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We are asked to model all the time. Doing so one-hundred percent of the time is unrealistic. How do we explain the margin of change from one-hundred percent "normal societal" behaviors? How do we avoid justification, or utilizing an "inherent value of age?"* In moments of expected modeling, what do we say when we are called out by a student for our non-normative, or expected, societal or classroom behavior?
Even so, what is modeling one-hundred percent? This suggests normative behaviors and therefore also carries the weight to validate stereotypes. These patterns are symbolic of issues much larger. Our efforts to be thoughtful carry ample responsibility and power; to mobilize transparency, we can prepare ourselves to model decision making rather than decisions. Modeling decision making could look as basic as, pausing in front of a snail or a salamander on the trail and deciding whether or not to move the organism from a main thoroughfare-- how, why and for what reason-- and discussing this decision-making process aloud. Or, after building bridges in the woods out of natural objects opening a dialogue about whether or not we should leave our engineering art as it is, or disperse it; these are great practise moments for students to consider not only their impacts but also the many facets that go towards making a decision. The reverse of this could look like the educator just telling the students what is going to happen at the end of their building time without including them in the dialogue (whether or not you have a goal in mind, the conversation is the rich part of this).
This article aims to promote explanation versus making excuses during "grey area" times of modeling. There will always be a grey area; how can be teach transferrable tools and process, rather than absolutes? We know as outdoor educators that more trials equal better results but how can we express this inherent value of age to someone younger than us? As educators, we shouldn't have to rely on inherent value of age as reasoning for our actions, as there are-- and essentially should always be -- specific reasons for asking students to do something.
Instead of not doing what you believe, or what suits your lifestyle choices -- modeling just to model-- be prepared to articulate your choices. The very best teacher is adaptable to many situations and is able to practise the power of the when and the how. The when and the how can be discerned through authenticity and discretion: every choice is a moving target. The most powerful lesson lies in modeling decision making with evidence and experience rather than authority. An expert leader has a non-analytic, appropriate, and holistic sense of all situations and the repertoire to respond in a prepared, salient way.
There are various strategies for challenging current stereotypes and inequality in outdoor education, and we need them all. Some of these strategies include:
challenging the idea that the generic outdoor participant is a mythical norm that often encodes an assumption of ability, prosperity, whiteness and similar ideas of wildness;
improve practical access to outdoor exploration (gear libraries, work trade, childcare, financial support);
examine values instilled in basic ideas of the field (wildness, adventure, culture);
willingness to question and discuss unjust practises while maintaining positivity;
provide innovative tactics to transform ideas of difference through intentional curriculum design (Newbery 3).
There is built-in power that we carry as educators of youth, and adults alike. This power can manifest in many ways, however one poignant place where we can stir critical thinking into our work is through ways of modeling. By being comfortable in our actions, through body language and articulate explanation, we provide strong alternatives to societal expectations and fill in gaps where conversation can begin and students can explore self-identity.
I believe that demonstrating differences of opinion is a responsibility that every educator carries. Modeling is a great avenue for breaking down norms and encouraging critical thinking about subliminal societal expectations. We hold much power in these moments of testing student expectations-- they are observing our every move subconsciously or consciously. Explaining our behavior, for example, "this was the right choice for me at this time because…," values variability, consideration of all aspects and flexibility. Rather than delineating a decision derived from one scenario, this allows our students to re-consider stereotypes, absolutes and norms. When we create absolutes, we encourage archetypes**; is that something to aspire to?
*"inherent value of age" is colloquially referred to in this article as, wisdom gained through years of life experience.
**a statement, pattern of behavior, or prototype which other statements, patterns of behavior, and objects copy or emulate (Merriam-Webster).
Newbery, Liz. "Caution: Education Is Very Messy! Social Difference, Justice, and Teaching Outdoors." Pathways: Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario Series Winter. Issue 15 (1) (2003): 2-3.


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U.S. and Mexico to work on border conservation
When the United States and Mexico talk of cooperation over their shared border, that usually means working to stamp out drug trafficking and gun running. But this week the two neighbors put their shoulders behind a gentler effort: safeguarding a unique area of wilderness straddling the Rio Grande River.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Mexico's Environment and Natural Resources Minister Juan Elvira on Tuesday announced a plan to enhance conservation in the area around Big Bend, in Texas, and El Carmen in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.
The area of adjoining parks and protected areas includes high desert, rugged mountains and plunging canyons that together form one of the borderland's most haunting natural landscapes, far from troubled cities where drug-related killings are rife.
The area includes the Rio Grande River – known as the Rio Bravo south of the border in Mexico — and 3 million acres of parks and protected areas. It is home to more than 450 species of birds, a number of them unique to the borderlands, including the Mexican duck, the Lucifer hummingbird, the Mexican jay and the Colima warbler.
The joint announcement revives a bilateral conservation effort begun in 1944, when the presidents of the United States and Mexico exchanged letters on the creation of the Big Bend National Park in Texas, which envisaged the conservation of the shared ecosystems on both sides of the border. Mexico later established the Cañon de Santa Elena and Maderas del Carmen protected areas in Chihuahua and Coahuila.
"Building upon our shared history of ecosystem and species conservation, the plan will develop a model of bi-national cooperation for the conservation and enjoyment of shared ecosystems for current and future generations," Salazar said in a news release posted on the U.S. Department of the Interior web site. Salazar announced the plan in conjunction with the North American Leaders Summit in Guadalajara , Mexico, where U.S. President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, met on Sunday and Monday to discuss issues including trade, climate change and drug trafficking.
Salazar said that he and Elvira would develop a plan to enhance coordination in the area and report back to Obama and Calderon in six months' time.
(Photo: Big Bend's 5,400 ft Casa Grande in fog, photo credit: National Park Service)
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Nikita has announced their USA and European Nikita Chickita contests for 2008 – make sure you pen these must-do events in your diary!
Saturday 9th February 2008
Nikita have confirmed the date and resort for the 3rd Nikita Chickita USA event. Mammoth Mountain's Unbound South Park will be hosting the all female event on Saturday February 9th, offering up-and-coming female riders the chance to compete for cash or a one-year Nikita sponsorship. It is going to be the best so far with the Mammoth Mountain park crew building and maintaining the park.
The competition is open to anyone and is sure to bring out some new faces to push the level of girls' riding. Past winners have included Marie France-Roy, Iris Lazzereschi, Erin Comstock and Bev Vuilleumier. This year the podium is open for the next big thing – perhaps that could be you!
This year there will be two divisions, pro and amateur. Sponsored riders should enter in the pro division for a chance to win the $2,500 prize purse. Riders in the amateur division have a chance to win the grand prize of a one-year sponsorship from Nikita Clothing. Registration is limited to the first 40 girls in each class, so register early!
Registration for this event is totally free, and is open now on the Signmeup website.
Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th April 2008
Nikita Chickita Europe will take place for the second year running in Serfaus, Austria. This time around it's happening the first weekend in April. There will be more Nikita snow team pros in attendance, more comps and more prizes. As with the US event, they just get bigger and better. Nikita Chickita Europe will be held in association with Onboard and Cooler Magazines, Red Bull and Electric goggles.
Keep up-to-date with all the latest happenings on the Nikita Chickita website.


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Yes yes yes! Love the ones on Nicole Richie!-Ashleyhttp://breakfastatsaks.blogspot.com
hey girl, I am finally back to blogging (thanks for the bit of inspiration!) and you're totally right, you can always find a bit of time to blog if you're into it. I'm definitely a new follower! and love the white pair of sunglasses by the way. I've wanted a white pair of raybans for a while but always seem to have bills to pay... so sad.
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Ways You Can Grow Your Creativity Using DOWNLOAD TIKTOK VIDEOS
Lots of people are now opting for social media where they are able to create or share their unique videos. This is exactly what TikTok, formerly recognized Musical.ly can do. With around 600 million videos being posted every day by its user base of roughly 100 million users. Given that, TikTok has built a name for itself as among the greatest social networks nowadays.
A huge part of the appeal is being able to see or make a new version of classic videos. A video might be 15-seconder up to one minute in length. Topics could cover everything such as hot dances, lip-sync or humorous quotes. Once the video is ready to make everybody laugh it can be easily shared through the app. Applications for video editing are accessible too. You will need a video to edit and a great place to start is TikTok. This post can assist you how to download TikTok videos.
TikTok Videos Using your Smartphone.You must install TikTok first on your iPhone or Android devices. If you successfully run the TikTok App, on the main window, you must see the Account icon. It's on the bottom right area. Listing of videos will be shown on your profile page. Tap one of them you would like downloading. The video will play quickly. Share icon can be found while the video is playing. When you tap, you will see different choices to make including the Download option. When you tap it the video will get saved on your gallery.
Find an App to use as a TikTok Video Downloader
You can pick a lot of applications made solely for TikTok uses. When it's downloaded and functioning, visit TikTok and find a video from your listing you wish to save. Once again tap the Share button, but this time choose the option that says Copy Link. The link you just copied can now be used to your TikTok video downloader app. Paste that link to that app. Options will be shown while the video is previewed. You might have two options before ultimately downloading it, an image or a video. Irrespective of which of it, the download time required won't be that long.
Utilize an Email as your TikTok Video Downloader
Sharing the video via email is one of the options you can find once the Share button is tapped. With it, we'll be able to utilize an Email as our choice of TikTok video downloader. Make use of the above methods until you reach the Share button. Pick the Email option in sharing it. Complete the required data in the blank boxes. Emailed video must be received by the receiver. Open the e-mail to download the video either within your phone or computer.
The above steps make it easy to download TikTok videos. And regardless of the method chosen it won't take too long overall. It likely will only take a few minutes.
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Heavy Haul and Oversize Load specialists: CAT D-11 teardown, power wash, and port delivery
Since 2008 Interstate 48 Transportation has been increasing our agent and carrier base to provide top-notch service for heavy haul and oversize load, or over-dimensional (OD) freight. Though we started in 2007 as mainly a refrigerated truckload and LTL freight brokerage, we soon realized that the best way to service every need that our customers may have is to expand our knowledge and service capacity into areas we had previously not served, or had minimal capacity. OD freight soon became a staple service offering at our company.
A perfect example of our complete service line for heavy haul and OD freight is exemplified by the shipment and ancillary services captured in the slideshows below. Through employees and contracted business relationships we have been dealing with oversize load shipments since shortly after we opened our doors in 2007. We have the knowledge and experience to handle not only the transport of the equipment, but to handle all of the supplemental services involved in these shipments as well. This shipment included a teardown of these machines, where a rigging company is hired to reduce the pieces of these monster machines into pieces suitable for open deck transport. This particular project required two step deck trailers transported alongside the main unit of the CAT D-11 to transport the bucket, the ripper, the top of the cab, the hydraulic pistons, etc. This is referred to as the fall off load. Then the main units were transported via 4-axle RGN trailer.
Before these beasts could get wheels under them they needed to be power washed. Ports require machinery to be virtually spotless upon entry. Sometimes we must contract for the machinery to be cleaned prior to shipping, as seen in these photos, and sometimes we can transport the machinery as is and have it cleaned prior to entry of the port at washing facilities nearby.
Once they are broken down, cleaned and prepared to transport, the rigging company will load each of the component pieces on the respective trailers and the driver will secure the pieces for transportation. Permits have been ordered; pilot cars and pole cars have been contracted if required; route surveys are complete; and police escorts, if required, are in place and ready for this oversize load to transport.
Should you find yourself in need of oversize load trucking services or any as mentioned above, give us a call anytime. Let one of our experienced agents who handle this and only this type of freight, provide you rates, availability and consultation on the best mode of transport for all of your heavy haul or oversize freight.
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Jewish World Review Sept. 3, 2013/ 28 Elul, 5773
Around the world, the cross is in the crosshairs
By Christine M. Flowers
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | (MCT) I've sat in countless church pews, all over the world. I've listened to homilies in French, Spanish, English, Italian and the most beautiful of all Latin. I've spent hours gazing at the refraction of light through stained glass windows, lighted countless candles, and knelt on so many kneelers that my shins carry the permanent indentation of the lifelong Catholic.
I've always taken for granted that I can enter by the front door, sing loudly in celebration, seek communion and absolution without worrying about who might be looking on. Unquestionably, I live my faith in the light of day. This week at Mass, I was reminded of those who can't when the priest asked me to pray for my brothers and sisters who are forced to seek God in the shadows, and risk their lives in the search.
In this country, like most of the Western world, there is no such thing as true religious persecution. This is not to say that people of faith don't come up against discrimination. Those who've challenged the health care birth-control mandate know that the current administration is not particularly sympathetic to claims of religious freedom. Worse, it has become obvious that anyone who questions the validity of same-sex marriage based upon strongly held religious principles can expect to be called a bigot and, perhaps, find himself slapped with a civil-rights lawsuit, as recently happened to a wedding photographer in New Mexico.
In this 50th anniversary year of Abington v. Schemp, the local case that abolished prayer in public schools, we pat ourselves on the back because of our tolerance for those who choose not to believe. This is probably a good thing, even though you can't help but note the glee with which certain groups greet the heavy-booted march of secularization. They don't want to torture people of faith, but they don't mind making them sweat.
But sweating and being the object of suspicion or derision is nothing compared to what is going on in the rest of the world, places where owning a Bible is a death sentence (North Korea) and going to Mass is a suicidal act (Nigeria).
Unfortunately, this doesn't attract the attention of the homegrown media, because we in the West have a problem seeing religious folk as victims. (We also find Miley Cyrus and her impersonation of a slut to be much more interesting.)
Americans in particular are more accustomed to complaining about the Catholic Church's attempt to "impose" its views of abortion on the rest of us, or we see the file video of the Westboro Baptist kooks and equate theology with pathology. We also prosecute parents who refuse to give medical treatment to their children in the name of "religious freedom" and prefer "Interior Design" to "Intelligent Design." It's all part of the balancing act.
Tragically, there is no balancing in some parts of the world, particularly when it comes to Christians. In the 21st century, the cross is in the crosshairs, and the most brutal attacks are reserved for those who follow Jesus. This is not to diminish the historical persecution of Jews, which is, perhaps, the only similar template that we have for deadly intolerance. The Holocaust is the single worst incident of religious-based violence in modern memory (with the possible exception of the extermination of Armenians by the Turks.)
But as Archbishop Charles Chaput observed in an afterword to the book "Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians," "We are living in an age of intensifying, anti-Christian persecution."
And this past month, Egypt's Coptic Christians saw their worst fears realized as the persecution that had begun decades ago increased exponentially as the Arab Spring became a summer of hell. Churches were burned, nuns brutalized, worshippers murdered, and the rest of the world called it a "political problem."
This is not about politics. This is about human rights. Westerners need to realize that just because we prize our "freedom from religion" and stand on top of that euphemistic wall screaming "Keep your rosaries off my ovaries," people in other parts of the world are dying for their faith. And most of them are dying at the hands of people who subscribe to a twisted vision of Muhammad's prophecy, one that feels threatened by believers in Christ. It is the same mentality that motivated Hitler to destroy G0D's chosen people, the same diseased rationale that led Stalin to burn the churches and imprison its children.
Wake up, people. It's 1939 all over again.
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I love almondy crescent cookies and when I saw a recipe I decided to try to adapt it to low-carb! Success! 1 net carb each and 93kcal. Nice year round with a coffee or afternoon tea, but especially welcome at this time of year when everyone else is hoarding their boxes of cookies and chocolates!
For best results weigh your ingredients!
Almond Crescents, Low-Carb & Gluten-free - Kim's Club
Buttery almond crescents with a marzipan flavour....
Author: Kim's Club
Recipe type: cookies
Serves: 30
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
- 175g 6oz butter
- 150g 5oz. sugar substitute (such as Sukrin, Natvia or Swerve)
- 1tsp almond extract
- 150g 5oz ground almonds
- 100g 3.5oz fine almond flour (Sukrin fat-reduced almond flour)
- 2tbsp coconut flour
- 2 eggs yolks
- 1tbsp egg white
- 75g 3oz Powdered sugar (icing sugar) substitute such as Natvia, Sukrin, etc. to finish.
- Mix butter, sugar substitute, almond extract together (easiest done in food processor if you have one), then add egg yolks and the tbsp of egg white. Mix well, then add rest of ingredients EXCEPT for the powdered sugar sub. Wrap dough in clingfilm (saran wrap) and chill for an hr.
- Preheat oven to 350F, 180c, GAS MARK 4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
- Take walnut size pieces of dough and shape into crescents. Bake until lightly golden for 12-15minutes. Gently coat in the powdered sugar substitute while warm and leave to cool completely.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 93 Fat: 8g Carbohydrates: 2g (1net) Fibre: 1g Protein: 3g
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Education Course (2002-2014)
C/O Cork Education Support Centre
Tutor: Kieran McCarthy
(A1) Introduction:
This course is an introduction to Cork History and will present several aspects of the Core Strand Framework of the Primary History Curriculum in a local context. The course is only for teachers as part of continuous professional development with the Cork Education Support Centre and the Department of Education.
Key local historic issues such as everyday life, society, work and culture (e.g. home life, literature, technologies, group relationships) in Cork's past will be explored. In particular, Early Christian Cork, Viking Age Cork, the Anglo-Norman walled town of Cork (Cork's Medieval World) and Georgian –Victorian Cork will be examined.
This course will discuss ideas on how to present Cork local history to students in particular in senior classes. What issues should a teacher and student first explore when approaching the study of Cork History ? What are the local historic issues that are most relevant to the history curriculum in senior classes ? What are the key historic issues that have formed the modern city of Cork ?
(A2) Aims of Course:
This course comprises lectures, fieldtrips and workshops, and explores key historical issues in Cork's development. A successful course should provide the teacher with:
· Increased self-awareness of the importance of identity, respect, and how to develop a sense of place for one's city.
· Provision of an up-to-date appraisal of the time-scale of the physical, social and cultural development of Cork City and surrounding areas.
· Provision of several ideas on how to pursue local history in the classroom – through use of the lecture notes; workshop outcomes; how to use Cork History in the context of the wider primary school history curriculum.
· Above all, the teacher should see why local history is purposeful; how it can add to the identity of the child and provides the child with enthusiasm, appreciation, sense of place and pride for one's home area.
(A3) Methodology of Course:
The cores themes of this summer course are addressed in my own Inside Cork History Column, Our City, Our Town and associated books, e.g Discover Cork (O'Brien Press); and in my locally co-ordinated Discover Cork: School's Heritage Project, which provides a base for the completion of projects on any aspect of Cork's past in Cork City and County schools.
The delivery of the lectures will be aided by the use of a large personal slide collection on aspects of Cork's past along with maps, overheads and local history projects from the latter mentioned school's history project. Handouts and full bibliography on other sources will be provided. The fieldtrips and workshops will also offer further context to the course.
(A4) Content of Course:
20 hours – 5 days @ 4 hours each day to include lectures and four field-trips / walking tours
Day 1:
– Introduction, Early Christian and Viking Age Cork
Morning Session – Classroom, 9.30-11.30 a.m.:
(1a) Introduction, aims, methodology and content of course
(1b) Exploring values and practice in heritage
(1c) Cork History: Issues within the public educational arena
(1d) Revised Primary School Curriculum – Context of local studies
(1e) Case Study: Discover Cork: School's Heritage Project
(1f) Helpful Resources
Afternoon Session– Classroom, 12-2 p.m.:
(1f) Early Christian Period and St. FinBarre
(1g)Viking Cork: History, settlement and society
Day 2:
– Early Christian Cork Fieldtrip
plus Introduction to the Anglo-Norman Walled Town of Cork
Morning Session –Fieldwork, meeting at St. FinBarre's Cathedral at 9.30 a.m.( to 11.30 a.m.):
(2a) Early Christian Cork – Discussion, and walking tour of St. FinBarre's Cathedral; Viking Cork – Barrack Street, South Main Street (Viking Settlement)
Afternoon Session –Classroom, 12-2 p.m.:
Introduction to the Walled Town of Cork:
(2b) The advent of the Anglo Normans and the creation of the Walled Town of Cork; archaeology of walls, towers, streets, houses.
Day 3
The Walled Town of Cork: Further Characteristics
Plus Medieval Cork Fieldtrip
Morning Session – Medieval Cork Fieldtrip – Meeting at Chorus Multi Channel, Georges Quay at 9.30 a.m.( to 11.30 a.m.):
(3a) Discussion on St. Nicholas Church, Red Abbey, South Gate Drawbridge,
South Main Street, Christ Church, Crosses Green, Bishop Lucey Park, Castle Street, North Main Street, St. Peter's Church, Skiddy's Castle Site, and Kyrl's Quay.
Afternoon Session– Classroom 12-2 p.m.:
The Walled Town of Cork – Further Characteristics:
(3b) General history, trade, merchants, tower houses, abbeys
(3c) Seventeenth century politics, King Henry VIII, Elizabethan Wars, Elizabeth
Fort, James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II, Siege of Cork 1690
Day 4:
Eighteenth Century Cork: Expansion and Reclamation plus
Nineteenth Century Cork: Emergence of the Modern Cityscape
Morning Session– Georgian Cork Fieldtrip; meeting at the Gate Cinema, at 9.30 a.m. (to 11.30 a.m.):
(4a) Fieldtrip highlighting eighteenth and nineteenth century Cork; discussion on
Shandon, Butter Market, St. Patrick's Bridge, Crawford Art Gallery
Afternoon Session– Classroom, 12-2 p.m.:
Victorian Cork / Cork in the 1800s:
(4b) Act of Union, Era of Napoleonic Wars, typhoid and cholera epidemics, buildings and churches, Fr. Mathew, Impact of Great Famine in Cork
(4c) Post Famine churches and monuments, railways, slums
(4d) Re-imagining Cork: Photographing Cork 100 years ago
Day 5:
– Fieldtrip highlighting features of Nineteenth Century Cork
plus Twentieth Century Cork
Morning Session: Classroom (to 11.30 a.m.):
Cork in the 1900s:
(5a) 1900 to 1950 – slums, politics, 1926 Civic Survey, Suburban developments in
the 1930s -Gurranabraher, Turners Cross, Ballinlough, 1944 Manning
Robertson Report.
(5b) 1950 to beyond 2009 – Suburban developments – Lough, Ballyphehane,
Farranree, social housing, Cork Corporation development plans, Land Utilisation and Transport Study, Cork Area Strategic Plan
(5c) Reflections and Conclusions
Afternoon Session– Trip to Cork City Gaol, 12-2 p.m.:
(5d) Field trip to Cork City Gaol Heritage Centre; Meeting at the Heritage Centre, 9.30 a.m. (to 11.30 a.m.)
Kieran McCarthy B.A.,MPhil.
On behalf of Cork Education Support Centre, http://www.cesc.ie/
The following notes were compiled from group workshops during the summer courses for July 2009-11
Workshop Question: What defines Cork as a place?
River valley, by its inhabitants/ people
Past & current history
Location (south of Ireland)
Influence of foreigners, Huguenots, Viking, Spanish, English etc
Christian influences (St. Finbarr, nuns, Christian brothers)
University city / town
Trade and merchants
Industry, e.g. Fords/ Dunlops, Butter Exchange etc.
Sport, GAA modern success – Rugby
Parochial city
Rich/ poor
Army Barracks
Sport – hurling/ football/ rugby/ athletic
Traditions – bonfire night
Water! A wet place
Colour red
Superiority complex of people
The real capital
People's Republic of Cork
Beamish & Murphy's
Tripe and Drisheen
Pig's Head
Skirts and Kidneys
Tradition of Music
The Lough
Famous people – Jack Lynch, Roy Keane, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Christy Ring
West Cork Countryside – its affects on the city
Shandon, St. Finbarre's & Churches
Cha & Miah
Limestone & Sandstone
Coat of arms
English market
Very strong sense of place – loyalty/ pride/ arrogance
Articulate people
Local language
North/ south divide
Workshop Question: If Cork was a type of person, what type of person would it be?
Self assertive
musical/ artistic,
sense of humour,
easy going
Open and closed
Family orientated
Criminal activity rising
Church going (change)
Loud / hyper
Witty/ sarcastic
Workshop Question: Early Origins & St. Finbarrr
Who were his parents?
What was his original name?
Who renamed him?
What was his new name?
What did his new name mean?
Where was one of St. Finbarr's original oratories?
Where would find the source of the Lee
How did he get to Cork?
What was the landscape like?
Was Cork a good place to settle? (Pros and cons?)
What was the original name of Cork?
What were the houses made of?
What food did the people east?
How do we know?
Why are some of Cork's buildings constructed of limestone and some of sandstone? Give examples of buildings built of both?
Can you name four/ five Cork places called after St. Finbarre – associated with St. Finbarre?
What is St. Finbarre's feast day?
From what you know of him describe the kind of man St. Finbarre must have been? (strong, determined/ leader…?)
Workshop Question – Viking Age Cork:
When were the first Viking raids on Cork?
How frequently were the Viking raids?
Where can one see an example of a Round Tower?
How do we know that Viking Children played games – what type of games?
Did the Vikings eat well in Cork – prove? What food stuffs made up their Viking diet?
How they overcome flooding?
Why did people die so young?
If you as a child travelled back to Viking times in Cork – what would you like most of all / dislike most of all.
What tools/ materials did the Vikings used to build their homes?
What was wattle and daub?
Name some streets, places in cork with Viking names?
Name some other Viking settlements in Ireland
What evidence of trading has been found?
Look at a Viking map & a modern map of cork and see what they have in common?
What new ways of life/ technologies did the Vikings bring to Ireland (farmin/ house building…)
Describe a Viking house
Possible project topics
A day in the life of Cork City – Photographic record
A model of a building / area that is due for re-development
Bridges of Cork City
Church/ Cathedrals around the city
Roadways – then & now
Port of Cork – changes
Origins of streetnames, e.g. Keyser's Hill
Workshop Questions: St. Finbarre's Cathedral
Where did they find a cannon ball?
Identify bible stories from the windows
Can you find family surnames you recognise on plaque?
How would you decorate pillars (v.plain)
List animals you can identify from art work – windows in church
Sketch coats of arms – suggest why there are family names on wall
Name skills used in church construction –what was the most difficult task – how did they overcome this problem
Using google – name some famous people connected with the church
Why would the "organ" problem not be a problem today?
Who was the architects and write three facts about him
What is the style?
What was his initial budget and what was its final cost?
Who were the main donors?
In what year was the Cathedral built?
Why is there gold writing on the walls?
For what cathedral was the angel designed?
For what Cathedral was the lectern designed?
Who appears on the pulpit?
What stories do the stained glass windows depict? (observe, discuss, recognise – rose windows, side windows)
What design is the window facing west?
What story does it tell?
Who sits in the oak carved throne?
Where in the Cathedral are the names of locals who died during WWI?
Where did Captain Travers and Travers die in battle?
What does the Union Jack on the Cain and Abel window symbolise?
What four types of marble were used in the construction & where did they come from?
How many organ pipes are there in the Cathedral?
Workshop – Way of life in Medieval Cork:
Q. The Way of Life in Medieval Cork – contrast how life was like then and now – Food, clothing, home, games, pastimes, education, chores???
Q. Contrast your parent's occupation with the ones of long ago
Publican – brewer, teacher- housewife
Q. Life was very hard in medieval cork, do you agree?
No – no school?
Yes – you didn't have a very nice house – lots of diseases, dependent on herbalists and local cures. Parents expected many of their children to die – diet limited, fruit and vegetables in short supply
Medieval town life:
What type of houses did the people live in?
Who lived in the walled town?
Who lived outside the town walls?
What type of occupations did people have?
If you had your choice of a trade, which would you choose? And why?
What games did children play?
Is there any evidence that they had pets in Medieval Cork?
How long did people live?
What did the people eat?
Design a menu for the family meals
Did the children go to school?
How did children under twelve spend its day?
What type of clothing did they wear?
What materials were used to make houses? Toys? Cooking implements? Clothes? Tools? Buttons?
What transport did they use?
What did you see at the quays every day? What kind of interesting visitors came to the port?
What was the role of the town crier/ executioner?
What was the fate of a criminal in Medieval Cork?
What were the changes in the city since the Middle Ages
Workshop – Ideas for future projects:
History of School Project
Use of newsletters
Class photographs – interview grandparents about story of the photo
Plans of extensions
Gym – before and after
Sports Day
Oral history from teachers
Oral histories from neighbours, parents, grandparents, invited guests, librarian, caretaker of school
General work:
Local GAA, Tennis, Rugby clubs
Farmer's Market Project – Long ago / today
Holidays – long ago / now
Junior Infants – visit to local church, phones through the ages
6th Class – panoramic view through school windows
3rd Class – St. Luke's / Collins Barracks,Frank O'Connor – preparation / photos, walking tour, written project
History of school
Transport in the area
Architecture in the area
Model making e.g. Shandon, School, Church, Streetscape, spries, graveyard & dates on gravestones
Pairc Ui Rinn Project
Then & Now Photographic Comparison
A week in the life of… Photographic Record
Memories of grandparents (interviews), National Grandparents Day, http://www.grandparents-day.net/index.html
Classroom visit of local historian / older persons
Investigation of past industries / occupations of the locality
Develop a local quiz as a means of imparting information to children & creating awareness
Do a project on the history of local GAA club / soccer club etc.
Classroom museum – bringing in artefacts and display
125th anniversary of GAA project
History of Cork Showgrounds, Cork Munster Agricultural Society
Port of Cork – two different eras – 50's and modern, compare and contrast
Project on Fords, 25 years since closure
Churches of Cork
Bishop Lucey Churhces, models and sketches
Cork to Midelton train line
Bridges of Cork
Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Pastimes on River Lee
Great Exhibition 1902
Street Furniture
Doorways / gates / entrances
Old City Walls, models/ sketches
School uniform / fashion
School equipment – nylon board, film strips, overhead projectors, interactive whiteboards
Older teachers/ younger teachers – memories, how teaching has changed
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text: Dane Pound 977 Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Joe Cremo, Kyle McKinley and JP Honsinger. Press release from the UA site: ALBANY, N.Y. – Two-time defending America East Champions University at Albany men's basketball announced the addition of three Great Danes in the early signing period. Head coach Will Brown welcomes local products Joe Cremo and JP Honsinger, in addition to Kyle McKinley. "I am very pleased with our early signing class," said Brown. "We have added character, talent, skill and toughness to our program. All three student-athletes will help our program continue to succeed in the classroom, on the court and in the community." The class of 2015 includes local Albany products, as well as one player from Minnesota for the second straight year. Joe Cremo | G | 6-4 | Scotia, N.Y./Scotia-Glenville Cremo verbally committed to the Great Danes early in 2013. He guided Scotia to the Section II Class A Championship in 2013-14, averaging 25.4 points per game, 12.1 rebounds per game and 5.3 assists per game. Cremo was also named the New York State Class A Player of the Year. He averaged a double-double as well as five assists per game for a Tartans team that went 27-0. Cremo joins former CBA standout and Schenectady native Greig Stire as a local capital region Great Dane. BROWN ON CREMO: "We are excited to add another local talent to our program. Joe has enjoyed a lot of success at Scotia under the guidance of Head Coach Jim Giammattei. Joe has a very high basketball IQ and is the ultimate "Gym Rat." I really like his versatility. He is known as a scorer, but I have been very impressed with his court vision and passing ability. We expect Joe to be a guy who can play multiple positions for us. Joe is a winner." Kyle McKinley | C | 6-10 | 210 | Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater McKinley becomes UAlbany's second Minnesota commitment in the last two seasons, following up Minneapolis freshman guard Wheeler Baker. McKinley comes from a storied boys basketball program at Stillwater, earning 13 Section 4AAAA Championships. McKinley played his AAU ball for the Minnesota Magic and Net Gain, earning Second Team All-AAU Honors. He was also named to the Suburban East All-Conference Team. BROWN ON MCKINLEY: "One of our goals was to add size to our current roster and we feel that we got a good one in Kyle. Kyle is a legit 6-10 skilled big man. He can run and jump, has a great touch facing the basket and with his back to the basket. He will also provide us with a shot blocking presence in the middle. With added strength he will have a chance to be a force in our program and a very good big man at our level. The sky is the limit for Kyle." JP Honsinger | PG | 5-0 | Clifton Park, N.Y./Acadia Middle School Honsinger joins the Great Danes as a five-star point guard out of Clifton Park, N.Y. The sixth-grader inks his National Letter of Intent after being diagnosed with Niemann-Pick disease Type C, an extremely rare and debilitating disease also known as childhood Alzheimer's. The disease has no known cure. For more information about JP or to support his cause, visit www.jamminforjp.com. BROWN ON HONSINGER: "At 11 years of age, JP is the youngest player we have ever signed. He is a lightning quick point guard with big time range on his jump shot. His is a pesky defender who has a tireless work ethic. As our point guard of the future we are going to rely on his exceptional leadership qualities. Nobody in the country will be signing a player with JP's toughness. We are very fortunate to be able to sign JP during the early signing period as we feel he is a recruiting coup for us. His character and toughness will allow him to make an immediate impact in our program." Edited November 12, 2014 by Dane Pound Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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It's been a pretty great Christmas, and the kids got everything their little hearts could hope for. The exchange of Sith themed gifts was a trigger for me, and I decided to update SWTOR on my desktop. I do still have to work tomorrow, but I've got a powerful need to crush some rebel scum beneath my boot.
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Memories of Zimbabwe - You can't afford to go home
My wife and I have been married going on eight years. We try to go to Africa every two years as she's from Zimbabwe originally. We wanted to go to Zim last year, but ended up going to Tanzania instead as we were taking our (at the time) one year old, and my sister-in-law works for the Rwandan War Crimes Tribunal there. Zim didn't seem like a good first trip for the baby.
I remember when we went to Zim for the first time in 2001. I was meeting my then fiancée's family for the first time and was deep in lobola negotiations with her father. The exchange rate was US$1 to Z$55, and it was about Z$50 to ride in a combi (minibus/taxi).
My wife remembered at the time how she could go downtown and buy gum for a single Zim penny. Once, my sister-in-law got into huge trouble as a child when she asked a visiting relative for a penny.
When we returned two years later, the exchange rate was US$1 to $Z50,000. Mo's father passed away while we were there and it was surreal to spend a solid hour counting out $Z2,000,000 for his casket in Z$100 bills in the midst of our grief.
Take a good look at the Zim $50 note in the picture above. It had an expiration date.
Today, whatever Zim currency you have in your pocket loses value of Z$70 a minute just sitting there.
In January of 2008 the exchange rate was US$1 to Z$1,900,000 (1.9M). On March 1st, it was US$1 to $Z 24 million. Today, just two weeks later it's US$1 to Z$70 million. Arguably, Iraq has a significantly better economy than Zimbabwe as Zim's current inflation rate is in excess of 100,000%. (Some figures point to it being around 164,000%, others closer to 200,000%.)
This Z$100,000 Bearer Cheque is not only two years expired, but were it not, it'd be worth 14/10,000ths of a US dollar, but that worth would last only a few hours.
The gift that I gave my father-in-law to buy cows with would today be worth over $Z140,000,000,000, or 140 billion Zim dollars.
If these numbers seem overwhelming, they are. Recently the new Z$50 million dollar note came out, and it will by three loaves of bread (assuming you can find bread) a Z$16M each.
I can't tell you how painful it is to watch a country you love collapse from the outside when we have family there, but it's nothing considering what it's like on the inside. We talk to family there each week and each week the stories get worse.
I could tell you what it used to be like. I could tell you about the time we went to Chipangali Zoo with my mother-in-law and a mini-bus full of 6th graders. I could tell you about the two classrooms and bathroom (real flush toilets!) that we worked to get built.
I could tell you about the time we went to Victoria Falls and slept a hundred yards from an elephant watering hole. I could tell you about the time we went ekhaya to my wife's ancestral home to bury her father.
I could tell you about the time I found a goat in the my morning bathtub, then it disappeared, only to reappear on my breakfast plate the next morning. I could tell you about freaking out abantu abamnyama nxa ikhiwa likhuluma isiNdebele.
But, those days are gone and we have only pictures and memories. The Zim that we knew is gone and it's unclear what is coming. God help the people of Zimbabwe and our family overseas.
For updated news about the Zimbabwean elections, see the BBC Zimbabwe section or check Google News on Zimbabwe.
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Incest Desk: Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson Uncovers Media Matters in Bed With White House, MSNBC and Certain Scribes
Late Sunday night, The Daily Caller published its first story in what will be an investigative series about Media Matters for America and its allegedly cozy relationship with the Obama Administration, MSNBC and certain scribes such as WaPo's "The Plumline" blogger Greg Sergent and BuzzFeed's Ben Smith. The story names a number of journalists and outlets who have purportedly always been "game" for accepting leaks from MMFA. Apart from the aforementioned Sergent and Smith, they include MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Daily Kos, Salon, HuffPost's Sam Stein and former editor Nico Pitney, LAT's Jim Rainey and San Francisco Chronicle's Joe Garofoli.
The project was a group effort: Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson, who doesn't normally attach his byline on a lead story, and Vince Coglianese are the primary authors, with Alex Pappas and Will Rahn contributing.
The story centers on MMFA Founder David Brock and his reportedly systematic effort to "influence" the national media. Former and current employees describe what they allege to be his erratic, manic and paranoid behavior in the workplace, badmouthing Obama in social settings, cocaine use and more. The degree of security around Brock is astonishing.
An excerpt: The threat he faced while smoking on his roof? "Snipers," a former co-worker recalled. "He had more security than a Third World dictator," one employee said, explaining that Brock's bodyguards would rarely leave his side, even accompanying him to his home in an affluent DC neighborhood each night, where they "stood post" to protect him. "What movement leader has a detail?" asked someone who saw it.
A little comic relief: Brock apparently can't stand ugly people, and once wanted to can a researcher for his or her looks. "'David really doesn't like ugly people,'" one employee explains.
Part I has a little something for everyone: war room researchers having sex at work, drugs, guns and mental illness.
Brock and the named reporters chose not to defend themselves… The piece is predominately comprised of anonymous sources, but there are a lot of them, and internal memos such as one stating that "Media Matters intends to spend nearly $20 million in 2012 to influence news coverage." Neither Sergent nor Smith would comment for the story despite requests. Brock also had no response. "I called Brock's cell and office, texted him and sent notes to both of his email addresses," Carlson told FishbowlDC. "No response. Disappointing."


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The 1st church of the Heralds of the Gospel is now a Basilica
The first church of Heralds of the Gospel (in the International Seminary of the Heralds' priestly branch, the Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right Virgo Flos Carmeli) has been made a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI. The Basilica is named Our Lady of the Rosary. If you look at the pictures, the exterior is not even completed and yet the Holy Father bestows this honor. Inside it some improvements are also in the works. Here follows an translated excerpt of the news reported by Gaudium Press:
"With the Supreme Apostolic power, perpetually, we elevate the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary to the rank and dignity of Minor Basilica"
These words read yesterday from Benedict XVI's Apostolic Brief brought joy and hope for the institution of the Heralds of the Gospel.
The feast of Our Lady Help of Christians was doubly celebrated by the Heralds of the Gospel. In addition to the normal celebrations in praise and honor of the Holy Mother of God, Help of Christians, there was something very special to be celebrated: The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the Diocese of Bragança Paulista was elevated to the rank of Minor Basilica, just that day .
This church is part of a group of buildings which include the seminary of the Clerical Society Virgo Flos Carmeli and the House of Formation of the Heralds of the Gospel.
The ceremony of the presentation of the Apostolic Brief that raised the church to the status of Minor Basilica proceeded with great solemnity during the Mass celebrated by Bishop Sergio Aparecido Colombo , Bishop of Bragança Paulista, in São Paulo.
The Brief of His Holiness was presented to Msgr. João Clá Dias, founder and general president of the Heralds of the Gospel. Then the proclamation of the Holy Father's words followed.
At the end of ceremony the unveiling of the symbols that identify a Minor Basilica, the Papal Coat of Arms, the Coat of Arms of the Bishop and the Papal Keys.
The Apostolic Brief
"Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, under the seal of the Fisherman, on April 21st in the year 2012, the eighth of Our Pontificate."
Thus ends the Papal decree that was made known by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of the Holy See.
In it "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI — Ad perpetuam rei memoriam –" affirms "among the sacred temples of the Diocese of Bragança Paulista in Brazil, stands out, deservedly, the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, erected in the city of Caieiras, to which the faithful of the region tend to go to implore the powerful help of She who is Full of Grace, to guide their existence according the precepts of the Gospel.
For this reason, since the Venerable Brother Sergio Aparecido Colombo, bishop of that See, with the letter of the 1st of March of this year, in the name of the clergy and also the people, requested that we should honor this temple with the diginity of Minor Basilica, We, wishing to give proof of our special benevolence, with supreme satisfaction of those ferverent prayers, judge that it should be granted."
Thus it is that the Holy Father says still "fully met the requirements that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, with the powers granted by Us, established for this subject,With the Supreme Apostolic power, perpetually, we elevate the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary to the rank and dignity of Minor Basilica, conferred all the rights and liturgical concessions that properly belong to the sacred edifices honored with this title, observing what is determined by the Decree De titulo Basilicae Minoris, promulgated on the 9th of November, 1989."
And the Supreme Pontiff continues: "We are confident that the honor given shall prompt the hearts of the faithful to venerate even more the Holy Mother of God and the Church. We desire that this letter take effect from now and for posterity, being revoked any provisions to contrary."
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Thabor – Elevation and Discipline I
Thabor (in English Tabor or Thabor) is a place where elevation and discipline reign. Banalities and lack of seriousness are naturally discouraged.
Naturally? Yes, naturally. In the sense that without needing to always having to drag a person, heavy with earthly thoughts and desires, to elevated things, he is in a situation where it is, in a way, the only thing possible. From a door handle that ennobles a simple closet to the way the indirect lighting creates a penumbra enveloping a corner with mystery, turning every detail into an occasion for elevation of the mind towards God. In creatures one can see an aspect of God, a principle behind a design and even opens the mind to the possibilities of things God could have created, wonders that exist in God's infinite mind; these wonders that we hope to contemplate in Heaven. A prayer that really shows this spirit is one that the Heralds of the Gospel, who voluntarily live in a spirit of poverty, when are in need of some material good, end the request for them with it, adapted from the litany of the saints.
"Cor Sapientiale et Immaculatum Mariae, ut mentes nostras ad caelestia desideria erigas! Te rogamus, audi nos! "
Even in the most simple situations, pulchrum involves the life of a herald, so that the union with God, Our Blessed Mother, the Choirs of the Angels and the Community of the Saints is always more intense. Everything proportions an opportunity for mystical graces to touch the deepest recesses of the soul.
But then why discipline? Doesn't the soul fly towards these wonders? Is this not the essential part of a holy person"s life?
Certainly. Without elevation man is nothing. We were created to contemplate and glorify God.
But this is precisely why we need discipline.
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Fashola: our greatness requires collective efforts, peace
Oct 3rd, 2011 – Fashola: our greatness requires collective efforts, peace
As Nigeria marked her 51st Independence anniversary on Saturday, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) restated that it would require the efforts of every citizen in a peaceful atmosphere to build the collectively desired country.
Fashola, who spoke at the Police College, Ikeja, venue of the march past involving the Police, voluntary organisations, school children and para-military agencies, noted that "nobody will do it except ourselves".
He said: "We can, of course, continue to agonise without organising, and in that sense betray the responsibility of our generation. Conversely, we can resolve from today to be part of the solution rather than the problem."
He recalled that during his 50th anniversary address, he had cause to assert that Nigeria's good days are ahead of her and not behind her.
Fashola said: stating that: "Today, inspite of the challenges that we face, my belief is unshaken; that our better days lie ahead of us, but it is more important to also say that we must earn it by working hard, probably harder than we have ever done before".
"We must earn it by promoting our common humanity and embracing peace, probably more than we have ever done before. We must aspire to those better days which lie ahead of us by exercising the greatest restraint that we can muster when things are not going the way we expect."
The governor, who said he should not be misunderstood to be suggesting that Nigerians must remain docile in the face of want, hunger, poverty and insecurity, added that options and choices must be considered to redress those wrongs without aggravating its already difficult situation.


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If Christians were on fire for God, it would show in our marriages. Don't you think the fact that rates of adultery and marital dissatisfaction in the Christian church are no different than the rates outside the church reveals something about our hearts that needs to be addressed?
Very few of us are consumed by our marriages, and fewer still are consumed by purity. Yet both are God's desire for us. God's purpose for your marriage is that it parallels Christ's relationship to His church'that is, to be consumed with self-sacrificing love for our wives, and lay down our lives to make marital oneness a reality.
But when this doesn't happen as we'd like, we get frustrated. 'Well, if this is how she's going to be,' we think to ourselves, 'why should I go through all the effort of serving her, and of being pure? She doesn't deserve it.' We're tempted to retaliate and withdraw from our responsibilities.
Men, we all need reminding that our marriages are unconditional covenants, not conditional contracts. That means that amidst ever changing conditions and emotions, our commitment must never waiver.
Perhaps you're finding it difficult to cherish your wife'to treat her with tenderness and hold her dear. Warm, romantic feelings are great, but fleeting. What if you don't have them at the moment you need them? Lean upon your commitment to God. Be faithful to your commitment made before God and witnesses and don't let your marriage covenant be dictated by feelings alone.


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Cracks in Planes Could Blow a Hole in Southwest's Reputation
There is currently no end in sight for the problem, although Southwest says it is inspecting the 737s to put them back into service. Three more planes with cracks were discovered Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board is not sure what is causing the damage, further complicating the situation.
Plane inspections could end this week, as long as no problem is discovered that might raise concerns about the safety of all of the airline's 737s. Southwest flies 170 737-300s, out of a total fleet of 540 planes.
Southwest may discover that a good reputation and a strong brand can be fleeting things. The airline is considered one of the best run and most innovative in the country. It regularly sits near the top of industry customer satisfaction rankings. Southwest's shares are up almost 90% over the last two years, compared to a 55% rise in the DJIA. Much of this increase is due to the airline's ability to keep costs low and attract loyal fliers.
Airlines are already facing the headwind of higher jet fuel prices brought on by oil prices of over $100 a barrel. This alone will challenge the financial resilience of the industry. The last thing Southwest needs is customers who are worried about boarding its planes.


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A wedding day at Sherbrooke Church and Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Katie and John have known each other for a while. As they work and live in Glasgow, they decided to get married in Glasgow as its where they belong. Katie had rented an apartment in Glasgow for the preparations, so that's where my day started. Katie had decided on an ivory dress which wasn't too big and wasn't too small. With her hair on top and her wonderfully long veil, she looked beautiful.
Katie and John had decided on getting married at Sherbrooke Church, which is a large and fine old church. I have shot weddings there before and I really do know that its a hard place to fill as its so big – but fill the church they did…! The church was jam-packed with families from both sides and with their many, many friends, from Glasgow, England and around the world. It was standing room only at Sherbrooke on this day.
After the ceremony we got some pictures outside the church then it was off to the Pollokshields Burgh Hall for the reception, which spookily enough, is just down the road from Sherbrooke Church. I want to let you into a small secret here…. Pollokshields Burgh Hall is one of Glasgow's biggest secrets. Many people know its there, but what they don't realise is what a great place it is for a wedding. Besides there being plenty of space for canapés, there's also lots of grounds outside for groups and the newlyweds portraits, and the main hall itself is just perfect for the largest of weddings meals and wedding dances. Its superb.
Anyway, once we all got to the Burgh Hall, after canapés we did some family pictures and then some pictures of the newlyweds, including a guest appearance my a small pug with a kilt (Katie & John's best friend) and hen the meal. After the meal and the speeches the evening started with a ceilidh, with Katie and John leading the way. Another lovely wedding day


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UCSF finding advances insight into adult stem cells in human brain
UCSF researchers have made a notable advance in the effort to illuminate the existence of adult stem cells in the human brain, identifying a ribbon of stem cells that potentially could be used to develop strategies for regenerating damaged brain tissue – and that could offer new insight into the most common type of brain tumor.
The study, conducted by investigators in the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, is the cover story in the Feb. 19 issue of Nature.
The researchers conducted their study on brain specimens (from neurological resections and autopsies) containing the lining of the brains fluid-filled cavity, a region known as the subventricular zone. There, they discovered a sheet of the brains most ubiquitous cell, the astrocyte – traditionally thought of as a supportive cell for neurons in the adult brain – and determined in cell culture studies that the cell has the capacity to function as a neural stem cell. They also detected fresh, young neurons within the astrocytic region that likely are the progeny of these stem cells, the researchers say.
Scientists have long viewed astrocytes as foot soldiers to the brains far more glamorous neurons, which orchestrate thought, feeling, and movement. But the researchers determined in their cell culture studies that the star-shaped astrocytes of the region have the ability to perpetually self-renew and produce the three types of cells in the brain – neurons, oligodendrocytes (which insulate nerve cell extensions, or axons) and astrocytes.
Just what function these adult stem cells perform in the subventricular zone is unclear. Its possible, the scientists say, that the cells remain in the region for some unknown purpose. Its also possible they produce fresh neurons that migrate to other parts of the brain, replenishing neurons there throughout adult life.
In either case, the scientists want to determine if certain molecular signals or growth factors could be used to coax the cells to generate neurons in a culture dish, with the goal of transplanting them into patients to regenerate tissue damaged by conditions such as Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease and stroke. Likewise, they want to ascertain whether regular astrocytes in other brain regions could be induced through molecular signaling to differentiate into fresh neurons, as well.
"Neurosurgery has traditionally been a field of ablation, one of excising or eliminating a lesion, albeit very precisely, delicately, and elegantly. Here we have a new reason to hope that, one day, there could be neuroregeneration – a new mode of therapy where we could replenish brain function that has been lost through either neurologic disease or its subsequent surgical treatment," says the lead author of the study, Nader Sanai, MD, a UCSF resident neurosurgeon and neuroscientist in the laboratory of senior author Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD, UCSF professor of neurological surgery.
"We want to figure out what makes the astrocytes in the subventricular zone special," says Sanai. "Are there other astrocytes in the human brain with the potential to function as stem cells? If we identify the necessary molecular signals, can we unlock this potential in normal astrocytes and make them function as stem cells? The clinical implications of these concepts are at once fascinating and potentially powerful."
Exploring the origin of glial brain tumors
On another clinical front, the team is investigating whether disregulated astrocytic stem cells could be the cause of the most common type of human brain tumor, the glioma, which is thought to be derived from astrocytes. Because these cancers generally are not detected until they are advanced, when symptoms have begun to develop, scientists do not know where – or what – initiates the process of uncontrolled cell replication that leads to the formation of these brain tumors. Some evidence suggests, say the UCSF researchers, that the tumors may originate around the lining of the ventricles.
"On occasion, we do have the opportunity to see brain images of patients with tumors at an early stage of development, and in these cases I have noticed that the tumors are often associated with the ventricular system, particularly in the subventricular zone," says co-senior author Mitchel S. Berger, MD, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery, who treats patients at UCSF Medical Center and is director of the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center. The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is one of the worlds largest neurosurgical programs and leads the nation in research funding from the National Institutes of Health.
"The results presented in this study suggest that astyrocytic stem cells in the subventricular zone could be the source of gliomas," says Berger. To investigate this possibility, he says, the UCSF team is going to introduce the genetic defects known to promote brain tumor progression into astrocytic stem cells in cell culture and, ultimately, in animal model systems, to see if they develop the equivalent of human tumors. If they do form tumors, he says, the next goal would be to develop therapeutic strategies aimed at blocking astroyctic stem cell proliferation, or division, at an early stage of tumor development.
It would not be surprising if human astrocytic stem cells were predisposed to malignant transformation, says Sanai. The cells are constantly dividing, and thus going through the cell-cycle repeatedly, each cycle increasing the odds of a cell developing genetic errors. The accumulation of errors would make a cell more likely to slip into disregulated replication overdrive, the hallmark of cancer.
"If this theory proves true," says Sanai, "it would open up a whole new avenue in brain tumor research."
Building on previous research
The study builds upon previous research by Alvarez-Buylla, who reported in 1999 that astrocytes function as adult stem cells in the subventricular zone of mice, churning out fresh, young neurons that then migrate to the olfactory bulb in a unique pattern of movement he called chain migration. The constant replenishment of young neurons, scientists suspect, maintains the animals keen sense of smell. The finding was one of the first reports identifying adult stem cells in the brain of any mammal as astrocytic (Cell, June 11, 1999). Other scientists have subsequently determined that neural stem cells in the subventricular regions of rats, dogs, sheep, and monkeys also generate neurons that migrate in a chain-like fashion to the olfactory bulb.
Since then, scientists have demonstrated that adult stem cells exist in the subventricular zone of the human brain, but they have never detected the identity, organization or function of these cells. The current study is the first to not only discover these characteristics, but also to isolate human astrocytes that could function as neural stem cells.
At the outset of the study, the researchers discovered that the outer walls of the brains central cavities, or ventricles, were lined by a ribbon of constantly dividing astrocytes. They also detected fresh, new neurons in the region. Much to their surprise, however, the researchers determined that these young neurons did not form migratory chains to the olfactory bulb. Exactly where the progeny of this ribbon of neural stem cells might go, if anywhere, is still unknown.
The fact that the human brain does not maintain the pattern of chain migration seen in so many other animals, including primates, is surprising, says Sanai, given the evolutionary propensity of animals to conserve anatomical structures. At the same time, he says, it makes sense, given humans relatively weak sense of smell.
"The fact that were not seeing a mass exodus of newly-formed neurons to the human olfactory bulb suggests either that these neurons arent doing anything when they are born, which is a possibility, or they are doing something entirely novel in the human brain," says Sanai.
The investigation
In their study of the subventricular zone, the researchers worked with healthy brain tissue from 65 tissue samples from neurosurgical resections (the margins always taken to safeguard a patient) and 45 samples from autopsies. After discovering the ribbon of astrocytes along the lining of the ventricles, they succeeded in isolating the astrocytes from the tissues dense network of mixed brain cells. Then, they conducted a series of experiments in the culture dish that revealed these cells have the properties of adult neural stem cells (i.e., the ability to produce the various cells of a given organ, in this case the brain).
First, they showed that when the cells were exposed to growth factors they could create structures called neurospheres, raspberry-like globules that can self-perpetuate and give rise to all three brain cell types – neurons, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. Then, they demonstrated that individual subventricular zone astrocytes, grown upon a feeding layer of normal astrocytes from the human brain cortex, could produce new neurons without requiring added growth factors.
The relative ease with which the astrocytes were driven to function as adult stem cells in the second experiment was notable, says Sanai. It suggests, he says, that some factor is being secreted by the normal cortical astrocytes that induce these adult neural stem cells to produce new neurons.
The answers await. "From the laboratory to the operating room, from mice to humans." he reflects. "Many investigators and clinicians gravitate towards stem cells because they are scientifically unique and potentially powerful. They inspire in us new hope. The first step, however, will always be to simply understand their biological nature."
Other co-authors of the study are Anthony D. Tramontin, PhD, of the UCSF Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program; Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, Nicholas. M. Barbaro, MD, Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD, Sandeep Kunwar, MD, Michael T. Lawton, MD, Michael W. McDermott, MD, and Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, all of the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Research Center; and Jose Manuel-Garcia Verdugo, PhD, of the Instituto Cavanilles, University of Valencia, Spain.
The study was funded by the William Siebrandt glioblastoma fund and grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Brain Tumor Association.
The adult stem cell research under way in the Alvarez-Buylla lab is strongly supported by funds from Frances and John Bowes. More broadly, the UCSF Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program was launched in August 2002 with a matching grant from Andy Grove, the chairman of Intel Corp.
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