Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Cape Breton Independent:
This is the year we can all look to Brazil’s Food Guide for tips on how to consider what we eat in a new light. The holiday and feasting season in December is the…

Originally posted on Colinology:
When neoliberals go on about ‘the debt’ and that we’re skint, it is good to remind them that the largest chunk of debt is owned by one UK government branch to another. The Bank of England…

Originally posted on a paper bird:
There is no “but” about what happened at Charlie Hebdo yesterday. Some people published some cartoons, and some other people killed them for it.  Words and pictures can be beautiful or vile, pleasing or enraging, inspiring or offensive;…

Originally posted on Down by the Dougie:
On Thursdays Manchester City Art Gallery is open until 9 o’clock in the evening. So last Thursday I finished work a little early and we caught a train into Manchester (making sure we…

Originally posted on RioReal:
Dream team describes public safety plans for 2015-2018 Pezão gubernatorial mandate  Military Police Commander General Colonel Alberto Pinheiro Neto, Chief of Staff Colonel Robson Rodrigues da Silva and Rio de Janeiro State Public Safety Secretary, José Mariano…

Originally posted on The Traveling White Belt:
I hop onto the back of a motorcycle taxi not really sure where I am about to go, my Portuguese still sucks! The rushing wind gives me relief from the heat as we…

Originally posted on The New World Lusophone Sousaphone:
Source: Escrevinhador. Translation: C. Brayton TV Globo free-to-air broadcasting continues to bleed audience. Between 2004 and 2014, the broadcaster lost 40% of market share, according to data obtained exclusively by the column.…

Originally posted on _SocialStarters Blog:
I recently spent two months in Brazil exploring whether enterprise could meaningfully change young people’s lives and their communities. Amongst the many determined young people I was privileged to meet and learn from were a…