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Effect of Shuttle Location and pH Environment on H+ Transfer in Human Carbonic Anhydrase II
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[CAH2_HUMAN] Defects in CA2 are the cause of osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 3 (OPTB3) [MIM:259730]; also known as osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis, carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome, Guibaud-Vainsel syndrome or marble brain disease. Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by abnormally dense bone, due to defective resorption of immature bone. The disorder occurs in two forms: a severe autosomal recessive form occurring in utero, infancy, or childhood, and a benign autosomal dominant form occurring in adolescence or adulthood. Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is usually associated with normal or elevated amount of non-functional osteoclasts. OPTB3 is associated with renal tubular acidosis, cerebral calcification (marble brain disease) and in some cases with mental retardation.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[CAH2_HUMAN] Essential for bone resorption and osteoclast differentiation (By similarity). Reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Can hydrate cyanamide to urea. Involved in the regulation of fluid secretion into the anterior chamber of the eye.[6] [7]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In the catalysis of the hydration of carbon dioxide and dehydration of bicarbonate by human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA II), a histidine residue (His64) shuttles protons between the zinc-bound solvent molecule and the bulk solution. To evaluate the effect of the position of the shuttle histidine and pH on proton shuttling, we have examined the catalysis and crystal structures of wild-type HCA II and two double mutants: H64A/N62H and H64A/N67H HCA II. His62 and His67 both have their side chains extending into the active-site cavity with distances from the zinc approximately equivalent to that of His64. Crystal structures were determined at pH 5.1-10.0, and the catalysis of the exchange of (18)O between CO(2) and water was assessed by mass spectrometry. Efficient proton shuttle exceeding a rate of 10(5) s(-)(1) was observed for histidine at positions 64 and 67; in contrast, relatively inefficient proton transfer at a rate near 10(3) s(-)(1) was observed for His62. The observation, in the crystal structures, of a completed hydrogen-bonded water chain between the histidine shuttle residue and the zinc-bound solvent does not appear to be required for efficient proton transfer. The data suggest that the number of intervening water molecules between the donor and acceptor supporting efficient proton transfer in HCA II is important, and furthermore suggest that a water bridge consisting of two intervening water molecules is consistent with efficient proton transfer.
Structural and kinetic characterization of active-site histidine as a proton shuttle in catalysis by human carbonic anhydrase II.,Fisher Z, Hernandez Prada JA, Tu C, Duda D, Yoshioka C, An H, Govindasamy L, Silverman DN, McKenna R Biochemistry. 2005 Feb 1;44(4):1097-105. PMID:15667203[8]
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My daughter is a little over 16 months old. Up until now, she's been pretty easy to take care of. She's listened to me when I said no and would get very concerned when I got upset with her. I haven't had to exercise many parenting skills beyond changing diapers and making sure she doesn't die. But the tide is turning, people.
In the last week or so, her reaction to me has been, in a word, horrifying. When I tell her no, she completely ignores me. When I get upset about something, she gives me a blank stare. And then maybe even laughs. What is this!? When she stands staring at my blankly while I lecture her about not touching they keyboard and mouse or attempting to launch herself off of the couch, all I see is her as a teenager giving me the exact same look.
"Oh, were you talking to me, mom?"
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I have an insane toddler-teenager on my hands. Where did she learn this? She's figuring out things that should not be known to a toddler. It's scary. And a little bit funny. But mostly scary.
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Richter, Gerhard(gār`härt rĭkh`tər), 1932–, German painter, b. Dresden, studied Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden (1951–56) and Düsseldorf (1961–63). Widely considered one of the foremost painters of his generation, he lived for nearly 30 years in East Germany where, cut off from contemporary art, he painted social realist murals. In 1961 he defected to West Germany, and flourished under its artistic freedom. Unwilling to settle on any one approach, Richter has varied his style from austere photorealism to satirical pop to minimalism to pure abstraction. Coolly painted, his typical images include figures (derived from family and newspaper pictures, ads, and the like) dissolved into out-of-focus yet recognizable blurs; realistic portrayals of chairs, mirrors, skulls, burning candles, and other favorite objects; grisaille portraits of cultural heroes and other subjects; depictions of color charts in seemingly random order; slashing gestural abstractions; and large monochromatic grids derived from electron-microscope photographs of minerals. Richter has exhibited throughout Europe, and in 2002 he had a major retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Extremely prolific, he also creates photographs, sculpture, and drawings.
See D. Elger, ed., Gerhard Richter; Catalogue Raisonné (3 vol., 1997–), Atlas of the Photographs and Sketches (1997), and Gerhard Richter: 1998 (1999); R. Nasgaard, Gerhard Richter: Paintings (1988); H.-U. Obrist, ed., The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings and Interviews, 1962–1993 (1995) and Gerhard Richter: 100 Pictures (1996); R. Storr, Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting (2002); B. H. D. Buchloh, ed., Gerhard Richter (2009); D. Elger, Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting (2010): C. Mehring et al., ed., Gerhard Richter: Early Work, 1951–1972 (2011).


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Pummeled With Homophobic Slurs, Straight Duke University Wrestler Speaks Up For The LGBT Community
Athlete Ally has found a new poster boy in Dylan Ryan, known by his Duke University peers as "Rhino." As a sophomore wrestler, Dylan found himself on the receiving end of homophobic slurs in an online discussion simply because of his sport. The experience enlightened the openly straight male and inspired him to become an outspoken advocate for the LGBT community.
"I told him 'I saw this conversation, I was so proud of you,'" said Duke's Assistant Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Welfare Leslie Barnes. "I think publicly there are very few straight males willing to stand up the way he did and does. Rhino uses his social media platforms and will talk in front of other groups. There are some guys who behind closed doors you know they're supportive, but they're not at that point where they think it's in their best interest or they say it's not their business."
With help from Barnes, Dylan reached out to Athlete Ally, a popular organization that supports LGBT equality in sports founded by former University of Maryland wrestler Hudson Taylor.
"In the past and presently knowing kids who have come out as members of the LGBTQ community it inspired me to get into contact with Hudson again knowing that he was a wrestler," Dylan said. "So I wrote him a nice letter asking him how I could help out and he offered me the opportunity to be one of the college ambassadors to bring Athlete Ally to Duke."
Thanks to Dylan's efforts, women from Duke's rowing and fencing teams have decided to become Athlete Ally ambassadors as well.
"I'd like to see at least an athlete from every team come to a meeting and come help out to keep their teammates accountable because at some point there is going to be an athlete in everybody's sport who is openly LGBT," he adds. "It's just about having equality and being a better university because obviously it's a changing world and we're going to have to change."
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(Image: Duke University; Source: GoDuke.com)
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Derby Green has received a high ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Nursing Homes, released Feb. 7. U.S. News's Best Nursing Homes recognizes top-rated homes in all 50 states and offers important guidance to families and healthcare providers caring for people in need of a nursing home."More than 3 million Americans will spend part of 2012 in a nursing home, and trying to decide under pressure which one is best isn't easy," said Avery Comarow, Health Rankings Editor. "Top-rated nursing homes are worth considering and deserve special recognition."U.S. News's evaluation of nursing homes is based on data from Nursing Home Compare, a consumer website run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The government agency sets and enforces standards for nursing homes (defined as facilities or portions of facilities enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid that provide 24-hour nursing care and other medical services). Homes earn an overall rating of one to five stars, as well as up to five stars in each of three underlying categories: health inspections, nurse staffing, and quality of care. U.S. News updates each nursing home's ratings data quarterly. Of more than 15,500 homes rated and profiled on the U.S. News website, Derby Green was among the fewer than 1 in 8 that received a five-star overall rating in all four quarters of 2011. "This is the third year in a row we've received this recognition and I couldn't be more proud," stated Lisa Bohlman, administrator of Derby Green. "We could not have achieved this recognition without the dedication of my staff and the quality care we give our residents each and every day," Bohlman concluded. Using the search tools available at http://health.usnews.com/senior-housing, consumers can identify homes in their state, city or ZIP code, tailor their search to see only non-profit homes or those that accept Medicaid insurance, or in other ways find the best fit.


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NAPSPHIL Regional Sports Competition status update from Taytay, Rizal: KIMBERLY LICUDINE places 2ND in CHESS Senior High School Division. JOHN DEMSEL VELUZ loses via default due to incomplete papers left behind by the Laguna Table Tennis team coach from College of the Holy Rosary. A protest is currently being lodged.
SLS bags 6 golds at the Laguna Private Schools Administrators Association (LAPRISADA) Sports Competition held in Santa Rosa last January 10-12, 2018 in the following sports: SR. HIGH LEVEL BADMINTON – Esmond R. U. Abanilla; JR. HIGH LEVEL TAEKWONDO – Matthew M. I. B. Pineda and Aldous J. P. Peralta ; ELEMENTARY LEVEL TAEKWONDO – Jan A. M. P. Peralta and Christian A. T. Lopez ; ELEMENTARY LEVEL TABLE TENNIS – John D. A. Veluz. They will all compete in the NAPSPHIL Regional Sports Competition.
Kimberly Licudine and Aiedan B. D. Paredes bags Silver medals in the LAPRISADA Sports Competition 2018, SR. HIGH LEVEL CHESS and ELEMENTARY LEVEL TABLE TENNIS respectively. Kimberly Licudine to represent Laguna Team in Board 2 of SR. HIGH LEVEL CHESS at the NAPSPHIL Regional Sports Competition.
SLS Athletes: Jhana M. B. Conche – ELEMENTARY LEVEL CHESS, Cherilynne R. U. Abanilla and Trixie Pesito – JR. HIGH LEVEL BADMINTON, and Ron J. Alagano – JR. HIGH LEVEL CHESS settles for Bronze medals at the Laguna Private Schools Administrators Association (LAPRISADA) Sports Competition held in Santa Rosa last January 10-12, 2018.
Joie Mina advances to the DepEd City Athletic Meet with the Team San Pedro winning the gold in High School Basketball Girls Division.
Cholo Pabelico places 3rd in Swimming while the SLS Saints Taekwondo jins Matthew Inigo Pineda, Aldous Peralta, and Mary Frances Gabrielle Elegado places 2nd in their respective divisions during the DepEd Integrated Division Athletic Meet held at the Laguna Sports Complex in Sta. Cruz, Laguna last October 11-13, 2017.
Esmond Rankin Abanilla advances in the DepEd City Integrated Athletic Meet by bagging the Gold in High School Badminton Singles Group B last September 28, 2017.
SLS Taekwondo jins: Matthew Inigo Pineda, Aldous Peralta, Mary Grace Elegado, Princess Nareshnath, and Jan Peralta advances in the DepEd City Integrated Athletic Meet by bagging the Gold in different Taekwondo divisions last September 28, 2017.
Despite losing in the Girls High School Basketball competition, Joie Mina got drafted into the San Pedro Girls Basketball Team last September 28, 2017 to compete against champions of other cities in Laguna.
Chess wizard Kimberly Licudine advances in the DepEd City Integrated Athletic Meet by bagging the Gold in High School Chess last September 28, 2017.
SLS swimmers Cholo Pabelico and Mariela Norte advances in the DepEd City Integrated Athletic Meet in the Elementary and High School divisions respectively.
Tanya Ustare makes it to the Regional Secondary Schools Press Conference after winning the Gold in Infomercial category at the recently concluded Division Secondary Schools Press Conference held at Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated National High School in Sta. Cruz, Laguna last Sept. 19-22.
SLS TV Broadcasting team composed of Jhomel Panogao, Daryl Wedingco, Sean Buraga, Jensenth Montablan, Kimberly Licudine, Beatrice Pinera, and Alia Pena bags 2nd place at the DSSPC held in Sta. Cruz, Laguna last Sept. 19-22.
Jhomel Panogao bags 2nd place in DevCom at the DSSPC held in Sta. Cruz, Laguna last Sept. 19-22. Beatrice Pinera places 5th as Technical Director, while Jan Aldous Peralta and Daniel Howard Leyte places 6th as News Presenters.
On-the-spot Reading Competition winner in Laguna Private Schools Administrators Association (LAPPRISADA) Pre-Elementary Division Champion, Aubrey Peaches Hernandez. places 4th in the Regional Competition held at SM Bacoor last Sept. 22.
Mga mag-aaral na Paul Cap-atan, Michael Elasigue, Zandra Tizon, Andrea Venzon, Cassandra Villarino, Johann Caayao, Matthew Pineda, John Lloyd Rocas, Sarah Arellado, Regella Bonifacio, Dharlene Gilbuena, Gamaliel Diapana, Anica Haduca, Jan Hernaez, Allysa Mandario, Sharmaine Mabute, Angelo Gevana, Cherilynne Abanilla, Janelle Aringo, Kim Batario, Rikka Habitan, Andrea Lozada, Princess Lugo, Dess Medina, Lean Nerie, Alyssa Tablada, at Jade Tan nakamit ang ika-3 puwesto sa LAPPRISADA Madulang Bigsayawit ng Sekondaryang baytang na idinaos noong Setyembre 16 sa GSP Camp, Los Banos, Laguna
Si Paul Adrian Cinco na kampeyon ng San Pedro sa SPPRISSAA Isahang Awit ang itinanghal pa rin na kampeyon sa LAPPRISADA Vocal Solo Singing Competition sa Sekondarya.
Yesha V. Traya and Laia Caitlyn Valles declared as San Pedro City's champion in Elementary Declamation and Pre-Elementary Vocal Solo during the SPPRISAA Literary and Musical Competition held last September 9 at the SMI School, City of San Pedro.
SLS Elementary Students Zoe Arandia, Alexia Basanes, Alliza Endrada, Cathyryne Santon, Micha Trinidad, Ira Yagana, Kim Dela Cruz, Atasha Gaddi, Sammia Macayan, Zeiss Novelo, Eunice Tolentino, James Gameng, Cybele Villarino, Matthew Alcantara, Jhana Conche, Joe Yambot, Louel Yumol, Izabelle Delica, Mikhos Mendoza, Samantha Nerie, Francesca Marquez, Sophia Bonitez, Zack Guerrero, Althea Ignacio, Aedan Paredes, Liezel Puquis, Justine Santos, Inigo Ygana, and Yesha Traya ang nagwaging Kampeyon sa SPPRISAA Sabayang Bigkas sa Elementarya na idinaos noong Agosto 22, 2017.
Alyssa Joie Tablada places 2nd in DIWA's Pasiklaban ng Paaralan, High School Division, while Justine Rodven Santos places 6th in the Elementary Division, held last August 15, 2017 at Liceo de Calamba.
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The 1.5MW permanent-magnetic direct drive turbines (the 77/1500 type) were installed on the 'Uilk' wind farm project at Pipestone Town, Minnesota.
Additionally the project is also Goldwind's first overseas MW-level wind turbine project. According to the company's president Wu Gang, the initiative marks the progress of its 'go-global' strategy.
Goldwind has invested $10.5 million in the Uilk project, which was signed on May 6, 2009. It is controlled by Tian Run USA INC., a solely-funded Goldwind off-shoot. The turbines were shipped from north China's Tianjin Harbor on September 28, 2009.
The 1.5MW turbines used for the Minnesota project will form a major part of Goldwind's global ambitions.
Goldwind started to export wind turbines to the overseas market in 2008. It exported six sets of 750kW/60Hz turbines to Cuba.
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Police in Antrim have renewed their appeal for information after the body of a popular local fisherman was pulled from the waters he had loved since he was a boy.
Robert Patterson, or Rab to his many friends, was a familiar figure in the town but as he exchanged cheery greetings last Tuesday morning no-one could have believed that a life already touched by tragedy was drawing to a close.
The 48-year-old, who lived in Briarhill Flats, was spotted shortly before 10.30am at the Dublin Road shops. Minutes later he was at Market Square, waving to pals before heading towards Hall's Bridge.
From this point on details become more sketchy, but it is understood that by 11am he was sitting on a bench overlooking the river - and he was in the company of another man.
What happened next is shrouded in mystery, but by 11.30am Robert Patterson - who as a young man had served at sea for several years - was in the shallow but murky waters. And there he lay for just over an hour until men working yards away on the other bank spotted what appeared to be the face of a man peacefully looking skywards from the rushing eddies.
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The spate of robberies in the locality continued unabated last week with several break-ins reported in Forkhill, Silverbridge and Culloville areas.
More than twenty items of jewellery were stolen from houses in the Carrive Road and Ballsmill Road areas of Silverbridge on Tuesday September 27th, police have revealed.
Police believe one of the houses on the Carrive Road was robbed sometime between between 10.20am and 11.30am or 12.55pm and 1.30pm while the second break-in on Carrive Road and the burglary on Ballsmill Road occurred sometime during the day.
Police are investigating a possible link between these incidents and are appealing to anyone who witnessed any activity around these homes or has information in relation to these incidents to contact them.
The stolen items of jewellery included a gold chain and fob, a Celtic brooch, two men's Seiko watches with gold straps and a Raymond Weil watch, a sapphire and diamond engagement ring, a man's gold wedding ring, earrings, bracelets and chains.
On Saturday night September 24th the takeaways in Forkhill and Silverbridge were robbed by thieves armed with a knife while earlier on Saturday the Belleek home of a bride and groom was robbed as the couple celebrated their wedding day.
And some time between 6pm and 7.20pm on Sunday September 25th thieves entered a house on the Concession Road in Culloville and stole a television.
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Gardai were tipped off to almost €20,000 worth of cannabis plants being grown in the grounds of Dr Cullen Park because the grower wouldn't sell the drugs "to various people around the town", Carlow District Court heard last week.
Peter Reilly, Caretaker's House, Dr Cullen Park, Dr Cullen Road, Carlow was charged with unlawful possession and cultivation of cannabis plants and opium poppy at his address on 7 October 2010. The court heard that gardaí entered the property at 10am on the date in question, on foot of a warrant, and found 77 cannabis plants, valued at €19,500. Gda Philip O'Sullivan told the court that the defendant was "growing them for his own personal use", before adding that he was "100% confident he was not supplying". "He only had three contacts in his phone and we found no cash," added Gda O'Sullivan.
Inspector Martin Walker added that Mr Reilly had "more or less cocooned himself in there (the house) at the time".
"The information we received was because he wasn't supplying to the various people around the town. It was a primitive enough setup," added Insp Walker.
The defendant, who has one previous conviction dating back to 1999, fully co-operated with gardaí, the court heard. Defence solicitor John O'Sullivan told the court that his client was "an unfortunate individual who suffered from depression".
"He was on medication and ended up on cannabis because of the palliative effects," added Mr O'Sullivan.
(Source: The Carlow Nationalist)
Wives and partners of personnel stationed at Dun Ui Neill Barracks in Cavan have put together a petition of over 5,000 names in less than 48 hours campaign to keep the barracks in Cavan open.
The petition was available at a public meeting in the Farnham Arms Hotel last Monday night, which was attended by over 400 people all campaigning against the mooted closure of the installation.
The meeting heard from Government TD Joe O'Reilly that no decision has yet been made on the issue. He promised to put the arguments for Dun Ui Neill to Defence Minister, Alan Shatter.
(Source: The Anglo Celt)
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An "alarming" upsurge in criminal activity in the East Clare area has been attributed to one gang, described by gardaí as "very serious criminals" who are "very organised" and are not afraid "to take on the gardaí".
At a meeting of the Clare Joint Policing Committee last week, Councillor Joe Cooney described the increase in burglaries and thefts in the East Clare area over a two-week period as "alarming".
He asked the panel, made up of the county's Chief Superintendent John Kerin, Ennis Superintendent Peter Duff, Ennistymon Superintendent Colm O'Sullivan, JPC chairman Councillor Joe Arkins and county manager Tom Coughlan, if there is any reason for this and if they are aware of the situation.
Chief Superintendent John Kerin explained the gardaí are aware there had been "an upsurge in criminal activity in the East Clare area in the last two weeks".
He said the gardaí are "satisfied that this was as a result of one criminal gang that are operating across seven or eight counties".
"We know the vehicles they are using and there is a huge operation in place across three regions to get that gang. I can tell you that they won't be stopped by gardaí unless we have the armed response unit. These are very serious criminals. They are very organized, serious people and they won't be afraid to take on the gardaí," he concluded.
According to gardaí, the burglaries of a house at Gurteen, Tulla between 4pm and 8.30pm on Wednesday, September 28, a house at Glendree also in Tulla on the same date and the burglary of a shop in Flagmount village between 10pm on Wednesday, September 28 and 8.30am on Thursday, September 29 are believed to have been perpetrated by this gang.
A further attempted break-in at a house in Drewsboro, Scariff at 3am on the morning of Thursday, September 29 was also part of the same spate of crimes, according to gardaí.
(Source: The Clare Champion)
A woman has been knocked down and killed in Cork city Saturday afternoon after she was struck by a bus at Parnell Place. The accident occurred at 5.10pm when the bus from Fermoy turned the corner at Andersons Quay and stuck the female pedestrian.
A spokesperson for Bus Eireann confirmed that the woman has been pronounced dead at the scene, which is closed off for technical examination. It is not yet known what age the woman was. The spokesperson offered his condolences to the family of the deceased woman and said Bus Eireann would be complying with any all Garda investigations, as well as conducting its own internal inquiry.
Source: (Cork Independent)
Dozens of life-size plastic painted cows will be making an appearance in Derry next summer as one of the world's most popular public art events arrives in town.
'CowParade' will bring fibre-glass reinforced cows to the streets of Derry where, decorated by local artists, they will be placed on display for public viewing. A charity auction at the end of the event will raise money for chosen charity partners.
CowParade events have been staged in more than 50 cities worldwide since 1999 including Chicago, New York City, London, Tokyo, Brussels and Dublin.
Last week, Derry City Council agreed to co-fund next year's event, setting aside a maximum of 50% of the overall request of £17,500 spread over two financial years, subject to securing additional monies from other funders.
A Council spokesperson says CowParade will "present us with an excellent opportunity to boost visitor numbers as part of the lead-in to the UK City of Culture."
Council also believes the event can offer a "range of opportunities to engage with local communities and maximise tourism opportunities and linkages."
She added: "There is also huge potential to place the cows at key attractions within the city to develop a themed and specialist trail with a number of sites already being considered as potential locations."
CowParade, insists Council, is more than an arts festival.
(Source: Derry Journal)
A victim of a shooting attack in a Donegal village died from massive blood loss after being shot in the back, the trial into his murder has heard.
Martin Kelly (36), a bus driver, of Barrack St, Strabane, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 27-year-old Andrew Burns, also from Strabane, at Donnyloop, Castlefin, on February 12th 2008.
It is the prosecution's case that Kelly was part of a joint enterprise to lure Mr Burns from Strabane to Donnyloop, where he was shot twice.
Last week the trial at the Special Criminal Court, which is expected to last three weeks, heard evidence from State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy who said Mr. Burns died from a gunshot wound to his back which caused massive loss of blood.
State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told the court that she carried out a post mortem on Mr Burns's body on February 13. She found four gunshot wounds, two entry wounds and two exit wounds, showing that two shots had hit him.
She said that no bullets were recovered. One gunshot wound was a flesh wound to the left shoulder. The other gunshot had entered the right side of the back and had caused injuries to the aorta and bowel.
She said the bullet had entered the right side of the aorta which is main blood vessel. "This man died from gunshot injuries," she added.
The gunshot wound to the back had penetrated the abdominal cavity and Mr Burns had lost "a substantial quantity of blood which caused his collapse and death".
"As death was due to blood loss he would have been capable of walking for a considerable distance before collapsing. Without urgent surgical intervention he could not have survived," she said.
(Source: Donegal Democrat)
A bomb alert near where a military homecoming parade is taking place in south Belfast has been declared a hoax.
The Kings Hall parade is being held to honour troops who have returned from Afghanistan.
A number of roads closed due to the alert in the grounds of a bar on the Lisburn Road are open again.
Army bomb experts dealt with a suspicious package and declared it an elaborate hoax.
Hundreds of soldiers from the Irish Guards and Royal Irish Regiment will parade in front of an invited audience during the event.
At the last homecoming parade in Belfast in 2008, police in riot gear kept opposing crowds apart.
The policing bill came to almost £500,000.
The Ministry of Defence turned down an initial offer from Belfast City Council for a parade through the city.
(Source: BBC News)
Two masked men armed with a gun have hijacked a taxi before burning the car out.
The incident happened in the Fountain Terrace area of Strabane at about 10pm on Friday.
The PSNI said two men dressed in black, wearing balaclavas and gloves approached the car and forced the driver out.
They drove into Innisfree Gardens, where a third masked man was seen standing.
The car, a blue Renault Trafic, was found burnt-out a short distance away in Innisfree Gardens.
The taxi driver was not injured in the hijack.
(Source: The Evening Herald)
A man has been rescued from mountains in County Fermanagh after suffering from suspected heart problems.
The victim - who is believed to be aged in his mid-40s - was found by the North West Mountain Rescue Team on the Cuilcagh Mountain on Saturday afternoon.
Belfast Coastguard were asked to request the help of the Irish Coastguard helicopter, which flew in from Sligo to take part in the rescue.
The man was then flown to St Angelo Airport in Enniskillen and then brought to the Erne Hospital.
At time of press his condition was unknown.
(Source: Irish Times)
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Almost 250 workers at Aviva Insurance in Galway are facing into a further month of uncertainty and job insecurity, as they await a formal announcement from HQ in London about the possible axing of one in every two jobs from its 2,000 strong Irish workforce.
Management of Aviva insists that its internal review of its Irish operations in Galway, Cork and Dublin is still underway – the grim news of the official numbers it seeks to lay-off in Ireland is expected in about five weeks, with Christmas just around the corner.
The insurance giant has kept tight-lipped about its intentions but an RTÉ's Prime Time program last week revealed that 1,000 out of its 2,000 workers in Ireland face the chop – almost 500 more than had originally been feared.
Representatives from Aviva in Galway, from both the Knocknacarra and Eyre Square operations, were meeting with a 'union committee' comprising people from all section throughout the Irish Aviva network, to discuss the staff's next course of action. Industrial action has not been ruled out, a spokesperson for the Unite union said.
Workers locally once again have complained about the lack of information forthcoming from the employer, who hasn't even yet confirmed officially if it is seeking redundancies at all. Another claim made on last Tuesday's television program was that the jobs review code named 'Operation Accelerate', will result in a reduction in its customer branches from 26 to 11 nationwide.
The uncertainty at the two Galway operations is causing widespread anger – morale, described as 'on the floor' a fortnight ago when the rumors first circulated, has now sunk even lower, Unite said.
(Source: GalwayBay Fm)
Up to 100 information technology jobs are to be created over the next five years at the Kerry Technology Park in Tralee, Co Kerry, by a financial services IT company, which is a subsidiary of a major Japanese bank, it was announced in Tralee last week.
Separately, a further 60 jobs are to be created by Fexco, the financial services company, in Killorglin for the online processing and development of Irish heritage certificates. The certificates facility, operated under Government contract, went online last week.
The jobs in software development at the Kerry Technology Park will be created by JRI America, which is winding down its software development business in Bangalore, India.
A range of functions including Java software development and testing, network support, data centre support and helpdesk activities will be carried out there.
Recruitment is under way for some 30 positions and it is expected 100 jobs will be created over five years, IDA Ireland said JRI America is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. which also owns Japan's second-largest bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
The Tralee operation will support the group's Western Hemisphere IT operations including the US, UK, Dubai and potentially other markets in due course, according to the IDA Ireland offered JRI America "a unique opportunity", said the company's chief operating officer, Michael O'Dea. Not only was there strong Government support for innovation and business, but there was also a deep pool of talented people with strong technical skills.
The team in Tralee will be "at the forefront" of JRI America's objectives to "develop innovative technology capabilities", he said.
(Source: Irish Times)
The tragedy of teenage road death struck Kildare again at the weekend, with an horrific crash just outside Kilcullen taking the lives of two young people.
Friends Claudia Govea (18) and Jamie Lee (19) died following the accident at Brownstown, Naas Road, Kilcullen, shortly before 3pm last Saturday. The crash occurred when the BMW car being driven by Jamie was in collision with another vehicle, in which two young women were travelling.
The car in which the teenagers were travelling ended up on its side in a field at the collision site after the crash, which happened following a morning of persistent heavy rain, on a stretch of the road beyond the Kilcullen Link Business Park. The road narrows at that point after a bend.
Four ambulances and other elements of the emergency services were quickly on the scene to deal with the situation. The road remained closed for forensic examination until shortly before midnight on Saturday.
The shock which followed the fatal crash was evident on Sunday at the Cross and Passion College, where Claudia had been a pupil. Having sat her Leaving Cert last June, she had just begun her studies in Culinary Science at UCD.
A candle-flanked photograph of the two young people was the focus of the grief of current and former pupils at the school.
Although the victims' names weren't officially released until late Sunday, by Saturday evening the identities of the dead young people were known throughout the community, especially among the younger group to which they belonged.
Claudia was born in Cuba but her family has lived at Hill Crest, Kilcullen, for several years and she had attended CPC for six years.
(Source: The Kildare Nationalist)
"Not on my watch."
This was the response by Chief Supt Mick McGarry when asked whether any rural Garda stations in Co Kilkenny would be closed due to nationwide cost-cutting measures.
Speaking at a meeting of Kilkenny County Council's joint policing committee, he said he had been asked to draft a report for Carlow/ Kilkenny about any Garda stations that could potentially be closed down in 2012.
"Not on my watch will they close," he said in response to a query from Cllr Sean Treacy (FF).
However, asked by Cllr Maurice Shortall (Lab) whether any progress had been made in extending cover in Castlecomer to 24-hour, he said the possibility was unlikely at present.
In the current climate, Chief Supt McGarry said, "it is very difficult to advance on where we are today. Our resources have certainly thinned out ... and we are fighting to maintain what we have."
(Source: Kilkenny People)
The Portlaoise drugs trade is understood to be at the centre of a Garda investigation into the early morning shooting in Portlaoise last Tuesday.
In what Gardai believe may represent a major escalation in drug crime in Portlaoise, a local man in his 30s was shot in the hallway of his own home between 8.30am and 9am. The victim's partner and young child were in the house at Hepburn Court at the time.
The intruder demanded money and, during the confrontation, one shot was fired into the man's thigh by the masked gunman. A second shot may have been discharged but gardai have only recovered one casing from the scene.
Gardai would not comment directly on the motive for the attack but the link with the drug trade is the main line of inquiry. It is not believed that the gunman was local and Gardai are also working on the theory that the attack may result from a dispute over drug money.
As of last Friday the victim was still receiving treatment in hospital. While he has spoken to gardai, he has yet to make any formal complaint that would lead to the indentification of the attacker.
(Source: Leinster Express)
Gardai have announced a man in his 30's has been arrested in connection to the house fire in Boyle that claimed the life of five year old Marie Keane Connolly.
Gardai investigating the fatal house fire in Boyle on October 3 believe that the fire was started maliciously. They have arrested a male in his 30's in the Sligo area.
The male is currently being detained at Boyle Garda Station under the Provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
(Source: Leitrim Observer)
Nothing is sacred any more say residents of a County Limerick village, after a priest's home was broken into last weekend.
Last Sunday Fr Pat Coffey left the parish house in Lisgaugh, Doon at 5pm to carry out his priestly duties. On his return at 9.10pm he found his house had been broken into and turned upside down.
"They smashed the sensor lights and then forced access through a side window. They got a small amount of cash but nothing precious thank God. They went through everything. All they wanted was cash," said Fr Coffey, who is the adviser for primary schools and vocations director Archdioces of Cashel and Emly.
He also works in tandem with local priests and, ironically, when Fr Coffey was saying mass on Monday the scheduled Gospel was the story of the Good Samaritan.
"A man was robbed and left on the side of the road and the person who came to his aid was the good Samaritan so it fitted in very nicely.
"I've had that experience because I was at the receiving end of many good Samaritans. I've been very fortunate with the amount of callers I've had to the house and phone calls from parishioners. They are nearly more shocked than I am. I deeply value the support of the people of Doon," said Fr Coffey.
"If anything good can come out of this it is just to alert people that if they see anything out of the ordinary to contact the gardai and that we all look out for each other," he added.
(Source: Limerick Leader)
Four members from a Dublin based Real IRA gang were detained by gardai in Longford last week in connection with an alleged extortion racket, the Leader has learned.
Officers arrested the four men in Co Longford last Thursday afternoon after gardai received a complaint the gang were in the area in an attempt to obtain money from a Longford based criminal.
It's understood the four men called to a location on the outskirts of Longford town shortly after 1pm and demanded a sum from the victim, believed to be in the region of €50,000.
Upon receipt of the tip off, detectives and the Gardai's Regional Support Unit, who were in Longford for another matter, set up a number of checkpoints across the county in a bid to track down those involved.
Following a search, all four men were arrested by members of Granard Gardai before later detained at Longford and Roscommon Garda stations.
No charges were handed down to any of the men the Leader understands with a file likely to sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the next number of days.
(Source: Longford Leader)
X-Factor contestent and Castleblayney native Randy Roxx, who made headlines after he was stitched up by the popular ITV show, has told the paper that he has been the victim of a racist attack.
Speaking to the Monaghan Democrat from Spain, Randy, real name Gerard Martin Byrne, says that he and his wife were targeted by racists who slashed the tyres of his car at a location north of Madrid.
"Afer getting the ferry to Santander, we had to travel by car with all our belongings to Benidorm. We stopped at a service station and a few miles down the road we realised the tyre was flat."
When they got out to change the tyre the couple realised that the tyre had been slashed.
"An English guy came down the road and stopped to help us. He told us that there had been a number of similar attacks on foreigners.
"It was a real shock. Usually as an Irish person you'd expect to be welcomed around the world. We then had to sleep in the front seats of the car because we were too afraid to lose it as all our belongings were in it. "
It's been a roller coaster few weeks for the performer who received huge support from the Irish public after he was humiliated on air when performing on the X Factor. He alleges that the producers of the show had edited his performance to make it look as if the he had cleared the arena. Randy now says that he will "not rest" until Louis Walsh apologises to him.
"We sat down to watch the show and my wife and myself were gutted by what we saw. They had edited it to look like I cleared the arena.
"The comments from Louis Walsh and Kelly Rolland were really ignorant. They told me that I was exactly what the show didn't need. Gary Barlow was the only one to say something positive and they edited him out.
"They destroyed me and tried to ruin my livlihood.
"The show is vicitmising people and there are gullible people out there who don't realise what these programmes are doing and how they are using vulnerable people."
Much of Randy's anger is directed at pint sized music mogul Louis Walsh, who he feels was particularly distasteful in his comments. "I didn't expect him to do that, least of all to a fellow countryman."
Yet vindication was around the corner for the Castleblayney man, who was made unemployed when his father's company, Castleblayney Steel, closed down. He contacted Ryan Tubridy and from there put in a star turn on The Late Late Show, where no one was left in doubt as to his abilities as a performer.
"The response from the people of Ireland has been overwhelming and has left my wife and I in tears at times. I will always be indebted to them."
(Source: Dundalk Democrat)
Robbed while praying at the graveside of a parent. It is not a crime you would expect to happen in the leafy suburb where Westport's Aughvale cemetery is located. Sadly, this daring theft is just one of a spate of daylight robberies that have occurred in the heritage town and its environs over the last month.
And according to the town's incoming Garda Chief, Inspector Joe McKenna his force will not tolerate such criminality in the heritage haven, noted for its low crime rate.
At last week's Joint Policing Committee meeting, Insp McKenna revealed that after three women who had buried someone close to them last week returned to the graveyard later in the day to pray, their handbags were robbed from their nearby car.
(Source: The Mayo News)
A huge blaze has destroyed an agricultural premises in Johnstown, Navan, for the second time in just 15 months, leaving a disbelieving local farmer in shock.
On Thursday night, 27th September, a fire started in the outbuildings of a yard at St Martha's, Johnstown, leased by farmer Edmund Curtis.
It is understood that repairs, renovations and re-wiring were only recently completed after a fire wrecked the same premises in June of last year.
Gardai are investigating the incident but the cause of this latest outbreak is not yet known. Winter feedstuffs and straw helped ignite the blaze, leaving the facility effectively beyond repair.
(Source: The Meath Chronicle)
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Two men from Newry have appeared in court in the Republic of Ireland in connection with laundering illegal diesel.
The men, aged 33 and 34, were arrested at commercial premises in Glaslough, County Monaghan, last Monday night.
They appeared before Cavan District Court last Tueday and were remanded in custody.
The arrests follow the recovery of a tanker delivering 40,000 litres of diesel.
Customs officers followed the tanker and raided an illegal diesel laundering plant.
Inside they found an underground tank into which the fuel, originally intended for agricultural use, is pumped with a bleaching agent to remove the dye.
When the dye is removed, the fuel is sold on as conventional road diesel, making a significant profit for the launderers.
The facility could have deprived the Republic of Ireland's exchequer of up to 4m euros (£3.4m) a year in lost revenue.
The men are due to appear before Monaghan District Court on Monday 10 October.
(Source: BBC News)
Up to 50 or 100 new jobs could be created in Tullamore if local people kept their money in town.
That's the message being highlighted in a new poster campaign launched last week by a group of local traders and business people.
"Your town, your choice, your money" is the catchy slogan on the posters which are now on display in shops and businesses throughout the town centre.
The posters play on the famous World War II US poster featuring Uncle Sam and the wording "Your country needs you".
"Money spent in Tullamore keeps jobs locally," said local business man, Christy Maye who is the author of the new marketing campaign.
Mr Maye, who has a reputation for thinking outside the box, said: "There is a lot to be done to revitalise the town centre but we have to start somewhere."
The former Bridge House proprietor and the key figure behind the revival of Tullamore Show in the early 90's said people needed to come up with new ideas to kick start the local economy.
Mr Maye is a member of the new retail committee, part of the Chamber of Commerce, which is charged with encouraging business into the centre of town.
The committee is chaired by Anne Starling and a number of initiatives are planned for the coming months.
These include a secondary schools competition aimed at selecting a suitable slogan to market Tullamore as a shopping and business destination.
Tullamore, like other towns the length and breadth of the country, has taken a huge hit during the recession and its main thoroughfares feature many closed premises.
"We're in the middle of a recession like none other any of us has experienced," said Christy Maye. He continued: "The fact is that if we all supported our local businesses and keep money in town it would make a huge difference to jobs and the economy."
(Source: Offaly Express)
A man and a woman are being held for questioning in connection with a fatal house fire in Boyle, Co Roscommon.
A woman in her 30s was arrested and is being held at Boyle Garda Station.
Gardaí are continuing to detain a man in his 30s for questioning in connection with the fire, in which a five-year-old girl died on Monday.
Mari Connolly's father Richard and her two sisters, aged six and eight, escaped the blaze at Termon Road in Boyle.
Mr Connelly jumped from an upstairs window with the two girls in his arms and sustained serious back injuries.
The man is being held at Boyle Garda Station.
(Source: RTE News)
A young man who paid compensation for the damage he caused to a fridge in a supermarket after he got into a row over chicken be bought was given "a chance" by Judge Kevin Kilrane at Ballymote Court.
Norman Monaghan, Cornmill Park, Ballymote, was summoned by Garda Patrick Naughton for committing criminal damage on March 22nd 2010.
The court was told that the defendant went into the supermarket. There was an altercation and he took items out of a refrigerator and threw them down.
Defending solicitor Ms. Karina Carty said there was €450 damage to the refrigerator. He had an addiction problem and over the summer he received treatment. He had held his hands up, was very embarrassed and paid compensation.
Asked why he damaged the refrigerator, Monaghan told Judge Kevin Kilrane that he got chicken that was out of date. He "basically got into an argument". In relation to his alcohol consumption, he attended meetings and was 100% clean for the last seven months.
(Source: The Sligo Champion)
Sinn Fein's Cllr Seamus Morris has backed a move by a cross-party Oireachtas Foreign Affiars Committee to have an independent international inquiry into the killing of a Ballinderry man in Bolivia two years ago.
Michael Dwyer, who was 24 at the time of his death, was shot by police forces in his hotel room because, they claimed, he was part of a plot to kill Bolivian President Evo Morales.
However, numerous witnesses have stated that Mr Dwyer was unarmed when he was killed in Santa Cruz in April 2009.
Now the Oireachtas committee, led by Deputy Pat Breen, has backed calls for an independent international inquiry into the slaying.
And Cllr Morris, who welcomed the move, told the Tipperary Star he hoped the Bolivian government would comply with any requests made to it in relation to the incident.
"The Bolivian government should not be afraid of any independent inquiry. This needs to be done if the family are going to get any justice," he said."Michael Dwyer died in horrific circumstanecs. His family have suffered ever since and an inquiry would bring some small bit of relief to them."
(Source: Tipperary Star)
Two masked men, one armed with a gun, hijacked a taxi in a County Tyrone town on Friday.
The incident, in Strabane's Fountain Terrace, took place at 20:00 BST.
Police said the men forced the driver from the vehicle, a blue Renault Traffic, before they drove it away.
It was later found burned out at Innisfree Gardens. The driver was uninjured.
(Source: Belfast Telegraph)
Waterford has been dealt yet another major body blow on the jobs front, as it emerged last week that 130 jobs in Rigney Dolphin are in serious jeopardy.
The Waterford News & Star has learned that 130 call centre workers, on the city's Industrial park, have been told that by December 3 they will have to relocate to Cork or claim redundancy.
It is also understood that the Chairman of Rigney Dolphin, Frank Dolphin is desperately trying to save the workers from the dole queue or having to relocate and he will continue to do everything in his power to fight for their jobs.
Earlier this year, Rigney Dolphin lost a lucrative Eircom account to another company based outside Ireland, First Source Solutions, and that has now put the 130 jobs in jeopardy.
A condition of the new contract was that First Source Solutions had to take the work to Knocknaheany in Cork where Eircom already had an empty premises.
Now the Waterford workers have to decide between moving to Cork or claiming redundancy and losing their job.
(Source: Waterford News & Star)
A local man had a lucky escape last Sunday night after he was forced to make a crash-landing in Taughmaconnell as he travelled from Ballinasloe to his home in Castlesampson.
Michael Mannion from Castlesampson is understood to have been on his way home from the Ballinasloe Fair when he was forced to crash-land the helicopter, a Robinson R44, in a field in Taughmaconnell. Mr Mannion, who runs R&M Quarries, walked away uninjured following the incident but was reported to have been in shock.
Gardai preserved the scene and contacted the Air Accident Investigation Unit of the Department of Transport, which is currently carrying out an investigation into the incident.
Tom Moloney of the AAIU, the investigator in charge, told the Westmeath Independent last Tuesday that the helicopter involved was a Robinson R44 - a small four-seater single engine helicopter. He said the helicopter crash-landed near Taughmaconnell on Sunday evening and he and a colleague were notified and travelled to the scene late on Sunday night.
(Source: Westmeath Independent)
The asking price for houses in Co Wexford continues to tumble downwards, according to the latest reports from the country's leading property websites.
The reports on the third quarter of 2011 from Daft. ie and MyHome.ie both estimate that property prices in Wexford fell by over 5 per cent between June and September.
Daft. ie said that the asking price for the average Wexford home on its website fell by 5.1 per cent to €162,513 over the course of the three months.
However, the fall from the peak of the property boom over four years ago is now 50.8 per cent in Wexford, the report says, with the past 12 months accounting for 18.4 per cent of that reduction.
According to Daft.ie, the average asking prices for homes in the Model County are now as follows: one bed – €93,000; two bed – €99,000; three bed – €143,000; four bed – €200,000; five bed – €260,000.
(Source: Wexford People)
A convicted paedophile who previously went on the run and ended up being caught in Wicklow has been missing for over two months now.
40-year-old Paul Hunter Redpath, originally from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, was last seen in Aberdeen on July 19.
Scottish Police are still investigating an alleged sighting of Redpath in Belfast.
He failed to comply with registration requirements and is now being treated as a ' wanted person.'
Grampian Police say Redpath is likely to associate with street drinkers and is likely to approach members of the public, charitable and religious orders asking for money.
Grampian Police Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Macleod says 'we are grateful to the members of the public who have taken the time to contact us in relation to Paul Redpath but as yet we have not been able to trace him. We issue this fresh appeal to the public to assist us further in tracing him.'
(Source: The Wicklow People)
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Documentation, Support, and Training
SPARC Enterprise T5440 Site Planning Guide
Minimum Clearance for Service Access
Agency Compliance Specifications
Operating Environment Requirements
About the SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
About the Cable Management Arm
Rack Compatibility Requirements
Installing the SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Installing the Rack Slide Assembly
Attach the Inner Rails to the Server
Attach the Slide Rails to the Cabinet
Installing the Server Into the Cabinet
Install the Server Into the Cabinet
Verify Proper Slide-Rail Operation
Installing the Cable Management Arm (CMA)
Connect the Service Processor Serial Management Port
Connect the Service Processor Network Management Port
Connect the Ethernet Network Cables
Connect the AC Power Cables to the Server
Rear Panel Cable Connections Reference
Secure the Server Cables in the CMA
Powering On the System for the First Time
Enabling the Service Processor Network Management Port
Logging Into the Service Processor
Using the Service Processor for Common Operations
Booting the Solaris Operating System
Updating Service Processor and Server Firmware
Removing Hardware RAID Volumes
Understanding Logical Domains Software
Operating the Solaris OS With Logical Domains
ALOM-to-ILOM Command Reference
ILOM and ALOM CMT Command Comparison Tables
Understanding ILOM for the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Platform-Specific ILOM Features
Viewing and Configuring Host Control Information
Managing System User Interactions
Managing the Service Processor
Change Console Escape Characters (CLI)
Changing Configuration Policy Settings
Managing Virtual Keyswitch Settings
Sensors on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Indicators on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Server
Limits to Backward Compatibility
Create an ALOM CMT Compatibility Shell
ILOM and ALOM CMT Command Comparison
Event Messages Available Through the ALOM Compatibility Shell
Service Processor Usage Event Messages
Environmental Monitoring Event Messages
Host Monitoring Event Messages
Infrastructure Boards and Cables
Understanding Fault Handling Options
Connecting to the Service Processor
Displaying FRU Information With Oracle ILOM
Oracle ILOM-to-ALOM CMT Command Reference
Preparing to Service the System
Obtain the Chassis Serial Number
Obtain the Chassis Serial Number Remotely
Extending the Server to the Maintenance Position
Remove the Server From the Rack
Perform Electrostatic Discharge – Antistatic Prevention Measures
Servicing Customer-Replaceable Units
Hot-Pluggable and Hot‐Swappable Devices
Servicing Field-Replaceable Units
Servicing the Service Processor
Servicing the Power Distribution Board
Servicing the Fan Tray Carriage
Servicing the Hard Drive Backplane
Servicing the Flex Cable Assembly
Servicing the Front Control Panel
Returning the Server to Operation
Install the Server Into the Rack
Slide the Server Into the Rack
Connect the Power Cords to the Server
Performing Node Reconfiguration
I/O Connections to CMP/Memory Modules
Recovering From a Failed CMP/Memory Module
I/O Fabric in 2P Configuration
I/O Fabric in 4P Configuration
Serial Management Port Connector Pinouts
Network Management Port Connector Pinouts
Gigabit Ethernet Connector Pinouts
To boot the server, you must connect and configure the network management and serial management ports. The server also has serial and USB ports available for connections to optional devices.
When you are finished connecting the cables to the server, ensure that the server can slide smoothly in and out of the rack without binding or damaging the cables.


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World's Tallest Waterslide Unveils Terrifying Video Tour
"Verrukt," which translates into "insane" in German, is being touted as the world's tallest waterslide and already seared itself in our nightmares when its construction was announced back in November.
Now the Kansas City, Kansas based waterslide of terror, which you'll find at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark, has a virtual tour video that will inevitably find a way to haunt our dreams.
17 stories high (taller than Brazil's 134.5 foot tall "Insano"). 264 steps to get to the top. 65 miles per hour speed. (And those seemingly low sides!!)
Those stairs. Nope.
(H/T: Kansas.com / Towleroad)
Its a 4 person slide with a raft lift.... You will not be sliding by yourself. Also, the curves in the slide represent angles that are less than that of gravity and so your raft falls faster than the slide, holding you to the slide. Engineers are not dumb and have taken necessary precautions to make sure their slide does not kill people. That would not be a very profitable slide if it caused multiple lawsuits.....
If you look at the top of the slide, it has rollers that are made to help a tube get going. Also, the video says you and three friends which indicates it will be a tube slide not a body slide. This information may also be gathered by the tube ramp on the side.. Bring it on! I will ride it :D
That Loop at Action Park was designed by some idiot employee who worked at Action Park, and they admitted to 'winging the design' with no safety measures other than guestimating the angles/momentum and testing it with a simulated "human" sack. And yes there are engineers who design water slides and it would be business suicide to invest so much into a slide this large without proper assurances and safety checks both internally as well as externally/independent such as insurance companies and the like.


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First of all, what does TualatriX mean? Is it a Chinese name?
No, TualatriX doesn't means anything. It is actually Tualatin + Cyrix. Tualatin and Cyrix are the names of my 2 CPU processors. I started using it because I needed an ID that could be used everywhere and wouldn't be already registered. So I create the TualatriX for my English ID. From there on, I never meet the thing that the ID has been registered.
Of course, TualatriX is hard to spell and remember, so you can call me TX for short, or my real name: Zhou Ding. Zhou is my surname and Ding is my name.
Of course, TualatriX is hard to spell and remember, so you can call me TX for short, or my real name: Zhou Ding. Zhou is my surname and Ding is my name.
So Ding, tell us something about Ubuntu Tweak.
Ubuntu Tweak is a tool originally designed to help those who are new to Ubuntu. After several releases, I found that skilled people use it too. So now it's a setting tool for every Ubuntu user. It makes changing settings on Ubuntu very easy.
When and why did you set out to write Ubuntu Tweak?
Ubuntu Tweak's first version (0.1.2) was released in September 2007.It was during my first summer vacation (From July 2007 to August 2007) of my college, I decided to develop an application to help tweaking Ubuntu.
Every time I finished installing Ubuntu on my or others' computer, I had to do the same work again and again to make it do what I want. So I thought why don't I write an application to help me avoid doing the same work again?
Did you have any previous coding experience?
I started learning programing since August 2006, but didn't wrote any application. Before programing for Ubuntu Tweak, I only had a little experience with writing simple programs. I like writing programs with Java, but now I chose Python. It was July 2007, when I finally started writing a real application, it was Ubuntu Tweak. I didn't have any experience with writing application , so I learnt GTK+ for developing Ubuntu Tweak.The beginning was difficult, fortunately, in the Opensource world, I can read other applications' code to learn how to do programming. After more than one month, the first version of Ubuntu Tweak came out! Since version 0.2.4 I re-wrote Ubuntu Tweak with Python.
You can read more about it here.
Talking of other software, which is your favorite Ubuntu software?
My favorite software is Compiz Fusion. It's magical and powerful, that's why I like it.
You have been putting in cool new features in Ubuntu Tweak with every release, what is the secret of such rapid pace of development? What new features can we expect in Ubuntu Tweak?
The secret is: I always listen to the users, and make ideas every time.
Some new features you can expect are the Service control, Appearance settings (Theme install) and Tweaking the System Settings.
What is the current situation of Linux in China?
Linux useage in China is still in its infancy. Very few people here know about Linux. However the number of Linux users is increasing. Even in education field, various schools and colleges are starting an Linux course in addition to Windows.
Since when did you started using Linux, what has been your experience so far?
I started using Linux since November 2006, I was curious about it. Now I cannot live without Linux. I have used various Linux distributions right from Fedora to Ubuntu, and now I choose to use Gentoo.
My advice to Linux newcomers is: Never look at Linux as an Windows clone, regard Linux as a completely new thing.
When you started out, did you expect Ubuntu Tweak would become so famous?
No, I didn't. So it now becomes a responsibility (also power) to me, I need to make it better.
Are there any plans to include Ubuntu Tweak in the Ubuntu distribution?
I know many people want it to be included by default, but I feel it is more suitable for Tweak to be included in the repository.
Are you planning to fork UT into other releases.
I'll always work with Ubuntu Tweak, let other people do the fork.
Many users ( including me ) are complaining about the changed theme for the upcoming 3.6 release, what are you going to do about it?
Yeah, many people are also complaining about the big interface, their desktop's resolution is 1024*768 (or 1024*600 with EEE PC). So I'll have to change the theme to let more people play with it.
How has Ubuntu Tweak changed your life? Any special memories?
Many people start to know me because of Ubuntu Tweak, but it doesn't change my life at all. in other words, I make Ubuntu Tweak to make life more meaningful. I have known many people thanks to Ubuntu Tweak. Last month I received an email from a 72 yr old gentleman from India who congratulated me for making Ubuntu better. It was special!Thank you Ding! For your wonderful service to Ubuntu and Linux in general. We are sure you will keep Ubuntu Tweak the best in its class.
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|Bicycling vacation!
You carry two copies of a Jane Austen novel everywhere, one for your handbag and the other to lose in the hotel room (does that happen to you?); or open your Nook and discover Charlotte M Yonge's The Daisy Chain, William Morris's News from Nowhere, and Irrepressible, a biography of Jessica Mitford, should you feel like reading them.
But back home you're happy to sit down with Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton, a novel about a cotton factory and its workers, among other things.
I would rather read Victorian novels than almost anything. It's another century; characters struggle to be good; they deal with important social issues; and there are rocky romances. I'm astonished by how political Gaskell's books are. In North and South, Margaret, the heroine, becomes involved with a mill owner and striking workers. In Mary Barton, Gaskell's first novel, set in Manchester in the 1840s, she writes from the point of view of factory workers, documenting unemployment, social injustice, and the struggles of the poor. Mary is the daughter of John Barton, a brilliant, unemployed factory worker. He helps the poor, makes sacrifices to assist the starving, and is naively certain that if he points out the facts to Parliament they'll bring relief to the workers.
Mary at 16 is a beautiful girl who finds herself a job as a dressmaker's apprentice. It is the best she can do: her father won't let her work in a factory, and he hates the idea of service because of class issues. Mary, who hopes to rise in the world, wants to be independent, but she is also a frivolous and immature girl. She dreams of rising in the world by her beauty. And that, as we aficionados of Victorian lit could tell her, is unrealistic.
Gaskell writes:
"I am afraid that Mary's determination not to go to service arose from less sensible thoughts on the subject than her father's. Three years of independence of action (since her mother's death such a time had now elapsed) had little inclined her to submit to to rules as to hours and associates, to regulate her dress by a mistress's idea of propriety, to lose the dear privileges of gossiping with a merry neighbor, and working night and day to serve one who was sorrowful.... She knew she was very pretty...so with this consciousness she had early determined that her beauty should make her a lady..."
There are many moving scenes in which John Barton helps the starving family of an unemployed "Methody" who is dying of of typhoid in a clammy basement. Gaskell vividly describes the streets brimming with slops and waste, and the damp freezing basement flats. Mary, good-hearted and hard-working, helps the hysterical widow and her children.
Mary has friends who are wiser than she. Margaret, a singer and a seamstress who is going blind (so Victorian, I know, but very sad), understands the connection beween poverty and disaster much better than Mary. Mary is very excited when one of the mills catches fire, and though Margaret cautions her about the danger and significance, they go to see the fire. When Mary witnesses her friend Jem's trying to save his father from the flames, she understands it is not just a pretty sight. She faints.
But Mary gets involved with a mill owner's son. One knows that nothing good can come of that.
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Photos: 'This Old House' renovation
Photos: 'This Old House' renovation
Work began on the Essex cottage in the spring.
Cast member and general carpenter Tom Silva, right, spoke with homeowner John Corcoran while taping "This Old House."
Cast member and Master Carpenter Norm Abram, (right) taped a segment of "This Old House."
Director Thom Draudt, (left) gave instructions to cast member and Master Carpenter Norm Abram.
1,700-square-foot cottage was built circa 1935 for Irene Hammond, wife of prolific inventor John Hammond.
Plumber Kevin Bilo installed radiant floor heat during a taping.
The 11-episode Essex story will air on WGBH and other PBS stations beginning in mid-January.
"Everything is done at world-class levels," Corcoran said. "And you don't have to worry about your roof leaking."
Workers put down sod as part of the renovations.


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Lincoln Fire and Rescue is asking all families to practice their home fire escape plans at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 8 as part of National Fire Prevention Week. All fire vehicles will sound their air horns at that time as a reminder. Fire officials recommend that families practice their fire escape plans at least once a year and use these tips:
Fire departments across the nation are joining with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is focusing on burn prevention during National Fire Prevention Week through October 10. The 2009 slogan is "Stay Fire Smart! Don't Get Burned," and the campaign focuses on ways to keep homes fire safe and prevent painful burns.
We all know that if a child touches a hot stove, he or she learns a lesson and stays away from a stove in the future," said Fire Chief Niles Ford. "But this cliché does not take into account the pain and suffering. Burns should not be part of the learning process, and injuries are entirely preventable.
Each year in the U.S., about 4,000 people die as a result of home fires and burns, and more than 200,000 people are treated in emergency rooms for burn injuries. Ford says the most common types of burn injuries result from fire or flame burns, scalds and contact burns.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue offers the follow tips to "Stay Fire Smart! Don't Get Burned:"
Fire departments have observed Fire Prevention Week for 85 years, making it the longest running public health and safety observance on record. For more information, visit lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: fire) and www.firepreventionweek.org.


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Callaway County Courthouse
The first county seat of Callaway County was at Elizabeth, about six miles south of Fulton, the present county seat. The court issued orders for a jail to be built, but no courthouse. After changing the county seat to Fulton in 1825, the court appointed three commissioners to submit a plan and cost estimate for a courthouse on the square. The court initially appropriated $550. Apparently, subsequent appropriations raised the final cost to about $1,300. A portion of the funding came from a forfeited bond.
S. J. Ferguson built the two-story, 36-foot-square, brick courthouse, described as a "model of neatness, comfort, and convenience." It was finished early in 1827. The courtroom seems to have been on the first floor. Sold for $400, the building was razed in 1856.
On August 24, 1854, the court directed George W. Braley, the commissioner, to prepare plans and submit estimates for a new building. Apparently, Braley submitted the temple-type design of Solomon Jenkins, which the court approved on May 25, 1855. The following day the court awarded the contract for $17,850 to Alfred Moore, who reported the building completed in 1856.
Grading the yard about the square and repairing the stone wall completed the project in May 1858. The gable ran east-west with a large clock tower on the west. This courthouse and an 1847-49 St. Charles example by Jenkins each had six columns; most Missouri examples had four.
No known photographs exist of the Callaway County courthouse before remodeling. There are photographs of the St. Charles courthouse, however, showing it to be a building with handsome proportions. This evidence, as well as other examples of Jenkins' work, suggests that perhaps the unflattering illustration of the Callaway County Courthouse is a result of an inaccurate drawing.
Unfortunate remodeling in 1885 added a mansard roof at the cornice line. The remodeled design preserved the clock tower, but reshaped the dome. Local architect M. F. Bell drew plans and superintended the work. Builder W. A. Gregory of Fulton received the contract for $4,875. The building was demolished in 1938; Governor Lloyd C. Stark bought the lumber from the building presumably, the Daily Sun Gazette reported, for use in Stark's nursery.
As early as 1919 citizens realized the growing population needed a larger building, but it was not until 1938 that the remodeled structure gave way to a new courthouse.
Callaway began earnestly considering a new courthouse in 1938 when they learned federal funds would be available. The court looked at courthouses in Pike, Marion and Knox counties and talked with representatives from many state firms before employing architects E. C. Henderson, Jr. and Paul Elsner, who prepared the plans for a three-story building with a jail. Bonds were voted for $125,000 in June 1938. Federal contribution was $102,273, and final figures ran close to $250,000. J. E. Hathman contracted and built the 134-by-80-foot, three-story, brick and stone structure, with the principal entrance facing north. The court accepted the completed building in December 1939. Dedication of the courthouse that still houses county officials took place March 18, 1940.
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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Vermont Liberation Front!
The Second Vermont Republic is attempting to have Vermont secede from the Union. The site notes, "The Second Vermont Republic is a peaceful, democratic, grassroots voluntary association committed to the return of Vermont to its rightful status as an independent republic as was the case from 1777 to 1791, and to support Vermont's future development as a separate, sustainable nation-state."
Unfortunately for this group, the issue of secession was settled by the American Civil War and the United States Supreme Court. Christopher Ketcham in Long Live Secession! wrote, "Which brings us back to zealous Thomas Naylor and the modern-day secessionists. Unfortunately, they face a Supreme Court decision barring the path to disunion -- the 1868 case of Texas vs. White, in which Lincoln's ex-treasurer and court appointee Salmon P. Chase, who wrote the legislation that financed the Civil War, issued the judicial coup de grâce to secession. Chase's justification in the highest court was fundamentally the same as Lincoln's on the brink of war, and almost identical in language. Chase said that despite Texas' having been an independent republic before joining the union in 1845, it had no right to secede. 'The Constitution,' Chase wrote, 'in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.'
And any secession of an American state is more than just a local decision impacting 600,000 people in Vermont. Even a single state leaving the Union would set the legal precedence for any state to leave. The eventual destruction of the United States would very likely eventually occur. Why would hundreds of millions of Americans in other states who have no desire to allow such local issues in Vermont such as a distaste of capitalism as expressed by Wal-Mart to threaten the existence of their nation?
"This is a call for nonviolent revolt against the world's global superpower by 608,000 people," Thomas Naylor said. "What will the superpower do? Will it burn off the sugar maple trees? Will it destroy all the black-and-white Holstein cows? Just imagine trying to enslave independent-minded Vermonters."
Um, yeah. Have you heard of Sherman's March to the Sea? Do you see how much of the American south was devastated by the American Civil War? How much military force would it really take to put down a "non-violent" revolt? Vermont would remain in the Union and the Web would have dozens of new sites claiming that Vermont was "illegally occupied" by the USA. And life would go on. No American President would ever allow any state to leave except under the most dire of circumstances. Unless Canada defeats the US in a war and demands Vermont independence as a condition of peace, it is not going to happen.
Free Vermont! Perhaps this can be done by throwing out the separatists?
2 comments:
- Jack Le Moine said...
I enjoy your posts.
While Vermonters are a little nuts, you just got to remember the militias from the Pacific Northwest from a few years ago. Those were INDIVIDUALS who had declared that they had seceeded from the USA and ceased paying taxes. There was some controversy when they were arrested. Could never understand myself what the controversy was about.
I don't pay taxes, I go to jail. Why shouldn't they?
I'm glad that Hawaii doesn't have a monopoly on kooks.


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Valdosta, GA - Harsh words echoed in the air Wednesday at John Saunders Park in Valdosta. Hundreds came out for a prayer vigil, turned blame game.
The father of a student found dead at Lowndes High School had one message for the Sheriff and administration of Lowndes High.
"You must step down," said Kenneth Johnson to school officials. "My son was in the school's care and they didn't protect my son."
The crowd roared with applause to every statement Johnson made. He then turned his attention to the Sheriff.
"Sheriff Prine, it's time to step down brother. We got way too many kids out there still. You didn't protect my son. You ain't going to protect them either."
17-year-old Kendrick Johnson, better known as K.J., was found dead in the school's gym Friday morning. Kenneth Johnson says his son Kendrick went missing during class Thursday. He says they filed a missing persons report that night before he was found dead the next day.
"There's no way a child can go missing during the day, during school hours with all that traffic in the schools," said Johnson.
The Lowndes Sheriff's Office says there is no reason to believe it was murder. Initial autopsy results found no injuries responsible for Johnson's death. But additional testing will be needed.
Wednesday was the second rally in Johnson's honor. Lowndes School Officials released this statement earlier that day.
"We are supportive of the way our student body has organized to honor their lost friend and fellow classmate. The students have displayed a level of maturity and empathy in supporting the Johnson family that makes us all proud."
Investigators are still waiting on the results of a toxicology report for Johnson which may take another month.
On Behalf of Superintendent Wes Taylor:
Valdosta, GA - As law enforcement continues to investigate the details leading to the tragic death of one of our students, Kendrick Johnson, the administrators, teachers, and board members of the Lowndes County School System want to again express our sorrow to the family and friends of Kendrick. Kendrick was a sophomore at Lowndes High and had been a student in the Lowndes County Schools since the second grade.
Our grief is elevated because Jacquelyn Johnson, Kendrick's mother, is a valued employee and friend of the Lowndes County School System. Mrs. Johnson has been a bus driver in our system for 10 years. When she is ready, we and the students on her route look forward to her return.
Additional counselors, social workers, and school psychologists have been made available this past week to help our Lowndes High students and staff deal with this tragic loss.
We are supportive of the way our student body has organized to honor their lost friend and fellow classmate. The students have displayed a level of maturity and empathy in supporting the Johnson family that makes us all proud.
We, as a school family, extend our love, prayers, and support for Kendrick's family, friends, and fellow students in this time of grief.
We will continue to cooperate with the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in their ongoing investigation.
Associated Press Release
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a south Georgia high school student apparently climbed atop an upright roll of wrestling mats, fell into a center opening and died after he became trapped inside.
Lowndes County sheriff's officials said Monday that 17-year-old Lowndes High School student Kendrick Johnson became lodged inside the roll of mats, upside down. His body was found Friday in the high school's old gym.
Authorities say no foul play is suspected. Lowndes County Sheriff Chris Prine tells The Valdosta Times that an autopsy, his investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found no signs of a struggle.
Although investigators do not believe foul play was involved, the sheriff said he and his investigators will continue interviewing students and friends who have additional information.
Valdosta, GA - For the Johnson family it's the pain of not knowing what happened to their son that's tearing them apart.
17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in the gym at Lowndes High School Friday morning. They say they want to know how the school could let that happen.
"I want Lowndes High School to know they are being held accountable for my son's death. He should not have come up missing and dead during school hours," said Kenneth Johnson, the victim's father.
Kenneth Johnson says his son Kendrick went missing during class Thursday. He says they filed a missing persons report that night before he was found dead the next day.
The Lowndes Sheriff's Office says there is no reason to believe it was murder. Initial autopsy results were released Monday. They found no injuries responsible for Johnson's death. Additional testing will be needed.
"My son is gone now and we can't bring him back. But there are hundreds of other students on that campus and I want better protection for them," said Johnson.
Students held a march Monday morning in Kendrick's honor. School officials would not let us in but one student sent us some photos. They say over 100 students marched to the stadium where they surrounded the Viking on the field and prayed.
We reported Sunday the family was upset about not being allowed to see their son's body. We've learned the Sheriff did allow them to do it later that night after our interview.
Lowndes Sheriff's Department Release
Valdosta, GA - January 14, 2013, 4:40pm - An autopsy was completed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Medical Examiner's Office today.
During that exam, no indications of injury that would have caused the death of Kendrick Johnson were found. Additional testing will be completed in the near future in an attempt to determine the exact cause of death.
During the investigation, investigators have learned that Kendrick Johnson went into the gymnasium and appears to have climbed on top of the mats which were standing upright.
At some point Kendrick Johnson either reached into the center of one of the rolled mats or fell into the center opening of the mat and became lodged.
Investigators found no signs of a struggle having taken place. Investigators with the Sheriff's Office have and will continue to interview students and friends who may be able to provide information.
Sheriff Prine is asking that anyone with information about this, or any other incident contact the Sheriff's Office at {229} 671-2950 or on line at www.lowndessheriff.com. Anonymous tips can be left at {229} 671-2985.
Valdosta, GA - January 13, 2013- More than 100 family members stood in solidarity at the steps of the Lowndes County Courthouse in Valdosta Sunday.
The family of a Lowndes High School student found dead in the gymnasium Friday morning met exclusively with Eyewitness News. They say they are angry at the Lowndes Sheriff's Department and Lowndes High School and they want them to know it.
"I specifically requested that I identify the body and they told me that they would let me do it. (That) never happened," said Eddie Tooley, the victim's grandfather.
"I want to reject my son being sent to the crime lab without us identifying his body. We must be able to see his body before he leaves," said Kenneth Johnson, the victim's father.
They're upset they were not allowed to see the body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson to make sure it was really him. And they're upset no one is telling them how he died. But the Lowndes Sheriff's Office says there is no reason to believe it was murder.
"They specifically said he had not been shot, he had not been stabbed, there were no bruises on the body period," said Eddie Tooley.
Johnson was a Sophomore at Lowndes High. He was number 21 on the football team. He also played Basketball and track.
"He's the perfect son that anybody would want. I'm going to miss all his laughs, all his smiles. And they just took all that away from an unviolent man," said Kenneth Johnson.
Sheriff Chris Prine came out personally to meet with the family and respond to their concerns. But to us he would only say "No Comment. (It is) still under investigation."
As of late Saturday the Sheriff's Office will only publicly say the exact cause of death is not yet known but investigators continue to interview persons and examine evidence collected from the scene.
An autopsy will be conducted Monday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Medical Examiner's Office to determine the cause of death.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Kozjan on Morvan
Leif asked for my thoughts on some images that he sent me and that I was inspired by and I chose this image by French artist and designer Herve Morvan (1917-1980).
Its too bad Morvan didn't do lots of children's books because I would love to have them on my shelves, and I'd love to read the story of this Matador and Bull, but he did create a large body of movie and advertising posters to enjoy.
I'm a big fan of Morvan's . I love the clarity of his designs, the uncluttered compositions , the subtle use of texture and the unique sense of humour that comes through in his images. Not to mention the simple, sophisticated, bright colours that are always inventively used. Though aspects of my own work is influenced more by other artists , I always look at work like this to remind me how powerful (and difficult) it is to make interesting and simple images that still have a warmth
and originality to them. No wasted lines here.
A large monograph was published in France in 1997 called Herve
I've included some various images on my blog here
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There's something (suicidal bull?) about that that is a little too morbid...ReplyDelete
The humour is a bit dark, moontoon - but let's face it, its a lot less disingenuos than the more typical portayal of the happy cartoon animal mascot who looks forward to us eating their kind. ;-)ReplyDelete
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