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pictures from the ICTU “Congress” protest march 09.02.13
CAHWT from DNE
RTE “Both newspapers (The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal) reported this week that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers, likely to monitor media coverage the Chinese government deems important.” The hackers would use Google to search this coverage, except Google is blocked in China.
http://m.rte.ie/news/touch/2013/0202/365849-twitter-says-a-quarter-of-a-milli…
Often the medium for the bullying is the internet via “social media” sites. Cyber bullying is a reality but should we blame the messenger or in the case the medium? Technology has been getting a bad rap when it comes to bullying. Whereas the underlying problem is the lack of updated etiquette for children and adults alike in modern online media. I love technology and have been working in computing for the past 23 years. If technology can be seen as the problem, could it also be a solution to bullying?
Wanting to create a safer space for my children and a better use on technology to actually challenge bullying (online and offline) I stumbled upon the idea that has become Tuairisc (the Irish word for report).
What if every school website had a form where it is cool to report bullying? Where schools that are open to hearing about incidents of bullying can easily receive alerts about bullying that is occurring in the school environment.
Well I thought about 4,000 schools, making 4,000 forms of varying detail and complexity. Then I looked and some of those 4,000 school websites and it struck me that one form tailored to 4,000 schools would do the job even better.
So I built Tuairisc.me. Secure, confidential, centrally upgraded, highly available, cloud hosted and EASY to install. I needed it to be easy to install on every type of website. So it works with Weebly, WordPress. Joomla!, static HTML and various other sites. A simple one line of unique HTML code is placed on each school site and you are ready to go. If a school has no website, no problem. We provide a link to your own form that can be mentioned in notes sent home in the mála scoile (schoolbag).
Then I hope the forms are not used. There, like insurance, for when bad things happen. But when they do (and they will happen) there will be a friendly accessible form to make a bullying report with.
And what price point should this service cost? after swift consideration I decided that the ‘form to email’ service should be FREE for all schools in Ireland.
That is the story of Tuairisc so far. The service goes live on February 1st 2013.
How can you help? Tell
Tell a school about Tuairisc
Tell your teachers about Tuairisc
Tell parents about Tuairisc
Tell me what you think about Tuairisc version 1.0
Thank you for you interest in this project
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Barney McKenna died April 5th 2012
Con Houlihan died August 4th 2012
May they rest in peace.
For labour long, with sighs and tears,To its oppressors knelt.But never yet, to aught save fears,Did the heart of tyrant melt.We need not kneel, our cause no dearthOf loyal soldiers’ needsAnd our victorious rallying cryShall be we want the earth!** … Continue reading
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the digital switch over/analogue switch off is complete, his plan for reuse of what are known as white spaces in the broadcast spectrum in and around the new digital transmission and across the part of the spectrum used previously by analogue; and if he will ensure that the spectrum is put to best use for citizens and not sold off to private telecommunications companies in long licences..
Here is the speed test. Faster up than dow. Faster up than my wimax at home.
Test Date: Nov 24, 2012 1:17:42 pm
Connection Type: Wifi
Server: Voorthuizen
Download: 649 kbps
Upload: 790 kbps
Ping: 124 ms
External IP: 178.167.254.164
Internal IP: 10.0.0.130
Latitude: 53.33310
Longitude: -6.24890
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
Ookla operates Speedtest.net using a massive global infrastructure to minimize the impact of Internet congestion and latency. With millions of tests performed every day across hundreds of servers, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why.
The National Audit Office (NAO) also said that for 50 years, the operators of the Cumbria installation failed to develop a long-term plan for waste.
Costs of plant-decommissioning has also spiralled out of control, it said.
Operator Sellafield Ltd, said it welcomed the report’s findings and was “making improvements”.
The plant is the UK’s largest and most hazardous nuclear site, storing enough high and intermediate level radioactive waste to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The NAO report states however, that owners of the station do not know how long it will take to build storage and treatment centres for the hazardous material or how much the final bill for decommissioning the plant is likely to be.
Chaired by Charles Duggan (Dublin City Council) / Padraig Yeates (Lockout Historian) / Pat Cooke (UCD) / Mary Muldowney (Centre for Contemporary Irish History, TCD) / Roisin Higgins
(Boston College), Helen Carey (Limerick City Gallery)
more from Clare Daly TD http://www.claredaly.ie/
About Pyrite: The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral’s metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool’s gold because of its superficial resemblance to gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal. Building stone containing pyrite tends to stain brown as the pyrite oxidizes. This problem appears to be significantly worse if any marcasite is also present. The presence of pyrite in the aggregate used to make concrete can lead to severe deterioration as the pyrite oxidizes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrite
Yellow ribbons on the security fence at Priory Hall Donaghmede Dublin 13.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO. 35
Dail Eireann
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which the RTÉ Network Limited will begin transmission of UK public service broadcasts on the SaorView system to complete the reciprocation as envisaged in the MoU (details supplied)..
- Clare Daly.
For ORAL answer on Thursday, 11th October, 2012.
October 24th is Digital Switch off day in Ireland South & North, As of that date RTE One & RTE Two & TG4 will begin transmission in HD format on the UK Digital Terrestrial Television FreeView system. This is facilitated by the MoU on cross border sharing of TV signals in accordance with the GFA.
Ref No: 43721/12
REPLY
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Mr. P. Rabbitte)
The Broadcasting Act 2009 provides for RTÉ and TG4 to provide their broadcast services, in as far as possible, throughout the whole island of Ireland.
In developing plans for the development of digital television in Ireland, my predecessor was cognisant that the UK was also upgrading their television services to digital. Digital is more efficient than analogue TV. It is capable of carrying many more TV channels. In this regard and in order to provide for a coordinated approach to analogue switch off on both sides of the border relevant officials entered into discussions with their UK counterparts.
As a result of these discussions, a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) was signed jointly by the UK and Irish Governments on 1st February 2010. A copy of the MOU is available at www.dcenr.gov.ie.
The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding is:
1. To provide a mechanism for co-operation between the Governments of Ireland and UK in providing a framework for the transition to digital terrestrial television and analogue switch off.
2. To provide for TG4 to be carried in Northern Ireland on the digital TV network;
3. To provide an opportunity for RTÉ to be transmitted within Northern Ireland and for BBC to be transmitted in Ireland.
In relation to TG4, the MOU draws on the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998 and the 2006 St. Andrews Agreement which provided for the availability of TG4 throughout Northern Ireland over the analogue network. The MOU extends this provision and secures the carriage of TG4 on the digital network in Northern Ireland.
In relation to RTÉ, the MOU commits both Governments to seeking to find a technical and cost effective solution to the provision of RTÉ throughout Northern Ireland.
Since the MOU was signed, relevant Irish and UK officials and representatives from TG4 and RTÉ, have continued to meet and to work together to provide for the full implementation of the MOU. This work has led to an agreement on the provision of TG4, RTÉ and Raidio na Gaeltachta on a special multiplex in Northern Ireland and the establishment of a company owned jointly by RTÉ and TG4 to operate this multiplex. This new multiplex, which will begin operation on 24th October 2012- the date of Digital Switchover, provides 75% coverage within Northern Ireland. When the coverage is combined with overspill of the Irish TV channels from Ireland, Northern Ireland will have 94% coverage of these Irish TV channels. This is the first time in the history of broadcasting that RTÉ and TG4 will be available throughout the island of Ireland.
On the issue of BBC coverage within Ireland, this is a commercial matter for the BBC as, unlike RTÉ, the BBC has no mandate to provide coverage within Ireland. In this regard, my understanding is that, to date, the BBC has expressed no interest in being carried on SAORVIEW. Notwithstanding, BBC programming is freely available throughout Ireland over satellite and is also available in border areas via terrestrial TV overspill from the UK and Northern Ireland. Additionally, BBC is available on pay TV platforms in Ireland.
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If the UK channels have no issue being spilled over on analogue for 56 years, and 9 years spill over in FTA digial sat. And are on pay services here, the MoU is in place and the transponder space is there on Saorview, then the commerial advantage is more to UPC and Sky in keeping BBC off Irish DTT. just as RTE encrypted on Sky is to their advantage and not an advantage to the remit of RTE International ever happening.
World turned upside down.
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Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy - Eleanor McEvoy76 plays
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Do you know Barry Dunne?23 plays
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Radio Free Derry85 plays
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Joe Higgins National Stadium March 24th 2012 at South circular road23 plays
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G12 plays
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Atmos #7 at Workmans club13 plays
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March Against Austerity Kicks Off at Parnell Square11 plays
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Paul Murphy MEP.. at Cavan Crystal Hotel18 plays
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@eleanormcevoy at Helix13 plays
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4th Count #dubwest21 plays
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#dubwest Joe Higgins SP at Citywest Health and Leisure Centre140 plays
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Sounds from Sunday evening5 plays
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26.455mhz at Grange Road, Baldoyle17 plays
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That bird16 plays
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If you're Happy with your appy clap your hands31 plays
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Murdoch attacked16 plays
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July18 at Teach 14015 plays
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nicked from weekend on one playlist (ten minutes ago)
rb me The Freshmen with Michael Macliammóir - Banquet For The World
so loving this song since I found it 3 play ago [-_-]
did Danny Boyle include Lily or M.I.A. last night?
when I blip to facebook it says {*actor*} blipped a YouTube video. did FB update their API? @blipfm
i was expecting the Peoples Republic of Xanadu on the opening of the Olympics last night
can't say if Danny Boyle or This video kills Millie Small's cover the most.
Colin Blunstone and Dave Stewart - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted [title correction]
june 17 - july 28 2012 my longest spell off @blipfm since 19 August 2008
[776] The Bird and the Bee – Don't Stop the Music
did anyone ever write a song about Shergar? This is a song about the horse Long Shot who fell at Caymanas Park
13/16 of my fav DJs blips over the last 1hr45min were from @mark_till #Sunday
EuroZone (EU17) unemployment 10.9% EU27 unemployment 10.2% up 5 million since Lisbon2. Austerity Not Working
Caro Emerald - Bad Romance (Studio Version)
#!/usr/blip/song Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
#!/usr/blip/song How Deep Is Your Love – The Bird And The Bee
#!/usr/blip/song Danton Eeprom – Lost in Music (feat. Au Revoir Simone's Erika Forster)
#!/usr/blip/song yeah yeah yeahs – heads will roll
#!/usr/blip/song MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Y SHAMPAIN
#!/usr/blip/song try channel 58 - Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels & Nothin' On
