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Sligo Town
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County Sligo is situated on the Atlantic coast in the north west of Ireland, it is renowned for its unspoilt scenic landscapes with approximately 110 miles of coastline.
Sligo Town, capital of the Northwest region, is situated on the Garavogue River between Lough Gill and the Atlantic coast. It is a major growth centre and the largest town in the North West with a population of over 20, 000 people, swelling to a daytime population of 42, 000. Sligo is a thriving tourist, commercial, administrative and educational regional centre. Its name literally translates as 'the place of shells' - this allegedly derives from the fact that the inhabitants of yore had a staple diet of shellfish and remains of those shells are to be found buried in the grounds thereabout.
Sligo is serviced by a number of national primary routes including the N17 to Galway (85 miles) and N4 to Dublin (135 miles).
Sligo has a diverse landscape from majestic mountains such as Benbulben, Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains to sandy beaches internationally renowned for their fantastic surf, to lush woodland and glistening lakes. It's most famous landmark is the flat topped Benbulben Mountain which dominates the skyline across the north of Sligo, watching over the traveller as they make their way north along the coastline through the famous seaside town of Mullaghmore, exiting Sligo into the hills of Donegal.
Sligo, land of heart's desire, as written by the poet WB Yeats, who yearned for the serenity and peace of Lough Gill and its Isle of Innisfree and the enchanting Slish Wood close to Dooney where the fiddler of yore entertained the merry Sligo is host to the internationally acclaimed Yeats Summer and Winter schools. The Regional Arts Centre in Sligo houses a collection of his brother, Jack B Yeats paintings.
Steeped in history from Europe's oldest Stone Age cemeteries at Carrowmore to Queen Maeve's grave at the top of Knocknarea mountain, Sligo town is now a lively cosmopolitan town with continental style bistros along the Garavogue River which flows through the town.
Easy accessibility via airport, road and rail make Sligo an attractive location for industry, from cutting edge IT to Pharmaceutecal Companies. The high cabilbre of graduate from the local Institute of Technology and excellent training institutions playing no small part in Sligo's success as the commercial capital of the North West.
Sligo plays host to a number of cultural events throughout the year including Sligo Arts Festival, County Fleadh, International Choral Festival, Guitar Festival and numerous contemporary musical festivals throughout the year.
Keeping alive Sligo's literary tradition are the Hawks Well Theatre, The Blue Raincoat Theatre, the Model Arts and Niland Gallery and the Yeats Theatre.
Many of the local pubs specialise in live music from Trad Sessions to Jazz, Rock and Open Mic sessions.
For the sporting enthusiast there is a wide array of activity to choose from. Sligo Sports Complex offers various pitches, indoor basketball courts, badminton, tennis, indoor soccer, a gymnasium and weights room, and a superb swimming pool. To experience the great outdoors there are walking, hiking, horseriding mountaineering and cycling clubs. Sligo has a number of championship golf courses along with numerous gaelic football, soccer and rugby clubs.
Taking advantage of its vast coastline and inland waterways one can waterski, surf, sail, scuba-dive, take part in sea and fresh water fishing, canoe or take up Olympic style rowing.
For those not wanting to get their feet wet you might want to take to the skies. Sligo Airport is home to one of Ireland's most active flying clubs with courses running throughout the year there is also an opportunity to take up skydiving and get a birds eye view of the breathtaking scenery that is Sligo.
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I feel im at a crossroads now in my life ? (Answers: 3) (Comments: 0)
basically this is where i am at now in my life,it feels cliche but its a crossroad,
Im 22 years old and having worked since the age of 15 under 3 devious managers in factorys I decided that i will give it a go myself,Its something i have wanted to do for a long time but the last 6 months ive taken a course on starting a business and am really going gung ho,the recent credit crunch has affected it for now as if all was right with the world i feel i would have my investment now but as ive spoke to my bank,they cannot give anything towards it now,which is a shame but it wont stop me,its a great idea and something sligo will really benefit from i feel,i suppose watching my brother who owns a successful bar and restaurant in sligo town for over 10 years now has made me want it a little more thats not in doubt,but theres a element in me that wants to do better,not to be spiteful or anything malacious its just a personal dream of mine to be very successful in what i do and make my late father proud also,alot of people have asked me "why dont you ask this brother for the investment" well without boring you all silly,my family is very odd,we get on great and always look out for each other but my brother made his success from nothing,and really i mean that,our family home which i still live in with my mother is just your average house in a estate that has the worst reputation in sligo,which doesnt help but ive grown up with good people there so i cant knock it,its my home always,so since my brother never offered me anything and he knows my ideas for this but hasnt offered help as such,i thought "you know what,he did it alone,i will too" so at the moment as banks are a failed option for now,i might look down the road of a angel investor,a guy who will see the great idea and potential for massive profits and help me,thing is,where are these guys lol .. i`ll keep looking and i`ll never stop trying to be successful,who knows i could have a business this year coming,it could be 2010 or ever 2015 but i will one day open a business i can call mine,and not work under any devious inept boss again. Actually recently the sligo enterprise board got in touch with me and said they like the idea and think it will be great for sligo so who knows what will happen,hopefully sooner rather than later eh. thanks for reading if you have and good luck on your own venture,never stop trying,you never know.
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Networking Project help? (Answers: 1) (Comments: 0)
Heres what ive done so far in the theory but im told its not right can anyone help?
I have been hired to improve the communications and networking facilities of a local computer sales and repair shop in Sligo. The shop is a well known and popular business that provides technical support to a number of large companies in Sligo town. They also have a shop where they sell computers, computer accessories and also computer games. The building is made up of three floors.
Preliminary Site Inspection
Ground Floor
?Two Rooms
Sales
Computer Room (MDF)
The ground floor is mainly used for sales. There is only one computer on this floor. In the rear small room there is an MDF.
First Floor
?Two Rooms
Repairs
Store Room
This floor is used for repairs. Everything from repairing laptops, pc?s and printers, reformatting and reinstalling operating systems, updating and upgrading machines, putting in RAM, hard drives, different processors and changing damaged parts, etc, will be done here, all the pc?s that are fixed are stored here. There is only one access point in the repairs room and one LDF. The store room has all the store stock in it.
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Second Floor
?Two Rooms
Office (All Staff)
Office (Currently unused)
IDF
One room will be used by payroll staff and will contain two PC?s. The manager will also have his own personal PC in this room. The third room is where the IDF is stored. Directly below this room is the repairs room which contains the IDF.
Basic setup of Main Distribution Facilities (MDF) and Intermediate Distribution Facilities (IDF)
All any company needs is one MDF. It must be beside the Point of Presence (POP) - where the internet provider (Eircom, etc) has set up access. In this company?s case, it will be set up on the first floor of the building. There will be a minimum of one IDF per floor. An example of where more than one IDF per floor would be needed is if a PC is more than 100 Metres away from the IDF.
Each switch is connected with two TBASE1000 but only one of them is used for the connection as the other one is only there to provide a backup. You must route the cables in different directions because if there is building work, digging, etc, being done the wire could be damaged and if the two wires were in the same place then both wires would be damaged leaving the backup useless.
The MDF has routers, switches and enterprise servers. The IDF has switches and work group servers (Word Processing, Print Servers and File Sharing). We will use Gigabyte Internet to connect up the main server, as this will make access to the server much quicker.
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Future Requirements
Ground Floor:
I want to expand the access points on the floor for two or three display machines. In the other room, I want to include an MDF and also an enterprise server.
First Floor:
I want to upgrade this floor to have eight points (two per engineer). The reason for this is to provide a backup access point so that in the event of one of the connections breaking; they will have a spare one. If in future more engineers are employed, additional access points will already be in place meaning no additional installation will be required. There will also be a work group server added in here. All the stock and repairs will be in two rooms rather than one room. There will be one PC in the store room to track stock, repairs, etc.
Second Floor:
I would like to add another PC for the payroll staff. I want to upgrade the unused office and turn it into the manager?s office. It is necessary for the manager to have his own office, separate from the other staff to allow him privacy when dealing with company issues or any personnel related queries. All we need is one access point in this room. There will also be a work group server on this floor.
The scalability of the network must be quite large so that it can grow without any major changes to the design being needed. For example, if we have fifty users, we need to make sure that the scalability is 200% so that more users can be added in future as the company expands.
We must also have good adaptability of the network as today we might only be sending a data file but in the future we will more than likely want to send video links, etc.
We will need to improve our internet range and abilities such as, remote access to other PC?s. So if a customer with internet access calls us with an issue, we can connect remotely and solve the problem there and then.
In future if the company expands, I would like to add another building but would like to keep the network within one.
I also want to set up a WAN so that if the boss wants to work from home he can access all the information he needs from his own pc.
I am looking into using Skype phones in the business for a low cost communication option, to try to save money for the company due to the recession that is ongoing at the moment.
Active Directory
Every member of staff will be on the
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whats the story with him? Would it work? (Answers: 1) (Comments: 0)
Noel asked me to hang out with him last Sunday so he can show me the social world because he thinks I am too sheltered at home.He said my social life is poor and I should have to plan events or occassions. I text him once saying I don't like flings but don't mind passionate kisses so last Sunday he text offering to give me a kiss which he said he was good at. he insisted we hang out so he persuaded me, After alot of chatting he looked at me in fascination and said I don't believe this I am starting to get into you and I wasn't before but I am now. Noel is my sisters friend. He offered to give the kiss but I rejected him, then later he explained that I shouldn't worry about the result of the kiss or the consequences and that frienship is first anyway, He tried to kiss me again and I kept turning my head thats when he asked why, and I said I don't know I am scared, He said he thinks I am very cool and now wants to be with me and we ended up snogging in the end. In the taxi he said we will hang out again.He said when ever he is in sligo town again and we can go to a waterfal or cinema. That night he send me a few texts saying ? (1st text) Goodnight. Sorry for kissing you, (2nd) text Dunno why I am into you. Cant be described sometimes.x, (3rd text) I liked the kiss but I feel like I was on my own. That?s why I said sorry. I don?t say sorry to pple that love kissing me, but he text me a few days later saying he is still inlove with his ex and that hey were thinking about getting back together. He doesn't think I am bord but said I text way too much and that we may hang out next week.He also said he doesn't regrest kissing me that night and he kissed my neck, wrapped his arms around me and carresed my hair as I lay falling asleep on his shoulder. He believes that there is only one woman for him and he only likes cool women.He said he wanted to be with me and earlier he said he doesn't want his ex back. He is single but he is in touch with his ex who he may get back with. What chance have I got??? What should I do??? Will I ever see him again??? That sunday night we always me eye contact.Don't forget he was the guy who asked me to a picnic and he actually asked me to hang out with him for an hour a few weeks before last week but I told him it is too much of a short notice but I would like to hang out with you maybe another time so I didn't turn him down last sunday. wb
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