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Galway Advertiser, August 23, 2012. Owenriff nursing home. Photo: Mike Shaughnessy A Co Galway nursing home hit the headlines this week after a Health Information and Quality Authority report revealed how inspectors had serious concerns for the care and welfare of residents, however the family of two residents have defended the level of care provided. [...]

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Review: Urbane in Brisbane

Wagyu, watercress, horseraddish and sugar snap pea at Urbane. Picture: Bruce Long Source: National Features WE are amused. Truly, madly, deeply. The seven-course degustation menu we've elected to sample at Urbane has been pre-empted by a smattering of amuses bouche, subject to the chef's whimsy and imagination this night. Now seven courses sounds extravagant enough, [...]

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Doctor, Can you cure my awful sneezing?

August 1, 2012, 7:47 pm Dr. Waruna Jayasinghe MBBS(Col), MS (Oto), DOHNS(Eng), MRCS(Eng) Consultant ENT Surgeon, General Hospital – Ampara. The nose starts itching, then twitching. a deep breath is drawn in, followed by a few smaller ones, but they all get trapped in the chest. The nose scrunches up. The trapped breath escapes and [...]

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What are you looking at? Scientists find men and women really do look at things differently

PUBLISHED: 11:18 EST, 1 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:19 EST, 1 August 2012 It is something many have always suspected, but scientists have finally settled one of the great arguments between the sexes. Researchers at the University of Southern California have found that men and women really do look at things differently. The team studied [...]

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LinkedIn suffers data breach – LinkedIn issues security tips

BOSTON: LinkedIn said on Wednesday that it had a data breach that compromised the passwords of some of the social network’s members. LinkedIn engineer Vicente Silveira confirmed on the website’s blog that some passwords were “compromised.”   “we are continuing to investigate this situation,” he said.  LinkedIn said it sent emails to members whose passwords were [...]

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How to extend the lifespan of your car battery

The average car battery lasts somewhere between two and five years, but there are ways to extend its lifespan. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your car battery. What affects the lifespan of my car battery? The lifespan of your car battery depends on where you live, how frequently you [...]

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Greene: Spell Check Test

(Host) Commentator and free-lance writer Stephanie Greene lives with her family on their farm in Windham County. Lately, she’s been thinking about the ways in which we’re manipulated by the very tools that are supposed to speed us on our 21st century way. (Greene) It all started with writing the word mensch and having spell-check [...]

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How it is: Successful experiment becomes a delicious dessert

It was Winter break in Mill Valley. The kids were off school, and I decided to take the week off work and tackle early spring cleaning. On Day 3 of “Spring Cleaning Week,” when I was immersed in the worst of the cleaning and the closets were getting the best of me, my 14-year-old son [...]

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Link Between Watching Pornography And Having Sex Younger

The internet is bad! before it came along and opened up the eyes of youngsters everywhere to online porn, little boys had to steal from their fathers’ secret stash of Playboy, or, at the very least, the swimsuit of Sports Illustrated. but a study published in CyberPyschology and Behaviour revealed that men between 12 and [...]

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Bulgaria Recycling Body Chair Vladimir Dimitrov: Metals Theft Bill Serves Govt Darlings

Bulgaria‘s environment ministry recently drew up a controversial bill on waste management, claiming it is ramping up efforts to tackle metal theft. The bill triggered the anger of local companies, dealing with scrap metals, who say it aims to monopolize the sector by forcing many SMEs to fall by the wayside. The Bulgarian Association of [...]

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