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Digital Signal Processing at University College Dublin - The research group's main interests are on DSP applications for mobile communications, speech processing, and multimedia signal processing.
The Royal Irish Academy - Information on the academy and their research projects, library and publications.
DIAS Geophysics - Staff, publications, news and information.
Radon Laboratory Services Ltd. - Some information on radon gas, possible measurement of it, and building regulations, with Radiological Protection Institute maps of affected areas, are presented by this commercial service provider.
BioResearch - A government and university agency supporting biotechnology research and technology transfer. Gives information on participating research centres and the benefits of relocating a business to Ireland, educational material, news, events and discussion facilities.
Irish Association for Quaternary Studies - Provides a interdisciplinary forum for the cross-fertilisation of ideas in Quaternary studies in Ireland. Membership, newsletter, events, publications, committee.
The Institute of Geologists of Ireland - Details of this professional body and its structure, with membership material, member listing, geoservices directory, links and newsletter.
Irish Meteorological Society - Details of this organisation, including programme, past events, how to join and contact details, along with links.
ENFO - Ireland's public environmental and sustainable development information service, presenting substantial information in categories, activity and school notes, details of publications and exhibitions, background, contact data and FAQs and a reference database.
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) - The national organisation with regulatory, monitoring and advisory responsibilities re. ionising radiation and radioactive contamination in the environment presents detailed material on radon in various situations, radon measurement services, a national radon map and FAQ. There is also coverage of cosmic radiation, monitoring and emergencies, regulation, services, research, publications, jobs, press releases and contacts.
Sonairte, the National Ecology Centre - Promoting ecological awareness and education and providing details of its activities and services, attractions, location and means of supporting its work.
Science.ie - National site providing details of Irish science events, career guidance and role models, and developing links and other material by science area.
Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition - Ireland's national science and technology fair, running for over 35 years, provides information about the next event for different groups.
Institute of Physics in Ireland - A branch of an Ireland and UK body, providing details of its workings, calendar, awards, newsletters and a bulletin board.
Irish Science Centres Association - ISCAN fosters and promotes the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland. Newsletters, places of interest, events, membership details and an archive are provided.
Materials Ireland - A materials science joint initiative between Irish industry and academia, with sections for different scientific centres covering aspects of the field.
Irish Research Scientists' Association - This large network of individuals and organisations promoting research excellence provides news, events and policies.
Geophysical Association of Ireland - Aims, membership details, committee, constitution, events, shop, maps, contact directory and links from this professional development, lobbying and discussion group.
Ten Steps for Ireland's Environment - Programme for environmental improvement, with quiz and tips.
The Gateway to Aquaculture in Ireland - Includes list of courses and acadmic institutions offering classes, events, current research, academic and industry employment opportunities, aquaculture farms, and government organizations and legislation.
The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland - Official site, with history, news, events, member directory, photos, links and membership and administration information.
ExpertiseIreland - A searchable database of research, knowledge and innovation, with patents, grants and technology transfer opportunities on the island of Ireland.
Irish Astronomy - Message board and astro photo gallery for Irish astronomers, with telescope reviews and price guide, a beginner's guide to the field and a guide to local clubs.
The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it. -- Shirley MacLaine Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed. -- Hoshang N. Akhtar "In some ways, I never outgrew my adolescence. I wake up in the morning and think, 'Oh my God, I'm late for a math test!' But then I say, 'Wait a minute. I'm 40.'" (Daniel Clowes) You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. -- Jonathan Carroll, Outside If you don't know how to do something, you don't know how to do it with a computer. -- Anon. Science and Environment "Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." (John Quincy Adams) Trust, but verify. -- Ronald Reagan The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!", but "That's funny..." -- Isaac Asimov Science and Environment "People demand freedom only when they have no power." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "In some ways, I never outgrew my adolescence. I wake up in the morning and think, 'Oh my God, I'm late for a math test!' But then I say, 'Wait a minute. I'm 40.'" (Daniel Clowes) "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) blah bla "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." (Albert Einstein) Well, I think that it's a- it's had some difficult times but I think we have- we, I think, have been able to make some very good progress and it's- I would say that it's- it's- it's delightful that w Science and Environment The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders. -- P. J. O'Rourke The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. -- Anonymous "Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." (Oscar Wilde) Science and Environment The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. -- Winston Churchill The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. - Albert Einstein When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. -- Anatole France "Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer." (Jack Handey) The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. -- George Santayana Science and Environment Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. -- Allen Ginsberg If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. -- Johnny Carson Flowers are words which even a baby can understand. -- Arthur C. Coxe Science and Environment "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding." (Louis Brandeis) How could they tell? -- Dorothy Parker, upon hearing that President Coolidge had died A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife. -- Edgar Watson Howe Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails. -- Clarence Darrow "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom." (Raymonde Uy) Science and Environment "A true friend stabs you in the front." (Oscar Wilde) The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. - Von Clausewitz When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion. -- Fred Astaire Science and Environment "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare) Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. -- George Bernard Shaw I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings. -- Humphrey Bogart to Lauren Bacall, in "The Big Sleep" The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. -- Albert Einstein Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars -- Les Brown Science and Environment If it weren't for marriage, men would spend their lives thinking they had no faults at all. -- Anonymous If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. -- Hyman Rickover Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? -- François de La Rouch Science and Environment Trust, but verify. -- Ronald Reagan We can do not great things - only small things with great love. -- Mother Theresa CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disg Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. -- Thornton Wilder Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toil Science and Environment Diplomat: A man who can convince his wife she would look stout in a fur coat. "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778) I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability. -- Oscar Wilde Science and Environment "I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough." -- Arizona senatorial candidate Claire Sargent, on women candidates "Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so." (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 1872-1970) I have a daughter who goes to SMU. She could've gone to UCLA here in California, but it's one more letter she'd have to remember. -- Shecky Greene There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job. -- George Crane Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. -- Woody Allen Science and Environment "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." (Calvin Coolidge) "Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) I have read your book and much like it. -- Moses Hadas, book reviewer Science and Environment All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. -- Lewis Grizzard These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. -- Jeff Greenfield, news analyst, describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial, 1995 "One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. -- Dorothy Parker Science and Environment Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife. -- P. J. O'Rourke Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. -- Sydney Smith Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Science and Environment All courage is a form of constancy. It is always himself that a coward abandons first. After this all other betrayals come. -- Cormac McCarthy And I shall love thee still my dear, Until my wife is wise. "There cannot be a God because, if there were one, I would not believe that I was not He." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. -- Abraham Lincoln Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. -- George Saunders - last words Science and Environment "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance) Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. -- G. K. Chesterton "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost." (Aristotle) Science and Environment It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin cream must do something or they couldn't cha We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry. -- John Webster The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting. -- Gloria Leonard When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P. J. O'Rourke "You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Science and Environment A friend is a gift you give yourself. -- Robert Louis Stevenson The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order. -- Brian Pickrell Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives. Science and Environment "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" (Vince Lombardi) Parents are the bones upon which children sharpen their teeth. -- Peter Ustinov "Be the change that you want to see in the world." (Mohandas Gandhi) Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great. -- William Shakespeare, Henry IV It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. -- Eugene McCarthy Science and Environment "Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." (Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller, 1759-1805, The Maid of Orleans. Act iii. Sc. 6.) "Marriage excuses no one the freak's roll-call." (Joe Orton, What the Butler Saw) Hell is a half-filled auditorium. -- Robert Frost Science and Environment
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