Category: Général / General
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Protesters clash with police across Brazil
Take this my friend: “We are here to make sure police don’t hurt these kids” SAO PAULO – More than 100,000 people were in the streets Monday for largely peaceful protests in at least eight big cities. In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this…
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Protest rallies held in Brazil’s major cities
More than 100,000 people took over the streets BRAZIL – Demonstrations against rising costs of public transport and 2014 World Cup reflect anger over government policies. Yesterday, Jun3 17th, over 100,000 young protesters have massed across Brazil to demonstrate against the rising costs of both public transport and the 2014 World Cup to be held in the…
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Open with a punch, close with a kick
Good writing There are two words that every writer needs to know: “lede” and “kicker”. A “lede” is the opening sentence of an article. A “kicker” is the last. If you can get them right, you can lift what you write to a whole new level. JMD
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Multitasking or the art of looking stupid
Here’s the catch: Multitasking messes with the brain in several ways. At the most basic level, the mental balancing acts that it requires energize regions of the brain that specialize in visual processing and physical coordination and simultaneously appear to shortchange some of the higher areas related to memory and learning. We concentrate on the…
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Are You Boring?
Please, shut up and go away! Like many of you, I have often experienced doubts and questioned myself on the pertinence and the effectiveness of my techniques and discourses when addressing people. With time, I came up with a list of indicators that are definitely indicating or pointing in the right direction when it is…
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Stealing from the poor
Wasting food is like stealing from the poor, says pope ROME – Pope Francis denounces what he calls a “culture of waste” in an increasingly consumerist world: “Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.” Around 1.43 billion tons of food, or one third of what is…
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Our survival may well be in jeopardy
Mankind is now engaging in the biggest battle ever seen ALJAZEERA – Climate change and poor planning are worsening the toll in lives and money that natural disasters wreak worldwide. We are in a really delicate situation now where even our survival may be in jeopardy. The list of problems facing our planet is growing…
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World’s cost of living 2013
Tokyo, the most expensive city of the world TOKYO – After currency swings pushed Zurich to the top of the ranking last year, Tokyo has resumed its place as the world’s most expensive city. Despite Japanese deflation, a weaker yen and rising prices throughout the world, Tokyo has resumed its position as the world’s most…
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The Minimum Wage: Does It Matter?
Increase in minimum wage WORLD – Since minimum wages are not indexed to inflation, they do not systematically increase in proportion to changes in the costs of living. Those in favor of increasing the minimum wage will argue that such an increase would lift people out of poverty, helps low-income families make ends meet and…
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One quarter of world’s children struggling to learn because of malnutrition
Three hungry kids – One in every four in the world! The Food for Thought report by Save the Children – One in every four children in the world is suffering from chronic malnutrition that is affecting their ability to learn, according The Food for Thought report by Save the Children. The study also revealed…
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