Wednesday, December 28, 2016

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100 Women 2016: Saikal - Kyrgyzstan's original nomad warrior woman

Kyrgyzstan's national hero Manas once fell in love with and fought the daughter of a nomad chief. Her name was Saikal and this is her story.
Folk singer: Sherin Sarigulova. Produced by Paul I. Harris, Olga Ivshina and Gulnara Kasmambetova. Animation by Morteza Rakhtaal.


Paris estate agent advertises flat with 'no blacks' allowed

Levallois-Perret say a 'naive' staff member had copied out what a homeowner had said 'without knowing'




A Parisian estate agency has been accused of racism after it specified “no blacks” on a  rental advert.
Laforêt advertised for the apartment in the Levallois-Perret suburb of the capital but warned that the renter must be a French national and “no blacks” were allowed. 

It wasn't a mistake. They're a Marine Le Pen supporter




A guide to the most powerful jobs in the Trump administration — and the people filling them




It's really a guide to America's descent into an authoritarian kleptocracy  



Director Shinkai overwhelmed by success of 'your name.'


ENTERTAINMENT  

Makoto Shinkai has a problem, a big problem. His mystical teenage body-swap movie “your name.” has become such a massive hit it’s beginning to worry him. “It’s not healthy,” the boyish director told AFP. “I don’t think any more people should see it.”
Every week it gets closer to being the biggest Japanese animated film of all time.
And now there’s talk of Oscars. “I really hope it doesn’t win,” he added.

Dentsu president to resign due to overwork-related suicide of employee

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Dentsu Inc. President Tadashi Ishii said Wednesday he will step down in January to take responsibility for an alleged overwork-related suicide of a 24-year-old employee at the advertising agency.


He'll resign and retire with a nice pension While the work culture at Dentsu which led to that woman's death will remain


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