Floating bookstore 'Logos Hope' opens in Rio

Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

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The world's largest floating bookstore - the Logos Hope - with a crew of 400 volunteers from 60 nations Thursday opened its doors to the public to offer books on a large assortment of subjects. The vessel has visited over 1,400 ports in 150 countries worldwide. Most recently, she stopped at Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentina. Read full article

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Heisenbergcontext
I love the idea. This would've been my dream job as a young man.
Sep 20th, 2019 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Little J
Can somebody explain the meaning of the ship “weighs 12 tons, is 21 meters wide and a 132 meters long”.?? Surely there's something wrong somewhere in these figures?

I would venture to suggest that “weighs 12 tons” refers to the vessel's deadweight and which most likely had 3 “0's” missing. The rest of the words used although clear are not technically speaking correct.......but the manner or explaining the “width” or “beam” and the length is understandable. The correct words for the latter would be “length over-all” or LOA
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Terence Hill
“Brazil: Rio favela residents rally after 8-year-old shot dead
Hundreds gather in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro to protest after the girl is killed by stray bullet during police operation. ... However, some Complexo do Alemao residents blamed Felix's death on police, who have killed more than 1,200 people in Rio de Janeiro state so far this year during their operations.
”There was no shootout when Agatha was hit,“ Renata Trajana told AP. ”We know the atrocities that are happening here.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/brazil-rio-favela-residents-rally-8-year-shot-dead-190921192212735.html
Sep 22nd, 2019 - 12:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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@Terence Hill

REF: Rio favela residents rally after 8-year-old shot dead
Hundreds gather in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro to protest after the girl is killed by a stray bullet during the police operation

Who REALLY cares if some ordinary/poor gets shot by the bandits or by the police? Perhaps the government may take concrete action, drastic steps and stop fooling around with public sentiments; only if the leaders & their family members are shot viciously, in public and frequently!
Sep 23rd, 2019 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
“On the right track” with its shoot-to-kill policy for officers who see an armed suspect.”
Perhaps the public should prepare themselves with a 'self defence' posture and act likewise.
Sep 24th, 2019 - 02:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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@Terence Hill

“Perhaps the public should prepare themselves with a 'self-defense' posture and act likewise.“:

One can easily observe how ”enthusiastc” the public, as well as the government which they themselves have chosen, are; to end the violence, organized crime, and the cartels:

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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2019-04-16/real-killer?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc&utm_source=twitter_posts
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