Blogs by BESTies are mainly a collection of the following blogs Joao ReiNicoloZurroNachoAndrejTamaraHarryViliusFranchu var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5191295-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @blogsbybesties)http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/afghanistan_november_2009.html">Afghanistan, November, 2009 - The Big Picture</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Daniel Andersson <br/> Some pictures can really make you think…</blockquote> <a rel="nofollow" name="photo34"></a><img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghan_11_25/a34_21168989.jpg" style="height:638px;width:990px;"/></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/257316993http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/257316993Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:07 -0500<a href="http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx">European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Daniel Andersson <br/> It’s interesting to see the how different the development of the H1N1 is in Europe compared to Asia.</blockquote></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/257201420http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/257201420Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:02:41 -0500<a href="http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=416cce61288eef2dcd20aea520d7fc6d">National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009</a>: <p><div>National Geographic’s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest" style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">International Photography Contest</a> attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year’s entry deadline has…</div></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/255943860http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/255943860Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:56 -0500<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCQtbLngkmM&feature=youtube_gdata">Knowsley baboons with car roof luggage</a>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/255806124http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/255806124Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:13:08 -0500<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic.html">Lennart Green does close-up card magic</a>: <p>TED Talks Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, “Pick a card, any card.” But what he does with those cards is pure magic — flabbergasting, lightning-fast,…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/253123830http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/253123830Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:39 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/252173391">The future belongs to the curious</a>: <p><div>“What do you want to do,” he asked me.</div> <div>I said I wanted to be a diplomat.</div> <div>“Do you have money?”</div> <div>“No.”</div> <div>“Are you related to anyone famous?”</div> <div>“No.”</div> <div>“Then forget about diplomacy!”</div> <div>“But what can I…</div></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/252206389http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/252206389Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:38:01 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/250976968">Why is Tallinn Technical University the best</a>: <p>Billy Mays says so… <div> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRSzPx3hcQ&feature=player_embedded"> <iframe class="embeddedvideo" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugRSzPx3hcQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" width="500"></iframe></a> </div> <div>Brilliant video made by some student of TTU. It’s funny, even if you don’t understand all of the Estonian.</div> <div>Thanks to Brigit, I saw it on her facebook page 1st…</div></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/251042793http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/251042793Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:01 -0500<a href="http://harilaos.blogspot.com/2009/11/oktapodi.html">Oktapodi</a>: <p>Two octopuses in love straggle to escape a tyrannic taverna cook :)<br/>Oscar 2009 - Animated Short Film<br/><br/><iframe class="embeddedvideo" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/badHUNl2HXU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="245"></iframe><br/><br/><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;">If you can’t see the video above click <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU">here</a> or visit the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://harilaos.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.</span></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33977347-3420236124994055440?l=harilaos.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/249712862http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/249712862Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:17 -0500<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/scenes_from_havana.html">Scenes from Havana - The Big Picture</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Daniel Andersson <br/> Nice pictures :-)</blockquote> Havana, the capital city of the island nation of Cuba is home to nearly 4 million people - 20% of the entire population of Cuba. On November 16th the…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/248686358http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/248686358Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:25 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245256850">[Google Fast Flip] Geocachers find trinkets and trouble</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111402684.html?hpid=moreheadlines"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/igV7mfEkbo5utM-cropped.png" border="0"/></a> <p>Geocachers find trinkets and trouble</p> <p>By James Hohmann When the Loudoun County sheriff’s deputy stumbled on the green ammunition can hidden…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311569http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311569Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:26 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245262478">[Google Fast Flip] How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/15/how-to-profit-off-the-poor%E2%80%A6-and-keep-your-soul/"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/v6j4oImIej-0PM-cropped.png" border="0"/></a> <p>How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul</p> <p>by Sarah Lacy on November 15, 2009 “I’ll take you! I live there!” a small boy with a blue…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311566http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311566Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:25 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245307553">[Google Fast Flip] Russia's Staged State of the Nation</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/russias_staged_state_of_the_nation"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/0sZGgEn84dM86M-cropped.jpg" border="0"/></a> <p>Russia’s Staged State of the Nation</p> <p>BY JULIA IOFFE | NOVEMBER 13, 2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his second…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311552http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311552Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:25 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245308574">[Google Fast Flip] The Big Freak Out</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/11/the_big_freak_out"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/Q8nGmlb_RSaWCM-cropped.jpg" border="0"/></a> <p>The Big Freak Out</p> <p>BY CLAY RISEN | NOVEMBER 11, 2009 Four years ago, economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner achieved the…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311546http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311546Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:25 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245303771">[Google Fast Flip] The people of Yala Swamp in Kenya dispossessed by American farming interests, from "The End of Poverty."</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/oTWEFu3eMB34YM-cropped.png" border="0"/></a> <p>The people of Yala Swamp in Kenya dispossessed by American farming interests, from “The End of Poverty.”</p> <p>So here’s the real question about…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311558http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311558Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:25 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/245304228">[Google Fast Flip] Jonathan Safran Foer's beef with factory farms</a>: Sent to you by joao.rei via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google Fast Flip</a>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.salon.com/books/jonathan_safran_foer/?story=/books/int/2009/11/06/jonathan_safran_foer"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/news/screenshots/rrvd1NX3yy5tNM-cropped.png" border="0"/></a> <p>Jonathan Safran Foer’s beef with factory farms</p> <p>Jonathan Safran Foer’s beef with factory farms The polarizing author and vegetarian…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311556http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/245311556Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:25 -0500<a href="http://duchenka.over-blog.com/article-reflets-39430254.html">Reflets</a>: <p><img src="http://idata.over-blog.com/100x100/2/40/69/81/2009/novembre/reflets/1.jpg"/></p> <p>Dans une flaque d’eau aux Olgas. In a puddle, in the Olgas. </p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244994468http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244994468Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:19:37 -0500<a href="http://duchenka.over-blog.com/article-olgas-39428253.html">Olgas</a>: <p><img src="http://idata.over-blog.com/100x100/2/40/69/81/2009/novembre/Olgas/1.jpg"/></p> <p>Les Olgas sont un autre ensemble rocheux, assez proche de Ayer’s Rock, mais moins connus et moins entourés de mystère et légendes. A première vue la roche paraît similaire, mais de près se révèle…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244994472http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244994472Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:19:37 -0500<a href="http://duchenka.over-blog.com/article-ayer-s-39422625.html">Ayer's</a>: <p><img src="http://idata.over-blog.com/100x100/2/40/69/81/2009/novembre/Ayer-s/1.jpg"/></p> <p>La visite d’Ayer’s Rock aura été à la fois belle, frustrante et exceptionnelle. Belle, parce que ce rocher surréaliste, planté au milieu du désert, habité par les légendes aborigènes et centre de…</p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244922311http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244922311Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:57:05 -0500<a href="http://duchenka.over-blog.com/article-variations-sur-soleil-couchant-39424687.html">Variations sur soleil couchant</a>: <p><img src="http://idata.over-blog.com/100x100/2/40/69/81/2009/novembre/Ayer-s/14.jpg"/></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244922301http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244922301Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:57:04 -0500<a href="http://www.joaorei.eu/post/244742661">Seafood rice (Arroz de Marisco)</a>: <p><div>During the weekend, we decided to cook something a bit more Portuguese, here’s a delicious recipe that is not that hard to make, and luckily you can find all of the ingredients in Estonia!</div> <div> This is…</div></p>http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244753282http://blogsbybesties.tumblr.com/post/244753282Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:03:24 -0500