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Rio Olympics Kicks Off With Ode to Forests, Favelas And Funk

2016-08-05 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

NDTV: Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population to the tune of samba, bossa nova and funk in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In a country of great economic inequality, the opening ceremony celebrated the culture of the favelas, the slums that hang vertiginously above the renowned beaches of Rio and ring the site of Friday's spectacle, the famed Maracana stadium. There was no glossing over...

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Rio kicks off Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

2016-08-05 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. Brazil's interim President Michel Temer declared open the first Games ever in South America. But in a display of the deep political divisions plaguing Brazil, he was jeered by some in the crowd at the famed Maracana soccer stadium. The opening ceremony...

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An Ode to A&P, a Once-Proud Grocery Brand

2015-07-23 21:48:30| Grocery - Topix.net

Not a lot of people get misty-eyed when a company goes into bankruptcy, but it happened to me when it became apparent that A&P will truly go away once and for all . To many people, the A&P brand today probably signifies high prices and middle-of-the-road quality, but it wasn't always that way.

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5 things to know today, including an ode to the Blazers and a bad Nick Lachey joke

2015-07-03 04:49:23| Footwear - Topix.net

Good morning, Portland, and what a day it is. Today will see sunny skies, a high of 98 degrees and the kickoff of the Waterfront Blues Fest, the official start to Portland summer.

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