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How to make Uisce Beatha / Whiskey

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:30:08 -0600

Last weekend I had a few friends in town and oddly enough we decided to go along to one of my favourite whiskey bars for a drink or two. Over a bottle of Glenrothes Select Reserve, we started to discuss the steps involved in making whiskey and some of the differences between Irish and Scottish whiskeys. For some of us it was a refresher course but for others it was just a good excuse to seat back with a glass of whiskey and listen to the stories unfold. So below I have summarised some of the key points we touched on (ie. Left out most of the swearing about which way is better)

Cupla focal as Gaeilge

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:30:54 -0600

Dia Duit (hello)

Sean is ainm dom (my name is Sean)

Cad is ainm duit (whats you name)

Conas ata tu? (how are you?)

Ta me go maith. (I am good)

Nil me go maith (I am not good)

Ta tuirseach orm (I am tired)

Ca bhfuil tu i do chonai (where do you live?)

Ta me i mo chonai i Taiwan (I live in Taiwan)

Cen post ata agat? (What is your job?)

Is muinteoir bearla me. (I am an English
teacher)

Is innealtoir me.

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:41:47 -0600

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests.

The more testosterone he has, the stronger the effect, according to work by Belgian researchers.

Men about to play a financial game were shown images of sexy women or lingerie.

The Proceedings of the Royal Society B study found they were more likely to accept unfair offers than men not been exposed to the alluring images.

The suggestion is that the sexual cues distract the men's thoughts, preventing them from focusing on their task - particularly among those with high natural testosterone levels.

The University of Leuven researchers gave 176 heterosexual male student volunteers aged 18 to 28 financial games to test their fair play.

They are looking for opportunities to pass on their genes

Record numbers graduated last year

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:54:39 -0600

John Walshe

Education Editor

THE number of graduates has more than doubled to 50,000.

A new survey also shows that most are doing well in the job stakes with only 3pc of graduates out of work nine months after graduation.

Best paid are architects with around two-thirds of them starting on salaries of at least 25,000 a year, and some of them earning more than 33,000. More than half of the engineering graduates began on salaries of at least 25,000 a year. More than half the 'working' graduates have jobs on the east coast - mainly in the Dublin area, while only 3pc are working in the northwest and Donegal, with slightly more in the midlands.