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Time (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The country's sex toy industry had grown at a steady 10% to 15% a year since the late 1990s, but the market has spiked in recent years as Brazil's economy takes off. The cost of imported dildos, lingerie and related paraphernalia had previously reserved them for a moneyed elite. But the recent economic upturn has spread some of the wealth to the working- and lower-middle classes through government...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Curitiba, Brazil Walk up to the door and smoke from the barbecue pit wafts through the air. The place is packed. Pick up a number. Grandparents, mid-lifers, twenty-somethings, teens, kids, and babies all waiting for their turn to enter paradise. The lobby offers tasty tidbits to tempt your tastebuds. Rolled up deli sandwiches,...
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Á whole load of us have been kicked out of Ipanema beach house so Jim and I have moved to Catete, a residential area of Rio closer to town. We get our own room and it´s cheaper too! Yeh! Thought we´d have a change of scenario. Last night, a whole group of us from the hostel went to check out the nightlife in Lapa. Safer in large numbers....
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
2008 Rotary Group Study Exchange: South Central Pennsylvania, USA to Minas Gerais, Brazil, May 2008
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Voice from the Desert (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From the New York Times, 5.8.2008. * * * May 8, 2008 Acquittal in Nun's Killing Provokes Outcry in Brazil By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO RIO DE JANEIRO — Human rights advocates and the Brazilian government on Wednesday sharply criticized the acquittal of a man accused of being behind the murder of an American Roman Catholic nun in [...]
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Twitch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oh, look! Another festival down, another audience voted prize as best picture for Chile’s Mirage Man . The festival was Brazil's RIOFAN and the complete list of winners has just been announced with a good selection of Twitch favorites in the winner’s circle. What won? Pakistani splatter picture Hell's Ground took the jury award, Mirage Man got the aforementioned audience award along with a special...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pangea day took place this Saturday, May 10 2008, and the world watched together a selection of films broadcast via the internet and TV simultaneously to every corner of the planet and with live broadcast in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro. See here a comprehensive wrap up: PangeaDay as seen by a Brazilian blogger.
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CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | yesterday
DETROIT NEWS -- This state-of-the-art manufacturing complex in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia is not only the centerpiece of Ford's Brazilian turnaround plan, it is also one of the most advanced automobile plants in the world. It is more automated than many of Ford's U.S. factories, and leaner and more flexible than any other Ford facility. It can produce five different vehicle...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Fortaleza, Brazil Trivia and Traditions in Fortaleza Fortaleza means fortress in Dutch who first settled this area. Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil with over 2.2 million people. IRACEMA was the Indian princess that the beach I am staying on was named after. Photo of her statue was in my last post also. She is Brazil's...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ricardo Jordão Magalhaes [pt] has a long and wonderful roundup of PangeaDay's the best moments. “Man, if you read my post all the way through, do your bit, band together, help people, help to put an end to the world's poverty, the indifference of those mediocre ones who live in this micro planet that floats [...]
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
To visit South America had always been one of my cherished ambitions so when the invitation to travel to Brazil arrived, there was no way that I was going to decline.Before leaving I pulled out the atlas, which duly confirmed that Brazil is a truly colossal country. However, a page of print does no justice to the reality. We flew from Paris to Sao Paulo and were at once staggered by the...
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thevaneljounal.com | 04/15/2008
The meteoric rise in the price of oil has ignited a renewed push for biofuels. Countries around the globe started biofuel programs to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels. Brazil is the benchmark for these programs as they have been energy self sufficient for years. Their biofuel strategy was a result of a 30 year project that culminated into a very successful plan that uses domestically grown...
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bharatbook | 03/31/2008
This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to the Brazil Hospital Supplies market. The report provides an overview of the market structure, healthcare system, regulatory environment, reimbursement policies, distribution structure and trade associations for the Brazil Hospital Supplies market. It also offers detailed and comprehensive coverage of market revenue, volume,
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bharatbook | 03/31/2008
Brazil Hospital Supplies Market Report • This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to the Brazil Hospital Supplies market. The report provides an overview of the market structure, healthcare system, regulatory environment, reimbursement policies, distribution structure and trade associations for the Brazil Hospital Supplies market. It also offers detailed and comprehensive
