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BBC News. We forget too easily about people who are in care homes for the elderly; and sometimes young people who have sustained brain injury or for other reasons. Think about this.

Posted on February 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Banksy the alpaca brings excitement to care home residents 21 September 2024ShareSave Shariqua Ahmed BBC News, Peterborough Residents at a care home have spent an afternoon with some unusual visitors – a group of alpacas, including one called Banksy. Gorefield … Continue reading →

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Fast Company Impact: Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes. Comment: Ireland encouraging children to use parents home site … what can we learn from Mark Zuckerberg?

Posted on February 27, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

02-26-2025 IMPACT Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is investing $750,000 in BuildCasa, which aims to add more affordable housing in residential areas. [Image: Donovan Adesoro/BuildCasa] BY Patrick Sisson3 minute read … Continue reading →

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2015: Do we recall? Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz ‘researched suicide’

Posted on January 31, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz ‘researched suicide’ Share The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing the Germanwings jet in the French Alps had researched suicide methods and the security of cockpit doors, German prosecutors said. Internet searches from the week before the … Continue reading →

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Decoding the Knowledge: How Taxi Drivers Think Differently From AI. Q

Posted on January 25, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Decoding the Knowledge: How Taxi Drivers Think Differently From AI. Comment: Pre TBI great ability to visualise and find my way but this disappeared and it took me decades to understand it somewhat. Aphantasia is partially responsibile but spatial/intuitive explains … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Saudi Arabia opens world’s longest driverless transit system. Comment: Tourism in Ireland – the Greens are gone apart from 1 but that does not stop other politicians thinks with lateral/global thought function. What can be learned from this? Former Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons moved to Tourism in Saudi Arabia. Gibbons has been hired by Neom Tourism, an agency set up by Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to promote a new smart city on the Red Sea coast.

Posted on December 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Show Search https://bb51c8730607fab3b2be23f5b90fffde.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Architecture Saudi Arabia opens world’s longest driverless transit system By Adam Williams December 02, 2024 Zaha Hadid Architects’ KAFD Metro Station, pictured, is a key station in Saudi Arabia’s new Riyadh Metro, which is hailed as the world’s … Continue reading →

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Fast Company Compass: Ireland we have a deluge of derelict potential homes; what can we learn from Scotland?

Posted on October 30, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

10-29-2024 IMPACT How Scotland is bringing new life to old, abandoned homes What if you could create housing without starting from scratch? [Photo: courtesy SEHP] BY MaryLou Costa and Reasons to be Cheerful5 minute read An abandoned fisherman’s cottage on a remote Scottish … 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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China Calls On Hong Kong Tycoons To Help Kickstart National Economy

Posted on September 29, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Hong Kong China Calls On Hong Kong Tycoons To Help Kickstart National Economy  September 29, 2024  0 Comments By RFA By Ng Chi Ping The ruling Chinese Communist Party has called on Hong Kong’s leader to mobilize the city’s wealthiest families into … Continue reading →

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Where there is prey there will be Predators? Be aware. The Charagua Manuscripts. A Catholic priest who sexually abused vulnerable people took photos and diaries with the details.

Posted on June 18, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

THE CHARAGUA MANUSCRIPTS Over decades, a Spanish priest, Lucho Roma, abused hundreds of Indigenous girls in Bolivia. He photographed them, recorded them on video and documented his crimes in writing. This is the second diary of a pedophile priest that … Continue reading →

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Ireland – there is a massive housing/homes shortage; some say the Census stated that as many as 180,000 houses+ or potential homes are vacant. What can we learn from Japan experiencing drop in birth rates? Article in The Guardian “Akiya houses: Why Japan has 9 million empty homes?

Posted on May 1, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

The Guardian – Back to homeThe Guardian Support the Guardian Abandoned akiya house in a small village in Miyoshi, Japan. Figures released this week shows the number of vacant houses in Japan has topped 9m. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Japan … Continue reading →

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