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Quora: Brendan Kelly – I know a 140 IQ is good, but what does it really do?

Posted on January 12, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

HomeFollowingAnswerSpacesNotifications Try Quora+ From your Digest Brendan Kelly ·  Follow Author of “Intelligence, IQ & Perception”4y I know a 140 IQ is good, but what does it really do? An IQ of 140 is a mixed blessing. On an IQ scale … Continue reading →

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As 2024 comes to an end, take a moment to imagine being born in 1900. At 14, in 1914, you witness the start of World War I. Comment: to gain some perspective about life and moving forward from the past, this 1st January 2025

Posted on January 1, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Conversation History Photographed @HistoryInPics As 2024 comes to an end, take a moment to imagine being born in 1900. At 14, in 1914, you witness the start of World War I. By the time it ends in 1918, on your … Continue reading →

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Yuval Noah Harari: Free Speech, Institutional Distrust, & Social Order | Making Sense #386 Sam Harris

Posted on December 25, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

400,195 views 7 Oct 2024 Making Sense Podcast: Episodes This is a preview of the full episode. In order to watch the entire episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you can SUBSCRIBE at … Continue reading →

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JEFFREY SACHS: “In December 1991, I was leading a delegation of economists to meet with President [of Russia Boris] Yeltsin…………. Looking back over the decades and the warning signs

Posted on November 24, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Sony Thang @nxt888 JEFFREY SACHS: “In December 1991, I was leading a delegation of economists to meet with President [of Russia Boris] Yeltsin. The room in the Kremlin was gigantic, almost the size of a football field. We waited and … Continue reading →

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The Guardian: “…Its presence has raised fresh concerns about the security of the interconnector cables that run between Ireland and the UK carrying global internet traffic from huge datacentres operated by tech companies including Google and Microsoft, which have their EU headquarters sited in Ireland…”

Posted on November 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Support the Guardian Espionage Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea Yantar intelligence ship was seen operating drones in an area containing subsea energy and internet infrastructure Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin Sat 16 Nov 2024 … Continue reading →

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RIA: Dame Louise Richardson and Richard English “Britishness and Irishness”.

Posted on November 13, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

4,387 views Nov 4, 2024 The Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame launched the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) initiative with a view to generating authoritative, independent and non-partisan research and analysis on a … Continue reading →

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BBC News: Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’. Comment: Charities buoy up the state provision of services but being exempt from tax they are adding to their own wealth. Charities are essential but Governance is equally important. The extent of spread is immense in relation to the Royal Family as seen from this piece from below “Their contracts with public bodies are said to include a £37 million agreement between the Duchy of Cornwall and the Ministry of Justice to lease Dartmoor Prison, and a £11.4 million deal between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and the Duchy of Lancaster to rent a London warehouse over 15 years.”

Posted on November 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’ 14 hours ago 3rd November 2024 Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News Details about the Royal Family’s finances including rent received from the NHS, schools and the armed forces have been revealed … Continue reading →

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The Irish News: “Slavery”. Most interesting story about checking out your DNA and who really is your father, family.

Posted on October 22, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica His great, great, great grandfather Sir James Fergusson was an owner of enslaved people in Jamaica. By Aine Fox, PA Social Affairs Correspondent October 22, 2024 at 9:35am BST The … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia: Ireland 1950’s. Pickow’s photos capture the capital and its people at a time when modernisation and internationalisation were gathering pace

Posted on October 18, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

How Dublin looked in the 1950s’ photos of George Pickow Updated / Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 09:57 By Barry Houlihan RTÉ Brainstorm More fromRTÉ Brainstorm Analysis: Pickow’s photos capture the capital and its people at a time when modernisation and internationalisation were … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Hibakusha group receives Nobel Peace Prize for “demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”

Posted on October 15, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Hibakusha group receives Nobel Peace Prize for “demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again” By François Diaz-Maurin, Thomas Gaulkin | October 11, 2024 … Continue reading →

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