Native American Indian Chiefs

From Crazy Horse, Nez percé, Sitting Bull to Geronimo, the Oneida, Osage, iroquois, sioux, Apache until the Comanche tribe - these American Indian chiefs are displayed under a very pride light.
While going through this video, we get such a feeling of nobility and peacefulness… the earth is talking… how could they have been considered as savages ?

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“Nation State” game - a roleplay about international politics.

What’s great in Virtual Worlds is that consequences are limited to virtual contexts.
Many talk about the trendy “second life” (my computer is just too slow, and anyway I want to profit from real life), a nice graphically game apparently boring (from what blogs I read tells)… and more a money-making / marketing buzz.

If you ever thought about managing your own country, if you ever believed you would be a better minister than the currently ones in your real world - maybe Nation State game is for you (nothing to download, it’s free & easy to join and play). It’s not a very new one, but with 90 000 created accounts, it has already gone through a few bugs and troubleshoots. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bonheur National / Intérieur Brut… brainstorming sur les critères

Comme pertinemment statué dans les commentaires du post concernant le Bonheur National Brut :
- on devrait plutôt parler de Bonheur Intérieur Brut (Rebecca)
- le bonheur est différemment perçu selon les cultures (Téméraire)

Bref, définir un objectif pareil, ça va être du sport. Le but de ce billet est un brainstorming ; lancez le plus d’idées sur les indicateurs qui pourraient être pertinents quant à la définition du bien-être au sein d’un pays. La semaine prochaine, on tentera d’y voir plus clair.

Le Bien-être peut se traduire via le mélange des critères suivants (liste qui peut être complétée) : santé physique & mentale, force du tissu social.

Ci-dessous est une première liste d’indicateurs qui pourraient être pris en compte :

taux de naissance /1000 habitants
taux de mortalité /1000 habitants
taux de suicide /1000 habitants
taux de criminalité /1000 habitants
ratio de délinquance / population
ratio capacité d’occupation de cellule / capacité normale
ratio de militaire, force de l’ordre / population
ratio mixité ethnique dans une population
taux de pollution
ratio de soin de santé (docteur, hopital / population) /1000 habitants
ratio de divorce / mariage
taux harcèlement de travail / force active
taux de chômage /1000 habitants
ratio d’enfants / foyer
taux artiste /1000 habitants
taux prisonnier politique /prison
taux prostitution /1000 habitants
taux toxicomane /1000 habitants
taux racisme
taux corruption
taux alcoolisme
taux médicaments contre la dépression /1000 habitants
taux heure de travail / jour
taux d’espérance de vie
taux de faillite - réussite entrepreneuriale

d’autres idées (ou commentaires),… oui… il y en a certainement (plus c’est inattendu, mieux c’est… il s’agit d’un remue-méninge…)

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Ocean, African Rainforest petition…


no comment… witty…

There is as well this petition about the Congo forest (discovered on PunkPrincess website). Timber industry overthere is just looting the forest, local population being just powerless to stop such tragedy,… even during peace situations, Congo bleeds. Read the rest of this entry »

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Global Warming Babel,… analysis 1.

Global Warming is another feature of our globalized world.
As previously stated (Global warming, I’ll be watching you), I’ll try to keep my eyes open regarding this event of mass-destruction. Babel, here we go !

AGAINST taking drastic measures re this event : USA, China and Saudi Arabia.
FOR taking drastic measures : EU, India (sorry for not naming the rest of the world, but your opinion will just depend on USAID or other subsidies - you’ll spouse the opinion of the money giver (I know this is harsh, but it is most probable)).

Communication Strategies (that will be most likely employed) : Read the rest of this entry »

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