Today we left Dublin and we headed to Trim Castle for a tour. Then, we headed to SARC (Sonic Arts Research Center) Sonic Lab in Belfast and we were given a tour and test drive of the sound equipment there. They have about 35 speakers around, above and below, the floor. It made...
Referendum “Fiscal Stability Treaty”
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So, the Fiscal Stability Treaty has been put up for a vote to the citizens of Ireland. I’ve done a bit of research about the vote and a professor at Trinity said it was a “no brainer” (for yes). So what is it? The treaty ensures that, by law, the national deficit would be lower than %0.5 of GDP. Currently, it can not be lower than 3.0% of GDP. The EU Central Bank feels that this law is necessary to keep the banks from defaulting. Mr. Asmussen (Executive Director of the ECB) has recently said that Ireland is on track to doing much better by next year if the referendum passes and the program goes as...
Photo Blog May 16th
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Just a photo blog for today. I will update this with more information when I can. Pouring our “perfect pint” Water fall in...
First Day in Dublin.
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We’ve Landed! It’s exciting to be in Dublin. After we checked in to where we were staying, we went on our scavenger hunt. We had to find landmarks all around the city. The first place we saw was the Molly Malone statue. After we met Molly, we headed over to Trinity college and checked out some of the buildings. The college has been around since 1592 but, we are heading there tomorrow so more on the college in my next post. There were a few odd things on our scavenger hunt; for example we ran into the “Why go Bald” sign. More posts to follow. Lack of content is due to lack of sleep. Up next...
Irish Diaspora Part ...
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So where did all the Irish settle? If you take a look at this map, it is clear that many chose to stay close near where they landed on the Atlantic coast. However many settled near Chicago, and plenty made there way to the Pacific coast for the 1849 Gold Rush. Many Irish fought in the...
Irish Diaspora Part ...
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Diaspora dī-ˈas-p(ə-)rə: “the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland.” So what caused the great scattering of the Irish people in from the 1840′s to the early 1900′s? It was more than the Great Potato Famine, or ...
Photo Project: UW-Wh...
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Using a modern DSLR, you can get very sharp photos. Most cameras these days have sensors capable of producing 10 or more megapixels (thats millions of pixels) in each photo. If you wanted a more detailed photo, you would either need to buy a camera that has a sensor with more pixels or a...