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Brazil Justice has to stay, but he has to stay

Written by José Wilson Miranda
Friday, 19 June 2009
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Sean Goldman The 16th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro decided that American David Goldman can live with his 9-year-old son during the week as long as the boy stays in Brazil. It was a victory of sorts, a decision by the Brazilian justice favoring American David Goldman, who is trying to take to the US his son, Sean Goldman, who was abducted by his own mother from the US to Brazil 5 years ago.
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The mother, Bruna Bianchi, died while giving birth to a daughter last year, but the woman’s new husband, a powerful Brazilian lawyer, has been able to prevent Goldman from taking his son home.
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The new decision by Rio’s Federal Justice also stipulates that Sean is to spend Sundays with his Brazilian stepfather, João Paulo Lins e Silva. The boy’s Brazilian family lawyer informed, however, that they are going to appeal the decision.
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The same judge who issued this last ruling, Rafael Pereira Pinto, had determined earlier that the child be returned to his biological father to be taken to the US, but that order was overruled by the Brazilian Supreme Court, which also refused to deal with the case and sent it back to be decided by Rio’s Regional Federal Court (TRF).
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Sean is being disputed in the courts by the stepfather, whose family the Lins e Silvas, is a very rich and influential family in Brazil. The previous ruling by judge Pereira Pinto had ordered that the boy be given to the father in 48 hours. The Supreme, however, on intervening has also noted that there is no doubt that “the minor needs to once again have contact with the father as soon as possible.”
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Sérgio Tostes, the Lins e Silva’s lawyer, informed that he intends to appeal to the Rio’s TRF but recognized that the new determination is more suitable to Sean’s Brazilian family aspirations. They want to prevent the boy from suddenly moving to the United States, something that according to the attorney would be a violence against the boy’s own wishes.
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Said Tostes: “The judge’s decision is totally extravagant and shows his acknowledgment that he made a mistake when he ordered a trip in less than 48 hours and compliance to an agreement in that country, out of his jurisdiction. For the family, this is something better, since he will not need to travel to the United States.”
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Tostes handed out to the Justice, this week, a report prepared by a psychologist hired by Lins e Silva where it’s shown that Sean wishes to stay in Brazil. While the document has no juridical value Tostes believes that it might help his case and he encourages David Goldman to get his own psychologist to also hear the boy.
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In a tape made by the psychologist and released by Lins e Silva, Sean calls Lins e Silva his father and insists that he wishes to stay in Brazil. The boy also complains that this biological father has skipped some visitations with him.
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According to the psychologist Bianca Zacher, general secretary of the Brazilian Society of Juridical Psychology, heard by daily O Estado de S. Paulo, the child’s Brazilian family might be adding to the boy’s suffering by making him talk again. She says that is important that the boy be heard, but this should be done seldom and with much tact .
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“The child,” she observes, “relives the traumas every time he exposes himself and needs to tell his story, which is suffering.” She also criticized the interview’s publication. “This child has already been overexposed,” Zacher argues.
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Sean was born in New Jersey and lived there until the age of 4, when his mother, Bruna Bianchi, took him for what should have been a brief vacation to Brazil. Bruna, however, never went back to the US and ended up marrying Lins e Silva. Today, a age 9, the kid lives in Rio with the stepfather, the maternal grandmother and the little sister who was born last year.
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Some friends of Goldman in the US believe that the father would have a hard time to leave everything in the United States to go live right now in Brazil to comply with the new ruling. They say that he is very busy in New Jersey where he makes a living organizing fishing boat rides for tourists.
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The decision over the return of Sean could take a long time. Rio’s Regional Federal Court still hasn’t scheduled hearings to rule on the case.

From Brazzil Magazine

Alexander Puskin, a Russian author

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799–February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic erawho is considered to be the greatest Russian poetand the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.

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Creative Puns for Educated Minds

Creative Puns for Educated Minds

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was — – Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island — — but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whisky maker — – but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class – – because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder — – and got a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, — – it’ll still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road — – and was cited for littering.

8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France — – would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

9. Two silk worms had a race — – they ended up in a tie.

10. Time flies like an arrow — – fruit flies like a banana.

11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall — – the police are looking into it.

12. Atheism — is a non-prophet organisation.

13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway — —   One hat said to the other, ‘You stay here, I’ll go on a head.’

14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger — –   then, it hit me

15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre said — – ‘Keep off the Grass.’

16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital    – — his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, ‘No change yet.’

17. A chicken crossing the road — – is poultry in motion.

18. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison — — was a small medium at large.

19. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray —    – is now a seasoned veteran.

20. A backward poet — – writes inverse.

21. In democracy, it’s your vote that counts. – – in feudalism, it’s your count that votes.

22. When cannibals ate a missionary — –   they got a taste of religion.

23. Don’t join dangerous cults — – practice safe sects!

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You can be a trillionaire!

This is what happens in ZIMBABWE !!!!!

This is what it looks like in Zimbabwe ……………
(Inflation at 231 million percent a year has meant 25 million Zimbabwe dollars equals to just 1 US dollar)

The pictures below look funny, but the story is really sad……..

Visiting the neighborhood grocer!

Some pocket money!

Awesome price tag!

This is how people pay in restaurants!

The bill of course!

The 100 billion dollar note in circulation!

Zimbabwe’s $100 billion banknote with the number of eggs it could purchase on its release date

They are now releasing a 100 TRILLION banknote…

If you want to feel like a trillionaire for a few days, a holiday to Zimbabwe will surely give you that feeling!

And 1 trillion = $33 USD.

In 1980 ZMD was equivalent to British pounds and nowwwww!!!!!!!

This is what we call Hyper Inflation!

Indian village with 250 sets of twins

Doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village
boasting 250 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families.

The phenomenon has seen almost six times as many twins born
than the global average in the remote village of Kodinhi, in Kerala.

In 2008 alone 15 pairs of twins were born in the village out of 300
healthy deliveries and this year is expected to top that number.

In the last five years alone up to 60 pairs of twins have
been born, with the rate of twins increasing year-on-year.

Local doctor and twin enthusiast Dr Krishnan Sribiju has been studying the medical
marvel of Kodinhi for the past two years. Although 250 sets of twins have been officially
registered in the village, Dr Sribiju believes the real number to be far higher.
“In my medical opinion there are around 300 to 350 twins
within the village boundaries of Kodinhi,” he said

According to villagers, the twin phenomenon only started occurring three generations ago.
Dr Sribiju said: “To the best of my knowledge this medical marvel
began somewhere between 60 to 70 years ago”

“Without access to detailed biochemical analysis equipment I cannot say for certain
what the reason for the twinning is,
but I feel that it is something to do with what the villagers eat and drink”

Living on the edge of a cliff

Translated from Portuguese from Mundo Gump

There are some people who are afraid of heights. There are certain places that are not appropriate for these people. This is why there are courageous people live on the side of cliffs. You have to have a dose of courage to live on these rocks. Look below:

Monks on the side of the mountain:

Built over 1,400 years ago in the Jinlong Mountains, in the province of Shanxi, this monastery is one of a kind! Not only because of its architectual  complexity, built on the edge of a cliff, but also by its richness of details, mixing Taoist, Confusionist, and Buddhist details.

The monastery is composed of several pavilions that are based in natural rock formations and are linked by catwalks, hallways, and stairs.

Its height protects it from floods, from rain and snow, from rockslides, and from the heat of the mountains around it. The monastery has

It looks like a canvas painting!

It’s unbelievable, but this is a photo. This monastery is on the edge of a cliff, 1,000 meters above the pointy rocks below. The monastery is in Bhutan. According the legend of the second Buddha, Guru Rinpoche was built in 1692. The Buddhist monastery admits a small number of tourists for meditation periods. This is for those that have cold blood.

Residents on the edge

The residents of the town of Ronda, Spain are already at an altitude of 750 m above sea level. Not only that, they live right on the edge of a natural cliff that produces a canyon that is not less than 100 m deep. Ronda is in Malaga. The cliff separates the modern and old parts of the city.

It is possible to cross from one side of the other because three bridges have been built throughout history.

70 meters above the Mediterranean Sea

This is Boniface on the southern part of the island of Corsica. There are a few thousand residents on the edge of the cliff that hangs over the Mediterranean Sea. The mountains were gradually eroded by wind and sea, resulting in this beautiful- and frightening- area to live.

More Spaniards on the edge

In Castellfolit de la Roca, in Catalonia, there is a cliff approximately 1 km wide were people have built houses on a cliff about 50 m high.

The cliff was made by two layers of volcanic lava. 

In paradise 300 meters high.

Called by many, the “rich person’s slum”, the island of Santorini, in Greece, is one of the most interesting landscapes of the world. With its white buildings on the rocks 300 meters above the blue waters of the Aegean Sea, this place remains of the most traditional and romantic destinations of the world.

Santorini is the place where the most people live on the side of a cliff in the world. If it’s not, it’s certainly the richest cliff.

Wonderful view

Speaking of rich slums and people hanging on cliffs over the sea, here is Manarola. This place is in Italy and is considered one of the five unforgettable destinations in Italy.

Sophistication on the top of the hill

Still in Italy, we have the Almafi Coast. It is an expensive place for rich people that drink wine looking at the sea and eating real Italian food. It is only 56 km from Naples and 280 km from Rome, in southern Italy, the Almafi coast offers a full view of green cliffs covered with Byzantine style homes, surrounded by an astonishing blue sea.

For the Insane!

As expected, I would not miss the chance to show the most bizarre place in the world to visit to close this post.

Mount Huashan is one the five holy mountains of China. It is in the Himalayas and monks scaled this mountain to build their homes. Thousands of visitors per year risk their very own lives to come to this curious place.

There are many ways to come up different sides, and the east side is nothing less than 2,090 meters! This means one thing:

STAIRS! AND LOTS OF STAIRS!

Among them are the most vertical stairs that exist.

Getting there involves crossing small wooden planks tied precariously to the rock with rusty old chains.

Maybe this is why their faith is strengthened in these places, hehehe

The highest side of the mountain is the southern route which forces the brave visitor to climb 2,160 meters.

This is definitely not a place for sissies who are afraid of heights.