Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Chinese Piano Maestro plays with his feet?
China's got talent found a piano maestro who plays with his feet!!! As a young boy he lost his arms in a bizarre accident where he touched some high tension wires. After almost giving up, he was found by a gentleman, with the same handicap, who came to help him live again. He loved music and decided to try to learn the piano - no one would teach him, reasoning that even someone with arms has it hard enough, and who would look at someone playing with his feet. He told them, you will live to regret your decision, and so it is. He is moving to the final and people are brought to tears by his achievements and beautiful piano music.
It goes to show - sometimes people are more disabled before their accidents than after - afterwards they really have meaning in their life and live life to the full having much greater and more positive lives. Check this out!
It goes to show - sometimes people are more disabled before their accidents than after - afterwards they really have meaning in their life and live life to the full having much greater and more positive lives. Check this out!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Recycling your old computers? Think Again
Keywords: Recycling, toxic waste, 60 minutes, CBS, China
If you thought that you were doing the world a favor by recycling your old electronic equipment, even when using "reputable" recycling companies, think again! It turns out that often (maybe change that to "always") this waste makes it's way to China where is is dismantled and recycled in dangerously toxic dumps located in towns and villages where people live. Small children and workers are playing in water and inhaling some of the most toxic substances known to man. As one worker puts it "My throat feels like its burning". Why does he continue to work there "because the money is good." Of course the Chinese government is not happy for the west to see whats going on, and neither are the gangs that run these factories. See for yourself in this great CBS News expose in "60 minutes". This is investigative reporting at it's best. Keywords: Recycling, toxic waste, 60 minutes, CBS, China
If you thought that you were doing the world a favor by recycling your old electronic equipment, even when using "reputable" recycling companies, think again! It turns out that often (maybe change that to "always") this waste makes it's way to China where is is dismantled and recycled in dangerously toxic dumps located in towns and villages where people live. Small children and workers are playing in water and inhaling some of the most toxic substances known to man. As one worker puts it "My throat feels like its burning". Why does he continue to work there "because the money is good." Of course the Chinese government is not happy for the west to see whats going on, and neither are the gangs that run these factories. See for yourself in this great CBS News expose in "60 minutes". This is investigative reporting at it's best. Keywords: Recycling, toxic waste, 60 minutes, CBS, China
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