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Life is better online, older web users find | Adele Horin
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Life is better online, older web users find. April 26, 2015. When my mother announced at 80 she’d inherited a computer from a friend, I had mixed feelings. I was proud she’d taken on the challenge of going online but concerned about the stress and frustration coming her way. Who hasn’t torn their hair out at a computer glitch, virus, crash or frozen screen? My mother has many talents but practical and technical skills are not among them. By the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre at the U...
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Climate change: our gift to the grandkids | Adele Horin
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Climate change: our gift to the grandkids. May 10, 2015. By JOAN GAGE, 'THE ROLLING CRONE'. I don’t have grandchildren but the whole family dotes on my nephew’s one-year-old son, a happy-go-lucky soul. It’s not necessary to have grandchildren to care about the future but focussing on young children we love helps make concrete a scenario that can feel distant and unreal. When he’s in his 50s and 60s what sort of Australia will he inhabit? Who first raised the issue of global warming in 1988, spoke on RN B...