Category Archives: General

Is this a plan to kill off homeless people?

It may sound farfetched to think that someday the homeless will be systematically killed off, forced out in to the open to be mistreated by the public, punished by the weather and starved to death as a result of a…

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Peterloo massacre remembered in Manchester, England

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This 16 August 2015 video from Manchester, England is called Maxine Peake Reads Shelley‘s Masque of Anarchy for Peterloo Massacre Memorial. From daily The Morning Star in Britain: Hundreds gather to mark 1819…

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British Explorer Percy Fawcett and the Ancient Lost City of Z

Originally posted on Bizarre and Grotesque:
Percy Fawcett with an Olmec (?) statue. Colonel Percy Fawcett was one of the most famous British explorers of his day, a friend of writers Arthur Conan Doyle and H. Rider Haggard. He had…

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City Devolution and Governance

Originally posted on Sustainable Smart Cities:
Ben Harrison, Director of Partnerships at The Centre for Cities has written a great piece this week about the governance issues affecting city regions and the pace of devolution. The announcement this week that the Government…

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Ginger chicken udon (Wagamama at home!)

Originally posted on INTREPID FOODIES HAS MOVED:
There’s no noodle quite like udon. They’re incredibly thick, filling and comforting. Like the food version of a quilt. Being a secret Wagamamaholic (maybe not so secret), we decided to make our own…

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I Digress – A Visit to a Spanish Food Blog

Originally posted on Francesca Bergamasco:
While I’ve been in a virtual world for years, writing about it is entirely new for me. To begin my blogging adventure, I’ve taken part in the blogging101 class offered by WordPress. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed…

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Manaus to Cusco: Porto Velho, The Brazilian West

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Rio’s bay could be less dirty, shortly

Originally posted on RioReal:
No more Cedae? Protesters this past June Experience teaches that skepticism is the most appropriate attitude, so let’s cultivate it. And now for some good news: there’s a possibility that we’ll at last have significantly cleaner…

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Originally posted on MCRagainstrubbish:
Growing in the city and urban sustainable development are inseparable things. These days, eco-friendly solutions are more than welcome to make our cities livable and reduce rubbish through reusing and recycling. Big media outlets, like the…

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St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson

Originally posted on writewyattuk:
Duddell Act: Joe Duddell, left, and Mike Garry, who have reworked Garry’s St Anthony as a single I’ve probably said this before, but I don’t tend to do plugs on this blog. But this is a…

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