Yearly Archives: 2014

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The first edition of the Daily Telegraph (top) and the updated edition (below).

By George, I think they nearly got away with it.

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Someone has sent out a fake but official-looking press release [above] trying to drag Intel into the Israeli/Gaza conflict. “It’s a hoax,” Intel spokesperson Chuck Mulloy told [Business Insider]
Intel is being targeted because it’s a huge employer in Israel and is in the process of building a $6 billion facility there.

There’s A Horrible Hoax Involving Intel And The Israeli/Gaza Conflict Going Around (Business Insider)

(H/Ts: Gerard Murphy/Cian Byrne)

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N writes:

My mother received this letter from the Oncology Department in Cork [South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital] during her chemotherapy session yesterday. The letter informed patients that the on-call telephone line for patients has been cut due to inadequate staffing members. The patients were advised to attend A&E if they so required. This line is imperative as chemotherapy patients are at risk of an allergic reaction to their treatment. This happened to my own mother on one occasion. By asking patients to go to A&E they are increasing the risk of contracting an infection as chemotherapy seriously damages your immune system. The letter also says that patients should be able to explain their chemotherapy to staff in A&E. If you are having a severe allergic reaction it would be nearly impossible to explain your treatment. This is a disgraceful cut to most vulnerable in society, cancer patients.

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According to Re/Code, Apple will reveal the new iPhone 6 (with A8 processors, an upgraded OIS camera and a choice of 12cm [4.7in] or 14cm [5.5in] displays, as mocked up alongside the smaller 1Phone5 above) at a special event on the 9th of September. The new generation phones will probably be available 10 days later.

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(Image: MacRumors)

90306736A Pro-Life demonstration outside Leinster House last Summer

Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent of The Guardian reports this evening:

Pregnant women in Ireland could be blocked from having an abortion even if they are at risk of suicide after conceiving as a result of rape or incest, under new guidelines issued to Irish doctors.
Experts warned that the Guidance Document for Health Professionals, which has yet to be made public  but has been obtained by the Guardian, will give power to doctors, obstetricians and psychiatrists to prevent vulnerable women from terminating their pregnancies.

….The 108-page guide does not include provisions for an independent committee to make decisions on treating those with “suicidal intent”, which was a key demand among campaigners for reform…initial referral for women including those with “suicidal intent” begins with her own GP.

If the GP agrees, he or she will refer the woman to three doctors – including one obstetrician and two psychiatrists – who will decide whether there is a real risk to the woman’s life through suicide. If her request is rejected, she will go through an appeal system involving another two psychiatrists and another obstetrician….

Pregnant women face abortion ban in Ireland even if they’re a suicide risk (Henry McDonald, The Guardian)

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Thanks Sido