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Naoshima and beyond: Japan’s incredibly cool art islands
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[Video] American Kids Try Breakfasts From Around the World
Video courtesy of www.kitchenbowl.com http://aboveandbeyondtravelcc.com/2015/08/28/video-american-kids-try-breakfasts-from-around-the-world/
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Tagged America, Brazil, China, Finland, Poland, South Africa, www.kitchenbowl.com
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Clashes break out as residents are evicted from a Brazilian slum
On Thursday, violence erupted in Sao Paulo, Brazil when police were sent to evict an estimated eighty families from government owned land from a slum district. Residents protesting threw rocks and torched ten cars and one bus to prevent … Continue reading
Commuting Chronicles: Manchester bus 192 woes
Originally posted on Manchester / Malmö:
I’m currently sitting on bus 192 from Manchester city centre out to Stockport. This is the worst bus route I’ve been on in my life. Why, you ask? Well… Here are some sporadic thoughts: 1.…
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Feira Hippie de Ipanema, Ipanema Hippie Fair
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In Conversation: Juliana Barbassa
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How Cheap Will Solar Get? #Auspol
If current rates of improvement hold, solar power will be incredibly cheap by the time it’s a substantial fraction of the world’s electricity supply, writes famous author and thinker Ramez Naam. According to Naam, electricity cost is from now on … Continue reading
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For Brazil’s 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever – Lourdes Garcia-Navarro AUGUST 25, 2015 4:49 AM ET
Almost everyone who owns a home in the city of Petropolis — where the Brazilian royal family once had a summer palace — still pays tax to the descendants of the former rulers. Amadeu Júnior via Flickr Here is a … Continue reading
Brazil has tallest environmental research tower in Latin America
Brazil and Germany have opened the tallest environmental observation tower in Latin America, a 325-meter (1,065-foot) structure that will allow scientists to study the effects of climate change on the Amazon jungle, officials said. The Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory, or … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, ATTO, Brazil, enviroment, Germany, news, press release, science
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Long Lost Histories: Manchester’s Forgotten Burial Grounds
Originally posted on If Those Walls Could Talk:
Manchester has existed as a settlement for well over a millennium, since the Romans established a fort there since 79AD. The market town began to be transformed into an industrial powerhouse from the…
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