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November Rolag Club: St. Clement’s Day

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The Sounds of Brazil Sets Table for Listener Interaction

Originally posted on Hear; Let's Listen:
 Although I learned about The Sounds of Brazil – the Chicago-based internet radio station – this past summer, I am glad I waited until now to write about them. While I applied my…

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Brazil to sue BHP, Vale for $5 billion in damages for dam burst

Originally posted on Papua New Guinea Mine Watch:
Brazil shows PNG how it should have dealt with BHP over the Ok Tedi disaster… A combination photograph shows windows of damaged houses in Bento Rodrigues district after a dam, owned by Vale…

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Barlo “Nature of Knowledge” New mural in Hong Kong

Italian artist Barlo is now in China where he recently finished this new an allegoric mural at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in Hong Kong. “Nature of Knowledge” is a 3.5×90 m mural and was conceived after the student association Nomads HK contacted … Continue reading

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Two plump gulls

Originally posted on Poet's Corner:
Two gulls flew into Manchester on a rainy winter’s day Forty miles from coastal waters for what reason? Who can say? Perhaps the Irish Sea was too cold and rough out there So they…

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Cross Street, early morning

Originally posted on Being 42:
Thursday 26th November 2015, 7.55am (day 1,554) A sign of how my commuting habits have changed, basically since I had my sabbatical in Australia — this is the earliest Manchester shot in nearly three years (since…

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Carnival

Originally posted on Life of Ryrie:
I love Carnival.  I suspect that the word ‘Carnival’ has conjured up images of feather clad women shaking their booties to a heavy samba beat and that’s why you’re nodding in agreement.  Actually, Somerset…

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Book of the month: Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares

Thanks for the recommendation and great TED talk by the way. A year of reading the world Brazil is certainly not short of stories. When I was collecting recommendations for my year of reading the world back in 2012, many … Continue reading

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MAGNITUDE 6.8 PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=472683 Subject To Change Depth: 608 km Distances: 703 km NE of Lima, Peru / pop: 7,737,002 / local time: 00:45:18.4 2015-11-26 339 km NW of Cobija, Bolivia / pop: 26,585 / local time: 01:45:18.4 2015-11-26 131 km SW of … Continue reading

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Northeast Brazil: Drought threatens water-truck lifeline in parched northeast Brazil

#Voices2Paris – UNDP Storytelling Contest Story 11 For the rural community of Pacheco in northeastern Brazil, the local school has never been so important. It is now the only place in the drought-stricken area that has water on tap. But … Continue reading

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