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• @damienmulley McDowell is clinging on to power for as long as possible, just like he did during Bertiegate. See his new immigration bill? #

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• bebo has added a twitter clone with the exact same tag line “What Are You Doing?” - ripoff or agreement? #

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Photoshop resources & tips for students

RFC 1855 - “Netiquette Guidelines”

from blogorrah.com - Irish Spring soap ads - before and after

Are bananas more funny than other fruits? We had the “Peanut Butter Jelly” dancing banana which I blogged back in Nov ‘05 when I saw it on Family Guy and now I see this - “Banana Phone”

When it comes to PCs and Macs, Apple fans love to say they get no viruses like here:

But today, they have just released a security update to fix 25 vulnerabilities. Several of these are critical and allowed remote arbitrary code execution (i.e. run any program they want from somewhere else). See heise-security and the Apple page here

Along with that, security updates have been released in Jan, Feb and March (45 bugs) and there are still some left to fix. A project called the “Month of Apple Bugs” uncovered some of these problems back in January.

If the youtube video doesn’t work, the original is here

• trying to solve this code - http://url.ie/3o6 4th and 5th aren’t obvious to me btw I’m back in L:Limerick #

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• Moving back to Ireland from Berlin. On the train to the airport with some quite heavy luggage. L:Adlershof,Berlin #

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I haven’t been in Limerick recently but for those of you looking for information see: www.ulplassey10k.blogspot.com

Plassey 10K 2007 entry form
Plassey 10K 2007 map of route

I had actually met the runner on a couple of occasions and seen him before the race with a friend of mine. I’d like to express my sympathy for his wife and young child who have lost a loving father.

Rough Translation by me of
http://www.morgenpost.de/content/2007/04/02/berlin/892287.html

For the first time in the history of the Berlin half-marathon, one of the runners died. A 39 year old runner from Charlottenburg collapsed at approx. 12.30 on Leipziger St., the cause of which is still to be clarified. A doctor who was also running at the time began resuscitation immediately. “The runner was brought by a rescue vehicle to the Charité [Berlin hospital] immediately” said Dr. Lars Brechtel, Medical Director of SCC Running. Even though the rescuers acted quickly, it was too late.

The man presumably suffered a sudden (cardiac) death. Physical strain must not necessarily be the cause for such a sudden cardiac arrest, according to Brechtel - almost no healthy person can run themselves to death. A hereditary or acquired heart disease could have possibly lead to the runner’s death. “At this time we can only speculate,” according to the doctor. For an exact explanation of the cause of death a pathological examination would be necessary.

During the Berlin Marathon in 2002, 2 out of almost 40,000 runners died on the 42 kilometer course - a 58 year old man from Denmark and a 38 year old from Panama.

With 80 cases of normal assistance by the paramedics on the course, 96 case at the finish and twelve transports to the hospital, the amount of medical assistance for the half-marathon was the same as the runs in 2005 and 2006, according to the organiser, SCC Running. Circulation problems were the most common cause.

The police hat 350 officers in place and apart from the dramatic death, there were no incidents. 171 cars had to be towed away from the course.

• @jbwan thanks, I was only running once a week so it wasn’t bad and I took it easy to make it enjoyable.Not sure about a marathon yet #

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• @damienmulley oh, sounds nasy, get well soon! #
• Crashing after running the half marathon! Was pleasantly surprised that we got a massage at the end.Time - 1:59:17.Might have sunburn though #

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