Will on accordion. Jessie the dog on vocals.
Because (a) dog and (b) accordion.
in its present form.
Mmf.
From left: Leinster’s Leo Cullen, Munster’s Peter O’Mahony, Ulster’s Johann Muller and Connacht’s Michael Swift at the Irish Heineken Cup Launch at Sky Ireland, Dublin this morning.
Pic: PA
“European Union regulators inadvertently sent confidential data to 13 of the world’s biggest lenders as part of an antitrust complaint in an investigation of the credit derivatives industry.”
“The European Commission said sensitive information was accidentally left in the documents by law firms representing companies in the probe. After the revelation was discovered, recipients including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and JPMorgan Chast & Co. (JPM) were told they must promise to destroy the information without reading it.”
“The access was caused by mistakes committed by some members of IT departments of some law firms who represent companies in this investigation,” said Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for Joaquin Almunia, the EU’s antitrust chief. “The commission declines any responsibility if document owners” use inappropriate IT software to redact sensitive information, he said.”
Bank Secrets Exposed in EU’s Credit Derivatives Antitrust Probe (Bloomberg)
At the back of Longford District Court this morning during the hearing of the man accused of assauting two young girls in Athlone.
Via Brian Daly TV3
In Limerick they often resort,
To taking their clothes off for sport,
But don’t let the beak,
Catch a peek of your cheek,
Or else he might stand up in court.
John Moynes
Pic; Limerick Leader
The White House last night.
Protesters outside the U.S. Information Agency in Washington on January 3, 1996
The House and Senate in America failed to meet a midnight deadline last night (4am Irish time) to agree on a budget bill, forcing a shutdown of non-essential federal services.
The impasse is mainly due to disagreements over President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare – which most Republicans are vehemently opposed to.
The shutdown will see more than 700,000 government workers forced to take unpaid leave and see the closure of museums, zoos, parks, bin collection services, etc.,
The last time America experienced a shutdown was in 1995/1996, pictures above.
Meanwhile, in Australia
Luke Hopewell, editor of Gizmodo, tweetz:
“Shutdown equals online shopping time.”
US shutdown: hundreds of thousands of workers forced into unpaid leave (Guardian)
US government shutdown: House votes to delay Obamacare law (Guardian)
Pics: AP, Washington Post
Justin Collery and Multipath.
The Multipath re-router splits internet traffic across ALL available internet connections, “giving users the speed and reliability of all combined”.
Yes.
Neans McSweeney writes:
Justin developed Multipath Networks with experts at the Telecommunications, Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology The router can bond any combination of technologies, DSL, Cable, 3G, 4G, wireless.
All a user will need is a router running the Multipath software. They then attach all their internet connections to the router and the router adds the speed of all available connections. The configuration is ‘plug and play’. Simply attach your current Internet connections to the router and it will automatically bond them, adding their speeds.
Your thoughts.
Crowdfunding for Multipath launches today on Indiegogo with a target of $30,000.
(Mystery buff Sligo bather, top, and, above, the underwater-friendly GoPro Hero3)
Noel Ballyntyne writes:
While walking on beach [name witheld] in Sligo on Sunday, we found a GoPro Hero3 underwater sports camera. The image above is a still from the last video made on the camera. Can you please share with your
wiseass,crankyhelpful readers to see by the power of sharing if the camera can be returned to its owner.
Anyone?
UPDATE: Man found!
Gulp.
John Walsh writes:
Slightly worried when I asked to see the house red in a restaurant in Rome last week