Category Archives: General

Photo Gallery: Notting Hill Carnival 2013

Media Diversified by David Kwaw Mensah I have gone to the Notting Hill Carnival almost every year since 1997 and taken pictures there every year since 2005. On the first few occasions images were captured using my camera phone but … Continue reading →

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Rio’s bid to become a smart city

Originally posted on London Loves … Argentina:
When you think of Rio de Janeiro, you will probably think of its famously chaotic favelas, Sugarloaf mountain or even the scantily clad Copacabana beach, but few would think of it as a natural…

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Splash

Originally posted on PraiaPlayaPlage:
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

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Cobblestone roads in Paraty

Originally posted on Woobles Cafe | A Travel & Lifestyle Blog by Leo & Adrienne:
Everything is dreamy in Paraty, Brazil.

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Animation History

Originally posted on Foundations of Animation:
Today we will be covering the following: 1. The Beginning of Animation 2. Flip Books 3. Stop-Motion 4. Traditional Cel Animation 5. Traditional Animation Process 6. Rotoscope History 35,000 years ago 1600 BC Magic…

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Hidden Treasures. PART 2.

Originally posted on Exploring the Collection…:
Salford Museum and Art Gallery. (Read Part 1 HERE.) 3: Salford Museum and Art Gallery. In 1850 Salford Museum opened as the Royal Museum and Public Library; it was the first free public library…

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The elusive British street artist Banksy – Pioneer or hack?

Originally posted on Cruel Daze of Summer:
Rarely is there a person (interested in street art) that has never heard of Banksy. Considering all the controversy around his art and persona, that is not surprising. He is a well-known pseudo-anonymous…

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Tango in Buenos Aires

Originally posted on theproverbial.org:
The tango is quintessentially Latin American, and especially Argentinian. There are Uruguayan and Brazilian variants – tango and maxixe – but just as the samba is thought of in the same breath as Brazil, the…

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marble at marble in manchester

Originally posted on Brew Travel:
when we first moved to england two years ago, i ran into a beer from a brewery called marble brewery, based out of manchester. their beers are fairly uncommonly found in london, but whenever i…

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Brazilian Independence Day – 7th of September

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