Category Archives: General

Originally posted on The k2p blog:
The construction program for the 2014 Brazilian World Cup venues is well behind schedule. A number of deaths have occurred at the various construction sites. Two workers were killed when a crane collapsed…

Originally posted on pundit from another planet:
Andrew Burton / Getty Images The modern economy is a male epic, in which women have found a productive role—but women were not its author Camille Paglia writes: If men are obsolete, then women will…

Originally posted on Aspiring Gypsy:
The city of Olinda. It has been said that when explorer Duarte Coelho Pereira first laid eyes on a small area of land situated on a hill in the Northeast of Brazil his first words…

Originally posted on The Clip Club:
This is an animated film by illustrator / animator Louis Cochrane interpreting some of my friend Becky’s research.

Originally posted on dhamma diary:
A truly wonderful talk by Jeremy Rifkin. We should always rethink human narrative, for a better world. http://youtu.be/l7AWnfFRc7g

Originally posted on Untold Stories:
The fishing boat cuts the silent water like a knife. Zemano and Grace are out looking for periwinkle shells. They left home at seven o’clock this morning hoping to fill a bucket or two with…

Originally posted on ThreeLittleChairs:
It’s been a super busy time with three markets in a row; and there’s nowhere better to soak up the Christmas spirit! Best sellers have included our new cork boards (we didn’t drink all the wine…

Originally posted on Our Adventures as Expats!:
After attempting to go to the Christmas Markets in Manchester a few weeks ago with all five of us and it was so busy that we didn’t even really get to see much…I…

Originally posted on Rio Then:
Before “Pelo Telefone” (just the music) was registered in the Biblioteca Nacional, in 1916, by Ernesto Maria dos Santos (Donga) in the style of “samba”, at least two other sambas had been recorded. “Em casa…