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A cannabis garden in the middle of a corn field.
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The world we live in 2016.
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DEIFIED:Like they dont have much money to do that. |
Aremu01:As in bro...God save us. |
fuckboy:Lol... |
His brother Xia Yuanchang, left, is desperate for funding so his brother can have surgery.
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The villager Xia Yuanhai is well known in Changling town, Chongqing, because of his features.
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His brother, Xia Yuanchang, 66, said the symptoms only developed in adulthood. He said it came on gradually, and treatment would have been extremely expensive. Because of this, his family did not seek medical help when he was younger. Now, many years later, it has completely deformed Xia’s face. His brother is now attempting to raise enough funds to get the ground-breaking operation.
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The family of a man with severe deformities is hoping he can undergo life-changing facial surgery. Xia Yuanhai, 53, who lives in Laotu village in Chongqing, southwestern China, has facial hyperplasia excessive tissue enlargement. It means his facial proportions have become grossly enlarged, crushing his teeth and making him deaf. source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3811974/Man-severe-facial-deformities-alien-like-features-hoping-life-changing-surgery.html cc: lalasticlala
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1miccza:Amen. |
6. Athens Polytechnic Uprising, Greece, 1973. When their strike on November 14, 1973 elicited no response, students from Athens Polytechnic barricaded themselves inside the university, they built a radio station using supplies from a laboratory. They broadcast across Athens, urging the people of Greece to join them in their stand against the military junta and dictatorship. Thousands answered the call, gathering inside and around the university, in open counter-government revolt. In the morning of November 17, about 25 tanks rolled onto the streets and set themselves up in front of the University. Students requested permission to evacuate, but before the allotted time was up, one of the tanks crashed right through the front gates. Others tried to flee but were taken out by nervous military snipers on the rooftops. The death toll came to at least 24, with hundreds more suffering injuries, and as many as 1,000 people were arrested. Within a year, the military junta had toppled and Greece celebrated free elections.
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5. Tiananmen Square Protests, China, 1989. The Tiananmen Square Massacre is one of the most well-known and iconic student protests in history. On April 21, 1989, as many as 100,000 Chinese students poured into Tiananmen Square. And when an April 26 government editorial denounced their protests as “rioting,” students demanded that the editorial be retracted. Students insisted their protests were patriotic and were afraid that the term “rioting” would result in government repercussions. Next, students organized hunger strikes and soon won the sympathy and support of thousands of students from the provinces, as well as other citizen groups. And at the peak of the gatherings, 500,000 protestors gathered in the square. Meanwhile, the government leaders were in turmoil. They believed that to back down would be “a fatal show of weakness.” Seven weeks later, matters were getting desperate, martial law was instated and the People’s Liberation Army was ordered to clear the square. On June 3, 1989, the 27th and 38th divisions of the PLA (brought in from the surrounding provinces) moved in and fired tear gas to break up the crowds. Troops were told not to shoot at the demonstrators, and most of them didn’t even carry guns. The protestors, however, dug in and set up barricades. They threw rocks and, according to one source, “burned tank crews inside their tanks.” That night, the army returned, this time fully armed, shooting live weapons and famously crushing civilians under their tank treads. Fatality estimates range from the hundreds to the thousands. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/01/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/look-tiananmen-massacre-aftermath/#.V-uBj12Y2o8
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4. Tlatelolco Massacre, Mexico, 1968. Global unrest was rampant in 1968. October 2, 1968 was a tragic day for Mexico. The country was gearing up to host the 1968 Summer Olympics, and protestors, most of them students,had been using the months leading up to the games to attract the world’s attention to their repressive government. Their demands included the sacking of the police chief, independence for universities and the freeing of political prisoners. As many as 10,000 students gathered in Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco district for another day of planned peaceful protest. And although the rally was initially peaceful, the government immediately stationed military vehicles in the plaza. Flares were fired into the sky and troops began to fire on the crowd. They may have even employed snipers to shoot the unarmed students and civilians below, at least 44 of whom were killed although some estimates range between 200 and 300. It’s believed that as many as 1,345 people were arrested. People fled into nearby houses and apartments, but the military searched house by house for survivors. Tragically, not all of the victims of the massacre were even protestors. A lot of people were just passing through, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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3. Ferguson, Missouri. on August 9, 2014, an unarmed 18-year-old black male, Michael Brown, was shot six times by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. Wilson drove up to Brown and a friend and ordered the pair from the street onto a sidewalk. Words were exchanged, and Wilson shot at Brown from inside the patrol car. When the two men began to flee, Wilson exited the car and continued to shoot, fatally wounding Brown. Accounts vary wildly from witnesses. Was Brown surrendering to the officer or was he charging Wilson? As the story continued to develop, both peaceful protests and civil disorder broke out the day following the shooting and lasted for several days. The Ferguson riots shed light on America's broad racial divide, which despite the strides made by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s still exists. The uprising also brought attention to the aggressive tactics and over-militarization of civilian police in America. As a result of the events in Ferguson, President Obama has ordered a review of the military equipment supplied to police.
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2. France Labour And Students Protest. May, 1968. On May 3, 1968, a student protest at the Sorbonne University nearly sparked a revolution. Protesting against the closure of the University of Paris at Nanterre and the planned expulsion of a number of Nanterre students, Sorbonne University students took to the streets en masse. The students, teachers and supporters were also fed up with France’s outdated educational system and the lack of job opportunities for graduates. Over a period of several days, hundreds of students battled it out with police in Paris’s Latin Quarter, setting up barricades, throwing rocks and braving tear gas. Discontentment with the political and economic conditions in France boiled to the surface, and what started out as a few student protests escalated into a month and a half of utter chaos, during which several people died and hundreds were injured. Twenty-two percent of the entire working population went on strike, demanding concessions for their working conditions and bringing the capitalist government to the verge of collapse. Despite the injuries and bloodshed, the strikes led to a major educational reform bill, better working conditions and higher wages for workers.
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1. Soweto Uprising, South Africa. 1976. In 1974, the South African Department of Education decreed that Afrikaans was to be used in schools. It was given equal standing with English and placed over the native Bantu languages of the black population. Many African teachers couldn’t even speak Afrikaans, and students found their grades declining. Worse still, Afrikaans was closely tied to Apartheid and was considered the “language of the oppressor.” On June 16, 1976, thousands of students walked out of their classrooms and headed for the Orlando Stadium, to take part in a rally planned by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council’s (SSRC) Action Committee. They were unarmed and mostly peaceful, although a few threw rocks. When one policeman fired his gun, everyone panicked. Police set their dogs on the children, who reacted by stoning the attacking dogs to death. So, the police began firing directly into the crowd, killing at least two students and injuring hundreds more, stirring the crowd into a frenzy of destruction. On June 17, 1,500 heavily armed police rolled in and patrolled the streets of Soweto on foot, in armored vehicles and from helicopters. The South African army was put on standby, as a show of military force. The official death toll is generally believed to be 176, but some estimates put the figure as high as 600. Although it would be another 14 years before Nelson Mandela was released from prison, these protests strengthened black resistance, helping pave the way for change.
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Normally a response to cruel or oppressive governments, riots have taken place throughout much of human history. Often times peaceful protests turn violent. Many times police turn on protesters with violence, and sometimes peaceful protesters turn violent when confronted by police unjustly. Throughout history, countless students/citizens have taken to the streets demanding changes. They have been a voice and a banner-carrier for populations oppressed by strict or repressive government regimes. They have gathered together to demand for their rights, better and fairer education for all. And they have set themselves up against senseless wars, unjust killings, and violence. Bloodshed, injury and death did not deter them. They shook entire countries to the core, brought about much-needed reforms and re-shaped the fabric of entire societies. Source: http://www.topmastersineducation.com/student-protests/ http://www.oddee.com/item_99060.aspx
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39. The U.S. might be the world’s largest economy, and leading importer/exporter. But out of the world’s top 20 container ports(busiest), only one is in the United States, three are in Europe. China and Asia in general dominate container shipping worldwide. The World's busiest is port of Shanghai, China. This is the world's busiest trading port which handles a staggering 32million containers a year carrying over 736million tonnes of goods around the globe.
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DEIFIED:Just too much everywhere. |
38. A labourer stands outside one of the coal mines in Jharia, India. He will make $2 (£1.54) for loading five lorries with coal. It is back-breaking work in stifling temperatures.
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33. Phantom Vibration Syndrome is the name given when someone thinks their phone is vibrating but isn’t. 34. In Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof, as many people even use them in the shower. 35. When the first iPod prototype was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it in an aquarium. Jobs used the subsequent air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller. 36. There is a factory in Japan which can run unsupervised for 30 days at a time it's almost entirely manned by robots. 37. There are more than 682 million iPhone across the globe. Source: http://www.lifebuzz.com/tech-facts/ |
32. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. They were so fake, in fact, that even the staff were convinced they were working for Apple.
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31. The International Labour Organization estimates a record 200 million people will be unemployed around the world in 2013. If you gave them their own country, it would be the fifth-largest in the world.
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30. Start with a dollar, double it every day. In 48 days you’ll own every financial asset that exists on the planet about $200 trillion.
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29. The first motor car model to achieve worldwide sales of over 20 million. Volkswagen Beetle sold over 20 million first. Today, the best selling car/model is the Toyota Corolla with over 40million units sold.
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23. Coca cola is the world’s most widely distributed product, sold in more than 200 countries. 24. Coca-Cola only sold 25 bottles the first year but kept going. It’s a perfect lesson for everyone never to give up on the way to your dream. 25. Coca-Cola logo is recognized by 94% of the world’s population and the products are consumed every second not everyday around the world. 26. It took 58 years from 1888 to sell the first billion gallons of Coca-Cola. Today, it takes months. 27. There are over 2 ,000 Coca-Cola products consumed worldwide every single second. 28. Coca-Cola trucks travel over 1,000,000 miles a day to supply consumers worldwide. http://www.rgkg.com/coke%20facts.htm
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