Rio...

A lot of Rio things around at the moment...

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First of all there was the Rio animated movie which my son really enjoyed, and we now have the soundtrack CD in the car when we go anywhere. He also wanted to see Rio on Street View yesterday, and is really interested in the statue of Christ on Corcovado, which he has modelled using his Fimo clay.

Second was the article on controversy over the way that Rio was apparently portrayed in Google Maps.
The suggestion was that there was too much prominence placed on the favelas when looking at the map, according to the Telegraph
Representation of place is important in geographical thinking...

Thirdly was the set of images that my father-in-law sent me (this post is wandering all over the place) - this apparently shows a proposed building which will be powered by solar power, and be built on an island off the coast. It will generate a never-ending waterfall which will welcome visitors to the 2014 World Cup Finals

There was a 4th thing, but I've forgotten what it was...

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