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Food Adventures in Manchester…

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Cereal Kult beats the Monday Blues

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Industrial evolution by bpfoto

Display at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK, showing milestones in science and its application From 500px http://ift.tt/1RGXtHI https://bestpicpicpic.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/industrial-evolution-by-bpfoto/

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A glimpse of Olinda Carnival, Brazil

Originally posted on Isa on tracks:
In Olinda, Carnival is a serious business, it starts in …November and lasts until February! Yes that’s 4 months of rehearsal! A Brazilian guy from Recife told me to go there on a Sunday as…

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Pixinguinha & Velha Guarda

Originally posted on Rio Then:
In April 1954, at the celebrations for São Paulo’s 400th anniversary, Thomaz Farkas filmed a samba show with Pixinguinha & the Velha Guarda. This short 10-minute documentary, in Portuguese, is about recuperating the footage, lost…

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A day out in Manchester

Originally posted on Jenjoy:
Hello 🙂 So, as mentioned in my last post, I went on a little trip to Manchester with my sister last Wednesday as I’d never been before and I had heard good things. Here are a…

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Airbus 320 by aeroramon

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Counting the cost of Zika

Originally posted on LatamAnalyst:
The zika virus is causing global concern. It is carried by the Aedes mosquito, which can also be a vector for the dengue and chikungunya diseases. Since 2015 Zika has been spreading in a number of…

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London students refuse to pay rent in protest against ‘soaring’ accommodation prices

‘Accommodation costs are equating to social cleansing of working class students from education.’ Source: London students refuse to pay rent in protest against ‘soaring’ accommodation prices

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