Tag: ireland
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: When Bread Makes Beer, Food Waste Is Toast (Video)
People are making a lot of money off the new ‘sharing economy’; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland’s most hated bankster is going home for justice.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Sharing Economy, Saving Bread, Jailing Banksters (Audio)
People are making a lot of money off the new ‘sharing economy’; London brewery teams with food activist to make beer out of wasted bread; and Ireland’s most hated bankster is going home for justice.
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Melangell: Welsh Patron Saint of Hares
from blog.prehistoricshamanism.com: Mike Williams, Ph. D. We are all probably familiar with Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess who gave her name to Easter and is often associated with hares – the original Easter bunnies. But today in Wales, we celebrate the feast day a 6th century saint, Melangell, who is the actual patron saint of hares…
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#GerryAdams Arrested for Questioning Over 1972 #IRA Slaying
from cnn.com: Police on Wednesday arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for questioning in connection with the 1972 Irish Republican Army abduction and slaying of a widow, a move that could shake Northern Ireland’s fragile peace.
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The Dark History Of Green Food On St. Patricks Day
Why Dyeing Food And Beer Green For St. Patrick’s Day Is Actually Kind Of Sad* from npr.org: Green food may mean party time in America, where St. Patrick’s Day has long been an excuse to break out the food dye. But in Ireland, where the Irish celebrate their patron saint on March 17, green food…
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Egyptian Papyrus Found in Ancient Irish Bog
from phys.org: From 2010: “Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland’s National Museum said on Monday. The papyrus in the lining of the Egyptian-style leather cover of the 1,200-year-old manuscript, “potentially represents the first tangible…
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Evidence Grows for Narcolepsy Link to GSK Swine Flu Shot
800 children developed narcolepsy after getting the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline.
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Arranging a US Famine
from foodfreedomgroup.com: At a time when the US government talks of food shortages yet is doing nothing to ensure food for its people but is doing numbers of things that seriously increase the threat and leave people more helpless, it is relevant to look at again at the famine in Ireland in the 19th century,…
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Church Pianist Strangled Exchange Student After #NickiMinaj Show
from nydailynews.com: A U.S. church pianist has been arrested for strangling an Irish exchange student who spurned his advances following a Nicki Minaj concert, in Tokyo a spokesman for police said Friday. Richard Hinds of Memphis is accused of murdering Nicola Furlong, 21, in a hotel room on May 24. The 19-year-old allegedly admitted to…
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Olympic #Flame Departs Ireland Troubles, Illuminates Scotland
The Olympic flame braved stormy seas and heavy rain Thursday on its final day in Ireland, a visit that highlighted the growing unity between British Protestants and Irish Catholics.
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#PopOcculture: #Oikos, #Oaksterdam, #NewOrleans
One Goh opens fire at Oikos U., religious school in Oakland // Does anyone think it’s odd that yesterday the FEDS were raiding one school in OAKLAND, while a SHOOTING was going down at ANOTHER school in OAKLAND? // Philadelphia Priest Joked of Abusing 3 Boys In 1 Week // Five former New Orleans officers…
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Saint or Slave Trader? Doubts About St. Patrick’s Origins
The popular legend that St Patrick was a slave taken to Ireland by force is untrue, according to researchers in England, who claim he was actually a slave trader. The classic telling of St Patrick’s life suggests he was abducted from western Britain in his adolescence and forced to work unpaid.
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11/3 pop occulture: pilgrims, prophets & secret messages
2.5m pilgrims arrive in mecca for annual hajj that begins nov4* french satirical weekly firebombed after portrays prophet mohammad* ireland closes embassies in vatican, iran as cost-saving measures* scientology leader miscavige fed gourmet meals every few hours* detroit official who owns church charged by feds* stolen phoenix jesus statue returned* william peter blatty on ‘exorcist’…
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9/9 pop occulture: 9/11 sermons & the jobless
with anniversary on a sunday, pastors prepare 9/11 sermons* progressive christians join controversy over excluding clergy at 9/11 event; criticizing bloomberg & prominent conservatives* orange order lodge website blocked from ireland schools* aspiring evangelist charged in vandalism of church statues* ‘phoenix goddess temple’ linked to prostitution* video: church invites jobless to place resumes on altar*
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violent protest shakes troubled london district after police shooting
‘panic on the streets of london, burn down the disco’: tottenham cars & bldgs ablaze as 26 cops hurt & 42 arrested* from voanews: Several British police officers were injured and a number of people arrested when rioting broke out late Saturday in a depressed district of London, Britain’s capital. A protest over the fatal…