http://www.gaire.com/e/b/ en-us Gaire.com Gaire Blogs For Irish I am preparing essays on a few topical pieces, such as the recession, poverty, crime/drink/drugs, teenage problems etc etc etc. Just learning important points for each one, so I can write about them if they come up. But can anyone think of anything else major-ish that happened last year, especially October/November/December? For example, an essay that came up in the 2009 paper was "President Obama" - Stewie http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3540 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:32 GMT [IMG]http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs192.snc3/19949_348590280568_345527055568_5214177_3816345_n.jpg[/IMG] Mary Margaret Dunne, (83) affectionately known as 'Mad Mary', or "The Dancing Lady of O'Connell Street" has grabbed the affections of Dubliners as she sang, danced and preached on her pitch on O'Connell Street for over thirty years. I remember being mesmerised by her. There was this Intrepid http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3539 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:03:29 GMT Wellness recovery action plan  It is a simple and systematic approach to assist people to recover and maintain wellness.  It is an individualised & self designed plan which helps you to learn how to:  Best look after yourself.  Keep yourself well  Monitor situations that cause you problems or distress.  Take action.  Wellness Tools  In short, Our wellness tools are day marlbo http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3538 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:03:36 GMT I have been building a website for a friend, using my usual platform of Wordpress: it can be used without any knowledge of web mastering. He wanted a forum... so I used the Buddypress plugin. It was a nightmare but I finally managed to put the forum up, stop people from creating threads in some categories, but not stop them from replying to existing threads in them. The site goes live at the end of the month so I blaH http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3537 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:55:56 GMT THe workers look after me. A lot of bad weather last few months. Outdoor pots breaking with the frost. Feeding the birds all over winter. Guess they know its time for worms. Soil is just pasturised. All of my weekly vegetables off, cuts into make the compost heap. Im bulling sice Oct. Now is the time. Im a busy MalteseCross1 http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3536 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:40:52 GMT OK so I've been getting them in bits and pieces and they go like: [B]English [I](H)[/I] - A2 - 90 points[/B] Maths [I](O)[/I] - B3 - 35 points [B]Irish [I](H)[/I] - C1 - 70 points Business [I](H)[/I] - B3 - 75 points[/B] French [I](H)[/I] - D3 - 45 points [B]Geography [I](H)[/I] - B1 - 85 points Art, History & Appreciation [I](H)[/I] - C2 - 65 points LCVP [I](C)[/I] - Distinction - 70 points[/B] Total Stewie http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3535 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:29 GMT from the gaurdian Friday 26 February 2010 [B]Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at the barbican[/B] French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot has installed a walk-through aviary at the Barbican, inhabited by 40 zebra finches and with a landscape of electric guitars. Music from the back of one of Britain's leading concert halls may sound a touch random for the next three months, discordant even. But then the musicians are Elat http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3534 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:38:56 GMT I haven't done on of these in awhile! I was typing it up for school so thought I may as well post it here too. :p This was inspired by a story I read in the newspaper about a dog being beaten to death. I paced up and down the waiting room, my eyes glued to the blurred floor. I felt numb. I couldn't think. So many thoughts were racing through my mind. I struggled to hold back the tears. People sitting down were Stewie http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3533 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:34:14 GMT What a beautiful Monday. I've had a lovely morning walking on the beach with my mam and judy, our 7 year old lab. The Irish sea was not its usual green hue of toxic surf but rather a lovely bright blue, i nearly though i was on the med! We were talking about marriage's gone wrong for people close to us and when i thought about it there are way more people i know that are in relationships for all the wrong reasons, than ollie31 http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3532 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:24:11 GMT A [B]Flash Lock[/B] is effectively a weir with a single gate to allow boats to navigate beyond the structure. Originally very simple structures allowing boards to be dropped into place across the water to build up depth later versions used movable gates. Flash locks did exist on river navigations in the early days but were replaced with pound locks as soon as it became practical to do so. Flash locks are extremely JupiterKid http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3531 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:00:57 GMT Like Big Blue Eyes Coming Out Thread. Fought hard to get here. http://www.memphisinmay.org/bbq Have entered loads but never taught would be picked out. Lots emails and menues. Will be brodcasted on TVFood in August. Sweaty palms. MalteseCross1 http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3530 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:56:06 GMT So decided to take a trip home as a needed break from the big smoke and I missed my family for some reason. It was at the back of my mind that I would tell mum while home. So my sister who was driving me home from Galway city asked if I was gonna tell her, I said I would like to but will not be able to tell both her and Dad as I was afraid of his reaction. She said she thought I should at least tell mum. This was great big_blue_eyes http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3529 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:48:11 GMT It was called an orphanage but it wasn't, not really. Many of the children who were residents did have one or both parents alive. Rather they were from families where circumstances did not meet with the approval of the local Roman Catholic priest. Some were the offspring of "fallen women" - those who had a child outside of marriage. In at least one case, the mother had died but the father was still alive and Gadjo http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3528 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:07:25 GMT Hi Guys I am a 4th year student in Waterford Institute of Technology. As my final year thesis I have chosen to carry out a study looking to examine the dynamics and qualities of parental social support from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals to see if it affects their sexual behaviour. I ask of all you LGBT people out there to give me a dig out by taking 10 minutes out of randomnoob1 http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3527 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:04:02 GMT For those of you familiar with the Bible, did it ever seem slightly bizarre that Abraham was quite cool about obeying the voice telling him to sacrifice his son, Isaac? More significantly, there's no evidence that I'm aware of that the other Israelites thought there was anything unusual about this. Hearing voices in your head seemed to be pretty common in Old Testament Israel. It wasn't just the Israelis. The Gods of Gadjo http://www.gaire.com/e/b/article.asp?id=3526 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:12:15 GMT