Category Archives: General

The “houses” and “kitchens” of the Amazon.

Originally posted on World Cuisine:
In the Amazon, the rivers are the roads of the region, which are used not only for locomotion between cities, but also as a way of life for a large part of the population, since…

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Porto Alegre: A blueprint for a new democracy in Britain?

Originally posted on Grant Cronin:
by Grant Cronin A middling, yet bustling and beautiful, port city on the south-west coast of Brazil may not be the first place you would consider looking for ideas to rejuvenate Britain’s creaking democracy, yet…

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Inside Rio’s favelas, the city’s neglected neighborhoods

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Carnival in Brazil :D

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Reverberation Chambers at University of Salford

Originally posted on RECÓNDITO:
When designing a room, such as a concert hall, it is important that the reverberation time of the space is correct so that speech is intelligible and music sounds good. You are probably familiar with…

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Top 10 Libraries I want to Visit (Outside of U.S.)

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The Maya Café – A Secret Getaway

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Originally posted on CariocaNow – RioDeJaneiroNow:
The Maya Café is a cute coffee shop, where the locals meet. Although close to Flamengo and Botafogo and the Christ statue of course, it’s located in Laranjeiras, a little off the beaten track,…

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“And now we are plastic”

Originally posted on HSP :
? The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester is in the middle of displaying its “And Now We Are Plastic” exhibition.  I spoke to Peter Nwabuokei- a young curator for the exhibition about the concept of this…

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Dream Catchers and How They Originated

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The Birth of House & Acid House

Originally posted on words by watts:
House music grew out of the disco movement of the early 1980s, with club DJ Frankie Knuckles being widely credited as helping to establish the genre. It was during his tenure as musical director…

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