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Is California Hopeless?
Is the Golden State hopeless and headed for bankruptcy? After the 2010 election, it doesn't need a forty-plus year resident like me to state the obvious — and how!
Yes, last Tuesday, running counter to most of the rest of country, the citizens of one of the most beautiful and bountiful pieces of real estate on Earth, not to mention many of the globe's most innovative companies, simply stuck their heads collectively in the sand and said: Bring it on!
Now sure, Whitman and Fiorina weren't the greatest campaigners since Harry Truman. But come on — look at the alternatives. Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer were already proven adherents of economic catastrophe. They have neither the will nor the motivation to turn things around. They were both elected with the unstinting support of the very unions whose bloated pension plans created the current intractable financial crisis in the first place. Bankruptcy looms.
Okay, technically speaking, I realize states can't go bankrupt. Only individuals and municipalities can. And, yes, states are protected against being sued by the 11th Amendment through something called sovereign immunity.
But these are minor distinctions without much of a difference. Call it bankruptcy or call it shmankruptcy, you either can pay your bills or you can't. California, which has already suffered the ignominy of paying many through IOUs, is heading for a situation where no one will take its IOUs.


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Massage Brisbane
What is Massage Therapy?
Massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. When muscles and tendons become damaged, impaired, knotted, tense or immobile. Massage provides an effective healing treatment.
Massage holistically treats the whole body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.
If you haven't ever experienced a quality massage, we thoroughly recommend it.
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What Conditions Benefit from a Massage?
Massage is effective in treating a wide range of conditions and ailments, such as, but not limited to:
- Neck Pain and Back Pain
- Tension Headache
- Jaw Pain
- Frozen Shoulder
- Arthritis
- Sciatica
- Tennis Elbow
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Stress
- Muscular Spasms
- Muscle Cramps
- DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness)
- Relaxation
- Anxiety and Stress
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How Does a Massage Help You?
As well as assisting in the treatment of the above conditions, massage has a positive impact on various systems of your body.
These include:
Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems
Massage encourages blood flow to the tissue being treated by stimulating the circulatory system. As the lymphatic system works in close proximity to the circulatory system, the massage will promote reduced pain and swelling by improving lymphatic flow.
Massage has a direct impact on the muscular system by stretching tight muscles, relaxing and releasing overused muscles, reducing spasms and muscular cramping, as well as assisting in tissue regeneration.
It has been proven that remedial massage can promote a decrease in cortisol, which is produced when we experience pain and stress. Massage also promotes an increased level of serotonin and dopamine, which improves your mood, relaxation and assists in relieving pain. This can also have a follow on effect by reducing anxiety, while enhancing sleep, concentration and energy levels.
By working on the muscles around a joint, massage can increase joint range of motion and assist in increasing joint strength and stabilisation.
When are the Best Times for a Massage?
Massage for chronic, long standing conditions can be performed at any time. Ideally the massage should be performed on a regular basis to promote mobility and improved function and to stop conditions from becoming problematic and painful.
For acute or recent injuries, remedial massage is indicated 72 hours following an injury and after rest and ice therapy has been performed to reduce any inflammation and swelling.
How Long Should You Book for a Massage?
PhysioWorks offer massage treatments for 30, 45, 60 or 90 minute appointments. Generally 30 minutes is sufficient time to treat one problem area, for example neck and shoulders. 45-60 minute appointments are sufficient for 2-3 areas, for example lower back, neck and shoulders, while 60-90 minutes will cover a full body treatment.
What Frequency Works Best for a Massage?
A new injury or condition can often be resolved within a few treatment sessions. However, chronic and long standing conditions, will often require a series of treatments to return the area to its normal function. This will usually include a number of weekly massages and will gradually be spaced out in frequency until a maintenance stage is reached.
While everyone's needs will be a little different depending on your lifestyle, regular massages work best. Ideally a maintenance massage should be performed on a regular monthly basis to promote mobility and improved function and to stop conditions from becoming problematic and painful.
For advice specific to your body's needs, please ask your massage therapist how often you should have a massage to function optimally.
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Common Massage Styles?
More information about Massage Styles?
Swedish Massage
A gentle and relaxing massage style that incorporates long, smooth strokes to relax and soften superficial muscle. A great massage option for those looking for a soft treatment to promote that relaxed and stress free feeling.
Deep Tissue Massage
A deeper massage targeting the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue. This massage style incorporates slow, deep strokes to break up stubborn knots and tight tissues. Deep tissue massage is great for those who suffer from chronic tightness, scar tissue formation, repetitive strain or engage in regular physical activity.
Sports Massage
A massage style specifically designed for those involved in physical activity. Sports massage focuses on preventing and treating injury, while also enhancing athletic performance. Therapists will commonly use a mixture of Swedish and deep tissue massage techniques. The massage therapist will commonly finish your sports massage with some gentle stretch therapy.
Remedial Massage
Remedial massage is a modality that incorporates numerous techniques to locate and treat musculoskeletal imbalances and chronic/acute pain. Specific techniques used include, swedish and deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, muscle energy techniques and stretching. Remedial Massage is effective for those suffering from a particular complaint, or those who just want to ensure their body is functioning at its optimum level.
Pregnancy Massage
A massage using a selection of Swedish, deep and remedial massage techniques to reduce stress, decrease swelling, relieve aches and pains and reduce anxiety and depression. Pregnancy massage is performed with the woman on her side and/or back, and is customised to a woman's individual needs.
How Can You Guarantee Yourself a Fantastic Massage?
At PhysioWorks, we guarantee that you'll have a fantastic massage or its free!
If you are not completely satisfied within the first 30 minutes of your massage, we'll give you your money back there and then - No questions asked!
For more information about the massage that is best for you, please ask one of our PhysioWorks team.
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My worlds have been on a collision trajectory since late 2008, when I left my real job and struck out on a freelance exploration voyage. As a freelancer, my volunteer commitments are never really very far removed from my paid gigs, my leisure choices tend to overlap with my professional interests. That's true for most of us, of course, particularly as the 9 to 5 job becomes increasingly anachronistic. But a freelancer is always (and never really) working.
This city of one million plus often feels like a small village to me. My circles are increasingly overlapping, and each new involvement generates another, and it all makes perfect sense. Civic engagement, it seems, truly feeds itself.
Oddly, one of the spin-offs of all these worlds colliding is that I am finally seeing the point of Twitter. Another wise woman once told me that Facebook is for connecting with people you know, Twitter is for connecting with people you want to know. I find myself tweeting more and more all the time, using it as a tool to connect with people, and increasingly with organizations, whom I want to draw into my universe. And unlike Facebook, Twitter hardly ever makes me scratch my head and wonder what they hell they were thinking, with those suggested connections.
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I've been reading my way through the "501 Books you Should Read" list for a while now and my house is already pretty full of books. So I want to give some of them to readers of this blog. I'll pull 3 commenters from the proverbial hat on Monday 1st of October – winners can then choose, in turn, from the list below.
Until then, put a comment on this post and I'll count you in. Open worldwide, but I will use the cheapest postage available so the books may take some time to travel from Ireland to your location.
Good luck!
- "The Leopard" Lampedusa
- "Walden – Life in the Woods" Thoreau
- "Slaughterhouse 5" Vonnegut
- "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Conan Doyle
- "The Pursuit of Love" Mitford
- "The Accidental Tourist" Tyler
- "Austerlitz" Sebald
- "Confessions" Rousseau


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Get creative and surprise your guests, staff and delegates to a diversity of activities. Our convention centre has the space and amenities to satisfy your entertainment and leisure needs.


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transport logistic 2017
70 percent of German logistics companies are in favor of looking into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to see if it offers them any market opportunities. 64 percent of specialists and executives consider self-driving cars in particular important to their future business success. However, managers also feel that AI may be associated with risks when it comes to acceptance—both among customers as well as their own employees. Those are the results of the LOGISTIC Trend Index 2017, a survey conducted on behalf of the world's leading trade fair transport logistic in Munich from May 9 to 12, 2017.
Logistics platforms in the Cloud and big-data applications such as those that MAN will have on exhibit at transport logistic are the first milestones on the road to digitally revolutionize the third-largest industry in Germany. Decision-makers in the logistics industry consider AI an important future technology when it comes to teaching vehicles to structure their surroundings and react to street traffic in real time. Delivery services along the last mile to the customer or control systems for route planning would profit from it.
However, 82 percent of German logistics specialists are also of the opinion that intelligent machines should not take over tasks currently performed by people completely, but should only assist them. In fact, the vast majority (70 percent) of industry experts have noticed that employees are reluctant to accept artificial intelligence. That is why specialists and executives feel that education and training may offer a number of opportunities to better address future interaction between man and machine: A large majority wants to focus on determining the skills that are needed for man and machine to collaborate in their own companies (85 percent). Within the scope of employee training, they see a need to professionalize data evaluation (87 percent) as well as the ability to make more efficient decisions in the digital transformation (86 percent). The opportunities associated with digitalization can only be realized if the necessary skills are anchored in companies.
According to Robert Schönberger, Exhibition Group Director at Messe München, "Experts from the commercial, scientific and public sectors will discuss the digital visions of logistics in the future in the conference program of transport logistic 2017. The Federal Ministry of Transport, Bitkom, the Fraunhofer Institute, the German Aerospace Center and a number of industry experts involved in various aspects of logistics will discuss skill assessments and solution strategies."
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Today, the 1st of September, is Disaster Prevention Day, on the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that fatal day in 1923.
This morning the Public Address (PA) System wailed its sirens at 6.30am. These sirens sound like the sirens you hear in World War II movies to signal people to get to bomb shelters. I will never forget the first time I heard the siren, I got the fright of my life as I thought North Korea had invaded. I didn't realise they use these sirens to signal any sort of disaster or threat or for training. Half an hour after the sirens there were a number of announcements, including a reminder that we could practise evacuating to our nearest safety point today. We didn't go, but we do know where it is.
By complete co-incidence I had brought the kids to a Disaster Training Centre on Friday. I did not know today was Disaster Prevention Day until this morning when all the Sunday Morning programmes (the only day of the week I watch morning or daytime TV) had a feature on safety and/or how to deal with a natural or manmade disaster. One snippet I watched showed Honjo Disaster Prevention Centre, 本所防災館, in Tokyo. This place looks a lot more interactive than the centre we went to on Friday in Konosu. It has an "urban flooding experiental section" where you can try opening a house door and a car door that has flood water blocking it. You choose how many centimetres of water to try out. They have a smoke maze section, fire fighting room and first aid room just like the one in Konosu has. On the third floor they have a rainstorm simulation section, where they deck you out with full-on rain gear before experiencing torrential rain of the kind you can not move your body and some experimenters said it's hard to breath. Konosu has basic earthquake and typhoon simulators, but the ones at Honjo 本所防災館 are a lot more life-like. Rinkai 臨海広域防災公園 has an excellent earthquake simulator, where you get to experience an earthquake in an elevator and then escape from a damage-stricken urban area.
The great news is all of these centres are free in and free to use their simulators. For more information on the centre in Konosu, Saitama, please see my blog post An earthquake, a typhoon and a fire all in one day.
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No matter how hard any home or business owner tries, it is hard to avoid mold in a moist environment. People who own businesses and homes in a certain wet climates or who have houses with poor ventilation system usually struggle to contain mildew growth in their homes and need to call a removal company to help them control the outbreak.
Inspection or assessment methods are techniques used in occupational health. It is a process of identifying the location and extent of the hazard in a structure and remediation is the process of removing or cleaning up the buildups from the indoor environment. In this matter, you need professionals to perform the process. When choosing a mold testing Auburn Hills MI service provider, certain qualifications should be taken into consideration.
There are also removal companies that are specializing in this field to help remove the pesky substances, but removed in different ways. You can actually rely to a certain companies and choose between a consulting, testing and treatment company. Actually, the main purpose of a consulting company is to assess the buildup situation and may suggest other experts to handle the situation.
The testing company will be the one to conduct air and surface samples to detect the severity of the problem in a space and treatment companies will be the one to perform the treatment process after the detection method. They often come in the area and remove the substance with chemicals and treatments.
The removal process can be a complicated and costly venture. A lot of homeowners might take into consideration the cost of the service before choosing a company. When it comes to the consulting fees, a lot of these companies charge a fee for consulting about the substance they detect in the space. The actual removal service is extra. The testing fees often charges for consultation on a problem and test for the buildup when called in to check the situation.
The full service fees are for consultation, assessment and the removal procedure and one of the most expensive services. Mold grows in various places in the world, but in different ways. There are actually different kinds of mold that grow depending on the climate and toxins in the environment.
The formation of this substance is a common issues, but the variety or severity of the issue depends from one place to another. Thus, services providers are able to perform the treatment method more quickly than others which is very important when you choose a company. Most of the emergency companies are specializing in quick assessment in a space.
Most of these agencies often do more than just detection and treatments, some of them are contracting laboratories and cleaning services to offer additional benefits to people who hire them for the said treatment process. A lot of agencies offer additional benefits of testing for chemical for the most common type of mold such as bacteria.
Choosing the best company in the industry is always essential to obtain better results from them. You are actually assured that they can deliver quality services because they passed the examination and ensure that all services meet the licensing requirements of the state. It has also proven that they have good tracking records of their services.
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Environmental Indicators
Ireland's Environment web resource is managed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Data for environmental indicators are provided by a range of partners and aims to draw on the most up-to-date openly published data. Users can download this data in a variety of formats. The current environmental status/trend of each indicator is also given, where appropriate. Choose an indicator from the list below to explore in more detail.
|Status / Trend
|Air Emissions: Nitrogen Oxides
|Air Quality: Ground Level Ozone
|Air Quality: Nitrogen Dioxide
|Air Quality: Particulate Matter PM10
Air Emissions - Nitrogen Oxides
Emissions of NOx are currently well above the 2010 limit in the EU Directive on National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) and are expected to remain high in the short term, largely due to the difficulty in achieving significant reductions in emissions from road traffic. Ireland is non-compliant with 2010 national emission reduction commitments as a result of applying improved emission inventory methods updated in accordance with scientific knowledge. Consequently, under the NEC Directive 2016/2284 Ireland is allowed to use flexibility mechanisms to adjust NOx emissions. With the use of these flexibilities, Ireland exceeds the emission ceiling in 2010 and is compliant with the NOx emission ceiling from 2011 onwards. Ireland has new reduction commitments of 49% for 2020 and 69% for 2030 compared to 2005 levels. Further information can be found in Ireland's Air Pollutant Emissions 2017 report.
Air Quality - Ground Level Ozone
Ground level ozone is an air pollutant which is formed by the chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), in the presence of strong sunlight. It has a global background concentration, which also has natural sources. Ground level ozone pollution episodes are infrequent in Ireland but may occur when we have unusually hot, dry and stable weather conditions. These episodes may also be triggered by pollution episodes in the rest of Europe, because depending on weather conditions, ground level ozone pollution may be transported across to Ireland from mainland Europe.
Air Quality - Nitrogen Dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide was measured at 15 stations in 2017. Concentrations of nitrogen dioxide were below the limit value at all sites, however, they are approaching the limit value in some large urban areas. Annual concentrations measured at suburban and rural sites are significantly lower than those measured at urban sites.
Air Quality - PM10
PM10 was measured at 18 stations in 2017. All stations were compliant with the EU annual limit value, however, 16 stations were above the WHO 24-hour mean guideline value. Levels were highest in large towns in Ireland due largely to the burning of solid fuel. In urban areas, there is potential for some additional emissions from traffic.
|Status / Trend
|Greenhouse Gas Emissions: By Sector
|Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Projections to 2020
|Effort Sharing Decision Targets
Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Sector
Ireland's emissions profile has changed considerably since 1990, with the contribution from transport more than doubling and the share from agriculture reducing since 1998. Agriculture is the largest source of emissions, representing 34 per cent of total national emissions in 2018*. Both the transport and energy industries sectors represent 20 and 17 per cent respectively, of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. The transport sector has been the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, showing a 10 per cent increase between 2013 and 2018.
*Note these figures are based on the provisional figures for 2018, final estimates will be submitted under EU MMR 525/2013 by 15th March 2020.
GHG Emissions Projections to 2020
The 2020 EU Effort Sharing target commits Ireland to reducing emissions from those sectors that are not covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme (agriculture, transport, residential, commercial, non-energy intensive industry and waste) to 20 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. Ireland breached its annual obligation target for the first time in 2016 and again in 2017 and 2018*. While there is over-achievement of annual obligations in the early years of the compliance period (2013-2020), this will not be sufficient to allow Ireland to cumulatively meet its compliance obligations. Current policies and measures to 2020**, including targets for energy efficiency in our homes and businesses and increasing renewable fuel use in transport and heating, will not be sufficient to meet 2020 emission reduction targets.
See further detail in the EPA report Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2018 to 2040.
*Note the inventory emissions are based on the provisional figures for 2018, final estimates will be submitted under EU MMR 525/2013 by 15 March 2020.
** Emissions projections are based on projections published in June 2019 with a baseline inventory of 1990-2017, measures outlined in the Climate action Plan 2019 will be included in 2020 projections.
Effort Sharing Decision
Ireland's non-Emissions Trading System (ETS) greenhouse gas emissions for 2013, 2014 and 2015 are in compliance with the European Union's Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) targets, however, Ireland is not in compliance for 2016 (299.3kt CO2 eq) and 2017 (2,943.7kt CO2 eq) and 2018* (5,166.8 kt CO2 eq) above the annual limit.
This Decision sets 2020 targets for non-ETS sector emissions and annual binding limits for the period 2013-2020. Ireland's target is to reduce ESD emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels.
*Note the inventory emissions are based on the provisional figures for 2018, final estimates will be submitted under EU MMR 525/2013 by 15 March 2020.
|Status / Trend
|Biodegradable Waste Diversion from Landfill
|Household Waste per Capita
|Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Waste
|Recovery of Packaging Waste
Biodegradable Waste Diversion from Landfill
Landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) results in high emissions of methane which is a greenhouse gas and a potential source of odour nuisance. There are targets under the Landfill Directive to divert BMW from landfill. Ireland has met all targets to date and is on track to meet the final diversion target (due July 2020).
Household Waste per capita
Household waste generation (per capita) in Ireland decreased in the period 2007 to 2012, which reflects less consumption during a period of economic recession.
Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Waste
Municipal waste is household as well as commercial and other waste that because of its nature or composition is similar to household waste. Municipal sludges and effluents are not included in scope. In 2016, 2.76 Mtonnes of municipal waste was generated. Municipal waste recovery was at 74 per cent in 2016 (down from 79 per cent in 2014).
Recovery of Packaging Waste
Ireland has been compliant with all statutory packaging recovery targets set since 2001. Recycling and recovery percentages of 66 per cent and 87 per cent, respectively, were reported for 2017, exceeding the EU target of 55 and 60 per cent.
|Status / Trend
|Conservation Status of Listed Habitats
|Conservation Status of Listed Species
|Threatened Species
|Countryside Birds
Conservation Status of Listed Habitats
The majority of Ireland's habitats that are listed under the Habitats Directive were reported in 2013 to be of inadequate or bad conservation status . Only 9 per cent of listed habitats are considered to be in a favourable state.
Conservation Status of Listed Species
In Ireland 52 per cent of species listed under the Habitats Directive are in a favourable state. These include most species of bat, dolphin and whale. The number of species considered declining in status is low. Aquatic species are most at risk, although species such as the otter and especially the frog are doing very well. The natterjack toad is assessed as "bad but improving".
Threatened Species
Recent red lists indicate that more than a third of Irish bee species and non-marine mollusc species are threatened. In addition, over 15 per cent of Irish water beetle species, butterfly species and dragonflies and damselflies are threatened.
Changes in Countryside Birds 1998 – 2016
There is evidence from the Countryside Bird Survey (1998-2016) that many countryside birds have fared quite well over the last number of years. Overall, twenty species showed increasing trends, seventeen species remained relatively stable and the remaining sixteen declined. Greatest increases were seen in Blackcap and Goldfinch. Greatest declines were in Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit and Greenfinch.
|Environment & Wellbeing
|Status / Trend
|Air Quality - Particulate Matter PM2.5
|Bathing Water Quality
|Drinking Water Quality
|Urban Wastewater Treatment
Air Quality - Particulate Matter 2.5
PM2.5 was measured at 9 stations in 2015 and all concentrations observed were below the EU limit value. However concentrations were above the tighter WHO air quality guideline values. Ireland is also required to reduce PM2.5 average concentrations by 10 per cent by 2020. PM2.5 is considered a good indicator of man-made particulate matter with the main sources being solid fuel burning and traffic emissions.
Bathing Water Quality
Water quality at identified bathing areas remains high with 94 per cent meeting the mandatory standard of "Sufficient". Prior to 2011, assessment was based on Total and Faecal Coliforms plus Faecal Streptococci each year. Since 2011, E.coli and Intestinal Enterococci have been used and from 2014 assessment has been based on the last 4 years of data. A new standard of "Excellent" has also been introduced with three quarters of all identified bathing waters meeting this stricter standard and approximately 86 per cent of bathing areas meeting the stricter "Good" standard. The dip in 2012 was due to the impact of the extremely wet summer. Management measures are required to bring all Poor bathing waters up to at least "Sufficient" status.
Find out more about bathing water quality on the EPA's BEACHES website and in the 2018 Bathing Water Quality in Ireland report
- Sufficient Water Quality - compliant with EU mandatory values (1998-2013) / At least Sufficient (2014 onwards)
- Good Water Quality - compliant with EU guide & mandatory values (2010-2013) / Excellent and Good (2014 onwards)
- Poor - not compliant with EU mandatory standards (1998-2013) / post (2014 onwards)
- New - Category introduced for newly identified waters where classification is not yet possible (post 2014)
- Changes - Category related to improvements due to management measures (post 2014)
Drinking Water Quality
The number of consumers served by public water supplies subject to a boil water notice was 879 people at the end of 2018 across ten drinking water supplies. Nearly two-thirds of all boil water notices in 2018 were 'short-term', that is they were lifted in less than a month. The number of public water supplies identified as being 'at risk' on the EPA Remedial Action List was at its lowest level of 63 supplies at the end of 2018. Irish Water need to continue to progress remedial works on the outstanding 'at risk' supplies so that the threat of long-term boil water notices and other chemical failures is eliminated. In 2018, the quality of public water supplies remained very good with >99% of samples complying with mirobiological and chemical standards. There has been an 88% reduction in E.coli detections since the EPA became the environmental regulator in 2007, but the EPA is concerned about an increase in detection of Cryptosporidium. Irish Water needs to ensure that all necessary Cryptosporidium barriers are installed, maintained and operated correctly to protect public health. The quality of drinking water from private supplies remains inferior to that of public supplies.
Urban Waste Water Treatment
Waste water treatment at 21 of Ireland's 169 large urban areas did not meet EU treatment standards in 2018. Untreated waste water from the equivalent of 77,000 people across 36 towns and villages is released into the environment each day. Substantial and sustained investment is required to upgrade waste water treatment systems, prevent pollution and protect public health.
|Status / Trend
|Nitrates in Groundwater
|River Water Quality - Phosphates
|Coastal Water Quality
|Transitional Water Quality
|Lake Water Quality
|River Water Quality
Nitrates in Groundwater
Elevated nitrate concentration in groundwater continues to be an issue, particularly in the southeast and south of the country. It may contribute to pollution of surface waters and affect drinking waters.
Note historic concentrations may differ from those previously reported due to the addition to or removal from the network of monitoring points and their associated data.
River Water Quality - Phosphates
Analysis of 2014-2016 data for orthophosphate in rivers (1,732 monitoring stations covering 708 rivers shows an encouraging picture with almost three quarters of all rivers meeting the annual averaged Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) for Good status of 0.035 mg/l P. Ireland has some of the lowest P concentrations in Europe, however, elevated phosphorus is linked with eutrophication in freshwaters which can markedly affect water quality. The areas with the highest P concentrations are to be found mainly in north-eastern counties, some parts of the midlands, and in the lower Shannon catchment, while rivers in the west and north-west generally show the lowest concentrations. A recent review of P trends covering 2006-2016 indicates stability with approximately 1/5th of stations showing slowly improving trends.
Please note the following mg/lP classifications:
- <0.025 mg/lP - Meets High EQ
- S0.025 - 0.035 mg/lP - Meets Good EQS
- >0.035 mg/lP - Moderate
Coastal Water Quality 2010-2015
Coastal waters are positioned at the interface between land and sea and as such are exposed to a wide range of human pressures. These pressures can include discharges from industrial and municipal waste water treatment plants, inputs from diffuse agricultural sources, morphological alterations associated with harbour and port activities and accidental or in some cases intentional discharges from marine vessels. A total of 43 water bodies were assessed between 2010 and 2015. Of these, 79 per cent achieved good or high ecological status, accounting for 86 per cent of the total area assessed with the remaining percentage of waters at moderate or worse status. The overall status indicates that our coastal waters, except for some nutrient enriched areas along the south coast, are of excellent quality.
Transitional Water Quality 2010-2015
Transitional waters, which are more commonly referred to as estuaries, are positioned at the interface between land and sea and as such are exposed to a wide range of human pressures. These pressures can include discharges from industrial and municipal waste water treatment plants, inputs from diffuse agricultural sources, morphological alterations associated with harbour and port activities and discharges from marine vessels. A total of 80 transitional water bodies were assessed between 2010 and 2015. Of these, 31 per cent were found to be at good or high ecological status, accounting for 24 per cent of the total area assessed. The remaining transitional water bodies were classed as moderate or worse ecological status.
Lake Water Quality 2010-2015
The primary pressure on lakes is eutrophication resulting from nutrient enrichment mainly from diffuse sources. Two hundred and twenty five lakes representing 994km2 of lake surface area were monitored for the WFD in the period 2010-2015. Of these, 103 lakes (46 per cent of lakes monitored) were assigned high or good ecological status (414km2 of lake area monitored) and 122 lakes (54 per cent) were assigned moderate or worse status (580 km2 of lake area monitored).
River Water Quality
Two thousand, three hundred and forty five river water bodies were surveyed in the period 2010-2015 representing 73% of Ireland's total of 3,192 river water bodies. 1,330 (57%) of monitored river water bodies were at high or good ecological status, with 1,015 (43%) at less than good ecological status. The more densely populated and economically developed eastern and north-eastern parts of the country are most affected by water quality issues. The number of bad status river water bodies declined from 19 in 2007-2009 to 6 in 2010-2015.
Nationally there has been a 1% decline in the number of high or good ecological status river water bodies in 2010–2015 when compared with the status reported in the first River Basin Management Plan in 2007–2009. A significant decline was observed in the number of high ecological status river water bodies from 287 in 2007–2009 to 245 in 2010–2015. 1,227 river water bodies remained stable with no ecological status change when compared with the assessments in 2007–2009 and 2010–2015. 418 river water bodies exhibited an improvement in ecological status while 499 river water bodies declined in status between 2007–2009 and 2010–2015.
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|Status / Trend
|Car Numbers & Engine Size
|Environmental Tax Revenue
|Renewable Energy Production
|Total Final Energy Consumption by Fuel
|Resource Productivity
Car Numbers and Engine Size
There was a continuing trend up to 2007 towards increased new car ownership and the purchase of new cars with larger engine sizes. However in 2009, the number of new cars licensed declined very significantly. There has been an increase again since 2010 with a trend towards cars with mid-range & large engine sizes.
Environmental Tax Revenue 2017
€5.2 billion of environment related taxes were collected in 2017, the highest level yet recorded. Energy taxes (mainly taxes on transport fuels) accounted for 62% of total environment taxes in 2017 with another 37% coming from Transport taxes (including motor tax and vehicle registration tax).
Renewable Energy Production
Most of the growth in renewable energy has come from wind. Wind provided 52% of all renewable energy in 2017. Solid biomass and bioliquids were the next largest sources of growth. Bioenergy, including biomass, landfill gas, biogas and bioliquids, collectively accounted for 39% of renewable energy in 2017. In 2016, gas imports fell by 53% due to new indigenous production from the Corrib gas field. Gas imports fell by a further 17% in 2017.
Total Final Energy Consumption by Fuel Type
Ireland's overall energy consumption increased significantly up to 2008 due to growth in energy consumption for transport, electricity and space heating. The total figure fell by 14 per cent between 2008 and 2015. Fossil fuels accounted for 77 per cent of all energy used in Ireland in 2015 with oil continuing to be the dominant energy source in 2015, with a share of 57 per cent.
Resource Productivity
Resource productivity is a measure of the efficiency of resource use.
Ireland's raw material resource consumption has improved considerably since 2000 whilst broadly maintaining national wealth generation (in terms of GDP). In other words, Ireland is becoming more efficient in terms of the materials consumed to support the economy. There was an exception to this trend in 2013 due to changes in the domestic extraction of non-metallic minerals and fossil fuels.
Efficient use of raw materials is essential to economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and sufficiency of ecosystem services.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of economic activity. It represents the monetary value of all goods and services produced over a specified period of time.
Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) measures the total amount of material directly consumed by the economy
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In the Forestry Programme 2014-2020 a target was set to afforest an average of 7,235 hectares annually, which included a 30% target for broadleaf afforestation. As a result of the positive differential in favour of broadleaf species in both the afforestation grant and premium schemes the proportion of broadleaves planted has significantly increased since 1993.
Land Cover
Despite rapid development in the last two decades, Ireland's landscape is predominantly rural and agricultural. Artificial surfaces account for just under 2.5 per cent of the land surface, significantly below the Europe-wide average of 4 per cent. Agriculture and forestry land-use account for 67 per cent and 9 per cent of the national land area respectively with wetlands accounting for a further 15 per cent.
Organic Agricultural Land 1990-2018
Land used for organic farming in Ireland grew by 180 per cent between 1997 and 2012, when it accounted for just over 52,000 hectares (1.2 per cent of total agricultural land). This is the second smallest percentage of agricultural land given over to organic farming in the EU. Austria, with 19.7 per cent, had the highest percentage of agricultural land farmed organically.


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Tester's Diary – It's Just a Bug Report
blog.gurock.com – It seems like I've become known as 'the one who knows how to create bug reports' around the Dev room. Today is the third time I've been asked how to create a bug report by a developer. However, this time the developer got a little more than they bargained for. Typically, when a developer asks, "How ...


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the foreigners that just want to come here, own real estate, and not contribute anything further.I'm not sure what to say... if you don't care about being able to participate in the country you decide to call home, why should Canadians care about you? If that's the attitude of most of the new Canadians from China, I'd have no problem raising the house tax even further. At least it would help to weed out the foreigners that just want to come here, own real estate, and not contribute anything further.you have some points but some of these discriminatory practices need to stop.
even though caucasians do hold the majority of government jobs there are non caucasian faces showing up all the time.
however things like voting and such most canadian people don't even care about.
- they cannot vote in our elections (no one cares, if voting really mattered they wouldn't let us do it)
- they cannot run for office provincially or federally (no one cares not many running for office anyways)
- they pay extra money to go to our universities (no one cares but they should at this unethical practice)
- they must live in Canada for a certain amount of time (no one cares)
- their PR or less status can be revoked at any time (no one cares)
- they accept that Canadian citizens get preference for employment (no one cares, they start own business)
- they cannot hold national government jobs (no one cares, not a desired job)
- they have to pay an extra tax to buy a home (people care because it is a legalized theft)
The interesting thing here is that you seem to equate "tax" with "punishment".the point of this article is not to illustrate the foreign tax,
it's to illustrate that the intent of the tax was a bit misguided and are hurting innocent people.
but it's not surprising, there are a lot of hurt inflicted on innocent people.
you can be stuck at a stoplight and you pick up your phone to look at it and will be dinged with a $367 fine.
so just because something is commonly discriminatory, it does not mean it is right.
Taxes are a necessity for a social welfare state like Canada. Most of the things that you (I'm assuming you are an immigrant) like about Canada are there because of taxes. They are not put into place to punish people. Fines are for punishment, and are designed to deter behaviour that we as a society don't want to condone.
I don't think that most people have a predisposed image of what "Canadian" is anymore - there are Canadians of all colours and identities now, and the country is fundamentally different than it was even 20 years ago. We're pretty egalitarian as countries go.another issue is that even if you are not a foreign buyer subject to a 15% tax, you will still be labeled a foreigner regardless. that's the problem. the false imagery represented of what a canadian and what a foreigner is. on paper it's easy, in real life, not so easy to differentiate, distinguish and identify.
labeling certain people the perpetual foreigner,
and also have been subjected to model minority myths which limit their accessibility to services, help and support
you face more discrimination with police, medical service, law service, etc etc. the list goes on.
Your own views, biases and prejudices... they sound more like YOU problems than general problems.
this is highly simplified logic. come on. that's a bit extreme. property taxes, sales taxes on luxury goods and eating out all the time, when you combine those taxes it's more than the typical canadian pays so how can anyone say these people don't contribute. that's insulting to think that.
so what you are insinuating is the existing people here are contributing any more? those welfares on disability and thieving and stealing are contributing????
you can't say that someone buying a home here is not contributing. they contributed a vast sum of money and the seller is ecstatic. he will spend this new money entering canada.
foreign money is new money that never existed in canada in the first place. end of story. like it or not, your welfare voices literally have no voice or say to tell and question anyone what their contribution is when they themselves have contributed little.
furthermore, should money made outside of canada mean it should be taxed by canada? it's being spent here already, but taxed? that's not right
"Taxes are a necessity for a social welfare state like Canada."
yes taxes are necessary to run a country but excessive tax and excessive waste is too commonplace. that is why they don't deserve most tax dollars they get as it is already.
there was no income tax before the world war, there was no property transfer tax before, i don't think there was even sales tax.
taxes are mostly a scam.
heck they tax every time a house or car changes hands hundreds of times if they could.
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Sergio Parisse ruled out of Italy's Six Nations clash with Ireland
Captain Sergio Parisse has been ruled out of Italy's Guinness Six Nations clash with Ireland in Rome on Sunday.
The 35-year-old number eight suffered a suspected concussion in Stade Francais' 23-14 home Top 14 defeat by Lyon on Saturday.
The Azzurri must now do without their 136-cap record appearance-holder when searching to end a run of four straight Test defeats.
Forwards coach Giampiero De Carli insisted, however, that Italy can cope in the absence of their talismanic skipper.
"The loss of Sergio Parisse? It is clear that we lose one of the strongest number eights in the world, but we have players who are up to the situation that will be able to contribute to the team," said De Carli.
"We know Ireland well, we faced them last time in Chicago in the first Test match in November: it will be crucial for us to make the most of our opportunities."
The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) confirmed Parisse's injury absence in a statement on Tuesday, revealing however that the long-serving captain will remain with the squad to help O'Shea's men prepare to host Ireland.
"Sergio Parisse, captain and number eight of the national team, will not be available for the third match of the Six Nations in Rome against Ireland," read the FIR statement.
"The Azzurri captain, having undergone the second phase of neurological investigations following concussive trauma reported in the Top 14 match with Stade Francais, will continue to the return-to-play protocols according to current international regulations.
"The Italy captain will also remain with the squad."
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Martin Solveig x Dragonette - Boys & Girls
French DJ/producer Martin Solveig hooked up with Dragonette front-woman Martina for this sexy little cut accompanied by this sexy little video. Apparently, this whole collaboration was green-lit under the direction of haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier (you may have heard of Hermès). This video, shot like an old school musical — I definitely see some West Side Story — was even made out of the Gaultier mansion in Paris.
Pretty clothes aside, "Boys & Girls" is self-assured, strutting, high-fructose fun of Galore caliber and is hopefully a marker for Dragonette's next album. You know I loved "Fixin' To Thrill" — "Boys & Girls" had big shoes to fill, and it doesn't disappoint. Download it here


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Configure UUCP
aptitude install uucp openbsd-inetd
pacman -S uucp mkdir /var/spool/uucp mkdir /var/spool/uucppublic /usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/spool/uucp -g uucp -M -N -r -u 10 uucp chown uucp:uucp /var/spool/uucp /var/spool/uucppublic
Configure the hostname to use in the uucp-network, the location of the other configuration files, the location of the uucp spool directory, the public spool directory and the behaviour for guest logins.
nodename unique_hostname_in_i2p # Default configuration file locations sysfile /etc/uucp/sys portfile /etc/uucp/port dialfile /etc/uucp/dial callfile /etc/uucp/call passwdfile /etc/uucp/passwd lockdir /var/spool/uucp/lock # spool directory and public file directory spool /var/spool/uucp pubdir /var/spool/uucppublic # don't allow guest systems to upload files unknown receive-request no # Allow guest systems to fetch files from the public file directory only unknown pubdir /var/spool/uucppublic unknown remote-send ~
Define remote systems we want to communicate with.
### Default configuration parameters for all systems # use parameters from the call(for outgoing connections) or passwd(for incoming connections) file call-login * call-password * # give remote end some time to login chat-timeout 120 # allow a connection from some peer every 100s success-wait 100 # allowed commands(mail and news for now) commands rmail rnews ## List of systems to call # Call system 'gandalf' at any time we have something for them # Use localhost:12500 as address:port(replace port with whatever port you configured in I2PTunnel!) system gandalf time any address localhost port type tcp port service 12500 ## List of systems that can call us # Never call system 'bar', but define it anyway to allow incoming connections system bar time never
Define usernames and passwords to use for outgoing connections to specific hosts.
# Remote system Remote user Remote password
gandalf some_user some_password
Define a protocol for logging in and stuff.. usually not needed.
# empty!
When to poll other systems for incoming files.
# schedule a call.. schedule gandalf 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 # if the first try fails, we try a second time(schedule 1 => try in 1 and in 2 if the first try fails) poll gandalf 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Setup incoming connections
Configure the port to use for incoming connections.
# define the 'TCP' port port TCP type tcp
Define usernames and passwords to accept for incoming connections to this host.
# Username<TAB>Password
bar nf2j34234n341A123BD3g
uucp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/uucico -l -x 4
Create a new server-tunnel and point it to localhost:540. Publish your destination in the form unique_hostname_in_i2p.uucp.i2p over here. Subscribe to this link http://trac.i2p2.i2p/wiki/howto/uucp/hosts?format=txt to get all new sites.
Setup outgoing connetions
Create a new client-tunnel with the destination of the remote system and bind it to some local port(but remember.. it has to be the same port as configured in the sys-file)
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A Christian School… Do you wonder what makes a school a Christian School? It must be more than a title, right? At Sewell Mill Christian School we think it involves three key qualifications:
The first qualification is a staff that is deeply committed to the Christian faith. We believe that you cannot express or give what you do not have. The second is a clear and concise presentation of the love and Good News that is found only in Jesus. This is done through songs, lessons, chapel services, prayer, and times of ministry to children and their families.
Finally, we believe that the mood and atmosphere of the school is critical. We commit to an environment that is loving, nurturing, and supportive. This is a place that children and parents experience the love of God.


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Dear Curious Souls,
We held our 5th meeting on March 3,2013 at the "İstanbul Sailing Club" in Fenerbahçe. On this occasion, I would like to thank the Club for the courtesy they extended to us by hosting our meeting without requiring any fee from us.
At our meeting, we watched the following TED Talks together:
Raghakava KK: Shake up your story"
Street Artist JR: "One year of turning the world inside out"
Elif Şafak: " The politics of Fiction"
Our friend Anna moderated our discussions on the interesting talk of Elif Shafak and I thank Anna for it.
Thandie Newton: "Embracing otherness, embracing myself"
Our friend Karen moderated our discussions on this topic. It was a bit challenging for Karen as I aksed if she would like to moderate or not at the last minute. She very kindly accepted. Thank you Karen!
Frank Warren: "Half a Million Secrets."
After our discussions, we continued the evening together with a very fun dinner. Although we spent hours together, it seemed that our discussions never come to an end. It is really quite enjoyable to be among souls that are interested and curious about the world 🙂
I would like to thank all who joined our enjoyable event and contributed with their presence. I hope to see you all soon.
With my kind regards
Isil the Curious Souls 🙂