https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
To end our concert, the Military Band of the DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA,
sings, "Death to the USA."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i33mKIcwfx8
and will complete tonight's concert with a rendition of "The Internationale" reminding
us of the unity of workers all over the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
And, now " Look at Us."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
And the ever popular, Moranbong Band of girl singers, with ... "Let's Learn."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
And another arrangement of, "Our Beloved Leader."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
And another, "Our Beloved Leader."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aglwbbii8zk .
i remember when i was a mind cleansed(tm) jw i would listen to the talks when i wasn't napping.. on the long tiring drive home i'd say how i ''enjoyed(tm)'' the sessions and felt ''encouraged(tm)''.. .....and yet i couldn't recall a single ''point(tm)'' made.
i couldn't remember what it was that actually made me feel good.. on one occasion i asked the family what they found ''encouraging(tm)'' or interesting.. tumble weed.
no examples.
Yikes !!! I am way out of step with you guys.
I DID genuinely enjoy most assemblies. Well, not every talk - candidly, some were terrible. But my heart was often deeply moved, as I imagined that this was a foretaste of NW living, with brothers working together in unity.
All that because I was a true believer.
I was caught as a kid (well, more accurately I jumped into the bear trap) and possessing a deep idealism, I genuinely believed that this was God's way and longed to see Jesus rule the world and re-fashion me. Assemblies helped my stay faithful.
Ooooh! well, we all make mistakes, dont we (grin) ????????????????????????
whether this woman asked these questions of her own accord, or they were written by staffers, is not the point.
the real point is how can people in a country with some of the world's best universities ask such dumb questions.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhmllq-odw#at=13.
... and if you wonder what reza aslan's views are about jesus, listen to him here, courtesy of all saints church in pasadena a few days ago.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zi4o242d2s.
Whether this woman asked these questions of her own accord, or they were written by staffers, is not the point. The real point is how can people in a country with some of the world's best Universities ask such dumb questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQhMllQ-ODw#at=13
... and if you wonder what Reza Aslan's views are about Jesus, listen to him here, courtesy of All Saints Church in Pasadena a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zi4o242d2s
And, the Amazon page for the book:
i have not tried to test these claims, but according to this huffington post article, if maccas doubled the wages of their workers, it would only add 68cents to the cost of the product.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/mcdonalds-salaries_n_3672006.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular .
Aussie !!!!! As in I ate a burger at Maccas...!!
Language is so confusing, eh?
a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
If you are planning on visiting Beijing and no other major city (and, you can easily spend a week to 10 days in Beijing), then include a day trip to Tianjin. The VF (very fast) train travels the 120 kilometres in about 30 minutes, and there are a number of services during the day. The cost is reasonable - maybe for standard class about 60CNY -US$10.00 each way (100 CNY for special class).
You'll get a look at another busy Chinese city. It was settled a few years BCE, and in the 19th century became a Treaty Port where western law prevailed over Chinese law. Nearly 300 major western companies have their HO in Tianjin. Tianjin was also the invasion point for western armies (including US armed forces, maybe for the first time in Asia, and a small contingent of Australian military) in 1900. This was the west's reaction to the so-called Boxer rebellion.
You could visit this Catholic church in Tianjin.
I'm not definitely sure that this was the scene of an ugly incident circa 1870, but it meets the criteria. The church ran an orphanage, and an unusual series of child deaths in 1870 led to lurid stories about the deaths. Chinese (already inflamed over the Treaty Ports issue and the unequal Treaties (Foreign missionaries would claim that Chinese converts were no longer subject to Chinese Law), began to protest. The French claimed protective rights over Catholic institutions and protested in turn. In one incident, the French Consul shot a Chinese, and the crowd became uncontrollable. One version of the story has the French Consul torn to pieces by the crowd, who went on to burn down the above church, the French Consulate and to kill some 18 Europeans. The Qing government had to pay the French reparations.
The remains of the Taku Forts - A Chinese defensive position that was the scene of battles in the western invasion of 1860 and - can still be seen and visited.
This was a sketch of the inside of the fort after the Chinese defeat in 1860.
Tianjin was also the scene of a terrible earthquake in 1976. Between a quarter of a million and a half million people died. The government was in a time of confusion, Zhou Enlai, a very stabilising influence had died a few months before, and Mao was coming to the end of his life (he died a few months later). So the earthquake became a sort of symbol of change.
And this is what you can see today, which may not really resemble the original fortification.
