Traditional dancers await the arrival of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at Jackson’s International Airport, Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea at the start of a three day tour. (Chris Radburn/PA Wire)

HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps.

THINGS WE LEARNED:

#US 2012: Irish American voters are leaning towards incumbent Barack Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney – but only just. A poll, carried out for IrishCentral by Amárach Research, asked how Irish Americans plan to vote in Tuesday’s US Presidential election and found Obama has a marginal lead of 51 per cent to Romney’s 48 per cent. One per cent of voters said they remain undecided.

#WRH: Waterford Regional Hospital, which serves the people of Waterford city and the wider South East region, faces a possible downgrade following suggestions put forward during meeting earlier this week. Waterford TD John Halligan has asked for the people of the South East to send “a clear message to our Government TDs that we will not tolerate any downgrading of our Regional Hospital”.

#LONDON IRISH: Irish people preparing to emigrate to London have been advised to plan thoroughly in advance by the London Irish Centre, which has carried out a comprehensive study of recent and older Irish migrants to the city. The research shows poorly planned migration can lead to stress and culture shock – particularly over issues like housing, employment, and bureaucracy.

#SATURDAY VOTING: The future of voting on Saturday will hinge “to a great extent” on the turnout in next week’s Children’s Referendum, the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said. “This is the first major vote that has taken place on a Saturday and the prospect of Saturday votes taking place in the future will be determined to a great extent on how well it works on November 10,” he commented at the Labour Youth Annual Conference.

#ISS: Galactic tourism still be a daydream for most of us, but for anyone interested in a glimpse of the International Space Station NASA has obliged: The US space agency, celebrating the 12th anniversary of astronauts living and working on the orbiting lab, has launched a new service that alerts people when the space station is visible from their backyard.

THINGS WE LOVED:

• This Tuesday, US voters will go to the polls to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election… but their votes will not answer one (not-so)crucial question: What if LOLz decided the election? The Daily Edge fearlessly wades its way through suggestive Ghanaian dancehall artistes, depressed childhood icons, and crying four-year-old girls to bring you the answers.
• The fact that the City That Never Sleeps is living up to its name…
• The answer to that eternal question -what make a video go viral?

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THINGS WE SHARED:

• We all get hurt by others from time to time – and when it’s by a person close to you it’s always so much worse. Relationship counsellor Lisa O’Hara explains how you can let go of anger and forgive someone you love.
• Meet the Cook O’Tooles – a family of five from North Carolina who have all been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome in the past three years. Mother Jennifer tells the Guardian’s Guilia Rhodes about their challenges and joys.
• This great BBC video which maps the changing state of US ethnicity since the 15th Century.

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