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Offline Maik

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30/12/14
« on: Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 @ 13:40:17 »
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A hard-hitting video has been released to highlight the risks of using roll-up cigarettes.

The video, which was released in the UK by Public Health England, warns smokers that roll-ups cigarettes harm the body just as much as manufactured cigarettes.

Public health officials in the UK found that the proportion of male smokers using hand-rolled cigarettes had more than doubled from 18 pc in 1990 to 40 pc in 2013. The proportion of female smokers smoking mainly roll-ups went from 2pc to 23pc in the same period.
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/hardhitting-advert-warns-of-dangers-of-smoking-rollups-warning-graphic-content-30868048.html

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Re: 30/12/14
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 @ 13:53:17 »
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An NHS worker who has been diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Glasgow from Sierra Leone has arrived in London for specialist treatment.

Meanwhile, two more people who have been in West Africa were being tested for Ebola, one in Scotland and one in Cornwall.
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/two-more-people-who-returned-from-west-africa-tested-for-ebola-in-the-uk-30869737.html

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Re: 30/12/14
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 @ 14:04:55 »
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Microsoft to replace Internet Explorer with new, streamlined browser

Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself from users’ bad memories of old versions of IE. In the past the company has considered changing the name to separate the current browser from “negative perceptions that no long reflect reality”, according to developers.

The browser, codenamed Spartan, is set to be shown off on January 21st when Microsoft demonstrates its new Windows 10 operating system, according to people close to the company. But it might not be ready for release when the early version of the software launches the same month.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsoft-to-replace-internet-explorer-with-new-streamlined-browser-9949448.html

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Re: 30/12/14
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 @ 18:12:11 »
Unconfirmed, and not sure I've heard this correctly, but been told Kef residents will pay less tax in 2015 as an earthquake relief measure. Same applies to small islands with population under 3,100.

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Re: 30/12/14
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, 31 December, 2014 @ 14:39:02 »
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Microsoft to replace Internet Explorer with new, streamlined browser

Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself from users’ bad memories of old versions of IE. In the past the company has considered changing the name to separate the current browser from “negative perceptions that no long reflect reality”, according to developers.

The browser, codenamed Spartan, is set to be shown off on January 21st when Microsoft demonstrates its new Windows 10 operating system, according to people close to the company. But it might not be ready for release when the early version of the software launches the same month.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsoft-to-replace-internet-explorer-with-new-streamlined-browser-9949448.html

"Spartan"....... :pml:

Tony