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  • Básica Língua A Portuguese Language Program that offers intensive one-on-one, private and semi-private immersion programs in Salvador for individuals, couples and small groups.
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  • Bridge Language School Dedicated to providing innovative services in language, education, and travel. Free assessment test of language for English, Spanish, Portuguese
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  • Corpus Portuguese Langauge / Corpus do português This website allows you to quickly and easily search more than 45 million words in almost 57,000 Portuguese texts. Este site permite que você rapidamente e facilmente buscar para mais do que 45 milhões de palavras em quase 57.000 textos do portugueses.
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  • Bureau of Economic Analysis Data, and reports on US Economic Accounts
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  • MSCI Indexes A leading provider of investment decision support tools to clients worldwide, ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds. Offers a range of products and services – including indexes.
  • Report Foriegn Holdings of US Treasury Securities Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities. Published (Dept of Treasury & Federal Reserve Board) monthly on or about the 17th of each month.
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  • American Fact Finder Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about communities in the United States.
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• NY Times – Business

  • Alan B. Krueger, Economic Aide to Clinton and Obama, Is Dead at 58
  • Deutsche Bank and Trump: $2 Billion in Loans and a Wary Board
  • Mark Bittman Is Starting a Food Magazine at Medium
  • DealBook Briefing: Inside Trump and Deutsche Bank’s Checkered History
  • Japan’s Olympic Chief to Step Down Amid Corruption Investigation
  • On C-Span’s 40th Anniversary, a Top Executive Reflects on Its Political Impact
  • Levi’s, Whose Jeans Are a Rugged Symbol of Americana, Prepares to Go Public

• Washington Post

  • Steve King posts meme warning that red states have ‘8 trillion bullets’ in event of civil war
  • Steve King posts meme warning that red states have ‘8 trillion bullets’ in event of civil war
  • Democratic senators send letter to Saudi Arabia demanding release of political prisoners
  • ‘A total loser!’: Trump lashes out at George Conway, who has been questioning his mental health
  • Trump is losing so much in court that allies are getting tired of it
  • Trump is losing so much in court that allies are getting tired of it
  • ‘I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be’: Trump lashes out at the late senator from the Oval Office

• Review Journal

  • Michele Fiore has history of unreported tax, business problems
  • Poppy fields in full glory attract thousands to super bloom
  • Chemical plant fire still raging, will keep burning for days
  • Heat records falling twice as often as record lows in US
  • Hawaii plastic ban at restaurants would be first in the nation
  • Cortez Masto, FICO team up to talk credit in Nevada — VIDEO
  • Apple unveils newest iPad
  • What deadline? A busy day at the Nevada Legislature, but still more to come
  • Bunker’s legacy remembered for his work, not limelight
  • Tulsi Gabbard calls for ‘movement of peace’ in Las Vegas speech — VIDEO

• BBC World News

  • Cyclone Idai: Huge area of Mozambique submerged
  • Boeing expects 737 Max software fix by end of March
  • Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades
  • Dutch shooting: Letter suggests motive in Utrecht attack
  • World's most expensive cities revealed
  • Translation errors force Osaka metro websites offline
  • Facebook: NZ attack video viewed 4,000 times

• NPR News

  • ISIS Camp In Baghouz Is Captured, As U.S. Allies Declare Progress In Syria
  • 'Poppy Apocalypse': California City Swarmed By Selfie Stick-Toting Tourists
  • Facebook Admits Mosque Shooting Video Was Viewed At Least 4,000 Times
  • Why Restaurant Demand For Smaller Fish Fillets Is Bad News For Oceans
  • Marcelo Gleiser Wins Templeton Prize For Quest To Confront 'Mystery Of Who We Are'
  • Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion
  • Massive U.S. Machines That Hunt For Ripples In Space-Time Just Got An Upgrade
  • Amy Klobuchar Runs On A Record Of Accomplishments — Including With Republicans

• Roll Call

  • Visit by ‘Trump of the Tropics’ puts ‘America First’ in spotlight
  • Rep. Devin Nunes says he’s suing Twitter, parody account pretending to be his mom
  • On the campaign trail, climate change can no longer be ignored
  • ‘Tens of thousands’ of documents received in response to Democrats’ requests of 81 Trump associates
  • Latest fundraising numbers from Beto O’Rourke and others are ridiculous
  • House to vote on equal pay, VAWA, net neutrality bills, in next 3 weeks
  • Utah bill would give primary voters less say on who appears on special election ballots

• Real Clear Politics

  • O'Rourke Could Give Biden, Sanders a Run for Their Money
  • How Britain's Political Class Is Betraying British Voters
  • The Magical Thinking Around Brexit
  • Beleaguered California GOP Sees Path to Rebound in 2020
  • Why Climate Alarmists Fear Debate Over Science
  • A Future Without Fossil Fuels?
  • Green New Deal Would Spark Yellow Vest-Style Protests
  • When Media Coverage Gives Mass Killers a Platform
  • Trump Is Likely Emboldening Hate Groups Through His Rhetoric
  • Spreading Rumors About Trump Wasn't McCain's Finest Hour

• The Hill – Top News

  • Andrew Yang draws crowd of 3,000 in San Francisco
  • READ: The unsealed documents connected to Cohen raid
  • Beck to Hannity: 'We are officially at the end of the country as we know it' if Trump loses in 2020
  • Gillibrand: Aide who claimed sexual harassment was 'believed'
  • George Conway hits back at Trump: Just guaranteed millions will learn about 'malignant narcissism'
  • Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of looking 'other way' on white supremacism
  • Dem candidates to participate in LGBTQ-focused forum in October

• Stanford Social Innovation Review

  • Changing Organizational Mindset
  • Impact Investing for Educational Progress (Blog)
  • How to Make Wealth Building and Job Opportunities More Equitable (Blog)
  • Brazil’s New Endowment Law Could Strengthen Philanthropy and Democracy Around the Globe (Blog)
  • Five Practices for Developing and Staying Accountable to Racial Equity Goals (Blog)
  • How Universities Can Support Women-Led Entrepreneurship (Blog)
  • Seven SSIR Articles on Women’s Equality and Empowerment (Blog)
  • Three Ways to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy (Blog)
  • The Five Roles of the Mature Leader
  • Using All Our Tools to Advance Equity in the South and Beyond (Blog)

• Real Clear Sports

  • It's Time for Sean Payton to Go
  • Yankees Have Perfect Formula for October Run
  • Defensive Stud Has Jags Swinging for Fences
  • Hue Jackson's Latest QB Project Has Browns Hopeful
  • Reid Rebuilt Chiefs While Eagles Crumbled
  • Golden Boy Kliff Kingsbury Gets Defensive
  • Cam Newton Needs Success, Not Your Happiness
  • UCLA's Rosen Rises to Reach Hype
  • CFB Coaches Can Say Anything as Long as They Win
  • The Indians Are Even Better Than They Seem

• Curio Blog Feed

  • 2018: a review
  • Curiota 3
  • Curio 12.1 and 12.2
  • Announcing Curio 12
  • 2017 review
  • Curio 11.4
  • Curio 11.3
  • Curio 11.2
  • Curio 11.1
  • ScreenCastsOnline Curio 11 Video

• Beatnik24

  • Sistas’ Love Revolt
  • How In Da Heck You Gonna Cheat When You Already Had a Head Start?
  • Grab It, Sis!
  • Jacob, the Dog & the Devil
  • US Series: Hadassa
  • TIME TO GIVE FEWER FCK$
  • 6 on 7
  • My Dearest Black Valentine
  • White Girl Wasted Wednesdays & Other Fables
  • Black Enough? Who Gets a Card?

• Julia Bloggers

  • π day
  • Moving to Julia 1.1
  • Juniper workflow
  • Multiple dispatch – an example for mathematical optimizers
  • Real-world example for Julia multidispatch (where using python is a pain)
  • Julia do-block vs Python with statement
  • Using Julia for Data Science (Part 02)
  • GeoStats.jl IAMG workshop
  • Announcing ElectronDisplay.jl
  • DifferentialEquations.jl 6.0: Radau5, Hyperbolic PDEs, Dependency Reductions

• Real Clear Politics

  • O'Rourke Could Give Biden, Sanders a Run for Their Money
  • How Britain's Political Class Is Betraying British Voters
  • The Magical Thinking Around Brexit
  • Beleaguered California GOP Sees Path to Rebound in 2020
  • Why Climate Alarmists Fear Debate Over Science
  • A Future Without Fossil Fuels?
  • Green New Deal Would Spark Yellow Vest-Style Protests
  • When Media Coverage Gives Mass Killers a Platform
  • Trump Is Likely Emboldening Hate Groups Through His Rhetoric
  • Spreading Rumors About Trump Wasn't McCain's Finest Hour

• The New Republic

  • The Enduring Timidity of the Democratic Party
  • Brexit Is Making Britain Look Weak
  • What Was the Foodie?
  • The Dispossessed
  • The Outsize Imagination of Orson Welles
  • Would the Green New Deal Survive the Supreme Court?
  • The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks
  • White Nationalism Is an International Threat
  • Court-Packing Is Not a Threat to American Democracy. It’s Constitutional.
  • The Profound Emptiness of Beto O’Rourke

• Economia & Negócios

  • Começando o nosso check-up.
  • Bolsa bate 100 mil pontos enquanto a economia mantém fraqueza
  • ‘BNDES terá de devolver R$ 126 bilhões’
  • Guedes cobra ‘coerência’ de Olavo em jantar
  • Funcionários apontam ‘fogo amigo’ de Levy contra o BNDES
  • Pitoli comandará SDIC em SP
  • Sapore mira refeições em colégios e prevê R$ 50 mi
  • Setor de veículos cresce apesar da exportação fraca
  • Dona do Frango Assado atrai quase R$ 1 bi na estreia com debêntures
  • Reestruturação de carreira militar provoca divisão entre cúpula e base

• OECD

  • Counterfeit trade: Trade in fake goods is now 3.3% of world trade and rising
  • Going digital: Back to the future
  • Gender: Progress on gender equality is too slow
  • Economy: Global growth slowing as risks persist
  • Climate change: Electricity generation for a cool planet