D Friday, October 30, 2009 METRO Customers must switch from another mobile provider to receive the double minutes and texts for 3 months. Double minutes and texts offer ends 31/12/09. Minimum 12 month contract applies. Handset subject to availability. For terms and conditions see www.vodafone.ie. Save in style with double minutes and texts Get double minutes and texts for 3 months when you switch to Vodafone and sign up to Perfect Choice 200 and above. Call into your local Vodafone store today or visit www.vodafone.ie Nokia 6700 49.99 on pay monthly Olympian Skiers Tamsen, left, and Kirsty McGarry launched details of Irelands first Skiathon in the Ski Centre in Sandyford yesterday. The 24-hour Skiathon starts at 6pm this evening and aims to set a Guinness World Record, with all proceeds in aid of the Chernobyl Childrens Project International Picture: Mac Innes In pole posItIon online shopping now made simple A NEW online shopping system was yesterday unveiled by Amazon.com. Amazon PayPhrase is aimed at simplifying the process of buying goods over the internet. If you store a credit card number and shipping address with Amazon, you can elect to have that information represented by a short phrase and ID number. Then you enter that phrase and a pin number instead of giving your credit card details and address to buy items on Amazon, as well as other websites that agree to accept the new system. Amazon says its more flexible, as consumers can set up multiple phrases and ID numbers for other users, but tied to the same credit card. new victims of swine flu go up by 9,200 in a weekby COlM KelPIeTHE number of new swine flu cases surged by more than 9,200 in the last week with the highest infection rates among school children, it emerged last night. Health chiefs revealed 109 people stricken with the H1N1 virus were in hospital, with 23 fighting for their lives in intensive care. Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer, warned the numbers falling victim to the disease will con- tinue to increase. Ten people with the condition have died to date, including a teenage boy. In terms of what were seeing overall, it is clear that the rates are going up, Dr Holohan said. The increase in the rate of infection among the population that we were predicting could happen is continuing. We expect that probably to continue. Rates of flu-like symptoms jumped from 154 per 100,000 last week to 210 per 100,000, with the highest rates among youngsters. Among the under fives the rate stands at 354 per 100,000, jumping to 596 for those aged between five and 14. Last week some 7,000 new cases were reported around the country. The Health Service Executive will begin rolling- out vaccinations free of charge to at-risk groups through clinics across the country from next week. These will include those with underlying medical conditions and pregnant women. It is expected that 1million doses will be in the country by the end of the year, with 2,300 GPs re- ceiving the vaccines over the last nine days. McDonalds manager dies from working too much A MANAGER at a McDonalds who died after suffering a brain haemorrhage was the victim of death by overwork, Japanese authorities have ruled. The 41-year-old unnamed woman worked more than 80hours of overtime at a branch in Yokohama before she collapsed and then died in hospital three days later. We determined her work caused the illness, said a Kanagawa Labour Bureau spokesman. Japanese people have their own word for the phenomenon of death by overwork, calling it karoshi. The decision to classify the womans case as death by overwork also makes her family eligible to receive a public pension. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html