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Outstanding actions from last meeting
Lucid Release Status: Bugs
|Alpha 3 Milestoned Bugs
|Release Targeted Bugs
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-bug-handling
No update, all items are still in progress.
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-review-of-ubuntu-delta
drbd confirmed no longer in use with the server team and dropped from the kernel. Awaiting testing on the Lenovo driver combination which should close the last item here.
Blueprints: kerne-lucid-kernel-config-review
It seems we require SECCOMP enabled for Lucid, this is there for the distro kernels but under investigation for ARM.
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-kms
Upstream for DRM and upstream for the main drivers of interest, i915 and ATI, are all disavowing 2.6.32 indicating there is no hope of getting this working. As we are already backporting Nouveau from 2.6.33 we are now examining the feasability of a wholesale DRM backport as a better starting point. Testing ongoing, though all new issues are being shown up by this combination.
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-suspend-resume
Nothing new to report.
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-apparmor-development
Finally got another push to LKML out, working through the feedback. This update is now in the archive in lucid, we run whatever has been pushed upstream. This push is cleanups and code transforms requested by upstream.
Blueprints: kernel-lucid-boot-performance
We remain around the 1.6s to rootfs mark. khubd fixes are now uploaded and looking good.
Other Release Tasks: Lucid Audio Support
Nothing new to report.
Other Release Tasks: Lucid Better Power Mgt
Nothing new to report.
Other Release Tasks: EC2 Lucid Kernel Status
I (jjohansen) poked at running a pv-ops kernel again briefly, it looks promising but it needs to be run through all zones, and regions. Quesiont: What do we want to do if the pv-ops kernel is working? It would be nice to dump the xen patchset but it is getting aweful late. I (apw) presume that is much closer to the normal kernel? We could possibly get rid of the -ec2 kerenls but a lot more testing needs to be done to be sure. We might need to FF the change, but if it means we don't need more than a flavour then its worth it I (jjohansen) redid pv-ops with some of the configs that we learned are problematic disabled. We would need a flavour but not a topic branch but a flavour is much less maintenance overhead. We will make this a high priority and get an answer before beta-1. We will get the server team involved as well.
Status: Lucid
Lucid is at stable v220.127.116.11, the khubd fixes have now hit the archive and boot times are looking better. We have potential issues with the HDA beep being discordant and loud, but this seems to be codec specific and not the nightmare screech issue we have had before, investigation ongoing. We also have graphics issues as discussed above, a decision will have to be taken in the next week as to direction. Progress has been pretty solid the last week, with us nearly hitting the trend-line for a day. The new issues above have pushed us back a little. I have been through the remaining Alpha-3 items and pushed any that are clearly not release critical out to ubuntu-10.04-beta-1, these include the apport changes etc which can easily be done after kerenel freeze. If I have pushed your items out and they are kernel related we do need something soon; be ta-1 is only 3 weeks out.
Security & Bugfix Kernels
The mvl-dove upload is not processed, yet as there were questions about its impact by pitti which have not been answered. The questions are why it is needed and what is the impact. Working on getting a few more changes in Karmic proposed being verified. Likewise fsl-imx51 and ec2 interested parties should report back on the bugs in question.
Incoming Bugs: Regressions
Current regression stats (broken down by release):
regression-potential (up 30)
- 51 lucid bugs
regression-update (no change)
- 9 karmic bugs
- 5 jaunty bugs
- 2 intrepid bugs
- 1 hardy bug
regression-release (no change)
- 55 karmic bugs
- 23 jaunty bugs
- 11 intrepid bugs
- 4 hardy bugs
regression-proposed (no change)
- 1 karmic bug
Incoming Bugs: Bug day report
Last week's BugDay was a success. Stats are available at:
The next Kernel BugDay is scheduled for next Tuesday the 2nd of March. The
focus will be Bugs with patches attached.
Open Discussion or Questions
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How can we be certain that Niko starts off with a BitterSweet phone? The phones screen says badger, not bittersweet, and the phone looks completely different. It would also appear that the bittersweet is an advanced smartphone, but Nikos first phone is very basic, it was Romans old phone, and he isn't exactly rich. Hbriz 07:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- I agree. --spaceeinstein 07:39, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
'Pickup' tag
DT-boy, I've already explained why the phone does not meet the Wiki's definition of "pickups" (see the Pickups article). I'm undoing that edit again. If a mod could weigh in on this, I'd appreciate it. Samadriel 13:17, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
With the article renamed, isn't the current name going to cause confusion on what constitutes a "phone"? What about public phones? - ZS 07:27, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
- I reckon that this article's name should be changed to "Mobile Phone" or "Cell Phone" as it is more specific and accurate of a name for this article, as "Phone" can refer to almost any type of phone like telephone, home phone, public telephone etc.--MrLanceVanceDance 08:54, 7 August 2011 (BST)
Agreed, I shall move it to Mobile Phone since that is the international term (Cell is just US/Canada), unless the game specifically calls it a cellphone? gboyers talk 11:55, 7 August 2011 (BST)
- The games do call it cell phone as they should since the games are set in the US.--spaceeinstein 14:41, 7 August 2011 (BST)
- Mission prompts that tell you to get and use the cell phone.--spaceeinstein 22:05, 7 August 2011 (BST)
- Fair enough, let's move it to Cell Phone then? gboyers talk 00:57, 8 August 2011 (BST)
I don't think that the article's name should be moved to "Cell Phone". Cell Phone is only used by the Americans while Mobile Phone is the universal term for this commnunication device. Also, we should not bias towards American English or American Terms, as the US is not the only place where GTA is played. If that was the case in which GTA was only played in America, we could use "Cell Phone" as the name but that isn't the case so we shouldn't.--MrLanceVanceDance 07:35, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- That was my reason for moving it to Mobile Phone, but if the game specifically calls it a "cell phone" then we probably ought to stick to that. Out of interest though - do Americans understand the term "Mobile Phone" okay? Because the term "cell" is NEVER used in the UK, and most people would not understand it. If "mobile phone" is more universal, then that could again a better option than "cell". gboyers talk 07:42, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- MrLVD, the policy says that there is no preference for spellings, etc, UNLESS the game uses a specific version, in which case, that should be used. So if the game calls it a cell phone, then that may be the more appropriate title. If not, then I agree that mobile phone is a more internationally accepted term. From memory, I'm pretty sure that the mission prompts just say use your phone or Use Niko's phone, but don't trust me on that. JFletcherTalk (formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever) 07:48, 8 August 2011 (BST)
The problem is that in the GTA III Era, "Cell Phone" is used but in the GTA IV Era, "Mobile Phone" or "Phone" is used. I am not sure what the public thinks is the best name for the article but I reckon "Mobile Phone" should be used as it is more recent.--MrLanceVanceDance 08:00, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- Oh yeah, I entirely forgot about the GTA III Era phone, which you're right, does use cell phone. Remember that the redirect exists, so article naming isn't going to hinder anyone's ability to find the article. Perhaps more recent and more international are good arguments? JFletcherTalk (formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever) 08:04, 8 August 2011 (BST)
The two statements (More Recent and "More International") are good arguments and the major factors in this discussion. Since everybody except for Spaceeinstein wants the article name to stay as "Mobile Phone", I reckon the name should stand as it is. Any thoughts?--MrLanceVanceDance 08:12, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- Since redirects all work, there's no rush to make a decision, so we'll leave as-is, to allow anyone to contribute to this discussion. If at any point there's enough justification/evidence for a move, we can move et easily enough. gboyers talk 08:18, 8 August 2011 (BST)
Agreed.--MrLanceVanceDance 08:20, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- Remember that this isn't a vote. A decision should be made based on what is best for this wiki and its community, not the personal opinions of four people in this discussion. I would like to see someone answer Gboyers' earlier question about whether Americans understand "mobile phone". I know that everyone in Australia understands cell phone (because of American media), but if someone was to say something about their "cell phone", that would be unusual. JFletcherTalk (formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever) 08:22, 8 August 2011 (BST)
- Yes sorry I didn't make my point clear - four staff members is not "everybody", so I'd like to see more people contribute to this discussion (and answer my question). In the meantime, there's no harm in keeping this name, as we have several redirects in place anyway. gboyers talk 08:25, 8 August 2011 (BST)

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Nick Foles hit Jason Avant for 22 yards to the one-yard line on fourth down with 16 seconds to play and then spiked the ball with two seconds left to play. Foles then hit a sliding Jeremy Maclin on the final play of the game, it stood up on review and the required but meaningless extra point made it a 23-21 Eagles win. There were a lot of happy faces on the Eagles sideline when Maclin caught that pass, something that looked odd after seeing all the downcast faces for the last two months.
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The Bulldogs, who improve to 17-14-5 overall and 12-12-4-3 (43 league points) in the CCHA this season with the win, achieved one of their season goals with the first-round league tournament bye. Ferris State, which claimed five of a possible six league points in the two-game regular-season finale set at Ohio State and currently occupies fourth place in the CCHA standings, is guaranteed of finishing no lower than fifth place and still has the possibility of hosting a best two-of-three second-round playoff series on March 11-13 depending upon the outcome of Saturday's (Feb. 26) Western Michigan-Notre Dame contest. WMU must gain two points in its home-and-home series finale at Notre Dame to tie the Bulldogs.
Kyle Bonis earned the game's first star and deservingly so as the sophomore left wing scored the decisive lamplighter on a shot from the left-side edge of the Ohio State net. Bonis came down the left side along with junior right wing Aaron Schmit (Grafton, Wis.) into the Buckeye zone and skated through the circle before putting a wrister top shelf between OSU goaltender Cal Heeter and the post. Bonis' goal represented his seventh of the season.
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Sophomore center Travis Ouellette (Windsor, Ontario) scored the first goal of the game as his power-play tally put the Bulldogs on the board 9:36 into the second period. Ouellette produced his sixth of the season on a shot from just above the left circle faceoff dot which went far side past Ohio State goaltender Cal Heeter to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead through two periods. Junior defenseman Brett Wysopal (LaGrange Park, Ill.) fed a pass down from near the blueline to Ouellette, who skated into the middle of the circle uncontested before unleashing his wrist shot. Ferris State would outshoot Ohio State 15-6 in the first period while the Buckeyes claimed a 10-5 lead in the second 20 minutes.
Ferris State would continue to maintain its one-goal advantage until 9:26 remaining when Sergio Somma tallied the equalizer for the Buckeyes on a FSU line change miscue. Somma was able to get a shot off above the Bulldog goal crease as the puck trickled between FSU goaltender Pat Nagle's (Bloomfield) pads past the goal lead to tie the contest at 1-1. Ferris State came inches away from regaining the lead with 2:41 left as the Bulldogs won the faceoff in the OSU zone and senior left wing Mike Embach's (Orland Park, Ill.) one timer from above the left circle hit the goal post. However, Ferris State was able to gain a measure of justice less than a minute later on Bonis' heroics.
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Notes: Kyle Bonis has scored two career game-winners against Ohio State . . . Ferris State is 10-3-3 in its last 16 matchups with Ohio State . . . Travis Ouellette (4-3=7) and Mike Fillinger (3-4=7) have accumulated seven points apiece in eight February encounters . . . Kyle Bonis recorded four points (3-1=4) in four series meetings against Ohio State this season . . . Mike Fillinger has tallied at least a point in seven of his last eight outings while producing a combined seven points (3-4=7) .


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In non-Reggie Theus coaching news, yesterday, former NBA point guard Kenny Anderson was hired yesterday for a new coaching gig. And it's in that favorite place for us to drop by from time to time: The CBA! Since we saw you last, CBA, you've pared down a lot of your teams, though the Butte Daredevils are still hanging around.
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36% of Americans believe in UFOs, that is, though most Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are actually explained as such mundane things as misidentified meteorological phenomena, astronomical phenomena, aircraft, and so on, there's ~ 5% that are as yet unexplained and that these unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth.
Have you ever observed a UFO that has never been sufficiently explained? Do you believe that some unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth? If so, why (what are your reasons or arguments for believing so)? What evidence is there to support your belief?
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If a footless man being able to compete in world class foots races doesn't amaze you then it really doesn't matter what sort of technology we develop - you'll never get over the moon.
That's impressive, but nothing like my grandmother lived through.
Over my 58 years I have seen alot. Space craft going from science fiction to science fact. From SF Super Computers controling or distroying the world, to nearly becoming household appliences. The tricorder to Star Trek, going from, 'hay that would be nice', to a real tool in development.
SF Robots as monsters or maids, becoming maids, capital equipment, entertainment, Mars explorers, and maybe monsters in time. I remember one afternoon, while at work. I over heard over the PA system, 'The robots have arived at shipping bay 6, will the engineers and installation crews please meet at bay 6 in 15 minutes'. I had always only heard, 'the robots are coming', we are 'working on robots', etc before, never that 'they have arived'. This was in 1995.
In my office I can now take data, build mathematical models, take slices of data sets, map/run regressions, and visualize in ways I could not do about 20 years ago. I can now see 'what if', play out in my machine, and I am now concerned about the questions about nature and the 'progress' of culture. A computer can be used as a microscope, a time machine, a number crucher, a brain extender, and a source of vision. I am beginning to think that the machine, as a validation for future fears, might be reasonable.
Regardless of the technical possibility, I can't see mankind having the motivation to spend a dime on space exploration under the known laws of physics. Why would a society spend billions to launch a craft that no one alive will ever see again or ever receive any report on findings. Even at the speed of light, there are only a handful of stars reachable in a human lifetime (setting aside the whole "time-doesn't-exist-at-that-speed" problem).
I think we'd only be interested in worm-hole technology where someone steps onto a transporter and a moment later steps off and says, "I've just spent two years on a planet in Andromeda. Here are some snap shots.".
And there's no real indication that if wormholes do exist, anything survives a trip through one intact, much less that they can be certain of returning. It's a very very very iffy thing.
There was a SF short story recently, that mentions this idea of 'copy of human mind'. The point being, to man a probe to be sent into a black hole, to make observations and send telemetry back to a base ship, significantly far away from the event horison. The story is from the avatar perspective, they knowing full well that it is a one way trip. I felt very touched by the story, watching how the avatar personalities slowly diverged from the 'normals' at the base ship, with fears of their own demise and concerns of mortality.
Did you miss Gallup's Mirror's comment on page 5?
Of course we're just in our evolutionary infancy - so much so that I think most people, including myself, are unable to conceptualize time stopping even though it seems to be a logical continuation of special relativity. Speeds considerably FASTER than the speed of light would seem to be a requirement for interstellar travel if one discounts scientific contradictions and the bending of time necessitated by special relativity.
If any of this is AT ALL possible, we'll never know it. We might as well be having a serious discussion on how to get warp engines to achieve speeds greater than warp 12
We might as well be having a serious discussion on how to get warp engines to achieve speeds greater than warp 12
Well, first you take the warp field envelope and use a transporter to beam it ahead of the starship... ;)
I read about model for time travel once, a few years ago. Take a door, one side is the present, the other side is tomarrow. When you walk though the door looks the same. I was wondering if you walked just around the door again it would act like recusion when you walk through again adding one more day to the last system state, if you walk back would you meet yourself....? Ok where is the damn door?
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What makes you so sure we're in our evolutionary infancy? Do you know something we don't know about the future? To me, right now, it looks like our species is careening toward extinction!
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A 20-Year-Old Nigerian woman, Caludia Aderotimi, died in her Philadelphia hotel after undergoing buttocks enlargement surgery. Claudia believed enhancing her bum would help her get more gigs.
An account of one of her friends is below………..
Speaking softly but in an unwavering voice, Theresa Gyamfi told a Common Pleas Court judge that moments after her childhood friend Claudia Aderotimi received several silicone buttock injections in a Philadelphia hotel room, the woman complained of a sudden, growing pain in her chest.
"She said every time she breathes in, it hurts," Gyamfi, 22, said of her friend's reaction after the February 2011 procedure. "I could see it in her face. She was close to tears. She said, 'It's really annoying, and it doesn't feel normal.' "
Twelve hours later, Aderotimi, 20, an aspiring dancer who had traveled to Philadelphia from London to get buttock-enhancing injections, was dead.
"Black Madam" Padge Victoria Windslowe, accused of administering the illegal injections, was held for trial Wednesday on a third-degree murder charge.
Though Windslowe, 42, has no medical license, authorities said she ran a profitable business giving black-market injections to women willing to pay thousands for curvier bodies.
Prosecutors from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office argued in court Wednesday that Windslowe presented herself to Aderotimi and Gyamfi as a medical professional, callously disregarded obvious health risks, and used industry-grade silicone for the injections.
"She injected it into a young woman who was otherwise healthy," Assistant District Attorney Bridget Kirn said. "That is clear evidence of malice and disregard of the known and unknown risks she caused to other unknown women. . . . She started this, and by her actions, she finished it."
Frederic Hellman, chief medical examiner for Delaware County, testified that Aderotimi died from a pulmonary embolism caused by the silicone, which spread to her blood, lungs, brain, and liver.
Windslowe, who has recorded gothic hip-hop songs and videos under the stage name "Black Madam," has been jailed since February, when she was arrested on charges of giving buttock injections to an exotic dancer, 23, at a "pumping party" in Philadelphia. That woman was later hospitalized and spent months on oxygen.
Windslowe was charged in Aderotimi's death in July, after the medical examiner's report was finalized.
On Wednesday, Windslowe attentively watched the proceedings, sometimes taking notes. She wore a tight, low-cut, black top and a long necklace, her hair pulled back in a braid.
Windslowe's attorney, Christopher Mannix, disputed some of Hellman's findings, saying the silicone in Aderotimi's lungs was never compared with the silicone found at the injection site. Given that Aderotimi had received injections on at least two occasions, he said, the link to Windslowe was circumstantial.
"After more than 18 months, no test has been done on the silicone that was found in the lungs," he said after the hearing. "There's no way to connect that to the alleged injection Feb. 7."
Gyamfi, who works in a jewelry store, testified that she and Aderotimi worked as dancers and occasional models in London and that they began researching plastic surgery in March 2010. They consulted two doctors in London, but decided against one after learning that the injections would be absorbed into the body and would have to be replaced. They found a website featuring before-and-after pictures of enhancement surgeries, and eventually contacted a woman who said she had received successful buttock injections.
That woman, identified by Gyamfi as "Sasha," offered to arrange for the two women to get injections. She told them that the woman who did hers was a nurse-practitioner and that Sasha would arrange everything in exchange for a referral fee of $300 per person.
Kirn said authorities had not decided whether to charge Sasha criminally.
In November 2010, Gyamfi and Aderotimi flew to Philadelphia and checked into the Hampton Inn, where they were met by Sasha and Windslowe, whom they knew as "Lillian." Sasha encouraged them to touch her buttocks so they could see how the injections felt after completion, and she said that once the silicone was injected, it stayed in one place. The worst thing that could happen, Sasha and Windslowe told them, was that the silicone might leak out.
"After these discussions, how did you feel about whether you should do this or not?" Assistant District Attorney Carlos Vega asked.
"Confident," Gyamfi said.
Gyamfi and Aderotimi were so pleased with the results they returned to Philadelphia in February, she said. Each paid about $2,000 for her first round of injections, then $1,800 for the second. Each time, they were given the choice of a "bubble butt" or "teardrop" shape, and Windslowe used markers to draw on their skin before telling them to lie down. Windslowe filled needles with a clear liquid, Gyamfi said, then sealed the injection wounds with Crazy Glue and cotton balls. In February, Gyamfi said, Windslowe brought a woman with her, explaining that Windslowe was "training her."
After Aderotimi began to experience severe distress in February 2011, Windslowe pressed on her chest, as though feeling for her heartbeat, Gyamfi said.
"She said, if the pain gets worse, call an ambulance," Gyamfi said. Then, she said, Windslowe left."
'Black Madam' (Pictured below) is standing trial on murder charges for allegedly performing illegal buttocks-enhancing procedures on Claudia Aderotimi which led to her death.
A judge upheld third-degree murder charges during a preliminary hearing today againstPadge Gordon, who is also known as Padge Windslowe, 40.
The ruling comes after a friend of the dancerTheresa Gyamfi, testified today that she and 20-year-old Claudia Aderotimi came to Philadelphia last year and had their buttocks enlarged.
Windslowe's defense attorney argued that both girls knew his client was not a real doctor as they had visited her for the injections before.
A doctor testified that the industrial-grade, not medical grade, silicone went to Aderotimi's blood, liver, lungs and brain.
She was rushed to a Delaware County hospital in an ambulance, but died within hours of a pulmonary embolism, according to the doctor.
But defense lawyer Christopher Mannix said he will challenge those medical conclusions at trial, along with allegations his client performed the injections.
The Philadelphia Inquirer said that prosecutors told the court she painted herself out to be a medical professional when she administered a series of injections to the two women.
This was the second time the woman went to Windslowe, paying $1,800 to $2,300 a time to have their butts enlarged.
(Via: Philly.com)


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Conall Holohan from National University of Ireland, Galway is winner of the ESAI 2018 Postgraduate of the Year Award.
His entry based on his PhD research project on "The Anaerobic Digestion of Fats: exploring microbial technological solutions" was of exceptional high calibre.
Fat is a residue from many industries and can be present in high concentrations in wastewaters. Fat is extremely difficult to degrade, causing inhibition of conventional wastewater treatment technologies and blocking sewer pipes. The current treatment approach is to separate the fat out of the waste stream and dispose of via landspreading or add to the feedstock of agricultural anaerobic digesters. Conall's research involved the testing of a novel bioconversion process which utilised the natural ability of anaerobic microbiological fermentation, enhanced within a bioreactor to convert the "waste" fats into a renewable energy resource, biogas.
Thank you to all the entrants for the "ESAI 2018 Postgraduate of the Year Award" - all of the entrants were of a very high standard. We encourage MSC and PhD researchers, in the final year of their research study, to apply for the ESAI Postgraduate Award in 2019. The competition will be launched at Environ 2019 in IT Carlow and closes on September 30th.
ESAI now offer free undergraduate membership to all undergraduates on approved courses
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After a phenomenal first year, the ESAI are running a second year of Undergraduate of the Year Award 2018. The ESAI are asking each third level educational institute to nominate the best Level 7 and Level 8 student undertaking an environmental research final year project in 2017-2018. The best student from each institute will get a certificate for their contribution to the environmental field in Ireland.
Every third level institute can nominate one student. The criteria for choosing the best student will typically be the mark for the final year project, however the final decision is with the third level institute themselves to decide.
Colleges are asked to advise us of your chosen nominee by the June 30th deadline.
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Congratulations to all our 2016-2017 winners; Anna Karpinska (Level7, IT Carlow), Colm Carton (Level 8, IT Carlow), Colin Meaney (Level 7, CIT), Michael Gilroy (Level 8, CIT), Sean Walpole (DCU), Grace Davitt (DIT), Kim Van Rhijn (DKIT), James Orr (TCD), Natalisa Lipinska (Level 7, AIT), Emer O'Neill (Level 8, AIT), Aaron Hickey (GMIT), Dermot Walsh (IT Sligo), Sanni Hintikka (UCD).
Philip Shine from Cork Institute of Technology is winner of the ESAI 2017 Postgraduate of the Year Award. His entry based on his PhD research project on "Electricity and direct water consumption on Irish dairy farms" was of exceptional high calibre. This work entails the statistical analysis and utilisation of a range of data-mining techniques and artificial intelligence algorithms for the analysis and prediction of dairy farm electricity and water consumption in Ireland.
Philip's cutting edge research informs the dairy sector on how Increasing milk production must be met with the sustainable consumption of on-farm electricity and water resources to ensure sustainable growth. Thank you to all the entrants for the "ESAI 2017 Postgraduate of the Year Award" - all of the entrants were of a very high standard. We encourage MSC and PhD researchers, in the final year of their research study, to apply for the ESAI Postgraduate Award in 2018.
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The event is organised by the Centre for Environmental Research, Innovation & Sustainability (CERIS) at Institute of Technology Sligo, Mid Sweden University and the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI).
EwS 2018 is the first in a series of international interdisciplinary conferences that will focus on the challenges facing all aspects of education, teaching for a sustainable future. The event will address not only the challenges but also the opportunities for educators as we will have to weave the golden thread of sustainability into all aspects of the teaching curriculum.
EwS 2018 will draw together national and international educators in focused paper sessions with thought provoking keynote speakers and opportunities for academic staff and researchers to participate in training workshops.
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From left to right: Dr Dina Brazil of enviroCORE who awarded the ESAI prize to the winner, Christopher Finnegan and Liam McCarton of DIT and a Council Member of the ESAI
Congratulations to Christopher Finnegan from IT Carlow from who has been awarded the 2016 ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year by the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland. The winner of this prestigious annual award receives a prize of €500.
Christopher Finnegan and his supervisory team with the ESAI Council Member. Left to right: Dr David Ryan, Dr Guiomar Garcia-Cabellos, Christopher Finnegan, Dr Ann-Marie Enright and Liam McCarton from DIT and ESAI Council Member
Christopher Finnegan is a postgraduate PhD student in the third year of his research in enviroCORE, which is the Centre of Research and Enterprise in the Institute of Technology Carlow focusing on environmental research. Work in enviroCORE encompasses bioremediation of landfill leachate, phytoremediation of soil and sediment pollution, environmental terrestrial and aquatic biomonitoring and biomarker development, constructed wetlands for waste management, biomass and bioenergy research, optimisation of biogas production, development of optochemical methods for water quality assessments, water mineralogy, biodiversity and conservation, biological control and invasive plant species studies. Christopher's project is entitled "Bioremediation of tributyltin (TBT) in Irish marine sediments: microbial screening and process optimisation", under the supervision of Dr Guiomar Garcia-Cabellos, Dr Ann-Marie Enright and Dr David Ryan and funded by the President's Fellowship Programme of IT Carlow. Christopher graduated from the Department of Science and Health in IT Carlow with a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Environmental Science in 2014.
Christopher's research focuses on tributyltin (TBT), which is a synthetic organotin compound recognised as the most toxic chemical ever knowingly introduced into the marine environment. Organotins have a wide range of applications with an estimated global production of 50,000 tons per year. This has caused contamination of marine environments largely through leaching of TBT from antifouling paints. Despite the global treaty by the International Maritime Organization that bans the application of TBT based paints since 2003, impacted organisms have not recovered and levels in water still exceed the maximum allowable environmental quality standard of 1.5 ngl-1. This is due to additional pollution pathways such as dumping of dredged marine and freshwater sediment, industrial discharge, cleaning activities in shipyards and the illegal use of TBT paints.
Due to the highly detrimental environmental impact of TBT there is a pressing and urgent need to develop ways to deal with this pollution. Christopher in his project taps to nature-based solutions by searching and screening for TBT-resistant and TBT-degrading bacteria for the treatment of contaminated marine sediment and soil. The aim of his study is to assess the ability of a range of microbial species isolated from sediment and soil to degrade TBT into its less toxic species dibutyltin (DBT), monobutyltin (MBT) and nontoxic inorganic tin (Sn4+). Assays used to screen isolates highlighted six candidate strains which were identified based on biochemical characteristics and 16rRNA sequence analysis and used in TBT biodegradation experiments. The samples were further analysed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry, which accurately measured and identified TBT and differentiated between degradation products (DBT and MBT). Results showed a maximum decrease of >70% TBT in liquid samples recovered from batch assays. Furthermore, the phytoremediation capacity of barley and oilseed rape (Hordeum vulgare L, and Brassica napus, respectively) was investigated to assess the ability of seedlings inoculated with candidate TBT degrading strains, compared to non-inoculated seedlings, to enhance degradation of TBT in sediment and soil. This research has the potential to produce a commercial product to degrade TBT in sediment and soil and would be of great significance to the field of bioremediation and waste management.
Our offer of free membership of ESAI is now open to undergraduates on courses listed on our ESAI courses page. Membership benefits to undergraduates include fee discounts and networking at our events along with updates about postgraduate and job vacancies through our listserver and social media channels. To avail of this offer, undergraduate students should email email@example.com by December 21st with the following information: student name, email address, course name, and date of finishing undergraduate study. We are grateful to our ESAI Liaisons for promoting this message in each college.
In its fifth year the 'ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Award' for ESAI members is now open for applications.
Applications will be accepted from students doing either a PhD or a Masters degree by research in an environmental topic.
Each application will be evaluated under three criteria:
Candidates will be asked to outline research objectives, background to research, why research is necessary and novel, environmental relevance, methods, results, accomplishments, awards, publications/patents, the potential impact of the research (economic/environmental/societal), and outline the dissemination activities related to the project. Entries are open until the end of September 30th, 2018 and the prize for the winner is €500
Dr. Luke Prendergast (UCD) receiving the 2015 ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Award from Dr. Tom Curran, Chair of the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland.
Congratulations to Dr. Luke J. Prendergast from University College Dublin (UCD) who has been awarded the 2015 ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year by the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland. The winner of this prestigious annual award receives a prize of €500. Luke has just finished his PhD thesis entitled "Monitoring of scour around structures using changes in natural frequency of vibration", an inter-disciplinary effort combining both structural dynamics and geotechnical engineering. He undertook the research in UCD School of Civil Engineering under the Earth and Natural Sciences PhD Programme as funded by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). He was supervised by Dr. Kenneth Gavin, Lead PI of the Geotechnical Research Group at UCD. He is now working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the UCD Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research (CCIR) under the continued mentorship of Dr. Gavin. He graduated from Civil & Environmental Engineering at University College Cork (UCC) in 2011.
Luke's research pertains to the detection and monitoring of flood-induced scour (soil erosion) which occurs around bridge foundations (and offshore wind turbine foundations due to wave and tidal actions). Scour erosion can occur very rapidly even under relatively benign flow conditions and can lead to sudden structural failure, even total collapse. It is the number one cause of failure of bridges located over waterways worldwide and is becoming quite prevalent due to increased flooding frequency as a result of climate change. Traditionally, this phenomenon was monitored using divers who would measure the depth of scour around foundations using relatively crude instrumentation. This practice is both dangerous and misleading as it cannot be carried out during high flood flows when the risk of erosion is highest. As scour typically occurs quite rapidly, it is also of limited effectiveness to use divers as it is not possible to undertake assessments at the required frequency to ensure continued safe ope ration of the structures under investigation. Other methods that have been developed use instrumentation that can be embedded into the streambed at the location of scour interest, which measure the depth of scour using a variety of mechanical and electrical systems.
Recognising that scour erosion results in a loss in the stiffness of a foundation system, Luke�s method relies on this stiffness loss manifesting itself as a change in the modal (dynamic) properties of the structure. His research has focussed particularly on using the natural frequency of vibration of the structure as an indicator of the presence of scour since increased stiffness loss due to scour results in a reduction in the structure�s frequency of vibration. The method, therefore, only requires the installation of vibration sensors (accelerometers) onto the structure of interest which can monitor the changes in the vibration characteristics. This could be particularly effective if undertaken before and after a major flood, for example, and could afford infrastructure managers the tools required to safely close a bridge before catastrophic collapse.
Over 100 Irish water sector representatives from government, the environmental and economic regulators; councils; utilities; NGOs; contractors and consumer bodies will meet in Ashbourne on April 21 to discuss how the sector will implement the much needed plans to upgrade Ireland�s water infrastructure, water environment and service delivery.
There is the potential of political upheaval to come this year as a result of the coming general election. The conference is a timely opportunity to reflect on the election results and the predicted repercussions for a national water utility which is finding its feet and the rest of the water sector.
Attend WWT Water Ireland to hear about key topics including: Irish Water�s business plan 2015-2021, the plant and network infrastructure; collaboration and innovation; water quality, catchment management; leakage reduction; energy management and improving service for consumers.
The day will be moderated by the Environment Editor at the Irish Independent, Paul Melia and the programme of leading speakers include:
There is also a networking dinner the night before the event and an exhibition on the day, showcasing the latest water technologies and solutions.
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Our offer of free membership of ESAI is now open to undergraduates on courses listed on our ESAI courses page. Membership benefits to undergraduates include fee discounts and networking at our events along with updates about postgraduate and job vacancies through our listserver and social media channels. To avail of this offer, undergraduate students should email email@example.com by December 14th with the following information: student name, email address, course name, and date of finishing undergraduate study. We are grateful to our ESAI Liaisons for promoting this message in each college.
Peatlands - A New Conversation was organized by the Irish Peat Society. Bord na M�na very kindly were the key sponsor of the event while National Parks and Wildlife Service, Klasmann Deilmann and Vapo sponsored the three field days. ESAI sponsored the use of their online booking system and gave administrative support to bookings for the event. 120 people attended the five day event, the majority attending on three out of the five days. �The Irish Peat Society were excited to see attendees from North America, Malaysia, Japan, Europe and Russia at the event.� They are grateful to all those specialists who met in the field to expand on their work on peatlands. Managing such a number was made possible by the great support from ESAI who provided the registration facility through the ESAI website. The whole registration process was smooth and allowed for a steady start to the event. Tus maith - leath na hoibre!
Each participant at Peatlands - A New Conversation had the opportunity to learn something new every day of the conference. The Irish Peat Society set out to break the conference mould of closed sessions on specific topics, and took the learning outdoors and for the most part into the bog. Keynote addresses, posters and master class sessions indoors were still retained for a short period each day but the goal was to fine tune the thinking, broaden perspectives and send delegates home refreshed and energised.
The field trips were an integral part of Peatlands � A New Conversation, replacing the standard indoor power point presentations. Three field days brought participants to six sites across the range of peatland types in Ireland - blanket bog and raised bog. Each site was chosen because it presented a particular use of the peatland including - domestic turf cutting, industrial peat production, afforestation, grazing, rehabilitation, bio-energy, restoration, education or conservation. Throughout the course of the event 70 experts were drafted in to meet the delegates and to tell the story of their daily work in the peatlands and its challenges. The tales included footing turf for the family fire, restoring active raised bog habitat, monitoring hen harriers, harvesting moss peat, managing forests in recreational mountain bogs, re-flooding worked out bogs and developing wind farms on cutaway bogs.
The interactive poster session provided a tremendous opportunity for networking. Each researcher gave a short oral presentation about the content of their poster and Martina Glynn, the conference MC asked questions which helped to enhance understanding and enjoyment of this session. For the Master Classes the Irish Peat Society decided to focus on two particular issues of concern to the IPS � certification and education - and to tease these topics out in detail.
Peatlands - A New Conversation was not all work and no play. There were four social events including a BBQ with a live band at Lough Boora Parklands, a whiskey tasting and distillery tour of Tullamore Dew and a classical music recital and haunted castle tour in Charleville Castle. And there were after-parties every night in the traditional Irish pubs in Tullamore when the singing abilities of several well-known peat experts were exposed.
ESAI with the support of the EPA are delighted to announce our new Workshop Support Scheme. The scheme is open to all ESAI members. Workshops are essential for the dissemination of research, knowledge exchange, development and exposure of early career researchers and for establishing new collaborations. They are a key networking tool, and an opportunity for early-stage researchers to increase their profile within a field of study.
The EPA/ESAI Workshop Support Scheme provides funding to postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers to organise a workshop in the broad environmental research area. The scheme is open to postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers who are members of the ESAI and who are conducting research relevant to the EPA remit.
The purpose of the EPA/ESAI Workshop Support Scheme is to assist early stage researchers with the delivery of workshops that fall within the remit of the ESAI and EPA. The event should be a stand-alone event, and not part of an international conference. The amount of the award for each event is €600 which is meant to be a contribution to the overall cost of the event. Proposals will be assessed every two month (month end August, October, December, February, April & June) and there must be a period of three months between submission of the proposal and the date of the event. Applications should include a one-page summary CV of the main applicant. The theme of the workshop must fit within the remits of the EPA and ESAI, who must be acknowledged in conference publicity materials.
The applications will be assessed six times per year by a panel drawn from the ESAI Council. Applications will be assessed on the quality of the proposal, how the event fits with the remits of the ESAI and EPA, and on the expected outputs and benefits of the proposed workshop. The diversity of the audience will also be taken into consideration, and workshops organised jointly between more than one institution will be favoured. Payments will be made by ESAI following submission of invoices. Successful applicants will be expected to submit an article to the ESAI e-zine describing the event.
Please send a completed application and one-page CV by e-mail to Sinead Macken (firstname.lastname@example.com) at least 3 months before the date of proposed workshop.
Communicating Research in our Environment: Innovating research for impact in and beyond the academy
Invasive Alien Species - Practical Biosecurity
Flood Risk: Safeguarding your well from flooding and contamination
Atmospheric Nitrogen Pollution: Sources, Impacts and Solutions
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The UCD Institute of Food and Health has initiated a series of high level workshops aimed at contributing to policy development and identifying research needs in key areas relating to food and health. In this latest workshop held in collaboration with the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland, experts in the area of food processing waste will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the food industry.
More details of the programme are available to download here
There is no charge to attend this event. To register please contact Dr Geraldine Quinn on email@example.com or 00353 1 716 2808 by Friday 29th May.
The theme of the 2014 ESAI Photography competition was �Urban Environment� and was opened to all amateur photographers on the 1st August 2014.
The winning photograph was taken by Ms Catherine Bushe from Dublin, entitled �Urban Waterfall�. She will receive a framed copy of her photograph together with a €200 One4all voucher, kindly sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork.
1st Prize: �Urban Waterfall� Donaghmede, Dublin - Catherine Bushe
The two runners up in the competition, �Planting and Graffiti in Unison� by Leon James Murphy, Dublin and �The Luas Green Line� by Michael Gavin, Dublin who both received a €50 One4all voucher and a one year membership to the ESAI. Photographs were judged on picture quality, composition, and appropriateness of caption.
2nd Prize: �Planting and Graffiti in Unison� Dublin - Leon James Murphy
3rd Prize: �The Luas Green Line�, Milltown, Dublin � Michael Gavin
The winning photographs will be displayed in the Photo Competition Gallery section of the ESAI website at http://www.esaiweb.org/gallery/photo-competition and will be on display at the ESAI annual conference, Environ 2015, 25th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, 8th-10th April 2015.
Many thanks also for the assistance of the photography competition judge, Nutan. He has a long established reputation in photographic journalism.He is a member of Rapho , the Paris based photographer's agency, representing Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Hans Sylvester, and a handful of other creative photographers. Based in the West of Ireland for the last thirty five years, he is the author of many books: " Blooming Meadows, the world of Irish Traditional Musicians", " L'Enfant et la sorci�re ", " L'Eternel Irlandais", " The Islands of Ireland", etc
He has photographed editorials for most of the world's photo orientated magazines, such as National Geographic, Times, Newsweek, Airone, Stern, Geo, The Observer Magazine, and had many photographic exhibitions hosted here and abroad.
Nowadays, he mainly photographs nature and spends most of his time painting from his studio in the Burren. See www.nutan.ie for examples of his work.
The newest edition of the ESAI newsletter Environews is now available
In its second year the 'ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Award' for ESAI members will be launched at Environ 2015, 8th-10th April 2015, IT Sligo.
Applications will be accepted from students doing either a PhD or a Masters degree by research in an environmental topic.
Application forms will be downloadable from the ESAI website.
Each application will be evaluated under three criteria:
Candidates will be asked to outline research objectives, background to research, why research is necessary and novel, environmental relevance, methods, results, accomplishments, awards, publications/patents, the potential impact of the research (economic/environmental/societal), and outline the dissemination activities related to the project. Entries are open until the end of August 31st, 2015 and the prize for the winner is €500
The Environmental Science Association of Ireland invites entries from interested individuals to participate in the ninth annual ESAI photography competition.
This year�s competition has the open theme of: �Urban Green Infrastructure�. Entrants are encouraged to interpret the theme as they see fit.
Entries are welcome from all amateur photographers and will be assessed on the basis of picture quality, composition and the appropriateness of the caption.
Please download the Entry Form from the ESAI website http://www.esaiweb.org/photography-competition/
First prize:
Two runners up will each receive a €50 voucher for www.One4All.ie sponsored by ERI, UCC and a one year membership of ESAI.
Closing date is Wednesday December 31st 2014.
The winner will be notified by email on Friday January 30th 2014.
Check out http://www.esaiweb.org/gallery/photo-competition/ to view prize winners from the most recent ESAI Annual Photography competitions, along with a selection of entries from the earlier years.
David Bourke
Congratulations to Richard Manton from the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway who was the inaugural winner of the ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Competition, 2014. Richard is in the write up stages of his PhD working on a multi-disciplinary project entitled �Route Selection and Design of Greenways: Guidance for the Irish National Cycle Network� which combines Civil Engineering and Social Science. Richard is a student of Dr. Eoghan Clifford, Civil Engineering and Ryan Institute at NUI Galway.
His application explained that in Ireland there is an over reliance on the private car and a shift to walking and cycling has the potential to dramatically improve the environmental, economic and health implications of Irish transport. The objectives of his research are the promotion of walking and cycling for commuting, leisure and tourism; the design of safe, accessible, environmentally-friendly, and cost-effective greenways; and encouraging community involvement in the design of greenways and other green public space. His work investigates the design methodology for greenways to ensure that they are safe, accessible, environmentally-friendly and cost-effective. He explains that a robust route selection process is required and needs to consider: life-cycle analysis and carbon savings of modal shift; cost-benefit analysis and tourism potential; safe and attractive route design; connectivity and accessibility; integration with policy and plans. The quantitative basis of the research is forme d by an international greenway user survey (n=1,000) and international best-practice; it is tested against an Irish case-study (Dublin-Galway). Currently, there is an absence of route selection and design guidelines for greenways in Ireland. A route selection matrix will rate route options and recommend preferred routes and connections, under the headings:
According to Richard, �The route selection methodology and greenway design guidance will be a major asset to anyone involved in greenway planning, design or operation. It will be particularly useful for community campaign groups in designing and lobbying for greenways and for local authorities in assessing greenway proposals. An interactive website, IrishGreenways.com, will promote this research and the use of greenways in Ireland.�
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As part of the inaugural Dooge Nash International Symposium 2014, a day-long session of Hydrology Masterclasses will be delivered by world leading hydrologists on Wednesday, the 23rd April. The Masterclasses will be held in the Newstead Building (Room G88) of the School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering in University College Dublin (see campus map).
Note that there is no charge for attending these Masterclasses. However, places are limited but expressions of interest in attending can be made by e-mailing email@example.com
Places will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Schedule of lecture is detailed below.
Affilliation of Presenter
Title of lecture
10:00 � 10:50
Prof. Gordon Young
Executive Director, Canadian Geophysical Union, Past President, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
Water Security Issues (Professor Young was a Director of the World Water Assessment Programme and his lecture will be based on that experience and will look forward to the IAHS Research Decade �Panta Rhei�)
11:00 � 11:50
Prof. Rajender Kachroo
Formerly of the International Postgraduate Hydrology Course, NUI Galway and the University of Dar es Salaam.
Deterministic models and climate change impact assessment
12:00 � 12:50
Dr. Q.J. Wang
CSIRO, Australia
Statistical Techniques in Water Forecasting
12:50 - 14:00
LUNCH (provided)
14:00 � 14:50
Prof. Sten Bergstrom
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Hydrological modelling in Scandinavia, from early ideas to indispensable tools for water management
15:00 � 15:50
Prof Philip O�Kane
University College Cork, Ireland
To be confirmed
16:00 � 16:50
Prof. Michael Abbott
The social and sacred dimensions of water and its three economies
A new competition for ESAI members will be launched at Environ2014 called 'ESAI Postgraduate Researcher of the Year'. Applications will be accepted from students doing either a PhD or a Masters degree by research in an environmental topic. Application forms will be downloadable from the ESAI website.
Each application will be evaluated under three criteria:
Candidates will be asked to outline research objectives, background to research, why research is necessary and novel, environmental relevance, methods, results, accomplishments, awards, publications/patents, the potential impact of the research (economic/environmental/societal), and outline the dissemination activities related to the project. Entries are open until the end of April 30th 2014 and the prize for the winner is €250.
Submissions to Dr. Martina Prendergast email@example.com
Practical strategies to effectively assess & manage risk when investigating & developing brownfield & contaminated land
Belfast, Tuesday 25 May 2014
15% discount for ESAI members
Dear ESAI member,
We would like to invite you to participate in and network at our premier conference Brownfield and Contaminated Land 2014 on 25 March 2014 in Belfast.
Programme Highlights Include:
-Regulatory and planning update
-Update on progress made in implementing the planning reform programme in Local Government
-Statutory Contaminated Land Regime
-Lessons learnt from England and Wales
-Requirements for producing a robust, coherent and appropriate risk assessment to support a planning application
-Effective and justifiable risk assessment and building confidence in your site investigation
-Managing risks and environmental liabilities to maximise development opportunities.
Confirmed Speakers:
-John O'Connor, Chief Executive, The Housing Agency, Republic of Ireland
- Phil Crowcroft, Partner & Technical Fellow, Environmental Resources Management Ltd
- Dr Theresa Kearney, Senior Scientific Officer, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- Caroline McCaffrey, Head of Contaminated Land, Land Quality Management Ltd
- David O�Hagan, Director, RSK Ireland Ltd
- Alan Jones, Consultant in Asbestos Risk & Measurement, Institute of Occupational Medicine
- Dr Simon Johnson, Director, Environmental Services, AON
- Andrew Kibble, Operations Manager, CRCE Wales, Public Health England
- Michael Boyd, Director, WYG
Click here for the in-depth programme and speaker line-up
You can book your place online at brownfieldbriefing.com. Alternatively please call: 0208 969 1008 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com quoting the code: ESAI15
We look forward to welcoming you to this conference in March.
With best regards,
The Brownfield Briefing Team
PS. Please note that Brownfield Briefing does not offer retrospective discounts to members that are already registered for this conference.
Photo (L to R): Fergus McAuliffe, Prof Robert Devoy, Prof Ray Bates, Dr Paul Bolger, Prof John O�Halloran, and Dr Brian O�Gallachoir
The Environmental Research Institute, UCC in association with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland, hosted an Evening on Climate Change on Thursday, January 16th to highlight recent scientific research on climate change coinciding with the release of the 5th Assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in December 2013. The event was open to the public and was exceptionally well attended with a full capacity audience of over 300 people. The possible links between climate change and the storms and floods which occurred in late December/early January led to widespread media coverage for the event on both national and local media including RTE 1 News, Newstalk FM, Today FM, RTE 1 Morning Edition, Irish Times, Irish Independent and Irish Examiner.
The main feature of the evening was the screening of the widely acclaimed film �Chasing Ice�. In the spring of 2005, the film director James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic - to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth�s changing climate. Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world�s changing glaciers. Through powerful images of melting glaciers, the film shows the impact which climate change is having on the Arctic supporting the latest finding of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change which reports a rapid acceleration of ice melt in the Arctic. Balog calls the Arctic the �canary in the coal mine� for climate change for the rest of the Earth.
The film screening was accompanied by a series of seminars and a Q&A on �The Science of Climate Change � What�s new?� chaired by Dr Brian O�Gallachoir, UCC. The keynote speaker, Professor Ray Bates, IPCC Report Contributor & Climate Modelling expert, UCD, provided an overview of the most recent IPCC report in which he noted that �it is now even more certain (> 95%) that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century� and that a �a much more rapid sea-level rise is now projected� although Professor Bates did note that not all areas on earth might be subject to more extreme weather events. Dr Brian O�Gallachoir and Dr John O�Halloran provided short overviews of climate change research and practice at UCC followed by Fergus McAuliffe who provided an excellent snapshot of 11 different climate change research projects at UCC. Prof Robert Devoy joined the panel of speakers for a Question & Answers session who fielded a diverse range of questions from the audience on most important, actions that need to be taken to mitigate climate change, fracking, rapid population growth, consumption levels in the developed world and role of nuclear power in combating climate change. The Evening was completed with a �Meet the Climate Change Researcher� event where the public had an opportunity to meet climate change researchers at a post-film reception.
This high successful and well-attended event demonstrates that there is an appetite amongst the public for scientific outreach events on matters of environmental issues where they can directly meet and interact with scientists and engineers.
The Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland is hosting the �Communicating Environmental Science� Youtube Competition. We�re seeking entrants who have a flair for communication and who can explain the value of environmental science research to a wide audience.
Before Friday 30th May 2014 we ask that you submit a video of no more than 3 minutes in which you describe your research and explain how it has the potential to contribute to society.
Full details at http://www.esaiweb.org/youtube/
To highlight recent scientific research on climate change University College Cork is hosting an Evening on Climate Change on Thursday, January 16th.
The main event of the evening will be the screening of the widely acclaimed film "Chasing Ice". In the spring of 2005, environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth�s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a sceptic about climate change. However, that first trip north opened his eyes to the undeniable evidence of a warming planet. Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world�s changing glaciers (http://www.chasingice.com).
The Evening on Climate Change will be started with a short overview of the latest science on Climate Change by Professor Ray Bates, University College Dublin. After the film screening there will be a reception where attendees will have an opportunity to meet scientists and engineers from UCC who are carrying out research on climate change mitigation, adaptation and modelling and have their "burning" questions on climate change answered.
This is a free event but pre-registration is required. To register please contact Dr Paul Bolger, Environmental Research Institute at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, 16th January, 2014
Time: 18.30
Venue: Room G.05, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, UCC
The Evening on Climate Change at UCC is organised by Environmental Research Institute (UCC), Environmental Protection Agency and the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland.
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(L to R) Kevin Ryan (ESAI Council), Dr Paul Bolger (ESAI Chairperson) and Enda Kiernan (CIWM Chairperson) at the signing of ESAI-CIWM MOU in February 2013
The ESAI signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM) in February 2013. CIWM is the professional body which represents waste and resource professionals working in the sustainable waste and resource management sectors worldwide. Its objectives include education and competence to advance, for the public benefit, the art and science of waste management. Both CIWM and ESAI are committed to building and maintaining higher standards of professionalism within the environmental industry based on sound science engineering and technology, the provision of training, encouraging a better scientific understanding of environmental issues, and providing an expert platform for environmental issues in Ireland and abroad
The ESAI-CIWM MOU will include commitments between the two organisations to run joint seminars/workshops, offer cross membership discounts for events/training courses and agree to promote each other�s associations and activities.
The MOU with CIWM is part of the ESAI strategy to pursue links with other professional associations working in the environmental area in Ireland with a view to developing synergistic collaborations that will be of benefit to the organisations members. We look forward to a fruitful relationship with CIWM in the coming years and thank them for their past support of the ESAI.
The theme of the 2012 ESAI Photography competition was "The Environment". The competition was opened to all amateur photographers on the 7th March 2012 at Environ 2012 in UCD, Dublin.
The winning photograph was taken by Mr. Nick Warrinton from Co. Wicklow and entitled "Warning Waves". The winning photographer receives a framed copy of their photograph together with a €200 One4all voucher, kindly sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork.
The two runners up in the competition, "Birds and the Ship Wreck" by Leo Murphy, Co. Meath, and "Energy from Waste" by Ultan Downes, Dublin, both received a €50 One4all vouchers and one year membership to the ESAI. Photographs were judged on picture quality, composition, and appropriateness of caption.
The winning photographs will be displayed in the Photo Competition Gallery section of the ESAI website at www.esaiweb.org/gallery/photo-competition.
The RV Celtic Explorer will be docked in Dublin, opposite the Convention Centre for the duration of the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 as part of the Dublin City of Science festival.
ESAI members will be guided around the vessel by Marine Institute personnel and ship�s officers, offering a unique chance to see the inner workings of the vessel and interact with scientists and crew.
The free tour will take place on 12th July 2012 from 3.30pm to 4.00pm and will depart from The Diving Bell statue on Sir John Rogersons Quay at 3.15pm.
Those wishing to register for the free tour must be paid-up members of the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland and should contact email@example.com to book their place.
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Please note:
The Marine Institute operates two purpose built research vessels, the RV Celtic Explorer, and the RV Celtic Voyager as well as the deepwater ROV Holland I.
The RV Celtic Explorer is 65.5m in length and accommodates 35 personnel, including 19-21 scientists, and, in gross terms, six times the size of her sister vessel, the RV Celtic Voyager .
This highly sophisticated, low-noise, multipurpose research vessel is fully equipped with state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, laboratories and IT equipment used for a variety of offshore and deep-sea survey operations including:
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The Environmental Science Association of Ireland is inviting entries from interested individuals to participate in the seventh annual ESAI photography competition.
This years competition has the open theme of: "The Environment".
Entrants are encouraged to interpret the theme as they see fit.
Entries are welcome from all amateur photographers and will be assessed on the basis of picture quality, composition and the appropriateness of the caption.
Click here to read more about the phototgraphy competition.
The theme of the 2011 ESAI Photography competition was "Nature in the Urban Environment". The competition was opened to all amateur photographers on the 1st August 2011. Due to the overwhelming number of international entrants last year, this year�s competition was restricted to entrants from the island of Ireland.
The winning photograph was taken by Mr. Gerry Sugrue from Co. Dublin and entitled "Ducks marching through a luxury hotel into a summers evening". The winning photographer receives a framed copy of their photograph together with a €250 voucher for photographic equipment, kindly sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork.
The two runners up in the competition, "Starlings on my Aerial" by Leon Murphy, Co. Meath, and "Green Light" by Anna Pielach, Co. Galway, both receive one year membership to the ESAI. Photographs were judged on picture quality, composition, and appropriateness of caption. Special mention was made of the photographs from Rosemary Murphy (aged 6), Co. Meath, who shows great promise.
The winning photographs will be displayed in the Photo Competition Gallery section of the ESAI website at www.esaiweb.org/gallery/photo-competition. All photographs entered to the competition can be viewed on our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pages/ESAI-Environmental-Sciences-Association-of-Ireland
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Dates: 26-30 August, 2012 Venue: COEX in Seoul, Korea
The conference will be held in a close cooperation with the "Advances in Environmental Research (AER), An International Journal" and under an umbrella of ACEM12 (the 2012 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, and Materials Research).
It is with great pleasure for us to invite you to present your current work at the "AEST12" Conference and/or to organize a mini symposium with 5-8 papers in the area of your expertise. Details can be found in the above web site. We would greatly appreciate your participation in this interesting event and your contribution to the "AEST12" Conference.
The vast majority of Ireland�s 31,000 species belong to small, obscure groups of animals and plants such as fungi, algae and invertebrates. These groups are poorly understood as they are very difficult to study and identify to species level. Yet despite their complexity these organisms play a valuable role in the provision of goods and services to Irish society, services which are estimated to contribute at least €2.9 billion per annum to the Irish economy.
To understand and protect this valuable resource, new user-friendly, online identification keys on Ireland�s biodiversity are required to increase our knowledge on these poorly studied aspects of Ireland�s biodiversity.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has developed specialised software, Biodiversity Keys, to meet this need. This software allows scientific experts to develop online keys for aiding the identification of animals and plants, specifically tailored to Irish science.
The first of these online keys is to Irish freshwater worms. Freshwater worms are an obscure group of animals that are sensitive to changes in water quality and are used in water quality assessments. The author of this identification key, Irish expert and environmental consultant, Pascal Sweeney, states �that this is another very valuable service provided by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and one that will improve the understanding of highly specialised but important aspects of Ireland�s biodiversity�.
The online key is available on the website of the National Biodiversity Data Centre at http://apps.biodiversityireland.ie/OligochaeteIdKey.
If you are an expert in a poorly studied taxonomic group and would be interested in developing a specific Irish online identification key for that group, please contact the Data Centre to discuss collaboration.
The Environmental Science Association of Ireland invites entries from interested individuals to participate in the sixth ESAI photography competition.
To celebrate the prestigious, international Euroscience Open Forum conference to be held in Dublin, the City of Science 2012, from 11-15th July, 2012, the theme for this year's competition is: "Nature in the Urban Jungle".
Entrants are encouraged to interpret the theme as they see fit. Entries are welcome from all amateur photographers and will be assessed on the basis of picture quality, composition and the appropriateness of the caption.
First prize: €250 voucher sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute, UCC.
Professional framing of the winning entry
One year membership of ESAI
Two runners up will each receive a one year membership of ESAI.
Please click here to download an Entry Form and copy of the Competition Terms & Conditions.
Closing date is Friday December 31st 2011. The winner will be notified by email on Friday January 27th 2012.
Professor Michael Depledge (former Chairman of the UK Science Advisory Committee on the Environment & Climate Change) delivered a thought provoking colloquium keynote address on the topic of "Health and the Value of Nature". Professor Depledge, who has recently established the European Centre for Environment and Human Health in Cornwall, talked about the importance of the natural environment to human health outlining evidence from his research that close interaction by people with their natural environment (whether it be a walk on the park, cycling in the countryside or a swim at the beach) has demonstrable beneficial health effects.
Professor Depledge's talk can be viewed at: http://interactive.ucc.ie/test/new/include/sciencelectures-current.html
The 2012 Sino-European Symposium on Environment and Health (SESEH 2012) provides an international platform for interaction between scientists, consultants, and public servants engaged in the multi-disciplinary areas of environment and health. With the fast economic growth, the importance of environment and health is widely recognized in China, and China welcomes international experts for collaboration. This symposium provides an opportunity for a direct communication between experts from China and the rest of the world, and helps to foster and develop international collaborations with China, the 2nd largest economy of the world.
The conference is co-organized by GIS Centre of NUI Galway, The Geographical Society of China (www.gsc.org.cn) and Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ISAI, http://www.esaiweb.org), supported by Ryan Institute of NUI Galway (http://www.ryaninstitute.ie), Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH, www.segh.net), International Medical Geology Association (IMGA, www.medicalgeology.org), Geographical Society of Ireland (www.ucd.ie/gsi) and Ireland Chinese Association of Environment, Resources & Energy (ICAERE, www.icaere.ie).
SESEH 2012 themes cover a wide range of issues in environment and health:
For more information visit www.nuigalway.ie/seseh2012
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