HUH. 18 Maps That Will Change How You See The World In Focus: Performing Street Monkeys | recorder.sayforward.com Ucil, a trained monkey, takes part in a street performance in Jakarta, Indonesia. Macaque monkeys who are trained for street performances, known as “topeng monyet”, are chained to a cage in “monkey village”, where the animals are trained to take part in street performances. The street performances usually involve the monkeys wearing masks, such as dolls’ heads or attire to mimic humans, with the monkeys trained to act out human activities such as shopping, riding bicycles or other simulations of human behavior. Poverty drives the handlers to exploit the monkeys in the hope of earning small change, but the effect and cruelty to the monkeys is a cause that charities such as the Jakarta Animal Aid Network are increasingly taking up. Ucil, a trained monkey, takes part in a street performance in Jakarta, Indonesia. A macaque monkey who is trained for street performances is chained to a wall to be trained to stand on two feet. Atun takes part in a street performance in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Is there a gene for race? | TestTube Plus by Jack J. Shamama According to science, race is just an adaptation of humans living in different parts of the world, but ethnicity is very real Related on TestTubeCould You Hack Your Brain to Have Unlimited Senses?What Did Early Humans Really Look Like? This week on TestTube Plus, Trace explores human evolution. The concept of "race" as we understand it (and often discuss it) is a product of social context. TestTube Plus is built for enthusiastic science fans seeking out comprehensive conversations on the geeky topics they love. Learn More:What We Mean When We Say "Race Is a Social Construct" (The Atlantic)"In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up." Cromwell: The Irish Question (History Today)"Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland is one event that the British can never remember and the Irish can never forget.
Pope: 'Revolution' needed to fight climate change While slamming a slew of modern trends -- the heedless worship of technology, the addiction to fossil fuels, our compulsive consumerism -- the Pope said humanity's "reckless" behavior has pushed the planet to a perilous "breaking point." "Doomsday predictions," the Pope warned, "can no longer be met with irony or disdain." Citing the scientific consensus that global warming is disturbingly real, Francis left little doubt about who to blame. Big businesses, energy companies, short-sighted politicians, scurrilous scientists, laissez faire economists, indifferent individuals, callous Christians and myopic media professionals. "The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth," Francis said. Francis' bracing manifesto came Thursday in the form of an encyclical, a letter traditionally addressed from St. Special coverage: How 2 degrees are key to climate change But Francis has set his sights far beyond the circle of his church. Critique of modern life
After losing her leg to Toxic Shock Syndrome, this model is speaking out At age 24, model Lauren Wasser experienced a nightmare no woman should ever endure. Lauren was an L.A. star on the rise; a model building her portfolio, taking improv classes, and living a life about town that many would envy. But in October of 2012, things took a horrific turn when she fell terribly ill while on her period. Toxic Shock Syndrome (or TSS) is likely familiar to anyone who uses tampons. Although it’s extremely serious, TSS is also extremely rare. But while the threat of TSS is common knowledge, Wasser’s case is an example of how many women think of TSS as something that happens — just not to them. Wasser’s story, told at VICE, is harrowing. “My belly was huge [due to being pumped with fluids],” she says of waking up in the hospital. But while her life was saved, her right leg was not, and damage to her left foot is still healing over two years later.
The Odd Parallels Between Kennedy and Lincoln 11-18-02 tags: Abraham Lincoln, JFK, JFK assassination by Valerie Klein Ms. Comparing Kennedy's death to Lincoln's gives you a host of weird coincidences. Both Presidents were shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major holiday, while seated beside their wives, neither of whom were injured. Both were in the presence of another couple, and in each case that man was also wounded by the assassin. After both assassinations there were loud and insistent claims that the fatal shot must have come from a different direction. Each President in his thirties married a socailly prominent twenty-four year old girl who spoke French fluently. While in the White House, each President had a family of three children, and both lost a child through death. Both Lincoln and Kennedy were second children. Both had been boat captains. Both were related to a U.S. Each had been elected to Congress in the year '47 and were vice-presidential runners-up in the year '56. Each was elected president in '60. 1. 2.
IRISH: THE FORGOTTEN WHITE SLAVES | peoples trust toronto IRISH: THE FORGOTTEN WHITE SLAVESSource: They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children. Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. We don’t really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? But are we talking about African slavery? The Irish slave trade began when James VI sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. But, why is it so seldom discussed?