Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Matthew Wright:
I once knew someone who had to prepare the ‘Your Stars’ column for the local newspaper. Conceptual picture I made of a red dwarf with large companion using my trusty Celestia installation. It was a…

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
? by Andre Vltchek, republished from Counterpunch For now, Argentina is lost and Venezuela is deeply wounded, divided and frustrated. Virtually everywhere in socialist Latin America, well-orchestrated and angry protests are taking place, accusing our left-wing…

Originally posted on energyhold:
Water scarcity due to climate change has been affecting Brazil’s energy security and CO2 emissions in 2014-2015. The Latin country that used to rely more than 90% on hydropower, currently only acquires approximately 60% of its…

Police used tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray Friday to disperse sometimes violent demonstrations against bus fare increases in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the two biggest Brazilian cities. Source: Police use tear gas, pepper spray on violent … Continue reading →

Originally posted on rethink social:
This photographer took 12 years to complete his latest project on what he calls “one of the most important products we trade in the world.”  It’s well worth the wait. Sebastião Salgado, a renowned photographer…

Originally posted on Being 42:
Tuesday 5th January 2015, 2.35pm (day 1,594) The building works in St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, do not seem to have advanced a huge amount since they were pictured nearly a year ago (26/1/15). Never mind, they…

Originally posted on www.worldonlinecinema.com:
QUE HORAS ELA VOLTA?/SECOND MOTHER (15) 2015 MUYLAERT, ANNA BRAZIL IN PORTUGUESE £17.99 Val leaves her daughter Jéssica behind to work in São Paulo as a housemaid for a wealthy family. 10 years later,…

Originally posted on The best coffee in Paris:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFyvfXVDNrs RF – January, 8th, 2016 More : http://renaudfavier.com/2016/01/08/in-bossa-veritas/

Originally posted on Bull on the Run !:
It was a short plane ride from Curitiba to Porto Alegre.  I rented a car, headed for the land of grapes, wine and champagne of Brazil. For the next two-weeks I would visit over 30…

Originally posted on Cyber Gazing:
A British teenager who used cans of deodorant in lieu of bathing died from inhaling gas. Police found 42 aerosol cans in the room of Thomas Townsend, 16, of Folkestone, Kent in southeast England. According…