Monthly Archives: December 2013

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village They run to community centres to clear land, move rubble, or sand walls; they run to visit isolated older people and they run to complete one-off “missions” like changing light bulbs for those … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village Kevin Friery‘s insight: Breathtaking See on http://www.bbc.co.uk

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village I love Christmas. I love everything about it, apart perhaps from the predictable fundamental Christians bleating on about the so called War on Christmas and their irksome ill-informed insistence that Jesus is the … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Mental Wellbeing Kevin Friery‘s insight: The persistent fear of or anxiety about one or more social or performance situations that is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by the situation. See on http://www.bbc.co.uk

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History has removed a reference to God in an exhibition space for visitors, according to reports. An inscription in the museum’s new Nature Lab that referenced … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is on a mission to get more girls and people from ethnic minorities involved. See on http://www.bbc.co.uk

See on Scoop.it – Mental Wellbeing A man is sentenced for rape after his victim worked up the courage to tell police after serving on the jury in another case. Kevin Friery‘s insight: Poor woman, but so brave.  See on … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – The Global Village The filthy and severely deformed offspring of a horrifying incest cult whose members bred together for generations have been discovered in a remote farming community in Australia. Kevin Friery‘s insight: Horrible See on … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Mental Wellbeing The nativity, the classic story of the origins of Christmas, but revised for scientific accuracy Kevin Friery‘s insight: The nativity is the classic Christmas story still told and performed in schools all over the … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Mental Wellbeing Kevin Friery‘s insight: There is no health without mental health. The government’s refusal to fund adequate services means that even those with severe mental illness are not getting access to the help they need, … Continue reading →