Category Archives: General

São Paulo: between business and leisure

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Brazil Elite Codifies Budget Practice Used to Impeach Rousseff

teleSUR – September 4, 2016 Brazil’s newly-installed President Michel Temer has signed legislation that essentially authorizes the identical financial accounting maneuver that was used to jus… Source: Brazil Elite Codifies Budget Practice Used to Impeach Rousseff

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Day #51, Explore Manchester Cafés

Originally posted on Wiredgypsy's Diary:
September 4, 2016 My muscles screamed this morning. Moving is tiring and I really do not want to move any more. I still have one more moving to go. I really hope things work…

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Families Beg Soca Junkies to Please, Please Get Help

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Families Beg Soca Junkies to Please, Please Get Help

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red stripe/jerk chicken

Originally posted on jimmy lou:
I went to the Notting Hill Carnival on Sunday. “All it is is just people walking around the streets and following the herd, eating jerk chicken and drinking Red Stripe,” my boss said. “But you…

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Brazil. 2015

Originally posted on Nina Ferraro Photography:
– Locations – Natal Pipa Salvador d Bahia Iguazu Porto Seguro Arraial d Cabo Arraial Frio

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Pages of a Girl

Originally posted on Escapism Central:
A short film from Brazil.

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The Pasta Factory – Manchester

Originally posted on The Cook Twit:
“Another branch of Manchester’s ‘Little Italy’ is doing the business. If its pasta you need you’ll go far to get any better than The Pasta Factory in Manchester’s Shudehill” Rather than pail and wallow,…

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Bury Art Museum is a secret gem tucked away at the end of the tram lines. With a confident and bold creative programme, its ability to outshine any large scale gallery in the city centre is well worth the trip … Continue reading →

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The Metrolink story

Originally posted on Making Manchester:
https://youtu.be/XZOQa9hJExg Ahead of our next programme Moving Manchester: Trams, planes and smart motorways, here’s a short video featuring clips from the interviews in the programme. Cllr Andrew Fender of Manchester City Council was involved with…

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Repression of pro-democracy protests — Anthroposcenic

My eyewitness account of police repression last night in São Paulo, originally posted at Brasil Wire. Photography is mine, with additional photo & video in a separate post. Pro-democracy protestors have demonstrated through the streets of São Paulo for four … Continue reading →

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Cartoon of the day — occasional links & commentary

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