Category Archives: General

Trump and The Soybean Puzzle

Originally posted on Bill Peddie's website:
Can someone (a Trump supporter maybe) from the US Mid West explain why President Trump’s notion of putting a heavy tariff on goods from China is going to help the sale of US…

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China invites Britain to attend new Silk Road summit: sources

Originally posted on Tiananmen's Tremendous Achievements:
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hand with British Prime Minister Theresa May before their meeting at the West Lake State House on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, in Hangzhou,…

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Carnival-Time in Sainte Rose

Originally posted on Jana and Steve's Travels & Photos:
Sunday, Jan 22 ~ Sainte Rose We arrived in Sainte Rose just in time for Carnival. Drummers and dancers arrived by coach from all over Guadeloupe. The parade began in…

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Arty Tuesday: Carnival – Vandivert pt.1

Originally posted on Blathering 504:
This month I’m doing something a little bit different. The last Tuesday of February 2017 is Mardi Gras…the season leading up to it (since January 6th) is carnival. I discovered this treasure trove of photos taken by…

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Video shows difficulty in decommissioning Fukushima nuke plant

Originally posted on Fukushima 311 Watchdogs:
? Video footage of the inside of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has proved that it is more difficult than initially believed to decommission the tsunami-ravaged plant. The…

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Plum Blossom – Japan

Originally posted on Beyond Purgatory:
Not quite Cherry Blossom time but even now the Plum Blossom was at it’s peak of blooming. Plum Blossom close-up

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The Man Who Saved the World

Originally posted on Using Social Media in the Job Search:
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov : retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines passenger jet Flight 007 was shot down over the Sea…

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Disastrous Journey to BBC Radio 3

Originally posted on thekatybennett:
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the BBC in Media City, Salford to watch the Radio 3 show The Verb. Here’s how that day went… We’d made arrangements to catch a…

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Picasso in the Landscape 

Originally posted on Arts, the Nature Within:
It shouldn’t, but it does come as a surprise to learn that at least 50 plants bear this painter’s name. A painter who was also one of the first occidentals of the last…

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Chaos Ensues After Military Police Go On Strike In Brazil

Originally posted on Berning Media Network:
Reports are saying it was like a real life version of the movie “The Purge” this past weekend in the state of Espírito Santo in south-east Brazil, as military police went on strike to…

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