In the mid-1800s the corporation emerged as a legal “person.” Imbued with a “personality” of pure self-interest, the next 100 years saw the corporation’s rise to dominance. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The remorseless rationale of “externalities” is responsible for countless cases of illness, death, poverty, pollution, exploitation and lies. This documentary examines the history of the corporation and the role it plays in society and our everyday lives.
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Em meados de 1800 a corporação emergiu como uma “pessoa” legal. Imbuída de puro interesse próprio, nos próximos 100 anos, viu-se a ascensão da corporação à posição de dominância. As corporações geraram riquezas sem precedentes, mas a que custo? A lógica impiedosa das “externalidades” é responsável por inúmeros casos de doença, morte, pobreza, poluição, exploração e mentiras. Este documentário examina a história da corporação e do papel que desempenha na sociedade e na nossa vida quotidiana.
Inside Job is a 2010 documentary film about the “the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption.” In five parts, the film takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown and also explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis.
The film was screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May and won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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A Verdade da Crise (Inside Job) é um documentário de 2010 sobre a “corrupção sistémica dos Estados Unidos pela indústria de serviços financeiros e as consequências desta corrupção sistémica.” Em cinco partes, o filme mostra o que provocou a crise financeira e também explora como as mudanças no ambiente das políticas e práticas bancárias ajudaram a criar a crise.
O filme foi exibido em 2010 no Festival de Cannes em Maio e ganhou o Oscar 2010 de Melhor Documentário.
With over 12 million on-line views, The Story of Stuff is one of the most widely viewed environmental-themed short films of all time. Since its release in December 2007, The Story of Stuff has been shown in thousands of schools, houses of worship, community events and businesses around the world.
The Story of Stuff Project was created by Annie Leonard to leverage and extend the film’s impact. We amplify public discourse on a series of environmental, social and economic concerns and facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world. Our on-line community includes over 150,000 activists and we partner with hundreds of environmental and social justice organizations worldwide to create and distribute our films, curricula and other content.
Danish a capella vocal group – no instruments – specialising in nordic vocal soundtradition and paying tribute to the 90′s dance hits in their own a capella way. Official page here.
The well-known Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, with over 5 million hits on YouTube in less than 3 months, their passionate, unique dueling cellos versions of well-known rock and pop songs has taken the world by storm.
The band Testament Vollstrecker, formed in October 2003 at the “l’école des Arts Décoratifs” in Paris is an enthusiastic group of musicians welded around an ambitious sound, but more importantly a common taste for the festival, performance and creation.
From Fanfare, to Viking-Beat, Funk, Jazz, Rock, New Orleans Klezmer, Hip Hop and other festive music, the identity of the group states on the uniqueness taste of the mixture of genres, customs, ages and original compositions.
The film shows how the White House used a lie as an excuse to attack Iraq and manipulated public opinion in order to destroy the lives of those who knew the truth. Based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative VALERIE PLAME (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed.
Essa é uma recomendação tripla: um livro, um documentário e o mais recente longa metragem, com o ator Wagner Moura no papel de Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha.
Quem é este? Ele já apareceu em jornais, revistas e programas de televisão fingindo ser quem não era e provando que, nos dias de hoje, é cada vez mais fácil qualquer pessoa tornar-se famosa da noite para o dia. Agora, cumprindo pena no presídio de Marília, em São Paulo, Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha traz à tona sua história em uma série de depoimentos dados à escritora Mariana Caltabiano, no livro Vips – histórias reais de um mentiroso.
Seu perfil nos remete a Frank Abgnale, um dos maiores vigaristas da história dos EUA, interpretado no cinema por Leonardo Di Caprio, em Prenda-me se for Capaz. Como bem lembra a autora Mariana Caltabiano, a maior diferença entre os dois é que Marcelo pilota, sim, aviões de verdade. Com incrível capacidade de aprendizado e extrema facilidade para a farsa, ele se fez passar por policial, tenente, líder do PCC, fiscal da receita, fazendeiro, repórter da MTV, olheiro da seleção, guitarrista da banda Engenheiros do Havaí, enganando jornalistas, artistas, empresários e a própria polícia.
No livro Vips, Mariana revela como ele enganou o departamento de entorpecentes dos EUA, na época em que pilotava aviões para o narcotráfico, como assumiu o posto de líder em uma rebelião no presídio de Bangu, como conseguiu fugir três vezes da prisão, entre outros golpes. Inclusive aquele que o tornou mais famoso: o de se passar por Henrique Constantino, filho do dono da companhia aérea Gol. Assim, conseguiu aparecer em rede nacional, dando algumas entrevistas ao jornalista Amaury Jr., além de se aproximar de gente como os atores Marcos Frota, Carolina Dieckman, Ricardo Macchi, Marinara Costa, a Feiticeira, e os empresários Álvaro Garnero, João Paulo Diniz e Ed Sá Sampaio. O livro conta como ele foi paparicado por muitos desses “novos amigos” e fotografado por diversos colunistas sociais.
Mariana revela como Marcelo conseguia descobrir o ponto fraco de cada pessoa e usar isso a seu favor, enganando todo tipo de gente, de bandidos a milionários. Durante todo o ano de 2004, ela fez inúmeras visitas ao Centro de Triagem de Curitiba, onde Marcelo esteve detido, o que lhe rendeu mais de 12 horas de entrevistas gravadas em áudio e vídeo. Outras 12 horas de material gravado reúnem depoimentos de outros entrevistados, também presentes no livro. São pessoas que tiveram algum tipo de contato com Marcelo, como sua mãe, sua mulher, delegados, agentes da polícia, empresários, artistas e o jornalista Amaury Júnior, que afirma: “Com toda a minha experiência, trinta anos de profissão, eu deveria ter percebido, mas não percebi porque o cara era perfeito”.
O documentário na íntegra pode também ser assistido e baixado gratuitamente através do site oficial, aqui.
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Abaixo o Trailer do Filme que estreou no dia 25 de Março de 2011:
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It’s about a young man’s great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better.
In this movie, Allen is trying to show us a little about his passion for Paris of the 20’s. Reminds me the book “A Moveable Feast”- Ernest Hemingway, remembering us why Paris is a city so charming and the place where we find inspiration and love.
Just a genius like Woody Allen could do this movie, funny, simple, charming and with a “magnifique” soundtrack.
Matt Damon stars in this action thriller about a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he’s ever loved (Emily Blunt). Based on a story by the legendary Philip K. Dick, The Adjustment Bureau is entertaining and thought-provoking.
On the way to recommend the Academic Earth I came across another great site, this time containing a huge collection of culture open to the public, all free to download.
What is Open Culture’s Mission?
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Free audio books, free online courses, free movies, free language lessons, free ebooks and other enriching content — it’s all here.
Who is Behind Open Culture?
Dan Colman, the lead editor, is the Director & Associate Dean of Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program. Before that, he served as the Managing Director of AllLearn, an e-learning consortium owned by Stanford, Oxford and Yale, and as the Director of Business Development and Editorial Manager at About.com. He received his PhD and MA from Stanford, and his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The common thread running through his career is his interest in bringing relevant, perspective-changing information to large audiences, often with the help of the internet.
Que tal você ter aula de Álgebra Linear com Strang, Finanças com John Geanakoplos e Economia com Jeffrey Sachs?
Quer aprender um pouco de psicologia, probabilidade?
Você pode achar muitas dessas coisas no site da Academic Earth.
Além das aulas online, eles tem as referencias da matéria, textbook, site da universidade.
Este o futuro, onde o conhecimento é tão globalizado que mesmo sem estar lá em Harvard posso saber e aprender com o seu modo de pensar.
Infelizmente apenas tem vídeos de universidades americanas, mas é um óptimo site para quem esta atrás de conhecimento de qualidade com espetaculares professores.
João Teixeira de Faria – John of God – is acknowledged to be one of the most powerful trans-medium spiritual healers in the world. He serves as a channel for over 30 light-spirit entities who incorporate his physical body to heal people who come to the Casa de Dom Inácio de Loyola centre in Abadiânia, Brazil. Healing captures some of their remarkable stories on film and explores inexplicable but well-documented instances of miraculous intervention that have taken place here.
But what is the story behind the charismatic medium who works with spirit entities in miraculous healings, defying any conventional explanation? How did an obscure, virtually illiterate man living in the centre of Brazil become the hope and refuge of so many seeking health and guidance?
Born into a poor family, João’s very basic education was cut short due to his rebellious nature as a child. At 16 he left home to become an apprentice tailor, but soon found himself unemployed, penniless and starving. On the verge of despair, he was granted a vision of Saint Rita of Cassia, who directed him to a nearby Spiritist centre. Arriving there, he discovered that his coming was expected, but in his weakened state lost consciousness. Upon awakening several hours later, João was amazed to be told that he had been in a mediumistic trance, allowing the spirit of King Solomon to carry out healing through his physical body.
From that day his path was clear. Surrendering himself to God and opening his mind to the miraculous transformation that had taken place, João became a conduit for a host of benevolent ‘entities’ devoted to helping humanity.
Guided by the spirit of the great Spanish theologian St. Ignatius de Loyola, also known as Dom Inacio or St. Ignacio, João established his healing centre in the village of Abadiânia, chosen for its unique location above a powerful geological crystal formation. So remarkable has been the work carried out here that over the years the centre has attracted millions of people from all over the world. Although thousands might arrive in a single day, no-one, believer or sceptic, is ever turned away. João has dedicated his life to this service, and does not ask for payment for the healing.
João is now known throughout the world as John of God (João de Deus), a title given to him by those who recognize his status as a person touched by a higher power. He himself denies that he has any healing abilities, stating that God alone can heal and that the light entities work through him to cure the cause of people’s afflictions. When João’s body is incorporated he maintains that he has no knowledge or recollection of the work that is being performed through him during the sessions.
Essentially he remains an uncomplicated person, still defined by his humble origins but driven by a sense of mission. After more than five decades of unflinching service and countless successful outcomes, few would doubt that João Teixeira de Faria truly deserves to be called John of God.
As the city’s major protective service, the Toronto Police have perpetuated the myth and stereotype of ‘the slut’, and in doing so have failed us. With sexual assault already a significantly under-reported crime, survivors have now been given even less of a reason to go to the Police, for fear that they could be blamed. Being assaulted isn’t about what you wear; it’s not even about sex; but using a pejorative term to rationalize inexcusable behaviour creates an environment in which it’s okay to blame the victim.
Historically, the term ‘slut’ has carried a predominantly negative connotation. Aimed at those who are sexually promiscuous, be it for work or pleasure, it has primarily been women who have suffered under the burden of this label. And whether dished out as a serious indictment of one’s character or merely as a flippant insult, the intent behind the word is always to wound, so we’re taking it back. “Slut” is being re-appropriated.
We are tired of being oppressed by slut-shaming; of being judged by our sexuality and feeling unsafe as a result. Being in charge of our sexual lives should not mean that we are opening ourselves to an expectation of violence, regardless if we participate in sex for pleasure or work. No one should equate enjoying sex with attracting sexual assault.
We are a movement demanding that our voices be heard. We are here to call foul on our Police Force and demand change. We want Toronto Police Services to take serious steps to regain our trust. We want to feel that we will be respected and protected should we ever need them, but more importantly be certain that those charged with our safety have a true understanding of what it is to be a survivor of sexual assault — slut or otherwise.
We are tired of speeches filled with lip service and the apologies that accompany them. What we want is meaningful dialogue and we are doing something about it: WE ARE COMING TOGETHER. Not only as women, but as people from all gender expressions and orientations, all walks of life, levels of employment and education, all races, ages, abilities, and backgrounds, from all points of this city and elsewhere.
We are asking you to join us for SlutWalk, to make a unified statement about sexual assault and victims’ rights and to demand respect for all. Whether a fellow slut or simply an ally, you don’t have to wear your sexual proclivities on your sleeve, we just ask that you come. Any gender-identification, any age. Singles, couples, parents, sisters, brothers, children, friends. Come walk or roll or strut or holler or stomp with us. This has become a global movement, with Satellites happening all over the world. “
DREW CAREY’S IMPROV-A-GANZA is a lively, unpredictable and hilarious half-hour of improvised sketch comedy, complete with audience participation. The show is based on a series of live improv performances and are taped live in front of audiences at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
[PT] O grupo paulista Garotas Suecas, formado em 2005 em São Paulo, faz parte do novo grupo de bandas brasileiras na cena independente brasileira.
Se pensa que estas Garotas suecas são suecas e garotas, não são não. Elas, na verdade, são: ela (Irina, a única garota, teclados) & eles (Sessa, guitarra; Nico, bateria; Guilherme, voz; Tommy, guitarra; Perdido, baixo).
Ao invés de usar o rock como linguagem principal e, a partir dele, começar a costurar referências – do samba ao baião, do rock do Leste Europeu à valsa –, o sexteto resgata a soul music, o funk e o rock psicodélico, e com isto para construir dois discos energéticos e urgente; contagiantes.
Se perguntar a eles, por que o nome “Garotas Suecas”; a resposta é “Simplesmente surgiu”.
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[EN] The São Paulo group Garotas Suecas ( Swedish Girls), formed in 2005, is part of the new bands in the indie scene in Brazil.
If you think that “Garotas Suecas” are swedish and girls, there are not. They, actually, are: she (Irina, the only girl, keyboards), & they (Sessa, guitar; Nico, drums; Guilherme, voice; Tommy,guitar; Perdido, below).
Instead of using the rock as their main language, and from there, start sewing references – from to samba to baião, from rock to Eastern Europen waltz- the sexet captures the soul music, kunk and psychedelic rock, and if that build two energetic discs; contagious.
If ask for them, why the name “Garotas Suecas”, the answer is “It just came.”
Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal (French), Eduardo Makaroff (Argentine), and Christoph H. Müller (Swiss, former member of Touch El Arab).
“… music blares from the radio that quite comfortably merges rhythms from Serbia and Colombia, the voice of Oumou Sangaré and the melodic thump of Maori reggae. But when it comes the new “world music” ie. the merging of DJ culture with music from the worldwide underground – Gotan Project were the first to successfully bring the traditional and the folkloric into the electronic space.”
I would like to say that this is a beautiful movie, but this is actually a beautiful and true story. A real example that wars are not a fight between people but between leaders.
This movie is inspired by a true story, which happened during World War I, for Christmas Eve 1914, in many different places of the battlefront.
When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake.
And Christmas arrives, with it’s snow and multitude of family and army presents. But the surprise won’t come from inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish, and German trenches.
That night, a momentous event will turn the destinies of four characters: an Anglican priest, a French lieutenant, an exceptional tenor and the one he loves, a wonderful soprano and singing partner. During this Christmas Eve, the unthinkable will happen: rifles will be left at the bottom of the trenches to go to see those opposite, shake their hands, exchange a cigarrete and a piece of chocolate, wish them “Merry Christmas!”…
Referência em percussão corporal, o grupo Barbatuques produz música orgânica utilizando o próprio corpo como instrumento musica. Melodias e diferentes ritmos musicais são criados a partir de efeitos de voz e da exploração de sons produzidos pelo corpo humano: palmas, estalos, batidas, mãos e pés em sintonia. O resultado é surpreendente.
Toda pessoa tem um corpo sonoro e um imaginário musical próprio. A expressão do som através do corpo humano é talvez a forma mais antiga de fazer música e se comunicar em diferentes culturas. Essa “música corporal” revela os sotaques, costumes, códigos de comportamento e tradições de cada povo, em cada parte do mundo.
The Barbatuques, a reference group in Body percussion, produces organic music using the body as a musical instrument. Melodies and different rhythms are created using voice effects and exploration of sounds produced by the human body: hand clapping, cracks, beats, hands and feet, all in tune. The result is amazing.
Everyone has a sonorous body and their own musical imaginary. The sound expression through the human body is probably the older way of making music and communicating in different cultures. This “body music” reveals the accents, practices, behavior codes and tradition of each culture, in each part of the world.
In his speech at the association Iraq Veterans Against War, the corporal Mike Prysner tells of his experience in Iraq and explains how he became aware of the true nature of war:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thought through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
Emerson wrote most of his important essays as lectures first, then revised them for print. His first two collections of essays – Essays: First Series and Essays: Second Series, published respectively in 1841 and 1844 – represent the core of his thinking, and include such well-known essays as Self-Reliance, The Over-Soul, Circles, The Poet and Experience. Together with Nature, these essays made the decade from the mid-1830s to the mid-1840s Emerson’s most fertile period.
Emerson wrote on a number of subjects, never espousing fixed philosophical tenets, but developing certain ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for man to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world.
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization created andsustained by Salman Khan. With the stated mission “of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere”, the Academy supplies a free online collection of more than 2,000 videos on mathematics, science, history, and economics.
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The Khan Academy é uma organização sem fins lucrativos criada e sustentada por Salman Khan. Com a missão de “fornecer educação de alta qualidade para qualquer um, em qualquer lugar”, oferece uma colecção grátis de mais de 2.000 vídeos de matemática, ciência, história e economia.
The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s.
The success sparked a revival of international interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music in general. Some of the Cuban performers later released well-received solo albums and recorded collaborations with international stars from different musical genres. The “Buena Vista Social Club” name became an umbrella term to describe these performances and releases, and has been likened to a brand label that encapsulates Cuba’s “musical golden age” between the 1930s and 1950s. The new success was fleeting for the most recognizable artists in the ensemble: Compay Segundo, Rubén González, and Ibrahim Ferrer, who died at the ages of ninety-five, eighty-four, and seventy-eight respectively; Segundo and González in 2003, then Ferrer in 2005.
“In the early 1960′s I had a dream of a type of singing group that I wanted to create. Not just a dream, in the wishful way, but an actual dream while I was asleep. This beautiful dream led to the creation of my group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Now, some forty five plus years later this original dream has led to so many more dreams. We have been awarded Grammy Awards, represented our homeland of South Africa at many prestigious events, including accompanying Nelson Mandela to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, traveled the world so many times and most importantly, spread a message of Peace, Love and Harmony to millions of people. (…)”
Robert “Bobby” McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and he is also a ten-time Grammy Award winner.
As a vocalist, McFerrin often switches rapidly between normal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing; as observed in his song “Drive” from the 2005 DVD Live in Montreal.
A notable document of McFerrin’s approach to singing is his 1984 album The Voice, the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.
Ismail Kadaré em Gjirokastër onde presenciou a devastação da Albânia pelas tropas que se gladiaram durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, experiência que deixou marcas tanto na sua vida como na sua obra.
Eterno candidato ao Nobel, Ismail Kadaré é um dos grandes mestres da literatura actual. Este romance curto comprova-o: estilo primoso, personagens bem definidas à primeira pincelada, argumentando os absurdos dos regimes totalitários.
Kadaré tem sido comparado a Gogol, Kafka e Orwell. Mas, a originalidade da sua voz é universal, enquanto radica profundamente no seu solo pátrio.
Syd (Chris Evans) é um jovem cuja vida é largada e fútil. Depois de quase sofrer uma overdose de drogas, ele percebe que está prestes a perder a única mulher que amou na vida: London.
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Syd (Chris Evans) is a young man whose life is released and futile. After nearly suffering a drug overdose, he realizes that is about to lose the only woman he loved in life: London.
Na contracapa deste livro de Mia Couto está escrito que esta é “seguramente a mais madura e mais conseguida obra do escritor” e é bem capaz de ser verdade. É quase impossível pousá-lo depois de se ter pegado nele. E é humanamente impossível não sentir arrepios. E lágrimas a queimar nos olhos. Jesusalém é sobre o que nos persegue, sobre o que não é possível enterrar, sobre o que prevalece sempre. É sobre a impossibilidade de fugir disso mesmo que se viva num bunker e a tudo se dê nomes novos. É sobre o amor, que “vicia mesmo antes de acontecer” e sobre a luta cega para o preservar: “Durante anos, aplicara-me em maquilhagem, dieta, ginástica. Acreditara ser o modo de te continuar cativando. Só agora entendi que a sedução mora em outro lugar. Talvez no olhar. E há muito que eu deixara esmorecer esse olhar incendiado.” Sobre a doença que é a saudade (“A saudade pode ser uma repentina estiagem na boca, um lume frio na garganta?”), sobre perda e despedida (“Em criança não nos despedimos dos lugares. Pensamos que voltamos sempre. Acreditamos que nunca é a última vez.”). Sobre reencontros (“Reencontramos os nossos amores num próximo luar. Mesmo sem lagoa, mesmo sem noite, mesmo sem lua. Dentro da luz, eternos, eles regressam…”).
Daft Punk is an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975).Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and were met with continued success in the years following. After releasing their debut album Homework in 1997, they have had two successive studio albums: Discovery in 2001 and Human After All in 2005.
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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (インターステラ5555, Intāsutera Fō Faibu) is a feature-length Japanese animated musical film originally released on December 1, 2003. The film is the visual realization of Discovery, an album by Daft Punk. Each track from the album has been animated as an episode in the story of the abduction and rescue of an interstellar pop band. The film was produced by Daft Punk, Cédric Hervet and Emmanuel de Buretel along with Toei Animation, under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto.
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Watch here the complete Interstella 5555 musical film:
the corporation emerged as a legal “person.” Imbued with a “personality” of pure self-interest, the next 100 years saw the corporation’s rise to dominance. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The remorseless rationale of “externalities” is responsible for countless cases of illness, death, poverty, pollution, exploitation and lies. This documentary examines the history of the corporation and the role it plays in society and our everyday lives.
recente longa metragem, com o ator Wagner Moura no papel de Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha.
No livro Vips, Mariana revela como ele enganou o departamento de entorpecentes dos EUA, na época em que pilotava aviões para o narcotráfico, como assumiu o posto de líder em uma rebelião no presídio de Bangu, como conseguiu fugir três vezes da prisão, entre outros golpes. Inclusive aquele que o tornou mais famoso: o de se passar por Henrique Constantino, filho do dono da companhia aérea Gol. Assim, conseguiu aparecer em rede nacional, dando algumas entrevistas ao jornalista Amaury Jr., além de se aproximar de gente como os atores Marcos Frota, Carolina Dieckman, Ricardo Macchi, Marinara Costa, a Feiticeira, e os empresários Álvaro Garnero, João Paulo Diniz e Ed Sá Sampaio. O livro conta como ele foi paparicado por muitos desses “novos amigos” e fotografado por diversos colunistas sociais.
What is Open Culture’s Mission?
movement:
primarily been women who have suffered under the burden of this label. And whether dished out as a serious indictment of one’s character or merely as a flippant insult, the intent behind the word is always to wound, so we’re taking it back. “Slut” is being re-appropriated.
We are tired of speeches filled with lip service and the apologies that accompany them. What we want is meaningful dialogue and we are doing something about it: WE ARE COMING TOGETHER. Not only as women, but as people from all gender expressions and orientations, all walks of life, levels of employment and education, all races, ages, abilities, and backgrounds, from all points of this city and elsewhere.
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The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s.
“In the early 1960′s I had a dream of a type of singing group that I wanted to create. Not just a dream, in the wishful way, but an actual dream while I was asleep. This beautiful dream led to the creation of my group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Now, some forty five plus years later this original dream has led to so many more dreams. We have been awarded Grammy Awards, represented our homeland of South Africa at many prestigious events, including accompanying Nelson Mandela to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, traveled the world so many times and most importantly, spread a message of Peace, Love and Harmony to millions of people. (…)”
Na contracapa deste livro de Mia Couto está escrito que esta é “seguramente a mais madura e mais conseguida obra do escritor” e é bem capaz de ser verdade. É quase impossível pousá-lo depois de se ter pegado nele. E é humanamente impossível não sentir arrepios. E lágrimas a queimar nos olhos. Jesusalém é sobre o que nos persegue, sobre o que não é possível enterrar, sobre o que prevalece sempre. É sobre a impossibilidade de fugir disso mesmo que se viva num bunker e a tudo se dê nomes novos. É sobre o amor, que “vicia mesmo antes de acontecer” e sobre a luta cega para o preservar: “Durante anos, aplicara-me em maquilhagem, dieta, ginástica. Acreditara ser o modo de te continuar cativando. Só agora entendi que a sedução mora em outro lugar. Talvez no olhar. E há muito que eu deixara esmorecer esse olhar incendiado.” Sobre a doença que é a saudade (“A saudade pode ser uma repentina estiagem na boca, um lume frio na garganta?”), sobre perda e despedida (“Em criança não nos despedimos dos lugares. Pensamos que voltamos sempre. Acreditamos que nunca é a última vez.”). Sobre reencontros (“Reencontramos os nossos amores num próximo luar. Mesmo sem lagoa, mesmo sem noite, mesmo sem lua. Dentro da luz, eternos, eles regressam…”).
Daft Punk is an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and were met with continued success in the years following. After releasing their debut album Homework in 1997, they have had two successive studio albums: Discovery in 2001 and Human After All in 2005.
