23rd March, 2000
Notice
Board
Notes
from Blackrock
The Ursuline Secondary School and the Department of Education and
Science launched a North - South Cross Curricular initiative
entitled "Our TOWM / YOUR TOWN" this event was launched
in the school by the former Minister for education and Science Mr
Michael Martin TD.
This is an exchange project between post primary teachers and
pupils from seven Northern Ireland schools and seven schools from
the Republic of Ireland. The pupils and teachers involved will
engage in a focused study of their own town and in turn will
enlighten their visiting colleagues as to the main historical and
modern elements of their town. The Ursuline Secondary School will
be exchanging with St. Catherine's College Armagh and will be
visiting the Armagh area from the 22nd to the 25th March. During
the study visiting pupils and teachers will analyse the
similarities and differences of each other's towns while
promoting mutual understanding in the process. Mutual familiarity
and understanding between young people and teachers from both
jurisdictions is now more important than ever in the context of
the political uncertainty that prevails.
The main local sponsor of this exchange programme is SIFCO; other
sponsors include City Life.
CARRIGALINE
PIONEERS
The Carrigaline Pioneer Centre are travelling to Dublin on this
Saturday March 25 to receive a Gradham for the second year in
succession. The annual awards are given to centres who have
attained a high level of excellence during the year. The award
ceremony will take place at 12 noon in St. Francis Xavier Church,
Gardnier Street, Dublin. Anyone interested in travelling for this
memorable occasion should contact 021-372035.
The year 2000 is a special year in the annals of the Carrigaline
Pioneer Centre as they will be celebrating their Golden Jubilee.
Members who qualify for silver or gold pins should contact 021-372035.
ON THE
ROUNDABOUT
Cllr Deirdre Forde has proposed that the Council erect a railing
at the edge of the footpath under the Bow-wow Bridge…. The
ESB Community Games Special Activities Weekend takes place on May
19th…..Togher Children's Choir is to represent Ireland at
the Choir Olympics 2000 in Austria next July…Citizens
Information Call Centre (1890 777 121) at Penrose Warf is
providing a much needed service….."Airports are an
essential part of our infrastructure and should not be sold"says
our local TD Deirdre Clune…..Deputy Simon Coveney tells us
that the progress on the proposed Maritime College for
Ringaskiddy is slow… Cllr. Deirdre Forde wants the Douglas
Post Offices facilities upgraded…. Closing date for the Cork
Community Games 'Art and Modelmaking' event is March 24th….
It's also the closing date for entries to the U14 Quiz…Progressive
Democrat's National Chairperson Cllr. John Minihan wants to see
the National Development Plan delivered to Cork on time…The
UCC German Society's production of Volker Ludwig's "Café
Mitte", described as 'Two Weddings and a Nazi Invasion' runs
in the Granary Theatre until 24th March…The Gaelic Football
Club Past Members Union of Queen's University Belfast are holding
a one-day Sigerson Masters Invitation Tournament on Saturday 6th
May, those interested should contact Eamon Ryan of UCC at 021
273526….Ten members from the Crosshaven Lifeboat Crew to
commence training at the end of March, the station will operate
on a temporary basis for a period of 12 months beginning in May.
QUINNSWORTH
RE-UNION
Quinnsworth Douglas are holding a re-union night on 5th April in
the Four Courts Bar across from the City Hall. Any past employees
of Quinnsworth are very welcome, or you can contact Timmy Jordan
in Quinnsworth or Telephone him on 892807.
FRI. THE
31st FOR CONVOY 2000
On April 9th, the Chernobyl Children's Project is
sending out the Millennium Convoy 2000. Ten 40ft, 38ton trucks
and 16 ambulances will be delivering £2M worth of humanitarian
aid, on the 15th Anniversary of the worlds worst nuclear disaster.
The Project already has a fleet of 113 ambulances operating in
the region, providing life-saving service's in the poorest and
remote areas, to those most in need, so far they have they have
distributed £12,25M worth of aid. Martin McSweeney and Gerald
Walsh are two local Bus Eireann Drivers, who are presently
fundraising to pay for the ambulance, which they are taking to
Chernobyl. So far they have raised half of the £10,000 needed,
mostly with the help of their colleagues, family and friends.
They even did a 24hr fast and received generous donations and
support from local businesses, including Bus Eireann. The
students of Christ the King Girls secondary, Douglas Community
School, St Columba's Girls and Boys School's are all giving great
financial help. Breen's Auto Centre in Donnybrook and their
mechanic Donal Martin have made the ambulance as good as new,
repairing brakes and supplying a battery and a full service free
of charge.
Their final fundraiser takes place on Fri 31st March at the
Douglas GAA Club. Dan Noonan of Disco 2000 and the O'Donoghue
family of Calderwood sponsor the Music. As well as Rock'n'Roll,
Ceili agus Craic, there will be a special appearance of the kiely
-Walsh School of Dancers. A great night is guaranteed lots of
prizes. Don't miss this chance to show your support for the
Chernobyl Children's Project. Be there!
COMPUTER
VIRUS REMOVAL
An automatic spamming virus is going around that arrives as an
attachment called Happy99.exe. If this exe is run you would have
seen fireworks on your screen. In the background however there
are some interesting modifications going on in your computer (ie.
deletion of files).
Basically the end result is that every time you mail someone
after this, the Happy99.exe attachment is sent without you
knowing it. Follow these easy instructions to get rid of this:
Click Start, then Shut Down, then "Restart Computer in MS-DOS
mode", then click Yes. It's important to do this so you can
make the necessary changes.
At the DOS prompt type this exactly and press enter at the end of
each line:
CD \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
If that doesn't work, try CD SYSTEM
Next, Delete SKA.EXE and SKA.DLL by typing
DEL SKA.EXE
DEL SKA.DLL
If you get "File not found" you're either not infected
or in the wrong directory. Make sure you're in your Windows
System directory; check to see if you followed step 2 exactly.
Copy WSOCK32.SKA to WSOCK32.DLL by typing
COPY WSOCK32.SKA WSOCK32.DLL
Answer "Yes" if it asks if you want to overwrite WSOCK32.DLL.
Explanation: WSOCK32.SKA is a backup of the original WSOCK32.DLL
made by the virus. You are replacing the modified DLL with the
original.
Optional Delete WSOCK32.SKA by typing
DEL WSOCK32.SKA
You can leave WSOCK32.SKA on your system. It is a copy of your
original WSOCK32.DLL Do not delete WSOCK32.SKA if you are unable
to replace WSOCK32.DLL with WSOCK32.SKA.
Return to Windows by typing:
EXIT
To find out who you have unknowingly infected - Choose Start,
Programs, Accessories, Notepad, choose File, then Open then type
:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LISTE.SKA in the File Name box. It will load a
list of email addresses you have sent the file to. Warn the
people on the list, then delete LISTE.SKA. If you haven't sent
out any infected e-mails, there won't be a LISTE.SKA.
If you receive this attachment in your email, don’t panic!
Simply delete it, immediately. If you do not see the ‘firework’
display, you are OK.
