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Sculpture by Ted Roocroft (1918-1993) in the Roman Fort Gardens, Castlefield, Manchester. The artist was was a pig farmer turned sculptor and was known for his animal sculptures. It was deliberately mounted low to be “accessible to the public”, so … Continue reading
JOIN US/ ORGANISE? FOR 17/10/15: Rail relay to call for electrification of the Transpennine route
On October 17th two relays will be taking place on train lines previously ear-marked for electrification but disappointed by a recent government U-turn. Midland Mainline campaigners will travel up from London to Sheffield via stations including Market Harborough and Leicester … Continue reading
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Tagged electrification, green economy, infrastructure, investments, Leeds, Manchester, public transport, Transpennine
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Animals | Hylocharis cyanus
Please use Searchy.One Description From Photographer if Any: Hylocharis cyanus – White-chinned Sapphire – beija-flor-roxo By SergioGregorio Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/animals-hylocharis-cyanus/
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Tagged beija-flor-roxo, birds, Brazil, hummingbirds, Hylocharis cyanus, nikon, Nikon D810, White-chinned Sapphire
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Candomblé & Reading Spiritual Signs Courtesy of Medeiros
I traveled to Brazil on my twenty-second birthday and Candomblé — admittedly, spirituality in general — was something I tended to dismiss as folkloric and time-wasting before then. I attended a primary Catholic school and have lasting memories of corrupting … Continue reading
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Tagged afro-brazilian, Brasil, Brazil, Candomblé, catholic school, catholicism, christianity, divination, initiation, josé medeiros, macumba, medeiros, ritual, umbanda
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Hang Gliding in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
So I decided to take the leap (literally!) and try out hang gliding for the first time whilst in Rio. I’m feeling pretty used to being in the air now but contained in a tin can shooting through the sky, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventures, backpacking, Brazil, coastal, explorer, gap year, hang gliding, mountains, ocean, Rio de Janeiro, South America, travel, wanderlust
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Inside Banksy’s Dismaland
This post contains descriptions of Dismaland that are better left to your untarnished initial experience. Leave if you don’t want the experience explained to you. Getting there is easy enough. From London, you can catch a train to Bristol, and … Continue reading
A Decade After Katrina: What We Lost/What Remains
I’m not a big Hurricane Katrina remembrance person. Like a lot of people from the places affected by the storm, I usually unplug from social media on the days leading up to August 29th. It’s not that I want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambata Kazi-Nance, dating, decade, devastation, erasure, family, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, loss, love, Love InshAllah, Muslim dating, Muslim love, Muslim men, Muslim relationships, Muslim women, New Orleans, Not Without Love, recovery, relationships, remembrance, Salaam Love
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Monstrously Disruptive Technology: Don’t Turn Your Back on the Toaster
“The ancients, no doubt, were as wicked as we are, but they knew it. And so they were wise enough to put up protective railings” – Jacques Bergier I’ve quietly slipped into the status of an old curmudgeon. I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, disruption, Future, Intelligence, robots, Technology
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The Contortionists of Mongolia
By Christine Schindler Alongside some of the world’s strangest preserved traditions – such as Mongolian wrestling, bareback horse riding, and throat singing – is contortion. A dance or a feat of flexibility, contortion is the art of stretching and bending … Continue reading
ヤクザの分割 Japan’s Gangsters Find Extortion No Longer Pays, Forcing Yakuza Split
The Yamaguchi-gumi was founded in Kobe in 1915 by Harukichi Yamaguchi as an association of dockworkers. The man credited with building the Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate was Kazuo Taoka, the charismatic third don dubbed ‘the bear’ for clawing his opponent’s eyes during … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime Syndicate, Gangsters, Harukichi Yamaguchi, Kazuo Taoka, Kobe, Organized crime, Racketeering, Tokyo, Wall Street Journal, WSJ, Yakuza, Yamaguchi-gumi
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