Nov-Dec 2006 |
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The
colours of Rubens da Silva: > read
(...) His colourful paintings
have the gracious touch of a "naïf style",
beautifully representing the everyday scenes from the
places where he grew up -- Recife and Rio de Janeiro.
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Editor's
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Columns
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The
lost dimension. (PART 1) > read
(…) And I am only 14!”
were the anguished last words of a girl heard through
the burning inferno recently in Canada’s highways.
High-speed car crashes, pile-ups, and burning debris
on highways are normal occurrence in developed countries
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By Dr. Paul A Palayam. Roche, Ph.D.
Poem:
Dear to be the dearest! > read
By
Dr. Paul A Palayam. Roche, Ph.D.
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Aos
amigos > read in Portuguese
Se alguma coisa me consome e me
envelhece é que a roda furiosa da vida não
me permite ter sempre ao meu lado, morando comigo, andando
comigo, falando comigo, vivendo comigo, todos os meus
amigos. (...)
Por Celina Penteado |
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Clipping Desk
Models
under 16 barred from Brazilian events >
read
A
major Brazilian fashion event has moved to bar models
under the age of 16, part of a national effort to increase
awareness about eating disorders following the death
of a 21-year-old model from anorexia (...)
Source: The Toronto Star
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Recycling
in Brazil becomes ticket out of poverty and inspires
world > read
When he was unemployed, after
years working as a welder, 49-year-old José Marcolino
da Silva, from the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco,
first resisted the idea of becoming a recyclable garbage
collector (...)
Source: Associated Press
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Shoes
with the colours of Brazil > read
The colourful shoes and bright
produced by Gaia Molino are made out of frog, fish
and cattle leather. The focus is the foreign market.
Arab women are among the target customers. (...)
Source: ANBA
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