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Amazon deforestation surges in April
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon exceeded 1,000 square kilometers in April, the highest total since 2008 and roughly twice the level of April 2021, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE.
- The loss — which only accounts for the first 29 days of the month — put deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon through the first four months of 2022 at 1,953 square kilometers as the region heads into the peak deforestation season.
- Last year deforestation topped 13,000 square kilometers for the first time since 2006.
- Scientists have warned that the Amazon may be approaching a tipping point where vast areas of rainforest transition to a woody savanna.
French Fridays, et Adulte ?
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
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English for Project Do Better…
Chers Amis voici une autre idée pour vous :
Un nouveau rite de passage .
On a besoin d’un nouveau rite de passage dont chaque adolescent doit de son plein gré enseigner quelqu’un, de commencement, une capacité utile et importante . Elle doit être une capacité dont la personne a besoin dans le monde réele, par exemple depuis l’alphabet jusque a la posiblité de lire des livres simples, ou de calculer jusque aux tables de multiplication , ou d’écrire une simple phrase au un essai, ou de pas d’anglais jusque au l’anglais passable dans les états-Unis.
Ce projet doit exiger un investissement sérieux de temps (de préférence deux ou trois heures par jour) pour au moins un an . Ainsi le jeune peut être fier d’avoir accompli quelque chôse de dificil et peut réclamer son statut mérité d’adulte.
Un même temps, plusieurs problèmes…
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Review: Le Siècle des Chefs, and Leadership vs. Empathy & Housing…
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Le Siècle des chefs: Une histoire transnationale du commandement et de l’autorité by Yves Cohen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cohen’s study of leadership across four key countries from the crucial turn of the Twentieth century up through the end of WWII is a must-read book for all who care about democracy. He shows how not only authoritarian regimes but democracies as respected as that of the USA have used the media and other tools to build a discourse in which leaders are a necessary and natural part of the very ‘cosmic order’ (P. 809).
As the book is long, I recommend starting with P. 564/5, then P. 446, p. 407, 402, p. 197, 154, 118, particular attention to P. 86 and 87, then to P. 78/9, and have a look at his nice Foucaultian argument at the end of P. 821 for continuous pressure for egalitarian structures. After…
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Por que falar sobre violência contra a mulher causa incômodo em alguns homens?
Que a violência é um problema social, isso todo mundo sabe. Da mesma forma que, se tem conhecimento que o silêncio é um logradouro de violações de direito. Situações como: ameaças, humilhações, violência psicológica e física, são bastante comum em relação a comportamentos violentos.
Falar sobre violência contra a mulher, violência doméstica por exemplo, é por em xeque certezas antigas relacionadas ao machismo. Quando você coloca situações que expõe essa violência, os ataques são certeiros. Estes podem começar de forma sutil ou simplesmente fulminante. É preciso refletir o seguinte ” Falar sobre violência não é agir com violência, é debater o problema”. É sim, antes de mais nada, trazer a situação à baila e explorar os seus mecanismos.
Na maioria dos casos que envolvem violência violência contra a mulher ou mesmo a violência doméstica, nota-se que há um comportamento violento por um dos parceiros ou até por ambas as partes…
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Oscar Wilde — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Às vezes podemos passar anos sem realmente viver, e de repente toda a nossa vida se concentrar em um só instante. Oscar Wilde. https://www.revistabula.com Marii Freire Pereira https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem: pinterest/ ideias incríveis Santarém, Pá 6 de maio de 2022
Oscar Wilde — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!
Marii Freire Pereira — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Só é possível sensibilizar a mulher sobre os impactos da violência, falando a respeito desta. São as histórias contadas, os fatos que ocorreram em ambientes distintos, que contribuem para uma estatística triste no país que é o feminicídio. Então quanto mais você fala, mais essa mulher fica atenta ao problema. Marii Freire Pereira https://Pensamentos.me/VEM %5B…%5D
Marii Freire Pereira — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!
Sri Lanka shuts down in general strike amid calls for government to resign | News | DW | 06.05.2022
Offices, factories and public transport across Sri Lanka were left empty and at a standstill on Friday as millions of public and private sector workers took part in a nationwide strike to protest the government’s mishandling of an ongoing financial crisis.
The strike was called by trade unions and civil organizations. Calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign have continued unabated.
Almost all public and privately run transport services were canceled. Over 3,000 factory workers from Sri Lanka’s main export processing zone also joined the strike.
“We can pinpoint the policy blunders of the president that led to this very sorry state of our economy,” said trade union leader Ravi Kumudesh. “He must go.”
Source: Sri Lanka shuts down in general strike amid calls for government to resign | News | DW | 06.05.2022
If Abortion Is Illegal, Will Every Miscarriage Be a Potential Crime? – Mother Jones
On a humid morning in early October, Brittney Poolaw sat in an Oklahoma courtroom waiting on a verdict. Instead of the jail uniform she’d donned over the past 18 months, she wore a yellow and white blouse. After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury returned with their decision: Poolaw was guilty of first-degree manslaughter. She was sentenced to four years behind bars.
But Poolaw, a 20-year-old and a member of the Wichita Tribe, had not driven recklessly or shot a gun. She’d had a miscarriage.
Poolaw will not be the last woman sent to prison for accidentally losing a pregnancy. Indeed, if the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade is in fact its final opinion on the matter, cases like Poolaw’s will likely become more common.
That’s because, as Dana Sussman, deputy executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, says: “Not only did Roe vs. Wade establish that there’s a constitutional right to abortion, it also rejected the idea that fetuses are people under the Constitution.” The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, is steeped in language that paints fetuses—no matter what stage of development—as people. And when we lend credence to the idea of fetal personhood, it creates “a situation in which, when there is perceived harm to a fetus, it can be a victim of a crime. You can’t add fetuses to the community of individuals who are entitled to constitutional rights without diminishing the rights of the person carrying that fetus,” Sussman says.
Source: If Abortion Is Illegal, Will Every Miscarriage Be a Potential Crime? – Mother Jones
My Son Sanctuary, Vietnam – Svetilište Mi Son, Vijetnam
Nešto manje od dva sata vožnje kolima razdvaja moderni Da Nang – vijetnamski treći grad po veličini, broju stanovnika i industrijskom značaju – od svetilišta Mi Son, najvažnijeg arheološkog lokaliteta u zemlji. Tokom vožnje, ta dva sata nesrazmjerno se protežu u putovanje kroz vrijeme. Asfaltni put je, u početku, u dobrom stanju i prolazi pored kuća i fabrika, ali postepeno postaje uži i neravniji. Saobraćaj se prorjeđuje, a pejzaž postaje izrazito zelen, s pirinčanim poljima i brdima okruženim plantažama kafe, sve dok konačno stignete do udoline ispunjene hramovima i zaštićene Hon Kvap, “Planinom mačjeg zuba”. Tišina danas vlada Mi Sonom, mjestom koje je bilo religiozna i intelektualna prijestonica dinastije Čam od kraja IV do sredine XIII vijeka. Njegovi hramovi možda nisu bili tako veličanstveni i prefinjeni kao oni u Angkoru (Kambodža), Paganu (Mjanmar) ili Borobuduru (Indonezija), ali oni predstavljaju važan dokument o najdugotrajnijem kraljevstvu iz jugoistočne Azije.


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