Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share a love of children and a commitment to human rights. They have shared their lives since 2005 and despite rumours of a split remain together to this day. He had his first child with Angelia Jolie in May, 2006. Her name is Shiloh Jolie-Pitt. March 2007 – he and girlfriend Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy named Pax Thien from Vietnam (born November 29th 2003). Pitt is also the adoptive father of Jolie’s children Maddox and Zahara. Moved to New Orleans with Jolie and their four children in 2007.
On July 12th 2008, his long-time girlfriend Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins – a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline. Both Brad and Angelina are thoroughly nice people who have success in the movie business and use the wealth derived from that success to improve the life of individuals and communities.
Pitt donated 5 million dollars of his own money to rebuild homes in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. He is a Patron of the Mineseeker Foundation and the Sole of Africa, a campaign dedicated to detecting and removing land mines in Africa. The Foundation’s patrons include Nelson Mandela, Sir Richard Branson, Queen Noor, Graca Machel and John Paul de Joria. This is, of course, only the tip of the iceberg.
With a track record like that Pitt deserves a happy life and as a fan of both he and Angelina Jolie I hope that they both remain together spreading the love.
Naked Bike Ride Bristol - uncensored Click on image to enlarge. Full gallery below.
Parental guidance required, there is some nudity in this post.
I was visiting Bristol, a British city in the west of England, last weekend and bumped into the Bristol version of The Naked Bike Ride UK.
The Naked Bike Ride UK is a “peaceful, imaginative and fun protest against oil dependency and car culture” says their web site. “A celebration of the bicycle and also a celebration of the power and individuality of the human body. A symbol of the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic”, it adds.
It is the world’s biggest naked protest with over 50 cities and thousands of riders participating throughout the world. It is claimed that 3,000 joined the event in the UK in 2009.
The unique protests started on June 11 in 2010.
Event dates 2010:
Manchester 11 June
Southampton 11 June
Cardiff 12 June
Edinburgh 12 June
London 12 June
Brighton 13 June
Bristol 13 June
Sheffield 19 June
York 19 June
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I love this dance it is sexy and fun. It’s a happy dance and the music is jolly. I’ve danced forró (very badly), at clubs in Brazil and London. Forró, is pronounced “for-ho” in Portuguese.
The place dance forró, in London is Guanabara, every Sunday.
Me attemping to dance forro with a georgeous Brazilian, Marcelene who lives in Ipatinga. No prizes for spotting the best legs.
For anybody concerned with air quality, and let’s face it we all should be, this report in New Scientist should provide some hope that new technology will provide the solution.
If the experiments converting sunlight into liquid fuels for transport and other power needs is successful we may sometime in the future being breathing sweet air and still be able to travel wherever we want.
Experimental Solar Reactor to turn sunlight and CO2 into liquid fuel
Here’s an excerpt from the New Scientist article:
“Greenhouse-gas-pumping cars are, let’s face it, never going to be green. But innovative sunlight-powered fuel production techniques could inch motor vehicles towards carbon neutrality.”
“Experimental solar-powered reactors have shown they can create the building blocks for synthetic liquid fuels. They’ve got a way to go, but these projects could take a big chunk out of net carbon dioxide emissions without the need for major changes to either vehicles or refuelling infrastructure.”
You have to watch this amazing video from PlusOne it is amazing. Somehow it just encompasses the zeal of The Nederlands and the Dutch people for progressive architecture and lifestyle. I used to visit Amsterdam frequently, this has stirred my love of the city. Here’s the synopsis:
The city district Amsterdam Osdorp recently merged with Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and was given the name Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
This change also meant the end of 20 years of restructuring urbanized areas. To celebrate everything achieved, a book was published. ‘The Metamorphosis of Osdorp’ gives an overview of the architectural highlights. PlusOne was asked to create an intriguing video.
José Gomes Temporão, Brazil’s health minister, has told Brazilians to shag more. Apparently having lots of sex will help combat chronic illness. Sounds good to me.
José Gomes Temporão Brazil's health minister
He has launched a campaign to warn of a health bomb facing Brazilians. He warns that unless something is done now a whole bunch of samba loving Brazilians will suffer with hypertension, runaway cholesterol and diabetes within 20-years.
He said: “People need to be active. A weekend football game must not be the only physical activity for a Brazilian. Adults need to do exercise, walk, dance and have safe sex.” It was thought he was having a joke but he said “I am serious about this”. In Portuguese of course.
With the population now almost 190 million I think Brazilians have already been getting it on but a bit more mattress gymnastics won’t do any harm.
Now, I think this advice to Brazilians could also be applied us Brits in the the colder climes of the UK so I need a volunteer or two just for research you understand. As a red wine (good for the heart) drinking Englishman with high blood pressure and cholesterol coursing through my arteries I need this additional treatment post haste.
I wonder if I can get a prescription from my doctor.
