Day: January 22, 2013

Music

Guillaume Grand, Demande au vent

An awesome live performance from French artist Guillaume Grand. If you speak French, the more enjoyment to you, if not, then let the music translate the words for you.    

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Video

Shiveluch, Kizimen and Plosky Talbachek Volcanoes Erupt on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Gigantic Russian volcanoes Shiveluch, Kizimen, and Plosky Talbachek have erupted simultaneously, spewing ash into the air and causing earthquakes all around the area of the volcanoes. The largest of the volcanoes, Shiveluch, stands at 3,283 meters. The video above is from Shiveluch’s eruption in June of 2011.   [RT.com]

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News

China’s ‘Left Over’ Women

Single women over the age of 27 in the People’s Republic of China are called ‘left over women’ or ‘sheng nu,’ a derogatory term meant to chide women into ceding independence for marriage. Social expectations on women to get married have made it a social stigma for Chinese women to be independent and unmarried past […]

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Councilors in County Kerry, Ireland, Legalize Moderately Drunk Driving

Councilors in rural County Kerry in Ireland have approved an ordinance that legalized driving after two or three drinks for those living in rural areas. The council approved the motion five to three with two absences or abstentions. Independent Councilor Danny Healy–Rae, who proposed the motion, claimed that the new ordinance would help prevent depression […]

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Pentagon’s Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) Bunker-Buster Bomb Ready for Deployment in Iran

The Pentagon’s latest weapon, the massive ordnance penetrator, could be deployed in theaters like Iran where it would destroy underground nuclear research facilities and bunkers. The US Defense Department’s Operational Test and Evaluation office stated that the 15-ton MOP bomb is now ready for field use after a series of successful tests at Holloman Air […]

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National Defense University Colonel Warns of Nuclear War in China and Japan’s Ongoing Dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

China’s National Defense University Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu warns Australia not to dance with the ‘tiger’ (US) and the ‘wolf’ (Japan), raises the possibility of a nuclear attack on Japan. Diplomats are increasingly hoping for an eleventh hour miracle in the talks to resolve the ongoing dispute between two of East Asia’s greatest powers, the […]

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