My parents ran a bronze foundry together. This is them working on the famous Molly Malone statue in Dublin City before it was unveiled in 1988.

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Why do we say “as mad as a hatter”? | IDIOM ORIGINS

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Rob and Jess “pull out all the stops” in this episode explaining idiom origins.
✈️ Why do we say “balls to the wall” and “push the envelope”?
🐘 What’s so useless about a “white elephant”?
πŸ‘• Where were the original “whole nine yards”?
These questions answered and many more in this common sayings special of Words Unravelled.

Here’s our other idioms episode: β€’ Who was the first to “paint the town red”?…

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Surgeons use augmented reality and tractography to visualize the brain in real time during surgery, enhancing precision and safety.

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indian railways finds a clever way to stop people from traveling without tickets.

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Trapdoor spiders build silk-lined burrows sealed with camouflaged, hinged lids.

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Colours | XT-5 XF 56mm f1.2

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Some landscape shots…

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Brit compares life in China vs. the UK; You’d be shocked by his answers!

This episode’s guest is β€ͺ@doug_rooney‬, a Scottish man who decided to move to China five years ago as a new adventure for his life, and just like many other foreigners who came to China for the first time, he came with all the biases and stereotypes about China he learned while in the U.K.
As an educator and a writer, Rooney engaged with society deeply and observed the differences between the West and the East. If you want to understand the differences in both societies, politically and culturally, if you are considering studying or working in China, this video might help you get a better sense of China.

Doug Rooney’s article:
Reflections on Western and Chinese Approaches to Operate Local Government
https://lijingjing.substack.com/p/ref…

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Why is the ocean salty?

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ITAP of the French Quarter after the rain

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