will give way to more real-time, social communication cloud applications, which run on mobile devices and browsers.

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The Scottish Office said it had been in "close and active" contact with the firm in recent weeks, along with the inward investment agency Locate in Scotland.

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Besides founding the eponymous Shorenstein Company, which controls over 30 million square feet of office projects throughout the country, Shorenstein had long been active in civic circles.

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The blue square represents Windows (neutral, cool, in the background of everything like the sky in the XP homescreen.) The red square represents Office (active, constructive, hot like overheated brain activity.).

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WordPerfect Office 2000 is in a good position to increase its market share with 22 million active users in the U.S. alone, Cowpland said.

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Home Office minister Damian Green said the government was giving "active consideration" to cutting compensation payments in discrimination cases as part of its review of employment law.

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