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Firefighter loses his life

Originally posted on Blues And Two's:
Manchester Firefighter Was ‘Loving’ Father The firefighter killed tackling a blaze in Manchester has been remembered as “loving” father who made his family proud. Father-of-two Stephen Hunt was part of a team responding…

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Lanchonetes: Brazil’s Cafés

Originally posted on Tossing off the Bowlines:
Close your eyes and think of Paris, with its wide boulevards and charming side streets, each graced with inviting cafés calling to you to sit a spell and enjoy the ambiance of the…

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Girl guarded by lions

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Researchers Are Working On Self-Destructing Gadgets

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How Bauhaus are you?

Originally posted on Julie Nicholls:
When I went to art college all those years ago one of my least favourite subjects was art history. I’m not too sure why that was. I’m interested in history and I’ve always been really…

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The Neighbourhood creates interactive digital installation for Manchester International Festival

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Solidão – Argemiro Patrocínio

Originally posted on Eyes On Brazil:
A sambista, born in the Piedade suburb of Rio, Argemiro was a member of the famous Velha Guarda da Portela, and in all his life he only launched a single album (below) of his…

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Ali Ahmed: the 12-Year-Old Boy who Put Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to Shame

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Brazilian man killed in his bed by falling cow

Originally posted on Driver Rob's selection:
A very sad and bizarre story, made even more bizarre by the fact that is is the first death from three recent incidents of cows falling through houses! “A cow has fallen through…

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L.S. Lowry – posthumous champion of a city’s chip shops

Originally posted on Totally Content:
By Simon Donohue I don’t remember any references to pickled eggs in Lowry’s bleak industrial portraits of folk going t’mill, but maybe I wasn’t concentrating when they took us to Peel Park as primary school…

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