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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: September 2012
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Sunday, 16 September 2012. Me, Me, ME! There is an election coming up in Brazil, the most obvious manifestation of which is the use of vans playing annoying, repetitive, jingles, very very loudly. As with most things, there is a natural equivalent. The master of "political" advertising is the male Screaming Piha ( Lipaugus vociferans. Http:/ www.freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/140623/. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Me, Me, ME! Life in Vitoria, Brazil.
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: Brazilian Horses
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Wednesday, 21 November 2012. Horses have played a huge part in Brazilian history, and every one was descended from an imported horse, there being no natural equines in South America. Over time, many local breeds have developed, often based on Portuguese types such as the Lusitano and Alter Real imported with Portuguese colonisers. The Lusitano. Were originally high grade carriage horses. Basically "field horse" the origins of this breed go right back to the ho...
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: Pity the poor mosquito!
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Friday, 17 August 2012. Pity the poor mosquito! You are probably, dear reader, a little prejudiced against mosquitoes. Take Aedes scapularis. Whilst it´s true that it is a vector for yellow fever, and human and Venezuelan equine encephalitis, poor A. scapularis. Has a hard life. In 2002, Casanova and do Prado studied them in the pastureland around a farm near Campinas, in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Life in the 16 remaining pools was better, but not by much. ...
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Making Hay in the Sunshine: Day 1 of the Hay Festival at Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum – Forenoon
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Making Hay in the Sunshine. All about the Hay Festival 2010 conducted in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Day 1 of the Hay Festival at Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum – Forenoon. The Festival was inaugurated by MA Baby (Kerala’s Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs), who affirmed that this confluence of writers and creators from around the world was bound to provide an enriching experience for everyone. Very well, enough of caustic! Discussed their works at the R...
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Making Hay in the Sunshine: Thoughts on the celebration of words (aka Hay Festival 2010)
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Making Hay in the Sunshine. All about the Hay Festival 2010 conducted in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. Monday, December 27, 2010. Thoughts on the celebration of words (aka Hay Festival 2010). As alluded to in the opening post, the Hay Festival in Trivandrum was a total surprise and an excellent example of how some of the finest experiences in life are free. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Follow me on Twitter. I also blog at. Tweet After running an errand ...
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Making Hay in the Sunshine: Book Reviews
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Making Hay in the Sunshine. All about the Hay Festival 2010 conducted in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. A Week in December- Sebastian Faulks. The Afghan- Frederick Forsyth. A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (2009). The finale was abrupt and inconclusive- what else could be expected within a week? More fireworks would have been irritably melodramatic and tying up loose ends is not representative of real life! As for other pros and cons:. Perhaps to escape being slammed with a libel case, Fau...
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Making Hay in the Sunshine: Day 3 Hay Festival, Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum – Forenoon
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Making Hay in the Sunshine. All about the Hay Festival 2010 conducted in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. Thursday, December 23, 2010. Day 3 Hay Festival, Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum – Forenoon. The resplendent Palace Hall was the site for Shashi Tharoor’s. The Great Indian Novel; The Elephant, The Tiger and the Cell Phone; Bookless in Baghdad. At 1115, this very dais was occupied by Nik Gowing. The sessions in the Reading Room commenced with Welsh poets ( Menna Elfyn, Paul Henry. On the unwrit...
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail grinding into your heel
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Monday, 20 August 2012. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail grinding into your heel. As probably you know, the sting of a wasp is more painful than the the bite of a mosquito (though not necessarily more dangerous! So who is the winner? The most painful possible sting, described as. Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail grinding into your heel. And guess where they live?
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: October 2012
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Saturday, 27 October 2012. Mongrels) in the favellas and fazendas. But of specifically Brazilian purebred breeds, there are only two. Although fairly small they are NOT apartment dogs, they need lots of exercise and stimulation, otherwise they get bored and a bit destructive. They also have a very strong hunting instinct, strongest of all the terriers, and so leaving one with a cat all day is probably not a good idea. Filas still make good farm dogs, and they ...
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica: January 2012
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Natureza - in and around the Mata Atlantica. Monday, 23 January 2012. This is Fuchsia regia. Was one of the original fuchsias used for plant breeding, and is still used for this today as it's a) very pretty, b) vigorous and c) resistant to the Fuchsia gall mite ( Aculops fuchsiae. Which also comes from Brazil). You can actually use it as a garden plant, but it needs an awful lot of pruning. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Life in Vitoria, Brazil. Voices from a Tropical Country. Gardening the Spanish Way.