Documentaries

[aa1234779]

You're right as I don't have an idea about that. Eager to know though.

[scarface]

Today, I'm going to hold an exceptional conference about LafargeHolcim.

LafargeHolcim, world leader in cement, will close its Paris headquarters along with it office in Zurich. 200 jobs will be cut.

Four years after the announcement of the merger between French and his Swiss rival Holcim, all power will be concentrated in Switzerland.
It must have been a "marriage of equals". "Nobody buys anyone! " said Bruno Lafont, then boss of Lafarge. Four years after the announcement of the merger between the French cement champion and his Swiss rival Holcim, this fiction has definitely ended.
Friday, May 25, the world leader in cement announced its intention to close the Paris headquarters of the group. An eminently symbolic gesture. From now on, all power will be concentrated in Switzerland, where the organization will also be reviewed. In total, this restructuring should, according to the management, lead to the cut of around 200 jobs: 107 jobs in Switzerland and 97 jobs in Paris.

Since the merger, LafargeHolcim has two headquarters, one rue des Belles-Feuilles, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the other in Switzerland. Teams are shared between the two locations. The entire internal audit and the health and safety departments are located in the former Lafarge headquarters, as well as some of the communication, human resources and legal department heads.

Lafarge in the 16th arrondissement


Spectacular deficit in 2017

A fragile balance threatened for several weeks. In March, on the occasion of the presentation of the annual results, the new boss of the group, the Swiss Jan Jenisch, did not hide that he wondered about the maintenance of two seats. While unveiling major losses, the CEO then announced initial cost-saving measures, including the removal of a management level and the closure of its regional headquarters in Singapore and Miami. "Nothing has been decided yet about Paris," said LafargeHolcim.

Today, the group takes action. "This painful but necessary step of simplification is essential to create a lighter, faster and more competitive LafargeHolcim," Jan Jenisch said in his statement.

In France, the reorganization is based on the historic headquarters of Lafarge, these 12,000 square meters where 200 to 300 people work. The positions that will not be eliminated will be transferred to Clamart, in the Paris suburbs, where LafargeHolcim already has a large presence.

In Switzerland, LafargeHolcim also plans to close its Zurich office and transfer posts to the town of Holderbank, where Holcim opened its first cement plant in 1912, as well as to the Zug office.

In 2017, LafargeHolcim suffered a net loss of 1.7 billion Swiss francs (1.5 billion euros), after a profit of 1.8 billion in 2016. This spectacular deficit is explained by the truth operation launched on the accounts of the group after the departure of his former leaders, the French Bruno Lafont and the American Eric Olsen. The two men were swept away in the wake of the Syrian scandal, revealed by Le Monde, Lafarge being accused of having financed terrorist groups to maintain the activity of its cement plant in Jalabiya, in northern Syria, at the beginning of years 2010.

The cement plant of Jalabiya in Northern Syria

It was found that by September 2014 Lafarge was paying 20 000$ per month to the Islamic State to keep its cement plant. But it wasn’t enough: soon the Jihadists would take over the factory.

[scarface]

Tonight, I'm going to talk about climate change.

Another proof of climate change? April Was The 400th Straight Hotter Than Average Month.



Like A Virgin by Madonna was top in the music charts last time Earth had a colder than average month. Last April marked 400 consecutive months where our planet's temperature was hotter than average, a record stretching back to December of 1984.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the milestone recently, confirming that we are unequivocally living on a warming planet. The governmental agency notes that while another warming milestone has been reached, the signs have been clear for decades.

Professors, government scientists, independent agencies, and industry scientists all use the 20th-century average as the benchmark from which they compare today's temperatures. This ensures people around the world are using the same temperatures as a baseline.

While there is cyclicity in climate and hence average global temperatures, the consistent and prolonged degree to which Earth has been on the hotter spectrum makes it clear there are external factors at play. When comparing long-term historical records, it is clear there is a warming trend.



Governmental agencies have all agreed, the warming trend seen in recent decades is mainly due to humans emitting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Acting like a blanket placed over Earth, increased concentrations of carbon dioxide warm the planet by trapping in heat. The simple physics can be easily replicated by at home experiments and has been confirmed thousands of times in studies across the world.

Oil companies, professors, a wide array of industries, and governmental agencies around the world have all agreed that Earth is warming and the primary cause is from humans. However, hydrocarbons remain a vital component in global energy systems, especially for developing countries without the means or technology to implement widespread renewables.

Europe just had its warmest April in recorded history and we saw extreme heat waves with southern Pakistan reaching 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit on April 30th. Looking at the other side of the same coin, carbon dioxide levels just reached 410 parts per million, higher than it has been in the past 800,000 years.

As temperatures continue to rise, they do so disproportionately in higher latitudes. We've seen significantly more warming in the Arctic and Antarctica than in the tropics, leading to more ice melted and higher sea levels. While humans are not significantly impacted by the warming temperatures, they produce an array of issues elsewhere. Here are just a few ways a changing climate will impact humans indirectly.

    Many animals and plants require specific temperature ranges to survive, making extinction much more likely.
    Humans rely on consistent weather patterns to know where to grow crops and where to live. A changing climate and disproportional high latitude warming will change rainfall patterns. This leads to multi-year droughts in populated areas, floods in previously dry regions, and lack of rain in once fertile farmland.
    Warming high latitudes melt ice, causing the sea level to rise. This exacerbates flooding in low lying and coastal cities, especially so during storms or hurricanes.

In the case for a warming planet, the past is the key to the future and by all accounts, the planet will continue to change at unprecedented rates.

[scarface]

Here are a few videos for the users of the forum.



The technology of the T1000 terminator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFKQ01oFQH0

Beware of this terrible worm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7ByiYbCYM

The situation in Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaTMKcYCVmw

The rise of the third Reich. Interesting for those who don't know Hitler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTQ4TILv3RQ

You won't believe the state of the Paris metro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuEDuye-JmE

Omar Souleyman - Warni Warni (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVlgMEFu1PI

The Alberta oil: Canadian prosperity, Global nightmare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii932XcfdBk

[scarface]

Once again, here are some interesting videos:


Why the US stock market could fall in the next months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxiXIzGqiU




A documentary about Osama Bin Laden, especially for aa12344779
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puApZ7xen5k




The American dream is turned into poverty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyecUFsLue4




Vincent Mignerot: anticipating the economic collapse? (In French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXudpMdbuo


Tobacco: the big manipulation, in French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkxNX1GD-N4


The economic decline, a necessity to avoid the collapse (conference in French, held by an engineer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-hRR7Ij2xE


Jancovici: Anticipate the energy collapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yunlx4WWEA


Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and the cult of the Silicon Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta1DqI4xDRw




Misc:
Hitler reacts to Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwsmSsYq5w

Basic Instinct, the Afghan Version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnnk1buDVbA

[aa1234779]

A documentary about Osama Bin Laden, especially for aa12344779
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puApZ7xen5k

Read this if you already haven't:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/climatechange/7104143/Osama-bin-Laden-enters-global-warming-debate.html

[scarface]

Read this if you already haven't:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/climatechange/7104143/Osama-bin-Laden-enters-global-warming-debate.html

Interesting.
"Discussing climate change is not an intellectual luxury, but a reality," he said. "All of the industrialised countries, especially the big ones, bear responsibility for the global warming crisis." This is not Clinton who said this, but Bin Laden. For sure he would have been more useful than Trump at the COP 21.



Note that there is currently an exceptional episode of pollution in New Delhi. The concentration of pm10 is very high. If you can, flee the Indian towns.
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2018/06/16/touffeur-et-pollution-extremes-new-delhi-suffoque_5316112_3244.html

[scarface]

Here are other interesting videos and a few good clips.

What is the largest town in the world?
Some of you probably don't know the answer.


Is it Gaza city?

No

is it New York?

no.

Is it Jakarta?

No.

The answer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP5QLZFsOlQ


Climate change: the crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nac_nIBD64


A tourist talking about Paris: 10 things he hated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeV32Gs5Ork


The fall of Bitcoin. Is it worth anything?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kn6HxSPepI




some music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGSqC7xds8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOe5sGnQK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7X6oYg6iro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpr__dmFHc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM58kGx_xpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df6-4da4eBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgKEjNBHqM

[Shadow.97]

Hi scarface!
You've posted so many documentaries that it's hard to keep up.

Do you have any select few ones(non depressing ones?) that are especially worth watching?
Same goes for movies; but I'd like some romantic ones if you got. I'm a sucker for that stuff.

Planning on saving a few and keeping on my phone for moments where I am not connected to this facinating fiber-connection.

I also apologize, I am a bit too lazy to search through the entire topic 

Hope all is good with all of you!

[scarface]

Hi scarface!
You've posted so many documentaries that it's hard to keep up.

Do you have any select few ones(non depressing ones?) that are especially worth watching?
Same goes for movies; but I'd like some romantic ones if you got. I'm a sucker for that stuff.

Planning on saving a few and keeping on my phone for moments where I am not connected to this facinating fiber-connection.

I also apologize, I am a bit too lazy to search through the entire topic 

Hope all is good with all of you!

Hi shadow.97.
Not depressing ones? Unfortunatley, When it's informative and about society it's sometimes a bit depressing.
Well, I put a selection below, most of them are not referenced on the forum.


Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and the cult of the Silicon Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta1DqI4xDRw

How large is tokyo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP5QLZFsOlQ

Avocado, a positive superfood trend? The reports also deals with the environmental consequences of the popularity of the avocado.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05oMsK0-jjA

The lost world of Pompeii (I've been there)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOEBVWc8crI

The rich, the poor and the trash (you may consider that "depressing")
Actually, waste management is becoming a major issue in many countries like India, Lebanon...(And Oecd countries are not better at recycling waste, they used to export them). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_e7eFSkEjw
You can also watch with this one about plastic waste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfcRW7sIrPI

Ancient Egypt documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuUMe-43A3E

The Nepal documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5kRBq30m4

Greek Mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MSEsh6jgHE

Mariana Trench: The Deepest Place on Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_038g_1JT0

The birthday of Isabella, some users of the forum were probably among the guests (joke - it's not a documentary!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eaGjf2bVfY