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The 10 Best road-trip gadgets
It may not be the most glamorous piece of kit, but it's certainly one of the most useful things to have with you on a trip abroad. This adaptor also features twin USB sockets; perfect for keeping all your gadgets in ...
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A Week With The Linksys x3500 router
Getting your home wireless network up and running is one of modern life's challenges. The x3500 wireless route from Linksys aims to take some of the pain out of this with a straightforward step-up process and one-touch connection for additional devices.It has a Cisco badge on it but Linksys was sold by Cisco to Belkin earlier this year, so it still gets the free Cisco Connect Express app. ...
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Are children naturally better with computers than their parents
We're often astounded by the ability of children to pick up, use and master the latest technological innovations. You frequently hear stories from parents of how they left a tablet computer lying around and after a couple of hours they came back to find their toddler using it to play games, look at kittens on the internet or open an offshore bank ...
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Boy Scouts leaders will vote Thursday to lift ban on gay youth members
The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to accept gay youth members, partially overturning a long-running ban on allowing gay people to join the organisation.The roughly 1,400 members of the BSA's national council will vote in Dallas on the proposal, which would in part overturn the scouts' 1978 ban on homosexual members.The council will vote for or against a ...
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I am the beneficiary of the house-price boom. My children are its victims | Suzanne Moore
property is theft then I am a colossal thief. I sold my house via Foxtons. Thanks, Nick! See, I know how to get you onside; boasting of my palatial Hackney residence! The truth is that like anyone who bought property 20 years ago in London and tarted it up and just kind of lived in it, the profit made has nothing to do with my canniness or financial nous. It's just that house prices have ...
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Homophobia and bigotry win out in US immigration reform debate | Gavin Newsom
comprehensive immigration reform bill on Tuesday , but without protections for same-sex couples. That means a partner of the same sex could be denied a visa to come to the US. The rights of the gay community are being dealt away once again for political expediency. This issue is not about policy or principle for ...
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Austerity is a task for another day IMF tells George Osborne
austerity pause button. Invest more in social housing, schools and road repairs. Growth is more important in the short term than deficit reduction. Couched in suitably polite language, that was the uncomfortable message from the International Monetary Fund ...
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T Magazine Just One Look | Resort Gets the Floral Treatment at Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta's Resort 2014 collection was in full bloom today, complete with rose resin-casted earrings, violet taffeta flowers and tulip-embroidered lace. A standout in the bouquet of skirts, dresses and gowns on view in the designer's showroom this afternoon was the indigo floral bubble peplum cocktail dress. The look was topped off with classic sapphire crystal drop earrings, ...
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Andy Roddick Joins Fox Sports 1
Erin Andrews Officially Set to Move to Fox Sports After ESPN Contract Expires It is a high profile hire for Fox Sports, which is gunning for cable sports leader ESPN when the former launches Aug. 17 in more than 80 million homes. Roddick, 30, announced his retirement from tennis after last summer’s U.S. Open. He’ll appear on ...
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CT scans safe for kids doctors
Australian health experts have reassured anxious parents about the safety of CT scans, after new research found a single test in childhood increased the risk of cancer by 24 per cent.Doctors and cancer groups argue that the absolute risk remains low, amounting to an extra cancer case for every 1400 computed tomography scans.But they say the findings, published by the British Medical Journal, are ...
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Joke prompts prostate checks
It was said to be in bad taste but a joke by the Prime Minister's partner three months ago about prostate checks has prompted more men to seek medical advice, according to a major men's health group.As women's health groups report a surge in breast cancer inquiries after actress Angelina Jolie revealed her mastectomy, the Prostate Cancer Foundation says the "off-colour" ...
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Discrimination Everyday Sexism Project takes the fight to Facebook
Stepping up its relentless campaign against casual misogyny, the Everyday Sexism Project, which documents "everyday experiences of sexism to prove how bad the problem is and create solidarity", is taking on one of the world's most prolific companies in its bid to tackle gender-based ...
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Motoring review Bentley Flying Spur
There's a dangerously overloaded motorised rickshaw veering towards me from my right, a new Audi with red military plates up my backside and a minibus full of tourists heading to Tiananmen Square squeezing into a tiny spot in front of me. My head is turning like a swivel-eyed motoring hack in hot water as I think to myself that Beijing's crowded streets are probably not the best ...
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Is the reaction to Microsofts Xbox One any different to Xbox 360 The more things change...
Reactions so far to last night's unveiling of the new Xbox One have been tepid to say the least. Industry commentators and internet commenters alike have accused Microsoft of straying from their brief: failing to put gaming at the heart of their new console and concentrating too much on integrating ...
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Rococo silver coffee pot could set $6 million record at auction
An 18th century silver Rococo coffee pot is expected to become the most valuable piece of English silver ever sold at auction when it goes up for sale in July, auction ...
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General Zod Threatens Earth’s Annihilation in Latest Man of Steel Trailer
, Warner Bros. is pulling out the big guns trailer-wise. The latest: This menacing message from General Zod threatening - and kind of delivering - the annihilation of Earth if Superman doesn’t surrender to him. ';Your world has sheltered one of my citizens. He will look like you, but he is not one of you,'; Zod (played by already ominous ...
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French split over English at universities
PARIS (Reuters) - Defenders of the French language are furious at plans to introduce courses taught in English at public universities, arguing that France must protect itself against linguistic encroachment or risk losing its cultural ...
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Surgeons fear online performance data will damage reputations
The leader of England's surgeons has warned that the imminent publication of data about individual performance could destroy careers and harm patients if it is wrongly interpreted.In his first interview on an issue that is causing considerable concern in the profession, Norman Williams, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said they were facing "a watershed moment for us" ...
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High-speed rail disaster rehearsal in Lincolnshire – in pictures
Emergency teams recently staged a rail crash, complete with 'victims' to test their readiness for a real disaster. The Guardian was there to capture the most striking and dramatic ...
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TV finales 19 most frustrating ever
May 12, 2012 (season 16 finale)Easygoing Rafael Nadal lookalike Ben Flajnik had major audience support after his incredibly raw and angry reaction to Ashley Hebert's humiliating rejection of his proposal on ette . All that emotional capital was quickly squandered when he was the man handing out the roses. He quickly lived up to every horrible cliché falling for resident model mean ...
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Twitter and Kiwi athletes Sports world riding the wave of change
When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double, those fans not jumping for joy were furiously bashing buttons on their phones. Eighty-thousand tweets were sent reacting to the race. Every minute. It was the second-most tweeted event of the London Games - trailing the Spice Girls playing at the closing ceremony ...
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Fitness Success 5 great ways to make fitness and weight loss easier
Most people think that the key to taking off the weight (fat) and keeping off the fat (or staying in shape) is just willpower and self-discipline. In fact, attempting to rely on your willpower to keep the weight (fat) off for the rest of your life is a ticking time bomb — it’s only a matter of time before something else in your life will distract and derail you. Don’t get ...
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Bookmakers anticipate two-horse race for 2020 bid sports
The IOC will vote on whether to include one of the following sports in the 2020 Olympic programme on 8 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos ...
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On-demand services are creating TV infidelity
A survey has found that 61% of women and 51% of men admit to cheating on their partners by secretly watching extra episodes of TV shows they're meant to be watching together as a couple.A study commissioned by a company that offers time-shift and on-demand TV viewing should always be taken with a pinch of salt but, nevertheless, the results of the Netflix survey make for interesting ...
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Webby Awards What you missed
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images The Webby Awards aren’t the world’s shortest award ceremony — including a dinner break, the ceremony takes the standard three hours — but ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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