If you haven’t seen “Young Lakota,” the documentary that explores the intersection of reproductive justice and indigenous rights through the perspective of then 21-year-old Sunny Clifford and her community at the Pine Ridge Reservation, stop what you’re doing and see where it’s playing near you.
Daily Archives: December 7, 2013
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Caribbean Reef Sharks Prefer to Sneak Up on Prey–And Humans
Put some eyes on the back of your wet suit, board, or swim pants
Not only do sharks have rows of teeth, not only are they fast, but now it turns out that they’re also highly intelligent when it comes to hunting their prey, as Catherine Griffin reports in this article for Science World Report. Scientists have discovered that sharks can comprehend body orientation and know when a human is facing them or not, which allows them to approach stealthily from behind.
In order to hunt successfully, a predator needs to correctly perceive the body form, size and movement of its potential prey. This also seems to be the case when sharks seek out food. When a shark encounters a potential meal, it prefers to sneak up from behind and avoid the prey’s field of vision. Yet until now, scientists have been unsure whether a shark could identify human body orientation and then use the information in a self-serving manner.
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Here’s why China investing in UK infrastructure is maybe not such a good idea:
(not satire!)
Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea Cameron going cap in hand to the Chinese to persuade them to invest in UK infrastructure – including new nuclear power stations and the new HS2 high-speed rail link:
Entire New 13-Story Building Tips Over in Shanghai
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Coming soon to a British town near you?
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Related articles by Tom Pride:
British Man Held Captive And Abused By Chinese Maoists Sells Nation Into Slavery
Never mind the EU – how about a referendum on loss of UK sovereignty to China?
Satire like Porn? How 3UK are bringing Chinese-style political censorship of web to UK
Did Cameron order the humiliation of Lech Walesa on the bidding of Beijing?
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Ahmad Fouad Negm
(Ahmed Fouad Negm, rallies attendants during a public meeting organized by the opposition movement ‘Writers and Artists for Change’ in Cairo in 2005. curtsey CNN)
This is special edition of my weekly Egypt’s report dedicated to the legendary Egyptian poet Ahmad Fouad Negm who passed away on December 3. Negm was, and still is my favorite Egyptian poet. Hope you like this collection
- Prince Claus Award for Ahmad Fouad Negm.
- Zeinobia ‘s tribute for Negm, and his funeral
- Rawyia Rageh’s 2002 profile for the AP of Egypt’s iconic poet Ahmed Fouad Negm
- Al-Jazeera English’s 2012 documentary of Ahmed Fouad Negm
- Kareem Fahim writes in the New York Times: Ahmed Fouad Negm, dissident poet of Egypt’s underclass, dies at 84
- Washington Post’s piece about Negm
- Raphael Cormack’s obituary of Negm
Finally, here is one of Negm’s famous poems translated by Walaa Quisay at Revolutionary Arabic Poetry
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Settlers attack Palestinians in their home in Hebron | Maan News Agency
A group of Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a Palestinian house on Shuhada street in the center of Hebron and assaulted residents and children in the street.
Locals said that around 25 settlers attacked the house owned by Mufeed al-Sharabati, causing damage to it and assaulting its residents before Israeli forces stopped them.
Locals added that settlers also assaulted children who were playing in the same street.
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes due to the presence of 500 Israeli settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants.
Settlers and Israeli forces regularly target local Palestinans for harassment, and many have been forced from their homes as a result.
via Settlers attack Palestinians in their home in Hebron | Maan News Agency.