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Zhuzhou Global International Building Fire

Written by Lindsay Britney on Oct 10, 2009.

Hunan zhuzhou global international building fire

A netizen witnessed the accident and told her/her accounts on Netease after the pictures were deleted from the local Zhuzhou Online.

At about 4:25pm on October 7, a fire suddenly broke out from the top floors of the topped, 30+-story Global International building which is under the decoration at Jiashe South Road in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province . A crane collapsed [at 7:15pm, on June 24, 2009] and now a fire happened again, this Global International building had become famous! Firefighters rushed to the scene to contain the fire but the high-pressure stream of water couldn’t reach the raging inferno. The scaling ladders was called in but the fire was too strong and very difficult to control. The building was burned up, the report said the fire was put out… I truly do not want such accidents to happen again,  when will the potential security hazard be over? ? ?

According to People Daily, the fire was extinguished within half an hour but the cause was still under investigation. (more…)

San Francisco Bus Chinese Woman-Black Lady Brawl

Written by Lindsay Britney on Oct 09, 2009.

Youtube user Pereljon filmed and uploaded onto the video portal:

Oct 7, 2009 10am, Chinatown San Francisco. This fight occurred on the Muni Stockton route (the 9 i think) just before the stockton tunnel. As you can see, a simple argument about seat-hogging quickly turned into a full blown brawl. It’s pretty clear who threw the first punch, you can see the bus’ serial number, and the exact time in the video.

By the way, this is the same bus where I was attacked 3 weeks ago, so I thought documenting the event was the most important thing I could do. This fight was NOT reported by the driver OR by the MUNI person who happened to be at the final stop (Stockton and Sutter). I’ll be walking to work for a while.

According to those who can understand the Cantonese the angry Chinese woman spoke, the black lady was hogging a seat, the mid-aged politely asked the young if she could take the seat, the young lady didn’t make the offer and instead yelled at her. The result, as you watched from the video above, the auntie stood up and the incident developed into a brawl, seemly with the Chinese auntie becoming the winner in the end.

This video has become viral since it was uploaded to the internet on October 7, and is now re-posted to the Chinese bulletin where said the auntie was a diaspora of Taishan [a city in Guangdong Province).  With some visitors posted the racism-charged comments on Youtube, the video may be deleted in future.

Massive Fish Death in Fujian (Photos)

Written by Lindsay Britney on Oct 07, 2009.

Fish Mass death photo

From Netease

Since September 27, 2009, massive death of fish happened in the Huangxi section of Ting River(汀江) in Shanghang County, Longyan Prefecture of Fujian Province [China] . Millions of kilograms of more than half of various species of freshwater fish cultured by about 60 fish farmers suddenly died, causing a tremendous financial loss worth over tens of millions of Yuan. The cause for fish mass death may be because the river was polluted, or due to the eutrophication resulting from the extreme high density fish farming…No matter whichever reason is, the accidents have caused not only the disastrous loss to the fish farmers, but also the immeasurable damage to the local ecology. Ting River is known as the Hokka Mother River. The national key water storage project Mianhuatan Reservoir located at its downstream area. Ting River is the important water source for the cities/areas like Yongding of Longyan, Meizhou City and Dapu County of Guangdong Province. If the water is polluted, it will pose a great threat to the security of the drinking water of the people who live at the lower river area. Hope the concerned authorities pay attention to this kind of matter so that the things won’t go from bad to worse. (more…)

Alexis Cohen Died After Hit-And-Run (Picture & Videos)

Written by Lindsay Britney on Jul 26, 2009.

Alexis Cohan American Idol Audition

Alexis Cohen Death Is A Homicide

Alexis Cohen, a two-time American Idol contestant, died of what was believed as a hit-and-run Saturday morning. 25-year-old Alexis Cohen was found dead at the roadside of Seaside Heights, New Jersey at  4:00am, July 25.

Two passers-by made the 911 call after they noticed Cohen lying motionless at the edge of Dupont Avenue near Bay Boulevard, Ocean County. Paramedics who arrived later transported her to Community Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 6:30 a.m.

An autopsy performed on Alexis Cohen concluded that she had chest and abdominal injuries and a head injury which caused by collision with a vehicle.

Police are investigating the case as a homicide. Anyone with information about the incident, please call Investigator Carlos Trujillo-Tovar of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027 or Detective Steve Korman of the Seaside Heights Police at 732-973-1800. Alexis Cohen

American Idol Audition Notoriety

Many unsuccessful American Idol contestants were soon forgotten by the audience after they failed to advance to the second round of FOX reality show. Apparently Alexis Cohen was not one of them. Because the Allentown, Pennsylvania, woman gained the notoriety from both of her American Idol auditions.

In August, 2007, Alexis Cohen had auditioned on American Idol 7 with Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 hit song Somebody To Love. She failed to impress three judges. After being pissed off by Simon Cowell who called her performance “possessed” and “channeling the voices”, and even compared her her to Willem Dafoe’s character Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Alexis Cohen went to a surprising tirade which shocked a lot. Watch video below:


Alexis Cohen American Idol Audition Video

About Alexis Cohen’s second trial on American Idol, Gawker.com described, “She returned the next year and acted nice and sweet, saying she had turned over a new leaf, until she was rejected and flipped off the judges once again.”

Aexis Cohen was called “Glitter girl” by fans for her makeup.

Alexis Cohen Tribute

Youtube live internet show duo RhettandLink produced a song out of Alexis Cohen’s rants not long after she became famous in January, 2008.

I’ll make it one day. One day. Somehow, some way.
And I hope that someone sees that I have some talent somewhere.
Whether it be in acting or singing.
Or whether it be the fact that I have the chutzpah, and the ?,
To be able to get up and talk.
To be able to say what I’m thinking. To be able to say what I mean.
To be able to speak the heart. To be able to…talk. To be able to lead.
I will be victorious. Always be victorious. All rising!

Now they turned the music as a tribute to Alexis Cohen, click on the play button to watch it


Alexis Cohen Tribute Video

R.I.P, Cohen!