10 Secrets of North Korea

10 Secrets of North Korea
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Labor Camps

Labor Camp North Korea currently operates about 16 labor camps—massive compounds scattered across the mountainous terrain and enclosed by electrified barbed wire fences. It’s estimated that somewhere around 200,000 prisoners are held in these camps at any given time.

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Three Generations Of Punishment

North Korean law dictates a “three generations of punishment” policy: If you commit a crime, your children and grandchildren will carry the stains of your sin and be punished accordingly. That means that if your grandfather committed a crime, you get to bear the full brunt of his punishment. As mentioned above, this usually leads to entire lives spent inside prison camps. One of the worst offenses that a North Korean can commit is attempting to leave North Korea, which can justify either immediate execution or an extended sentence in one of their labor camps. Criticizing the government, no matter how slightly, is also considered a treasonous offense. Simply learning about other cultures warrants a death sentence. Recent smuggling between the border of North Korea and China has allowed some people to get DVDs of Western movies—which are illegal. The North Korean National Security Agency has begun raiding villages in the north of the country by shutting off the electricity to a whole village then storming into houses and checking which DVDs are stuck in the DVD player.

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Insurance Fraud

Insurance Fraud The North Korean economy is, in all measurable aspects, completely failing. Exports are virtually nonexistent due to their reluctance to interact with foreign markets, as well as the fact that they struggle to feed everyone living within their own borders. The current population of North Korea is about 25 million, and the average GDP per person is about $500 (for comparison, in the US it hovers around $50,000).

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Arms Dealing

Replicas of a North Korean Scud-B missil Insurance fraud aside, the United Nations has also accused North Korea of selling illegal weapons and nuclear technology to the highest bidder, which usually means countries in Africa and the Middle East. For example, in 2012, the UN seized a North Korean shipment heading to Syria which contained nearly 450 graphite cylinders meant for use in ballistic missiles. In 2009, shipments to both Iran and the Republic of Congo were caught in transit—one had 35 tons of missile components, and the other contained Soviet-era tanks.

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Electricity

north korea satellite nasa lights OLD The capital city of North Korea, Pyongyang, is something of a self-styled utopia reserved for the population’s elite. Armed guards patrol the borders to keep the lower classes from entering, and most of the residents of Pyongyang live in something approaching luxury—with a given value of “luxury” (maybe they don’t get enough food, but they at least get more than everyone else in the country). Yet even the three million upper-class citizens aren’t given electricity for more than an hour or two a day.

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Three-Caste System

North Korea Kim Jong Il In 1957, when Kim Il Sung was struggling to retain control over North Korea, he launched a massive investigation into the populace of the country. The end result of that investigation was a completely changed social system that separated everybody into three classes: “hostiles,” “wavering,” and “core.” The designations were based not on the person, but on their family history.

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Human Feces Fertilizer

Fertilizer North Korea’s geography is mountainous and arid, with long, frigid winters and short, monsoon-filled summers. About 80 percent of the country is located either on the side of a mountain or at the top of one, which means most of the land is terrible for farming. Historically, North Korea has always relied on foreign aid to get the fertilizers it needs: The Soviet Union gave them fertilizer before it collapsed, and until recently, South Korea was sending them 500,000 tons of fertilizer each year to help boost food production.

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South Korean Citizenship

Citizen To put it simply, there are so many people fleeing North Korea that there’s nowhere for all of them to go. China’s official policy is to send them back across the border. There they are either executed or consigned to a labor camp for decades of brutal work that usually turns out to be just as effective as any death penalty. Only South Korea maintains a policy of near-absolute clemency: All North Korean defectors (who aren’t criminals) are immediately provided with citizenship, job training, and for those who need it, psychological counseling. They’re also given a place to live and $800 a month. As an incentive for businesses, the South Korean government offers a bonus of $1,800 to anyone who will hire a refugee.

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Cannibalism

North Kore Hunger A crippling famine struck North Korea between 1994 and 1998. Widespread flooding left most of the farm land unusable. When that was combined with an ever-increasing debt to the Soviet Union that prevented any importing of food, entire cities drifted into a twilight of death. It’s estimated that close to 3.5 million people died of starvation during that time—more than 10 percent of the population.

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Torture Prisons

To date, very few people have escaped from North Korea’s labor camps and lived to tell the tale. And of these refugees, only one known person has escaped from the dreaded Camp 14, widely considered to be the most brutal labor camp in the country and reserved for only the most serious political criminals. That person was Shin Dong-hyuk, whose story is told in the incredible book Escape From Camp 14.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Mimosa Memory

Mimosa Memory
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Do Mimosa's have memories? Some experts believe so. Mimosas have the ability to move their leaves when encountering outside influences. Watch the video below to see the plants in action.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μιμος meaning, an "actor" or "mime," suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="1351,1353,1354,1355,1356" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]Members of this genus are among the few plants capable of rapid movement. The leaves of the Mimosa close quickly when touched. Some mimosas raise their leaves in the day and lower them at night, and experiments done by Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan on mimosas in 1729 provided the first evidence of biological clocks. Reference Wikipedia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement="middle"][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDZGl2JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjJjZW50ZXIlMjIlM0UlM0NpZnJhbWUlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjg1MyUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjQ4MCUyMiUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZCTFRjVk55T2hVYyUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Sheriff Shaq

Sheriff Shaq
Shaq Says He’ll Run For Sheriff In Henry County In 2020 ATLANTA, GA — Retired basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has made it into the record books in high school, college and in the NBA, but he is poised to add yet another badge to his illustrious career: Sheriff of Henry County. Shaq owns […]

Moments

Moments
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Moments

By Jonathan Woodward

This ebook is dedicated to my nephew Jonas Michael who in The Moment of his birth changed all our lives forever.

You can trace your entire life back to one moment. Back to a decision that you made or a choice that you decided to make in a given moment. Tony Robbins the self acclaimed motivational speaker once said that we make life changes in a moment.

Moments change our lives every day. We decide to change direction in a moment. We decide to make a difference in our lives, whether that decision is a health choice to lose weight and get healthier or change jobs.

If you look back over your life you will notice that it is moments that you remember. You do not remember the entire time you were in a particular situation but you will always remember the moments. It is in those seconds and moments that life is changed.

When we realize that it is in the moments that our lives are changed, we start looking for those moments to change our lives.

Thank you for your interest Full release date August 14th 2017.

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Eastern tiger swallowtail enjoying its tulip tree.

Eastern tiger swallowtail enjoying its tulip tree.
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Turn on the volume. This is not sped up. Eastern tiger swallowtail enjoying its tulip tree.

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States,[3] where it is common in many different habitats. It has also been found in Olüdeniz, Turkey. It flies from spring to fall, during which it produces two to three broods. Adults feed on the nectar of many species of flowers, mostly from those of the ApocynaceaeAsteraceae, and Fabaceae families. P. glaucus has a wingspan measuring 7.9 to 14 cm (3.1 to 5.5 in). The male is yellow with four black "tiger stripes" on each forewing. Females may be either yellow or black, making them dimorphic. The yellow morph is similar to the male, but with a conspicuous band of blue spots along the hindwing, while the dark morph is almost completely black. The green eggs are laid singly on plants of the Magnoliaceae and Rosaceae families. Young caterpillars are brown and white; older ones are green with two black, yellow, and blue eyespots on the thorax. The caterpillar will turn brown prior to pupating. It will reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in). The chrysalis varies from a whitish color to dark brown. Hibernation occurs in this stage in locations with cold winter months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_glaucus[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The next predicted appearance of Halley’s Comet is 28 July 2061. How old will you be?
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Halley's Comet

or Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley,[3] is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 74–79 years.[3][10][11][12] Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eyefrom Earth, and the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.[13] Halley last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.[14] Halley's returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers since at least 240 BC. Clear records of the comet's appearances were made by ChineseBabylonian, and medieval Europeanchroniclers, but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at the time. The comet's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named. During its 1986 apparition, Halley's Comet became the first comet to be observed in detail by spacecraft, providing the first observational data on the structure of a comet nucleus and the mechanism of coma and tailformation.[15][16] These observations supported a number of longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred Whipple's "dirty snowball" model, which correctly predicted that Halley would be composed of a mixture of volatile ices – such as watercarbon dioxide, and ammonia – and dust. The missions also provided data that substantially reformed and reconfigured these ideas; for instance, it is now understood that the surface of Halley is largely composed of dusty, non-volatile materials, and that only a small portion of it is icy.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Lspn comet halley.jpg
Halley's Comet on 8 March 1986 Read More and Reference Wikipedia Here.
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Google might have a complete list of almost everything you’ve ever looked at.

Google might have a complete list of almost everything you’ve ever looked at.
[vc_row 0=""][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=""]Google might have a complete list of almost everything you've ever looked at.
 The list will at least include every Google search you've ever done while signed in. But if you use Google Chrome, it will also include just about every website you've ever visited, all cataloged by date and time, and completely searchable.
The list can be quite helpful. All of the information is completely searchable, so if you remember just one part of a website's name or only the day you visited it, for instance, you can find it back out again. Google collects the information in part so that it can be useful to you – jogging your memory, helping you find past websites, and learning more about you so that it can recommend more relevant things. But it is mostly so that Google can use that information for its ads, learning what you're into and what marketing is most likely to appeal. So if that makes you worry, it's easy to turn the collection off. (You'll still get ads, they'll just be more generic.) That's done by heading to the Activity Controls page, and turning off the data collection. The page is similar to Google's audio history page, which collects the recordings that your phone makes of you. Like the search results, the recordings are supposed to be useful – but you can easily stop them being stored from the same page. Google also keeps information on where its users have been. That too can be viewed on a handy timeline at the location history page, where it can also be turned off and deleted.[/vc_column_text][gt3_sharing custom_color="true"][/vc_column][/vc_row]