<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from bloggingburt.blog-city.com</title><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 bloggingburt.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from bloggingburt.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The Ten percent country by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_ten_percent_country_by_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_ten_percent_country_by_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ften%5Fpercent%5Fcountry%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Havia um país em que tudo funcionava na base dos dez por cento. Havia um país em que tudo funcionava na base dos dez por cento. Era o médico: - Mandas-me esse doente e eu pago-te 10%. Era a criança de rua para um candidato]]></description><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>It&apos;s a bird, it&apos;s a plane... it&apos;s Richard Quest!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/richard_quest_its_a_bird_its_a_plane.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/richard_quest_its_a_bird_its_a_plane.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=richard%5Fquest%5Fits%5Fa%5Fbird%5Fits%5Fa%5Fplane</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><category>richard quest</category><category>cnn</category><category>drama</category></item><item><title>Marine-L, the maritime list</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/marinel_the_maritime_list.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/marinel_the_maritime_list.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marinel%5Fthe%5Fmaritime%5Flist</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For professional reasons, I subscribe to Marine-L, a list devoted to marine studies and information. The postings are always very interesting and informative. A serious list for people in the industry, hosted by the Canadian Coastguard College. The s]]></description><category>maritime</category><category>marinel</category></item><item><title>The New Black by Evo Morales</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_new_black_by_evo_morales.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_new_black_by_evo_morales.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fnew%5Fblack%5Fby%5Fevo%5Fmorales</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funny how Bolivia was so forgotten and all of a sudden is all over the news. The world balance was caught by surprise by the original leader Evo Morales. What makes him difference and is sending shock waves all through South America is his opposition]]></description><category>evo morales</category><category>bolivia</category><category>alpaca</category></item><item><title>In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_midnight_hour_by_wilson_pickett.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_midnight_hour_by_wilson_pickett.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fthe%5Fmidnight%5Fhour%5Fby%5Fwilson%5Fpickett</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&quot;In the Midnight Hour&quot; made Wilson Pickett a star. Dead at the age of 64, his song will remain very much alive.
CD Music sample WMD format here.Or in Real format here.A summary of samples that can be heard online here.
Here's the hit song]]></description><category>wilson pickett</category><category>in the midnight hour</category></item><item><title>Darfur News</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/darfur_news.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/darfur_news.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=darfur%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Being a member of Coalition for Darfur, here are the news from Darfur the Coalition would like you to read.
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Physician for Human Rights released an important report on Darfur that says, as the Boston Globe explains, Khartoum and the Janjaweed &q]]></description><category>gogrial</category><category>sudan</category><category>darfur</category><category>coalition for darfur</category></item><item><title>Great, great cooking book and TV show from S. Tomé</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/great_great_cooking_book_and_tv_show_from_s_tom.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/great_great_cooking_book_and_tv_show_from_s_tom.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=great%5Fgreat%5Fcooking%5Fbook%5Fand%5Ftv%5Fshow%5Ffrom%5Fs%5Ftom</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The problem with translations is that while books haven't been translated to the English language they are not really out there but remain limited to a close circuit of fans. Such is the case of the book "Na Roça com os Tachos", a co]]></description><category>sao tome</category><category>joao carlos silva</category><category>africa</category></item><item><title>Epiac&apos;s Place</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/epiacs_place.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/epiacs_place.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=epiacs%5Fplace</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Epiac from Panama has quoted my Darfur posting and that was great, but after visiting Epiac's Place and deciding that we care about some of the same stuff, I've decided to bookmark him/her on my Good Company category. Welcome!]]></description></item><item><title>Sex, Love and Violence (for Natasha)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/sex_love_and_violence_for_natasha.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/sex_love_and_violence_for_natasha.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sex%5Flove%5Fand%5Fviolence%5Ffor%5Fnatasha</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I heard about Google Video,&nbsp;I was all excited. I'm always searching for media online to use for my job, but I also believe that all forms of communication are just about to explode. All sorts os wireless devices, not only PCs are going to h]]></description><category>jerry preusser</category><category>google video</category></item><item><title>Mummified body found in front of TV</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mummified_body_found_in_front_of_tv.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mummified_body_found_in_front_of_tv.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mummified%5Fbody%5Ffound%5Fin%5Ffront%5Fof%5Ftv</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Technorati tells us this is the most talked about news today. No wonder that the news media feel empowered to broadcast whatever fait divers they feel like, after all it is all based on what the consumers want. As for the photos, no, this was not the]]></description><category>cnn</category><category>mummy</category><category>sudan</category><category>darfur</category></item><item><title>Coalition for Darfur</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/coalition_for_darfur.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/coalition_for_darfur.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=coalition%5Ffor%5Fdarfur</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As my blogging involvement with Africa increases, my awareness increases as well. Sometimes I'm mocked as a keyboard activist, but hey aren't there so many of us out there? And aren't keyboarders closer to actually achieving good things than those wh]]></description><category>darfur</category><category>africa</category><category>coalition for darfur</category></item><item><title>Carnation Revolution by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/carnation_revolution_by_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/carnation_revolution_by_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=carnation%5Frevolution%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following is a small article written by Mia Couto at the time of the celebration of 30 years of Mozambican Independence. It was published in Monde Diplomatique and translated by Gulliver Cragg. For copyright reasons, I will not paste the entire t]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_shortlisted_for_the_international_impac_dublin_lit.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_shortlisted_for_the_international_impac_dublin_lit.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fshortlisted%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Finternational%5Fimpac%5Fdublin%5Flit</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every time a chance presents itself to mention Mia Couto is a happy time for me. I just found out that Mia Couto (find my several postings on the Categories, left of the screen) has been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2]]></description><category>impac award</category><category>dublin</category><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Art of Africa</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/art_of_africa.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/art_of_africa.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=art%5Fof%5Fafrica</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just found it and I can't help but writing about it: the article &quot;Art of Africa&quot; published by the Guardian. Here's a &quot;sample&quot;:
Africa has created some of the greatest art that ever existed, and the brilliance of it has been kno]]></description><category>picasso</category><category>africa</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>Albert Jacquard&apos;s Vision</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/albert_jacquards_vision.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/albert_jacquards_vision.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=albert%5Fjacquards%5Fvision</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Human rights should be perceived as the consequence of our lucidity on the specific characteristics of our species. This lucidity makes us understand that we are the only living beings capable of becoming people, in other words of being conscious of]]></description><category>france</category><category>albert jacquard</category><category>humanist</category></item><item><title>Our collection of Rwandan Art</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/our_collection_of_rwandan_art.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/our_collection_of_rwandan_art.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=our%5Fcollection%5Fof%5Frwandan%5Fart</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Still working on the All 55 African countries project and having watched Hotel Rwanda recently and at last, I have come up with a number of links for Rwanda but I could not find one Rwandan artist that I could chose to represent Rwanda in my project.]]></description><category>rwanda</category><category>don cheadle</category><category>michal ronnen safdie</category><category>genocide</category><category>africa</category></item><item><title>Happy New Year Everyone!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/happy_new_year_everyone.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/happy_new_year_everyone.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fnew%5Fyear%5Feveryone</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Happy 2006 everyone!]]></description></item><item><title>Floods in Xai Xai</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/floods_in_xai_xai.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/floods_in_xai_xai.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=floods%5Fin%5Fxai%5Fxai</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hearing the news today I am worried of the strong winds and floods that hit Mozanbican Xai Xai where my sponsored kids live. At least 100 families have been left without a house and the local hospital has been severely damaged. After a year of harsh]]></description><category>floods</category><category>xai xai</category></item><item><title>United they fall: Why only Bill Clinton can save the U.N. by Parag Khanna</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/united_they_fall_why_only_bill_clinton_can_save_the_un_by_pa.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/united_they_fall_why_only_bill_clinton_can_save_the_un_by_pa.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=united%5Fthey%5Ffall%5Fwhy%5Fonly%5Fbill%5Fclinton%5Fcan%5Fsave%5Fthe%5Fun%5Fby%5Fpa</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had a great time reading January's Harper Magazine, specially the essay "United they fall: Why only Bill Clinton can save the U.N." by Parag Khanna. I would like to express some ideas about it, even though I have no clue to what really ha]]></description><category>united nations</category><category>clinton</category><category>parag khanna</category><category>harpers</category></item><item><title>Death of the Art Daily</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/death_of_the_art_daily.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/death_of_the_art_daily.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=death%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fart%5Fdaily</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had mentioned here before the Art Daily, the first art newspaper on the net.&nbsp; Unfortunately it seems to have finally closed the last December 3, for financial reasons. What a loss! Is there any chance it will come back to life in the future?]]></description><category>art daily</category></item><item><title>Imaginary Walls: Fred Sandback</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/imaginary_walls_fred_sandback.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/imaginary_walls_fred_sandback.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=imaginary%5Fwalls%5Ffred%5Fsandback</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have recently watched a show about the Dia Museum in Beacon, New York. Some of the most striking pieces were Fred Sandback's Constructions, built of acrilic yarn but ressembling huge window glasses or imaginary walls. What an impressive manipulatio]]></description><category>fred sandback</category></item><item><title>2005: The year of make Poverty History</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/2005_the_year_of_make_poverty_history.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/2005_the_year_of_make_poverty_history.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2005%5Fthe%5Fyear%5Fof%5Fmake%5Fpoverty%5Fhistory</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ 



    
        
            
            
            
        
        
            
        
        
            
              
             ]]></description><category>make poverty history</category></item><item><title>Flying by with a Lantern by Tatyana Gorshunova</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/flying_by_with_a_lantern_by_tatyana_gorshunova.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/flying_by_with_a_lantern_by_tatyana_gorshunova.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=flying%5Fby%5Fwith%5Fa%5Flantern%5Fby%5Ftatyana%5Fgorshunova</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was browsing for a Christmas painting and found this beautiful &quot;Flying by with a Lantern&quot; by Tatiana Gorshunova. Check the link, there's tons of other great paintings by this artist. And now I can safely say: Merry Christmas!]]></description><category>tatiana gorshunova</category><category>christmas</category></item><item><title>Writing about Christmas</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/writing_about_christmas.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/writing_about_christmas.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=writing%5Fabout%5Fchristmas</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My daughter's way of wishing Merry Christmas. Thank you for the poem!

Writing about Christmas
 
 

We try writing about Christmas
 

But why?
 

What I say will be a lie.
 

 
 

Interpret Christm]]></description><category>christmas</category></item><item><title>No End to Poverty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/no_end_to_poverty.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/no_end_to_poverty.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fend%5Fto%5Fpoverty</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From the Making Poverty History website, what a poor thing to be saying at the Christmas Season: No End to Poverty!
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MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY and the Trade Justice Movement statement on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting in Hong K]]></description><category>make poverty history</category></item></channel></rss>