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subclipse is a great little tool for working with SVN repositories and eclipse but it has caused me a few issues.

One of those was an error like this when adding the repository URL;

Error validating location: “org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for.
svn: Unknown hostname ‘ .sourceforge.net’
”
Keep location anyway?

and this when an attempt was made to connect;

Folder does not exist remotely

A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host.
svn: Can’t connect to host ‘ .svn.sourceforge.net’: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host.

or

svn: No route to host: connect

The problem? An old socks proxy setting that subclipse does not update…
Even if the “Network Connections” settings in Eclipse specify that a direct connection to the Internet is to be used, subclipse may still have the setting in a file called servers stored somewhere like
C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Subversion
or
~/.subversion/

Josh.st was the place I eventually found this and for more details on the fix, go there

Department of Public Health,
Health Service Executive,
Mid-Western Area,
31/33 Catherine Street,
Limerick.
Tel: 061-483338
Fax: 061-483211

Subject: Mumps on Campus

Importance: High

Over the last few weeks, the HSE have been notified of 10 cases of mumps among students at the University. The symptoms of mumps include a low-grade fever and swelling or tenderness of one or more of the salivary glands in the cheeks under the jaw. Symptoms usually appear between the 12^th and the 25^th day after a person has been exposed to the virus that causes this disease. Between 20-30% of people with the disease do not show signs of infection and in a few people this may be quite a debilitating illness.

Most students will have been immunised against this disease by having two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine as a child. In view of the recent cluster of mumps at the University, it is important that you ensure that you are immune to mumps.

Immunity will arise from being certain that you have either:

1. Received two doses of the vaccine in the past – this gives 99% protection against mumps
2. Been immunised during the outbreak of mumps that occurred at the University of Limerick in March 2005
3. Already had clinical mumps.

If you are already immune in one of the ways listed above, you do NOT need to be vaccinated.

If you are not certain that you are immune, you should seek medical advice as to whether you need a dose of the MMR vaccine to protect you at this time.

University Staff who think that they are not immune should attend their own General Practitioner for this vaccine.

Students who think that they are not immune should attend their own General Practitioner or the Student Health Centre for this vaccine.

It is a sign of desperation when people try to excuse the behaviour of Bertie Ahern by comparing it with Garret FitzGerald having £200,000 written off by AIB like Eoghan Harris did on the Late Late Show (28th March ‘08)

What is not said, is how the Moriarty Tribunal investigated this matter including FitzGerald’s personal financial situation during their work. They found that FitzGerald had to effectively sell everything to pay his debts and the rest was written off.

To say that he acted improperly or dishonestly beggars belief in my humble opinion

Via Semper Idem and page 48 of The Moriarty Report

In summary it would appear that in compromising his indebtedness with the Bank, Dr. Fitzgerald disposed of his only substantial asset, namely, his family home at Palmerston Road, a property which would now be worth a considerable sum of money. As in Mr. Haughey’s case, there was a substantial discounting or forbearance shown in Dr. Fitzgerald’s case. However in contrast with Mr. Haughey’s case, Dr. Fitzgerald’s case involved the effective exhaustion of his assets in order to achieve a settlement whereas Mr. Haughey’s assets were retained virtually intact.

Although Dr. Fitzgerald continued to enjoy an income from writing, lecturing and consultancy work, he had considerable outgoings, particularly in relation to his wife’s declining health, and he was, in terms of the debt he faced, not a wealthy man. The sole asset of substance was the mortgaged family home at Palmerston Road, Dublin 6; an agreement was entered into with his son, Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, whereby the latter sold his nearby family home, and purchased the Palmerston Road premises, with a view to converting it into accommodation for both families.

An independent valuation had assessed the price with vacant possession at £200,000.00, but discounted to £150,000.00 if Dr. Fitzgerald and his wife took up residence in an upstairs flat. That sum was paid to Dr. Fitzgerald, but by the time he had discharged the mortgage, contributed to the re-conversion works and paid certain other liabilities, he was left with a residue of only approximately £30,000.00
…
Dr. Fitzgerald had initially been hopeful of discharging his indebtedness in full through income, but Mr. Dowling had had to dash those hopes as unrealistic, and was given reluctant permission to approach the Bank with a view to settlement.
…
He offered the £30,000.00 in settlement of the debt, in response to which the Bank concluded that a cash settlement was preferable to expending such limited assets as were available on legal costs, but sought an increase to a sum of £40,000.00. This was accepted, paid and, other than realising the very limited value of the shares pledged, the remaining securities released. Regarding the course taken by Mr. Mark Fitzgerald and his wife in ease of Dr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Dowling stated that he viewed it as one of the great acts of selfless family solidarity that he had experienced.

UPDATE:
Harris has printed his comments in the Independent

Second, how come the Mahon anoraks are so adamantly sceptical about Ahern’s finances and so mellow about how AIB, bailed out former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald in 1993 by writing off bad debts to the tune of IR£200,000 — ironically the same amount as the alleged IR£200,000 in Ahern’s account?

Via RTE: Trichet looks to Asian, oil crises for lessons

Trichet stressed repeatedly today that the ECB saw its role amid the turmoil as one of anchoring inflation expectations, making clear that an interest rate cut called for by some investors and politicians should not be expected in the near future

‘If we don’t learn the lessons of the past we will find ourselves faced with the same problems that we encountered during the first oil crisis,’ when countries responded to higher prices by raising wages and salaries, he said.

That had fuelled an inflation spiral, choking off growth and causing widespread, stubborn unemployment that dogged Europe for decades. ‘Never forget, mass unemployment in Europe started with the very bad reaction after the first oil shock’ in 1973, Trichet noted.

Note too that the German economy hasn’t slowed yet and the metal industry there is experiencing the strongest boom in decades. Even the Ifo index has increased this month showing that the business climate has improved in March instead of getting worse.

The Great Friday Festival takes place next Friday the 21st of March, run by Great Friday Event Management, in County Limerick.
For the last five years, the Great Friday Party has been held in Limerick city. It has always been a fantastic day, looked forward to by many. Last years event saw three live music acts, and 300 guests enjoy the environment of goodwill that people have come to expect from Great Friday.
With growth in attendees increasing as it has been, we decided this year to move the event outdoors and increase the emphasis on live music. In looking to Limericks live music scene, we found immense support for the project, and the result is a line up that showcases Limericks best bands. The line up is

We Should Be Dead
The Fewer The Better
Idle Hands
Walter Mitty and The Realists
Seneca
Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters
Verfield
Blackstar
Lavelle
Confused Nation
Qazi Qazi Khan
Benoit
Maciek

DJ Lego
Kav

Where the event takes place has been a hotly discussed subject over the last number of weeks and the location has been kept a secret by the landowners and organisers. The first act takes the stage at 11AM that morning and bands perform until 9:30PM. The DJ’s take the stage at 9:30PM and will be playing until 12AM. A bus service will be running from Arthurs Quay Park every 30 minutes from 10AM till 9PM to shuttle people to the event and the bus service runs until everyone gets home. Food and minerals will be available to purchase on the grounds courtesy of contracted caterers and the event is a BYOB (Bring your own Beer) event. Tickets are priced at a reasonable €20 and are available to buy from Bakers Bar or by contacting greatfriday@gmail.com.
Profits from the day will be going to Worthy Cause to support the building of the Self Help Community Centre in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

29th March 2008
10K RUN/WALKATHON
11:00am Walk start
11:30am Run start
All Contributions go towards the Charities
Milford Hospice, Down Syndrome Ireland
and Croí
(Sudden Death Syndrome Ireland)

Register before 22nd March - Adults €12.00 / Students €8.00 / Over 65 €8.00
Entry forms available at the UL Arena Reception desk or www.plassey10k.com

For further info contact
Catherine dot Dooley at ul dot ie or Phone (061) 213596

oh yeah - the dramatic pause in blogging Seactain Na Gaeilge events was because we went on a little trip to CeBIT.

CeBIT for those of ye that don’t know is the world’s largest computer and IT trade fair - Centrum der Büro- und Informationstechnik; German for “Centre of Office and Information technology”

Quick run down on events:

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Wed: Daren wakes me from my slumber, train to Dublin, flight to Bremen, drive to Bad Gandersheim, pizza and beer (Gilde Ratskeller) in “Pizzeria Gino II”

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Thu: long breakfast, drive to CeBIT, registration, food in the Münchner Halle - a lovely slab of pork knuckle and a Maß (litre of beer) and then back to the fair. TCD actually had a stand where they were advertising the university and looking for Masters/PhD students. We got back to Bad Gandersheim for dinner that evening in Pizza Napoli and after a regular beer (Einbecker Pils), we were treated to a taste of Einbecker “Bock bier” which is quite tasty

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Fri: Back to CeBIT after breakfast but only 5 of the 10 of us, due to sickness. There was a smell of burning from the car on the way too so we called the rental company later that day and the breakdown service who decided to tow us back to the garage

Luckily, there wasn’t much wrong with the car apart from some oil spilt around the engine bay by the people who had rented it before us. After a good steam-clean, we were ready to go again. Mercedes service was actually quite good. Met up with the rest of the gang back in Hannover city centre, where we went for kebabs.

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Sat: Final Day of CeBIT and almost back to our full compliment of tourists. Quizzed the people in Ericsson for quite some time on WLAN, MIMO, LTE and IMS. The final thing I did was some quad-biking and then said goodbye to CeBIT…

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Sun: Headed back to Bremen, via Dublin and the train back to Limerick

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Some photos from CeBIT

Colm Meaney i ‘Kings’

A chairde,

Liosta thíos dos na himeachtaí atá ar siúl in Ollscoil Luimnigh inniu le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2008! Fáilte roimh chách.

Please see list of events below which take place today in UL as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge 2008! Everyone welcome.

Dé Máirt 4 Márta

10.30 Maidin chaife do bhaill foirne / staff coffee morning

Suíomh: Seomra Caidrimh, Áras Clóis Shruth an Mhuilinn

13.00 Ceolchoirm Lóin sa PAC, Foirgneamh na Fondúireachta

(Simon Thoumire ar an gconceirtín agus David Milligan ar an bpianó)

Comhimeacht le Dámh Chruinne Éireann Rince agus Ceol

Á chur i láthair ag Máire Ní Ghráda

Lunchtime Concert in the PAC, Foundation Building

19.00 Oíche Scannánaíochta / Film Night

Comhimeacht le Féile Scannánaíochta Ollscoil Luimnigh agus an Cumann Gaelach

Scannán / Film: ‘Kings’

Suíomh: ERB001

Eolas faoi ‘Kings’:

I lár na seachtóidí, chuaigh grúpa d’fhir óige ó Iarthar na hÉireann go Londain ar thóir saol níos fearr in áit ina bhféadfaidís maireachtáil mar ‘Kings’. Casann siad ar a chéile arís tríocha bliain ina dhiaidh sin. Tá a gcara is óige, Jackie, imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Tá tríocha bliain crua caite ag cuid acu. Tá siad tuirseach traochta anois i ndiaidh a gcuid oibre crua, agus chaill siad a misneach ar na bóithre agus ar láithreáin tógála na Breataine. Gruaim agus mídhílseacht gan dóchas atá anois orthu. Nuair a thagann fírinneachtaí báis Jackie agus sean-rúnda loma chun solais, soiléiríodh do na fir gurb iad do chairde a bhriseann do chroí - agus do chairde a thugann chun suaimhnis é.

In the mid 1970s a group of young men left the west of Ireland, bound for London, filled with ambition for a better life in a place where they could be kings. Thirty years have passed when they meet again. Their youngest friend, Jackie has died. For some of them those thirty years have been hard. Their muscle has been spent, their hopes dashed on the roads and building sites of Britain, to be replaced with a sense of hopeless disaffection. As the truth about Jackies death is uncovered, and long-held secrets are laid bare, the men discover that ultimately it is your friends who break your heart - and your friends who can save it.

Bike Week (wk6)

Tuesday: 1pm - bike sale in students’ union courtyard

The Students’ Union’s bike scheme for buying and selling bikes

Mountain Bike UL will also give a display of their funky hip-hop in the Students Union Courtyard

Wednesday: all day - walk in / cycle in / bus in to college

Make an effort and leave the car at home (if you have one) and either walk, cycle or take the bus into college. Something that can be repeated also on other days…

2pm - bike repair workshop

Bring your bike if it needs fixing and any tools that might be useful. Just watching and learning is welcome as well.

There will also be a display of designs for proposed bike sheds for the campus, with SofA (Society of Architecture) – come along and have a look!

3.30pm - cycle around campus

The smaller version of the critical mass. The cycle around campus is about highlighting how cars take up a lot of space, pollute the environment, and often transport no more than one person!

4.30pm - critical mass in city centre

critical mass is a world wide movement that is about taking to the streets with your bike to show that there are alternative means of transport that make a difference in the fight against global warming and for a sustainable lifestyle. It is about claiming back the city and the streets from the cars to promote cycling rights and people-friendly living spaces for all of us!

Thursday: 6pm - screening “We Are Traffic!” and “Return of the Scorcher”

Two films about the critical mass movement and the history of the bike.

Hope to see you there

Pierre
UL Environmental Society