Fiona McCann
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Calendar Correction
Those of you who downloaded the puppy calendar below, please don't use it or you will be about 4 or 5 days late for all your appointments, etc!! I have amended that particular post (see below) and am diligently (mostly) working on the problem. So far, this has been the Computer Day from Hell.  "FUCK SAKES!!!!!! ARRGHHHHH!!!!!" |
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1.1.06 16:47 |
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Once more with feeling...
Thanks to our own multi-talented STEVE, we now have a correct January 2006 calendar wallpaper available for download. You will no longer be on holidays for the next four days, so I'm sorry for that!! Steve doesn't know it yet, but I have BIG plans for this talent of his. ;-) Herewith is the pic. Click to enlarge:  Click to enlarge and download Thank you Steve!!!!**That peahead is rubbin' off on me wat with all his huge headlines and exclamation points!!!! |
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1.1.06 23:00 |
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Slang and dialect resources
 One of the things that fascinates me most about a person is the way they speak--the expressions they use, how they use them and what they sound like. When people write as Alan-Benefit (who gave me the idea for this post) or peahead do, their use of the variations of the English language is what attracts me like a moth to flame. If you go looking on the net to study various dialects, you can find some amusing sites. Some even have translator boxes for you to use to translate your own speech in different ways. Alan's site was The Dialectizer. You might also want to try whoohoo.co.uk where you can use the brand new 'lethal Paddy Translator', amongst others. There is a whole big page of links for lots of language resources pertaining to slang and dialects at peevish.co.uk. And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the very humourous and sarky site called Speak Norn Iron, where you can learn some of my favourite expressions such as, "Fer fuhsake catch yerself on ya fuggen goat ye..." or "Getawaydafug ya wee gat. Who'd ya fink y'are? Wee Slabber......". Thanks for the idea, Alan! |
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2.1.06 21:01 |
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Lobby group to step up campaign against fur farming in Ireland
Irish Examiner **They 'farm' foxes By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent 03/01/06  A CAMPAIGN to ban fur farming in Ireland is to be stepped up in the New Year by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF). It announced it will be focusing on the issue following the successful completion of its campaign to end subsidies for live cattle exports to the Middle East. CIWF said there are currently six mink farms in the Republic, but the practice is illegal in Northern Ireland. However, the Department of Agriculture and Food has repeatedly stated that fur farming is a legitimate activity in this country. Inspections have found that the licensed fur farms have been in compliance with current legislation and that the slaughter methods they employ are permitted under EU regulations. The department has said in the past it would continue to keep in close contact with the fur industry and monitor the operation of the licensed fur farms. CIWF director in Ireland, Mary-Anne Bartlett, said they believe fur farming is damaging to the image of a country that takes farm animal welfare seriously. "There is a future for Irish agriculture in the production of high quality food to the very best environmental, food safety and animal welfare standards. "But fur farming does not fit with this image. A ban on fur farming would mean the whole island of Ireland would be free of fur farming," she said. Ms Bartlett said CIWF is encouraged by the fact that opposition parties and many independent TDs supported a Bill to ban fur farming when it was put before the Dáil last March by the Green Party. "An opinion poll in the Republic in October 2004 showed that 63% of people want fur farming banned and 95% of people never wear a fur coat," she said. CIWF said fur farming is highly intensive, with mink and foxes confined in rows of battery-style cages. About 140,000 farmed mink and several hundred farmed Arctic and silver foxes are killed each year for their fur pelts, which are then exported to other countries for processing. CIWF said the trade is worth only €1.9 million to the economy and employs a small number of people. |
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3.1.06 02:29 |
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Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) Alert
From: John Carmody - National Events Organizer Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) Po Box 722 - Kildare - Ireland 087-6275579 - Intl. code +353-87-6275579  Dear Friend, Just 1 minute can make a huge difference. EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy wants to force Austria to change part of its new animal protection law that bans the use of wild animals in circuses. McCreevy is trying to undo Austria's prohibition against using wild animals in circuses. He argues that Austria's animal protection law contravenes Article 49 of the EC-Treaty by unjustifiably restricting the freedom of providing services offered by foreign circuses. The fact is that animals do not naturally ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls or jump through rings of fire. To force them to perform these confusing and physically uncomfortable tricks, trainers use whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks and other painful tools of the trade. For more information, please visit captiveanimals.org. Animals in circuses need your help. Not only would this law affect animals in Austria, it would also set a precedent for the rest of Europe. Please take a moment to send protest letters to EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy and the EU commissioner for your country by using the online forms at http://www.vgt.at/circus.php. If everyone on ARAN's mailing list sign and send this off it will create a huge difference - that's over 1100 people!!! Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) "Ireland's National Animal Rights Group!" ARAN is a grassroots voice that is dedicated to speaking out against all forms of cruelty to animals. We work with many national and international animal protection groups and actively support international campaigns for animal rights along with working to encourage activism among the public and volunteers. Thanks so much for everything that you do for animals. ARAN is thankful that you're on the activist network and we encourage you to take full advantage of that network by contacting us anytime with questions, requests, ideas, events or concerns! Please visit www.ad-international.org to learn more about the new Animal Defenders International & ARAN campaign to ban the use of animals in circuses here in Ireland. Something to think about: We believe that the Golden Rule applies to animals, too. We don't accept the prevailing notion that "people come first'" or that "people are more important than animals." Animals feel pain and suffer just as we do, and it is almost always humans making animals suffer and not the other way around.Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave towards animals -- not to mention human cruelty to other humans -- we are supposed to believe that humans are superior to other animals. If people want to fancy themselves as being of greater moral worth than the other creatures on this earth, we should begin behaving better than they do, and not worse. Let's start treating everyone as we would like to be treated ourselves. |
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5.1.06 06:27 |
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Windows exploit
Just a quick note to let you know that at this time, there is a windows exploit which Microsoft is not releasing the patch for until the 10th. You can read about it here. It is pretty scary! >>Go here Read all the different comments to get a feel for this thing. Even careful users can fall victim to it, so keep you antivirus totally up-to-date and scan frequently. |
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5.1.06 18:23 |
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KILL BILL
Scotsman Computer giant closes down web-log crusading for free speech JOE MCDONALD IN BEIJING MICROSOFT has shut down the internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper. The action came amid criticism by free-speech activists of foreign technology companies that help the communist government enforce censorship or silence dissent in order to be allowed into China's market. Microsoft's China-based web log-hosting service shut down the blog at the Chinese government's request, said Brooke Richardson, the group product manager with Microsoft's MSN online division, adding: "When we operate in markets around the world we have to ensure that our service complies with global laws as well as local laws and norms." Although Beijing has supported internet use for education and business, it fiercely polices content. The blog, written under the pen name An Ti, by Zhao Jing, who works for the Beijing bureau of the New York Times as a research assistant, touched on sensitive topics such as China's relations with Taiwan. Last week, he used the blog to crusade on behalf of a Beijing newspaper. Reporters at the Beijing News, a daily known for its aggressive reporting, staged an informal one-day strike after their chief editor was removed from his post. These events attracted comments on Chinese online bulletin boards, which censors then erased. Online bulletin boards and web-logs have given millions of Chinese an opportunity to express opinions in a public setting in a system where all media are government-controlled. But service providers are required to monitor web-logs and bulletin boards, erase banned content and report offenders. Foreign companies have adopted Chinese standards, saying they must obey local laws. Microsoft's web-log service bars use of terms such as "democracy" and "human rights". |
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7.1.06 07:32 |
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One of the largest fountains in the world!!!
Buckingham Fountain Peahead was calling me names when I got the idea for this post!!! So here it is. Check this out!!!  Click to view "The fountain of fountains is located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park in Chicago. Buckingham Fountain opened in 1927 and is still one of the largest fountains in the world. The fountain produces a major water display every hour on the hour for approximately 20 minutes. Every minute, 133 jets spray approximately 14,000 gallons of water into the air. The center jet shoots water 150 feet into the air. The fountain water display operates from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Beginning at dusk the water display is accompanied by a major light and music performance. There are 820 lights choreographed with the water and music. Although the fountain is turned off in the winter, there is a holiday light and music presentation." (History and stuff on site) Look at this seahorse!! He's awesome!!!  |
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8.1.06 05:20 |
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Jason Leopold: The NSA Spy Engine - Echelon
scoop.co.nz A clandestine National Security Agency spy program code-named Echelon was likely responsible for tapping into the emails, telephone calls and facsimiles of thousands of average American citizens over the past four years in its effort to identify people suspected of communicating with al-Qaeda terrorists, according to half-a-dozen current and former intelligence officials from the NSA and FBI. The existence of the program has been known for some time. Echelon was developed in the 1970s primarily as an American-British intelligence sharing system to monitor foreigners - specifically, during the Cold War, to catch Soviet spies. But sources said the spyware, operated by satellite, is the means by which the NSA eavesdropped on Americans when President Bush secretly authorized the agency to do so in 2002. Another top-secret program code-named Tempest, also operated by satellite, is capable of reading computer monitors, cash registers and automatic teller machines from as far away as a half-mile and is being used to keep a close eye on an untold number of American citizens, the sources said, pointing to a little known declassified document that sheds light on the program. >>Read on |
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9.1.06 05:33 |
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Rodent's revenge: blazing mouse sets fire to house
Belfast Telegraph 10 January 2006 A mouse got its revenge on a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing rodent ran back into the man's house, setting it alight. Luciano Mares (81) of Fort Sumner in the US state of New Mexico, said he caught the mouse inside his house. "I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said. The flames spread throughout the house, destroying all its contents. There were no injuries. The mouse's fate was not reported. |
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10.1.06 17:29 |
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New warning signs for child meningitis
Scotsman LOUISE GRAY Key points • Research has highlighted three new earlier symptoms of meningitis • New signs include cold hands and feet, mottled skin colour and leg pain • Meningitis Trust estimates 3,000 people a year in the UK become infected Key quote "Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial to increase the likelihood of patient survival," - Harry Burns, the chief medical officer for Scotland THOUSANDS of children's lives will be saved after meningitis researchers identified new early-warning signs for parents. Until now, parents have been warned to look out for their child having a headache, stiff neck, sensitivity to light and a pinprick rash as signs of meningitis. But these symptoms can occur as little as two hours from the child becoming critically ill or even dying, leaving little time for treatment. Now research has highlighted three new earlier symptoms of the infection - leg pain, cold hands and feet, and an abnormally pale, mottled skin colour - which together, or separately with other signs such as fever, can be indicators of the condition. Doctors said the findings could speed up diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which the Meningitis Trust estimates infects 3,000 people a year in the UK, killing 300 - mostly children. Worldwide, the figure runs into thousands. Dr Matthew Thomson, from Oxford University, who led the research, agreed that spotting the signs of the disease earlier could save thousands of lives. "This disease develops so quickly in children - from the child becoming ill to being dead within 24 hours," he said. "The sooner a child can be spotted and admitted to hospital, the more likely they are to survive and do well." Dr Thompson led a team investigating children who contracted the most dangerous, bacterial form of meningitis. Most had only non-specific symptoms in the first four to six hours, but were close to death 24 hours after infection. Classic symptoms developed late, after an average of 13 to 22 hours. However, 72 per cent of the children developed identifiable early sepsis (infection) symptoms in just eight hours on average. Almost three out of four parents noticed the onset of symptoms such as cold hands and feet, leg pain, and abnormal pallor up to 19 hours before their children were admitted to hospital. In an online edition of the medical journal, The Lancet, published today, the researchers wrote: " Although we must avoid undermining the importance of classic symptoms, we could substantially speed up diagnosis if the emphasis was shifted to early recognition of sepsis." The researchers analysed patient questionnaires and scoured medical records. Of the 448 children surveyed, all aged 16 or younger, 103 died and 345 survived. Only half the children were sent to hospital the first time they saw a doctor. In many cases, children were admitted to hospital only after an initial misdiagnosis, the research found. Generally, doctors look for the classic symptoms of rash, headaches, stiff neck, light sensitivity and impaired consciousness. "We believe that primary-care clinicians are over-reliant on using these three symptoms to diagnose meningococcal disease in children, and that parents may be influenced by doctors or public health campaigns to seek medical advice only on the appearance of features such as a rapidly evolving rash," said Dr Thompson's team. "Moreover, clinicians and parents may be falsely reassured by the absence of these features." Often children were seen by a local GP who had never encountered a case of meningitis outside hospital. Dr Thompson warned that the research was in the early stages, but recommended that all parents be informed of the new warning signs. The new warnings relate to the early signs of meningococcal disease, which can lead to meningitis as well as septicaemia and blood poisoning. Vaccination can protect children against meningitis C, but other strains, most commonly meningitis B, kill children and adults indiscriminately. In developed countries, meningitis, with its associated illnesses, are the leading infectious causes of death in children. At least four in 100,000 British children will at some time become ill with meningococcal disease. Harry Burns, the chief medical officer for Scotland, promised to examine the research. "Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial to increase the likelihood of patient survival," he said. "We will look closely at the findings and consider carefully our advice to parents and doctors." Olivia Giles, an Edinburgh lawyer who lost her limbs to meningococcal septicaemia in 2002, said the symptoms of blood poisoning, such as the pallor caused by blood rushing to protect vital organs, were well known. But she said the fact it occurs earlier than classic symptoms should be stressed to all parents. "You should be on the alert and have the information in the house or your purse so if you feel something is not normal you can look at the information and monitor the symptoms." Ms Giles suffered from the early symptoms. "My hands and feet felt like blocks of ice and I had a horrible pallor from very early on," she said. But it was not until 24 hours later, when the classic symptoms of meningococcal septicaemia emerged, that she was rushed to hospital. Doctors were left with no option but to amputate her hands and feet. "Every second counts," says Ms Giles. "The minute it gets into your blood, it spreads rapidly. The sooner they give you the antibiotics, the less damage it will do." Miss Giles, 40, who married this summer, added: "Listen to your instincts, be armed and ready to act quickly. You do not wait for a rash. The cold hands and feet is quite a warning." Beverley Corbett, of the Meningitis Trust, which funded the research, also welcomed the research."Diagnosis of meningococcal disease is extremely difficult in the early stages, especially when classic symptoms are not present," she said. "This is why we emphasise the importance of early symptoms and remaining vigilant." How the disease strikes ‘Classic’ symptoms: Red rash Headache Stiff neck Sensitivity to light Impaired consciousness ‘New’ symptoms: Leg pain Cold hands and feet Abnormally pale or mottled skin colour >>more info |
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11.1.06 02:24 |
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Comrade pays tribute to US army helicopter pilot who intervened to stop 1968 My Lai massacre of Viet
Daily Ireland “After he did what he did — did the honourable and moral thing and told the truth — some of his countrymen turned their backs on him. His colleagues in the military turned their backs on him. His own government turned its back on him.” – Gunner Lawrence Colburn JIM DEE, Daily Ireland USA correspondent 10/01/2006  Army Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson 1969 The funeral will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) in Lafayette, Louisiana, of a US soldier who risked his life to stop an infamous massacre in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago — a massacre that forever changed the way many US citizens view their military. Hugh Thompson was shunned for decades as a traitor by many of his military comrades after his intervention to stop the My Lai massacre. He died on Friday at a veterans hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, aged 62. On the morning of March 16, 1968, Warrant Officer Thompson was piloting a US helicopter above My Lai village when he and the two airmen on board — gunner Lawrence Colburn and crew chief Glenn Andreotta — witnessed US troops massacring hundreds of unarmed civilians. “It started out as a regular air-support and reconnaissance mission,” said Lawrence Colburn, the only surviving crew member, during a phone interview with Daily Ireland from his home in Georgia. Colburn said there had been three helicopters in their unit — two gunships, and the low-flying scout chopper that Thompson, Andreotta and himself were in. “Our job was to go out and try to draw fire, try to entice people to shoot at us and give up their position so we could use the gunship on them. But there wasn’t anyone shooting at us,” said Colburn. Ground troops were then dropped into the village from transport helicopters and they began searching the village, which was in Quang Ngăi province, an area viewed by the United States as a haven for North Vietnamese guerrillas. Colburn said they could see a lot of people exiting the village as the US ground troops began being lowered.  “There were old men, women and children were leaving the village. It was a Saturday morning, so they were going off to market.“And we thought: ‘That’s good. They’re getting out of here before the insertion.’ Then we watched the helicopters come and drop off the ground troops, and they began to sweep through the village. So we widened our perimeter to make sure that there were no surprises coming up.” Colburn said the area had been so quiet that, when they had to leave briefly to refuel, they had not even called for backup. “We just went, refuelled and came back on station. And when we came back on station, we started seeing those people, that those people who’d earlier been leaving the village to market were in piles and they had been shot. And they appeared to be unarmed civilians. We were baffled as to how these people were ending up dead when we weren’t receiving any fire,” he said. Colburn said they had begun dropping canisters of green smoke to mark where wounded civilians were so they could get medical attention. He said they had just marked the location of one woman when a squad of infantrymen approached her, led by Captain Ernest Medina. “She had a gushing chest wound and was just lying there helpless. There was no weapon or anything And we were expecting Captain Medina to render medical assistance,” Coburn said. “Instead, he walked up to the woman and kicked her with his foot and then he stepped back and just blew her away. And then it all kind of clicked, like: ‘Oh, my God. What are our people doing?’” Hugh Thompson then circled the chopper and they spotted an irrigation ditch with hundreds of Vietnamese people in it, and a US soldier standing over it. Colburn said: “Thompson landed and actually got out of the aircraft — which is something that you don’t do — and he went over to the soldier and said: ‘We’ve got to help these people out. These are civilians.’ And the fellow at the ditch said; ‘Yeah, yeah. I’ll help them out.’ And as we were taking off, we heard automatic weapons fire, and crew chief Glen Andreotta came over the headset saying: ‘Oh, my God! He’s firing into the ditch again!’ Thompson was absolutely furious.” Andreotta then spied some civilians peering out of an earthen bunker, and a squad of US soldiers heading towards them. So Thompson lowered his helicopter onto the ground between the soldiers and the bunker, and again hopped out and confronted Lieutenant Stephen Brooks. Although Colburn could not hear the heated argument that ensued, he said he had later learned that Thompson had said to Brooks: “‘How do we get these people out of this bunker? They’re civilians.’ And the lieutenant, who outranked Mr Thompson — who was a warrant officer — says: ‘Yeah, I can get them out of there with hand-grenades.’ And Thompson said: ‘You keep your men in place because I have instructed my guys to fire on you if you continue doing this.’ And he just walked away. He was cutting his career short when he said that to a ranking officer. “And he came back to the aircraft and told Glenn Andreotta and myself: ‘I’m going to go over to that bunker and get those people out of there myself. And if these guys open up on ’em, shoot them.’” Colburn added: “And Mr Thompson went over to the bunker with only a side arm but he didn’t even have it drawn and he coaxed the people out of the bunker. We thought there were two or three in there, and there were 12 or 15 that came out.” Thompson then called to the other choppers to help him evacuate the wounded, and eventually the ground troops stopped killing the villagers. By the time it was all over, some 500 Vietnamese — unarmed old men, women and children — had been killed. The My Lai massacre remained unknown until journalist Seymour Hersh exposed it in 1970. Glenn Andreotta died in action a month after the massacre but Thomson and Colburn would later testify at the trial of Lieutenant William Calley. Of the 26 soldiers subsequently put on trial for the massacre, Calley was the only one convicted, being found guilty of premeditated murder in 1971. He was sentenced to life in prison but, two days after his sentence, President Richard Nixon ordered his release from prison. Calley spent the next three-and-a-half years under house arrest at Fort Benning in Georgia. He maintained that he had only followed Captain Ernest Medina’s orders in carrying out the massacre. In a separate trial, Medina denied issuing the orders and was acquitted. Despite the acquittals, revelations about what US troops did at My Lai helped turn US public opinion against the war and changed the way many US citizens viewed their military. Within four years of the trials, the United States would pull out of Vietnam in defeat. Lawrence Colburn left the military a year after My Lai. Hugh Thompson stayed in the military, despite being ostracised and vilified by many military members who viewed him as a traitor. Colburn and Thompson lost track of one another as the years went by, and it was not until an English journalist wrote a book and produced a documentary about My Lai in the late 1980s that they were finally reunited. That documentary was seen by a Clemson University professor, who then began a nine-year-long letter-writing campaign to have Thompson recognised as a hero. In 1998, the campaign paid off. All three crew members — Thompson, Colburn and Andreotta (posthumously) — were awarded the prestigious Soldier's Medal, the highest award for bravery not involving conflict with an enemy. Lawrence Colburn said being shunned by his military colleagues had exacted a very heavy toll on Thompson. “He had his bouts with the drink, and I think he had four broken marriages. He had hard miles on him. He would go into the officers’ club and people who knew how he was, they considered him to be a turncoat, and they would get up and leave. They wouldn’t speak with him. He found dead animals on his porch and got hate mail. And all he did was tell the truth,” Colburn said. “After he did what he did — did the honourable and moral thing and told the truth — some of his countrymen turned their backs on him. His colleagues in the military turned their backs on him. His own government turned its back on him. But he never turned his back on them, to the very end. He always spoke highly and proudly of being an American,” said Colburn. Thompson eventually left the army and worked for a while flying helicopter missions to oil rigs along the Gulf of Mexico, before ending up as a counsellor at the Department of Veterans Affairs. After they were recognised for what they did at My Lai, Thompson and Colburn later would speak to military cadets at West Point about the importance of being honourable soldiers. “They were wonderful to us. Standing ovations for Mr Thompson. They highly respected him,” said Colburn “He was a career military man who tried to stress the importance of being honourable within the military. He was the best PR man the army ever had but they took 30 years to realise it.” |
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11.1.06 07:18 |
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Peaceful protest for the animals
Dear Anti Bloodsports Campaigner, Our good friends at Irish Council Against Bloodsports (ICABS) are holding a peaceful protest against the Waterloo cup that has being banned in the UK but has now moved here in Ireland to Kilkenny. ICABS will be organizing a peaceful protest to highlight the gruesome bloodsports involved and they need your help to make it a success. Here are the vital details you will need below. If you need more information, please contact ICABS directly at Info@banbloodsports.com - they can also provide you with a map and directions to get there! For more information on hare coursing please visit www.banbloodsports.com. When: Saturday January 14th Where: Sevenhouses Coursing Club, near Danesfort, Co Kilkenny. Time: 12pm noon Thank you for all that you are doing to end bloodsports. Together we all can make a huge difference. John Carmody Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) |
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11.1.06 12:52 |
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Pearce Gilmore: 'Walking miracle' boy back at school
Belfast Telegraph Telegraph readers funded vital op By Nigel Gould 12 January 2006 The little Northern Ireland boy who flew to America for a life-saving brain operation funded by generous Belfast Telegraph readers is now back at school - and continuing to amaze with his remarkable powers of recovery. Nearly nine months after vital surgery in New York, Pearce Gilmore's proud dad Seamus revealed the youngster's state of health is now back to normal. "He has returned to school," Seamus said. "At the moment he is going three days a week but this will soon be increased to five. "He is doing brilliantly and coping really well at school. "Every day he continues to amaze me with his progress." Seamus also said that new scans had revealed the tumour on Pearce's brain was continuing to shrink dramatically. "The fact that it is doing this is out of this world," he said. "As far as everyone is concerned Pearce is back to normal. He enjoys a normal life. He loves to watch DVDs and riding around on his electric scooter. "Pearce has amazed everyone - I am continually amazed by his progress." After his operation last April, Seamus called his son "a walking miracle". Pearce arrived back in Northern Ireland in early June after more than two months in the US for treatment. Since then the 10-year-old has gone from strength to strength. This time last year, Seamus expressed grave concern that Pearce might not live to see his 10th birthday. Paediatric surgeon Dr Rick Abbot, from the New York-based Montefiore Children's Hospital, answered a global SOS call and said he could help the youngster after being sent scans of the tumour. In February 2005, the Belfast Telegraph helped launch the Pearce Fund. And within days the money poured in from all over the UK - with calls and offers of support coming throughout the world. The Telegraph is still getting calls from well-wishers about Pearce's condition. Eventually, more than Ł50,000 was raised. Seamus added: "Things could not be any better at the moment." |
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12.1.06 16:29 |
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Murder - or just a snack?
>>German Cannibal faces re-trial. Alritey! Another lovely human being and a screwed up 'justice' system. PS Of course he looked thinner! He hasn't been eating anybody lately! |
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13.1.06 01:38 |
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Water Drop Animation
I was looking at some of my old stuff in another place and found a few interesting things.Check out this >>animation of a water drop with a side view which allows you to see it before, as and after it hits the water it merges with. It's kinda hypnotic. |
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13.1.06 22:29 |
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On the frontline in war over Oxford animal laboratory
Guardian 14 January 2006 · Police separate protesters from construction workers · Activists plan mass rally in city against 'fortress' today Two construction workers emerge from behind a sheet of aluminium siding, their faces concealed beneath balaclavas. It is a crisp January afternoon in Oxford and the razor wire surrounding the university's planned new animal research laboratory in South Parks Road glistens with frost. However, the protesters corralled by police on the opposite pavement do not believe the balaclavas are for warmth alone. "They don't want us to see their faces," said Mel Broughton, a spokesman for Speak, a campaign group opposed to the new biomedical facility. "Perhaps it's because they're ashamed." >>Read on |
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14.1.06 01:57 |
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Why are you so mental???
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16.1.06 22:32 |
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ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTION: Send Coillte and NARGC a polite email
Coillte and NARGC (National Association Regional Game Councils) would like to receive your emails on Thursday the 19th of January. Not just normal emails. They would appreciate very large emails. Send large attachments. Copy and paste as many pertinent pages as possible from the internet into your emails in an effort to raise the consciousness of the people who think it is okay to slaughter animals needlessly on state land. Send them your emails as many times as possible so they will have ample opportunity to read and digest them. Please forward this email on to as many other people as possible. Coillte forests belong to the people of Ireland. And to the animals that live in these forest. We need to put pressure on Coillte to let them know that our forests are not hunting and shooting grounds for blood thirsty scumbags. Coillte is a State owned company operating in forestry, land based businesses and added-value processing operations Coillte was established in 1988 as a private limited company under the Forestry Act 1988 which set out its objectives and duties; The company is owned by the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Agriculture and Food; In 2004, Coillte had a turnover of €185 m, a profit of €35 m and was named the 181st largest company in Ireland. All of these profits were re-invested in the business. On Sunday 8th January shooters engaged in a so called 'vermin shoot'. This took place in Jenkinstown wood/Tower Wood (Coillte STATE FORESTS) in County Kilkenny, Ireland. This shoot has been carried out bi-annually for the last 25 years on both 26th December and on 8th January. Shooters from the NARGC, ( National Association Regional Game Councils) were given full permission from COILLTE to blast at Magpies, Pigeons, Grey Crows, Grey Squirrels and Foxes until dark on the day. Public access was denied to the forest on the day of the shoot to allow this slaughter to take place. Coillte also allow Hunters to use public forests. Public Relation - pr@coillte.ie Chairman - brendan.mckenna@coillte.ie Chief Executive - martin.lowery@coillte.ie Public Relations Manager - cliodhna.parker@coillte.ie Recreation Manager - bill.murphy@coillte.ie Research and Development - aileen.osullivan@coillte.ie Marketing Unit - forestryfocusireland@coillte.ie Civil Engineering - mary.lynch@coillte.ie Tree Care Service Details: Eastern counties - peter.redden@coillte.ie Western counties - noel.lane@coillte.ie Midlands - Declan.Fitzpatrick@coillte.ie Southern counties - Ted.Kelleher@coillte.ie Technology/Machine Sales - john.lyons@coillte.ie Coillte Forest Holidays: Eileen.okeeffe@coillte.ie ikb@eircom.net killykeen@coillte.ie Coillte Nursery - nursery.sales@coillte.ie Coillte Timber Frame Homes - info@griffnercoillte.ie Wood Products - seamus.heaney@coillte.ie Site Studies Laboratory - podea.coillte@indigo.ie Coillte Consult - consult@coillte.ie NARGC Administration - info@nargc.ie Public Relations - pr@nargc.ie Safety - safety@nargc.ie Compensation - fund@nargc.ie Webmaster - webmaster@nargc.ie Director - des@nargc.ie Treasurer - simon@nargc.ie Hon Sec - richie@nargc.ie Safety Officer - eddie@nargc.ie Compensation Fund Administer - chris@nargc.ie Press Officer - michaelc@nargc.ie Complete list of emails: pr@coillte.ie, brendan.mckenna@coillte.ie, martin.lowery@coillte.ie, cliodhna.parker@coillte.ie, bill.murphy@coillte.ie, aileen.osullivan@coillte.ie, forestryfocusireland@coillte.ie, mary.lynch@coillte.ie, peter.redden@coillte.ie, noel.lane@coillte.ie, Declan.Fitzpatrick@coillte.ie, Ted.Kelleher@coillte.ie, john.lyons@coillte.ie, Eileen.okeeffe@coillte.ie, ikb@eircom.net, killykeen@coillte.ie, nursery.sales@coillte.ie, info@griffnercoillte.ie, seamus.heaney@coillte.ie, podea.coillte@indigo.ie, consult@coillte.ie, info@nargc.ie, pr@nargc.ie, safety@nargc.ie, fund@nargc.ie, webmaster@nargc.ie, des@nargc.ie, simon@nargc.ie, richie@nargc.ie, eddie@nargc.ie, chris@nargc.ie, michaelc@nargc.ie |
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17.1.06 02:46 |
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Paul Dunne is back!!!
 No one was sadder than I when Paul Dunne of the Shamrockshire Eagle quit writing his Irish stuff on the net. And he's quite wrong when he says no one lamented its demise. I know I did. His writing was always about historical things I wasn't that familiar with so it was always a good opportunity to learn, and he did it with intelligence, wit, charm and persuasiveness. So I am happy to say that Paul has decided to begin reviewing books and writing once again about things I can probably eventually understand rather than Unix or Linux or bit torrents or whatever it actually is that he's an expert in! Already I have taken a look at the first entry, and I can tell I am going to have to get the Google out so I can act like I know what he's talking about. But this is good! To read Paul Dunne's first review, go >>here. |
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17.1.06 04:31 |
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