CCR SA, Brazil’s largest toll-road operator, is heading to a first-of-its kind shareholders’ meeting on a prickly subject: corruption.
Source: Brazil Company Wants to Pay Executives to Confess to Corruption – Bloomberg
A 20-Minute Exercise You Can Do Anywhere – The New York Times
BBC – Future – How air pollution is doing more than killing us
The air we breathe could be changing our behaviour in ways we are only just beginning to understand, writes Melissa Hogenboom.
Source: BBC – Future – How air pollution is doing more than killing us
Lil Nas X’s Smash Makes Country Wonder if Rap Is Friend or Foe. Again. – The New York Times
Billion Dollars Has Been Raised For Notre Dame Cathedral But We Can’t Fix The Planet
Historical landmarks like the Cathedral of Notre-Dame are significant symbols of culture, so naturally, people will identify emotionally with these symbols just as they do with their culture. However, let’s face it, the cathedral is just a building, and portions of it burning without anyone getting hurt is the epitome of a “first world problem.”
Source: Billion Dollars Has Been Raised For Notre Dame Cathedral But We Can’t Fix The Planet
New IDF Chief Rabbi Says Soldiers Can Rape Arab Women To Boost Morale
“Col. Karim’s ruling on permitting raping non-Jewish women is similar to the fatwa of a murderous organization that’s not so far from Israel’s borders.”, Arab, IDF, Israel, judiasim, Palestine, rabbi, rape,
Source: New IDF Chief Rabbi Says Soldiers Can Rape Arab Women To Boost Morale
Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost | Public Radio International
The era of the trans-Atlantic slavery is documented in archives in former colonies around the world. Now, just as there’s the most potential to use those documents to fill in large gaps in history, some of those archives are at risk of being lost.
Source: Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost | Public Radio International
A gentle giant on the brink – Leatherback turtles absent from Nicaragua for first time | Fauna & Flora International
Conservationists sound the alarm after recording an absence of leatherback turtles from one of their most important global nesting sites in Nicaragua
Introducing ‘Haitian Machete Fencing’ …
Yes, I know that this is NOT capoeira, but I thought you guys would be interested. I will be posting from time to time on different Martial Arts here, especially African, and African – Diasporic martial arts.
Anyway, this is a pretty good short introduction video to this system. Below this video, is a small documentary on this style and it’s master, the late Alfred Avril.
For more information, please visit https://www.haitianfencing.org/
#SeattleForAll Campaign Tries to Downplay Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis
With residents fed up by the homelessness crisis, city leaders and their allies coordinate a PR campaign to convince them that everything is fine.
Source: #SeattleForAll Campaign Tries to Downplay Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis
