"The following table shows the 2007-08 salaries of the 10 highest paid staff working directly on the preparations for the 2012 Olympics in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and paid from the public purse. It does not include staff employed by the ODA's Delivery Partner, and the ODA's contractors.

Position/organisation	( 1) Salary (£)
Chief Executive, ODA	372,600
Director of Construction, ODA	258,750
Director of Finance and Corporate Services, ODA	253,624
Director General, Government Olympic Executive	220,000
Director of Design and Regeneration, ODA	207,000
Director of Transport, ODA	207,000
Director of Property, ODA	207,000
Director of Infrastructure and Utilities, ODA	207,000
Director of Build and Finance, Government Olympic Executive	180,000
Director of Communications, ODA	175,950
(1) The figures are for basic salary only, and do not include for any performance related bonuses, taxable benefits and pension contributions. These additional benefits will be calculated at the financial year-end and detailed in the annual reports and accounts of the Department and the ODA which are laid before the House."

(Via Tessa Jowell's Recent Appearances (TheyWorkForYou.com) Olympic Games 2012: Pay | Olympics | Written Answers: .)

"London Olympic chiefs defended the salaries of their top executives yesterday after it emerged some were earning up to £100,000 more than first thought."

(Via Telegraph Sport Olympic Delivery Authority defend pay: .)

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"Chloe Mount, St George's Hospital, London is a member of a group currently researching the effects that the menopause has on women who participate in masters swimming. An online survey has been up that takes approximately 10 minutes to fill out which they are using to find out how menopausal symptoms affect women's performance.

Please make members in your Club aware if you think they might be interested in filling out the questionnaire and put a link on any websites where you think it might be appropriate.

Click to take the survey."

(Via Latest News Swimming and the menopause: .)

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"STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Two Muslim women blocked from a Goteborg swimming pool for refusing to change their clothing won more than $3,100 each in damages Tuesday. The Court of Appeal in Western Sweden, overruling an earlier lower court decision, ordered Goteborg to pay each woman 20,000 kronor and legal costs for discriminating against them.

The women – dressed in headscarves, sweatpants and long-sleeved T-shirts – accompanied their children to the public pool on two separate occasions in April 2004 but were asked to leave after refusing to change their clothes."

(Via SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Swedish court awards damages to Muslim women denied entry to swimming pool: .)

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