Twitter and News Site of the Week

Twitter Site: http://twitter.com/rede_globo

The Brazilian television network, Rede Globo (Portuguese for Globo Network), owned by media conglomerate Organizaҫões Globo, produces this site.

Rede Globo is the largest network in Latin America, and the fourth largest in the world (behind the major U.S. networks).  With approximately 120 owned and affiliate television stations, it also produces more soap operas than any other company in the world.  The parent company, founded in 1925, owns vast media holdings including newspapers, radio stations, magazines and internet sites.

The Twitter site is mostly all re-tweets and focuses primarily on entertainment, promoting shows appearing on the network.  It  also features limited news posts.  

  

# PEGN : Administration of condominium sales grow with the high real estate http://glo.bo/gYlAV3 5:47 PM Apr 16th via bitly  

This post links to an article about  condominium sales improving in an improving real estate market.

# Welfare : Vaccination in adults is the theme of this second program, 18 http://glo.bo/fu0mye about 4 hours ago via bitly
This links to information about a show discussing the importance of vaccinations for adults, and exploring some of the common misconceptions about them.

   News Site: Correio Brasiliense

This is the web site of an influential daily newspaper in Brazil. 

The newspaper, based in Brasilia, was founded in 1960 and has won many awards for design.  It is privately owned by Associated Newspapers, the sixth largest media conglomerate in Brazil. 

Completely redesigned in 2008, the website includes news, sports, blogs, advertising and features.  Local, national and international subjects are covered.  There are links to live traffic news, crime reports and economic news. When translated, some of the sections have interesting names: “Vrum” is about cars and “She World” features recipes and fashion articles. 

  

The article below discusses a Senator who refused to take a breathalyzer test when pulled over:

Aetius has driver's license seized in raid on Rio de Janeiro

Published: 17/04/2011 15:47 Update: 17/04/2011 15:52

Senator toucan said he was unaware that he had a driver's license expired Senator toucan said he was unaware that he had a driver's license expired

Senator Aecio Neves (PSDB-MG) had a driver's license seized in an operation Prohibition in the early hours of Sunday River (17). The opposition candidate had won the document and refused to take breathalyzer test to be addressed in Leblon, Zona Sul of Rio de Janeiro.

By refusing to do the breathalyzer test, considered a very serious offense, Aetius be fined R $ 957.70 and is expected to lose 7 points in the portfolio. Driving with expired CNH is also a very serious offense, but generates a lower fine of R $ 191.54. To return to driving, Senator will have to go to DMV to pay the fine, RJ and renew the license document. According to a spokesperson of the toucan, he did not know the validity of the document is finished.

At dawn on Friday and Saturday (16), 35 other drivers had CNH apprehended for driving under the influence of alcohol or for refusing to do the breathalyzer test.

This is part of another article reporting on tornadoes in the United States:

Tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. at least leave 44 dead

Published: 17/04/2011 16:22 Update: 17/04/2011 19:04

Workers seek what is left after a tornado destroyed a shop in Sanford, North Carolina

RALEIGH - Off roofs, felled trees, devastated entire neighborhoods, violent tornadoes hit Thursday from the southern United States, leaving at least 44 dead. More than 100 tornadoes occurred as a consequence of a strong storm that formed on Thursday and affected the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas.

The storm then headed east, toward a region called the "corridor tornadoes" by the frequency with which this type of phenomenon occurs. The decreased intensity of the storm on Sunday after reaching the Atlantic coast.

The tornadoes left in its path at least 44 deaths in six states, mostly in North Carolina, according to an assessment made on Sunday by AFP based on data released by the authorities.

The balance is 23 dead and 80 hospitalized in North Carolina was hit by tornadoes on Saturday, told AFP Patty McQuillan, spokeswoman for the emergency services of this state, where he was declared state of emergency.

"It's the worst storm since 1984 (...), over 84 thousand people were without electricity. Will certainly several days until we can restore power," he added.

The storm toppled trees, knocked down power poles, tore roofs from houses and spread tractors and cars on the roads of North Carolina. "It's like a bomb had exploded in the garden," he told ABC a resident of Raleigh, the state capital, which has more than 350 000 inhabitants.