Brazil has begun building over 7 miles of 3 meter high concrete walls around the hillside slums in the south of Rio de Janeiro. The official statements propose the reason is to protect the surrounding rainforest from further encroachment. Critics protest it is a discriminatory division meant to entrap and separate the poor from the rich. video picked by equinox 12 months ago tags Rio de Janeiro Brazil walls slums rainforest |
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Check out these really wonderful paintings on walls of different buildings from around the world.. must have taken the painter a lot of time to complete the whole wall. picked by misswinkle 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
Walls with stuff on them. Not just the walls. 4 comments edit related share artsThe words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, Simon & Garfunkel once sang. Here is a practical demonstration of that. Some of them are more profound than others. Some are more NSFW than others. Only one of them says Carl is a fat c*nt. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
The situation at the Stathatos house on Virginia Road is getting sticky. So many bees live in the walls of the stately Tudor home that honey drips out of the walls, discoloring the wallpaper in the dining room. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post picked by suebe 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share sports |
Where is this college? Saudi Arabia? Alabama? Amish Country? No, Brazil. Brazil, a country famous for his scantly clad citizens seems to be more prudish when it comes to universities. Sadly, they didn't suspend the students who heckled the young lady, although the school reversed its suspension. picked by bernardblack 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Plans to construct what could become the world's tallest building, at more than 1km high, were unveiled today. 0 comments edit related share technologyThe Nakheel Tower will have around 150 lifts and be built with some 500,000m3 of concrete. picked by synchromech 1 year ago |
You don’t want to be around when a high-rise apartment building falls over! The unfinished 13-story building in Shanghai toppled Saturday morning and killed a 28-year-old worker. 1 comments edit related share plime.comIt didn't collapse, it FELL OVER! picked by bingo 9 months ago |
Using both reforestation and reductions in deforestation, Brazil aims to cut their net deforestation to 0 by the year 2015. 2 comments edit related share worldUpdate/related to this. picked by Marli 1 year ago |
A detailed analysis of the measurements of five different satellites has revealed the existence of warm cloak of plasma around Earth. This newfound feature is part of the magnetosphere, a shield of magnetic fields and electrically charged particles that surround and protect Earth from the onslaught of the solar wind. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A cat has amazed its owner by learning to climb up the walls of her house to get back in when he finds himself locked out. 4 comments edit related share plime.comSee video from here. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago |
Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
A woman from Brazil and a man from France can claim to own the best bottoms on the planet after winning a derriere competition in Paris. Video picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
When 86-year-old Edith Macefield refused a $1 million offer to move from her Seattle home, a developer started building a five-story project around it. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
TO save the planet we must all make sacrifices, so goes the media message. In Brazil, locals are being encouraged to urinate in the shower and thereby give Gaia a 2-4-1 deal on water saving. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |