Gross capital investment from the public sector, or government spending on infrastructure, scientific research, education, and other long-term priorities, has fallen below any level since World War II, according to an analysis by the Financial Times. It now amounts to 3.6 percent of GDP, compared to an average of 5 percent after the war.
“Polar bears get all of their food from the surface of the sea ice. They’re highly specialize to catch basically two species of seals, that’s it. And they can only catch them from the surface of the sea ice, they can’t catch them predictably in open water, and those seals don’t come to land very often. When the sea ice is gone, polar bears are food deprived.”
Hank Nuwer, associate professor of journalism at Franklin College in Indiana, has written multiple books on hazing, including Wrongs of Passage. He says it is common in athletic hazing cases to blame the victim. "Either he doesn't measure up or he's a sissy for reporting it," Nuwer says. "Or he doesn't understand that Incognito was just trying to toughen him up. It's always put that way." [...] "But we are talking the workplace" in this case, Nuwer says. "As glamorous a job as an NFL player is, it's still the workplace. And this goes beyond hazing to a kind of harassment that technically could be violating certain labor laws if it holds true. (Or) it could fall under a hate crimes category for use of the N-word."
"Either he doesn't measure up or he's a sissy for reporting it," Nuwer says. "Or he doesn't understand that Incognito was just trying to toughen him up. It's always put that way." [...]
"But we are talking the workplace" in this case, Nuwer says. "As glamorous a job as an NFL player is, it's still the workplace. And this goes beyond hazing to a kind of harassment that technically could be violating certain labor laws if it holds true. (Or) it could fall under a hate crimes category for use of the N-word."
To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network, Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, the director of Bio Rio, an art-house cinema in Stockholm's trendy Södermalm district.
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network, Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, the director of Bio Rio, an art-house cinema in Stockholm's trendy Södermalm district.
Also on today's #TWiBRadio, #TeamBlackness discussed staging a hate crime to save on rent (35:31) and I weighed in on Kanye West's"creative genius" and how he thinks he can change history (01:21:00).
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