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Kino Shorts 42 and a Walk in the Park

Originally posted on Shining Tor:
Well this week we showed our film, ‘A Walk in the Park‘ at the Kino Shorts 42 night in Manchester. http://youtu.be/jMX-W4ciw08 The film went down well and I did a brief Q&A afterwards. I have…

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French croissants and Mancunian fancies

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Rodrigo y Gabriela – Juan Loco

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Brazil: World Cup workers face ‘slave-like’ conditions

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12 toilet oddities around the world that surprise Japan

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Photography: Manchester

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reproduced castle in the sky LAPUTA

Originally posted on JAPAN LOCAL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Nw_TbASgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrB1pKInIu0 Representative work of studio Ghibli castle in the sky,  there is “flaptter”.  it levitates and fly by driving wings rapidly it uses artificial muscle in the movie. The reproduced flaptter radio controller is in the…

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Monster Return for the Village Halloween Parade

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Chromotherapy

Originally posted on Izabel Goulart:
Chromotherapy, or colour therapy, is a complementary medicine method, claimed to have the effect of balancing bodily “energy”.  Regardless of the veracity of its reputed benefits, this blue coloured spa bathtub at the Hotel Fasano in…

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Brazil to export most affordable measles-rubella combined vaccine

Originally posted on Journal of Global Health Blog:
The Brazilian health minister announced plans for a partnership between Bio-Manguinhos and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and export an affordable combined measles and rubella vaccine to poor countries.…

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