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Nem sempre, o sinônimo de sucesso vem atrelado a inteligência. Há pessoas que fazem sucesso com pouco. Quanto a inteligência, temos exemplos de pessoas generosamente, inteligentes. Mas que não tem o reconhecimento necessário, para alcançar o sucesso desejado.

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Tribes push for greater involvement in Colorado River talks – Los Angeles Times

The 30 tribes in the Colorado River Basin have rights to use roughly one-fourth of the rivers average supply. But over the past century, leaders of tribal nations were largely excluded from regional talks about river management, and only in recent years have they begun to play a larger role. Source: Tribes push for greater involvement in Colorado River talks – Los Angeles Times

Granderson: Tyler Perry’s Madea and the war on drag – Los Angeles Times

Conservatives speak of protecting children, but laws aimed at drag are really about weaponizing homophobia and transphobia to score political points. We know this because “Mrs. Doubtfire” was a hit family movie. We know this because Bugs Bunny is a beloved cartoon character — drag personas and all. We know this because Perry is in the position to buy two networks thanks in large part to his alter ego. The truth is if seeing men in women’s clothing really turned people queer, M*A*S*H would be on the rainbow flag. Source: Granderson: Tyler Perry’s Madea and the war on drag – Los Angeles Times

Avocados: The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map

Every 75 seconds, a tree is felled illegally in the mountains of Jalisco to establish avocado plantations in its place. By the end of the day, 1,100 trees will have fallen. At this rate, per year, there will be 401,500 trees and 1,054 ha (2,604 acres, three times the size of Central Park in New York). These are some of the preliminary figures that can be extracted from the study “Analysis of land use change in the agricultural frontier of the state of Jalisco”, soon to be published and prepared by the Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET), the state agency in charge of, among other things, implementing public policies for the conservation of natural resources.

Source: Avocados: The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map