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Arepas Revisited, with Input from Edinburgh and The Pleasant Peasant

Glover Gardens It Started with Breakfast Club Arepas are a traditional bread from the native tribes of Venezuela that resembles both pita (in shape) and fried cornbread (in texture).  I learned about them from a colleague when she brought them … Continue reading

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Japanese Fireflies – Summer 2016

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Active silence

Originally posted on RioReal:
Rio is done for… Except it’s not Rocinha, seen on a winter afternoon from the Dois Irmãos mountain It’s tough to read the lack of noise, after years of great activity. But the silence in Rio, both…

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What Do You Love More?

Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
Not even her best backbend Before I was a writer, I was an acrobat. Not the kind that flips through the air–the kind who holds up other smaller, younger acrobats who look better in…

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The sugar and ethanol industry in Brazil

Originally posted on Blog da Viqui:
? This post is aimed at understanding the structure of the sugar and ethanol industry all over the world with a more focused gaze in Brazil. The question on my mind is: what if we…

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Against All Odds, BRICS Nations Get Their Act Together

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nature seen through color and light effects…

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Nara Park – Deer me!

Originally posted on Merry Adventures:
Deers are gorgeous creatures, but back in Australia the only chance to see them are either at a zoo or on Google. But staying in Kyoto, just 30 minutes away for Nara, I could finally…

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Education as Right or Roadblock?

Originally posted on Working Abroad:
So here’s the thing- in most of the countries of the Western Hemisphere, at least those whose economic foundations were build upon the practice of slavery, education has always held a high level of value.…

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MCM Manchester Comic Con 2017

Originally posted on Thestrals' Books:
Today is a bumper edition, as I will be making TWO posts, to make up for the lack of a post on Saturday. This, the first one, is all about Comic Con over the weekend.…

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